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I really don’t know what to think.

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BeckyG86 · 21/04/2019 16:25

Hello everyone.

I am currently about 9DPO and CD33 (I got peak OPK’s around CD23) It is very early I know but I was sat at home bored and just thought I might just do a test. I know that there are chances that a BFP can appear that early but it is quite likely to not show up yet. I am also going for a couple of days away with my husband this week and based on the OPK’s I think AF is due on the day we go or the next day, so I think part of me just wanted to see what the likelihood of me needing a load of sanitary towels was going to be for our trip away! I wasn’t going to test too early but I just thought I would!

Anyway, I just took a cheap pregnancy test. I am now playing tricks with myself. I don’t know if my eyes are deceiving me or not, or if I have an evap line (not entirely sure what that means but taking the assumption that it means that the colour ran in the test or something like that) but I thought in certain angles I could see a very faint line. Some angles I see nothing and some angles I see something faint. I did think there was possibly a mark or smudge or something on the test screen, and I am not exactly sure how far away from the control line that the test line should appear, so I really don’t know what to think. I tried taking photos but really don’t know if they do it justice, and I know some people can do that picture change that looks a bit like an X-ray (sorry, I really don’t know what they are called!) but I really don’t know what to think. I haven’t thrown it away yet, and I tested about 45 minutes ago. I showed my husband and he thinks there is a faint line, and has just said test again in a couple of days time (sensible advice and I would do that anyway) or do one of the early tests (FRER), but I haven’t got any of those and the earliest one would get to me would be tomorrow from Amazon.

I am now getting myself anxious and nervous. I suffer with Emetophobia so the thought of being ill is starting to get to me a bit. I am trying not to let it and I think I am a bit calmer now but it is still there. I am going to my parents’ house for tea in about half an hour and want to be calm by then!

Please don’t think that I don’t want to be pregnant, we haven’t long been trying (started trying in February) but I feel that I need a mixture of reassurance, answers and calming down!

If I post some pictures on here would you mind having a look please? If anyone has that x-ray looking thing for photos would you mind trying it out for me please?

Thank you in advance.

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kell2126 · 21/04/2019 16:30

They all look positive to me OP! Congrats and good luck!!!

WeTookVows · 21/04/2019 16:35

I don't think you need to invert those lines, they look fairly clear to me.

Congratulations!

As an aside, I have had 4 babies and have never vomited during pregnancy apart from once with DC2 when I had a migraine. Don't upset yourself unduly!

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BeckyG86 · 21/04/2019 16:37

I can never tell! Last month I could see negatives but today I was uncertain. I can’t always tell faint ones from other people’s photos, so I am not surprised that I can’t tell on my own!

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Lammoshay · 21/04/2019 17:43

Can I ask what any brand it is?
I got a false positive on a Lloyd’s test last month and mine looked exactly like this! X

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BeckyG86 · 21/04/2019 18:04

If I am honest I can’t remember the brand, it is a cheap one like a Poundland one, I’ll have a look when I get home, but I think it is Accu something off the top of my head. I might be wrong though

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Squiff70 · 21/04/2019 18:18

It looks like tests I've had from Home Bargains if that helps?

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BeckyG86 · 21/04/2019 19:17

It could well be, I did get some from Home Bargains, B&M and Poundland. I brought a load of cheap ones to keep in the house. I want to say that they were AccuNews but I can’t remember without looking. There were two in a box but I used one last month out of curiosity too! I shouldn’t yet but I want to do another before bed and see what that one comes out as!

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BeckyG86 · 21/04/2019 22:02

Clear and Simple it was called.

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Lammoshay · 21/04/2019 22:38

Fingers crossed x

MammaBear18 · 21/04/2019 22:58

I think that's a line. Can you get a Frer from boots or superdrug? I got a BFP at 10dpo - he's now nearly one

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BeckyG86 · 22/04/2019 07:24

I have ordered a Clear Blue 6 days early one from Amazon, which is arriving today. That will mean I won’t be able to try it until tomorrow morning now if you have to use the first urine of the day. I did look at ordering a FRER but couldn’t get that until tomorrow, which would mean Wednesday. I do have Clear Blue Digital and the check one but don’t want to use that until I am late as a confirmation.

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BeckyG86 · 22/04/2019 09:49

Ok, so this morning I took a FRER test (I got my Husband to go out for one) and this was the result. I have a Clear Blue early one arriving today so I may have to do that tomorrow but both me and my Husband can see a faint line. Can anyone else see a faint line or are we imagining it?

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DaisyMay25 · 22/04/2019 09:55

@BeckyG86 that's a line for sure!! Congrats!!

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BeckyG86 · 22/04/2019 11:07

Thank you! We took another picture of it about an hour later and the line is still faint but more prominent, but at the same time it was a photo taken an hour after the test so it may not be reliable. I am tempted to try a Clear Blue Digital but don’t want to do that too early and then waste the money on it! I do have a Clear Blue early one arriving today (it was ordered before I knew my Husband was going to get an FRER).
Would I be wise calling my doctors tomorrow or wait until AF is due later this week? I am on annual leave this week so it would be better to do this week so I don’t have to take any time off work (I don’t want to tell them until I have seen the doctor/nurse/midwife). I also want to see if they can help with my Emetophobia and prescribe anti-sickness medication to keep as a backup as I will get anxious.

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kell2126 · 22/04/2019 12:24

Huge congrats OP – no doubt about that FRER result! x

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BeckyG86 · 22/04/2019 12:40

Thank you. I did take another picture of the test after about an hour, so I am aware of possible evap lines after so long, but it looks more prominent (still faint though). I’ll put the two on. I still have it in the en suite, I don’t want to get rid of it! I am that paranoid I have just got another Clear Blue Digital to do later! I am going to go mad on tests! I want to see it in words now! Thank you!