Chemical pregnancy?

[Ali96]

Hello lovely ladies,

I'm looking for some advice, I'm really confused and don't know what to do.

I ovulated on July 5th, and found out I was pregnant on July 11th by CB pregnancy test. I had all the symptoms upto then, light spotting of brownish colour, sore boobs, mild cramping like weak period pains. When I woke up on July 12th I did a digital CB test which was positive, but I had excruciating pains and went to the doctor as we were afraid it was ectopic. Turned out it was a kidney stone that I was passing (related to current kidney issues) and the doctor confirmed two days later I was about 2weeks pregnant.
Had normal symptoms up until July 19th, which was the day my period would have been expected. I started bleeding on the 19th, had mild cramps with red blood first which got a bit heavier, had some dark red stringy bits and wasn't overly heavy. Not enough to fill the pad but usually just when I wiped. It finished on evening of the 20th. Usually my period is heavyish and 3 days with bad cramps. This didn't feel like a full period.
Took a pregnancy test last night bc I genuinely don't know what is happening, and it came back negative.
Anyone else experience anything like this? I imagine it is probably a chemical pregnancy :(
Thanks gals
Ali x

Hi Ali,

I am so sorry to hear you are going through this. I am also going through something similar. I found out that I was pregnant on Sunday 10th July and I was around 5 days late on my period. My partner and I were over the moon after trying since January and we got so excited for the future. I did 4 pregnancy tests and they were all strong positives, I think I was around 2/3 weeks pregnant based on when I ovulated but I was around 4.5 weeks from my last period (I know that they usually calculate it from your last period so I think I was 4 weeks pregnant). I didn't have many symptoms yet but my boobs were really really sore and felt swollen. On Saturday 16th I went to the toilet in the evening and I wiped and saw quite a lot of blood, I instantly panicked however my partner was trying to reassure me that it could be an implantation bleed etc. By the time the morning came I had bad cramps and was bleeding heavily, my boobs had also completely stopped aching. We went to A&E and were referred to the antenatal unit, they did a test which came back negative. I was in complete shock and couldn't understand what had happened. They didn't use the term "chemical pregnancy" however I have done some research and this is what I believe happened. I think what happened to you sounds like a chemical pregnancy too, I just think people react in different ways. I've been bleeding quite heavily for 4 days and today seems to be the first day where it feels like it's coming to an end, so, much like my usual periods. I am so confused about the whole thing, I had actually never heard of a chemical pregnancy before this happened to me but it is apparently very common, although many women aren't even aware it happens or do not speak about it.

A lot of forums online confirm that a chemical pregnancy is not a bad sign and it actually gives people some reassurance that they have the ability to fall pregnant, I've also read that you are more fertile after this happens - however, I am not sure how true this is. Hopefully, you can find a bit of comfort in this. Please feel free to message me if you want to talk.

I know that we will both have healthy pregnancies in the near future!

Lots of love, stay strong!

Becky x

Hey Becky,

Thanks so much for your message. I'm so so sorry you have to go through this too, I feel sad but also just so confused because it happened so fast. It's quite scary and a real shock when you don't expect to see blood!
Hopefully we have better luck next time :)

Thank you so much for reaching out xx
Ali xx