Posts by Brandon James

Jose Robinson61 said:I should probably just go see a doctor... they'll have the actual answers...
I don't understand why I'm seeing this pink spotting instead of a normal period...
If you're telling me I'm not... then why is this one test saying I am?....
Maybe I should stop reading this thread... before I lose my mind.....

Look, if both tests came back negative, then you almost certainly aren't pregnant—assuming you didn't take them too early, of course. If you waited until after that spotting happened and they were still negative, then that’s your answer. If you're still feeling anxious about it, maybe grab some $6.75 and pick up one more test just to give yourself that final bit of peace of mind. As for those physical symptoms, pregnancy signs and PMS symptoms are basically identical. We tend to overanalyze them whenever we're either really hoping to conceive or worried that we might have, so my advice is to try not to dwell too much on those "symptoms"

Gary Baker7 said:Hi 🙂
So... I'm about 5 or 6 days late on my period. It’s been nearly three weeks since we last had sex, and we were using condoms! But here's the thing—at one point we ran out, and he was just rubbing against me and ended up going inside a couple of times without protection. (I am literally hitting my head against a wall right now!) I know the odds of getting pregnant are incredibly slim, but I'm a total pessimist (for context, I once got hit in the head by an Apple being thrown through a window on April Fools' Day
!).

The thing is, I'm not feeling any of my usual pre-period symptoms.

Instead, I'm incredibly bloated, dealing with heartburn and headaches, my breasts feel larger (though they don't actually hurt), my ovaries are aching, and I have to pee constantly. Naturally, I went down a Google rabbit hole and now I am absolutely spiraling.

PLEASE TELL ME I AM NOT PREGNANT!!!!!!

Well, just like the title of this thread suggests: Go buy a test. Honestly, you probably aren't pregnant; just from skin contact and a couple of penetrations without finishing inside, it's unlikely. Also, those symptoms you're describing? They're likely just a result of you stressing out about the possibility of being pregnant. If you hang out in some local college sorority group, you'll see that girls there deal with these exact same symptoms every single month, and they don't end up pregnant every time.

Yeah, you can definitely expect some pretty intense pain 🤷

Joseph Hayes54 said:My doctor told me I need to go back in for more bloodwork this Wednesday—but my specialist over at the Mayo Clinic says it’s just the body cleaning itself out after that spontaneous 😢((((

It’s such a whirlwind of emotions. When I went through a chemical pregnancy myself, I was getting blood drawn every couple of days, and those levels just kept dropping until they hit zero. That's why I'm a little confused by what you're experiencing right now.
I'm really hoping everything turns out okay for you.

Joseph Hayes54 said:Had my blood drawn again today instead of doing something productive—my hormone levels are dropping while my TSH is climbing, currently sitting at 304 😢((( I honestly have no clue what’s going on anymore; they told me it was just a spontaneous miscarriage... now nothing makes sense...

So, what exactly did your OBGYN tell you?