TTC TWW August/September 2025

[Ec2808]

Starting this new thread to continue TTC TWW July 2025 thread ❤

That's good news @Ec2808! Sure the bloodwork will be fine then as well 😊

@Anya23 really hope soo i'm super stressed and anxious, the early miscarriage in march really messed with me 🙁

I’m having a terrible month. We have only dtd once. Planning to again this week. My metformin (for PCOS) resulted in the worst gastro side effects all of last week, it was horrible. I’ve stopped taking it. Also the doctor wants to discuss my blood results with me both my Serum LH & FSH are abnormal (high). Feeling quite depressed about it all if I’m honest ladies.

@Ec2808 keeping everything crossed for you 🤞🏻 spoke to DP earlier and he told me he can see a faint line on the test in the pic I sent him, and he’s run it through ChatGPT who says there’s a faint line too. Gone back and looked at the pic and I can see what they’re both seeing so how feel like I’m in total limbo 🤦🏼‍♀️

sorry to hear you’re having a rough time @PeonyPatch, ttc really take it out of you

omg no way??? 😍ohhhhhh I really hope soo for you!!! keep me updated! ❤

Sorry you're feeling low @PeonyPatch its really tough! Hopefully the doctor will be able to make a plan with you

I'm 15dpo and have had spotting the last few days, just did an easy at home test and I think I can see a line but think it is most likely just an indent? Has this happened to anyone else? This was within the allotted time as well

also the line should probably be darker by 15dpo?

@summertime94 I can see it, but I know one of the other mumsnetters in the chat had an awful time with these tests. Do you have another brand you can try?

Re whether it’s too light or not, it really depends on when implantation happened. If you’ve had spotting it could well be implantation bleeding so hcg levels will just be on the rise now 🤞🏻

@HansBanansso weird! I thought I was out for sure on Monday when the spotting started (probably still am out I think though). I don't have any other tests atm just a box of these easy at homes... il test again with fmu tomorrow if my period doesn't arrive overnight!

@summertime94are you sure on ovulation date? That really looks like an early positive !!

@Ec2808unfortunately I am pretty sure, I've been tracking it and got my peak on 25th August and temperature did then rise after although I'm finding it hard to be consistent with the time I take my temperature as ive been waking between 3am and 6am quite a bit

@Ec2808unfortunately I am pretty sure, I've been tracking it and got my peak on 25th August and temperature did then rise after although I'm finding it hard to be consistent with the time I take my temperature as ive been waking between 3am and 6am quite a bit

It’s possible to ovulate up to 48 hours after peak and temp can rise before during or after ovulation maybe you’re only 13 dpo who knows?🤞🏻🤞🏻

Fingers crossed for you @summertime94. Implantation can also happen 12dpo 🙈🤞

🤞 🤞 I'll update in the morning :)

Has anyone had any bad indents with one step ultra early strip test? Ive just had a vvvfl and tipped the wee before I could test again 😬

Thank you Kitty 🐱
me too! It’s just frustrating the whole process and time it takes. My appt isn’t until 16th so it’s almost like another cycle down the drain

@MoonLitLavender not personally, did the line have colour or was it grey?

@MoonLitLavender yes I had an indent on one! I had this then got AF 2 days later

Snap i got indents this month and last month I thought I had chenicals. But i seen on FF that HCG strips have changed and most have this awful line now. I used Amazon Cheapies and EBay ones unameed both the same a dark shadow.

Is anyone in the UK and had investigation for unexplained infertility what happens and what blood work do they do? Will they check all hormones like prolactin? (i am breast feeding) very sure mine is super high as DS2 nurses round the clock he used to nurse every 3 hours in the day and at night once or twice he turned 12 months and separation anxiety has hit and he reaches for me to confort him so he will feed the usual yimes plus extra comfort nursing and at night it is wvery 3 hours or so he wakes up around 4 / 5 times it depends. Even though i am having regula cycles with good Luteal Phase of 13 or 14days i am still struggling to get pregnant. I believe this as I got pregnant within 2 months of weaning DS1. Not ready to wean DS2 but also want to have a baby sooner as I approach 39 very soon.

So I think what had happened was the first test was slightly saturated (like barely past the max line) and it gave a false postive?! as the next test was negative. So I dipped another just past the max line again and it showed a faint line again! Then I went abit mad and dipped a few more under the max line and they all came out negative! Very confusing but I wont be buying one step again 🤣 (lines look grey in the photo but pink and convincing in real life and both lines appeared straight away without any dodgy dye run) not claiming a bfp btw!! What a day ... 🤣

Hi @MixedBananas👋 welcome 🙂 so earlier on this year my GP tested my hormones and prolactin was one of the ones they tested for, weirdly mine was really low which was surprisingly as I'd just finished my breastfeeding journey with my then 3 year old. I thought it would be higher after bfing 3 years! But one thing I found is that I never got pregnant the whole time I was feeding, my periods returned after 15 months, and never fell pregnant despite not preventing. X

Just took another Clearblue and all I’ve got is a very thin blue line to the side of the test line. Came up within the time frame but clearly not a real positive 🙄 very frustrating as they’ve all done this within the timeframe! This was at 3 minutes