help please!

[maria30]

hi all
I have been visiting this site for a few weeks now and i looks like I am in for a long wait so have decided to join!
I have been married for five years and my husband and I decided to start trying for a baby in December. In honesty, I am very scared of being pregnant and also the birth, I am PETRIFIED but I know it is worth the pain but was hoping it would happen sooner rather than later so I can just get 9 months of anxiety over!
We have been trying since January and each time my period has arrived on time, damn thing! Am using ovulation sticks but we are trying every 2-3 days even outside ovulation period.
This month I really thought I would be pregnant- I had indigestion, bloating, bitter taste in mouth and stomach pings on and off.
My period was due yeserday, and usually it is either early or on the dot the same time as last month. On Friday I started having brown discharge with some bits of red - the last time we ttc was monday so I though may be implantation bleeding, but my first response test said negative. I thought it would maybe be my period but since then am only having brown discharge and occasional specks of blood. I had mild cramps friday and saturday but yesterday woke up with the most excrutiating cramps ever-immediately took painkillers as thought was the period but still no major blood just the discharge, a tiny amount. Then I had diarrhoea like pain but no diarrhoea!!!
I took another test and it was negative but today I am feeling unbearably nauseous, a little dizzy, fatigued, and still no period just the discharge!!
What is going on?
My biggest fear is an ectopic as I know a few people who had them, and I heard they can start as early as four weeks. Could I be having an ectopic, or could it be a miscarriage?
Please let me know if this has happened to you...I am in the medical profession but hate going to see my own doctor because I jus doubt they will do anything but say wait and see...
any advice would be much appreciated...am getting very anxious...!
many thanks
x
ps- please could someone tell me what the abbreviations mean- AF, BFP etc!
xx

 

[maria30]

by the way i was also never on the pill,we always used barrier method before.
i am wondering if i should have posted this on the other main forum for ttc?

 

[lucybee]

Try not too worry too much - ( I know, I know - easier said than done right?) It really could be so many different things. Many of your symptoms sound like symptoms I have had with a strong period. The onset of our bleeding times means a big hormonal shift and your symptoms are not uncommon PMS symptoms. But they are also common pregnancy symptoms too...mother nature is entirely helpful in that way. If you can wait a few more days and test again, or then speak with your doctor...I know its so hard not to worry

 

[Tigerlicious]

Okies, well the abbreviations get me as well, so here are the few I have learnt since joining:

AF - Aunt flow (period)
BFP - Big Fat positive
BFN - Big Fat negative
POAS - Peeing on a stick (My new fav pass time)
NTNP - Not trying not preventing
BBT - Body Basal Temperature (for all us charting junkies)
BD - Baby dance
CD - Cycle day
CM - Cervical mucus
DH - Dear Husband
DBF - Darling Boyfriend.
HPT - home pregnancy test

That's about all I can think of right now, hope this helps.

Tiger xx

 

[Hena]

https://www.babyandbump.com/forum-help-testing-area/730-babyandbump-lingo-abbreviations.html

this is a thread with all the lingo, welcome and good luck!

 

[EngineerGirl]

If your AF doesn't come on time I'd consider getting checked out by your doctor. Or if your insurance offers one of those free nurse call lines (you can usually check online), try calling a nurse and asking for his or her advice. Keeping calm is the best thing to do, hard as it is.

Some women take a while to get the , too. Here's hoping that's it!

 

[maria30]

many thanks to all for your advice. i will wait a few days and see what happens...perhaps it is a pregnancy..but i think it is probably just my period messing me around...
good luck to all you guys
xxxx