Anyone TTC after a recent early loss and wanting support? (Aug 26)

If I was drinking something when I read that I would have spat it out, this is hilarious!! Great idea though xxx

im in the TWW too and have sore boobs but its waaay too early to be pregnancy related. Trying SO hard not to symptom spot but it’s on my mind nearly all of the time!

@Springcloud26 fingers crossed its AF on the way and the wait is over.

@Happymama04 - hiding tests is a great idea. I’m only 1DPO and have already decided I’m going to test at 9DPO 😂I’m giving myself the excuse that I have a PT session that day and want to modify some stuff if needed. Keeping my fingers crossed that it’s a positive cycle for you

I’ve given my tests to my husband and he’s hidden them in his van 😂 going to try hold off for 11dpo on Tuesday 🤞

Hope everyone is doing ok! I haven’t had much to update, have been testing using OPKs but still coming up light for me on cycle day 12 at the moment. Hoping starts to darken soon and things get moving🤞

Oh fingers crossed it is AF for you! 🤞 not often we say that 😂

I’m 6dpo and all the desire to wait for AF to test has gone and now I’m considering starting on 8dpo 🙈

Thanks everyone, it’s so good to have a second opinion as I’m overthinking everything at the moment. I’m going to go with the CB result and stop testing for this month.

@Posypear hope you’re having a good holiday apart from the food poisoning. There really always is something, it feels like the timing’s always off!

@Pottingsheddays I don't think that app is accurate - I never get lines that dark!
@Springcloud26 that sounds like a sensible plan - your bases will be covered!
@FlyingHighFlyingLow excited for you. I feel like symptom spotting is just so tough!

I'm on holiday and my CB digital ovulation tests aren't working - completely blank screen . Plus DH has food poisoning - so things aren't boding well for this month! I'm still doing temperature tracking and I'm predicted to ovulate on Thursday so will try to dtd once he feels better. There's always something!

Agree with OP that’s a really strong line! I’ve only just started using the Premom app to interpret results this month so no idea how it works really, but I’d deff go with the CB result! Are you tracking BBT too? I think I like to test just to confirm I’ve ovulated so it’s not so much about timing DTD x

@Changechangechange1 I’m even more confused by the easy@home. I thought it looked close to peak (can’t work out how to pivot the photo!) but the premom app says low…the lines look almost the same colour to me and definitely darker than the line Premom counted as peak last month so who knows. This is why I didn’t get on with those tests. Either way will just continue dtd every other day (which is always our strategy so not sure why I bother stressing myself out with the testing).

I waited for my first period after medical management for my MMC so this is the first cycle after that.

That sounds promising on ovulation last week. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

@Springcloud26 that sounds like a sensible plan. Sometimes even just having a plan helps with some of the uncertainty. Hope you’re holding up ok x

Glad you’ve made a decision and hopefully that feels a bit freeing! I find the testing so addictive but also creates so much additional stress xx

Gosh it really is so confusing isn’t it. Will be interesting to see what the easy at home tests say. What cycle are you on?

after a very confusing last few days thinking perhaps I didn’t ovulate last week, my temp has increased and natural cycles (and chat gpt) are saying I did ovulate which is a relief. I’m going to stop testing now as it really stressed me and made things confusing. So now I’m 4 DPO. We decided not to wait to TTC so this is our first attempt.

I got my peak on the CB test this morning which I’m confused about as it’s much earlier in my cycle than usual (CD13 but usually CD15-17) and I haven’t had any signs of ovulation. AF only stopped two days ago so not feeling hopeful that my lining’s built up enough if this actually is ovulation. I thought this month would be less confusing/more like my usual cycle but apparently not! Might try a leftover easy@home later this morning to see what it says.

How’s everyone else getting on?

I’ll be honest that particular miscarriage was a while ago now and I don’t remember specifics. I do remember that it took me about 2-3 weeks to ovulate again after I was getting fully negative tests. My next period was really quite strange after as well I remember that (TMI but it was very watery and just not like normal). But the month after that I was fully back to normal with ovulation and cycle.

I’ve had a few miscarriages and the first one it took 6-8 weeks for HCG to stop showing on tests. For me the EPU said they weren’t worried as it was slowly decreasing. I think it depends how high your HCG was to start. I got all the way to 9 weeks before my surgical to remove (stopped growing at 6 weeks) so they said it was normal for it to take a while. I think the half life of HCG starts at 36 hours but slows down as it gets lower. It won’t hurt to ring them though if you’re worried.

That’s so frustrating that you’re still getting a faint line. Might be worth calling the EPU if you have their number? Mine said to call if tests were still positive after 3 weeks, although that was because of RPOC concerns which shouldn’t be the case if you had a scan. They might still be able to give some helpful advice though. Hopefully once the HCG drops you’ll see the LH peak quickly