My First Pregnancy Scare After Having a Baby...

Postpartum life hasn't been easy but up until this point I knew for certain that another little baby was not going to be a part of our lives. That was until this week where my period was several days late. And thats coming from someone who's period was always promptly on time & if not sometimes early.
It wasn't until i took a pregnancy test and saw that it was clearly negative that I could calm down enough to film my thoughts on what was going on.
This pregnancy scare made me seriously think about our lives with a possible second child and made me more open to the idea of a 2nd kid at some point and explain why I didn't want another kid right now.
After 3 days of freaking out, my period does arrive at a total of 7 days late.
My husband had a more level head about the situation since the pregnancy test was negative (& i took a 2nd one the next day just to be sure). But i would not completely relax until my period did start.
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[@Evoloduruf]

I wish I had a 40 days gap between my period.
There are factors that can cause a false negative in immunoassays, but you covered those pretty well. If there's any doubt about the integrity of the testing cassette in question, that's what the control line is for. And you're right about 1st morning urines being the ideal testing urine due to it being more concentrated.
I'm glad it was a false alarm!

[@armida1]

I have found that the more active and heathy I am, the shorter my cycle is. So I wouldn't personally want a 40 day cycle.
A quick one thats on time is a good indicator that all the hormones are regulated.