Tips on how to not test before missed period

AF was very spotty and barely anything there until today, which is unusual as its normally just straight to business! Now not sure when to count it from 🤔 how are you?

Hahaha its funny because my blood pressure is always so low when I go to the doctors 😅😅
But I also only really go to the doctors when I'm pregnant soooo.....
Turned cold this afternoon. So I wrapped in a blanket and ate too any cookies dipped in fresh cream. Feeling a little nauseous now for entirely different reasons than the little smartie growing inside of me!

You got your new phone coming yet?
How is everybody else, any updates @Thistimearound @Chocolateeggsarebetterthannormalchocolate ? @LucyLou0527 and your injections?

Sun is out for the second day in a row and it's finally feeling like spring might actually happen this year after all!

Hope all you ladies have a nice day planned x

@BlondeSailor you've come to the right place! We all know how horrible ttc is.
How far into your ttc journey are you?

Hope doc appointment was easy and all good for you today @Laria19

Bloody sods law if it's April fools @curliegirlie. After everything you've been through too.
Do you know what though, if you did ovulated cd11 at least you can get that one step closer to a little bit more of a chance next cycle right?

Hello, this is my first post or anything on here, in the tww and really struggling, my partner works away a lot, after last month to stop myself testing I gave him the pregnancy tests to hide but feeling a bit of a failure as I bought some 10ml tests today, AF due on the 4th April, I just didn't know where to turn to speak to people about it as I had been talking to chatgpt but sometimes that just feels a bit sad!

I'm ok thank you ...I've started temping again to try and get a handle on what's happening in my cycle. Obviously, it's not telling me much yet, being 4 days into the BBT (and two of them taken after I'd stood up, so not technically BBT). But OPKs are being equally rubbish, being continually low readings (I'm CD18 today - how can these 18 days have gone so quickly when the 18 days or so I knew I was pregnant moved at a snails pace?!) but I'm starting to wonder if I potentially ovulated around CD11, as I got a 0.24 reading the previous day 🤷‍♀️. I guess I'll know in a week if so and it'll mean that AF is due in April Fools Day, which seems kinda appropriate...

The tww is absolutely dreadful I 100% agree. Sometimes it's almost a relief getting af just because it's a certainty of some sort.

No spotting yesterday so that's something positive 🤞

How are all you other ladies today?

@LaTable glad to hear the scan went well but sucks that the spotting took that reassurance away. Hope all is well today.

My AF arrived so I am officially out this month. Will keep soldering on. The early testing meant I had already sort of accepted it so glad I have started AF and can start the hopeful part of TTC again.

I blooming hate the TWW. I do think I learned my lesson this month and hope to make it to 11dpo next month before testing, just so I don't have the continuous hope/disappointment feeling. I think a result at 11 dpo is enough to mentally prepare me for possible AF arrival but also means I'm not days in limbo repeatedly testing until I know the result is accurate.

It's very fresh but not a lot. I'm well versed in the it can go either way, but for my own sanity I'll probably be taking it easier for the next 6 weeks
Just another day at a time and knicker watch!
At least this time I know it's growing as its supposed to

Ahh, good news about the heartbeat. Try not to panic about the spotting. Is it light? What colour is it?

Soooo I had my scan. Saw and heart a little hb. But also now spotting so it has not reduced my anxiety in the slightest but at least now I've got a billion prescriptions for bloods and scans and such gaaahhh

It was an underactive thyroid. Because of that MIA period I went to the GP before the 12 month mark and they did the day 21 test, which showed my TSH - thyroid stimulating hormone - level was 6 (then 12 a week or so later; needs to be below 2.5 for TTC). Once I started on Levothyroxine my cycles got a lot more sensible!

I disregard all numbers on premom otherwise I would never have gotten a peak 😅

Jeeze, 148 days is what, shy of 5 months? That's mad! That's pcos or endo related surely? Or just whacked hormones 🙈
At least they are (touch wood) more regular now!

@LaTable I used to have horrendously irregular cycles a decade ago and even after starting Levothyroxine they were over 30 days long. It's just been this past 3 years that they've been more usually 28 or 29 days long, so another reason why it's frustrating that it took so long. But yes, I definitely remember the days of jealousy over people's standard two week wait when I was taking forever to ovulate! My longest cycle pre-Levothyroxine was 146 days!

My OPKs also tend to go up and down very quickly nowadays- it means I basically regard anything PreMom puts much above 0.2 a peak! It's rare that I catch it go above 0.5!

@LaTable I totally agree. I was a lovely 28 days after having my DS (was 35 days before him). I stayed at the lovely 28 days for 2 years and just as we started TTC they started lengthening out again.

After the CP I am currently on CD35 and AF isn't due till CD39. I feel like I should be getting to try again right now, rather than still waiting for AF 😂

Those negatives are such a bummer. But at least you're all still on with a shot if af hasn't turned up.

@EMC2022 silver lining for testing early I suppose! But I'm still routing for you.

@Thistimearound do you normally use opks? I think even though you're late 30s you're absolutely still in the game. There are tons just trying for their first in late 30s!
How old is your son?

@curlygirlie absolutely no need to apologise, sounds like we've all been through at least a cp so we all get needing to take time.
It's so hard grieving the loss while simultaneously ttc too.
Testing negative so soon after is surely a good sign!
Hopefully any day now with those opks. Mine normally go from eff all to positive without warning, maybe the mc will throw a curve ball like that?

Also envy all you ladies with cycles under 30 days 😅😅 I'm a 32-38 day kind of girl and it makes ttc torture haha

Sorry for being AWOL. Still feeling very raw...and now testing OPKs like a madwoman. I just want to get back to where I was, at the same time feeling that my chances are miniscule 😩. I usually ovulate CD15 or 16 but at the moment the OPKs are as negative as you can get. Which possibly means my ovulation day is going to hit midweek or something when we're knackered. I don't know what to expect from this cycle. My BFN came a week after the MC, which was a lot sooner than last time. Last time that first post-MC cycle was 30 days and I have no idea whether I ovulated or not, as I bought the OPKs late into the cycle. But maybe, as I tested negative sooner I might have a better chance of a more normal cycle this time round 🤷‍♀️.

I’ve never been late without being pregnant. Tested again this morning - negative yet again.

Honestly, I have no clue. I’m late 30s and worried I just started too late … also pregnancy and miscarriage that took up about 3 months a few months ago may have stolen a few months that I needed. I suppose time will tell.. at the moment I’m just hoping for a period and to start a new cycle.

@LaTable negative again with FMU unfortunately. Also that was the last early response test i had so probably won't be able to test again until Tues/Wed. Probably better off, then I would have a finite result 😂

The one thing I like about testing early is my hope slowly dwindles each day and by the time AF comes I'm in an acceptance stage so feeling positive again that we just go again if it didn't work out this month.

Thanks, trying to keep this in mind! I know I'm lucky that my DC was conceived first time, and my CP in 2023 was too, so doubting I could be so lucky again this time round! Glad all is well with you 😊 x