cornishfairy
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Been TTC for a couple of years (although not trying very hard if I'm honest!) but have lately started testing around 3-4 days before my period is due with the cheap ultra early test thingies off ebay.
In March we had unprotected intercourse once around day 13 of my cycle. I'm usually around the 27-29 day mark with my cycles so pretty regular. Therefore I was expecting my period around 2nd April but it didn't start until 5th April (day 32). In the days leading up to it I did a few tests seeing as I hadn't come on yet, but they were all negative.
The period itself was heavy which is not unusual for me but on the 4th day (April 8th)I had a sudden gush of clots (say at least an egg cup full, more than a pad could absord, luckily I was near the loo!). After that the period was light for another 24 hours and that was that (so all over by the end of the 9th April).
We had unprotected intercourse again on the 15th April (day 11 of cycle) and I had some slight trace of blood in discharge yesterday (day 12) so I decided to do an ovulation test this morning as I had heard that you can get spotting when you ovulate. I decided to do a pregnancy test at the same time (I'd dreamt I was pregnant last night!) just out of curiosity and there was a faint line on the OV test and Pr Test. Discovered on google that OV tests can show positive when pregnant. When I got in from work this evening, I tried another of the ultra early strip Pr Tests as well as a standard test from the supermarket that I've had a while. Both showed a faint line within a minute or two. I took photos at the 5 minute mark so I wasn't swayed by any later reading.
Could this somehow be a pregnancy? Could a fertilised egg have survived a period or is that totally impossible? Or could it be that the period was an early miscarriage and this is leftover hormones (one week after end of period)? Just strange that I didn't get any positive readings the day before my last period!
Sorry for the long post, just want to give you all as much info as poss!
In March we had unprotected intercourse once around day 13 of my cycle. I'm usually around the 27-29 day mark with my cycles so pretty regular. Therefore I was expecting my period around 2nd April but it didn't start until 5th April (day 32). In the days leading up to it I did a few tests seeing as I hadn't come on yet, but they were all negative.
The period itself was heavy which is not unusual for me but on the 4th day (April 8th)I had a sudden gush of clots (say at least an egg cup full, more than a pad could absord, luckily I was near the loo!). After that the period was light for another 24 hours and that was that (so all over by the end of the 9th April).
We had unprotected intercourse again on the 15th April (day 11 of cycle) and I had some slight trace of blood in discharge yesterday (day 12) so I decided to do an ovulation test this morning as I had heard that you can get spotting when you ovulate. I decided to do a pregnancy test at the same time (I'd dreamt I was pregnant last night!) just out of curiosity and there was a faint line on the OV test and Pr Test. Discovered on google that OV tests can show positive when pregnant. When I got in from work this evening, I tried another of the ultra early strip Pr Tests as well as a standard test from the supermarket that I've had a while. Both showed a faint line within a minute or two. I took photos at the 5 minute mark so I wasn't swayed by any later reading.
Could this somehow be a pregnancy? Could a fertilised egg have survived a period or is that totally impossible? Or could it be that the period was an early miscarriage and this is leftover hormones (one week after end of period)? Just strange that I didn't get any positive readings the day before my last period!
Sorry for the long post, just want to give you all as much info as poss!