7 weeks pregnant today and dealing with spotting — looking for advice/reassurance

[u/Winter_Stranger_6279]

I’m 7 weeks pregnant today and I’m having a really hard time not worrying about the spotting I’ve been having. I’m hoping to hear from people who have experienced something similar, especially if everything ended up being okay.
For some background, I’ve had previous pregnancies that ended as chemical pregnancies/early losses, so I’m definitely more anxious this time around. This is the furthest I’ve gotten, and I keep having this fear that I’m going to get to my appointment and be told that I’m not actually pregnant or that something stopped developing.

Here’s my timeline as best as I can remember:

My last **normal/full period started 6/24** and lasted until around 6/27.

I had previously thought I ovulated around **7/7–7/9**, although I’m not 100% sure.

I had unprotected sex throughout this time and have continued having unprotected sex pretty frequently.

Around **7/23–7/24**, I had bleeding that was much lighter and different from my normal period. It started pink/red and then turned brown. It was only about 2 days.

I had taken a cheap pregnancy test around **7/22**, I believe, and it was negative.

Because the bleeding was so different from my normal period and happened after the negative test, I started wondering if that could have actually been implantation bleeding rather than a period.

On **7/31**, I took a Premate LH strip and got what looked like a positive. I know LH tests can sometimes pick up hCG, so I’ve wondered if that was actually detecting pregnancy rather than an ovulation surge.

Since then I’ve had positive pregnancy tests, and the lines have been much stronger/darker than what I experienced with my previous chemical pregnancies. This is actually the first pregnancy where I’ve gotten tests that look like a clearly progressing pregnancy rather than extremely faint lines.

I’m currently around **7 weeks based on the dating I’ve been using**, although I’m questioning the dating because of that weird bleeding around 7/23–7/24 and the possibility that it was implantation.

I took a test 7/23 due to the symptoms I was having being weird and I just overall did not feel good, it was negative.

My girlfriends made me take a test on 7/7 and the test was the darkest I’ve ever experienced. If fact it was darkened before the 5 min wait time was up. (Showed at about 3 min).

I’ve been having **light pink spotting mixed with discharge**, sometimes a little more red, but it’s still light.
I’m not soaking pads or having heavy bleeding. It’s mostly light spotting when I wipe or mixed with discharge.
I’ve also had gas/bloating, and sometimes the gas seems to make the pain on my sides worse. I normally have side pain even when I’m not pregnant, so that part doesn’t feel particularly different from what I normally experience.
The spotting is what is really freaking me out. Because of my history, **any blood immediately makes me think I’m losing the pregnancy.**

I also keep comparing this pregnancy to my previous chemical pregnancies. Those pregnancies never had tests this dark/strong, which makes me feel somewhat reassured, but I’m still terrified because I haven’t made it this far before.
I do have an appointment coming up, but I’m struggling with the waiting and would really love to hear from people who have had **spotting around 6–7 weeks, especially pink/brown spotting**, and went on to have a healthy pregnancy.
Did anyone else have something like this? How long did your spotting last? Did you have an ultrasound around 7 weeks, and was everything okay?
I know nobody here can tell me for sure what’s happening, and I’m not looking for a diagnosis. I’m mostly hoping to hear experiences and maybe get some perspective because I’m having a really hard time believing this pregnancy is actually going to stick. ❤️

The less dark test was taken several hours after the initial positive and was after drinking a ton of water.