Hi everyone,
I’m looking to hear some first hand accounts of false negatives/late BFP’s as I’m slowly losing my mind wondering what’s going on.
Backstory - 3DC, youngest will be 3 in September. Prior to having kids, my cycles were incredibly regular, so much so, that when I was a day late with my first, that’s how I knew I was pregnant because it was so unlike me, and in between having DC’s, my cycle fell back in to relatively regular patterns too.
I breastfed DC3 for 2 and a half years and the only thing that changed when we stopped bfing in January, was the cycle length, not the regularity. I went from having a 26-27 day cycle, down to a 22-23 day cycle, so for 6 months, I’ve had a very predictable pattern, albeit much shorter than I’d like!
I’m now on CD27 and no signs of AF. I’ve been cramping for a little over a week, had horrendous tugging, pulling pains in my lower stomach 6 days ago combined with feeling like my cervix was ‘heavy’ - it actually hurt to sit in certain positions and could only be described as feeling like my cervix was swollen and trying to fall out!!
My boobs are sore - I have to hold them when rolling over in bed and laying on my front is now completely off the cards. I’ve had several mornings of feeling nauseous, and last night parts of my dinner tasted completely different to normal - to name but a few classic symptoms. I don’t normally feel any pains or cramping other than on ovulation day and the day/night before I come on, so the fact I’ve had these ongoing ‘symptoms’ for a week now is not like me.
We DTD around ovulation (I know when I ovulate as I suffer from absolutely awful ovulation pains, so it’s very hard to mistake them!).
I’ve taken 5 tests over the last 7 days and they’ve all been negative, not even a hint of a line. I’m not under any stress, no lifestyle or diet changes, no medication etc.
I know that being a few days late can be normal for some people, but generally speaking, the only times I’ve been later than 3 days over the last 6 years has been when I’ve been pregnant, but the tests seem to disagree this time!
I guess I’m just wondering if any of you have experienced a BFN when you’ve been 3-5 days late, then gone on to get a BFP?
Or, if you think it’s possible that my cycles are lengthening now that I haven’t been breastfeeding for 6 months and things are simply adjusting back to my older cycle lengths?
Thank you so much for any stories that you share, or advice/info you may have!