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I think your lines look great. It sometimes takes 48 hours for a line to darken.
Aww it's a small world!! I'm in Lowestoft. Originally from Thetford x@co_fostermom ooh good luck!! Fx for you!
@Beccaboo828 I used to live in Suffolk (Haverhill) but I’m back home in Newcastle now!
No temp rise for me today. CD61. Ugh.
@TWO2TANGO - I think USA meant to say that digitals are less sensitive - meaning they can only detect pregnancy when there are higher levels of hcg present. What I've noticed in the past is that FRERs don't always progress as quickly as we think they should. It's still a very strong line and AF is only due today. I work with a fertility clinic and when I have embryo transfers, they always encourage me to wait for their blood test, which they don't even take until my period would be about due, and they always tell me that home tests can so easily be false negative, even at 14 or 15dpo. Technology has come a long, long way since your mom was testing for pregnancy. Women can now test much earlier than they used to be able to. For instance, my mom had no clue she was pregnant with me until she was already 6 weeks in. That's almost three weeks after when some home tests can pick up faint traces of hcg today. Tests back then never would have been that sensitive. And they had to wait hours for results instead of minutes. ALSO, I've been TTC for almost 9 years now and I've noticed the same brand test can vary EVEN FROM THE SAME BOX! So, you might get one FRER in a box of three that is more sensitive than the other two. If you happen to grab that one first, there's a chance that the other two will show fainter lines. Lines are not good indicators of hcg levels or how quickly those levels are doubling. Home pregnancy tests ONLY tell you if there's hcg in your urine. That's it. And obviously if there is then you're pregnant and if there's not, then you're not. But a QUANTITATIVE Hcg blood test is going to be the only type of test that will give you the exact answers you are looking for and will be the only type of test that can PREDICT (not PROVE) that a pregnancy is viable. I look at my situation - both embryo transfers that stuck, my numbers were beautiful at the beginning. Doubling nicely. Both ended at about 6 weeks. One ended on its own. The other I didn't find out about until I was 9 weeks and I had to have surgery. Anyway, all this to say, please don't listen to your mom. Stress (cortisol) is the worst thing for your baby right now. Go see a doctor and get peace of mind.
Joanna: Nice that someone else isn't testing early too! I'm waiting until af is really late.