Anyone 3 dpo on Oct 14th?

[vanzaroni]

Also, when do you all normally start testing? I don't want to start way too soon and just get discouraged

I wouldn't! If you test too early you'll get the let down since there isn't enough hormone to register. I took four tests last month and each time it felt worse dh was let down too. They say to wait until the day your period is due if you can. From what I have seen clear blue seems to be the best test to test early. Good luck! How long have you been ttc?

 

[chelsealynnb]

Lets hope so Chelsea
I hope you do too

We have been trying for 4 months..how bout you ?

We had a surprise pregnancy in January that ended up in a miscarriage. But getting pregnant then made me realize how badly I want another baby! We waited until May because we were in the process of buying a house and wanted to make sure we got it for sure, so we've been NTNP for 3 months and officially trying for about 3 months, so I guess 6 months in total.

 

[chelsealynnb]

I was also 3dpo on the 14th I am also very new to this. I am having right side twinges...which is the same side I THINK I O'd on. At the same time, I wonder how much of it I make up in my head! I'm assuming AF is due for me around the 27th, but I haven't had compeltely regular cycles since stopping BCP. I really enjoy seeing every one else's stories; and seeing when they test. It helps make the TWW not SO bad.

Hi! I would go crazy without this site! I love giving support, advice and asking my own questions and sharing my symptoms and things. Hope you like it here! good luck and to you!!

With your previous pregnancies, what kind of symptoms did you have?

With DS#1 I didn't really have any noticeable symptoms until after I got my BFP, but the earliest ones with him were VERY sore boobs (I couldn't even stand in the shower facing the shower head!) and hot flashes.

With DS#2, I didn't think at all that I was pregnant because I tested 1 week before AF was due and it was a BFN (I obviously tested too early) and we had only BD 3 times that whole month. So 1 week after AF was due, I was driving and kept falling asleep and when I would move certain ways, the ligaments in my stomach would pull (felt like I was pulling stomach muscles) so I decided I better take another test and the BFP was there even before the control line, lol.

With the 3rd pregnancy (miscarriage) I got that pulled muscle feeling in my abdomen and had pregnancy insomnia (I had that almost my entire pregnancy the first time). I didn't get a BFP with that one until 2 weeks after AF was due and even then it was super light, then I started bleeding 2 days later.

 

[chelsealynnb]

Also, when do you all normally start testing? I don't want to start way too soon and just get discouraged

I wouldn't! If you test too early you'll get the let down since there isn't enough hormone to register. I took four tests last month and each time it felt worse dh was let down too. They say to wait until the day your period is due if you can. From what I have seen clear blue seems to be the best test to test early. Good luck! How long have you been ttc?

Be careful with Clearblue, they are notorious for false positives because the blue dye 'runs' and so if you end up getting an evap line, the blue dye will run in it and it can appear positive. I really like First Response because they usually don't even have evap lines, if they are negative they're stark white. Also, when I had my third pregnancy, all the other tests were barely positive and First Response was a super dark BFP! So even though my HCG levels were low, First Response picked them up really well.

 

[chelsealynnb]

Oh, also I usually say that I'm going to wait until AF is due to test but always break down and test around 7DPO lol. I have like 45 pregnancy tests under my sink because I get them off Amazon.com and they are super cheap

 

[jacksonl8805]

I will try to hold out then closer to AF...just so I can avoid the disappointment. If it's going to be a BFN, I want it to truly be a BFN. This is only our first cycle trying. We just got married in August, but since we've been together so long, knew we wouldn't mind kids right away. Because of some previous health issues, I wasn't sure I could even have kids...so getting a positive OPK was a nice surprise. I don't temp yet, so I guess I'm not 100% sure I acutally ovulated. I DEFINITELY had pain when the OPK was positive, so I feel pretty confident. We will give it a while I think before I will start the temping though.

I was really happy to stumble across this website. I've gotten SO much information.

I also ordered pregnancy tests off Amazon; it was such a better deal than in the stores! So I do have quite a few also haha. I hope when we all start testing we get a bunch of BFPs!!

 

[jacksonl8805]

Oh, and I have the strips from Amazon, First Response, and Clear Blue digital. After seeing the stories of people with evap lines, I was far too scared to try anything with blue dye!

 

[vanzaroni]

Also, when do you all normally start testing? I don't want to start way too soon and just get discouraged

I wouldn't! If you test too early you'll get the let down since there isn't enough hormone to register. I took four tests last month and each time it felt worse dh was let down too. They say to wait until the day your period is due if you can. From what I have seen clear blue seems to be the best test to test early. Good luck! How long have you been ttc?

Be careful with Clearblue, they are notorious for false positives because the blue dye 'runs' and so if you end up getting an evap line, the blue dye will run in it and it can appear positive. I really like First Response because they usually don't even have evap lines, if they are negative they're stark white. Also, when I had my third pregnancy, all the other tests were barely positive and First Response was a super dark BFP! So even though my HCG levels were low, First Response picked them up really well.

I use First Response too - off amazon like you ladies I just want a BFP so bad! It's gonna drive me batty to wait

 

[chelsealynnb]

I hope we all get our BFP's this month! I really want a July baby!!

 

[Callie A]

Okay, so i just went to the loo, and iv been doing OPK's still..just to see what they do...and had an urge to use a hcg one as well...even tho im only 6dpo, lol

here are my results since i started testing lh and one hcg at the bottom...
im taking it i o'd on CD15 (making me 6dpo), it was the darkest-and yes, i know, still not 100% positive, but its the closest..CD9 (which would mean id be 12dpo) was also quite dark-but not as dark as CD15

My LH has gotten darker again today, and i dunno if its line eye but i can see a shadow line on the hcg test.....

argh!!! driving me inase this tww...

 

[vanzaroni]

When did you guys last bd? Hopefully around the time you just figured out were o'ing.

 

[Callie A]

Yeah we BD'd on CD8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19....if i O'd on either CD 15 or CD9 i am hopefully covering it with these days...

What do you reckon..?

 

[JenLove]

Yeah we BD'd on CD8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19....if i O'd on either CD 15 or CD9 i am hopefully covering it with these days...

What do you reckon..?

Certainly sounds like you have it covered! Lol!

 

[chelsealynnb]

Okay, so i just went to the loo, and iv been doing OPK's still..just to see what they do...and had an urge to use a hcg one as well...even tho im only 6dpo, lol

here are my results since i started testing lh and one hcg at the bottom...
im taking it i o'd on CD15 (making me 6dpo), it was the darkest-and yes, i know, still not 100% positive, but its the closest..CD9 (which would mean id be 12dpo) was also quite dark-but not as dark as CD15

My LH has gotten darker again today, and i dunno if its line eye but i can see a shadow line on the hcg test.....

argh!!! driving me inase this tww...

With the days that you BD, certainly seems like you have it covered!

 

[chelsealynnb]

Lol didn't mean to exactly quote JenLove! Haha

 

[chelsealynnb]

Here are my OPKs from this cycle:


https://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/cfox01/IMG_4844_zpsdb861642.jpg

We BD 5 mins after I got that surge on CD14 (the third test on that day) and I slept all night with the 'stuff' in me. I had to work on CD15 third shift, so we didn't get to BD. Do you think I have a good chance of catching that egg?? Everything I've read so far says that the most optimal time to BD to conceive is one day before your actual +OPK to give the spermies time to get up there and do this change they have to go through before they can penetrate the egg. So I hope that we timed it just right!!

 

[Callie A]

There could be a chance there chelsea, you're right, it will give the chance to be up there and ready when the egg gets released.
FX for you hun

You're OPK's look a much better brand then mine...mine didnt seem to have much ink in them and sort of got dark...but never darker than the control...

Anyway, we'll wait and see if we get our wont we


to everyone

 

[chelsealynnb]

Mine are Wondofs I think they are called. They're sold on amazon

 

[Callie A]

Okay
Thanks, i got mine off ebay ..

 

[jacksonl8805]

From what I've read, I most definitely think you have a good chance of catching this one! I got my first positive OPK on CD 11 and we had just so happened to BD that evening before I tested. I definitely thought I would get a positive later in my cycle...making me think my cycles may be shorter than I had originally thought. We were lucky enough to get to BD the next day too.

I've heard some say keeping the "stuff" in helps, so gravity isn't working against you. I wonder if there is any truth to it...although I guess it can't hurt! Guess we will see in a couple weeks if that did the trick for you Crossing my fingers.