When is the earliest you would test?

[Sesamechick]

AF every month 27th
Last AF December 27th
positive ovulation test Jan 15th. DTD 14th & 15th. AF due Jan 27th.
When is the earliest you would test?
I'm definitely not imagining it but have more discharge than usual, stomach always rumbling even while eating. Gas, horrendous low back pain and cramps. Sorry if tmi.
I know alot is common AF signs....but you know how it is when you are hopeful.
Thanks x

[MrsC89]

@MaltyJones92 hi, sounds like your dates are bang on with all of us.

New symptom this afternoon is I feel like someone has punched me in my left boob that's how tender it is. Even if I just brush it with my arm it hurts

[Emerald4512]

Hi all! Thought I'd join you girls with your wait if that's okay. Trying for my second and have noticed lots of symptoms in the last week or so (ovulated about 10 days ago and due AF 28th January).

I thought I'd be chilled out this time in terms of testing but already eyeing up the tesco pregnancy tests on my bedroom shelf - I swear they're like crack to women who are TTC!

Big congrats for those who have had their BFPs!

[Sesamechick]

@Emerald4512
Welcome!
Seems like there is quite a few of us due around the same time!
How long have you been ttc?
I really dont know how anyone can have such willpower not to test before AF. It really is an addiction lol
When do you think you'll test?
I (obviously) took a cheap test this morning and BFN.
Fingers crossed for all of us x

[Ginini]

@Sesamechick can I tag along?
Currently 2 days late for AF (I have had two longer cycles in the past, so not I'm getting my hopes up too much) bfn on day af was due and waiting until tomorrow to test again!
Feel like I have a few symptoms this month I don't normally get! 🤞🏼

[Emerald4512]

This is only the first month of trying so being realistic that it can't be that easy to conceive in the first month otherwise that is very lucky! That being said, I have had all the symptoms that I had with my first and if anyone even looks at my boobs then I'm hissing at them like a possessed cat!

I ended up taking a (tesco) test last night, even though it was like 8 days too early. I then took it to a new level and opened up the test, so that I could hold the strip up to the night, which then ended up with my hands covered in wee and the remains of the tests littered around me. It was at that point that I realised my weeing on sticks, testing uneccessarily obessession had begun again!

@Ginini that sounds promising though! When I was trying with my first I had just come off the pill and my cycle lengths were here, there and everywhere, so I feel your frustration!

[Sesamechick]

@Ginini
Welcome!! How frustrating that must be for you!! Hope you get a BFP tomorrow!! Fingers crossed for you xxx

@emerald4512

Can't stop laughing! Hope you're okay and clean now!! Any luck on the tests?
I tested early this morning at 3am! Really struggling to sleep lately. It was a BFN. I dont see anything. I just got my delivery of FRER and so tempted but dont know if a point today?! X

[MrsC89]

@Sesamechick how are you feeling today? I have done a deal with DH that I will use a FRER tomorrow and if that's inconclusive then next one on Wednesday when I would be late for AF.

[Sesamechick]

@MrsC89

Hey! How are you doing?
Thanks for asking.... I'm okay but I really am torturing myself going back and forth thinking yes than no etc
I've been having trouble sleeping and so came downstairs at 230 then thought wth I'll take a cheap test which i believe was BFN. I just received my FRER and tempted to do one now but is there a point in middle of the day!? I keep trying to upload pic pf this mornings test but not working. Not sure why
You have alot of willpower waiting till tomorrow! Really praying we all get our BFP xx

[Sesamechick]

Test @3am.
BFN right?

[MrsC89]

@Sesamechick I'm ok thanks. DH is out walking the dog and I now know where the FRER's are. I'm having the whole should I shouldn't I debate with myself! I'm going to really try and wait until tomorrow morning, if is bfn today because it wasn't fmu I would be annoyed with myself.

[Sesamechick]

@MrsC89
You're absolutely right. I think I'm going to do the same and wait till at least Monday!
I'm actually getting myself down thinking that Im imagining all these symptoms and im an idiot for taking so many tests bc of course im not pregnant. Suppose im just prepping myself that its not our month but so upsetting :-/

[MrsC89]

This morning's IC with fmu, pretty sure it's a bfn here too! Tried with flash on and off 🙈

[Sesamechick]

@MrsC89
Hard to tell on my phone (so old!) But i dont see a line, sorry but that doesn't mean in a few days time it wont be a BFP x

[MrsC89]

@Sesamechick thank you, but this is exaclty my point as to why I won't use a FRER just yet. I would go through so many before AF arrived! I know its still early and some people don't get their bfp until after af was due, but it doesn't stop me being slightly upset when you see a bfn even on an IC.

[Sesamechick]

@MrsC89

Totally get it. I'm going to try to block it out until as close to AF as possible. I'm my own worst enemy and I hate the disappointment.
Praying for all of us and our BFP xxx

[Emerald4512]

Right ladies, we need to have a word with ourselves! NO MORE TESTING THIS WEEKEND!

I remember with my first I just kept testing like 3 times a day and it drove me mad so here's what we should all do this weekend....drink! Eat foods we can't eat when we're pregnant! shoves a wheel of brie into my mouth

I remember testing only 2 days before my period last time, in the hope that I could put it into my partner's Stocking for him to open on Christmas day (because what guy wouldn't want a pi** stick in his stocking?!) but it came back negative. Turns out I was pregnant (figured it out when I vomited on boxing day when my family brought out duck bloody pate to the table!) so it just proves that waiting for as long as you can to test is important! It also proves that vomiting at the table on boxing day is a real mood killer too...

[Ginini]

@Emerald4512 irregular cycles are the worst aren't they! And I agree testing is so addictive! Gonna try and wait now!

@Sesamechick thank you, I might wait as long as I can or until af arrives, I haven't got any tests in so it'll be when I cave I run out and buy a cheapie from home bargains or tesco 😂

[Sesamechick]

@Emerald4512
You crack me up you draw a very funny pic. Not sure why yiu couldn't put the pi$$ stick in your partners stocking just bc it was negative? Ha. I would have anyways and then the grand finale of puking all over the table hahahahah
I've been drinking coffee (caffeineeee) all day, might have sushi tonight and then have some Baileys!
No more testing for me....at least today

[MrsC89]

@Emerald4512 Any chance of sharing the brie?! 🤣
My DH gets annoyed with me leaving a pg test in the bathroom, imagine if he found one in his stocking!

[Emerald4512]

Haha, no I mean the positive pregnancy test would have gone into his stocking as a 'merry Christmas! Here's to having no sleep, and having a wife with a vagina that will never look the same again!'

[MaltyJones92]

Hi Everyone - just checking in to see if anyone had any news/updates? I'm 8dpo - caved and did another cheapo pregnancy test and still BFN! Still had cramps today (four days now) so not got high hopes. Four days until AF due!

[MaltyJones92]

P.s - also had TWO friends announce pregnancies today - so pleased for them but also can't help but feel frustrated! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

[Sesamechick]

@MaltyJones92
No news here! Very hard when friends announce pregnancies while we are ttc. Its bittersweet. Of course incredibly happy for them but always with a small element of sadness for our journeys.
I think today I'm 10dpo? Got a positive for ovulation test on one day only - Jan 15th. AF due Wed 27th. Took another cheap test this morning. BFN. I don't see anything. I also shamelessly took a FRER yesterday (yes, im guilty, I caved and no idea why) Took a pic and then by mistake dropped it in toilet. Oops.
I have 1 more FRER but not sure when to use it? Maybe a day before AF due. All so frustrating the wait x
Pics attached just bc my phone is crap and I cant see anything. Maybe someone else does

[MaltyJones92]

@Sesamechick I also did one of the cheapo strips today and nothing, although I know they're not very sensitive. I have one FRER left too but I'm going to save mine for Wednesday (13dpo) if AF doesn't appear before then, although I think she might as I'm now on day five of twingey/mild cramps which is normally what I get every month.

I've seen online that some people still have BFNs at 10dpo with FRER but go on to get BFPs, so we're still in the game!

So funny that you dropped it in the toilet - I know I would have convinced myself that that was the one that would have shown a positive! 🤣

Fingers crossed for the next few days 🤞🏻

[MrsC89]

BFN on my FRER this morning. I will be drinking some of the beer from our local brewery this evening