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CommunityReddit r/ObGyn·Aug 19, 2026

Lactating at 3 weeks pregnant

By <name>/u/sweetfirechicken</name><uri>https://old.reddit.com/user/sweetfirechicken</uri>

LMP: 7/30 Conception date: Most likely 8/9 Next period due in 6 days (8/19. I know it's very early but bear with me) This morning I started spontaneously lactating, and it's relatively quite a lot coming out. I have one living child and I could only breastfeed him for 3 months. I haven't produced any milk in over a year until this morning. I took a pregnancy test fully expecting it to be negative because it's so early and it's one of the cheap strip tests. It's faint, but it's distinctly and undeniably positive. 5 hours later (I made sure not to pee all morning so it was more concentrated) I took two more tests and they're both negative. No hint of a line at all on either of them. But the first test I took was SO positive I'm moving forward assuming I'm pregnant until proven otherwise. I'll retest in a few days but I'm just so worried something deeper is going on here. Also possibly relevant info: - I had a right ectopic pregnancy a few years ago. My right fallopian tube is removed but I still have both ovaries. - On 8/11 I had intense one sided severe pain that lasted about 10 hours. The only other time I'd experienced something like that was my ectopic pregnancy, but I wasn't pregnant and I don't have a tube there now anyways. So I assumed it was a ruptured cyst or something. - A few months ago I was getting blood tests which incidentally found my HCG to be 14. The doctor told me I was probably pregnant. I went back in after a few days because I still wasn't getting a positive urine test, and my HCG was 0. In the end I decided it must have been a chemical pregnancy even though the timing didn't really make sense. I'm looking for anyone who has experienced something like this. submitted by /u/sweetfirechicken [link] [comments]

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