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Month 15 ttc and line eyes are bad

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sparkle2020 · 18/12/2019 05:05

Hi. Have already posted on my other thread but I don’t know how it works on here and if it will be a dead thread by now? Anyway I’m month 15 ttc now and have major line eyes. Please can someone help me out and tell me to quit being daft. I’m way too hopeful and it’s just becoming a crushing disappointment month after month.

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Changinforaflamin · 18/12/2019 10:08

I’m genuinely not trying to give the OP false hope. I can see something but it’s just not strong enough to be a reliable result.

PrittSticky · 18/12/2019 10:11

I can't see anything, sorry OP.

maddening · 18/12/2019 10:15

If not this month then I do recommend the clear blue fertility monitor.

Also the clear blue digital test - no lines to get confused by.

Saxifraga · 18/12/2019 10:40

I can see a very faint second line

Butterfly02 · 18/12/2019 10:53

It took me 4 years to conceive I made a rule not to test before five weeks from the first day of my period and never had pregnancy tests in the house. It was self preservation I think.
If this isn't your month I'd recommend seeing your gp for some bloods and possibly a referal to fertility specialist (this will depend on local guidelines and your age).
My eldest is now 15 so quite a while since I was referred however before we went our gp did as much testing as possible so that when we got to the top of the waiting list we'd done everything possible. In those days you had to have 3 months of temperature charts to show ovulation.
Best of luck.
Ttc is a difficult road to tread be kind to yourself and your partner take one step at a time and most of all communicate with each other about how you feel.

Tobebythesea · 18/12/2019 10:54

It unfortunately looks like an evaporation line. There is no colour.

Test again in a few days.

steff13 · 18/12/2019 11:18

I'm sorry, I don't see anything.

Winterdaysarehere · 18/12/2019 11:24

I can see a second line.
Take another in a few days....

ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy · 18/12/2019 13:41

I’m genuinely not trying to give the OP false hope. I can see something but it’s just not strong enough to be a reliable result.

This!

Do you actually think we're being utter horrors and making up what we can see for shits and giggles? People can see different things / have better eyesight / screens / colour resolution than others.

I hope you get a positive result, OP.

pinkpanther84 · 18/12/2019 13:50

I can see a very faint line, fingers crossed for you!

BarbedBloom · 18/12/2019 14:05

I can also see a very faint second line but there is no colour to it, so most likely evaporation. I have been trying for over ten years now so I know not to raise hopes.

Crazybunnylady123 · 18/12/2019 14:12

Have you tried using a sperm friendly lubricant, like pre-seed? It really does work for some people.

I got my first using that and we were trying as long as you. Good luck.

VestaTilley · 18/12/2019 14:45

I can only see one line; it must be crushingly hard OP- but please don't get excited by what people on the internet tell you they think they can see- we're not reliable experts!

headsaway123 · 18/12/2019 15:07

Can you put another pic of the test up at a different angle? I think I can see something but it may be a shadow

Siennabear · 18/12/2019 15:16

I'm not sure if I can see one or not. Wait a few days and try again. I would go to the doctors for further investigation if you have been trying that long.
It took my husband and I 3.5 years to have our first, it felt like an impossible dream at times. Don't give up!

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sparkle2020 · 19/12/2019 05:50

Thanks everyone. To those saying it’s an Evap can they show in the time frame or no?

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sparkle2020 · 19/12/2019 17:16

Tested today and looked pretty negative :( what a bummer. Anyone who’s been ttc for this long etc know how I can switch off from obsessing over it? Month after month I’m convinced I’ve done it and get line eyes like this and it’s just way too painful I feel like giving up with all the trying and OPKs and stuff :(

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ThebishopofBanterbury · 19/12/2019 19:53

Sorry I can definitely only see one line

ViaSacra · 19/12/2019 20:21

@sparkle2020

Have you and your partner been to the GP yet?

dontcallmeduck · 19/12/2019 21:42

I thought I saw a second line too

Whatsername177 · 19/12/2019 22:18

I don't see a line. But, if you test tomorrow with fmu you should have a more definitive answer. I understand the feeling of it taking longer to ttc. When I was ttc after I mc'd I almost lost my mind. Good luck to you.

BlackeyedSusan · 19/12/2019 22:37

Sorry op.

I can see the faintest line .. but sometimes pregnancies don't stick. It stinks.

Sayhellotothethings · 19/12/2019 23:09

Sorry OP

Anyone who’s been ttc for this long etc know how I can switch off from obsessing over it?

It took the same amount of time for us to conceive. My advice...book stuff and make plans that have nothing to do with ttc. Weekend breaks, camping, days out, picnics. Give yourself lots to look forward to. It finally happened for me when we did this and I also booked a holiday for 10 months time because I had just lost hope. So thought fuck it, I'll book a holiday, I can always cancel it. And I did!

Also not many people will love this advice but if you are in a position where it is ok to do so (nobody to care for but yourselves) I would also say to get drunk. I fell pregnant around my birthday so lots of celebrations. Drunk sex was obviously more relaxed than sex that in the back of my head was 'for a purpose'. Let your hair down and have fun.

But you can also go to the gp at this stage. For us they chatted about diet, our general health, and we agreed to give it a couple more months before a fertility clinic referral but luckily in the end we got there.
Good luck xxx

Christmastreejoy · 19/12/2019 23:27

I can see something but you say this mornings was negative so maybe it’s a shadow or evap line.

I just want to say don’t give up hope. We were told we wouldn’t be able to conceive naturally and then both my children were natural. It took over 18 months of trying with my first and longer with my second (3 1/2 year gap and we let nature get on with it).

Seethesleepybunnies · 20/12/2019 07:40

Have you been to the GP OP?

I say for now, stop with the tests and ovulation tests. Get the Flo app if you haven’t already.

I really hope next month is your month

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