Bleeding on period due date with positive test results!

[2ducks2ducklings]

I think I know how this is going to go, but it would be nice to hear from other ladies who have endured similar experiences.
First, a bit of background info...
We have two kids, our 11 year old daughter and our 8 year old son. My husband is 32 and I'm 31, we had our children young.
Over the last couple of years I have been ridiculously broody on and off. It'll be all consuming for a month or so and then it's like common sense hits and I realise how lucky I am to have my two healthy kids and it goes to the back of my mind again. This year has been different. I'm desperate for one more child. I want a big family, I want the chaos at dinnertimes and everything that comes with starting all over again.
Both of my children were conceived in the first month of trying and I thought that would happen again. We started to try in March this year and nothing happened and nothing in April. My husband then had to work away so things took a back seat until October. My period came on the 20th October and we began trying as soon as it finished.
With my two kids, there were no apps or tracking ovulation, we just did it and I think, as helpful and insightful as these things can be, they also seemed (for me) to pile on pressure and stress!
Anyway, last Monday night I had a horrible sickness bug and I stayed asleep all day Tuesday and felt rotten all day Wednesday. I work in a school so sickness bugs are part of the territory! On Wednesday evening, I thought I'd try to see if an ovulation stick could pick up a potential pregnancy as I had read they could. It came up very much positive. I doubt I could have been ovulating so late in my cycle. I tried again Thursday and Friday morning with the same result. So on my way back from work I picked up a sainsburys pregnancy test, or 4, and tested. It was a definite positive. This was one day before my period was due. Later that night, I tested again and it was still positive, though this time there was very slight signs of bloody cm. Yesterday, the days period was due, I was at the hospital all day withy son, while I was there I popped to the loo and found I was bleeding. The same amount I would during the first day of my period. Red as well as brown blood when I wiped. I only had a tampon with me so used that. A few hours later we finally got home and when I went to the toilet the tampon only had brown, old looking blood on it and not much. The only blood I saw last night and so far today is the brown looking blood you get at the end of your period. It's only when I wipe and go a bit 'up there' (sorry!). I did a test last night and this morning and they are both very much positive. I have been experiencing mild cramping since Friday. I also feel nauseous but this could be because I'm worried about this, rather than morning sickness.
I'm sure that I have suffered a chemical pregnancy. But have bought pregnacare just incase. I also bought 4 more tests to do over the next few days to see when the hcg will reduce so I get a negative.
If anyone else suffered a chemical pregnancy, how long did it take for a negative result? Or, and I'm trying not to give used false hope here, has anyone bled like this during what would be your normal period time and gone on to have a successful pregnancy?
I'm kicking myself because if I'd waited one more day I would have assumed it was just my normal period and would have saved myself so much upset!

Look after yourself 2ducks you are in the best place. x

2ducks - you're definitely in the right place. You can expect to be scanned, bloods taken with repeat bloods taken in 48 hours. An ectopic doesn't often get diagnosed quickly. I really hope it isn't that for you but try and take some solace in the fact that, if it is, you're already in the system at a very early stage and they will look after you.

Thanks ladies. I'm still on the ward but waiting to be discharged. My scan was this morning but as I'm only very early on in the pregnancy, it wasn't completely conclusive. The sonographer said there was nothing that concerned her and did point out a sac in the right place in my uterus but couldn't confirm that everything would progress because there was nothing to see in the sac, she did say this is to be expected with my dates though. I've got to be rescanned in two weeks

I'm sorry you're in limbo waiting for results. I have had miscarriages and also an implantation bleed. All I can say, having experienced both, is that the implantation bleed seemed exactly like an early miscarriage and that only a scan helped tell them apart. I know that others have different experiences, but I also scoured boards for advice and for someone to be able to reassure me, but in the end, had to wait for scan results to be certain. One time I was absolutely sure it was all over and that it was a chemical pregnancy and the result is my happy toddler.

You haven't jinxed anything by buying a pram. Please don't be hard on yourself. I wish you the big family you long for one day soon.

I'm really sorry you're having to go through this agonising wait OP. I had quite a bit of spotting at 6 weeks and 11 weeks, both times I was told by the Dr that it was a 'threatened miscarriage' and had to wait a week for my scan. It was such a horrid state of limbo to be in, so I'm thinking of you very much. But the end result was our amazing lively LO who I've just dropped off at nursery xx

I'm trying not to get my hopes up but trying to stay a little bit positive too. It's a hard balance. I'm still taking pregnacare, just in case, even if it doesn't work out this time it can only be a benefit next time.
I'm convincing myself I feel sick, but the could be down to stress more than anything else.
There's still a bit of brown stuff, but it's right 'up there' and if I wasn't looking for it, I would never have known it was there. But when they did my cervical swab, there was definite bright red stuff there and I can't get that out of my mind.
Why do we do this to ourselves???

Well, I thinks it's all over now. I'd been having very sharp twinges on and off all evening and whilst we were out with friends at a german market, I felt the need to run to the loo. When I got there there was lots of blood.
I'm not sure what to do next. Im planning on just leaving it until my planned scan on the 7th and hopefully by then everything will have gone and we can start all over again.
It has been a shocking week!

Oh 2ducks I really feel for you. I had this last month and it is so upsetting when you start to bleed heavily and you realise that you had much more hope than you'd admitted to yourself that the pregnancy would continue against the odds. If you're in pain and anxious, could you go down to the EPU? If they have already scanned you and seen a sac, then I imagine they would scan again. Even if they don't, they may be able to offer some advice and you'll at least feel like you're doing something - waiting until the 7th sounds torturous. I hope you have lots of support where you are. Hugs

Thank you Ginger. I hadn't really told anyone other than my husband as the spotting had literally started the day after I did my first test so I doubted this one would last right from the beginning.
I'm not sure how I feel, other than exhausted. Is it wrong that I feel a little bit relieved that I know where I stand and can start planning ttc next month? I don't want to focus on the loss, I want to look forward to next time and to christmas and enjoying my family. But in order to do that, I need this to be over very quickly now.

I don't think anything you feel can be wrong. I was torn between disappointment and wanting it all to end quickly in order to move on. Planning the next attempt really helped me and I quickly focused on whether I'd ovulate this month and trying to stay healthy. If you're not in serious pain and it seems like it's going to turn into a heavy period, then manage it the way that feels right to you. Looking to the future sounds very healthy to me and looking after yourself and resting to be in the best place possible for next time. Good luck and let us know how you're doing (if you feel you want to) xx

Hi OP I have been having brown discharge and only a bit off and on and also cramping. I told the midwife and she was very unconcerned and said it's old blood that the uterus has decided it doesn't need, and because we are dryer down below than usual it takes longer to make its way down.

Do you still have sore boobs etc?

By the way I'm 8 weeks and she said there was no need for me to be referred for an early scan so try not to worry.

Hi pinkcandyflossy. If it was only brown stuff I wouldn't be too concerned but every now and again (nearly once a day) I lose some red blood. This has ranged from a couple of spots on my underwear and when I have wiped, to quite a bit, which I felt come out last night. Last night I was convinced it was all over, I only had thin pads and a tampon on me and since I was in the middle of the christmas market in birmingham I just used the tampon. I thought sod this and had two glasses of mulled wine. When I got back the tampon was pretty much clean. I had one more instance of red blood loss last night and only brown stuff again today.
I haven't tested today because my husband has placed a ban on me, but it still showed positive before the red blood loss last night.
My boobs still feel a little bit tender.
It's just unbearable having to wait. I'm convincing myself that when I go for my scan on the 7th, they'll tell me I've either had a miscarriage or a chemical pregnancy, so that when they do tell me there's nothing there, it won't come as a horrible shock.

Ducks I totally understand how this feels for for you and I know I've spent a long time on google and found out lots of what if situations. I don't think it's fair for you to be on a test ban though as if you want to test then you should - I'm not sure what you prefer if the news was bad - getting bad news from a test or waiting and getting bad news from a scan? to be honest I know very little about chemical pregnancies. I know if was me and I still had the sore boobs I would test. The 7th seems ages away!

I think my husband is really trying to think of me. I have a tendency to get obsessive about things and he's trying to get me to relax a bit. I have one test left and I'm going to try and leave it until Wednesday to test again, though the likelihood of me leaving it until then is slim!
Personally, I want to know beforehand what I'll be dealing with rather than have a shock at the scan.

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Hello, I was just looking for a bit help as I’m very confused as to what’s going on, I currently have a 5 month old baby. I am due af today, but yesterday I had a little bleed bright red and pink and then brown cm (sorry if tmi) when I woke up today I had nothing and I’d been feeling sick anyway for the past few mornings so I done a test, I got a very faint positive. Very confused tho as had a little bleed yesterday with the brown cm, can anyone tell me what’s going on?