fetal heartbeat but negative test? help please?
i know this place is full of pregnancy questions but im looking for opinions and experiences…
im currently breastfeeding my 6 month old son. i have not had a period return since i had him. i know this is normal. however i did feel like i started ovulating about 3 months after he was born. im pretty intune with my body and have always felt when i ovulate.
about 2 months ago i started to feel pregnant. swelling in my hands in the am when i wake up. headaches. my milk supply went down. so i took a test and nothing. so i started taking fenugreek and mothers milk to help with my supply. since then its been a fight to keep my milk up. and in the last week i have actually had to supplement a couple times because of my milk drop. and in the last week or so my pants are starting to feel tight and i have put on a few pounds. even though im not eating more…i have also had loose stools for the last week. so i have taken a couple more tests i had one with a couple with faint lines the other day and the rest negative since…with my other pregnacies they got darker. the only exception was my first. i didnt get a positive urine or blood test till after 10 weeks along.
i have 4 children so i know what pregnancy feels like…so i got out my pocket doppler (medical grade) i have done this when not pregnant and pregnant. and im picking up my heaertbeat at 80-90bpms and then whooshing sound like the placenta makes onmy right side down by my pelvic bone. it is also picking up a beat of 150-160 bpms inthis area…
so i used the doppler on hubby and the kids to see if it picked up any noises or bpms like that and it didnt….
i called the dr and they said it will eventually show up if iam. they dont seem to think i am. they said the whooshing could be a vein but said they cant explain the bpms…but why wont that noise come from anyone else?
like i said i am just looking for opinions. im sure eventually i will know for sure. either way i dont drink or do anything that could harm a baby…i just feel pregnant but obviously i cant prove it…
anyone ever go through anything like this?
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I’m like you and didn’t show up on a HPT for a couple of months! I know how frustrating that is, when you know you are pregnant but the test wont agree! I agree with the hospital - the whooshing sound can be an artery (not a vein) that you are picking up - but a beat of 150 - 160 is definately not you! Is the doppler saying this number or are you counting it yourself? Sometimes a doppler can "double up" and it’s actually your heartbeat and not fetal (we have to watch that, just in case of a intrauterine fetal death - i’ve heard of midwives thinking the beat was fetal and it wasn’t…and that is the worst tragedy )*too heartbreaking* If in doubt, go get an ultrasound - because if you are picking up a beat, then you’d probably be over 11 weeks pregnant…and an ultrasound won’t miss that ! All the best xo
if your picking up a heartbeat ( i also have one) then your pregnant make a doctors appointment let them know what you found out
Usually if it is even a faint positive then you are pregnant. HCG will still be in your system after you have a baby but usually it is pretty much gone at about 3-4 weeks post baby. Try taking it first thing in the morning. I know alot of ladies who never had a positive urine test and they were all pregnant. My guess is "Congrats You have a baby on the way!" I would recomment making an appointment any way (I am very surprised your doctor didnt encourage that). You could be 10 weeks along ig it has been two months!