When should I take a test?!

Shantal • #MotherOfDragons

Hello!

I am a hard working single mom of 3!

My current boyfriend and I are moving in together in a couple weeks, along with my already 3 lovely children (my ex is the father to all 3).

I am super excited! We've been together for over a year. He is amazing with my children. I do definitely see a future with him.

Anyways, long story short we are Trying To Conceive. We have already talked about this outcome for a few weeks now, so it's settled. I am working full time as a Personal Support Worker doing in home care, and school in the evenings for Maternal Support Practitioner. I will be going back to school for Midwifery down the road. It's just that the course program is 4 years in length. My boyfriend works as a cook part time, and banquet serving part time.

And I am already 25, and he is 30. My boyfriend doesn't have any biological children. He loves mine as his own, but would love to have one to experience a pregnancy, birth, etc. He totally supports if we do not ever have children. But we talked about this long and hard. We settled and are going to try for a baby. But after this, we are done. We'll have 4. I will be getting my tubes tied after birth. My children I have now are 7 year old daughter, almost 3 year old son (Severely Nonverbal Autism and Global Developmental Delay though), and 11 month old daughter. So we figured to try now, instead of when I'd be almost 40 and my children having a huge age gap.

So anyways lol, I am 4 days late as of today. Last weekend on the 13th I had very light spotting and discoloration for about 36 hours. Then it stopped. I was due for my period on the 18th. I have tested but all turn negative. Just wondering what to do next. Google is no help lol.

I also have polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (only one tube and ovary), and Type 2 Diabetes. So I am only typically 60% fertile, going aside a 100% fertile woman. I've had specialists tell me I couldn't have anymore children after I was diagnosed in 2010. Yet I gave vaginal birth to two more healthy babies since then!

If anyone he some advice, feel free to comment!

#Ps please no bashing, negative comments, etc. Our minds are made up and our decision is final. Thank you 😊.