16/17 DPO, no AF, nauseous but negative test - please help

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Hi everyone, I'm new to mumsnet but I'm wondering if someone can help me... I've been driving myself crazy for the past week or so! I had a miscarriage in February (TTC number 2 - my oldest is 18 months) and felt utterly crushed then hugely impatient to get pregnant again. I used OPK and had flashing smiley face for nearly 2 weeks (I know advice is not to use them immediately after a MC but I really didn't want to miss ovulation!) I got a positive static smiley opk on 5th March. TWW was agony, and now I've been testing negative since about 10 dpo. (I've gone a bit overboard really... I'd be embarrassed to calculate how much I've spent on tests! I might have a POAS addiction.) I'm now between 16 - 17 dpo depending on when I actually ovulated. I feel nauseous, fatigue, and my boobs are swollen, but my tests are still resolutely negative. There might be the faintest line on FRER but I think that's more the indentation line. Then yesterday, so 15/16 dpo I had really light brown spotting and thought AF was here (which would at this point be a relief as at least I'd know where I stand) but still nothing. Could it have been implantation bleeding? But, this late in the day, wouldn't that make another chemical or MC really likely? I can't face going through it again. I'd really appreciate advice or any similar stories - or even success stories of testing positive after 17 dpo... Thanks.

Aw I hope you’re okay. All I can suggest is to sit tight and test again in a couple of days. I didn’t test positive on a regular test until about 4 days after the first day of missed period. I got a very faint line on an early test two days after but I assumed that was an evap line because it didn’t appear until after the ten minute wait. It wasn’t an evap line though as I later discovered. I’ve added a picture of the faint line on the early test. On regular tests It looked negative for several days.

it’s such a stressful time isn’t it? I’m 7 weeks today and I keep doing reassurance tests every 3 days, it is obsessive but I’ll keep doing that until I’m 12 weeks I think.

@Anne4678 , thank you for your response - and a huge congratulations on your pregnancy! I know what you mean; it's such an anxious time. If I am now, or when we do manage to conceive number 2, I don't think I'll be able to fully enjoy and relax until after the 12 week scan. I'll wait and take another test in a few days (or try to!). Did you know how many dpo you were when you tested positive? x

No I don’t know how dpo was. It seems I ovulated a lot later than I thought I had which is why I didn’t test positive on a regular test until 4 days after missed period, and then it was very very faint too. A clear blue said ‘not pregnant’ two days after. I was so confused for days.

I do hope you are pregnant, but if you’re not this time, wishing you lots of luck for it to happen soon.