test after test BFN 9 days late and i feel BFP!

[Adason43]

You will have to forgive me I'm not up on the acronym jargon so I will just type it out - sorry its long....

I have been with my husband almost 20 years, we have never had protected sex, in 2014 my husband stopped drinking and I lost a significant amount of weight and a chance Sunday afternoon we conceived a little girl totally unplanned, she was 3 in May.

since February I have been tracking my ovulation with the flow app, month after month I have had a 32 day cycle, like clockwork.

we have been half heartedly trying because I gained a lot of weight and wanted to loose it again before trying but with my biological clock about to fall off a cliff (I am 36 in Sept) we went all out in july and I used the clear blue ovulation sticks. we had sex over a 5 fertile days all flashing I never got the solid one, but I think I started it too late in the cycle and wonder if the flash would of been the solid but anyway it was 6 days of flashing then we gave up. The app says the best chance was the 1st August.

I was due on the 16th, the week before I had serous hot flushes and 2 non consecutive nights of night sweats. on Tuesday the 14th I had a night and morning of very tiny fresh red blood spotting.

I took a test on the 16th, the 18th the 21st all the First response red ones, all negative, I took a clear blue early stage on the afternoon of the 22nd and I considered it may be EXTREMELY faint (see pic)? or wishful thinking? but then took one again today - negative.

so I am now 9 days late with the following symptoms

• bloated
• emotional cried 3 times sunday and twice Monday for very little reason
• extremely vivid dreams the last week
• feeling of pressure/period pains at varying times of the day and almost a constant feeling of pressure.
• back hips achey (more then usual)
• heightened sense of smell
• heavy boobs
• tired
• hot flushes
• night sweats
• spotting for 2 days
• feeling like I’m going to get the flu really spaced out
• headaches (I don’t get them normally)
• constant dry mouth drinking loads
• going to the toilet 6-7 times a day I usually go twice - ok I’m drinking more ?
• I just “feel” pregnant though it s less so then with my first

the only thing is with my first I had SEVERE hyperemesis I was ever so poorly though I don't think it started til I was a good 6 weeks, and I don't feel at all properly sick like I did then - YET!

I am convinced I am but with all these negative tests can it be possible? So what is going on all in my head or just too early to test? I cannot imagine if I can feel such a significant shift in my body that I wouldn’t test positive on a test? so what else could it be? how many days late could I be, should I call the GP or just wait and see?

I can see a faint line on that test.
Clear blue aren't that reliable though. Try again with a frer with your fmu. :)

Good luck xx

Can you really? I thought I had tricked myself!

frer with your fmu? please can you help with those terms pls?

I can definitely see a line, didn't even have to enlarge the pic. And you have a lot of symptoms......

oh really? thank you I am not going crazy then, I will try a frer with fmu (I googled it!) after my holiday next week, I will assume I am, I don't drink anyway and I will hope for a better line, I just wanted answers as to what it could be if I wasn't as I am convinced I am but didn't understand how so many tests that say negative are.

I am also a large lady (very) and I have read that can effect the HCG levels so maybe that's why?

You can't develop HCG unless you are pregnant so size won't have an impact 😊 I really hope you get a clear result xx

I can see a line too!!!

I can see it very very faintly but I wouldn't get too excited yet (sorry!) As I've seen so many people say these tests are so unreliable ! Fingers crossed for you with a frer tomorrow though !

Wishing you all the luck. I can see faint line.

Mother nature is cruel.that alot of symptons on lead up to Af can be Af or early pregnancy. Its so hard npt.to sympton spot

Well I'm now 11 days late, I am going to hold out til Friday to retest but I had a very long and busy day yesterday I went to pull the car door last night and got a terrible sharp on my right side, and again twice today, also today I have had the feeling that there is something wrong so if the test is negative again Friday i will have to go get checked :( still hopeful but ait worried now :/

Tested this morning now 16 days late but really fed up with another BFN calling the dr for a telephone appointment something must be going on other then pregnancy?

Which test did you use?

I've missed periods for many reasons other than pregnancy.

The first response one pink one x

GorgonLondon have you just missed them completely? What has been the cause? I never have not even a day since I’ve been tracking them since feb and before that always regular never “missed” a period entirely?

@Adason43 I've missed them through stress, travel, weight loss, excessive exercise and severe anaemia (all at different times). I went to the GP a couple of times but they said it was normal and only a problem if I missed 3 or more in a row.

there are definitely lots of reasons other than pregnancy that you can miss a period.

Thank you, if I had not had the spotting and hot flushes and almost every symptom under the sun I would not have thought for one second I was, but I cannot be after so many negative tests now, even though I am still having light period pains throughout the day and I defiantly have a heightened sense of smell which is horrid but obviously just all in my mind and so I just have to chalk it upto wishful thinking and wait for the delightful AF so I can try again :(

well i am now 3 weeks late for AF, i've been feeling increasingly sick, cannot bare certain smells and my boobs are incredibly sore and i cannot even bare to cuddle my dd, i've been having strong period pains for 2 days and feeling moody and emotional the last 2 days so maybe i will start AF? i am still really windy and going to the loo all the time but i have a drs appointment Monday.

One min i am adamant i am pregnant, there is just no feeling like it and the next i think get a grip i can't be :(

Hi op, I was a week late last month and read that there are some cases where people do not produce the hcg hormone until a little later along, if you google 'false negatives' you'll see a few women have experienced this, if you think you are pregnant this could be the answer? Might not be, but this thread reminded me of the articles I'd seen before

Sorry if my post is abit boring with all these updates, but I find so many have been left updated, I am now 26 days late 10 negative tests the last on taken Friday and I’m actually due my period again on Monday (32 day cycle) I went to see the dr this morning and she has booked me in for a blood test Monday, if I come on then it will be day one of the cycle and we can test for ovulation and if I don’t come on we can test for pregnancy.

I could kick myself though as I have had two small lumps on my vulva I was going to mention to her but just thought it was blocked pores and was embarrassed and tonight I took a photo, tmi but it’s black and I have googled and they are Varicosities another sign of pregnancy! So now I wil have to get those checked too :( I had thrombosed hemorrhoids with my first pregnancy :(

So still a case of could be but probably not! 😂

Well 27 days late and AF finally arrived today I feel gutted and unbelievable that my body had me convinced otherwise! Going to get the lumps looked at but they are probably as I original suspected :(

Without wishing to be harsh, hot flushes, night sweats, moodiness and a very late period suggest possible perimenopause to me, rather than pregnancy.

What age have the women in your family typically started peri/menopause?