TTC#2: repeated faint +ve tests followed swiftly by AF

[hobnob57]

I'm not sure whether I'm on the right board here, but wondered if anyone had any ideas on this or has been through anything similar.

LO#1 was conceived with pretty much no effort required. After she was born, I didn't feel ready for #2 for a while due to her having reflux issues, chronic tiredness on my part and also my SPD took flipping ages to settle down again. So, when she was 17mo we thought we'd try again. 5 months later, Ive had 2 months where I've had faint positive pregnancy tests followed by 'AF', and I'm pretty sure it's about to happen again. The first time it happened I definitely felt pg - even started the bottomless appetite/raging thirst thing. It took 3 days, but then massive cramps and huge AF arrived. The second time I tested early at the first sign on brownish discharge, hoping it was implantation but no, it wasn't. Got a faint +ve though. I've felt pg other months too, but haven't tested to confirm before AF arrived. I've had a 3rd faint +ve today but feel that AF is imminent on it's due day tomorrow.

Am I having implantation issues, and if so, what can cause those? I had an emcs 1st time round. I get pains up my midline before and during periods since then - don't know if that's just a symptom of my separated abs or something more sinister. I'm just exasperated that I can't get excited about these positive tests! I'm beginning to believe that it'll never happen again, and everyone is now quite publicly saying 'isn't it time for #2 yet?' and we have no answer to that...

Hiya hopefulnicci...

The way things were with me is that I was a couple of days late for my period. I'm usually pretty regular so that alerted me straight away, even ignoring all the nausea I was feeling. I was spotting brown blood for two days from cd 28 and then on cd 30 I had some red blood. That stopped in the evening, then on cd 31 I had another morning of red blood. Today, cd32 I've had only the tiniest amount, which is now turning brown.

I tested myself on the clearblue digital, partly because I was sent one free to try by mn , so I didn't have to have that "is there a line there or not" agony you seem to have.

I'm going to make an appt to see the doc on thursday, I still feel pg, I've been nauseas all day and my boobs still feel odd. I might buy another test before then, I don't know, depends if I get a chance. I do know when I tested with a traditional test when I was pg with ds I had a very strong blue line the second the pee hit the stick on cd 32. In a way I'm almost scared to try....

I've always read on here a line is a line no matter how faint but I am a bit confused when you say the line is faint now, does that mean you've done a second test or the line on the original test is faint? If it's the second one then I'd ignore that as they do fade over time I think.

hth, good luck

Thanks so much for your response, i'm just off to work but will try and check in later. It's the second tests that are a fainter bfp guess that'll mean i'm losing the pregnancy. I really hope it's not. guess only time will tell. It's good to know implantation bleeding can be red also. Goodluck x

I hope you're not losing the pregnancy. I don't think I'm having implantation bleeding though, I think this is breakthrough bleeding. I had implantation bleeding with ds and it was brown, at approximately the time my period was due. this time I think the brown spotting I had for two days from cd 28 was the implantation bleeding. Were the two tests the same brand? I only ask because different brands require different levels of hcg to trigger a positive test result, so you could easily get a fainter line on a different test if you'd had a strong line on a previous test. I'm no doctor but I imagine a big glass of water before a test can effect it too, by diluting the amount of hcg in your urine so don't lose heart just yet. Hope things turn out well for you! x