TTC for those taking longer than average

[Marie1990x]

@daniki @RRAEE @whatdoyouthink123456 @carolinep3

Went to reply on the other thread but it’s full!!!

@Daniki don’t know how you can resist not testing in a morning 😂.

Yep of course and obviously it’s negative 😂. I got my first ever evap on an easy@home, but 100% negative. It scratched my testing itch even through I know it’s near impossible to get a whiff of a line

@Marie1990x you are 6dpo today? Oh no hate evap lines they get your hopes up! But still so early but reallllly hoping for you 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Daniki yeah 6 or 7dpo. Realistically I should wait until at least Wednesday to test but who am I kidding, that won’t happen 😂

@Marie1990x absolutely not I would be the exact same 🤣

@Daniki oh definitely 😂. My app says “time for a pregnancy test in 7 days” as if 😂. I’ve just done another one and another evap! I’d rather it just be stark white than get my hopes up like that.

I’ve got more slightly brown cm today as well so worrying now I might have started developing spotting which I’ve never noticed before.

how are you feeling?

@Marie1990x another one! Show us a pic what do they look like? I'm not great got myself in a bit of tizzy now as I tested again there and the line is lighter than yest 😭

Can I join? My husband and I have been trying since May 2023. We had a miscarriage in July 2024 but nothing else. We do have an appointment next week with the fertility team but so far all tests have been normal!!

@Daniki try not to worry (easier said than done), it’s still a dark line! Wouldn’t say it’s lighter than yesterday? Maybe try with fmu? I know you mentioned you get darker in an evening, but might be worth trying in the morning?

They just look like a wet grey shadow line, definitely no colour. Don’t particularly show up on an photo either

@Rycbar of course! Sorry to hear you’re too having troubles tcc, it’s tortuous isn’t it. Is it your first you’re trying for?

I think it’s more frustrating when everything is technically “normal” too. Hopefully the fertility team will be able to help come up with a plan x

@Marie1990x Iv one test left debating whether to test in the morning or leave it and test wed morning? Decisions 🤣 getting myself in an awful state 😫 wish I didn't delete all my pics of the last time so I could compare if similar happened 🤣

@Daniki ahhhh must be such a mind f**k! So sorry you’re going through such torment ♥️.
Did you post your previous tests on any threads on here you could look back for?
I’d do it in the morning then go get some more 😅. When is your official test date did you say?

@Marie1990x yea just thinking of the logistics of heading to town after work and would i be back in time to collect my son 😂 im in for a beta on Friday 🫣

@Daniki haha yeah or nip to a supermarket or chemist once you’ve collected your son?

ooooo Friday! When would you get your results? Hopefully don’t have to wait all weekend with it being a Friday!

@Marie1990x or should be the same day thank god! There will only be clearblue in my local so I wouldn't bother 🤣 il see if hubby can collect him if I'll be late, he'll be very suss tho 😂

@Daniki god yeah I avoid clearblue at all costs (except the digital). They’re shocking aren’t they. Hopefully you’ll be able to get some more.

haha it’s so funny how unaware our partners are of the obscene amounts of testing that goes on 😅

@Marie1990x I know! Cuz even my son was watching me earlier and wanting to play with them 🤣🙈 I might just test in the morning I don't think Ik relax otherwise. Looking at it now they just look the same but tonight's one has a dodgy line like it's curved 🧐

Hi everyone :) sorry to jump on, been having a mooch on here and feel this is definitely the most appropriate thread to post on…been ttc since November 2023, but have PCOS where my cycle varies from 25 to 170 days 🤦🏻‍♀️ touchwood I’ve actually had two periods since upping my metformin dose in November/December which is very exciting and fairly certain I’m now in the two week wait which is killing me!! Who knows though because I was sick when I think I ovulated (think that’s happened before too so taking that as a win) and had a positive test strip for it, then a week later was sick again and a few days later I’m still showing some LH on the test strips! Who knows. Under the fertility team so hoping for some letrozole soon if nothing this month again! Trying to hold off testing again until at least the weekend though when it’ll be 2 weeks…Sorry for the essay, just really need to vent this all and this seems like a safe and supportive place to do that :)

wishing everyone lots of luck with everything!

@Daniki did you re-test? 🤞🏻.

BFN for me today, not even an evap this time 😂. Don’t know why it still frustrates me when I know it’s unlikely to show anything even if something’s going on in there.

@Keirii94 welcome 😊. Oh wowwww 170 days!!! It sounds like the metformin seems to be doing its job through which is great news!
I believe you will always have some LH throughout your cycle? There’s definitely always some in mine and even occasionally a high in the tww. But I have PCOS as well so not sure if it’s related to that. Also read before that it’s normal to get a random spike in the tww, too.

what DPO are you now?

Literally feel free to vent here as much as you like. It’s nice to have a safe space to get it off your chest with people in similar boats 😊. If I said half of this stuff to my friends they’d think I’m crazy 😂

@Marie1990x yep, I duno what to think it seems the same? Thinking possible chemical. I might leave it and test tomorrow night and see if there is a change 🥲 you're so far from out yet 🙂

@Daniki i think that definitely looks a bit darker! Would a chemical even be that strong in the first place? Surely not. I really really hope not 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Marie1990x I'm not sure tbh I thought not, as when I had a chemical it was like my first test and just was gone then but through my incessant googling 🤪 I discovered a post of someone's who's tests got really dark up until a point and then just faded out. Wish I never read it 🤣

@Daniki we’re all guilty of over googling 😂. Every tww I google to find someone with a similar twinge and then keep going until I found one with a positive outcome 😅.

I genuinely do think today’s is your darkest though, definitely not getting any lighter anyway. What DPO would it be equivalent to?

@Marie1990x it would be the equivalent to 13dpo! Haha god I do the same we're awful to ourselves! 😆 I really am jealous of people who have are so carefree over it all and get pregnant and keep it at the drop of a hat 🙈

@Daniki i still think it looks good for 13dpo, but that’s just going by my past ones. This was mine at 12dpo with DD and yours is much darker!

We just love to torture ourselves, clearly!

I’ve just been to get more vitamins in boots and ended up buying some more tests 🤦🏻‍♀️ literally don’t even need them but couldn’t resist

@Marie1990x sure can resist a test when it's right there in front of us 🤣 I actually need more vitamins too, so il defo end up in boots tomorrow when I'm doing the food shopping and will buy a heap, and a digital to boot!