when can I test

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Registered: 08-27-2003
when can I test
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Wed, 08-27-2003 - 4:12pm
Hi guys, i am in a state of confusion and need some advice. I got my Af on Aug 17 it started like spotting, thick brown not how i normally start. It stopped overnight and progressed to an normal period on the 18th, by the 19th is was extremely light and the 20th finished completely. My Af usually streches from 5-7 days to be completely over. On the 23rd i started to spot pink discharge when i wiped (sorry tmi) and by the 24th it was enough to stain my underwear (still pink though). I was confused because it came so close after Af but that has never happened to me before. I have unprotected sex all of the time and he pulls out (not safe I know) but i can't pinpoint exactlly when we bd'd, i'll just say all of the time. I was going crazy and took a test yesterday and i saw the faintest pink line, so faint i had to hold it in the light and squint to see it. I wasn't sure if it was just the residual left on the strip or what. Should i wait until my next expected Af to test again. It's consuming all of my thoughts. Sorry it's long but i need advice and didn't want to leave anything out.
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Registered: 07-09-2003
In reply to: gray_eyes
Wed, 08-27-2003 - 4:33pm
the best thing i can think of is wait a few days and test agian with a good hpt. HCG doubles everyday so if it was a true faint + it will be darker in a couple of days. good luck to you

Angela
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Registered: 08-09-2003
In reply to: gray_eyes
Wed, 08-27-2003 - 4:35pm
No matter how faint the line, if it's a line...then it's positive. Maybe you should try another test. What you described sounds very much like pregnancy. That's how a period will do sometimes when a woman gets pregnant. And the pink sounds like implantation bleeding, which it totally normal and a sign of pregnancy. Good luck!! Let us know!! Amanda
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Registered: 08-12-2003
In reply to: gray_eyes
Wed, 08-27-2003 - 4:35pm
I have started and quit and started spotting a few days later . I think that is pretty normal. Acctually to you cant get pg unless you have o'd and unless you o'd inbetween the bleeding I think my first thought may be correct. But I am not a doctor Im only going on what has happened to me from time to time ! If you think you may be pg then I would test over the weekend .
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Registered: 08-09-2003
In reply to: gray_eyes
Wed, 08-27-2003 - 4:44pm
Let me go on a second here... what you're saying basically...is that you didn't ever really full have a period..and then the pink staining a few days later. I've did that before too...and I was pregnant every time. Not only that, but you don't get a positive pregnancy test for no reason. I've been pregnant 5 times. Have three kids. Two miscarriages and am trying for #4. What you described is exactly the way three of my periods acted the month I became pregnant. A lot of brown...and it never fully came on like normal. You are assuming too I'm guessing that you ovulated prior to ever getting the scant period. You aren't questioning if you got pregnant between the brown and the pink bleeding. ???? Test again...but...you don't get a positive if you aren't pregnant.. there may be an exception...but you gave a text book version of what you described. Probably millions of women's periods react like you have reacted the first month they become pregnant. .... Amanda