Brown spotting and a little bit of cramping 3w6d

Amy • Biz owner, was a teen mom to a now 18 year old 🩷. Baby #2 was a 5 week NICU warrior born @ 34 weeks in August 2020 💙. Baby #3 born at 33+2 in June 2023, currently in NICU 🩷

Just found out we are pregnant with our second baby together (we each have one from previous relationships), my period is due tomorrow but I got a faint positive two days ago followed by a positive digital, then a strong positive today. I had a massive subchorionic hemorrhage with my youngest son at nine weeks, we were convinced I had miscarried because of the giant clot and the sheer volume of blood that came out of me. He ended up being fine, as scary as that was, but was born at 34 weeks and spent 5 weeks in the NICU. We went *through* it.

This morning I noticed some very very very light brown tinted discharge when I used the bathroom, no actual blood and it's not really even brown. More like tan if that makes sense? I didn't think much of it but now I'm having some pressure in my pelvis, kind of feels like cramps but not really. Difficult to explain. Feels like my period is about to start. I get that the spotting could be from implantation but wouldn't implantation cramping happen sooner? In order for a test to be positive I must have implanted 4–5 days ago, so why am I cramping now? I know some cramping here and there is totally normal but I'm literally like 30 seconds pregnant so I'm just nervous. As a third time mom you'd think I'd learn how to relax…

Any insight is appreciated, I am AMA with several other hires risk factors and I guess I'm just freaking out over every little twinge. I have an ultrasound scheduled for December 14, I'll be approximately 6–7 weeks . They want to check me early because of  some little complications in my last pregnancy, and I'll also be starting on progesterone to prevent another premature birth. I included the pictures of the tests I took 2 days ago, then the one I took midday today. Definitely getting way darker and I know that should be reassuring but I guess I'm just really anxious that something's going to happen to this little one after everything we went through with our son. This was the last of my tests and I have absolutely no intention of going out and getting more, I just figured I would test after 48 hours to see if the lines got darker.

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