Another 'is this a valid line'?

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I'm now on CD40 and tested earlier in the week with a negative result.

I got fed up waiting for my period (and suspicious!), so tested this morning with a Boots own brand '5 days early response' test and got this result, read after 3 minutes but before 15.

This is all feeling so surreal, I have endometriosis and PCOS and have been off contraception for a while with nothing happening, so I'm sat here shaking trying to get my head around the fact this might be a positive result?

So... MN jury, could this be a positive?

Is there a tried and tested brand that anyone recommends for a 'confirmation' test? I've read that Clear Blue aren't always that great?!?

Thanks in advance!

Excellent, congratulations OP!

keep awake keep awake keep awake keep awake... lol!

Thanks all! Fingers crossed it won't be too long until DH gets home...

NewYearNiki, I don't mind, I'm 30.
Are you TTC? It might be worth talking to your GP about Metformin if you're not already on it. My cycles do still seem irregular (33-38 days), but much better compared with when I wasn't taking it (33 - 50 days!). It gave me a little bit more predictability, as it helps to regulate hormones... (Mind you, I was convinced we'd missed ovulation this cycle, so perhaps trying to predict isn't worth it!).

I've wrapped the tests up and left them on the bed... Hopefully the cats don't get to them before DH does (the youngest cat tried to 'help' me wrap)!

I'm late 30s op and single and I hoped you were going to.say you were older.

Congratulations xx

NewYearNiki, I'm really sorry I couldn't give you the reassurance you wanted. Please don't give up hope, though, as there are plenty of women with PCOS who conceive in their late 30s/40s (my SIL being one of them, her first was born at 42, second at 45).

I told DH last night (he unwrapped the tests with a very puzzled look on his face while I sat there with a big grin on my face)... It was incredibly sweet, he said that he's 'terricited' (terrified and excited - terrified of anything going wrong because he really wants the baby). He's accompanied me to appointments and knows what could go wrong given my history, so he's in overprotective mode.

DH also reminded me that we actually DTD in early January too (I forgot!), so my (unspoken fears) about the risk of late implantation may be unfounded.

This is our first pregnancy so I'm just keeping fingers crossed and feeling relieved, if anything, that we're actually capable of conceiving. At least if I miscarry we can still hold onto that.

I've booked a GP appointment for Monday, this is all seeming far more real now!

Yay good luck! Hope it all goes well x