33yr ttc#2 - buddies needed!!!

[citrusfruit]

So excited I forgot to upload it!!! Only 7dpo and pretty sure I cant be any more!

 

[happycupcake]

I'm sure I can see a faint line there! Each time I try to tweak it it goes so pixelated it blurs the pink from the control line across the test too much
Can you take it back out and photograph it? I know they are a pain in the backside to put back together and I think it's a little more centred than they usually are as I can see a line a little further to the left side than it would be if the control were more to the right, if this makes any sense

 

[citrusfruit]

Yeh, I couldn't get it back together properly! I'll have another go out of the case...

 

[citrusfruit]

Urgh it's not letting me upload, it keeps saying the file size is too large.

 

[happycupcake]

Try resizing on picresize, I use this sometimes

 

[citrusfruit]

I'll have another go later, thanks cupcake

 

[citrusfruit]

There we go, think I've done it

 

[citrusfruit]

Argh you can't see it half as clearly. Never mind, I'll just have to wait until tomorrow I guess!

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

I'm seriously loving all these lines!!

Ladders, I'm waiting for your test!

Happycupcake, Yayyy!! Bfp for sure!!

Citrus, I see it on both tests! It's so early though so still plenty of time to progress!

Sander I think Sander? I hope lol IDK why I keep getting Sander and Duster mixed up lol anyway I was having some pretty bad cramps around my ovaries then it moved to the middle to my uterus and I'm assuming that was implantation? It was like af cramps but worse (for me because I don't usually get much on cramps on or around af) I kept thinking that I was having cramps for the past couple of days but last night I realised that it was in my groin area and not my ovaries. Which I'm happy about even though it still hurts. It's mostly at night but I do still get cramps in my uterus area occasionally during the day now. I've only felt the cramps there once today and no groin pain yet today. But oh my gosh my boob's hurt soooo bad today! But I'm happy they are getting bigger lol!

OK so I want to dye my hair. I'm a natural blonde but I dye it brown sometimes. It's blonde now but I want to go back to brunette. Is it safe to dye my hair this early on? If not then I'll wait. Oh and in case it matters I'm 16dpo and 4w3d today.

 

[happycupcake]

Citrus, I see something but I can't tell the colour? Is it pink in real life? It's so hard photographing these faint lines!

Kim, I think you get them confused because when I think of sander I automatically think of dust because when you sand stuff down it leaves dust. Lol! Perhaps this is why?
With the hair dye, most of them have something called PPD in them, which is responsible for penetrating the hair with pigment, I think. It's a potential allergen, so do a skin test first, behind the ear AND on the inside of your elbow. Any redness, rash, irritation, itching, anything at all don't use it. Most of the time they are fine, but there have been quite a few cases over here where people have had allergic reactions to these dyes (the darker they are, the more PPD is in them, btw), and a few have gone into anaphylactic shock and died. You may be more sensitive when pregnant, hormones can also alter the colour (my mum's eyebrows went purple once lol!) so do a strand test too. You should always practice skin tests each time you use any hair dye, particularly those with PPDs, because it's completely possible to have used them safely for many years and then develop an allergy randomly. Our skin's chemical make up is always changing, so this is why.
If you want to avoid the risk, have it done through a cap like highlights, instead. This is what I do if I want it dyed. This way, contact with the skin is highly unlikely because the cap is in the way. You do have a small amount of roots untouched, but having gone light blonde to dark brunette this way, I can say I didn't actually notice the roots. Foils will get closer to the roots but you risk coming into contact with the skin a little more.
You could opt for something more friendly like henna, but because it's a metallic dye, this means using any other dye over this, even a few years after, will result in weird colour changes. I used it, then had light blonde highlights a year or so later and the hair leftover which had remnants of henna on it still, went green lol
It's beautiful stuff, but it can be hard to deal with. I also don't know how the henna would react during pregnancy, if it would go the right colour. And also, there's always an element of red/auburn in it because of the plant

 

[curiousowl]

I think I see it! Congrats cupcake!

 

[citrusfruit]

Here's what this afternoon's test looks like dried...

PS sorry it's wonky I couldn't get it back in the case! Excited to test again tomorrow now.

 

[happycupcake]

Ooo Citrus! Definitely a line

 

[ladders]

Citrus I see it clearly!!!!!!

 

[happycupcake]

It's quite pixelated but here's a tweaked version, then invert and greyscale. I think congratulations are in order, Citrus

 

[ladders]

Finally tested and I think are darker again, they came up much quicker and can see them from further away. Do you think they are progressing ok though? Pictures are yest pm tonight after about 2 mins and then the third dried a bit so prob 7 mins

 

[happycupcake]

I think they are fine, these ICs are sods for quick progression I think. Do you have any other tests?

 

[ladders]

Not yet but I'm going to get some tomorrow, what would you recommend the Superdrug ones or the frers? I'm going to get a couple of digitals as well because if all goes ok I want to do a digital to give dh as a bday present sat, or do you think that's too early?

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

They look good, Ladders! Yay congratulations!!

Also Citrus, I think I need to say congratulations to you too!! Yayyy! All these bfp's! I'm so excited!

Happycupcake, I already congratulated you on the other thread (I think? Lol) but congratulations again!!

I'm so happy we all get to be bump buddies too!

Now all we need is the rest of the ladies to test and show us their bfp's too! This has got to be a lucky thread!

 

[ladders]

It really has to be! I thought I'd be trying for ages after last time! Although don't want to jump the gun, I'm certain my lines aren't evaps but worried about a chemical because of never tested this far before af due