Cramping, Bloating, Lower Back Pain and Light Bleeding

ThaReign · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 1

Here it goes--

My last period was Nov. 3rd and lasted about 5 days. I have roughly a 32 day cycle (but a little irregular sometimes).
My partner and I were a bit irresponsible on the 16th of Nov. Although he did pull out, I'm not sure how timely it was.
Around the 25th, I had some brown spotting. It was only 2 or 3 spots for about 4 days and then it stopped--and I never spot before a period.
I took a HPT on the last day of the spotting, but it was negative.
For the last few days (almost a week) I have had cramping mainly on the left side. But it is unlike anything I've ever felt before. It is more like a tugging, pulling twinge. I'm also bloated and my lower abdomen feels swollen. Not to mention that my lower back is constantly aching, but it's more like a dull ache.
Other things are lightheadedness, and my breasts feel heavier, but not sore or tender.

Question: Does it sound like pregnancy? And if so--when should I take another home preg. test?
Also, has anyone had the same symptoms and ended up being pregnant?

Thanks so much!!

Natalia · Supporter Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 363

Pregnancy tests are accurate on the day your period was supposed to come but it didn't or the following day. In case you did get pregnant, I don't think that HPT would test positive since the spotting could have been implantation bleeding.

The symptoms could be both pregnancy and prementrual symptoms, so the only way to find out is to wait for your period.

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That's not true because with both of my boys I was 12 weeks pregnant and it never showed up on a urine test only blood. I was showing with my last so and it did not show up in my urine!!!!!!!!

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