TTC After MC: The home of hopeful nipples, ovulation eyes and the most determined Mummawannabees around. Chin up, tits out!

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The Rules...

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

Congrats seasides! Wonderful news. Hope dh gets your message soon. X

Congratulations Seasides! What amazing news. So happy for you.

Just popping my (extremely hungover) head up to say a massive congratulations for lovely seasides!!! About time one of our long term threaders got a bit of good news! So so happy for you lady - I know there's lots for you to mentally torment yourself with but I wish you the happiest and most boring pregnancy around! And I'm not even going to tell you off got breaking the rules! Yaaaaaay!

Right, I'm taking done aspirin and going back to bed. Will catch up properly later!

Seasides . How fabulous . Hope that line is nice and strong in the next few days. I don't think you can go wrong with FRER. I've never had an evap using them and I found out I was expecting my son with a faint FRER positive at 10dpo, so they always hold a special place on my heart.

Congratulations Seasides!!!!

I'm here for fish slaps, hand holding, unMN squeezes! (as are we all!)

I'll catch up later, EPU scan at 10, BFN already with FMU .

Thank you tanny! This thread is a charm.

Oh yes, tanny's right on CPs penguin, I remember reading that too.

Oh, did not refresh before posting - thank you everyone . Still carrying my test around with me like it is my firstborn.

Good luck missh, I'm so sorry about the BFN. Hand holding to you too, I really hope today goes as well as it can.

Penguin - so sorry the test has messed with your head . I am going to go against the grain as I'm not sure what an early scan can tell you at 5+3 aside from the sac is in the right place. I would probably get another digi and using FMU see if that has gone down. If it has then I would prepare myself mentally for the possibility of the pregnancy not being viable BUT these tests are not infallible and they were never designed to be used as a threatened
miscarriage tool.

I think if you could arrange an early scan through your GP at 6/7 weeks you are at least likely to glean more information from it and see a heartbeat etc.

Really hoping this is a worry about nothing and things start tucking along nicely again in no time.

Congratulations Seasides!! Hope dh gets your voicemail soon! Wishing you a happy, healthy and boring pregnancy!!

Penguin, try not to panic. As others have said, get yourself to epu. Keeping everything crossed for you.

MissH sending you big hugs

MissH - handholding here

Huge congratulations Seasides! Can't believe how many BFPs we've got this month, there will be a lot of Christmas babies!

Penguin fx you're worrying over nothing, as others have said tests vary in sensitivity, colour etc. If you're still getting 3+ on the CB digi that must be a good sign. I hope your midwife can give you some reassurance when you see her.

Good luck for the scan MissH, will be thinking of you.

(Oh and fish slaps for anyone who needs one today!)

EPU are so good - scan booked next Wed. They still don't believe I ruptured so early last time, but I really can't have the dates wrong. I am not going to let myself feel pregnant until I see at least something in my womb.

I just got a call to say I didn't get the new job I applied for last week - boo!

Huge congrats seasides :)

missH hope today goes as well as it can! and that you find the strength to get through it hugs x

Morning all,
Congratulations seasides! That's fab news, I have a friend who had an EP and has just given birth to a healthy baby girl, that will be you soon with luck.
MissH hope today goes ok for you, not that it can go well particularly...
Penguin could you request a blood test to see if HcG levels are still rising? Or that may not work if its progesterone you're worried about, not sure?

Wow, this thread moves quick!

Seasides - massive congratulations! FX for a happy healthy pregnancy!

MissH - thinking of you today and so sorry it looks like things haven't gone to plan. Hugs

Penguin - I agree with the others, don't let it panic you too much. Get yourself scanned as soon as you can and see how things lie then.

Welcome to any newbies too!

My spotting continues to wind me up daily. It comes, and I think it's getting worse, then it disappears and I'm all happy again, then it comes back and I'm down again. Soooo annoying and so angry with my body right now! I am still having other symptoms at the moment so I'm holding onto that as a hope. My EPU won't take self-referrals unless it's for recurrent miscarriage (I've only had 1 so I don't know if I fall into that category?). So I'm having to wait it out on doctors orders. I'll be going back at the end of this week (to see a much more sympathetic GP!) and hope to get referred. Not knowing my dates isn't helping, I think I'm over 5 weeks so I know I need to wait a little longer yet before I get a viable scan, but having an appointment booked might ease my mind!

So sorry you're stuck in limbo too Cakes. Really hope you get a quick referral at the end of this week. In the meantime have a virtual hand to hold.

I so hope lacey! Is everything ok with you today? No more pink?

And how frustrating about your spotting cakes. Definitely get that scan to put your mind at ease.

Boo to the job metal, it's always so disappointing. Remember it's not personal; you never know who they might have had in mind beforehand, or what special skill the successful applicant might have had.

It seems this spotting business really can go both ways. I know I'm a sick puppy but since the mc I've read an awful lot of stories and kept up to date with various antenatal threads as I kind of needed to know whether early spotting is always bad news (I kind of thought it was) but actually I don't think it is.

There's been people's posts that I really thought were going to end with bad news and their pregnancies are now happily into the second trimester. So I think time is really the only thing that will bare this out. It's horrible when you desperately want answers now, and I wish regular hcg tests were standard on the NHS as I think it would be kinder to know early that the pregnancy wasn't going to work out than allow women to think everything is progressing well only to find out later that's not the case.

I have everything crossed for all those on here that are scared. Today you are pregnant girls xx

Thank you sebs, that was a lovely post. You're right,iv also read many stories where even heavy bleeding has turned out to be a blip in the pregnancy and everything is ok. Limbo is a shite place to be but just got to keep plodding through it xx

Thanks Sebs. Def needed the CUTO reminder.

Thanks seasides, I know it's nothing personal and at least they gave me some feedback. Ironically, they said I did really well in the maths/Excel test, which was the bit I thought might be my downfall...

Sometimes nothing, sometimes a tiny bit of brown but no more pink. Totally agree cakes. I think I'm going to request bloods to monitor hcg when I see my GP, hopefully tmrw as we will be back from in laws then.

Thanks jet for the trout, I needed that. Really glad to hear you're back in the saddle and hope I feel ready for that soon.

penguin I second what sebs said! a scan at this stage isn't likely to reveal much that can reassure you but if you're desperate and can't be seen on the nhs then there are private scans available. I had one to confirm my mmc (just had to know) and it was £50 well spent but then I was 10 wks so more conclusive result than you'd get. Fingers and toes crossed for you.

seasides congratulations, amazing news xxx

missh

Lacey I still have my fingers crossed for you. With my previous successful pregnancy, I didn't do any early poas'ing, then the day AF was due, there was a fair bit of pink blood fading to brown when I wiped. It all faded away that day, and when AF still hadn't shown up 2 days later I had a very clear BFP and a very uneventful happy pregnancy. We are all thinking of you and everyone else in limbo this week xx

Not a lot to report here, im on CD 10-12ish as last AF was weird and don't quite know where to count day 1 from. Waiting for a positive OPK, hopefully in the next few days!