Is there hope for a BFP?/advice please

[DancinOnTheCeiling]

Can someone give me advice please? During the TWW I had a few symptoms that made me think I was pregnant but then AF arrived (or so I thought) a day early so I assumed I was out. AF was only three days, very light, I had no cramping, hardly anything in my pad - my AF is usually always seven days long. Since “AF” I’ve had a tiny tiny bit of spotting when I wipe.

Anyway, the weird thing is my boobs are huge and so are my nipples (and dark). My boobs usually become smaller again as soon as AF arrives. The other weird thing is that my calfs are very crampy; that was my first symptom when I was pregnant with my dd. I’ve also felt dizzy/nauseous in the morning and am very tired.

I’m now 17dpo and have had a few BFN’s on ICs (one step) and a few negative OPKs. I took a FRER but with very diluted midday urine at 12dpo (BFN). I know the only way of knowing is to test with a FRER, I have one left so wanted to ask: when would you test? And also, do you think there’s hope? I keep going between ‘no way is there hope, I’d have had a BFP on IC by now’ to thinking why do I have weird pregnancy symptoms... any advice welcome

I just posted this on another thread but I didn't get a positive until 18dpo! I ovulated CD16, spotted heavily CD 19-23. Started feeling sick and sore boobs, but got BFNs at 10&12DPO.

I had one FRER left and I was supposed to be going out that night and thought I might have a wine so I did it and the line came up straight away clear as day.

All bodies are different. 18 weeks preg now and all the dates line up.

@Jazzles2021
Thanks so much for your message, it has given me hope. And congratulations, hope you have a great pregnancy xx

I'd leave it a good few days before retesting so if you are pregnant you'll have a more HGC in your urine. I've been taking pregnancy tests twice a week starting 3 weeks after I had my contraceptive implant removed. 5 days before I had my BFP I actually had a negative test. Unfortunately I have no idea when I ovulated to give you an idea how many DPO I was before I had a positive.

Thanks @fallhappy1
I actually tested today with FRER (bfn) this am - hadn’t read your post yet when I tested. So good idea, I’ll wait another few days as I still have weird symptoms. I’ll update when I’ve re-tested.

@Jazzles2021 @fallhappy1
Just wanted to update as I don’t like it when threads end without an update: I keep getting bfn’s, my weird symptoms have almost stopped so it must have just been a weird period.. thanks for the support ☺️