Is this a chemical pregnancy or could I still be pregnant? Advice please...
harslo
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Hi, I'm new here, I've been lurking for a bit but now I really have no idea what's going on with my insides and need some help! I'm 38 and two days ago I had faint positives on cheap tests, then bought FRER and had another 2 faint positives, all pink and within time frame and other half agreed. I decided to wait a couple of days and test again, all coming out negative. Sorry if this is TMI, but if this was a loss, shouldn't my period have started properly by now? I've had mild cramping and pinky/brown spotting for the past 24 hrs, I keep expecting the floodgates to open as usual with my period (or what I would expect from reading about chemical pregnancies...), but it's stayed just as spotting which is really unusual for me. Basically I have no idea where I am and am going out of my mind! Is this a chemical but the bleeding just takes longer to start? Or could I still be pregnant? Or just false positives and now a weird late period? I don't have any kids yet and have only just started trying, so all this is very new to me... if anyone has any pearls of wisdom they would be greatly appreciated xxx
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I'm afraid to say that my gut feeling, based on what you've described, is that it is a chemical pregnancy. I would expect the bleeding to ramp up over the next 24-48 hours but that's a guess based on what I've seen others say.
Hopefully, I'm wrong, but my main advice is to look after yourself and give it a few days. If you have any worrying symptoms then speak to a doctor, but if not then see how things go. If the bleeding settles then I'd recommend retesting in a few days' time. If the bleeding gets worse then you could do another test once it finishes if you wanted to be sure.
I hope everything resolves for you quickly.
If u just had faint line without any improvement and now just spotting, I found it's early mc. But if ur tests shown improvement then spotting maybe a start of bleed of early mc. Unfortunately tests are bad this days, most of them show coloured indents occasionally, without seeing line progression it's impossible to be sure if ur pregnant.