18DPO No period, BFN yesterday, SO HUNGRY

[Rachipops]

Is anyone else on the same boat? Testing negative but feeling positive?

I'm hoping I've just got my ovulation date a bit early, but I'm usually very regular. Going crazy trying to test every other day since the start of last week, all negative, and I'm now 4 days late.

I had cramps all last week and over the week, but not one pinch of spotting or a period.

I'm so hungry. Very tired. Slight nausea (on/off). Cramping stopped 2 days ago.

My boobs are okay. (which is making me sad).

My mental health is ruined at this stage. I'm trying to stay realistic and prepare for my period arriving, but every day that goes on without a period completely challenges that strength.

I took a Tesco digital test yesterday (no strip tests left on the shelf grrr!) and it was a big fat negative.

I just don't know. In my gut I feel pregnant, but I know too well it takes more than wishful thinking.

Any positive stories similar to this? When should I test again? Tomorrow...

I don't know if that helps/matter but minimal discharge too

(and 6am club, I don't start work -from home- until 10am)

Good morning @Rachipops!
How do you track ovulation? Are you sure you are 18DPO?

@eloiseislost I feel like rachelislost right now haha! Love that name.

So I only started tracking from the start of my last period, I haven't been testing on OPKs or anything. According to the app my ovulation date was the 22nd-ish.

I'm expecting it to maybe out a couple of days.

What are your thoughts?

4 days late - yeah you could def have ovulated later. This happened to me once and AF finally showed up late and unwelcome 😂. I also read once that if you have a cycle where your body didn't ovulate you can skip a period (this can happen because of stress, illness, diet/weight changes - doesn't mean there is a problem), so another option is to get some opks and start taking those in a week or so if no bfp and no AF so you can hopefully catch your next cycle. Hope you get your bfp soon!

Awk drats haha! @Ithinkhedidit

If that's the case I hope AF starts soon. Thanks x

Increased hunger could be due to the weather if you are in.the UK. Whenever it snows I get super hungry

@joystir59 seriously? Never heard of that before haha!

I'm in the UK, but not near snow, maybe a touch of frost.

I honestly think at this stage I'm just completely overthinking everything that my body does :(

@Rachipops Apps have no way of knowing when you ovulated, they make a guess. They start by assuming that you have a perfect 28-day cycle so they put ovulation on CD14. If you don't, they then assume you have a textbook 14-day luteal phase (the days after ovulation) and they move your ovulation day accordingly. It is such an inaccurate way to track things, for most women, it just doesn't work! In my experience there is 2 ways to go about this:

1. BD every 2-3 days between the end of your period and the beginning of the next one or a BFP. That's NHS advice.
2. Track ovulation by using OPKs and confirm with BBT.

I know how upsetting a late period can be, you just want to move on. We don't know when you ovulated, so you may still have a chance at a BFP! 🙂 Something that is cruel to hear but it helped my mental health massively: pre-AF symptoms and early pregnancy symptoms are IDENTICAL because they are both due to progesterone. Normally, by the time you have full on pregnancy symptoms, your hormones are high enough to give you a BFP. I truly wish you the best of luck! It will happen for you, it happens for the vast majority of women! 💕 You just have to keep your sanity long enough to endure TTC. 😁

Hello just woundering if any of you ladies could offer some help and advice?
I'll start from beginning...

In November I started taking 7 seas, I missed my period on the 10th December realised it was cause of 7seas and stopped taking them, I finally got a period on the 5th of jan and was due af on 4th feb

Af hasn't shown...I've taken a fake frer as that's all the chemist had and I can really see something.. done the same test this morning and the same line is there maybe a tiny bit of difference but not much

I only use 2 period tracking apps to tell me when I ovulate and when af is due.

I'm now 5 days late and nothing...
Any help appreciated ladies xx

Hey! I supposedly ovulated on the 20th jan.. waited and waited and got negative after negative!
Anyway I'm officially 5 days "late" and only just got a very very faint positive! I also had a weird feeling that I might be but I gave up hope after doing what feels like a million tests 🤣 but I tested this morning as I thought I would do 1 last one as I was late... which isn't uncommon and my periods are irregular. So I think if I did ovulate when I did I would be 20DPO 🤷🏼‍♀️

@emilyylouise congratulations!! I hope everything works out for you, I'm sending you extra baby dust I definitely see 2 lines for you.

Who knows. I'll probably test every other day until AF arrives anyway.

I've started to journal and bullet pointing the things that I'll do if AF comes and things to look forward to etc. (I'm about to move house, so I'm lucky there are other things happening rather than lockdown!)

Just to prepare myself.

@unknownttc

I can faintly see something too! I just amazon primed myself some FREP tests to arrive tomorrow (facepalm... can't help it!)

I'd say, test again in a couple of days to see if that line has gotten any deeper.

Fingers crossed that it's good news you youu. Keep us updated!

@eloiseislost

Thank you so much, I'll definitely be doing that next month. Until then, I suppose it's just a waiting game.

Pre-AF symptoms and early pregnancy symptoms are IDENTICAL because they are both due to progesterone.... this blew my mind, but you're right. It helped.

Just preparing for AF, I'll probably do another test in a couple of days to be sure, but definitely preparing for not preggers.

@Rachipops thank you! I was waiting around for AF as I had done so many tests but this morning I thought no I will do 1 last one and it was positive!

Hope you get your BFP soon ❤️

Hi @Rachipops @unknownttc @emilyylouise can I join?

@emilyylouise they look like BFP, congratulations!

I feel like I'm in exactly the same boat. I think I ovulated around 27/28 and had been DTD regularly in run up. I'm now 1 day late, took a test with FMU at 5am today and couldn't see a thing (but was half asleep) and put it in the bin. Obvs took it out again as I'm a mad ttc woman and now think I can see a line. I know my sane self things evap but I'm not usually late, feel like crap and have sore boobs/feel nauseous. Has anyone got a negative on day of period or day after and then got a positive? Help me clutch at straws!

@marmite89

I definitely see a line!! Congratulations!! I'd test again tomorrow.

(I know you're meant to wait every other day, but if I got this I'd be testing in the morning again!)

How every exciting for you?! Sending you all the baby dust x

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@Rachipops thanks darl. My rational self says it's not valid tho as I took it out the bin a few hours later haha. I think my DP might despair if I test again tomorrow, he already thinks I'm loopy. He hid the tests from me this month and I had to scrabble in the cupboard to find them for FMU this morning. The mad indignity of ttc!

@marmite89

I will turn into you as well soon, only at the beginning of my TTC journey really! Already POAS like 5 times in the last 2 weeks haha!

Keep us posted sure anyway! I do genuinely send you all of my good vibes, I hope you get a clear and strong BFP soon x

@Rachipops I just did another test and stark negative. Time to move on!

@marmite89 I'm so sorry, so so so frustrating. You're still getting closer to your BFP though

Hey, I have been taking couple of tests from the day I missed my period and unfortunately its all bfn.

Today on 17-18dpo I took the test and can see the faintest line

I don’t know is it just my eyes or can you’ll see it?

Is it possible to get the faintest line this late? I am totally gutted.

• Cant say if its even a line.