At least we avoided Christmas babies!

[SureLook]

Hi all. Moving over from the Christmas due date thread to continue the chats and support x

@GrizzlyTheBear I remember your temp staying up the last time and you knowing then as well. Let's see what the morning brings x
And sorry, you asked earlier how I'm getting on. I'm good, thanks. The nausea is practically gone but my sleep is great and I have pelvic girdle pain again 😫 it's worst when I'm standing so I'm doing a lot of sitting!

I had a wee this morning without even thinking about it! I was so annoyed with myself! So im going to do it in the morning all being well!
I sobbed like a baby when i watched the Sara Cox program for Children in Need last night! Maybe thats a sign lol!

Oh no what a pain @VanessaShanessaJenkins99 ! But I guess being forced to wait a day might not be a bad thing. Every day that passes is a more reliable result, and being in limbo is the worst!

Mine was positive this morning, which I already knew it would be. But it said 1-2 weeks, and as I'm 16dpo I think that it's likely to be a chemical. I'm still getting cramps too. I just hope it happens quickly! I've never had a chemical before (that I know of). Do either of you have any experience with them?

Morning :) - i don't have any experience with chemicals i'm afraid!
It feels very surreal to read the words that its positive and not automatically want to say congratulations!
Fingers crossed that if it is a chemical then it all happens sooner rather than later! xx

@VanessaShanessaJenkins99 aww fingers crossed for tomorrow. Leave the cup and the test out to remind yourself.

@GrizzlyTheBear I don't have any experience of a chemical myself, that I know of. But from friends it tends to be within a week of testing positive and a heavier than normal period with some small clots. How are you feeling?x

I know! I never thought I'd not be wanting congratulations either! Definitely a weird situation and I don't really know how to feel about it.

Thanks for your advice both of you - hopefully it does happen within a week as that would not be too bad bleeding wise, and also won't give me any time to get attached, which will probably happen whether I want it to or not 🙄

@GrizzlyTheBear keep us posted. Let us know how you are x

I've done a test tonight, I'm 10dpo and it's negative 😕 my boobs are so sore though which was the first symptom I had when I was pregnant with my son! I'm going to try leave it until Sunday morning and see what happens xx

Don't worry, I think it would be quite rare to get a positive in the evening on 10dpo. I'm sure it doesn't say much about your chances 🥰
When do you expect your period?

Monday - but last month it was also due on a monday and it came on the sunday !

@VanessaShanessaJenkins99 10dpo is still early. I only had the faintest of lines at 12dpo outside of the timing window. I think Sunday morning is a good idea cause you'd be 12dpo then.

@GrizzlyTheBear how are you today?x

I'm fine thanks, nothing to see here! Do you think it's worth doing an IC every couple of days to check progession? I just want to be sure it's not going anywhere. It's difficult to plan who we're inviting for Christmas if I don't know if I'll be puking at the whiff of turkey, or merrily tucking into the gin.
I've never tracked progession before - do you know if ICs are reasonably good for it?

Oh god what a predicament @GrizzlyTheBear !
You see it all the time on here about lines getting darker or lighter doesn't mean anything and everyone is different blah but I think it is 100% a real strong indicator of how things are going!
If I were you in the situation your in I would be testing every few days to see what's going on.

I'm not sure if I might have been 9dpo yesterday when I tested 🤔 - I asked chat gpt and it said if I got a positive ovulation test on Monday the 10th then I would have likely ovulated on the 11th therefore the 20th is the 9th day xx
Who knows... but im going to try wait until Sunday morning xx

@VanessaShanessaJenkins99 yes I have read lots of line progression threads on MN and though it's not a certainty it actually does often seem to show if it'll be successful or not. I wonder if ICs are good enough for it, but at least they are cheap to waste! I found two lonely ones at the back of the cupboard today (DH had apparently been "organising" 🙄) and also ordered some more. Will do one tomorrow and see.

I agree with chatgpt. Usually your LH peaks the day before ovulation, so that would make the 12th 1dpo. Sunday morning is a good idea 😊🤞

@GrizzlyTheBear I've used IC to track progression on both of my losses and they were nice and strong. And on this pregnancy you might remember how faint my lines were for some reason? Remember we thought I was going to have a chemical? They were still getting darker but just nowhere near as dark as I expected.
I still would use them again, particularly in your circumstances. Every second day would be good!

I think the line is too faint this morning, so I'm even more sure it'll be a loss. It took a couple of minutes to come up. I'm 18dpo so it should definitely be a decent line by now even on an IC, right?
I will use the other test on Mon and I guess it'll be pretty much negative by then. I just really want to know!

Here's my Premom ones and FRERs from this pregnancy. The FRERs were much darker than the ICs.

Oh that's really helpful, thanks! I think my 18dpo one today looked a bit like your 16dpo. I will see what Monday's is like and if there's been any change.
Amazing how different your FRERs are though!

@GrizzlyTheBear I know. The difference is crazy. Let's see what Monday brings x

The difference is amazing @SureLook !
See what Monday brings @GrizzlyTheBear - must be such a strange situation to be in !
I took a test today- lunchtime.- with my probably 5th wee of the day! Negative - my boobs are so sore and I have a contact sicky feeling! But also a dull ache right down deep so god knows what's going on. I'm going to test in the morning, fmu and see what it says - if I am then surely it will show tomorrow.

@VanessaShanessaJenkins99 oh fingers crossed for tomorrow 🤞🏻🤞🏻

It's negative 😢 xx

Oh I'm so sorry 😔 Hope you are taking care of yourself xxx

Aww, I'm sorry @VanessaShanessaJenkins99 be good to yourself today x

Thank you :) - I think I was more upset this time as i felt so different this past week. I fell into a Chat GBT worm hole last night regarding temperatures from my fit bit and it was really promising ! It said if my temperature had remained the same over last night then it looked good! So this morning i woke up and looked and it was 0.2 higher so i thought oh maybe!! - Went to the toilet for a wee and there was blood - gutted.
I think in December im not going to track ovulation or anything - just do it ever other day and see what happens - the length my cycles are i would be testing around christmas and i dont want to be feeling like this at that time.

How are you doing this morning @GrizzlyTheBear - hows the line progression?