Too early to test?

@WishingonaStar77 thank you for explaining that I was completely unaware of it.

I've bought my tests today but haven't done it yet. I've had some more brown blood today but also had some streaks of red blood.
I'm starting to think maybe I'm not pregnant afternoon and that I've just got my hopes up too quickly. Might do a test tomorrow morning instead of waiting till Thursday!

@dreamer26 it's a chemical pregnancy. Means it shows as positive on the test but never reaches past about 5 weeks so not visible on a scan. I think about 50% of women have these but as we are not always madly peeing on sticks before our period most women don't know!
Good luck x

Hi @WishingonaStar77 what is a chemical? Hope AF doesn't come for you. I'm yet to do my test x

Update.. well it's not a BFN but it's not a convincing BFP either. Line still as faint as before and would have expected darker by now.
Guessing it's a chemical again or just way too early still. Going to wait until my AF due date now.
Good luck girls x

@LondonKez sorry to hear that, definitely give yourself time to relax and ready to start again next month! I hope it happens soon for you. X

BFN as expected but at least I can move on. Fingers crossed for the rest of you lovely ladies xx

Thanks @XxTaeexP I think I'll be doing my test Thursday but will be buying one tomorrow. I hope I have good news to share.

@WishingonaStar77 thanks for the heads up I'll definitely head to boots first. I may need to make sure I get the right thing tomorrow with a quick post.

@dreamer26 they sell them in boots and superdrug (on offer ATM 2 for £8.49)
Make sure you get the one that says 'early response test 6 days early'. There are 2 first response tests but one is not the ultra sensitive on the early response one is x

Tests arent easy for me to come by.. I dont think I've ever seen a FRER in the store.. I may have to go a pharmacy..
The plus side is that I've not developed a poas addiction.
I do wanna take a test at 12/13 DPO.
I have cramps and back ache and slight breast pain now.
Last month I didn't feel any pain this late after ovulation...

@dreamer, the cramps and bleeding sounds promising.
Fx for your test tomorrow.

@WishingonaStar77 I think your absolutely right! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and I'll update you when I do mine as well x

@dreamer26 possibly yeah. I'll see how I feel in the morning 😊
The way i see it, youre torturing yourself every day not testing and sometime you just need to find out so you can either move onto the next month and relax or find out you're PG and it all gets real! But that's just me.
Good luck though I'll post an update if I test again x

@WishingonaStar77 I am going to try and hunt down a first response test tomorrow and then I'll have it in ready, we are going to try and wait till Thursday to test but I get inpatient. Although maybe I'll be happy to wait once it comes to it in fear of getting a negative and my bubble being burst.

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, I really hope you get a positive, will you be taking another one tomorrow? I don't usually get tingly nipples no so fingers crossed this all means what I'm hoping it does! X

Welcome @dreamer26 and @WishingonaStar77! Sending you lots of luck for this month! It all sounds very promising!

@miniscotchegg frustratingly ovulation, AF and BFPs all seem to have very similar symptoms! Sorry that you're having such a weird cycle too. Maybe you are ovulating now?

I have a pack of frers that were optimistically purchased a few months ago, but AF was too prompt for me to ever use them! I'm going to do one tomorrow morning even though I am fairly confident it's a BFN. I think it won't be as tough to see a blank after 5 days of random spotting/bleeding.

Sore nipples if you don't usually get that is a good sign!

No problem dreamer26. Most months I test with a cheaper Asda early detection but this month I felt some symptoms and because I was so early I used the FRER. Just hope it's not an evap line!

I have already had 2 chemicals and 1MC at 9+6 this year so I'm just waiting on that golden egg!

@WishingonaStar77 thank you for explaining what it was. I'm similar to you just wanting to do a test straight away and I have in past months even if I haven't had any symptoms.

This month definitely feels different though! I've had what I think is implantation cramps 2 days ago and implantation bleeding yesterday and today. That's been pinky/ brown discharge and the odd spotting. My nipples have also become very tingly!

I hope you get a positive result tomorrow! fingers crossed x

Hi guys, may I join? I was completely silly and tested at only 6dpo but thought I saw a very very faint line.
I'm just waiting now and resisting the temptation to test again..
I too get through this morning FMU flushing quickly to avoid being tempted.
May test tomorrow morning if I can hold out! 😬

@dreamer26 FRER is a first response early result. One of the most sensitive ones you can get. This is what I used x

Thank you @ItsAFunnyOldWorld, @miniscotchegg and @XxTaeexP I hope we all have so much luck this month.

What is a FRER?

Just wondering whether people tend to wait until they have a period or do a test a few days/ day before it's due? I'm desperate to do one already!

Welcome @dreamer26   wishing you lots of luck for this month.

I did a FRER just now @LondonKez and it was an absolute negative. Still no sign of AF and pretty much all pre-period signs have gone away today  So I have no clue what is happening. I had a really stressful month last month and I'm wondering if it's messed up my cycle. Perhaps I didn't ovulate, as I had one OPK peak followed by another two days later, which I read can mean failed ovulation. Is it even possibly that 2 weeks later, the positive OPK and EWCM I got yesterday could be a really late ovulation? Although wouldn't explain why I had all the signs of AF building the last few days. Will just have to wait and see I guess! We may be weird cycle twins this month  sorry you're having a weird uncertain time of it too, you're doing amazing holding off testing!

Welcome @dreamer26
Im 9 dpo and think I felt "implantation cramps" today..
But I'm trying not to read too much into it... Trying to find distractions but this month is taking a toll on me..

A few more days to go.. Fx😊

@miniscotchegg do a frer! I've read that the One Step OPKs can detect a positive pregnancy, but the actual pregnancy tests take a while. Fingers crossed for you!!! Xxx

I've not tested. Although this bleed isn't anywhere near a normal flow for me (Still nothing on the pads) it is still blood, so I think it may just be a weird cycle unfortunately x

Can I join the gang. I'm 8DPO. Think I may have had an implantation bleed/ cramps but not sure if I'm just reading into things. This is my third cycle TTC.

Fingers crossed for us all!

Sorry AF arrived @ItsAFunnyOldWorld  how are you feeling today? Did you take a test yet @LondonKez ? Fingers crossed the cramps and spotting might be a good sign rather than AF!? Hope you have both done some nice things over the weekend that have taken your mind off all this somewhat anyway!

AF signs really ramped up for me today, but she's not arrived just yet. Id decided on Friday after the BFN that this month I might try doing OPKs from CD1 just to see what comes of that. Even though AF hasn't yet arrived, I did an OPK this evening and weirdly it was positive (or very near to)  I've also had LOADS of EWCM today - quite a bit more than when I had my peak mid-cycle (when I thought I ovulated, had positive OPK then too). I did one of the One Step pregnancy tests, as I'd read somewhere about positive OPKs sometimes being a sign of pregnancy, and it was a total BFN. So all very strange!