Period/chemical pregnancy

[goodenoughal]

Hello. My AF has just arrived a few days early, around 13dpo. My cycle is not regular so that's not a huge surprise but I've had really full on nausea and sore boobs since about 10dpo - at first I thought the bleeding was implantation but it's definitely too heavy for that now.

So the question is was I pregnant (never did a test) and do I need to know if I was? If I did a test now would my hcg be noticeable? I guess prob not, so I probably won't know if I was pregnant. Which is fine.

It was only our first month ttc so we'll just start thinking about next month, but I'm 43 and I wonder if it would be useful to know if I was pregnant.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

Nausea doesn't tend to appear til much later on after implantation and sore boobs are a sign of imminent AF anyway so I would say it's possible, but unlikely that you were pregnant.

There's little point symptom spotting or testing until your period is actually late in my experience.

Thanks, yeah, I know the sore boobs might just have been premenstrual, but the nausea has been really really strong. Of course I know it might just be something else or my mind playing tricks, but I also know it's not impossible to get nausea from implantation (which could have been around 10dpo).

I didn't set out to symptom spot and certainly wasn't going to test till early next week, but the nausea really hit me, which is what made me wonder...

How many days have you been on AF? If you do a test it should still be positive.... I had a chemical last month and test was positive 5 days after AF started. I had no symptoms but only tested because I was bleeding so heavily.

It may set your mind at rest that you can conceive, but really that's the only reason you would need to know. I was sadder about my chemical then I expected to be and now I know I can conceive I wouldn't be in a hurry to find out about future chemicals. But that's just me.

Thanks very much Canters. It's been about 3 days plus one of spotting, and yes, it's been heavier than normal for me too. Part of me is interested to know if I was pregnant - my nausea was so strong that if I wasn't pregnant I'd be very confused - but I also wonder if I really need to know. Doesn't help that my DP is away, back tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about your chemical - - good luck for future cycles.