ARRGGGHHHHHH!

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 6:45am
Well, as of this morning AF was two days late...so I did another HPT although I swore I'd wait until the end of the week. It was "-". A few hours later, I noticed a little brown spot in my undies. I don't get it. I am NOT having AF symptoms but rather pregnancy symptons all week. How can this have been only in my mind? I have nausea every day, a slight headache, my breats are bigger and I have actually thrown up. I am NEVER late so last night I was really hopeful I was pregnant. But now with yet another "-" HPT and that little spot this morning, I am not sure anymore.

I O'ed on the 24th...could of implantantion have taken that long thus preventing the pregnancy hormone to show up on tests? Was the spotting normal? Also, I've been having cramps just NOT AF cramps. HELP! I feel so sad, don't even want to tell DH about it since yesterday night kinda hinted to him that he might have done it this month.

PLEASE HELP! Any advice is welcome.Thanks.

All the best to you all.

Patricia


Edited 9/9/2003 7:37:58 AM ET by patita_fofinha

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 8:00am
PLEASE HELP!
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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 8:26am
I am so sorry for what you are going through! I did the same thing yesterday, I was so sure that I was and I took another test and it came out "-". Your brown spot may have been a positive sign though! I know that some people say that the cramping could be late implantation. I haven't had any spotting just alot of nausea & heartburn. Hang in there, girl! It will happen. Everyone says try not to dwell on it, but I know that that is heart (I can't do it) :) Try to keep your chin up.....your not in this boat alone! Good Luck! Carol
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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 8:31am
Thank you so much for your response. You made me feel so much better. I am at the office this morning and so feel like I do not want to be here. Called DH before and almost started crying when I told him what happened. How can I have pregnancy symptoms, have "-" HPT and then spotting? Also, I have been having cramps but they do not feel like AF cramps (and god knows I know what does feel like!). Could it really be that late of implantation? I mean, if I ovulated on the 24th, how can it have taken that long? Maybe I am just "losing" the pregnancy also and that is why I have been feeling like this? AF is still officially two days late because spotting has not increased to regular flow. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO! All I know is that I am going completely INSANE!

Patricia

By the way, best of luck to you Carol, feels better to know others are going threw same thing.

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 8:43am
From what I have heard it is possible to take that long to implant. I don't think that you are losing a pregnancy, I think it would hurt alot more and be a lot more then just a brown spot. I have had the same type of craps all weekend long, and I wish I new why as well. I did read somewhere that some women have really low HCG levels and my not show up til 7-10 days after first day of missed period. My cramps have stopped and I am 2 days late as well, no bloating, nothing. So I am just as much at a loss as you are. I am going to try to quit obsessing over it (yeah right! :)) and just keep trying this month. My concern with missing is that my cycle may be trying to change, so if I keep getting a negative, may need to buy a o predictor kit next week....you too! Chin up!! Carol
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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 10:16am
Carol,

Well, the spotting has turned more red so I do fear that AF is just late and that all this wait and anxiety was for nothing. The cramps are very different from when I usually get AF so, I don't really understand what is going on. My cycle is like clockwork at 28 days so now it might be turning into 29 or 30 on me. The only thing that I am hopeful about is that I feel a pinch on the day I ovulate so I still have that to keep track somehow.

I am still crossing fingers this might be implantation spotting but as the hours go by and I still see it getting more red, I am losing hope.

I should not complain since this is my first month trying but it is depressing nonetheless just because I was so sure all this past week that I was pregnant (all all symptoms were there). I guess perhaps the more we want it to happen, the more our brain plays tricks on us.

Let me know how things turn out for you. Please!

Hoping you all the best sweetie.

Thanks again for the kind reply.

P.S. If your cramps stopped and no bloating, that might be a good sign.

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 10:19am
I know how you feel.I'm 10 days late got neg blood test on the 5.Af should've come 31 AUG instead I got spotting and I have been spotting ever since. I had an exam done and DR said my uterus seemed a bit enlared but it could be from previous c section. She even thought it was a very early pg.I don't know if I can handle getting another ---reuslt but I want to be sure.If I'm not I don't know when I'll O. I never had an actual flow either

I feel your pain,Good luck to all of us

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 10:27am
If you are 10 days late that is already a good sign girl! Maybe you have a really early pregnancy because of late implantation.

Keep me posted, i'd love to know how things turn out for you.

Guess for me, i'll be trying again next month. :'(

Patricia

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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 11:35am
I don't think that I can take another test without completely losing it. So I am going to just try to go on like normal. I just don't understand how I can go from completely normal to not having AF at all. But at least those painful cramps have finally stopped!!!! Wonder what that was all about! I will get a predictor kit next week and then see what happens (I have never done one, have you?). Good luck to you! Hopefully we will all get +'s next month! Carol
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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 11:44am
I hope 10 dyas is a good sign. Dh and I lost a son 5 years ago and haven't tried again since. We've been trying now since may 03. I'll take another test on the 12. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Tue, 09-09-2003 - 12:12pm
Carol,

I've never taken a predictor test because I always feel a pinch on my side when I ovulate. Many of my friends think it is so funny because they have never felt a thing and I have that pinch the entire 24 hours that the ovary releases the egg. I guess in a sense I am lucky because if I time it right, I should have no problem getting pregnant.

Again, good luck to you but really, try to find out if your missed AF is not something else (if not pregnancy).

Keep in touch.

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