What is going on with my body???? 4 false positive pregnancy tests???

[Chloe'sMama]

First off- I am nursing my 16 month old 4-5 times a day and between 3 and 6 times a night and have not been temping....

Last week, I felt super nauseous on Monday and took a test, POSITIVE!  another one that night... positive.  3 more faint positives over the next 2 days and then turned to negative (they got progressively more faint).  First negative was on Wed. evening.  I had a blood test on Friday and the HCG level was 0.  Doc said there was no way there was a pregnancy at all, not even chemical based on the level of 0 on Friday.  I started spotting (bright red) on Sunday morning and continued to bleed (not a period worth, but more than spotting) until Tuesday, then nothing.  I am starting to feel nauseous again today, but that does not mean anything.  

any ideas?

[ms.shell]

I have one idea.  Was the dye on the pg tests you used BLUE, by chance?  Use tests w pink dye, as the blue dye tests give false positives, often, for sure.

[Chloe'sMama]

All the tests were the dollar store brand. Pink tests.  

Took another test this morning.... negative... thought the bleeding could have been implantation... nope.

[Stevi]

I would say you had an early loss. I have never had an incorrect Dollar store test. In fact, with my second pregnancy/miscarriage, I used Dollar tests, and their faint positives are what caused me to know from the beginning that something was wrong.

[hoping4just1more]

Yeah probably chemical. I tested early with one pregnancy at 9DPO bfp. Very very faint though. Since I had issues with chemicals before I went in immediatly for blood work. Doc said my levels were so low it could barely be called a pregnancy and it did not look good.(I believe my levels were 12 if memory serves)  I hoped and prayed they were just low because of how early I was. Over the next few days tests got lighter and faded. More bloodwork and it was as though I had never been pregnant at all. Levels were back at zero

Levels can drop that fast especially if they never got very high to start with.

But if it is any consolation I conceived DD2 the following month and went to term.