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When did you start getting symptoms/positive test after a day 5 transfer

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K2012 · 01/11/2023 10:30

Hi I’d like to ask how early you got pregnancy symptoms (and which symptoms) and a positive pregnancy test?

Thank you in advance šŸ‘šŸ»

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SH998 · 01/11/2023 12:37

My first pregnancy, I tested positive at 7dp5dt but the line was extremely faint, I didn't test sooner but I'm not sure it would have been visible earlier than that. Unfortunately that ended in miscarriage.

This pregnancy I tested positive at 5dp5dt, the line was faint but it did show a clear line, thankfully it continued to get darker.

I have had next to no symptoms from the transfer day up until now (currently 19 weeks pregnant). My symptoms on my first failed pregnancy were a lot stronger in the sense I had constant pulling sensations in my stomach and my boobs were huge and hurting after the official test day. Regardless of the symptoms that pregnancy didn't work out for me.

Everyone is different so its extremely tough to compare symptoms to others. Try not to symptom spot or you will drive yourself insane.

Wishing you all the best on this transfer :)

K2012 · 01/11/2023 20:37

@SH998 Thank you for the reply šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ™šŸ»

Anyone else?

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Loulou2202 · 01/11/2023 20:39

I tested 12dp5dt , convinced I wasn’t pregnant due to lack of any of the ā€œ classicā€ symptoms before my positive test. I’m now 32 weeks and really haven’t had anything much other than a bit of rib pain at 28 weeks . They are correct when they say everyone is different!

hja62 · 01/11/2023 20:55

I have had 3 transfers that have resulted in a BFP. One was DD, one was a chemical and one ended in miscarriage. For all, I tested out my trigger (I was a mediated FET) and got my first BFP 5dp5dt. It was faint, but undeniably there. I always used FRER or Boots Early Test (Pink Dye).

hja62 · 01/11/2023 20:56

I should add...I had zero symptoms every time. I have gone through 5 transfers, the 3 I mentioned above and 2 failed.

CR7 · 02/11/2023 06:26

Three ivf transfers. Three TWW's. I didn't test early once and I believe that helped me stay sane. Never had a symptom during any of the TWW's and the third transfer worked. X

Imisscoffee2021 · 02/11/2023 13:18

Transfer on a Thursday, grumpy mood (unlike me) and faint pink spotting on Sunday, faint positive on the Monday, true postibe on Tuesday. Now have a noisy 3.5 month old boy. Good luck! X

beachbum85 · 02/11/2023 13:56

I've had two transfers... the only different symptom with the one that worked was a sharp pain whenever I sneezed, coughed, or yawned, starting 6dp5dt. Everything else was the same for both BFN and BFP: light cramps, sore boobs, milky discharge... progesterone makes symptom spotting really misleading!

I only tested on OTD, and like a PP said, that kept me sane.

Very best of luck!!!

navybluewhale · 02/11/2023 15:41

I’ve only been pregnant once, after multiple IVF attempts. I had transfer on a Tuesday, food smells made me feel sick by the weekend, DH’s aftershave made me feel sick but I didn’t know if it was actual pregnancy symptoms or the progesterone.

I had some light spotting and assumed it wasn’t going well. I didn’t test until 11 days post transfer and got a nice positive which got darker over a few days. Literally a few days after testing I had awful pregnancy sickness which lasted for the first trimester. I was very fortunate to go on to have a successful pregnancy. Very best of luck.

K2012 · 02/11/2023 18:22

Thank you everyone for the replies šŸ™šŸ»šŸ™šŸ»šŸ™šŸ»

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