Ok so talk me down, I really can't be pregnant again can I?

[TinyDiamond]

I am all over the place but cannot shake the feeling that I am pregnant. I have a 7 month old dd who I am still breastfeeding but she is also on 3 small meals a day now and has been since January.
Now, it may of course be hormones causing all of it but for the last week or so I swear blind I can actually feel something inside. Small thuds-exactly like early kicks. I have tried to convince myself that it's just wind but when it happens a lot, even if I fart at some point it never goes away. It also happens intermittently, often in the evenings when I'm sitting/lying down.
I have done loads of pg tests, about 7 or 8, all between January (when I started feeling odd) and this week. All negative. So why can't I just believe them and relax?
What I want to know is if anyone else has experienced their body playing such extreme tricks on them whilst breastfeeding? I mean, I felt dd move early, consistently from about 14 weeks but if there was a chance I could be pregnant enough to be feeling movement then a test would've shown positive-SURELY?
I mentioned it to a nurse today at dd's appt and she just laughed at me and said it must be breastfeeding hormones. She also said there's no point in booking an appointment with the gp as they wouldn't do anything unless I'd had a positive hpt.

I am just so confused.
So, reasons I am being ridiculous and really cannot be pregnant:
-we have only had sex about 4 times since dd was born and used a condom
-until dd was 5 months I was exclusively breastfeeding
-I have not noticed any drop in my milk supply
-it is an absurd idea

Reasons making me think that I could be pregnant:

-I CAN FEEL SOMETHING IN MY BELLY
-I haven't had so much as a hint of a period since before I was pregnant with dd
-despite having no period I have had cramps on and off for MONTHS like I'm just about to come on and then nothing happens.
-i have put on weight in the last few weeks despite eating less and sensibly, previously I had already lost all of my baby weight, now I'm looking more squidgy-even dp said so hmmm
-my skin is really bad again
-my moods are a bit out of control

I just need someone to tell me what I can do next. Other than going completely insane.
Thanks for reading

breastfeeding is only any use as a contraceptive if your baby is under 6 months, is exclusively breastfeeding including during the night, and your periods have not returned.

that said, you have been using an alternative contraception, so you should be just fine (just don't rely on breastfeeding!)

lots of people realise, after having children, that tummy movements and wind feel a lot like a baby being in there. it isn't. it's just tummy stuff!
your skin/moods/cramps on and off are probably just a sign of your body returning to normal and your regular cycle starting up again... it's quite normal to get symptoms of a period each month even though it doesn't appear. it will eventually- this is just the build-up

From what you've said here I'd really be very, very, very surprised if you were pregnant.
I think when you get an idea in your mind you think about it more and notice other "symptoms" which normally you would ignore.

Please update in 6-7 months if you have another baby though

Haha! I know it is so, so unlikely and I am probably symptom spotting but it is just so strange especially with what looks like a small bump appearing. Looks like I did when I was 5-6 months pg last time.

I swear I can feel something in my tummy too! My baby is nearly 7 months and I'm bf'ing, no periods and I've been getting cramps too! I haven't done a test though I'm too scared. I can't be pregnant though. It's good to know I'm not the only one though!

I think the key thing here is that you have had numerous negative tests..... relax!

I've been broody for ages and I often feel 'kicks', I convince myself I'm pregnant nearly every month just before AF is due but I'm definitely sure I'm not (am on the pill with regular bleeds). The 'kicks' are probably wind

Might be wrong but I'm sure the I read somewhere that the tests only work in the first trimester (as the hormone levels change) which if u had a kicking baby u would be out off!!

I posted exactly the same thing about the same time I think! Also felt kicks, couldn't shake the feeling I was pregnant, but DD is 2 now and it's still only her .

I think tested lots too - all negative, then went on mini-pill, then the Mirena Coil - which is great, if you can get through the first 6 months.

I have heard that when you have had the baby, all food and other, erm, movements that are natural in your body just can be felt more, as you are more sensitive and stuff has shifted about due to carrying the baby.

If I am windy I can definitely feel it, it feels exactly like the first flutterings of a baby - very, very odd and unnerving!

Relax, you're not pregnant if all the tests are negative - besides, don't tests check for the HGC, which is there all the time you are pregnant? so if they test for it in any level, then they should work later on, surely? If in doubt, as the pharmacist, or your doc (mention contraception maybe while you're there )

Oh, and the cramps, weight on again, no periods - I dodn't have any till a year, despite my rubbish minipill taking, but kept getting cramps on and off. I also lost loads of weight when DD was BF all the bloody time, when she started to eat more at about 7-9 months it slowed down, now I am podgy again...just haven't been able to shift it. It took forever for my body to settle down to normal. Well, my normal, anyway.

I won't tell you how much I wasted on preg tests pointlessly due to the weirdy popping in my tummy, plus odd periods etc, even when I had the Mirena - safe to say, if youre going to do anymore, poundland ones work just as well and are £1 for two....DD was discovered using one the day my period was due, so I trust them, damn sight cheaper too...