Funky test & now brown spotting???

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Registered: 08-10-2003
Funky test & now brown spotting???
Mon, 08-18-2003 - 7:23am
Hi All :)

Well, after VERY little sleep, I finally couldn't take it anymore and got up early to take my hpt. I'm now totally baffled. For the first time in 53 days ( normal cycle is 35 )I had a little brown spotting this morning. So, I'm wondering IS this AF or what??? THEN, with my hpt, I took an EPT....if you're pg you're supposed to get a line in both windows. It finally showed a VERY faint line in the control window....barely showed that. What is up with that??? I know I've been having tons of symptoms and my doctor thinks my hcg levels are just too low, but now I'm wondering if this brown spotting could be an early miscarriage or just a very late AF....I have no clue! Any ideas???

I'm going to call my doctor today and tell him about the funky test and the light brown spotting and see what he thinks. I was hoping I'd get a big ole positive today, so when I discovered the brown spotting my first thought was...."Ohhhh great!" UGH

My doctor said he's had patients who've tested negative with both hpt's and blood tests and that a pregnancy was only determined with the ultrasound. I also know you can bleed or have your periods while you're pregnant. My mom tested negative and had bleeding the entire time she was pg with one of my sisters. I was prepared for this morning's test to not show anything and to have to proceed with either another blood test or the ultrasound. But, the brown spotting throws a kink into that, I think. Maybe not, but it sure seems ODD to say the least. I mean if I had a positive test and brown spotting, that'd be one thing. But, still a negative and now brown spotting. That doesn't sound good to me. :(

I'll post this under the OMG thread, too. Thanks for all the prayers and positive wishes. I wish I knew what was going on with me!!! :)Missy