New to ttc and would some input/opinions
New to this and would like some advice and input
I’m coming from a place of just confusion/excitement/disappointment/purely new to this just feeling all the emotions so bare with me
I got off the birth control pill (after 6 years) due to wanting to conceive on April 23rd, it is now May 11. I withdrawal bled shortly after stopping the pill for about 3 days it ended around April 28/29th. I do not have a clue how to do this if i’m being honest or what anything my body is doing even means so please be patient with me. I’ve been taking ovulation strips tests pretty daily because I’m not sure how my normal cycle even runs considering i’ve been on the pill so long. Anyways none of those tests have seemed actually positive, possibly a rise in hormones but not true ovulation. Tmi but discharge has been irregular sometimes it’s stretchy and clear and sometimes it’s more pasty white so not really a pattern with that either. But here’s the kicker, I had a positive (faint but definitely positive) PREGNANCY test on May 9th so 2 days ago but since then all tests have been negative and before you ask, I took the test correctly, read it in the timeframe and the line was tinted pink on a first response so it looked like a true positive but all tests after have been negative. I’ve also had cramping for days now, feels like pulling/pinching sensation, throbbed a little here and there, felt weird flutter that lasted all day in one spot almost like a bubble hitting my lower right side, and kind of just an aching feeling but it varies, tender to touch and painful intercourse, and doesn’t feel like period cramps in my uterus area. Ovulation tests are still darkish but not quite dark enough to consider positive. Oh and to add i’ve had no bleeding alongside these cramps even though the pain of them makes me feel I should be. I’m thinking everything is just out of whack since stopping birth control but the positive pregnancy test threw me off because A) it seems to early to even see a result like that and B) all tests afterwards have been negative. I’ve been extremely emotional as well, I never cry but everything is making me feel choked up.
So to sum it up I just want a little clarity that what i’m feeling is normal, the constant cramping that will be intensified on and off, the weird ovulation tests and pregnancy test etc. And also would like people’s experiences on how long it took for things to regulate after stopping birth control. For context if it matters i’m in my mid 20’s and I have a child already who’s 6 (unplanned, or else maybe i’d be better at all this TTC stuff 🙃)
Going to add in that yes I realize I just started all this and It takes time I know all this but having a positive pregnancy test made my alarms go off and now i’m spiraling.