any ideas as to what the heck is going on with me?

[Roryrory]

Mods, please feel free to move....

I have no idea what is going on with me. AF was due on 15 August but we still have a no-show. And I have taken SIX HPTs (the last being this morning) and all 6 were BFNs. I have been super regular in my cycle up until now.

The difficult thing is that with pg 1 and 2 I had very few, if any, symptoms during the first trimester. That said, I have felt oddly dizzy, occasionally nauseous, had a tender tummy and been visiting the loo more often (I think!)

I've googled chemical pregnancy and don't think its that because usually women get a positive on a HPT, yes? Could it be an ectopic preg? I have a doctors appointment this Saturday to try and get to the bottom of what is going on but wondered if anyone might have some ideas? I am just getting frustrated because I see this as something which is stopping me from getting on with the business of TTC#3....

ETA : I had BFNs with both boys, but much earlier on that this.

[Loubee]

I had negs with all my pg's till at least 6 weeks...one of them had the Dr so worried he sent me for a laperoscopy - bubs was happily sitting there....I think some women just dont show as much hormone as others. you get the result you're after!

[Bathsheba]

Oh it must be so frustrating! I find that as I get older I become less regular... so I lost trust in my regularity as such. My most accurate symptoms were as you described... the nausea and "fullness" around the bladder/uterus region. Also as you might remember with my situation last year, having a period also didn't necessarily "prove" anything either! It's so darn hard. I think ectopic would manifest as pain quite early... but I could be wrong.

Thinking of you!

[{sarah}]

An ectopic pregnancy would be showing on HPTs I would think, usually they are associated with very high HCG levels.

*hug* Rory, hopefully you can get some answers soon.

[Roryrory]

Thanks girls I wouldn't be surprised if I am just one of those women in the 1% who HPTs tends not to work for. I never suffered a drop of morning sickness in either of my pregnancies and if I remember correctly, the same hormon HPTs test is the one which causes morning sickness. Fingers crossed! I just want to know what is going on.

I googled other possible explanantions for no period and early menopause came up - I don't think that is me. My grandmother stopped having AF when she was 61 and my mother didn't go through it til she was 58 LOL!

[Janie]

Rory, is there any chance of getting to the GP sooner, like today? I think that's going to be your best bet in working this out that it's a BFP for you hun!!!

[Roryrory]

Nah, I work full time and it is just too much of a hassle. I had kinda psyched myself up to find out on Saturday, but knowing the doc may want to do a blood test I know I might not even know anything till this time next week.
I am worried that if I am pg and it takes too long to confirm it, I won't be able to get into the Mercy birth centre!!

[Bathsheba]

I am worried that if I am pg and it takes too long to confirm it, I won't be able to get into the Mercy birth centre!!

Ahhh of course, yes! I booked into Cabrini at 7 weeks and "only just made it"... crazy hey? Goodluck this Saturday! I'll be having blood taken too: for my thyroid issue.

[Roryrory]

Ah well I now have an explanation - AF has arrived, so it was just a screwy cycle (or if I was pg it was for 5 minutes only!). Now I have no way of telling when I am ovulating I will have to deliver DH the good news - we'll just have to DTD every day once AF is finished

[Bathsheba]

Ahhh welcome to my world darl... my cycles are so unpredictable that i have been known to conceive as late as day 21 after a visit by AF.... and then I have a visit... and then they still cling on! and I find out I'm up the duff at the end of that cycle. Life is so much easier before a family is complete... goodluck!