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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Am I pregnant?!?! Please help!

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curlyhairdiva · 07/05/2019 20:50

Hi!

My very first post on Mumsnet, so please excuse me if I have posted this in the wrong place.

I'm just wondering whether you think I could be pregnant - I have been having unprotected sex with my partner for over two years using the withdrawal method. I know this isn't a great method of birth control for preventing pregnancies but up until now, I have had no reason to suspect that this method hasn't been effective for us.

Basically, my period is between 1-2 weeks late, which I am not too concerned about as my cycles are generally quite long and it isn't uncommon for my periods to be this late. However, I took a pregnancy test today and received a result which I am uncertain about (the test line should be darker than the control line, and whilst it isn't too clear in the picture, I ran the image through a negative filter app which clearly shows the test line as darker). I just wanted to get your opinions?

The photos can be viewed here:
ibb.co/LgJqNfD
ibb.co/8zxg3Zp

Another thing - I have been thinking back to around the time of my fertile window, and there was a moment when my partner and I were having sex where I think some semen may have entered my vagina, although I cannot be 100% sure.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, particularly on the outcome of the test!

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Hecketyheck · 07/05/2019 20:51

If there are two lines of any colour then you are pregnant.

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curlyhairdiva · 07/05/2019 21:03

Not sure if the links to my photos worked, so posting them again!

ibb.co/LgJqNfD
ibb.co/8zxg3Zp

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Roo3125 · 07/05/2019 21:06

The test is negative :)

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curlyhairdiva · 07/05/2019 21:15

Not saying I disbelieve you at all, but how can you tell if it is a positive or negative result? I lost my instructions but seem to remember it said that if the test line (on the right) was darker than the control line, it was a positive result.

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TheChineseChicken · 07/05/2019 21:17

You're thinking of an OPK. For the pregnancy test you have photographed you need a vertical line in the left hand box to make a cross

Queenfreak · 07/05/2019 21:18

Negative.
It looks like the test that would have a cross if it were positive.

ConfusionIsNothingNew · 07/05/2019 21:18

I'm assuming that for a positive test, there's supposed to also be a vertical line in the test box to make a cross?

If so, that test is negative.

Roo3125 · 07/05/2019 21:19

Because you should have a cross in the test box and you only have a vertical line.

There's no sign of a cross in that box. It's definitely negative, no doubts about it. You're reading the test wrong.

ChrisPrattsFace · 07/05/2019 21:23

Yes, the test is negative.
Also - no matter how good a withdrawal method you think you have. 110% some sperm went in you.
No condom = sperm/pre ejaculate in the vagina.

ShowOfHands · 07/05/2019 21:51

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564677/

It would appear from our study that some men repeatedly leak sperm in their pre-ejaculatory fluid while others do not

Not all men have sperm in their pre-ejaculatory fluid but since you don't know which kind of man you are through guess work, withdrawal is never a very safe option for contraception.

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