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I got what I think is my period today, but it's strange. It was VERY VERY heavy and came out in a gush. Then 5 hours later it was almost gone. What in the world is going on?

Hello all. I don't think this is really a pregnancy question and it may even sound silly, but here it is. I stopped taking birth control pill in March after being on them for three months after ending the depo shot for two years. I had a regular period through May. In June af came one week earlier than expected (which I didn't find unsusual). Around the end of June, maybe the beginning of July, I started feeling nausea and extreme fatigue. I took a hpt twice that were negative then go my July period for three and half days when it is usually five days. I spotted for two days before my flow began. July 31, I spotted again and then had a somewhat regular flow on August 1 through 3rd and spotted for the last two days again. I have still been having strange symptoms and even have a flutter like movement in my stomach and a tightening feeling that you can compare to braxton hicks, which my doctor says is probably just gas. I got af on the 27th of August that ended on the 29th after only three days again. This time I barely cramped, and I usually have out of this world pms. I've had repeat negative urine pregnancy tests and can't understand what could be wrong with me. I've been pregnant three times, so I somewhat embarrassed that I don't know this. Does anyone out there have any suggestions?

To everyone who posted their concerns I am going through the same thing.I amd 5 weks late going on 6 an still habve not had a period. I was on th depo shot and missed my last one and have taken 4 hpt and all have comeout neg. No one wil give me a blood test and I have some but not all of the early pregnancy symptons. My breast hurt,nasuea,senstive to smells as well as being extremly tired and dizzy.I am smoker and the taste eventhe smell of one makes me sick and I ahve ben smoking for almost 2 yrs.I really doe hop that I am pregnant, but I really do think I am just because with my first child I didn't test pos. with a hpt either I had to get blood test. I guess i will continue to wait.

hi everyone im new to all this but im just gonna sthortly tell u whats goin on / ok in augs i started spotting before my period. at frist it was red but it only lasted a few mins then i didnt spoted for a day then i spotted brown . and that was it two days of spotting. then i never saw my period. so i took a hpt (alot of them ) all of them said negative. so i went to the doc. they said the same thing but i feel like i . b/c my faces is all broke out and i dont break out i have been have headachs and dizzyness and bloating my boobs have gottin bigger the not swore but just bigger . i want to be pg but im afrid i might not be . but i have hope i might be i go back on the 12 to take another urine test does an one have any ideas r been in the same thing??

I am about 9 weeks so far..i have an ultrasound on the 15th so ill know forsure then. Wow Mandy your story is soo amazing..congrats...i cant wait to hear how you are doing with the new baby in Oct. Good Luck!!

Thanks so much to everyone who has posted on this site. I have felt truly alone and scared before reading this just now. Perhaps I'll catch some sleep tonight now.

Here's my story. 3 weeks ago I missed my period and have tested negative ever since. I went to my doc and saw a locum who said I could still be pregnant, just keep testing. However, things started to fit together. Usually my periods are very heavy and last for up to 10 days. The 2 to 3 periods before my missed one were really light with bright red blood and lasting only a few days. Throughout that whole time I have been putting "weight" on only on my belly and looking increasingly pregnant.

I have a 5 year old daughter and by the time I was 16 weeks pregnant I looked as large as I do now (which is like 6 months for most people!). Everywhere else is slim. I also have started to feel movements like I did with my daughter. By my reckoning I could be as far gone as 20 weeks.

So I went back to my doc who is an older male doc and he was skeptical (despite my size!!!!). He had a really rough feel around my stomach and said he could find no "pregnancy structures" and tried to find a heart beat with a sonic detector which he placed on my groin????! He couldn't find one and said it was impossible to tell. Due to my insistence he has referred me to have an US which could come through any day. I went home that night and had dreadful cramps. Being in the UK I rang NHS Direct ( a help-line) and they told me to get myself down to A & E (ER equivalent). After 5 hours of blood tests , urine tests, stomach prodding and rude junior docs I was told that everything had come back negative so I couldn't be pregnant but my "acute abdominal distension" was very concerning so I was wheeled down to have an X Ray. The X Ray man refused to X Ray me as he said my notes suggested that I might have a sub-acute abdominal obstruction and that in all his years he had never seen anyone come in for an X Ray who looks so clearly pregnant. He argued with the doctor and I ended up being sent home with the doctor telling me I probably have ovarian disease!!!! But only an US will tell.

So I came home and from my net searches I've convinced myself I must have ovarian cancer. I am 40 years old and was delighted to think that I was pregnant but to be told that you are not, when you feel it (tiredness, swollen sore breasts, moodiness etc etc) and to cap it all you may have a disease which means that you cannot have children has been devastating. All of my friends have been cold comfort telling me to stop thinking about it until I get the results of the US. But as you ladies know you carry it around with you 24/7 don't you. Thanks for helping me to realise that I'm not going mad.

To Helen: Please update us with your results..im interested to know if you are ok and what is going on. Good luck and hang in there!

To Marek: Thanks. Will do and likewise I'm really thinking of you for the 16th. Hope all goes well and let us know how you get on.

to helen: pls update me and i wish you the best of luck through all of this.

My US is finally coming up on Friday (Sept 16th @ 9pm) after waiting just over a month!! I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I dont know what's going on with me but it would be nice to know. Helen please keep me updated, I'd like to know what's going on with you!!

To Britaney and Kari:Thanks I will do. Please do the same and hang in there.

Hi everyone. I wanted to say that your questions and answers are so uplifting and the support is overwhelming, especially with the people who need it most.
I wanted to share my story as well. I have a DS who is almost 2 years old. Picture Perfect-By the Book Pregnany. But afterwards, I sufferd chronic lower back pain for the first day or two when AF arrives.
I went off my Copper IUD in mid July. Beginning of August, AF arrived as expected, but really horrible backpain and large amounts of *ahem*. Sorry, I'm trying to leave out the gory details! I figure it might have been my first m/c. :o(

We aren't using protecting either. I was due for AF at the beginning of September, but instead had 3 days of bright red streaks, then the 4th day of light to brown spotting. It stopped after that. AF usually lasts about one week, not 4 days! The other funny thing is, there isn't any back pain! I am 12 days late for my actual period.

Three HPT are negative as well as a doctors urine test too is negative. What's interesting is that when I was pregnant with my son, all hpt were negative until I was entering my second trimester. I am wondering if this is what's happening to me again.
I am sorry for the *graphic details, but would like some insight is you have any.

God Bless to everyone and hope that your dreams really do come true!

PS I have experienced breast tenderness for 3 days prior to spotting (I NEVER had this, except when I was pregnant with my son!), and a larger appetite as well. I stay up late and wake up early, which I do have to stop, so I can't say for sure if I am partly fatigued due to pregnany, if this is the case. Thank you to all, your stories are inspiring!

Hi everybody. I've just been told that my "urgent" scan which was ordered over a week ago will be on the 27th september, which is 3 weeks from request. I've been told that it can only be speeded up if the doc rings in and says it's an emergency. I don't know about you guys but what gets me angry is that I feel like the medical staff don't understand how stressful it is carrying around an unknown quantity for weeks on end not knowing whether you are going to hear the best news in the world or the worst. Yesterday I was so stressed with my workload at work on top of this that I had a migraine and started to spot blood. Thankfully it stopped when I sat down and rested. If they truly believed that I was carrying a baby I just know I'd be given an US within 48 hours as friends who have spotted have been given one. It makes me mad! Sorry to moan but at least I know you all understand.

I'm the same - I need to know if I am pregnant but don't know how to find out if tests don't work. I never miss periods & have nearly missed two!

I wanted to inform you about my last pregnancy test I recently took. I'm about 6.5 weeks preggo, presumming! I didn't find out until I was 11 weeks preggo last time I was pregnant. This time, I took the First Response preg test, and it was negative. I have another doc appt. on the 3rd of October! We'll see how that turns up. The doctor who is standing in for my other doctor atm is very thorough too, I love her! I'm also planning on getting married to my fiance of many many years in June, and if I am preggo, I will be due in Mid-May!!! How exciting!

I Wish everyone luck and the best for each and everyone of you.

to helen: that would make me angry to. as you have read i found out i had a cyst on my ovary. well i went to the doc on sept 2 and all she did was feel on my stomach. she told me she doesnt think theres nuthing to worry about but since the emergency room was concerned about the size of it she scheduled me for another ultra sound on the 26th. the wierd thing that this perion i had last week i passed alot of clots all at once and the only time i have ever done that is when i had a miscarriage back in feb. i also had horrible cramps so bad that i couldnt sleep. i don't know whats going on but hopefully im alrite.
to buglet: i wish you the best i know its very stressful but you always have to keep your head up. i wish the best to all of you.