My last cycle was 12/22-12/25 (I am irregular and cycles are 30-50 days long)

I got a VFL 1/19/19- so faint

I tested every day after that and every line got slightly darker but still faint.

And then on 1/22 I started brown spotting, which lead into a heavy bleed with cramping on 1/23 (I have MC before and the cramping was not nearly as intense) and I expected that this was not going to be a viable pregnancy..... I called my doctor who took blood HCG on 1/23 and it was only a 5... the nurse told me that when we retest today 1/25 they will most likely drop below confirming the chemical pregnancy. My only concern is that my lines are getting darker- would this happen if it was an ectopic pregnancy? I understand the hormone is still in my body but if on 1/23 it was a 5hcg why aren’t my tests stark white?

Now I have to wait over the weekend for results... my heart is already shattered and the last thing I want is this thing to be ectopic and for me to lose a Fallopian tube over it.... I just want to be able to start over and reset my mind; I had even told my husband and he was over the moon 💔