Is this line progression ok?

[TheBirdintheCave]

Is this ok for line progression? :/ I’m going out of my mind worrying and comparing everything to my last pregnancy with my son in 2020 (who is now a loud and energetic toddler).

With him I used cheapies every other day until finally getting a line at 14dpo, I then took a FRER which was almost as dark as the control line.

With this baby I did the same thing with cheapies from (what I thought was) 8dpo and didn’t start to get anything even resembling a faint line until 14dpo. I then took a FRER exepcting to see what I saw with my son but instead it was just the weakest squinter I’ve ever seen :/ I couldn’t even get a good photo of it. I confirmed the pregnancy with a Clear Blue Ultra Early on a four hour hold that evening and had a faint but obvious blue line which came up within a minute. The digi next morning was positive too.

I’ve used the same cheapies for line progression and they are getting darker which is nice to see. I’m hoping what’s happened is that this time I actually ovulated two days after I got my O cramps. If that’s true then the cramping I had a few days ago would have been at 10dpo (hopefully the bean getting comfy) would that then make sense as to why my FRER was so so faint? (It would have been at 12dpo in this scenario). The cheapies are marked according to my guess at later ovulation. I used the second Clear Blue this morning and there’s no obvious progression there, though the line after the first three minutes had come up a smidge darker than the one two days earlier, it’s dried the same as the other though.

My husband is picking up more FRERs today so I’ll see if I can get a good line on one tomorrow but I’m just so nervous.

Sorry for the long winded post. We have male factor fertility issues and were told we wouldn’t conceive naturally so my son was a huge surprise after fifteen cycles of nothing. This baby somehow only took three months so I feel like the luckiest person on earth which is probably compounding my terror of losing it :( On top of that I’m autistic so I think I naturally obsess more than the average person.

Impossible to say as every pregnancy is different and hcg levels develop differently. What is quite clear is that right now you are pregnant and until something happens to make you think otherwise, you are pregnant. :) I know it's not easy, but honestly line progression means very little, some women never get dye stealers and have healthy babies anyway.

To be honest I’d say there isn’t much of a difference there for a full day.
Mine always progressed pretty quickly. I have had chemical pregnancies where the line takes along time to progress and I start bleeding before week 5. Iv had it multiple times unfortunately and it’s very common. Not saying your having a chemical pregnancy but it does look like your hcg isn’t rising very well. We’re these all first morning urine?

This is my line progression. Last one was taken 14dpo.

@Nikki037297 Guess I’m going to lose it then :( Thanks for your reply. The second one was 12dpo PM and the others are all FMU 12, 13 and 14. Different brand to yours though it seems.

And thanks to you too @GinnyBee

It’s not always the case so don’t worry too much but I have had it happen many times unfortunately I used first response when it happened and my lines got darker slightly but nowhere near as dark as the control line and I began bleeding soon after that. Try not to worry too much yet See if he gets any darker over the next couple of days you may have just caught it extremely early and those tests might not be as sensitive

@TheBirdintheCave your progression looks great - not that progression means everything is good, but different brands of tests, concentration of urine, HCG rises at different rates with everyone… I had two boxes of FRER’s, one from Boots and one from Amazon so different batches - one box clearly had more dye in than the other as the lines came out bolder and sharper. Comparing really does nothing except make you worry more.

Having said that, I can hardly lecture in saying step back from the tests! I’ve been trying to stick to alternate days, FMU only, same brand and batch (a bulk buy of ic’s) but even then I will stop in the next week. HCG can quickly get high enough to make the tests look lighter again. On non-testing days I actually feel less anxious now. But look after yourself, that’s the best and only thing you can do for now xx

And absolutely you may be a day or two out with ovulation, even if you’re tracking. Your egg may not have fertilised immediately, it may have taken a little longer to travel or implant. Far more reasons for it being healthy than not xx

It's meant to double every 48 hours. Looks like it doubled from 12 to 14!

Thanks for the support ladies :) Hopefully everything is ok. My goal at the moment is just to make it to six weeks.

Just remember these tests are designed to give a yes/no to whether you are pregnant, not to tell you how pregnant you are. The darkness of the line can be affected by hcg levels, but also by the type of test, the amount of dye in that particular test, urine concentration etc. Right now, these tests tell you that you're pregnant.

I never got a dark or strong line with DS, he is now 2!
As the others say, if you have a HCG positive result - you are pregnant! Don’t focus on the darkness of the line

Fingers crossed to you x