up until what stage in pregnancy do home tests work?

[GnocchiNineDoors]

I think im going mad.

Dd is 6mo and my AF returned at around 5weeks old and been pretty regular. However, every now and again I get the oddest "am I pg?" hints

My boobs are getting bigger and are sore (not just when premenstrual) my eating habits are exactly rhe same as pre baby yet I am getting a rounded tummy (but not totally firm as it was during pg) I sometimes get a funny feeling in it but was told that you xan sometimes feel like a memory of baby.in there.

Im trying to think rationally and think as I am still having periods i couldnt be pg, and we havent (to my knowledge) had a contraception faliure (condoms)

Thought I should pick up a test but as we resumed sex at around 6 weeks, I could possibly be past the right test time.

I know im probably not pg as am having AFs. But my mind is racing.

I had a very similar experience after having my DD. After 32 years with not even one pregnancy scare, I took about 4 tests in the year after my DD. I wasn't pregnant any of those times.

(I am now but we actively tried so it wasn't a surprise!).

Maybe it is a baby memory thing, I don't know. I think I was also a lot more tuned in to my body and cycle after TTC & my first pregnancy so felt my cycle more keenly.

If you are worried though and POAS says negative, ask the doctor for a blood test to be sure it's not your thyroid or something else.
I was anaemic which the blood test showed. Not sure that explains the phantom pregnancy symptoms but it was good to know!