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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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OnNaturesCourse · 21/01/2023 11:45

Anyone going into theirs?

I am either about to start mine, or just at the very beginning. Not got sticks to pee on just yet!

AF (hopefully won't be) due 8th-12th Feb.

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Mrsrobinsonx · 07/02/2023 10:35

@JJ2023 @OnNaturesCourse
AF is due tomorrow, 13dpo. still getting faint lines but don’t seem to be getting darker.
just cheap strip ones and some random ones off amazon, I used a frer yesterday and again had a line but haven’t re tested with those again yet.

this was 11dpo and 13dpo on the same test, I know it looks slightly darker but it’s really thin and far away from control line so I don’t think I trust it. (strip one basically negative today)

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JJ2023 · 07/02/2023 10:38

@Mrsrobinsonx definitely lines. Is it worth one more FRER? Or FRER tomorrow? Sending all the baby dust x

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OnNaturesCourse · 07/02/2023 10:42

@Mrsrobinsonx can you get your hands on a CB early test or FRER? Definitely lines there but I see what you mean by the line being further away in one of them.

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Pitstop1986 · 07/02/2023 11:06

@Mrsrobinsonx I think your best bet would be to test again with a frer and check the line progression 48 hours apart from them. I'm hoping that it's just slow progression as you're so early on (13dpo is still very early) fingers crossed that AF stays away tomorrow and the lines start to show a little bit darker x

Mrsrobinsonx · 07/02/2023 11:14

I might try a frer today and then maybe order an early clearblue if AF doesn’t show tomorrow, but tbh last time I had a chemical it took a couple of days for the bleeding to start. Although they turned negative so quick x

Mrsrobinsonx · 07/02/2023 11:42

This is frer from yesterday and today.
what do you think? Too light still? X

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JJ2023 · 07/02/2023 11:51

@Mrsrobinsonx The line today is definitely clearer! X

Pitstop1986 · 07/02/2023 12:44

I agree with JJ- looks clearer on today's test.

HCG takes 48-72 hours to double and you started off at such a low amount, so it's normal to have a slow progression for a few days. Take care of yourself, try not to worry and do another frer tomorrow or the day after so that you can compare your line on the same brand

Mrsrobinsonx · 07/02/2023 13:01

Thank you both ❤️
think I’ll try relax and hope it doesn’t end and just be excited that I’m pregnant right now x

Smiffette · 07/02/2023 13:33

@Mrsrobinsonx I think they look very similar to my one from today! It looks positive 🤞🏻

I gave and did a CB which came back pregnant 1-2 weeks.

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OnNaturesCourse · 07/02/2023 20:53

@Smiffette thats wonderful! Must be great seeing that in writing. 🤰❤️

For me...another BFN tonight on 2 early tests 😔 I know I'm only 10dpo BUT I know my body and I just feel it's not happened this month if that makes sense.

Only thing I've achieved this month is sore eyes from squinting so much 😂👀

Of course I'll continue testing until AF shows up right enough, like to pee on money a lot these days!

Been really achy all day, a bit like constipation pains but real low in my pelvis. I'm beyond shattered too. Skin and hair have gone greasy too which usually happens when AF is gearing up but was also the first symptom of being pregnant with my first 😂🤰 so... Who knows.

I am swinging from being totally OK with whatever happens to obsessively squinting at blank tests under the bathroom light for half an hour...then going back for one last check lol.

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Pitstop1986 · 07/02/2023 21:06

Aww @OnNaturesCourse i know exactly how you feel! you're not out until AF shows. I'm due on tomorrow, but tested negative this morning, but rather than wait until AF is late, I'm going to test again in the morning (provided that she's not already made an appearance)

I had some loose stools last night and this morning and I've been having lower belly cramps this evening, and still rocking a sweet tooth, although my appetite has reduced over the last couple of days from what it was...

Common sense tells me this all points to the impending arrival of AF. The manic optimistic part of my brain is telling me it could be a baby implanting!

Making babies doesn't half send you to the brink of madness!

Fingers crossed for some positive tests for us in the morning!

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OnNaturesCourse · 07/02/2023 21:22

@Pitstop1986 good luck and baby dust for the morning and I really hope that bitchy AF stays away.

Mine is due Sunday but going with my symptoms I think I've actually misread my ovulation sticks and ovulated earlier so missed it.. I feel like she's due tomorrow or day after.

Ain't it funny how you spend your teenage life / young life trying to avoid pregnancy like the plague because we are taught just how easy it is to fall pregnant... Then spend all this time TTC when we do want it.

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Pitstop1986 · 07/02/2023 21:24

If you're not due until Sunday, there's still plenty of time to get a positive test! Sprinkling baby dust back at you!

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OnNaturesCourse · 07/02/2023 21:52

Thank you ❤️

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cocoforbes · 07/02/2023 23:03

@Smiffette that is reassuring I'm sure!

@Mrsrobinsonx have my fingers crossed for you. I believe it also really depends on when implantation happened for you, it could have happened later, like around 10/11dpo. Also have you come across the count down to pregnancy site? It shows pregnancy test results by dpo and a good proportion of people get just a faint line even when AF is due at 14dpo.

www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test/dpo-chart.php?dpo=14

cocoforbes · 07/02/2023 23:06

@OnNaturesCourse @Pitstop1986 fingers crossed for you both!

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OnNaturesCourse · 08/02/2023 09:07

11dpo and BNF again 😢

Baby dust to you all today xx

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Pitstop1986 · 08/02/2023 10:06

BFN for me too! AF hasn't arrived just yet, either which is frustrating! If she's going to come, I'd rather that she was prompt, so that I can look forwards to my feb/March cycle

Smiffette · 08/02/2023 10:35

Sending baby dust to you @Pitstop1986 @OnNaturesCourse it's not over this cycle until that pesky AF arrives!

JJ2023 · 08/02/2023 12:58

@OnNaturesCourse @Pitstop1986 all the baby dust to you. Are your AF’s due soon? Hopefully not too much longer for you to wait ❤️

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OnNaturesCourse · 08/02/2023 13:26

I'm due between Friday and Sunday.

Thought I would have been on today with the symptoms I had yesterday but so far so good.

I've booked the weekend to be busy so either way my mind should be distracted.

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HoneyBlossoms112 · 08/02/2023 15:10

@OnNaturesCourse @Pitstop1986 I caved and tested yesterday even though I kidded myself and said I wouldn’t. BFN over here too I’m sad to say. I’m 11dpo today and AF due Sunday so I pretty sure I’m also out. Having all the usual PMS too including being very grumpy. Frustrating as I was pretty sure I caught ovulation this month.

Pitstop1986 · 08/02/2023 15:35

AF for me is due today @JJ2023

No sign just yet, but she's bound to start any moment. After a bfn this morning I'm just waiting for it to start

Pitstop1986 · 08/02/2023 15:37

@HoneyBlossoms112 if AF is due on Sunday, you've still got plenty of time for that bfn to turn into a positive. We're still 4 days away!