Elderberry Pavlovas And The Eternal Sausage of Wang (Part 4): a frightfully good thread for the over-30s TTC their first baby.

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Over here, sausage-wangers!

Incidently I have never had I have never POAS come up in I have never

@ shocking bum sex revelation! That game throws up all kinds of trouble! (I love it too!!!)

Interestingly, I have never had anyone say they have never had I have never POAS come up in a game of I have never...

The word 'never' is starting to look strange and lose all meaning to me. Anyone else get that if they see a word written down too much? Is it just me? Is it one to add to my list of weirdness?!

Boodle, I get that all the time!

Nowt wrong with being weird boodle

I have never poas since TTC, never been late!

ooh ooh very very very very faint line on my pee stick. As in my eyes have nearly fallen out straining to see something that isn't there but there is a shadow evap! am struggling to get it to be visible on a photo thought

It's easiest to see it (with one eye shut and the laptop tilted at a strange angle) while inverted... www.canyouseealine.com/view_home_pregnancy_test.php?method=invert&testID=26386

It's ever so slightly more obvious in real life!

Woohoo!!! A line is a line!

Huge congratulations 2cats! How many tomes do you think you'll POAS over the next week?

I think it's how many times will I POAS today??? I'm not yet convinced it's a line (I don't think a smudge counts) but i'm hoping it'll turn into one....

How many DPO are you? Maybe you could try a FRER?

I believe a false negative is impossible though as the HCG is either there or it isn't, so even a feint, squinty, blink-and-you-might-miss-it line is still a positive!

How exciting!

only 9 or 10 dpo.. i have one FRER that i'm going to save until i've got a more definate line as i believe the internet cheapies are more sensitive than the FRER. FX this line gets darker as I want to graduate!!

And we want you to graduate! We want all of you to graduate!

Ah right, that is mega early then. My Sister got her first very feint BFP at 8 DPO and then watched the line get progressively darker over the next week or so. She reckons she spent more on tests that week than she spent on food!

I tested and got a strong line on a FRER at 12 DPO, although my implantation dip wasn't until 10 DPO so I assume I would have got nothing at your stage.

Was it was you that was saying you'd only managed to DTD once this cycle? There's hope for everyone if you've hit the jackpot off one shag!

And what a Valentines gift for your OH!

Oh 2cats it all sounds very promising! Trying hard not to get your hopes up too much, but as rache says, a line is a line... Apparently you can get a false negative but never a false positive!

I used FRER when I got my BFP.
AF 2.10.12
Positive OPK 15.10.13 (am)
EWCM 15.10.13 (pm)
BFP 26.10.13
(AF would have been due around 28th 29th Oct as usually have shorter cycles than 28 days)

I got a negative on 24.10.13 on FRER (as I was going out boozing I thought I'd better check! oops!) although when I looked at it a few days later there was the teeniest, faintest line, that I def didn't notice at the time. Not sure if that means anything though, or if that's just what happens.

Good luck!

Oh and look at rache and I still stalking you all, waiting for your BFP's.

Pip - so sorry about your news BUT at least you know what it is. IVF can be draining but is massively successful - I have a few friends that have had children by IVF - so fingers crossed for you the wait isn't too long and it works quickly for you . Who knew that bloody cystitis could be such a bastard

Don't worry I am one of these weird people that get my hopes up every month (and make it worse by staring at evap lines)! I will keep you posted. And yes rache1 me and my OH successfully managed to shag once at the right time this month. I think I might start a blog called how NOT to get pregnant!!

Oh and on a separate link heres a pic that made me smile... very accurate!
juststoptryinganditwillhappen.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/235102043018043079_cdykqasv_f.jpg

Woohoo 2cats this sounds very promising! Fingers crossed the line gets darker and this marks the start of a new round of BFPs!

did the bfp's start coming all at the same time last time? I am not holding out hope as another pee stick has nada, not even a shadow!

They did, a bunch of us within 2 weeks or so

You'll prob have to wait for first pee of the day now, all more diluted in daytime apparently.

Argh, the stress...

Looking good, 2cats!!!

oooo fingers crossed 2cats - I got excited for about 30 seconds this month cos there was a faint line on a pee stick that I'd forgotten about from the night before, but must have just been an evap line for me (unless Jagermeister contains hcg ) - fx your line keeps reappearing.... [oh, and in case everyone didn't know, mr google says superdrug tests are really bad for evap lines that look just like a faint positive - think I'll be avoiding those tests in future, or at least making sure they are firmly in the bin before 10 mins is up]

I ordered 50 Super sensitive IC tests pre wedding so have a huge stack just waiting to be used.... It's so tempting to keep peeing!
Anyway don't read this during your tea... TMI. I now have dark brown CM, lots of it. I have never had anything like this before, ever. The 'dark' bit is the strange bit. I'm starting to think this cycle is one I should just strike out as I had spotting for 7 days after AF, and then CD 22,25,25 and 27 and now this!! I've barely had a day without some kind of bleeding FFS!
Anyway will POanotherS in the morn and keep you posted but suspect its not going to be my month. In the meantime I may just go ask a question about implantation bleeding to see if anyone has ever had anything like this....

So, SO exciting 2cats!!! Agree, what an awesome Valentine's present for you & DH!!! keep us posted!

Ooh exciting 2cats! Am keeping fingers crossed for you!! Can't believe you only dtd once this month!

Me again 2cats, the BFP stalker.

I had weird bleeding on my BFP cycle. I am usually 28 days regular as clockwork and never ever have any spotting in between.

I had a full day of bright red blood at 8 DPO (thought AF was a whole week early) which tailed off and stopped at 9DPO, and then I had half a day of disgusting brown CM at 11 DPO. I was thinking WTF is my body doing? My BBT dropped below cover at 10 DPO so I would say the brown stuff the day after the BBT drop was implantation bleeding and it's still a complete mystery as to what the other bleeding was!

I have got everything crossed for you!