I had an ectopic pregnancy in February, which ended with my right tube being removed. We’ve just started trying again, and I don’t know if I have my period or another ectopic…I’ve been having bad anxiety about having another ectopic since it happened.
I didn’t think I had much of a chance of pregnancy given it’s the first month trying and I have one tube, but about six days before my period was due this month, my breasts started feeling really tender and swollen. I get this PMS symptom occasionally, but never for more than a couple of days (except for when I had the ectopic pregnancy). So, I started to think I might be pregnant.
Yesterday, the day my period often comes, I took a pregnancy test. It was negative. Today, I still hadn’t got my period (it always comes by day 31, which is today), so I took another test. It was also negative.
A few hours later, I noticed period pain and a little brown discharge, although not prune juice like as it was when I had the ectopic. I put a tampon in thinking I’d finally got my period. I removed it about four hours later, and there was only a little bit of brown and red blood. Usually, I’d fill a tampon in that time on my first day. It’s now been another couple of hours with only a panty liner in, and there’s no more blood. I’m starting to stress it’s another ectopic but that the hormone’s too low to show up on the pregnancy test. Last time I didn’t test until my period was a week late, so maybe that’s why it was positive.
Can you have a negative pregnancy test and still have an ectopic?