The Hopeful Hearts Circle 1 - December 2025🎄💖

I'm so sorry @charlzz - this is so so cruel. Forgive me as I'm not sure what your history is and what support you've had so far - have these early losses been formally documented with the NHS yet? There are some fertility blood tests they can do ahead of needing to be referred to recurrent miscarriage clinics that may be helpful to identify or rule out any issues.

Thank you everyone. Unfortunately the line has almost disappeared today (although still positive on a digital) so it's my fifth this year now. Heartbroken.

@charlzzeverything crossed for you. The early days are so stressful. Remember that HGC doubles every 48 hours so don’t panic if the line doesn’t darken every single day. As someone who has also had chemicals I totally feel your pain and I know it’s easier said than done to not stress.

@overworkkeep hopeful until AF arrives (or doesn’t!) I’ve not had a line like your line previously so not sure if you had a bad test or what. Very odd.

@LuckyDuck93hope you’re doing ok.

I’m now CD9 after a surprise early period earlier this month which totally took me by surprise as I usually have longer cycles not shorter! Anyway this cycle I’m not doing any tracking with LH strips like I usually do. Having a complete cycle off to see if I stress less and hopefully get lucky.

This does look a little reassuring @charlzz - as horrible as it is, you've just got to give it a bit of time now. But if EPAU or the GP can arrange for some hCG tests that may help give you some much needed reassurance. Keeping everything crossed.

This looks really hopeful to me, especially if these lines appeared within a few minutes! I have everything crossed for you!

Thanks so much @Taysonic Yes I don't know my exact ovulation day. My tests are a little darker today. I've just numbered them as I'm not 100% on my DPO, but I would say I'm absolute minimum 13dpo and maximum 17dpo. I usually ovulate like clockwork on CD15, which would make me 16dpo today, but I didn't do OPKs this month because I was just feeling burnt out (I wish I had done now though!!).

I'm really trying to guard my heart because with all of my chemicals the lines have been faint like this. But the slight progression is giving me a glimmer.

I've rang the clinic to get my progesterone prescription and I'm hoping they will do bloods for me.

Yesh it does! I guess we just feel like everything should be perfect at Christmas.but sometimes our bodies have other plans 😂
I don't usually test until my period is due but this month it's due the weekend following Christmas so I'm going to do an early detection test purely so I can know whether or not I can drink and also to brace myself for my period if it's coming. I think an early detection should work by this coming Tuesday.

Keeping all fingers crossed for you @LoopyLeela - do you have a date in mind when you think you've do a test or will you wait for if you miss your period? Christmas adds a bit of a weird additional pressure, doesn't it?

I'm about 7dpo, cycle 4 for us. I keep flitting between feeling hopeful and also feeling anxious thay I'll be sad over Christmas if I can feel my period arriving. I know it's still early days for us. Wishing positives for all waiting for them this month ❤️

@charlzz I don't want to give any false hope but is there any chance you could have ovulated later than you thought? I know it must be an awful horrible time to be going through at the moment considering what you've previously experienced, but maybe give it a couple of days and see in which direction things are heading? I do think it's so easy to compare our lines and progression to others on here and compare your own to the average, but our bodies are all different and there's always examples that don't follow the average progression. I'll try and keep some hope for you, but also here if you need to talk things through and want a sympathetic ear.

@overwork again, I know yesterday's line would have given you some hope, but I always think: you're not out completely until AF shows. I'll still keep fingers crossed for you.

How are you getting on @LuckyDuck93 ?

Sorry for the line confusion @overwork and I’m sorry @charlzz that must be so difficult for you. I am probably somewhere around 5DPO and trying very hard to ignore this and not test early. Easier said than done!

I did, and it’s very clearly negative. I think I would be showing as positive by now (11 DPO) even if very faint. So yesterday’s test was a duff!

Hey all. So lovely to see so much positivity on this thread. ✨️

I am probably going to bring the mood down though. I'm around 15dpo, and had super super faint lines on my tests this morning (the kind that aren't visible on camera) so I confirmed this afternoon on a super sensitive digital (that only requires 10hcg). The lines are far too faint for 15dpo, and look exactly how all my other chemicals have, so I'm ringing in my fifth chemical in 10 months, just before Christmas.

Not going to lie, I'm a mess!

Thanks both! Line came up well within the timeframe but I took the photo about 30 mins later. I will test again tomorrow. I had a similar palaver in Sept, I tested positive on 2 different tests one day but it faded the next and that was that. I was determined not to test early again and put myself in that position and yet here we are!

That’s a tough one to tell, because the line does vary in colour but goes all the way through. How soon after did you take the pic? Are you going to test again tomorrow? X

@overwork I't's hard to tell, I didn't know uneven lines could mean false positive. I would definitely test again. Fingers crossed for you

Congrats to all the positives on this thread so far! @Iris2024 i totally think you should keep this thread going until it’s full and not make a new one next month, I always quite like seeing the chunkier threads where people really get to build up a community with each other.

Hope everyone’s ok and Christmas preparations are going well. I recently had some tests back which suggest I’m quite low in progesterone after I ovulate so I’m going to start taking supplements for that to hopefully give any fertilized embryos a better chance to implant. I’ve also begun running again and am trying to be more conscious of what I’m eating, taking a few new supplements. I’m hoping this will all be worth it and I’ll get my sticky bean soon!

Good morning! 10 DPO today I think - this is false isn’t it? Too thick top and bottom?

Glad you at least know where you are in your cycle @Esssa - I think the not knowing after a MC can sometimes be the most frustrating thing and feeling like your own body is a complete mystery.

@LuckyDuck93 Eeeeeeek....! At this point, I genuinely think I may be even more excited than you if you are pregnant this cycle...! Second rise does look promising so keeping all fingers crossed. I admire your ability to hold out and wait to test until you'll definitely get a definitive answer either way. I tested early this cycle and had about 4 days of thinking I could see a line but wasn't quite sure...!

Just a girl who’s trying not to read too much into the second peak on her bbt graph, who also knows she could take a pregnancy test today but also doesn’t want to see a negative. Is the TWW over yet 😆

Congratulations @Taysonic so pleased for you and everything crossed too.

Well AF showed up this morning so typically I started tracking at what would have been 2dpo. And I was just at the point I was physically ready to TTC so definitely missed this time anyway. Though the bonus is I should now ov over Christmas while dh is off work. Should make it a bit easier!

Emotionally I'm all over the place tbh. Cry at stuff that would ordinarily not bother me. Just worried it's either not going to happen or I'll just have more losses. I think the Tommy's quiz now gives me a less than 50% chance of the next pregnancy working out which is, well, a bit shit.

Oh dear. I’ve had more EWCM today, tinged pink. So perhaps today is O day and I peaked a bit too soon…

Oh Esssa - it's both lovely to see your name crop up but horrible at the same time to know you're back in the TTC stage. I'm so sorry for your recent loss, especially when it sounds like it had been going so well. How are you feeling?