Looking for advice on what could be a possible chemical pregnancy from those who have gone through it before….

We got a BFP on Friday (15 DPO, 2nd day missed period)! This is baby #2, so I’m only @ about 4 weeks (first day of missed period was Thursday). We were very surprised, since I only got my IUD out and had a period in August, so this was our first month trying. Also took a test Saturday (16 DPO, 3rd day missed) morning (diff brand) and it was positive.

Starting Friday (15 DPO) night, there was some spotting when I’d wipe — mostly dark/old blood, but sometimes looking more red. Mild cramping all day Friday and Saturday, nothing too crazy and like a light period. Saturday I did have a thick brown/red gush on underwear. Overnight, I wore a pad and woke up to it being light red/pink and that has continued all day. Have also felt like my period was coming for past few days, with the mild cramping and the feeling of a light “gush.” Nervous because I had none of these symptoms the first time and I don’t know when to worry! The bleeding isn’t getting heavier, but it does seem to be turning more red than brown. I would have expected heavier with a chemical?

Spoke with the midwife on call at my practice and she said that this could be normal/implantation, but the period feeling and light cramping has her thinking it could be a chemical pregnancy. She said I could either wait a week and see if my period comes, or come in for blood draws Monday and Thursday for HCG (I am going to do the blood draw for peace of mind).

I had no spotting or cramping with my first pregnancy, just exhaustion! I know it’s early days still, but I can’t ignore my gut feeling that something is….off.

Any insight people can provide would be soooo helpful.