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Hotdamndiggitydam · 13/05/2018 08:19

Sorry to add a bit of a me, me, me thread. I’m new here, that’s my excuse Wink

Last month I had an earlier than expected period by about 4 or 5 days (have been on the implant for 6 years before I got it removed in December, a few months after it ‘ran out’) but I’ve been using the Glow App and given that if my cycles are regulating to something similar to last month, I’d have ovulated around the 4th of May (didn’t opk as we were away on a little anniversary holiday. And this was going to be a less obsessive month... worked out well, obviously) but my app is still saying that I will have ovulated on the 9th May.

I tested on the 8th and 9th and got two strong positives, we’ve dtd every other day except for these two days where we got busy on both days but this is when I ran out of OPKs so not sure if the positives would have carried on. I’ve read that they can detect pregnancy sometimes but even given that I could have ovulated on the 4th, could those positives be too early to be picking up the pregnancy hormones?

Anyway, my boobs are sore, I’ve been dry retching all morning, Friday night I had faint period like cramps and my back has been in agony since Tuesday. If I blow my nose it bleeds and on Thursday I spent the day at my desk holding back tears for absolutely no reason. This morning I also had some creamy discharge in my pants (sorry for the overshare) when I went to pee, never usually have anything in my pants until the dreaded blob comes. But these symptoms seem a bit early if I did ovulate on the 9th but not so much on the 4th?

Pregnancy tests scare the life out of me, I can’t handle rejection apparently haha! I’ve got one sitting in my drawer but I don’t want to waste it, because if I’m going off symptoms and google, I’ve been pregnant for the last few months.

So, following on from the ramble above, when should I test because I don’t really know when to expect AF. Should I follow my symptoms or my app? Ohhhh the mindf*ckery of trying to conceive.

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Hotdamndiggitydam · 13/05/2018 10:19

Yes, they’re the One Step ones, I got them from eBay for a couple of pounds. Wow, really? I kind of wrote them off being dodgy internet ones.

I’m really tempted to buy some more but I was looking at the One Step pregnancy tests too. Probably need to get over my fear of pregnancy testing at some point haha.

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gg5891 · 13/05/2018 10:05

Do you get them online? I got the one step ones - they are really sensitive and the ones used by the nhs

Hotdamndiggitydam · 13/05/2018 09:22

Sorry to hear that gg, and congratulations, too! I bet you can’t wait to meet the little one Grin

Thank you! Fingers crossed this is the month. I’ve gone through OPKs like nothing over the last few months. The time I get something interesting, I run out. Doh!

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gg5891 · 13/05/2018 09:04

Not much I can say really, except both of my pregnancies ( first turned out ectopic last July and I'm currently 38 weeks) were picked up by positive ovulation tests not by pregnancy tests! I was irregular after my implant was removed so I kept texting and had positive ovulation tests for 5 days in a row. Good luck

Hotdamndiggitydam · 13/05/2018 08:57

Thanks Spugz. It’s probably my obsessive symptom spotting is more likely to be noticing lingering ovulation symptoms at the moment?

I don’t know anyone who’s had to ‘try’ for a baby, lucky sods, so I feel like everything is a stab in the dark at the moment. Glad I found this site though before I drive myself mad Blush

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spugzbunny · 13/05/2018 08:49

Even for the 4th those symptoms are early. Pregnancy symptoms and period symptoms are basically identical at this stage. You would normally consider ovulation to be 24-48 hours from the FIRST positive opk. I would then test 12 days after that.

Hotdamndiggitydam · 13/05/2018 08:25

Thanks owl! App says the 23rd, it’s going to be a long old wait. Patience is not a virtue I was blessed with haha.

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Owlpatrol · 13/05/2018 08:23

Hi lovely I'd go with the app if you usually have 28 day cycles and test around the time af is due. Good luck! When does it say it's due?