Feel pregnant but BFN

[TryingStar]

Today I've been a bit confused. This is the 2nd month I've been TTC (the first I hadn't a clue what I was doing and I later worked out I'd been BDing way too late in my cycle as I ovulate early). My cycle is 25 days, but I've only tracked the last couple of periods as I've only just started paying attention to all of this since coming off of Loestrin at the start of the year.

Today I was meant to get my period (I assumed it wouldn't come though because I've had some strange symptoms). But I bought 2 pregnancy tests (clear blue and Sainsbury's own brand) and both were negative with concentrated urine!

I'm so confused though because I've been having the strangest symptoms. I've been getting a lot of twinges in my ovaries and had a few days where my lower back ached terribly. I had headaches every single day when I never usually get them. My skin was strangely good (glowing, I was even asked if I was pregnant) until 2 days ago when I broke out like crazy, worse than ever before on my forehead! My very recent symptom is extreme pain in my right ovary area. It's a really bad ache that has been there for days. Also for the past few days I've had tons of thick, white CM. There's no sign of the period or the usual period cramps (only this ache in my right side, above the thigh).

So to sum up - my period has not come, my usual cycle is 25 days. No AF cramps which usually happen in my middle but for a few days have had a strong ache in my right ovary area. BFN on tests. I ovulated about 15-16 days ago. Lots of thick white CM that keeps coming out in my underwear.

Anyone else experience any of these things and what was the outcome?

 

[fertiliciousx]

Hi there,

Dont want to read and run...wish I could help but I'm no expert either.
All I can say is not to give up testing until AF shows. Give it a couple of days and test again. try cheaper tests first (check the sensitivity though) and use a clearblue or clearblue digi confirm any possible BFPs.

Goodluck and Baby dust! x

 

[TryingStar]

UPDATE: Just realized that my period was due yesterday morning! I'm new to this and I'd accidently counted FROM the first day of my last period rather than what I was meant to be doing - counting the first day of my last period as day 1. When I count properly my cycles have been 25 days (getting AF early day 25). So today is cycle day 26. Yesterday I had so much creamy CM coming out in my underwear! It's the late evening now and absolutely no sign of AF. My CM is dry now? Still have an aching feeling low down on my right side, it's a bit painful to cross my right leg over when sitting. The other day I had a random bout of diarrhea, I don't know if that means anything.. it went on all day and I felt quite flustered and uncomfortable. I've had restless nights for a few nights now, I lay in bed and can't get comfortable or go to sleep. Then had to nap in the day!

I've been drinking 'soya milk light' everyday for the past 3 weeks because my friend gave me some. I really hope it hasn't been affecting my cycle. I've drank it before a while back but I was on the pill at the time. I know that I ovulated this month though because I got all the classic signs, the EWCM and the day after a ton of watery wet CM in my underwear! Had a lot of O pains aswell, stabbing quick pains in both ovaries.

I will keep this page updated with the outcome but I'm confused at the stark white pregnancy results along with all my "symptoms", this painful feeling in my right (low) side and the fact I've been drinking soya milk everyday! Please someone give me some input??

 

[TryingStar]

Hi there,

Dont want to read and run...wish I could help but I'm no expert either.
All I can say is not to give up testing until AF shows. Give it a couple of days and test again. try cheaper tests first (check the sensitivity though) and use a clearblue or clearblue digi confirm any possible BFPs.

Goodluck and Baby dust! x

Thanks, you posted as I did. I didn't realize until now that AF really is officially late for me now! Was meant to come yesterday morning (going by previous cycles). But I've wasted so much money on tests that I'm at my wits end, I'm only going to test if AF doesn't turn up for another week. But am hoping for replies that might enlighten me and make the wait less painful!

 

[TryingStar]

Sorry to keep posting in my own thread! Important update!! Usually I have very heavy periods that come full force, no prior warning apart from the bad cramping in my lower middle, then all of a sudden tons of blood starts flowing.

I just had a pee and on the tissue there were 2 lines of the faintest blood. I dabbed again with clean tissue and tried to go a bit inside.. only the TINIEST fleck of blood. My CM is kind of dry at the moment, just a tiny amount of dry pure white colour CM in my underwear. My hips are killing me, it hurts to sit down. My undies have no blood at all in them though.

I hope this is it.. I hope it's implantation or something (is it too late for that?) I hope the soya milk hasn't messed me up!

 

[xxshellsxx]

Soya milk could be affecting your cycle especially if you already have a lot of Soya in your diet! Soya can affect fertility as i believe it keeps estrogen levels raised and you need progesterone to help Af arrive or sustain a PG.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein

GL

xx

 

[sunflower82]

Oh I hope af doesn't come good luck baby dust to you

 

[TryingStar]

Thanks again for your replies.

I ran out of the soya milk the other day so I haven't had it for a couple of days now.. hopefully it will leave my system, I didn't realize it was bad for fertility etc, my healthy vegan friend advised me to drink it! Does it still negatively affect your fertility if your estrogen levels are naturally low? I have low estrogen I think (low body weight, fine hair, normal levels of everything else including thyroid).

But I have signs of having high progesterone because I've been getting yellow and even snotty green colour CM and apparently this shows a high level of progesterone? Oh, it's all so confusing. I feel quite emotional and upset about the whole soya milk thing now. If I hadn't drank it it would be 1 less thing to worry about, I'd know that nothing is interfering with my cycle.

 

[jcombs35]

I know how frustrated you are. I am on OD 51 myself and have had several BFN's, with one being a qualitative blood test. Yet, I have many pregnancy symptoms. The day I got the results of the blood test, I was so upset, and I went into freak out mode the next few days. This would be my 4th pregnancy, and I know what I feel like when I'm pregnant and well, I'm feeling it! With my daughter,(last one so far) I also tested too early with a hpt, just shrugged it off, waited a month, and tested again. By that time, I was already 12 weeks along. I didn't panic enough with her to go get a blood test, but I'm thinking perhaps my body just doesn't produce enough of the hormone to detect it until later on.

Also, you mentioned having cm that was yellow/greenish and looked like snot? I have that all the time. Can anyone tell us if that indeed means high levels of progesterone?

I hope you get the outcome you want, and good luck to you!!

 

[TryingStar]

Absolutely no sign of AF coming for me. To clarify - it was meant to be here on Sunday morning and it's now Tuesday afternoon with no AF cramps, no nothing. I did have a general ache in my uterus earlier, but not as bad as it has been.

I took a Sainsbury's (blue dye) test very early this morning (the first since seeing the very, very tiny, almost nonexistent bit of blood on tissue) and was so excited as it seemed to immediately show a very faint line but after a couple of minutes it was gone? Maybe that's what happens with blue dye tests. I take it as a negative but with hope that maybe my HCG needs time to increase.

I'm about 85% swayed by the idea that maybe putting soya milk on my cereal each morning for 3 weeks has stopped me getting a period but then thoughts enter my mind that I know I ovulated from all the telltale signs, stabbing pain in my ovary and VERY wet CM the day after. Plus very yellow/some green CM throughout the cycle which suggests progesterone kicked in, again meaning I ovulated. Too much soya is meant to stop you ovulating and that's why it stops your period. So it makes no sense why I have no period. I haven't had the soya milk for a few days now though. Seriously, if it's the soya milk it should come with a warning on the side! I would love to hear from anyone who drank soya milk for a couple of weeks and then it stopped their period?

I've heard some women do have to wait a few days before getting their BFP after their missed period. Holding on to that hope! My skin has gone back to normal today. I don't feel anything at all now. Well, I have felt a general feeling of nausea but not enough to say it's a real symptom. I have had restless nights for a few nights now though, usually I drop straight off but haven't been able to get comfortable recently.

 

[everdreaming]

I'm lactose intolerant and I regularly drink soya milk I've never heard of that and not had any problems - my cycles were crazy long before I developed the intolerance!

I wouldn't trust a blue dye test personally. I'm guessing you're in UK, get a superdrug one

 

[TryingStar]

POAS would be way more fun if they didn't cost so much! I will avoid the blue dye ones then. Ideally I should hold out testing again until Saturday.

My hips are really aching now, I can't even sit comfortably. My cats like to jump onto my lap when I sit at the PC and then proceed to kneed my legs and near my stomach but today it's been painful when they jump on me and I've had to push them off (much to their bemusement as I usually love having them on my lap cuddling me). I can only describe the pain (very tops above legs and low down on body area) as an aching sore feeling. Like I've been doing high kicks repeatedly for 6 hours.

Other body occurrence: My jaw very occasionally clicks/doesn't open that wide when visiting dentist. It's called TJD. Only happens once in a blue moon. But for a few days it's been awful. A few days ago I woke up and having breakfast was so difficult with my jaw clicking everywhere with every chew, I had to chew very lightly and had to put the food on the left side of my mouth as the right side was too clicky and locky! For a few days now it's happening every single day and this is out of nowhere! Also, this morning I woke up with a very painful wrist (on the joint) which was a bit strange, the pain went away after a few hours. Has anyone had these symptoms because of pregnancy??

 

[TryingStar]

Hopefully no one minds me updating this, it's the only thing holding my sanity together at the moment.

Today, still no AF. Lots of completely clear CM (EWCM?). I wiped after a pee and it felt really wet, it took 4 wipes and each wiped off lots of clear CM. Have felt a sharp pain behind the belly button area, I don't know if that's relevant. No sleep at all, maybe 20 minutes? Have had red flushed cheeks and woke up shaking and with my heart pounding. Sickly feeling, hard to describe, a bit like when you haven't eaten for a whole day. I have had BFN's on previous days so I want to hold out testing. I had the tiny speck of blood on the tissue Monday and now it's Wednesday. I don't know if the speck of blood was my period trying and failing to happen (for whatever reason) or if it was implantation spotting. It was the day after AF was due that the microscopic smear of blood appeared on tissue and from what I've read that's way too late for implantation spotting as I would have ovulated 15 days prior? Sneezing, sneezing and more sneezing.

 

[everdreaming]

Hmm.. it sounds promising though how long are you gonna hold out testing?

 

[TryingStar]

Getting lots and lots of creamy white CM now in my underwear. God knows what it means. No typical AF cramps. I don't feel like I will get AF this month now. I had the most intense aches around my ovary when it was supposed to come.

I ordered a pack of 3 pregnancy tests from ebay that are pink dye. They will take a day or 2 to get here. When you've had negative results your excitement dulls and you are questioning everything though. So I don't mind waiting a while before testing again.

I just worked out when my friend got me started on soya milk and it was only 4-5 days before ovulation that I had it each day with my oats. That doesn't seem long enough to mess up my ovulation and as I've said I am pretty sure I ovulated. I can't be sure it didn't do something though, does anyone know?

I will let you know what the result is when I do test. At the moment I'm feeling like I'll never get my AF and will never get a BFP and will be stuck like a confused emotional wreck forever!

*AF was due Sunday early morning and it's now late evening Wednesday*

 

[gavinsmom]

Hello ladies I am just browsing though the different topics and found this one to be interesting.... I am ttc have been Since I got off implannon in January '12 in February I got my first BFP but then it turned out to be a chemical pregnancy... Since then I have been getting my AF every month my cycles range from 21days until May I was 3days late and so my cycle changed to 24days.. Now for the month of June I was supposed to start yesterday but I didn't start til today.. And it was dark brown discharge in the morning and now sort of pink but still fairly regular all I am wearing is a pad and when I wipe it is pink/brown (sorry if tmi) could I possibly be pregnant? I have been really tired during the day but can't sleep at night also I have a 2year old son who now wants nothing to do with me it breaks my heart!! I'm having slight cramps and really bad back pain... Is it possible that in just having a miscarriage or something I have no idea what's going on with my body please help! (

 

[Starry Night]

Hi, just wanted to let you know I'm in a similar boat. Loads of pregnancy symptoms for several days now (since Saturday) and got a bfn this morning. I've been pregnant twice before so I should theoretically know what it feels like. But nada! Testing again in a few days but not holding out much hope. The main difference in my situation is I have highly irregular cycles (I'm on CD50 something now and conceived my DS on a 70 day cycle). I have no clue when I ovulated and we're technically ntnp so I wasn't even trying to keep track or guess.

I hope this is it for you!

 

[morgan ohh]

heya guys ive been trying for the last 15 month but unsucsesfull so far, im due on in 2 days but ive had every syptoms possable i took a pregnancy test 3 days ago and it was negative, do you think it was to early to test???

 

[jcombs35]

heya guys ive been trying for the last 15 month but unsucsesfull so far, im due on in 2 days but ive had every syptoms possable i took a pregnancy test 3 days ago and it was negative, do you think it was to early to test???

It's generally best to wait until after you've missed AF. By the time you miss, you should then have enough hormone to detect pregnancy.

 

[I Love Lucy]

Maybe try a FRER? I would think if you're pg you would be able to get a BFP on one of those. I have my fingers crossed for you. Really hoping this is your month.