Advice Please!!

[MrsC2Be]

Hi there..i wonder if you can all help me. I'm new so please me nice haha. Anyway..im in a bit of a pickle. This is the story. In April my periods started to be different to what i am use to. TMI i am sorry..they had gone from normal reddy heavy to brown and coming on late. I've done numerous amounts of pregnancy tests and all have come back what i thought was negative..however after the amount of time there was a second line but it could have been like you guys are all probably aware of a dreaded evap line ! Anyway when i got my negatives i tried to put aside how i was feeling. The sensitive nipples, veins everywhere and i mean everywhere..all up my legs all down my tummy, heartburn, headaches,trumping etc. But i couldnt ignore what i was feeling. I felt different. I spoke to the doctors about my periods and she told me it could be down to the pill. However, when i hit what would have been 3months my headaches disappeared and i began to feel slightly better. However i felt crap because my trousers didnt fit the same..things felt tighter on the lower half and my BOOBs are massive! Gone up atleast 3cupsizes! With prominent veins all over them and all up my arms and chest. When i hit what would have been 5months i began to feel flutters in my stomach like there was a butterfly in my tummy..little bubbles of gas popping. The first time i felt it, it stopped me in my tracks and i remember saying to myself and thinking "I'M PREGNANT!!!" I went to the doctors again and she did a pregnancy test and she didnt seem sure that it was negative. But as she said it was i left my thoughts of pregnancy and tried to get on with everything. About a month later when i got my period it was a day late again and i never am a day late apart from since this has been going on, i began to keep getting the thoughts that i could be. Now i can feel little feelings in my tummy, they dont feel like massive kicks that every new mom or pregnant mother talks about but i can feel movements in my tummy. I feel like feet are dragging down my sides and turning my stomach. I get little kicks and pop like feelings. Very odd! I dont know what to think, i dont know if im over thinking and being silly but id like maybe for you guys to shed some light on things or for you to share your experiences with me ?? Thank You all so much xx

I'm confused about your dates. How long ago was your last proper AF bleed (whether bright red or brownish)?

You can detect movements from only about 15 weeks at the very earliest, which would mean you had missed several periods already.

In early pregnancy your hcg levels (what tests detect) will raise exponentially, so by 6-8 weeks the levels are in the thousands. Home pg tests will detect anything from 10-50miu, so even if you had low hormone levels you would definitely get a strong positive on an hpt at some point. Yes, they will stop being as accurate after about 8 weeks, but you would have to have higher hcg levels than would be detectable for a pregnancy to be viable, so I find it hard to believe tests would be wrong the whole first trimester.

Being 1 day late doesn't really mean anything either. Even if you're very regular, you can't expect your body to work like clockwork every month. Stress can easily delay ovulation a day and result in a slightly longer cycle.

If you still suspect you are pregnant, see your doctor and get a BLOOD test done. Even if you end up not being pg, something could be going on.

If you think you are more than 5 months PG then presumably your GP would refer you for a scan. If not, you can pay a private clinic to do it for you. A basic scan can be as little as £40 IIRC.

The time i took the first pregnancy test would have been out of the first trimester just about? I thought it may have been an evap because it came up faintly and also after the time of the recommended leaving time? The doctor didnt feel my tummy no, she just did a quick test but she didnt seem sure that it was negative..she said "im pretty sure thats a negative..erm yea id say it was??" I'm having monthly brown discharge..not heavy deep red periods im use to?

Get a scan asap. It's the only way to know for sure. Good luck.

Thanks Guys, im going to go to the docs tomorrow as things are weird.

I've got stretch marks either side of my belly button and they are just below my tummy button. Also the feelings im feeling in my tummy feel like someones stretching my tummy from the inside, if i can explain it better id say it felt like what a pizza maker does to the dough..you know when they stretch it with the back of their fists? Thats what it feels like is happening. Also ive noticed that my tummy feels like its alive..buzzing or something inside. Cant explain it well, almost like it itsnt settled or calm? x