A little back story- I started ttc in April 2019 - and I had a chemical pregnancy in April 2019- a missed miscarriage at 14 weeks in 2020, then a further miscarriage at 6 weeks in June 2021. I was referred to the recurring miscarriage clinic (who I was lucky enough to see really quickly) who did all the tests and everything came back normal. I was then given progesterone, folic acid and vitamin D to take from the moment of my first positive test.
I conceived again in August 2021 and took my progesterone and other meds and was fortunate to carry to term and had my DS in May 2022.
When my son was 18m old (November 2023) we decided to start ttc again. I tracked all my cycles as we had done before and I went on to have another chemical pregnancy in March 2024. I had started taking my meds as planned but it just didn’t progress past 4 weeks.
After this I stopped tracking my cycles as my mental health was battered with the stress and anxiety of ttc, however we decided we desperately wanted another baby, so we would ‘not try but not prevent’. After I had my DS in 2022 my periods became very irregular, partly due to the weight I had gained and at one point they stopped completely. I tried two cycles tracking ovulation and it appeared I wasn’t actually ovulating. After this I gave up tracking.
Fast forward to 5th December 2024, I was watching a live on TT and there was a psychic medium who told me “I was pregnant”. Now I don’t usually believe in these types of thing, but as she had picked me out of a live with about 200 people I thought this was a bit odd. I took a test and to my utter shock there was a faint line.
With TTC my son in 2021, I tracked my cycle religiously, I was temperature checking and POAS from 5dpo and I had my first faint positive at 8DPO.
I hadn’t tracked this cycle so I have absolutely no idea when I ovulated, but my previous cycle was 30 days, my last MP being 09/11/24.
I was utterly shocked at the faint positive, but I immediately started taking my progesterone (in the front).
The next day 06/12/24 I bought a clear blue digital and got a Pregnant 1-2 but I was cramping so bad, I was fearing the worst.
On 07/12/24 I started bleeding red blood, but it wasn’t enough to fill a panty liner and stopped after about 2 hours.
By this time I was utterly confused, after all my history I was convinced I was having another chemical and I was absolutely devastated.
I was still testing on Mommed strips at this point and the tests were still light but not getting any lighter. I just accepted fate and waited for the bleeding to start, but it never came.
I continued taking my progesterone but I switched to the back because I had a sudden thought that what if the progesterone was irritating my cervix and causing the bleeding. When I had my last smear they did say I had cervical ectropion.
Since I’ve swapped to the back I’ve had no more bleeding and I’ve continued taking tests every day but they just aren’t getting dark.
I’ve had 5 previous pregnancies so I know what a test should progress like and it’s just not happening. I am so confused at what is going on. I don’t know how many dpo I am as I wasn’t tracking, but I had my LMP on 09/11/24 and my first positive on 05/12/24 so going on average ovulation dates I should be 16/17dpo and my tests just aren’t reflecting this. I took a Tesco own brand last night before bed which is the bottom test. I’m so sorry this is a long post but I didn’t know if anyone could offer any support.