Am I pregnant???

I got my period back Memorial Day weekend after 9 months no period while breastfeeding. Had sex a few times after but always took an ovulation test which was always negative whenever I had sex. My period was due 8 days ago but I know I can be inconsistent postpartum so when I missed it I didn’t think anything of it. Figured it might take a month or two to be regular based on what my OB said. I have never not been regular in my life though. I’ve been feeling super bloated which I initially thought was my period on its way but decided to take a pregnancy test today. I used easy home strip test (the cheap ones). To my shock it showed the faintest whisp of a 2nd line. My husband confirmed he saw it too, but so sooo faint. I took a clear blue test which showed negative. Then another strip test which had the same faint line. A week ago I took the same test and it did not have a faint line. Am I pregnant or being tricked by cheap tests?

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Same same same situation
Since july breastfeeding, first periods on memorial weekend and now super late ! Still no periods! I did not do pregnancy test because i know im not preganant or i hope i am not !
And had my cramps as im expecting periods! But nothing ….im so tired of waiting!

My period is all over the place and then nowhere to be found. Pretty sure I’m going to go into debt with the amount of pregnancy tests I’ve purchased since giving birth.

But does the faint line mean pregnant?

It's normal for periods ro be irregular but if you've have unprotected sex and got a faint line, you're probably pregnant. The only way to know for sure is to take another in two days and see if it's still there or request an hcg test. But, this is how I ended up with an Aug 24 baby after having a July 23 babe.

Did you take a pic?

I didn’t take a pic. They were both so so faint. Gonna test again in the morning.

Very possible you are pregnant. I’d just keep testing to see if it gets darker.

Make sure you’re using the first urine of the day to test as it will have the highest concentration of HCG, but it is far more common to get false negatives than false positives.

Oh girl, that's plain as day! Congrats

Oh yeah. You are definitely preggers sis! Congratulations! We’re thinking about pulling the trigger on #2 in the Spring. I won’t be doing another summer pregnancy at 32 weeks plus 😅.

Got it confirmed with a blood test from the OB! Very early pregnant!

I was going to say yes your pregnant 🤰 lol but you know now congratulations

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One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.