Is this a positive ovulation test? Pic included

[Princessnthepea86]

Hi everyone. I have had really weird cycles lately and I think I'm ovulating on cd20-32 so ovulation tests are a must for me. I seem to be getting a LOT of nearly positives and then they will go again but today is CD21 and I think it's a positive. I just wanted some other opinions... This is so confusing

[LillyBugg]

Well I came on this morning. Haven't done any tests which I'm glad about. Might see if I can get a doctors appt this week. I don't feel too disappointed because I really didn't feel like we were going to be successful this cycle which I suppose is a good thing.
I'll still be hanging around princess and hoping this cycle is the one for you!

[Princessnthepea86]

Oh Lillybug :( I'm sorry. I'm glad you don't feel it to badly. To be honest I'm feeling very similar this month. My boobs have stopped hurting today I mean nothing at all! Plus like I said i really don't have hope I am even ovulating so my hopes are very very low. I'm what I think (but doubt) is 7dpo today and I ordered my first response online yesterday knowing they won't be here until Wednesday so then I won't test early and waste money! That's if I have no come on by Thursday anyway. I hope your doctor is helpful for you and you can get some answers! I will update you and let you know what is happening with me! Why don't you help yourself to a few glasses of now on the bank holiday weekend. X

[LillyBugg]

Sounds like a good idea! I'll keep up with the opk's once this period ends (usually 7 days for me boo) and might post some pics to see what you think to. Best of luck!

[LillyBugg]

So I had my doctors appointment and they were surprisingly helpful. I think it helped that I had a junior doctor who saw it as an opportunity to learn something! I have been referred for a pelvic scan to check that everything is as it should be. And I'm also going to be having a 21 day blood test alongside a general screening of my blood to check that all is well. The senior doctor who was assisting said that I'm showing all the right signs - healthy, good weight, young enough, non smoker etc etc so it might just be a matter of being patient. But no harm in checking out the basics first of all. So all in all I was quite pleased with the appointment which I did think was going to be a waste of time!

[Princessnthepea86]

That's fantastic! I'm so pleased that they were helpful. Let me know what the results are when you get them! Well I started spotting pink on Wednesday so I was thinking 'oh AF is here' but I'm still spotting but now it's brown and it's only when I wipe. I thought maybe IB but I did a test this morning with a first response as it has been 48 hours and it's a BFN so yet again another weird spotting cycle. I'm going to give it another 2 months and then go to my doctor for some tests also xx

[LillyBugg]

That is odd. Have you had early spotting before? I wonder what an IB is actually like. I literally have no idea if it would be like one or two spots or maybe more.

I'm cd7 of a 25 day cycle now so I reckon tomorrow it's time to get the opk's out again!

[LillyBugg]

Not sure if you are still around princess...I'm wondering if you missed out last cycle as you've not updated? :(

I'm on cd13 of a (usually) 25 day cycle and I've just had a positive opk. Most positive I've ever seen anyway. The dates don't quite work out for a 25 day cycle and I had egg white cm a couple of days ago so a little confused. Hoping to dtd tonight before dh leaves for a few days! Hopefully we might catch it this month.

[Princessnthepea86]

I'm still here!! I must have missed the updates! Sorry yes AF came and it was just a weird spotting cycle! This month I decided I was not going to test (ovulation test) anymore because it was just confusing me even more. HOWEVER haha I have had a really tender breast yesterday and a nagging headache, Ewcm and increased sex drive so I decided when I woke up this morning to take a pregnancy test and a ovulation test! Of course a BFN on a pregnancy test but my ovulation test was SUPER positive,,, I will attach a picture! I have dtd the last 2 nights and will again tonight. Your test is super positive to! Yay we are cycle buddies! Ha. Looks like we will be on the tww again together! Sometimes symptoms come and go but as long as you have had them all and now you have a positive then I would say that's great! I hope we both catch it this month. Feels like it's taken forever. Have I asked you how long you have been trying for? I will get back on here more regularly. I will just check myself and not rely on email notifications... Because clearly I'm not getting them

[LillyBugg]

Hi princess! That's a good line! When the tests are in the house it's hard to resist isn't it? According to my opk I'm now 3dpo. And I've got a 21 day blood test tomorrow which should be done at 7dpo. Ah well. Hopefully it will be ok.

I'm on cycle 7, will be dc2 for me as I already have DS who is 21mo.

Have you googled the spitting cycle? I'm not always brave enough to google lol. It's never happened to me before though, was wondering if you knew why it might be happening. My periods are always pretty heavy and painful :(

[Princessnthepea86]

Oh I had that blood test before, it's to see if your ovulating isn't it? Well you should have for sure now that you have had a positive opk. I hate googling things also but just typed it in and couldn't find anything for it?! Heavy painful periods could be a sign of endometriosis and a few other things but it don't say anything bad! I'm stumped as much as you. Since having my little girl 11 months ago I have had very few proper periods.. More just spotting. I really believe I have pcos for many reasons.

[LillyBugg]

Oh I see. Sounds like your cycle might not be back to normal after having her then. A friend of mine has pcos but to be honest I don't know much about it. She keeps saying she will see a GP as they've been trying over a year but I'm not sure that she's been yet.

Yes the bloods are to see if I ovulated or not. I'm hoping on the basis of that opk that it's a yes! Last cycle I didn't get a clear positive and I think that's why they wanted to run the tests. I have to take my little boy with me, I'm hoping he will be okay about it! Then I've got a scan booked in on the 26th June. It's an internal one :( the paperwork says they will still scan even if you're on your period, which I will be if I'm not pregnant this cycle. I want the scan but ick!

[Princessnthepea86]

That's what the doctor said when I went about 4 months after having her... He said it wasn't back to normal or it could be stress (I get horrible anxiety). My sister has pcos and has 2 kids but has been trying for her last for nearly 4 years and still no luck... Since my little girl I seem to have very similar symptoms as her so although I'm not 100% I think I have got it. I have been trying now this will be my 11th cycle so nearly a year. I have had 3 girls and one stillborn son (he was actually my third, I had my last little girl since) so if I can't have anymore then I would be sad but it would be ok, I could accept it and it makes trying easier to be honest.

I would say you have ovulated based on your opk, I would be shocked if you haven't! Oh you have to love taking the kids to appointments! The bribes come out 'if your good mummy will buy you a treat' haha! Oh I had no idea they could scan you when you are on your period! Wow that does seem a bit yuk. Well messy anyway. Hmmm... I think I would feel the same as you. It's probably the one time when TTC that you would WANT to be early or late 😂. It's great news though hopefully by the beginning of next month you will be pregnant or have some answers!

[Princessnthepea86]

Hi Lillybug! I was wondering if you have heard anything back about your blood test? Your 8dpo now? Have you decided when you will be taking a test. I'm 3dpo (but it's 11.30pm so nearly 4dpo) for me and I'm already itching for to test but I'm waiting until 11dpo with a first response. Like last month I have to admit I'm not feeling like it's going to be a bfp but maybe I'm trying to keep myself grounded? I wouldn't have symptoms yet anyway but they say an indication you have ovulated is tender breasts in the sides... However I'm not having that. I think that's the main thing making me feel like I'm out. Anyway hope all is well!

[LillyBugg]

Ha ha I love that as it was 11.30 that makes it 4dpo! Yes I'm 8dpo now, I might do a test tomorrow morning as its Father's Day. But it is still early so need to not worry too much! I do feel really optimistic, but then that makes me worry that I will take it quite hard this month if we haven't been successful.

I get the blood results on thursday, I couldn't get a sooner appointment because of work unfortunately. My son cried his heart out when they took the blood :( I didn't think he would understand but he hated it and even kept picking at the plaster to get rid of it.

Weirdly I got a second scan appointment through as they referred me twice by accident. So I called and asked to keep the later appointment to avoid the ick factor. Means I have to wait longer for the scan but I think I would rather that.

It's way too early for you to have symptoms so don't count yourself out yet! Did you have them with your DD? I just had cramps at about 11dpo with DS, I was convinced I was going to come on. Then got a bfp. I haven't really been thinking it will be the same this time, as I used to be 28 days every month without fail. Now I fluctuate between 24-28 days, on average about 25. So I figure it won't be the same as last time.

[LillyBugg]

Oh reading back you've had more pregnancies than just the one! Hopefully you can tell me that they were all different with symptoms and I don't have to remember back to DS to predict exactly lol?! Because then if I don't get cramps at 11dpo I'll be convinced I'm out.

[Princessnthepea86]

Oh no! That's so sad that he was upset, hopefully he forgot about it quickly. Oh let me know how you get on, I really hope you get a BFP what a great fathers days gift! I wouldn't worry if it's negative though. I have never had a positive test before 11dpo that's why I don't use expensive tests until then. I have to admit I do love my cheap internet tests just as something to pee on to stop the urge of using a first response haha!

That's very lucky that you managed to get a later date! Whenever I'm referred to the hospital it's a job to get referred the first time let alone twice! Lol maybe this is your lucky month! Haha.

Its always good to be optimistic! I'm more optimistic this month than last just because it's been my only positive ovulation test so far and it lasted 2 days. I feel pretty confident I did at least ovulate but we only managed to dtd the 2 days before the ovulation test and the day of because of my husbands ED but I'm hoping it might have been enough anyway! My weird cycles are all over the place... Sometimes 28 days and other times it's been 50 days or so but judging by when I ovulate it looks like I usually only have a 10 day LP which I think it's the minimum it needs to be so I hope if I have caught it then it's an early implanter lol!

The only early pregnancy symptom I have had with all of my kids was the need to pee every 45 mins consistently from the day before I would test positive on a pregnancy test! I have never had IB. My son I thought I was coming on because I had cramps to but nothing else so I don't really go by symptoms.

Excited to hear your news! Hope you get your bfp tomorrow xx

[LillyBugg]

Well it was a bfn. Dh doesn't know I'm testing without him and he has said he wants me to test Saturday if no af. Think I'll just keep my bfn's to myself for now!

Have you thought about seeing a GP for the erratic cycles? It seems to vary quite a lot!

At least you got two go's, with ED that must be difficult for you. I can imagine it's frustrating.

[Princessnthepea86]

Boo! I'm sorry, it's still early though and totally still possible to get a bfp! My husband don't know I test early either. He thinks I'm way to obsessed with and and waste to much money. I do try to explain that I'm not the only woman out there was has a pee on a stick addiction but he still thinks I am!

Looks like we will both be testing on Saturday then! I'm 6dpo today and not really feeling much of anything to be honest,,, boobs aren't hurting. I'm doing the same as last month and buying my first response test online on Thursday night so it will be here on Friday/Saturday so I'm not tempted to test early! Please let month 11 be the lucky month!!! FX

To be honest his ED isn't as bad as some (I guess it might get worse with time? According to info I have read anyway). I just have to try and spice it up a lot more than the average person I guess HAHA and try to refrain telling him when I'm ovulating because pressure obviously does not help at all. .

Anyway I always makes my posts an essay! If I don't speak to you before Saturday I will tell you how I get on! I might do a cheap internet test on Thursday/Friday and if by some miracle I get something I will post back. Xx

[LillyBugg]

Well 13dpo and still no bfp! I have been testing even though I said I wouldn't lol. Got my blood results today, will see what they say. I kind of feel the result would be showing now if I was. Ah well. Might be lucky cycle number 8.

[Princessnthepea86]

Oh no! Boo. That's rubbish im sorry! With my son I tested everyday and didn't get a positive until 14dpo. I don't want to get your hopes up though because I know how I feel when I cling on to everyday! I have been using my IC tests and as I thought they are all BFN, but I have ran out of them now. My first response tests are due to be delivered by the mailman any moment now! I'm 9dpo and going to test today when they get here (stupid because I know it will be negative) and then my second test I will wait until Saturday. My LP is only usually 10 days so if I'm not pregnant I would expect to start spotting tomorrow anyway. You would think I would just wait it out for 2 more days but I'm just itching to test! Your not totally out though until AF shows! The egg can implant as late as 12dpo so test again on Saturday to know for sure. Good luck with your blood test results, keep me updated if you get chance. I will let you know how I get on with my first response, but I don't hold out much hope because I have zero symptoms! Xx

[LillyBugg]

It's so addictive testing even when you are convinced that it will be negative lol! I think I'm just going to stick with the IC's because the frer's are so expensive!

I will try and be hopeful but then don't want to be disappointed either.

Bloods were mostly normal. Showed I am vitamin D deficient which wouldn't impact on conception but would be bad news for a pregnancy so I am going onto a high dose of supplements. It could also explain why I am so tired all of the time. If it helps with tiredness then that would be great, it's ridiculous how much I can sleep. Everything else was normal though, which is good because it means I'm healthy but then doesn't explain why I'm not bloody pregnant yet!! Humph.

Fingers crossed for your frer when it arrives :)

[Princessnthepea86]

Yay that's great news and it's good that you found out that your vitamin D deficient now and not later!

When I was trying for my youngest daughter I got pregnant on month 8 so I hope it's your lucky month to (well I hope it's still going to be this month but you know what I mean).

Well my free didn't turn up with the regular postman which I assumed it was going to but I got it through Amazon prime so I know it will be here today... But it could come all the way up until 10pm.... Grrrr. Been holding my pee all morning for nothing now. Going to just have to just go for a wee and then hold it again for as long as I can (this could be a long day) haha. Thank you I will be sure to post back my most likely negative result

[LillyBugg]

Ha ha I have images of hopping around looking out the front windows for the postie lol.

I've had the tiniest amount of spotting today now so I really think AF will be here by tomorrow. It's highly unlikely to be an IB. We haven't dtd for two weeks now so would be really late. Just want it to be here now so I can crack on with the next cycle!

Keep me updated

[Princessnthepea86]

Yea it sounds like it probably is your AF starting :( well I finally took one at 7pm when it got delivered (managed to hold my pee for 5 hours)!!!!! Anyway I wish I had not taken it now because I hid it for the 3 mins and looked at it straight away and I swear I saw the tiniest faintest line ever!!!!! As usual the phone wouldn't get a picture of it but I will download the pictures I took. Ugh.... Now I can't have a glass of wine tonight just in case and I'm probably bloody not and its my eyes playing tricks on me. I'm not sure if there is any point in testing in the morning again because the progression line wouldn't really be any darker even if I am would it? I'm not sure I can help myself though!! Looks like pharmacy tomorrow morning for me haha!! Tell me what you think? I hope this is it.... 11 months has felt like a lifetime!

[LillyBugg]

I find it so hard to judge pictures! I read a post yesterday from someone who said that she was so used to looking at FRER's that she knows where the line should be so her mind plays tricks on her. I kind of feel like that.

I wouldn't bother testing again tomorrow as it won't have been very long. Hold off until Saturday! 11 months is a long time, we have only been trying for 6 but because my cycles are so short the next one will be attempt 8.

I hope this is it! Maybe just hold off on the wine just in case?!