PLEASE help am I??

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Registered: 09-16-2003
PLEASE help am I??
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Sun, 11-09-2003 - 2:51pm
Ok here is my story I just got off the pill in Aug. Once I did my cycle was 26 days just like befor I was on the pill (only was on for 18 months). My lmp was Oct.11th and no af so Friday I took a test and got a light + it showed up quick but was very light, Today is day 29 and I have some very light spotting, spotting you can only see if you were looking. I heard though that you can spot but befor your af is due I never heard about after? I have been haveing some craps but not as bad has when I do get af. I told husband that I could be and he has it in his head that I am. I just am very confused because I have a 21 month old and I can remember when I got pregnant with her that I had no dought in my mind that I wasn't pregnant, but now I don't feel like I am but all the sign point to that I am, please help what do you think the spotting is? Do you think I could be? Thank you very much for any help you can give.
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Registered: 07-12-2003
Sun, 11-09-2003 - 4:29pm
With my last pregnancy, my firt test was so light, I took it to a friend to have her look at it! I would say try taking another test...as for the spotting, with my second pg, I did have it lightly on and shortly after I should have had my AF... I have had 3 pregnancies- this being quite possibly my fourth, and none of them have been the same, So I think it's hard to compare them. As a matter of fact, with the last one I didn't even have fatigue~ it's like the more babies I have the easier the pregnancy is!

Best of luck to you...

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Registered: 11-08-2003
Sun, 11-09-2003 - 5:17pm
Speaking from my own experience, it sounds like theres a probablity that you are pregnant. The light positive sign on your test could mean that the pregnancy hormones are present but because it's still early the hormones aren't high enough to give you the bold pos. sign you would expect to see. Spotting is normal during the first trimester, as well as feeling crampy. If I were you, I would definitely make a call to your doctor to verify your pregnancy test. Some women get the spotting some don't. All it means is that the embryo is attaching to the uterus. Definitely call your doctor to verify your results, even take another test in a week or so when your hormone levels will be higher. And most importantly remember that each pregnancy is different. You may experience some symptoms this time around that you didn't with your first. And that's alright. It's what makes each pregnancy different and unique. I wish you the best of luck!!

~Cheryl~

EDD 7/3/04

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Registered: 09-16-2003
Sun, 11-09-2003 - 5:41pm
Thank you both soooo much because I was starting to wonder weather or not I wasn't and if I shouldn't have told my husband, because I knew that he would be happy. Not a planned pregnacy but I knew that he would be happy he alreaddy told someone!!! I am starting to feel better after reading your posts.