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1DPO... any cycle buddies out there?

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Kewchoc · 30/08/2023 19:08

I'm currently TTC following a miscarriage at 12 weeks on 5th August. I haven't had a period yet but we decided not to wait, as I'm desperate to be pregnant again and I think that is the only thing that will make me feel better about the loss. I have been tracking ovulation and did catch my peak so now just hoping I've got the timing of DTD right.

Just wondering if anyone out there TTC is around the same time in their cycle so that we can chat to each other really. I think I'm already driving my husband mad, it would be nice to speak to other people who really understand how I'm feeling! 😊

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Liz2681 · 31/10/2023 20:02

So excited for everyone! Great to hear everyone's good news and hoping to join you guys soon 😊

@Kewchoc I was looking for them earlier and couldn't find them either 😕 idk sometimes they go and come back. Have been getting Clearblue early detection instead!

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 19:50

I am being really dim but I literally cannot find any FRER anywhere on Amazon... does anyone have a link for them?

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 18:31

@Amberellalina Yeah very exciting and the more I think about the last couple of days, the more convinced I am that I have conceived! Haha just do another, I'll be honest I've done another 2 since my last post just to see if there's lines on those too 🤣 there was lines though! I feel absolutely psychotic hahaha

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Agathapoirot · 31/10/2023 17:54

Ah these updates sound so promising and exciting! Got everything crossed for you all that there are lots of bfps coming through over the next couple of days! ❤️

Amberellalina · 31/10/2023 17:45

I might do another easy@home before bed, no point doing one now because I’ve been drinking aaaaaaaall the things today. @Kewchoc you’re a bad influence 😂

Amberellalina · 31/10/2023 17:44

@Kewchoc aaaaaaaaah that’s so exciting! It all sounds really promising and I really really hope we both get stronger lines tomorrow x

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 16:43

Easy@home both also had very very faint lines but every line is so faint that I think they're possibly just evap lines. Although the Boots one has got darker (past time limit though) and is definitely pink. Not sure what to think now cause if they were positive I'd expect the easy@home ones to be darker than the Boots one. I already know I'll just have to wait and test again tomorrow but what an absolute headfuck 🫠

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 16:09

So I don't want to jump on the "conceiving in October" train but I've just done another Boots test and there's definitely an absolute squinter of a line that appeared in 4 mins. These tests are 25miu so I'm going to test again with an easy@home when they come (I'll probably do about 3 tests just incase of evap lines etc). I've never used Boots tests before so I don't know whether they're bad for evap lines or not and I don't wanna get my hopes up.

I did however feel incredibly nauseous drinking my coffee at work this morning which is exactly what happened last time, I couldn't even stand the smell of coffee. I'm really trying not to get my hopes up because I feel like every month I see "signs" that I'm pregnant and never actually am, but I've definitely got some symptoms going on

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 12:38

@Amberellalina Maybe not a bfp officially, but certainly not a bfn! 😊 plus you've been craving marshmallows!

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Amberellalina · 31/10/2023 12:34

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves… a hint of a squinter massively outside of the reading time is not a bfp!

Hope something nice happens to you this afternoon @Kewchoc to turn the day around x

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 12:10

Oh gosh @tlw14 congratulations! What an exciting cycle this is turning out to be! Keeping absolutely everything crossed for you and @Amberellalina also how lovely that you've both been chatting on here so much and will likely have very similar due dates 🥰

Really hoping I get to join in the positive updates this month! Having a crap day at work so would be lovely to get a bfp today/tomorrow but I know it's still quite early, I'm only 8DPO today

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emmatcc1 · 31/10/2023 09:21

Woke up this morning with deep stabbing pains in my left boob and extremely hungry. Test was stark white, but I feel weirdly wet down there since about 8dpo.

tlw14 · 31/10/2023 09:20

@Amberellalina thank you so much! Keeping everything crossed for you too.
Tell me about it!!! They are so expensive, deffo not designed for nutters like me to use them all the time

Amberellalina · 31/10/2023 09:17

Congratulations @tlw14 - pleased and excited for you. I love the weeks indicators ones, they’re just flipping expensive 🤣

And thanks @Kewchoc. There is definitely a vvvvvvvfl there - I took a picture and ramped up the contrast. Also to test the theory that it is an evap, I dipped a strip from the same batch into water and left it the same amount of time. Absolutely no line at all. I am mindful of your experience last month though, and the fact that last time I was pregnant I didn’t get a positive until 13 dpo, so definitely proceeding with caution…

tlw14 · 31/10/2023 08:51

@Amberellalina ahhhhh so exciting!! i really really hope this is your positive.

@Kewchoc Thats what i used the CB early detection ones, they are pricey but there is something about a digital test i love.

I have retested this morning with a clearblue weeks indicator one, i was previously negative on this following my miscarriage so i knew if i got a positive on this then it was from a new pregnancy. I got my positive 1-2 weeks!! i will 100% be tracking like crazy and i think i will retest again in a week or so and keep testing until i get my 3+ and then i can relax a bit i hope.

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Kewchoc · 31/10/2023 07:04

@Amberellalina This is exciting! I have a very good feeling about this month for you! Very excited to hear what happens with your frer 😊 I also caved and have ordered some easy@home despite saying I wouldn't use them again ha... literally none of the shops near us have any early detection tests so I've decided to get them and give them another go with them being 10miu

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Amberellalina · 31/10/2023 05:38

So, I did an easy@home this morning (well, middle of the night - DD got me up at 4:15!) and I think maybe I see a hint of a squinter. Probably just wishful thinking or evap (I definitely left it longer than ten mins because we got back in bed for a sleepy cuddle) but it’s enough to make me think that if there is something then it might show up on the FRER tomorrow ☺️ need to keep telling myself not to get my hopes up…

emmatcc1 · 30/10/2023 22:08

I can’t resist and will be testing tomorrow morning.

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Kewchoc · 30/10/2023 20:57

I definitely have lower back ache and have done so for the past few hours, my boobs also felt heavy when I took my bra off... trying incredibly hard not to read into it too much as both could be caused by AF gearing up but it's really set off that "maybe it's happened this month" part of my brain. I guess it's a few more days of being mental before I know any more though!

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tlw14 · 30/10/2023 19:36

@emmatcc1 i am hoping so.. part of this ttc journey just makes you question and doubt everything. We’ve only been trying for two months, had a miscarriage four weeks ago so feels too good to be true! It’s difficult, I felt I should test early as I kept seeing people get positives at 8/9dpo but I when I did and they were negative I felt really deflated. I would have waited but jsut didn’t have the patience.

@Kewchoc your right, the doctor said the same as well before with my previous miscarriage. A pregnant result means pregnant. Just worrying times.

@Liz2681 thank you! I will keep testing until the shops run out of tests I think haha!

Liz2681 · 30/10/2023 17:45

@tlw14 tentative congrats! Appreciate its still so early, so keeping everything crossed for your test tomorrow 🤞🏼

Good luck to everyone else also about to test! I'm a bit behind at 5DPO but already counting down the days. Going to try to hold out until Sunday (11DPO) but I suspect I'll probably cave at 8DPO! @Amberellalina I'm a bit like you though, want to try to save my FRERs/Clearblues until I'm 11-12 DPO but let's face it, the cheapies probably won't pick up anything any earlier anyway 😬

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Kewchoc · 30/10/2023 16:55

@tlw14 Sounds like a good plan. I can totally understand why you're anxious but just try and think... worrying about something doesn't change the fact that today you are pregnant 😊 I know it's not particularly helpful advice! But at present, you are pregnant and have no physical concern to think otherwise. I will be keeping everything crossed for you!

Well I'm an idiot and bought the wrong tests from Boots, not even early detection so obviously BFN. I have officially entered TWW insanity mode though as I've now sent my husband out to buy the right tests just to satisfy my urges PROPERLY hahaaaa

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emmatcc1 · 30/10/2023 16:43

@Amberellalina I think all onestep are kind of bad at early detection. I have the ones that are thin and the handle is dark blue with hcg written on it. I’ve read lots on them picking up hcg late even if they’re 10mlu. Can’t tell from personal experience as I’ve never had a positive.

Amberellalina · 30/10/2023 16:28

Well that's interesting to know @emmatcc1 do you mean the 'early detection' ones? That's the one I did this morning because it said it was sensitive to 10mlu (or whatever the unit is)... I got them free so haven't researched them...

emmatcc1 · 30/10/2023 16:23

@tlw14 this must be a new pregnancy and I’m sure this time it will be all good. How long have you been trying for? I’m also 10 dpo tomorrow and tempted to test but I only have the onestep tests which apparently hardly pick up any hcg.