Hi everyone!
This is my first time posting in here but I always found great support when I would Google questions in the past...
My period is (was?) due tomorrow.
I stopped tracking AF a few months ago however I do remember starting on my bday back in May - I run a pretty consistent 28 day cycle. I ended up DTD on September 6th and thought nothing of it. However, on Wednesday (the 13th) or that Tuesday night I noticed I was spotting as if AF was about to start. I tossed in a menstrual cup and went to bed and woke up the next morning to nothing. This surprised me a bit but sometimes my period will be light, medium, heavy, light if it lasts 4 days (never any longer than 4 days it's usually only 3 days).
I washed out the cup, placed it back in and went to work Wednesday moring. Used the bathroom a few hours later and same deal. I was scratching my head at this point, took it out and tossed a pantyliner on. When I got home from work, there was nothing on the panty liner.
It is now Monday the 18th and this has been happening since that night... when I wipe there is almost always something (more often than not) but if I use a pantyliner there are only a few tiny spots...
It is most often brown/rust colored however is sometimes bright red with super tiny clots (I think I've noticed like 5 since Tuesday night).
My breasts have been tender, my lower back hurts, I have very very slight mild cramping (seems a little more intense today)
I have checked my cervix and it was low and open when I started what I thought was AF so I figured it WAS AF. However, this morning it is high soft and closed.
As I said, I stopped tracking but I love the moon and I am weird and remembered the moon phase I had AF on in August. I used a period calculator online and plugged in various different metrics as I remember starting AF on a specific day in May and everything lines up to say I would have ovulated around September 6th or that implantation would have occurred last week.
I took no less than 8 pregnancy tests, thought I saw a faint positive, but it was a blue dye test. I switched to pink dye and all of them are negative...
If this is AF it's very unusual for me to be "bleeding" for this long however, I looked up all of the info I could on IB and it says it's impossible for IB to last more than 3 days and be bright red so it HAS to be AF if I notice those things.
I know a cycle can change for any reason but I have always been super regular - 28/29 day cycle. 3 day bleed (occasionally 4) and everything I have calculated says AF would have started THIS week for me, not last week. The only way I would have started my period last week was if I ran a 26 day cycle which has NEVER happened for me. I have not had any lifestyle changes which would affect my cycle ( I don't think )
I have no idea what to think - does anyone else have any thoughts? I don't want to tell my partner and get his hopes up for nothing or sound crazy until I know for sure...
I can't be pregnant if I have BFN's right? This is what's convincing me I am just crazy as if I was pregnant and AF was due TODAY I would have tested positive last night at the very least, right?
I have wanted a baby for as long as I can remember - this is a dream come true if it is real, I just can't tell....