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Am I pregnant? Very confused.

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Fingerscrossed01 · 14/09/2013 16:08

Hi, I'm new here and desperately hoping somebody may be able to make sense of my situation. My LMP started on 23rd June. I have long cycles but generally ovulate around day 28 and get AF 12 days later. So, I ovulated around 21st July. During the first week August I started getting light period like cramps and a strange pulling feeling behind my bellybutton. Something in my head told me it was implantation cramping..I was certain of it. I took my first hpt around the 4th August but it was negative. Since then I have had no period. I have been experiencing symptoms of pregnancy since...my breasts are growing, they hurt, my nipples have changed colour and I have dark veins through my areolas. My cervix has risen and I have a lot of vaginal discharge. I often feel sick, tired and emotional. My skin is really greasy which I have never had before. The thing is I have been testing twice a week since the beginning of August and was repeatedly getting negatives until this week. On Monday I tested late afternoon and got a very faint positive. I tested again tuesday morning but it was negative. On Tuesday afternoon I got another faint positive. Negative again on Wednesday mornings, positive in the afternoon and the same pattern for the rest of the week. I am so confused. I feel very pregnant but I don't understand these results. I wonder if I'm only getting positives on the late afternoons because I drink so little at work after lunch so my urine must be very concentrated. Surely I should be getting stronger lines by now. I have a dr appointment next week but just wondered if anybody had any thoughts in the meantime. Am I really pregnant? Could it be something else just mimicing pregnancy? It's driving me insane. Thanks for any help and sorry for the long post x

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VJONES1985 · 14/09/2013 16:52

When you test in the morning, is it your urine of the day? If not, I would suggest you use a sensitive hpt and make sure you use fmu. You can't get a false positive but I agree these are strange results. Some women just don't produce much pg hormone but a blood test will find out for certain.

VJONES1985 · 14/09/2013 16:53

Sorry, I meant your first urine of the day...

KatAndKit · 14/09/2013 19:32

In your case i would see a doctor at this point.a positive followed by a negative with no bleeding and all the pregnancy symptoms needs to be checked out. Best case scenario is that you are pregnant and you are one of those people that early tests don't show up well for, but you do need to get complications ruled out. If you are referred to the early pregnancy unit they should measure your hormone levels two days apart to see if the pregnancy hormone is going up properly and perhaps also scan you to double check it is in the right place.

KatAndKit · 14/09/2013 19:33

In your case i would see a doctor at this point.a positive followed by a negative with no bleeding and all the pregnancy symptoms needs to be checked out. Best case scenario is that you are pregnant and you are one of those people that early tests don't show up well for, but you do need to get complications ruled out. If you are referred to the early pregnancy unit they should measure your hormone levels two days apart to see if the pregnancy hormone is going up properly and perhaps also scan you to double check it is in the right place.

KatAndKit · 14/09/2013 19:34

Apologies for double post

Fingerscrossed01 · 14/09/2013 20:21

Thank you both for coming back to me. Yes, I am using FMU but I do drink a lot during the night so wonder if it is just not concentrated enough? I have tried a few different HPTs but the only ones giving me positives (in the afternoon only) are the very sensitive ones. I have a Dr's appointment this week so hopefully I'll get some answers; I just hope it doesn't take too long to get blood tests etc sorted, going by my symptoms and dates I will already be 10 weeks if I am pregnant! That's why I don't understand why I am not always getting positive results all the time. Until then, I am just going to treat my body like I'm pregnant.

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Tea1Sugar · 15/09/2013 06:30

Past 7 weeks the line on a positive test will begin to weaken as you'll have peaked in your hcg levels.

IrnBruTheNoo · 28/09/2013 18:08

How did you get on? Did you get an answer in the end?

I'm sort of in a similar situation and I'm in not sure what's going on. On cd34 but usually only 29-31 day cycle. Had four negative HPTs already (two today).

IrnBruTheNoo · 29/09/2013 11:22

AF arrived this morning. Ah well, at least I know what's going on with my body now!

nappyaddict · 30/09/2013 15:17

Any news Fingerscrossed01?

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