Convinced I'm pregnant but testing negative on tests

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Hi,

Me and my partner have been TTC for a while now. This will be our second child together and then I have 2 from a previous relationship.
With my periods I'm like clockwork each month. I will spot the day before my due date then come on properly the day I'm due. The most late I've ever been in my life is 4 days but that was after we had a miscarriage back in January this year and my body getting back into a routine following this. My cycle is 28 days.
Anyway we had sex on my predicated ovulation day can't remember when it was before that or after but I definitely remember doing it on that particular day. I've been testing as soon as we could start testing and all of the tests are coming back negative. I feel pregnant. I'm tired, slight cramping, feel bloated, every no and then feel nauseous, difficulty sleeping and keep needing to get up in the night to have a wee which I never do! I'm only 2 days late so still quite early and am aware that I could have just ovulated late which means I'm not producing enough HCG to be picked up on a test yet but just have this feeling and think it's strange that I haven't tested positive or even had a faint line on any of the tests. I've tried clearblue digital, clearblue early detection, Sainsbury's own early detection which was a pink dye, clearblue rapid test. I've just brought some Amazon cheap ones but have attached a photo of my last test. It's definitely negative isn't it???

Yep that’s a clear negative, and honestly even if you’d ovulated a couple of days late you’d probably be getting a faint positive by now. Only time will tell of course, but sometimes you just get a weird cycle. I hope you get your positive soon OP

Unfortunately if it was pregnancy causing those symptoms, it would mean you had enough hormone in your system to test positive, so the chances are it's just an off cycle xx

Yep that's what I thought. Will just wait for my period and then try again next cycle. Just think it's strange with how I'm feeling generally with my symptoms but then we all know that period and pregnancy symptoms are so similar

Yea that was what I was thinking if my symptoms are related to pregnancy then I would be showing as positive by now and most tests are reliable from the day your period is due and I'm 2 days late getting a clear negative so means I can't be pregnant this time round unfortunately 😞

We’ve all been convinced we are pregnant at some point and then haven’t been.

Period and pregnancy symptoms can be the same plus I think we over exaggerate them when you want to be pregnant.

hi! I tracked every symptom for every cycle for both the year before I started TTC, and the near 18m I was TTC before I got my BFP. Eventually I then combined all my data and wrote out all these symptoms by DPO, and I genuinely had almost every symptom on every day over that time frame. Ie I had every symptom such as nausea/bloating/cramps/dizziness/sore boobs/not sore boobs every day from 2dpo to 14dpo at some point during this time frame of tracking. So of course every month I thought I was pregnant as it would be slightly different from the month before, but in hindsight it must have just been my normal hormonal fluctuations.
the month I finally got my bfp I actually had less symptoms that I often did (just light cramps from 6-12dpo) so it just shows that for me, “symptoms” are completely unreliable.
best of luck with everything, I know how hard this rollercoaster can be! Xxx

Yea you're probably right

Thank you. Am just going to wait for my period now and then try again next month. X

Hi were you pregnant

God knows lol. I last did a test yesterday morning which was negative and still haven't gotten my period yet. I'm now 4 days late. I had a little bit of spotting on two separate occasions earlier but nothing else since. Originally thought it was my period coming but now thinking could it be implantation bleed and I've just ovulated later than what I thought? I'm not going to test again until Tuesday

Keep me posted I am in the same situation expect for that I am not late but have been cramping for 4 days and sticky discharge

Will do. Should either come on my period in the night or get a positive result on Tuesday

Hello 👋 any updates? Xx are you still waiting till tomorrow

Good luck!
i tested negative every day for a week with my 5year old - i was just so sure i was

Hi so I didn't come on my period. Yesterday and today only had blood when I wiped. Light pink colour. And today there definitely isn't as much as yesterday. In fact it's barely there. I'm going to test in the morning 🤞🏼😊 how are you?

Thank you. I'm like 90% certain that I am pregnant. Going to test in the morning but not sure if it's still classed as early as if this is implantation bleeding google says you should wait 3 days after it stops before you test

I tested negative for days after my period was due but I knew I was pregnant! And my son is now 11

Fingers crossed for you!

I'm now 5 days late (6 tomorrow when I test) but think I must of ovulated late this month as only had what I believe is implantation bleed yesterday and today

Thank you

@ForLovingTealSheep hi so I tested this morning and it was negative again! Then when I wiped there was more blood which this time was bright red instead of light pink. Just went to the toilet again and there was some blood in my underwear and when I wiped again there was more bright red blood so unfortunately I think this is my period 😔 I've popped a pad on so will monitor it. If it's a proper period then will just try again next cycle but if the bleeding stops then I will do another test at some point but I'm now thinking this is my period. Not sure what's gone on this month I'm never late and this is 6 days late! I also spot the day before then come on properly never had spotting for two days beforehand. Maybe just a weird cycle for me and now don't know how to calculate when I will be ovulating as usually I have a 28 day cycle but this has been longer?