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Positive ovulation tests but negative pregnancy tests?!?!

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 14:32

Hiya, in the last 2 weeks I have been taking ovulation tests and pregnancy tests. At the beginning of the two weeks the ovulation tests were positive so I assumed I was ovulating. I then waited a week and did a pregnancy test and it came out negative. I did another ovulation test on the 9th October and it was positive and did another yesterday and it was positive, did one this morning and it was negative! I'm sure I've already ovulated and my period isn't due until the 18th. Does anyone know what this means?! Help!! So Confused! :(

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Whoknewitcouldbeso · 11/10/2015 14:34

Ovulation sticks can indicate pregnancy but only if the HPT backs it up. You also seem to herbs positive opk just before your period for some reason. So from my experience trust the pregnancy tests, if they are showing negative then unfortunately it seems you're not pregnant this month.

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 14:47

I'm just so confused because I've got some symptoms, mood swings, back ache, belly ache etc. Wasn't sure if I took the pregnancy tests too early or if I should wait another week or so? D:

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Whoknewitcouldbeso · 11/10/2015 14:58

Oh definitely take another HPT if you haven't, but the only symptom that ever meant anything in my case was creamy discharge late in my cycle or implantation bleeding 3/4 days before my (regular) period.

Anything like backache, bloating etc is also synonymous with PMT.

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 15:07

I've got another 7 days until my period so guess it's just a waiting game :(. Been using the app 'Ovia Fertility' and been tracking my basal temperature and it has spiked a little. Me and my partner have sex nearly everyday and I think I've ovulated 2/3 times since I came off my Depo Injection, and I'm still not pregnant. So I'm worrying that something is wrong with me :/

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 15:08

How long have you been trying Stacie?

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 15:13

Ever since my first period after I came off my injection, so around 3/4 months. I know that it can take your body a while to get back to regular cycles and normal after being on the injection, but I've had periods and according to the tests, I've ovulated since too. I'm a worrier so I'm definitely worrying now :/

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 15:19

Stacie I mean this in the nicest possibly way:

CALM DOWN

It takes most people about 6 months to get pregnant. Doctors won't investigate problems until after a year. 3 months is nothing.

We spend all out teenage years and twenties being told youse a belt and braces approach to contraception because 'you can get pregnant after a one night stand' and it is true, you can. But the truth is, even without hormonal contraception it takes most people a while.

Getting yourself needlessly stressed won't help.

Relax.

Have fun.

Go see the doctor if you haven't conceived after a year.

put away the sticks

AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 15:20

^^ 'youse' where did that come from??? 'Use' obvs

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 15:26

Thank you AnnaMarlowe!

That made me feel loads better! :)

We'll keep trying and hoping. Fingers crossed!????

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Whoknewitcouldbeso · 11/10/2015 15:31

It sounds like you are doing everything right. Sex every 2/3 days across the cycle is much better than relying on opk sticks. Doctors will always steer you away from sticks and just tell you to have regular sex.

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 15:37

Yeah I guess. Just wanted to know why it hasn't happened yet :( there's nothing else I can do to help it is there?

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 16:16

Happy to help! Grin

Eat sensibly, sleep well, don't drink too much. Get some exercise. (And the same goes for your other half obviously)

It's just taking a completely normal amount of time.

Meanwhile enjoy and savour doing all the things that it's harder to do with a baby: lie ins, bubble baths, nights out, leaving the house without a major military operation!!

Whoknewitcouldbeso · 11/10/2015 16:17

How old are you OP?

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 16:38

I'll try. I'd just give anything to be able to have a baby, it's taking so long :(

And I'm 19. I know I'm young, but I believe some young mums are just as good, sometimes better than some older mums :)

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 17:33

I read that wrong, sorry! Thought you were asking how old i was!Hmm my tests are about 2 weeks old, brought them from a babycentre shop online. The reviews were excellent and all positive :)

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 18:16

I agree that young mums can be just as good as older mums but Stacie 19 is very young to be doing this.

Being a parent is wonderful but it's also really, really hard. Physically, emotionally, and financially.

It also often usually has an impact on your relationship. You can't have been with your DP very long.

Can I ask why you are so desperate to have a baby right now?

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 18:57

We've been together just over 4 years now, we have our own place, we've both got secure jobs and earning very decent money. We've kind off said that if it happens then it happens, but we were both really disappointed when the test was negative. We're both kind of at that point where we want more in life, we've got what we want, and a baby is the next thing and stage. So we decided that I come off the injection and we just carry on and if it happens then it happens. But it feels like we're not getting anywhere with it. We've got everything we wanted, but a baby. My mum had me young and so did his mum also, & in my opinion, they've both done an excellent job. We're both very mature and it's something we've spoken about for a long time and we both feel like we're as ready as we can be. Not that you can ever be ready enough to have a child, haha!

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 19:10

Ok Stacie if you've talked it through and worked out the finances then fair enough.

You just need to be patient. Patience is a quality you will both need for dealing with children, voice of experience here.

You'll get there in the end, you have plenty of time.

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 19:14

It's not a decision we thought of over night, it's taken months to decide haha.

I'm more worried that something's wrong because it hasn't happened yet, even though there's been chances for it too happen, it just hasn't :(.

Thank you for your reassurance! That's what I needed really! :)

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AnnaMarlowe · 11/10/2015 20:19

Stacie it's actually not that easy to get pregnant. Women are only fertile two days a month. The sperm have to be of the right quality too and even if sperm meets egg there's a variety of things that can happen which mean you won't be pregnant.

Even when people have ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection) a variety of IVF where the sperm are actually injected directly into the egg, and an embryo is formed, pregnancy only occurs in about 20% of cases.

You are only 19, you have only been trying for 3-4 months. Please stop saying it's taking a long time. It took us more than 5 years.

Osirus · 11/10/2015 21:05

Hi Anna, I've just found out I'm pregnant after my first ICSI and my chances were quoted at 26% due to lower egg quality. I'm amazed it worked! By the way OP, getting pregnant is not always easy. Took two of my sisters about a year and I had to have help!

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StacieRalphes · 11/10/2015 21:24

Congratulations Osirus!

Patience is key for me now I think :)

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AnnaMarlowe · 12/10/2015 08:14

I'm so pleased for you Osirus. Flowers

Tftpoo · 12/10/2015 08:27

It can take a while for fertility to return to normal after the depo, longer than after coming off other forms of contraception I believe. For me it took 10 months of ttc after coming off depo to get pregnant and I don't think that is too unusual. Of course, for some women on depo it won't take long but it can do. Good luck and try not to worry too much about it yet.

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StacieRalphes · 12/10/2015 11:08

Thanks Tftpoo,
I knew it took a while, it took months for my periods to get back to normal D: but because I've done ovulation tests that have came back positive, I'm sure it's all back to normal now, I hope anyway! Thank you :)

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