Confused.com? :-s Could I be pregnant?

[Dee87]

Hi ladies & gents. Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong area or something but could do with some help/advice/morale boosting. Dh & I have been ttc since march & so far no joy...or maybe joy! :-s basically my cycle is usually about 31-32 days long & I'm on day 33 today but no AF.
I have all my usual pms symptoms... Cranky, sore boobs, some cramping but no AF! Usually I'd have spotting or bloody discharge (sorry if th@s tmi) about 2-3 days before AF, which hasn't happened this month & I have added symptoms of extreme lethargy, intermittent nausea (altho I'm still eating & not vomiting) & major lower back pain (I get back pain sometimes during my period but this is more intense).
Was excited & virtually convinced I'm pregnant, told Dh of my thoughts & everything but today I took a pt (took it at 5am to get an early morning sample altho I had gotten up previously in the nite to go to the loo) & it came back negative! :-(
I don't know what to think! This is most unusual for my body. Also being treated for a touch of thrush as I'd had some feminine itching (altho I'm not convinced its thrush) could that cause a missed period but still give me pms symptoms?
Any help/responses greatly appreciated!

Thanks kasareem. AF has infact arrived :-(It's a bad 1 aswell, so much back pain I nearly cried. Had to resort to taking 2 paracetamol & 1 ibuprofen! I have been trying not to take pills since we started trying but I had to succumb today. I just wanna get this ova wiv now & try again. Thanks for all your help & support guys. Ill keep you posted x

Thanks kasareem. AF has infact arrived :-(It's a bad 1 aswell, so much back pain I nearly cried. Had to resort to taking 2 paracetamol & 1 ibuprofen! I have been trying not to take pills since we started trying but I had to succumb today. I just wanna get this ova wiv now & try again. Thanks for all your help & support guys. Ill keep you posted x

Thanks fairypants. Yes having a cider wiv DH now & going to eat the stuff I can't eat whilst preggers this weekend like Brie, several strong coffees & runny poached eggs & then when AF has departed I'm back on the no caffeine, careful what I eat & frolicking like bunnies (sorry if that's TMI) x

Dee, do you do ov tests, given that you don't have the 'normal' cycle, it maybe worth checking when you ovulate to make sure you are being bunnies at the right time. I have a short cycle and didn't ovulate when I thought I did at all so by knowing that we could time it better

I don't do ov tests currently. We try to go by the general rule of 'trying' every other day throughout the month. But maybe doing ov tests would be a good idea. Can you recommend a good test kit? Are they very expensive?

I guess it could be, at least in part, because my cycles are longer than average & towards the end of the month trying we tend to get tired & 'try' less frequently. Maybe I'm missing my window.

I bought mine on eBay, from a company called fertility something. They were about £8 for 100 so not expensive.

That's brill. Thank you will definitely look into that.