If its not pregnancy, what is it?

[anon1411]

So I had a small 24-36 hour "bleed" a week ago, wasn't a lot, started pink then went to brown spotting for 12 hours then red for about 24 hours but it abruptly stopped, from start to finish it was no more than 36 hours. I wasn't convinced it was my period as wasn't anything like it but also not convinced it was an IB.

I had a sharp shooting pain in my left side the next day and ever since that 'bleed' has stopped I have felt nothing but sick 🤢 I'm not a poorly person and I genuinely never ever feel sick. But every single day since its been horrendous. I've also had headaches every single morning, some turning into migraines. And I have felt a lot more tired throughout the day, genuinely can't stop yawning sometimes even after plenty of sleep. The smell of foods are making me gag and my stomach turn and when I brush my teeth it's making me gag too.

I took a test (granted middle of the day) today and it was negative. So I assume I'm out now...

But if its not because I'm pregnant, what could it be? 😭😭

ectopic pregnancy - usually produces low levels of hcg, and abnormal bleeding. I had it a few months ago and it took me a few weeks to detect it.

I also had pain on one side and bled on and off, weird diff shades of red and brown, no rhyme or reason, for 6 weeks till the pregnancy was treated. It was awful.

I also had headaches and very nauseous but that’s just the symptoms of being pregnant. It took me 5-6 weeks to get a positive on tests, bloods kept coming back negative, and finally it reached 60hcg. Keep watching and taking tests, call your gp

How many days dpo are you?

@CJ2021 I'm not sure what DPO I am, my periods are so irregular I gave up tracking and trying too hard as it was having an effect on my mental health, it got too exhausting...

@Plumchumm oh gosh, I'm sorry you went through that... 🥺

Today is the first day the nausea has been quite subtle but I've still got a headache throughout the day, then by evening its a full blown migraine 🤦🏼‍♀️

So without sounding dumb, what happens now if it is that? Should I just call my GP and explain the situation and they will take it from there...

Get it checked out, if it is an ectopic it can get very bad very suddenly. I've been there, emergency surgery signing the consent form on the way into surgery, lost a huge amount of blood internally.