TTC First Baby Thread 22

@whatsthecraic91 are you trying SMEP this cycle? I desperately want to retest as I'm getting myself ridiculously excited based on having lots of watery discharge for a week now! Oh the things we hang out hopes on to 😆 I'm 9/11dpo (still don't know exactly what day I O).
I'm going to dig deep and hold off till Friday... or maybe Thursday... or maybe Wednesday 😂

@Anny27 thinking of you today 💐
@SunnyFlover hope it goes well at the GP and you get a positive from a blood test.

@whatsthecraic91 good luck this week! 🌻

Supposedly pregnant 5w+4ish, still getting faint ( decent faint) positive results on early detection kits only... same line 4 morning in a row.
Going to doctor this afternoon and I am absolutely frightened... It consumed so much of my energy and worries, beyond my expectations when we first decided TTC. This is hard! And I am only in this 2 months.
Reading about is is draining, but if sit still and do nothing- would go mental too. I font know is it ectopic? ( but something would hurt surely, is it hook effect- I am doubting, I would feel sick as a dog with all those "undetectable high level" hormones, miscarriage- I didn't bleed...". So confused.
All the ladies, that have been going through this for months and even years deserve a monument... 😞

Monday again 🙄

But the start of my fertile week so I’m excited!! Starting my CB digitals in the morning CD10.

How are we all?

@Kiza have you resisted testing again? How many DPO now?

Thank you @Kiza and @Anny27 I've also got really spotty all of a sudden and that's not like me at all! And I've got this vertigo virus still hanging around. I could just be run down but who knows! I've noticed more watery discharge and a distinct lack of the normal AF symptoms!

@Kiza I'm going to hold out and test on Thursday if there's no sign of AF by then! I wouldn't worry about 1 glass. I'm not really a drinker but allow myself the odd glass of something here n there.

Morning @Lottiepink I made a follow up phone call with my GP to go through each score of my blood tests as I wanted to know all of them so maybe you could try that?
I think the date your bloods were taken so found as you said it was your 7dpo rather than the average. Good news though that they all came back fine.
How's everyone this weekend?
I've been symptom spotting like a maniac 🤦🏼‍♀️😆 I'm 7/9 dpo and have been having lots of creamy/watery discharge which is unusual. Hoping it's a good sign 🤞🏼
@MIW01 are your symptoms still strong? Will you hold out till Wednesday or maybe test again?

Morning all,

@SunnyFlover congratulations, I will keep my fingers crossed for you!

@Anny27 how are you doing? Hopefully you will hear back from the doctor soon, have you got a bit of time off work?

I got my day 21 bloods back, they were actually taken on day 25 but that was my 7dpo. Is that actually the correct thing to do you think??
Everything came back normal which is good. I asked for some of the levels but there's not much stuff on the internet to say what is normal etc!
DH had his bloods done too and a check up and got the SA to do, Just hard timing it to get it to hospital within the hour 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

@Anny27 me too, have never been a drinker but really fancied a glass of red me so bought one of those mini bottles and have only had about a third so a really small glass of wine.
Treated myself to some gorgeous ice cream so the guilt has shifted 😄

@kiza awh its hard to not feel guilty isnt it! I am not much of a big drinker but try avoid it during tww but it totally doesnt matter as long as you arent getting drunk in my opinion! (Baby isnt getting anything from you at that stage!)

@SunnyFlover as the others have said, hopefully the second test dries darker or could phone on Monday to get a blood test to confirm.

@MIW01 all good signs, weird isn't it how some months we don't symptom spot or get our hopes up and some months we totally do!

I've just had a glass of red wine (first one in 10 months) and now feel guilty 😩. Trying to tell myself that 1 glass of alcohol isn't going to make any different!

@Anny27 I know! It just all seems so unfair sometimes 🤣🤣🤣 though am remaining positive. Have visited threads and read some experiences where people have been TTC for years and been through goodness knows what with miscarriages, medication and treatment and have had happy endings! So there is hope for us all yet!

@MIW01 9dpo is still early so fingers crossed! So hard though isnt it as some women get theres as earlt as 7dpo so makes you want to test haha!!

Hello @SunnyFlover have no experience with this myself but perhaps a call to GP surgery or similar for an opinion to see what options you have.

@sunnyFlover tests tend to dry darker than they first were within the time limit. So perhaps the first test was actually the same as the one today just its dried darker (i know mine looked way darker the next day!)

I cant say anything to stop you worrying but there really is nothing you can do now but perhaps you can book a 6 week scan soon to make sure everything's okay?

Hi ladies, I am a bit worried though... Maybe I was getting too excited too early..?
Line is very faint and not any darker, even more fainter 48 h later...

Top rest- done on Thursday, Bottom test - today.

My symptoms are all still as they were all week.
Do you have any positive outcome stories for me so that I can calm down..? 😞

Line is a line- I know I am pregnant, no bleeding no abnormal pains, but I wonder why so faint at 22/23 DPO...

Welcome @HolliePurple your AF is due same time as me! I'll be waiting to see if she arrives on time and if not I'll test on Thursday.

Congratulations @SunnyFlover that's amazing news! And has given me hope . . .

Been thinking my nipples looks a bit different, breasts feel a bit different and I've been getting weird dizzy spells so did a test at 9dpo - BFN! AF due next Wednesday so will see what happens!

I know it's not got to symptom spot but honestly wasn't looking this month and just noticed these things and then dismissed them after getting BFN but now thinking hmmm, maybe just too early to tell!

@whatsthecraic91 @Anny27 yeah it was IC, currently cycle 14 so should know better. The last few months I've been really good and not caved and waited for AF arrive so don't know what took over me today!

Enjoy date night @whatsthecraic91 think DP is at the gym so catching up on the apprentice
@Anny27 hope it goes well for you on Monday/Tuesday, will you have someone with you at home? I had quite bad cramping when I had mine and glad I had the reassurance of not being alone.

@Anny27 hopefully the doctor calls you back soon and you can prepare for Monday are you off work a couple of days? Currently on CD 6 so gearing up to start the marathon DTD session as I don’t usually ovulate until CD17 😅

@SunnyFlover love your announcement! Was he surprised?

@HolliePurple welcome! It’s maybe just too early wait a few more days then test again!

@Kiza been there!! Hopefully you were using ICs or it feels like such a waste of money 😂 don’t loose hope it’s just way too early!

DP and I are having date night tonight! First we have had since we moved into our new home as it’s been a bit hectic.

Happy Friday all!

@SunnyFlover what an amazing announcement 😍 wishing you a very happy and healthy 9 months!

@HolliePurple welcome 😁 wait another day or so and test using FMU and with a FRER! 🤞🏻

@Kiza I have the last week of November off and we are away Tuesday to Thursday so really looking forward to it, like you say a nice little distraction ☺️ I am going to wait and call either Monday or Tuesday- just depends when I can call at work and by that point we will be approaching the 10 week wait point so feel it’s reasonable.

@Anny27 Fingers crossed they can get you in Monday and get the process started, have you taken some time off work? Get some lucozade or sweet sugary drinks to keep your energy levels up and ask the hospital for painkillers. Oooh nice what are you going for? I need a new phone but refuse to pay the crazy contract prices 😂

Evening everyone :)

Had my appointment at the EPU and decided to go with the medical management (medication) which will probably happen on Monday or Tuesday- waiting for doctor to call me back to schedule!

@kiza ahh the excitement gets the best of us sometimes 😂 i remember one cycle i tested every day from 6dpo -14 (didn't twll hubby how much that cost in tests 😂)

@holliepurple when i got my bfp it was 2 days before my period and it was quite faint! Retest in a few days and hopefully its positive :)

@Lozzlepop ahh love sofa shopping!! I am getting myself a new phone as mine is restarting itself every 10 mins or so!!

@whatsthecraic91 where are you in your cycle atm?

@SunnyFlover thank you. That's given me some hope

@HolliePurple my BFP came up only 22/22DPO... ( 6 days post Af due date). Destress and wait patiently 🌻

@Lozzlepop oooh that sounds like the mini break is really soon? A little get away is always great to refresh and have a positive distraction. Did you decide if you were going to phone or not for the appointment or hold out for the letter?

@SunnyFlover that's a pretty cool way to tell him 😄

@Anny27 how did it go today lovely?

I caved and stupidly took a test 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😆 seriously why? I'm only 5-7 dpo so of course it was going to be negative. Been having twinges in my uterus and lower abdo which is not a usual symptom for me and I'm being super optimistic that all our exhausting bonking worked this month! 😅

Hi everyone, I'm TTC for the first time. Cycle #3. AF Is due 13th so I used a first response today (5 days before) it was a BFN. Do I wait a few days and test again or am I out this month? I need some reassurance as I'm feeling rather useless.