One step pregnancy test help! Please no judgment

[PearlHeart]

I could really use opinions or thoughts please! I just took these 5 tests today..... the top 2 were around 2 pm and the other 3 were just now!

I had a little fun with a good friend who is also single we didn’t use protection but I am now scared it may have split! This was not planned Hence using protection etc! Please no negativity this is not a bragging post or anything, I just need a supportive or friendly ear as I am alone and family are fractured and no female friends to confide in..... I guess what I’m asking is

How accurate are the one step cheapies you buy on eBay/ amazon??

I don’t have regular periods due to pcos and have to take provera every 3/4 months to induce a bleed! My last provera bleed was 1-6 July after stopping my course of provera 10 days prior to this! I have just recently been told by my fertility doctor I won’t get pregnant naturally as he doesn’t believe I am ovulating and that my egg quality is seriously poor so I would be lucky so to speak or unlucky as in his words would not be viable and end in miscarriage again! 😢💔

I tried to add as much detail as possible and will attach some pictures. I'm so sorry for the long thread/ post just could do with some support! 💜💗

Oh gosh OP, those are positive I think as the second line has colour. So sorry to hear about your fertility problems, you have my sympathy as I've been through similar. How do you feel about it?

I think I was in denial when I seen the test to be honest that's why I done 2 and then earlier I followed with one , which very quickly lead to 3 as it kept showing a pink second line! (Silly I know but having fertility issues / pcos etc and being told based on the past year of needing provera every 3 months for a breakthrough bleed and most likely not ovulating with poor egg quality I only just tuned 29! And been fighting this battle for coming up 11 years now! I guess You almost think your seeing things!

I only tested as I was a bit more tired recently and my breast were more tender than usual! Something in the back of my mind said test as this was what happened the last time and ended in miscarriage!

I honestly don't quite know how to feel other than dread if that makes any sense. (I just know knowing my luck history will repeat itself)..... 💗💜

Oh OP, I really do hope it works out for you. Can you get a first response test? I think they do them on amazon. They're very reliable and will give you a much clearer answer.

Nip out and get a digital or a first response.

Do you feel like you want to have this baby? It could be your only chance if you have fertility issues. Difficult though if you don't feel now is the right time?

I will hoped pick up another test in the morning...... or order one!

I feel very torn, if this is almost like last chance it it would be great I have had multiple heartbreaking losses so it would be my dream! ! However I don't know how my friend will react, he already has two wonderful kids from his past relationship! He has shared custody of them! (Both to same mum) he is always there for them etc so no worries in that respect I juts don't know how he will react! Plus I would hate to go through another miscarriage if that is the way it plays out.

It certainly was not planned at all on either part! and due to my medical issues my endocrinologist/gynaecologist who I see in the fertility clinic has said I cannot be on birth control of any kind so have to use condoms all the time which I always do!

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I found a test I had in the house the dreaded blue dye 🙈
I haven't been able to get to the local chemist as I have been caring for my elderly neighbour who has dementia! The past pew days we have had a nigh with phone scammers etc!

I decide why not take the one I had till I can get to the shops! I don't believe blue eyes at all!
The line has colour but it's quite faint! Was taken within time frame & got invert pics too!

Other pics I have ....,,

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How far along are you op?

I think you need to consider what to do, when you speak to him.adoption?

I honestly don't know.... I haven't been having normal periods for over a year!

I have to be given provera (Medroxyprogesterone) every 3-4 months it's two 10mg tablets per day for 7 days then after I have to wait between 7-10 days for a breakthrough bleed.

My last course was 15-21 taking the tables then I didn't get a breakthrough bleed till 1-6 July.

so I honestly can't tell! I'm sorry to not be much help, I'm kind of in the dark when it comes to working this out etc!

Sounds like this is what you want? Congratulations op

@Nsky
I haven't had the courage to speak to him yet! I guess I don't know what to say or how to even broach the subject! It's new territory for me having to break that kind of news!

I guess I do t want to tell him things blow up and then I end up miscarrying anyway and we end up not speaking! Yet on the flip side if things don't go that way and I hold off telling him a bit longer I'm sure it will blow up anyway!

Of things don't go wrong like it has done previously as in I miscarry anywhere between 5-9.5 weeks I don't think I could put baby up for adoption and I certainly couldn't get an abortion. With my fertility issues this really could be my last chance as I have been told don't come to my fertility specialist at 30 wanting help as he can't help me then! And I juts turned 29 this year!

I think I should just give up with tests ..... I don't want to go buy an expensive one just to be let down or have the same thing happen as before have 4 positive first response clear positives and then be told I'm not pregnant

These are the the top 2 are : 1/9/20 ( afternoon test 2 hour hold at most)

The second 3 are : 2/9/20 (mid afternoon no hold)

The third are today at 12.30 (no hold) : 3/9/20

I just don't want the embarrassment / shame and looking like an idiot going to the gp for confirmation of something that doesn't exist and looking bad!

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Sorry those pictures are not very clear.... here is clearer ones , not that I will think it makes much difference

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I don’t know how the tests you have work. For the amount you are spending on tests, just buy a digital test and then you will know.

If you are pregnant and keeping the pregnancy, are you taking folic acid? Avoiding raw foods, caffeine etc?
You will need to register at a maternity hospital for scans and blood tests too.

Do you have any support irl OP?

Surely you are at least 5-6 weeks along now? Buy a digital if you want further confirmation then call your GP to register with the midwife

Unfortunately I don't have any support in real life!
My family are far from supportive so it would cause more issues/ upset and verbal abuse to tell them!

It's so hard to have to hide it any still carry on as normal with literally zero support from friends or family!

I was getting folic acid (high level doses) and vitamin d from the gp bit they stopped it so I haven't been taking any as yet! I guess I almost am burying my head in the sand! Stupid I know, I guess I don't want to believe it or can't believe it after multiple miscarriages and fertility issues the past 10/11 years! And then a 2 years ago being told I had false positives on a total of 8 first response test. I guess you just don't think it's true almost? If that makes any sense!

I don’t get periods and have to take provera every 3 months to induce a bleed they don’t know if I’m ovulating but apparently if I am the quality is very poor 😢 so my last round of provera induced bleed was 1-6 July.... and I wouldn’t be due to take it again till October! So I wouldn’t even know how far along I would or should be or anything?

The last few test I had in my fertility box that I had put away since I was giving up on it all!

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I called the gp (Friday) and have to call back on Monday! I asked if I could get bloods to get a definitive answer one way or another but they seemed reluctant Again!

Reception was more interested in trying to get me to book with my midwife to get my blue folder etc and be registered with the midwifes over anything else!

Hopefully I get to speak to someone on Monday and they will agree to do bloods!y fertility consultant has put on my notes that any positive urine tests must be followed by bloods to check levels I believe it's due to my pcos.

I just don't want to think about it to be honest!

It's either all been a cruel joke (15 positive test) but they were all false....

I'm pregnant and it's a case of waiting to miscarry like previously / it's not viable so waiting for the inevitable to happen .........

I guess I don't have much faith at all in a positive outcome.... it's lovely to have wonderful ladies on this group to talk to and share things with as I literally have nobody in everyday life to talk to!

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Have you managed to get an appointment at the GP?

@carolebaskinfedhimtothetigers

No luck, the receptionist would t entertain my request to get blood test done! She said as far as the gp & nurse are concerned having had so many positives that I am pregnant and should see the midwife for a booking appointment!

I told them I do not want to go through all that process to find out at a 12 week scan it was all for nothing after it previously happening or that I start bleeding at 9 weeks and miscarry regardless!
I would like blood tests done to check all my levels etc as if everything looks ok I will have to notify my fertility consultant at the hospital! I would also need regular monitoring, an early scan etc but she just wouldn't budge! She was adamant I juts need to see the midwife to be booked in because I'm clearly pregnant!

Yeah maybe try call my fertility consultant or even the midwife team as ask for help that way!

I'm just currently in a state of disbelief and not thinking positive at all I can't get my hopes up to have it crushed again either with multiple false positives or another loss!

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OP - your consultant has said you aren't ovulating but clearly that isn't the case so there is every chance they're wrong about other things too.

I've been through multiple miscarriages so totally understand your anxiety but after 5 miscarriages, I did eventually end up having a successful pregnancy. I was also diagnosed with PCOS but when I saw a different consultant - at the recurrent miscarriage clinic, I was told that actually, I didn't have it anymore.

If you are having lots of positive tests, you are pregnant.

How are you op?

@kirinm

Thank you for your message!

To be honest with you my consultant (endocrinologist/gynaecologist) has been a nightmare over the last 10 years! I get bloods every 6 months when I attend his clinic but never get the result till my next appointment so they are 6 months late if that makes sense? All I know that's consistent is ;

Lutenizing Hormone (LH) and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
They are consistently coming back pretty low which lead him to believe I either was not ovulating and that's why I haven't been getting periods for months at a time and if I was ovulating apparently it would be really poor quality!

Testosterone was coming back super high apparently that's to be expected with pcos

Prolactin : this was 4 times higher than what it should have been, it took 2 years of fighting b it was diagnose with a pituitary tumour (micro adenoma which is benign) I was on quinagolide for 4 years and had a follow up mri 4/5 years ago and it had shrunk so was taken fully of the medication. Now my prolactin levelled our but more recently it seems to be lower than the minimum ranges. He gave no suggestion why or how to fix it?

I have never had results told to me regarding

DHEA-S / Androstenedione (ANDRO) / Progesterone / Oestrogen / TSH / Insulin and Glucose so I'm clueless about those levels etc!

Any time I have been pregnant I have been declined medication to help!
I was told to get aspirin by midwife she sent note to gp to give me a prescription for it and it was declined .... I'm not given progesterone ...... no more frequent monitoring/scans ...... nothing to at least try give me a fighting chance!

I have been declined any medical assistance to conceive ( clomifene / Metformin / iui / ivf ) all because I don't meet guidelines for iui / ivf so they legally can't give me anything to help me conceive naturally either as it's stulll classed as assistance and against the guidelines! It's totally heartbreaking

I have never even been offered to go to the reoccurring miscarriage clinic after 4 losses, they just tell me I am already being seen at the fertility & endocrine clinic so they will do the test etc involved!

I have had 16 positive tests so far, I actually stopped testing mainly as I ran out of tests on the 6th September and I kind of don't want to keep testing I know if it's going to go wrong it will so I almost am reluctant to spent huge amounts of money buying loads of tests for a shit outcome (please excuse my swearing) still battling the gp with covid restrictions you get bloods to check on things and be able to take it from there!

@AntiHop

I'm holding up ok.... I stopped testing as I run out and don't really want to spend a fortune buying loads of tests to get my hopes up and it all crash down around me ..... it turns into an unhelpful obsession testing like crazy it's gets your hopes up! So my last test was on the 6th September and it was positive again that's been 16 now!

Still battling the gp to try get bloods but they they are dragging their feet with covid restrictions etc ....

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Can you afford to have a private scan to put your mind at rest? I'm 11 weeks pregnant and I sometimes wonder if I'm really pregnant, that the tests were false positives and I'm actually peri menopausal (I'm 42.). The chances of false positives are very low so I talked myself out of a private scan, and have my 12 week scan next week.

But in your case, as you don't know when you ovulated, a private scan is not an overreaction.