I am a wally. Come beat me with kippers and advise..

[DastardlyandSmuttily]

Have been TTCing for about a year, with no joy.

AF was due Sunday/Monday, nothing doing.
Very sore boobs and rubbish skin, which are usual PMT symptoms here.

Took a First response test this morning, and it looked negative after three minutes. I tidied myself up, and took it to the window of our very gloomy bathroom... and very faint positive line. So it was outside the 3 minute window but am pretty sure it showed within the 10 minute limit!!!

ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH.

You know what the advice is going to be... try another test in the morning and the very best of luck to you!

Gah. So reasonable. I shall ignore you all and waste my day away fantasy bankrupting myself at Isabella Oliver.

That's what happened to me, and I'm up the duff! Do another in a couple of days.

I did that on Saturday Dastardly!! I got a bfn on Monday which was cd28 for me, but still no af.

This is my first proper cycle after mmc & erpc, so god knows what's going on!

When I got my bfp I thought I was out as pmt and prg symptoms were the same - no flipping help at all.

So where are these kippers I was lured in with?!

I wouldn't have the restraint to wait a couple of days, but would it be outrageous to suggest a Clear Blue Digital? There would be no doubt over lines and times then. Maybe I deserve the kippers for encouraging testing...

Come back and let us know!

Do another one and let us know!
Good luck.

You're supposed to bring your own kippers if you're going to slap me with them!

I know I need to do another one, but I'm scared to! Especially reading harrassed's tale of going from unreliable BFP to BFN in three days. How are you still sane?

Surely if it was really faint and slow to show on first morning wee, it's going to be less likely to show up properly today, and so I have to wait till tomorrow... don't I?

Clearly the other key thing I need to do is book an eye test. And replace some light bulbs in the bathroom!

Equipment required for tomorrows testing:

Container for weeing in (so you can do more than one test if you want)

Industrial strength lamp and microscope for examining evidence

Plus I personally favour a red biro for drawing in own line if result is disappointing :)

Good luck :)

Ha ha, we have a head torch, that should do it! MIght take some explaining to DH why I'm taking that into the bathroom though...

Only 1 test left and no chance to go and get another one before tomorrow am afraid. Have a handy selection of pink pens though

Hope you get an answer soon Dastardly. I know how it feels, I had 3 of those negative then drying faintly positive ones. They were cheapo internet ones though. Then I got a different brand and got the BFP. If you're still late that's a good sign.

have you peed yet? I agree with the pot idea, just in case you want to do another test

Wow. you lot are keen!

Ok, I tested.

It's even fainter!
But... it came up within 3 minutes. So, a line's a line, right? Even if it's less of a BFP than a Tiny Incredibly Pale Wishy Washy Positive.

Do I celebrate, or go spend my month's salary in Boots on other things to wee on?

They really should make these things clearer!

That's surely a good sign?! I thought a line is a line....:)

A CBDigi would confirm IMO (I'm not on commission honest!) as it'll be a yes or no. Tis more money and waiting, unless you kept a wee pot

I have to tell my story.

I wouldn't couldn't wait until dh to come home and did a clear blue digital test to get it over with. I read the instructions, did the necessary and went downstairs. Came back, read the test - pregnant - thought oh well and went back to carry on tidying up. Slowly it dawned on me I needed to go and reread it. Yep, up duff.

I knew it was going to say pregnant either way, not pregnant or pregnant so when I saw it said pregnant I assumed I wasn't. .

So the moral of the story is a digital isn't always conclusive straight away.

Hmmm, sounds promising! I'd wait a couple of days then do another one. That will give it time to decide what it's playing at. The lines I got for the first 3/4 days were teeny weeny ones like that :)

But let's face it, I am in no position to advise as I will happily pee on sticks till the cows come home

I've already said this on another thread this morning, but my faint line is 4 now lol!

Jury still out on me, no af and not tested since bfn. Think I'm going to be out though.....eventually!

A line is a line. Please don't spend a month's salary in boots, if you are up the duff you need to save your money for your Mat leave .

Wait a 2 or 3 days and do another, hard I know but better than driving yourself insane doing continuous tests.

You do realise that everytime I see your name now I will have a mental image of you weeing in a margarine tub with your head torch on

Whhop whoop! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you ladies. Am surprisingly calm. Think the "Fuuuuuuucccccckkkkk!" will kick in once I'm totally sure!

Am going to serenely ignore it until the weekend, then get a ClearBlue. honest. Unless DH comes home with half of Boots, which I suspect he might.

Jilted that is scarily close to the truth! Plus, I never realised quite how much volume I pee first thing in the morning

Well you won't be peeing that much in the morning for much longer. Once the baby realises he can play football with your bladder you'll be up at least 5 times in the night to wee

And can I give you a for the weekend? ?

Ha ha.

But there's no baby there. Just a very very pale line, remember?

Are you testing today?

No testing today. I shall wait, buy a CB digital, and do it on Saturday. Total serenity here...