TTC after ectopic/after loss/older age etc ALL WELCOME 🙂

[YellowZ]

Hello,

Would anyone like to join a thread for TTC after ectopic/miscarriage, or when facing other challenges eg age, PCOS etc? DP and I have just decided to try again for no2, and I'm going to come off the pill. It would be nice to have some buddies to share experiences and support each other 🙂

About me:

Pregnancy 1: conceived first cycle age 35, healthy pregnancy, DS born summer 2021 (now age 2)

Pregnancy 2: conceived first cycle age 37, ectopic, surgery November 2022

My plan is to eat well, exercise, cut out alcohol, and generally look after myself.

Because I got pregnant quickly both times, I'm hoping our chances are still good...no idea how only having the one fallopian tube is going to affect things 😬

I think I'll do OPKs but not sure about temping yet.

Would love to hear from others!

@YellowZ Hahaha I remember doing this last month lol

@Annonomous29 They have a section for ‘other’ so you can upload other brands :)

@YellowZ How many dpo are you now? 👀 love a bit of symptom spotting!

@MrsB2019x 6dpo. I'll probably test at some point this weekend because ...well I have no patience.

@MrsB2019x O thank you didn’t know this I thought you can only do it with prenom ones. Thanks for the advice ☺️

@Annonomous29 yeah I use OneStep tests with PreMom under the 'other' category and it works fine 👍🏻 I agree that yours is looking good but probs still a day away from peak. When they get darker it can be worth testing twice a day. I've found I often get my peak reading around 8pm. Given you likely ovulate 12-24hrs after peak reading, and then egg lives 12-36hrs after that I'd deffo get ready for some action for the next couple of days! Good luck!

@SnookyPook I uploaded it in the app its showing as 1.19 high. Thanks for your advice will try dtd atleast once a day for the next 3 days. Fingers crossed we catch it.

Urgh driving myself a bit batty here! Had a v v v v faint dried-on line. Total squniter but definitely there. Most probably an evap. Then I realised my tests aren't early ones, they're 25mui ones. More tests ordered but they won't be here until tomorrow afternoon 😥 haha it's actually still too early to even get a bfp on a sensitive test let alone a 25mui one.

Somebody tell me to get a grip!

@YellowZ I do see that! It’s grey though which leans to indent :( BUT you’ve still got a week under your belt to get that BFP

@MrsB2019x I agree, it has to be an indent/evap for sure. It's just made me very impatient all of a sudden.

How are you getting on? Are you 2dpo now?

@YellowZ 4DPO now, gonna tryyyy and hold out until at least 10DPO 👀

@YellowZ easy@home are 10miu/l. In the past, I got some positives on these when I didn't get them on other 10miu/l tests.

@YellowZ @MrsB2019x
Hi ladies hope you are good
fingers crossed for you @YellowZ
I have checked last night and today its showing as attached the peak shows last night just a little confused as it shows all different readings for one test when i was trying to upload the peak one it was showing 1.52 then 1.96 then 0 finally 1.38 so hoping it was the peak with some luck may catch it.
Must say this app is really good but really confusing at the same time.
@MrsB2019x Im really hoping the time goes fast as it is such a long feeling. 🙄

@Annonomous29 these apps aren't an exact science. It measures the colour of the line but it'll be a pixels width so just moving your phone camera by 1/1000 of a mm will mean a different meaning. Looking at the pics I'd say your peak is correct. A peak can last a couple of days too. And will be affected by how dilute your wee is. You'll ovulate in the next day or two.

Well I don't know what my ovulation pain was on Monday but it's looking like my surge is starting now and that I'll ovulate on my usual cd15 (I have quite a short sharp surge). Latest test on top, and ovulation pains started a few hours later and like Monday on my side that hasn't ovulated in years.

I have a scan next month to check my ovary after the op to remove the cyst (long story short they don't know what the cyst was other than it's definitely benign). So I'll ask then if they can see any reason for the pain. Also in the unlikely event I get pregnant I'll be able to check it's not ectopic nice and early.

Looking good @Annonomous29 ! Got everything crossed for you 🤞

Hey hey!

@Annonomous29 that looks perfect to me 👌good luck for your 2ww.

Bfn here this morning (I'm 8dpo, so...) I wish I had some FRER instead of the crappy tests I picked up in superdrug yesterday, which seem to create repeated phantom lines as the dye moves across. Mean. Doesn't help that DS woke me at 5.30, so I was squinting at it in the rubbish light in our bathroom.

Think I'm going to have to set myself some serious boundaries next month around testing!

I guess stage was going to be hard, as I have the ectopic at the back of my mind. I didn't test positive until after my AF for that, which I think is making me obsess over an early BFP this time round.

Oh that's good news @Confusedddddddd perfect timing with the scan. Hopefully they'll be able to reassure you about the pain. Hmm... not sure about the tests. easy@home also do 25miu tests. The 10miu ones have 'early pregnancy test' on them, but the ones I have are just 'pregnancy test'... I threw the info booklet away that came with the multipack, but I think they might be the 25miu ones. Any idea what tends to come with the LH test multipack?

How's everyone else getting on?

@YellowZ these are the ones I have and they are 10miul

Hello @Confusedddddddd ahh thanks! The same ones have just arrived for me! Having looked at them again on Amazon though I'm not sure why I thought there were also 25mui/l ones.

This was SMU... Another squniter but maybe with a tinge of pink this time. I'll see what it's looking like tomorrow. Still vv early days.

(Edit - sorry that photo is a bit blurry. Another below)

Same test.

Already looking forward to tomorrow’s update @YellowZ I’m sure I can see a shadow of something!

I am 10DPO and hesitant to post but does anyone else see the second line? I only had a boots test, may order better ones today.

Um @Lostlawyer26 that's a bfp!!! Surely? It's not that faint. Can you get hold of another test later?

I did 2 tests this morning. 1 from the new box of easy@home tests, and one HCG one from my LH test pack. The one from the LH pack had a vv faint line like yesterday's, the one from the new box didn't.

So I reckon that I've had a few nasty evaps off the first batch of tests, which is sad and annoying 😥 Will post a photo in a bit when there's some daylight.

@Lostlawyer26 oh haha sorry you said you'll order some more later.

@YellowZ that is a nasty evap if that's what it is! I hate that some batches of tests do this.

@Lostlawyer26 that looks like a BFP to me! Definitely get some more tests and send pics. Cautious congratulations

@Bugdem123 I'm 95% sure they're evaps, as a true positive result would show across both batches? Feeling a bit down about it but...hey I guess that's one of the risks of testing early 🫤

At some point, I might post a thread with the photos to warn people, because they have a v light pink colour and everything! Grrr