So I’m 31, married 7 years, and we’ve been TTC somewhat casually for about 2 years, had an early miscarriage 10/2014. I have an irregular cycle (MONTHS between periods) and weight issues thanks to PCOS, plus it took my mother 7 years to get pg with me, and another 5 before my sister, so I’ve always expected hurdles.

The past two weeks, I have had a lot of morning nausea, which I attributed to anxiety, as well as exhaustion, until a friend told my husband she thought I might be pregnant. So, last Friday I took an HPT, but it was a BFN. I shrugged it off, figuring it had been a long shot, and then when I started spotting yesterday, I just assumed I was getting AF and wasn’t v surprised. But the spotting has been brown and really sparse, and hasn’t been accompanied by cramps or any other regular PMS symptoms, so now I am wondering if it’s implantation spotting…?

So I’m wondering if I should feel hopeful, AND how long I should wait to take another HPT…? My cycle is super irregular so I don’t actually know when I will have “missed” AF.