Am I pregnant or not?

[Miss2Mrs2Be]

Newbie here.... been trying to convince for over 9 months. Then beginning of this month my period was late, (periods are regular) so I took a pregnancy test and it was negative, the same day I had pink & light bleeding this lasted 2 days. I assumed I'd had a short/ light/ late period. Then a few days later nausea kicked in (unlike anything I've ever felt before) and something inside me told me to take a test - which was a faint positive. Excited but not wanting to get my hopes up, I waited out and took 3 more tests at lunch time - all positive and 2 more tests in the evening with my partner - both positive (1-2). A few days later I did another - pregnant 1-2. Following the dates from my last proper period this made sense and matched up with my last period and ovulation dates. A week later I did another test and it was negative, panicked I did another one in the evening and it was positive again - phew! This morning I did another test (I know I shouldn't keep doing them but I just needed the confirmation and also I wanted to see if the calculated weeks had changed but the test said not pregnant. I panicked and tried to justify it (maybe I hadn't done the test right, I'd drunk too much, etc) so I waited until this evening. I took 2 more tests which were both negative. I have had and still have symptoms - nausea & sickness, tired, needing to wee a lot more than usual, very light cramping, bloating, heightened smell, sore boobs, milky white discharge, hormones - oh the hormones (one minute im crying, then laughing then biting peoples heads off then cry again for no reason) 🙈

I have had no strong pains and no bleeding. I have done the worst thing and googled, I've read about if your hcg is high (sometimes linked to multiple pregnancy etc) then it will result in a negative test result, maybe my hcg is too low as im still early, hook effect etc... I am so confused and stressed out. I've rung my gp and been told to call back at 8am for an appointment to examined physically by a doctor but I don't understand how a physical examination will determine if im 5 weeks pregnant or not... surely I'd need a blood test or scan which they don't do at my gp they refer you to the local hospital for. I'm trying not to stress and get upset but my anxiety is now through the roof... any advice or has this happened to you?

I’m sorry you’re going through this, it must be an emotional rollercoaster. It’s hard to know what’s going on. You’re right that an examination can’t tell you whether you’re pregnant or not, the receptionist probably just misspoke and meant you need to speak to a GP or need a face to face to do a urine test there. Wait and see what the GP says tomorrow and if you can’t get an appointment could always ring EPAU.

If you've had positive and then negative tests, it sounds like you may have had a chemical pregnancy. I'm so sorry.

Digital tests need a higher level of HCG so if you were getting 1-2 on the test and then negatives a few days later, your HCG levels are presumably reducing.

Chemical pregnancies are unfortunately more common than people realise and only when you're actively TTC will you pick up on them (early testing etc..).