General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[DobbyForever]

Oh winter on the symptom train interestingly enough all of my pregnancies where I was miserable had complications. I was only miserable with A for one week. Threw up twice (once at implant and once when I skipped dinner and breakfast). Other than that I didn’t have symptoms. I felt amazing his whole pregnancy.

 

[shaescott]

I was bad and took another FRER, maybe a squinter but nothing like this morning’s. I’m chalking it up to diluted urine, because it was fairly light and it wasn’t SMU but rather ThirdMU. I’ll just stick to FMU from now on. Gotta go buy more FRERs now, oops

 

[DobbyForever]

Lol Shae well hopefully it’s just a ruins concentration issue. And I’m for sure not here to judge. You know my motto. A frer 3 pack is less than I spend at Starbucks in a day, less than a month subscription to Hulu I don’t even want to think about how much I spent in hpts with this one. Golly I tested every day with frer and cb early from 7dpo to 27dpo and some days more than once

 

[shaescott]

Dobs yeah it’s not that bad, if I don’t have enough to spare for some extra tests we have a whole nother issue.

SO is already starting to go into protective dad mode. Looking into what I shouldn’t eat, offering to make me lunches for work so I don’t go so long without eating because it’s bad for the baby, etc. I really hope it’s legit because as scared as he is, I think he’d be a little disappointed if it wasn’t real. He’s aware that it’s not 100% yet but wants to make sure we start doing everything right, right away, just in case. I’m also scared for myself, like what if I start spotting on schedule tomorrow or my next FMU test isn’t at least the same if not darker? Stressful. I just want to sleep until tomorrow morning to skip the waiting part. Unfortunately I have work tomorrow and I need to wash my scrubs, so I can’t just sleep the day away.

 

[DobbyForever]

Awww that’s super cute. I mean maybe one way or the other he’ll realize he wants to move forward? If he’s duper traditional, so you think he just felt like oh we have to live together x many whatevers before proposal? Or maybe there’s a specific date he had in mind. If you have it handy, I’d love to see the ring again cuz I remember it being pretty just not exactly what it looks like

 

[gigglebox]

hmm well if it doesn't stick, maybe this will get him into ttc mode?
haha I'm terrible shae, when ttc I often test at LEAST twice a day. But also I have wally cheapies so it doesn't feel as bad. Last pregnancy they worked better for me than frer. I was looking back at my test photos and they progressed nicely. On frer, I had exactly as you did, a squinter at 8dop, blank at 9dpo, then another faint on 10dpo and they finally started to get darker from the next day on. That line is currently playing in the tub soooooo..............

I have to poke fun at you for not wanting to get excited and then getting a ticker going girl I say soak it all up while you can. losses suck regardless, you might as well enjoy the ride instead of dreading it all.

 

[WinterBub]

Thanks for the pregnancy symptom feedback! I don't know- this is quite the rollercoaster. Obviously really hopeful for good news, but can't shake the feeling of impending doom. Would be lovely to feel great for the whole pregnancy- that sounds so enjoyable! Time will tell, just hate the waiting. I feel you on wanting to sleep the day away, Shae!

My outside theory is that your OH might have been dragging his feet on the proposal etc because he knows you have baby fever. Obviously, once you guys got married I think it would be clear that you would want to get to baby making right away. So, him dragging his feet a bit now is maybe less about not taking the next step, and more about not wanting to rush it all. Ifykwim. Hopefully you'll get a clear, dark bfp in the next day or two and that will be that. so you guys will really get married right away if you're pregnant?

That's really interesting about the pcr, Dobby. And that's a real bummer that the at home tests are basically garbage then! There's money down the drain. He's still pretty bad. Did a telemed as he hasn't eaten anything (well, kept anything down) in days at this point. He is drinking, so they're not concerned. Also no fever, so she felt that was a strike against anything bacterial. It is just that this seems we beyond a run of the mill stomach bug- quite brutal symptoms and this is now day 5. They did float the idea of appendicitis, but we pressed on his stomach and it seemed ok. He obviously found it uncomfortable all over- appendicitis would apparently be really painful on the lower right ("they jump off the table when I press" said the Dr). What a nightmare. OH is less worried, so will see how the next day goes.

 

[DobbyForever]

Lol gigs I was like should I point out the ticker ? I love you Shae

just to be a bit of DA here, you know the frer indent situation is bad lately. And if your beta was a 2 yesterday, then realistically those lines aren’t reliable because your hcg is under the threshold. I know I had squinter the two mornings up to my bfp with all my pregnancies but my early betas had me at 50 by 2 days later, so realistically my squinter were around over that 6.7 and my bfps were at a bhcg of 20-25. And given how bad the shadows/indents have been with your beta coming back , I don’t want to be Debbie downer but I think it’s premature to call it a bfp/loss. Regardless though, I know if it doesn’t turn into a solid unmistakeable bfp or af comes how much that will hurt. So I do really hope it does

 

[WinterBub]

"That line is currently playing in the tub"

Also, I clearly can't see your signatures/tickers on my tablet. Boo!

 

[DobbyForever]

Oh winter yeah appendicitis is scary. Hopefully not that. It’s so hard when they’re sick. . Especially now when they’re trying to keep everybody out of the clinics as much

and I wouldn’t say the antigen is useless cuz I’ve seen it work for people but yeah she was like no if you have symptoms of exposure and it’s neg you should get a pcr test. I think even the White House said the same I was reading it yesterday

 

[gigglebox]

Winter that explains why you don't have tickers yourself, if you can't see them! I love tickers. They're just fun. There I said it.

I wish all the old threads weren't deleted I know why they were but I would have gone back to find my old testing thread with ds1. I had one day where I took at test and a beta within like an hour of each other to compare. But gosh I have NO clue what it was now, that seemed like ages ago!

Thanks re-sharing your tests Dobs, looks like you also had the test line fade and come back as I did last time.

 

[DobbyForever]

Tickers at fun. Idk when I’m going to take hers down. Probably not anytime soon, not really ready to let her go just yet. That’s so odd about not being able to see them . Can you see the rest of people’s signatures at least?

so the old threads do exist. They’re harder to find on your phone. But if you go to that forum section and then use the search function, you should still be able to find them. If not, you can hop on a computer and manually go through the pages. If I want A’s old gender stuff, I go to the gender prediction forum and then enter a keyword and/or search by user then be sure to leave the search this forum only on. Idk why it only works that way vs searching any other way

re tests there’s a glare on the 8dpo but from
8dpo to 9dpo it got darker. I couldn’t see either really in person until days later. I wouldn’t have tested again if I wasn’t crazy bloated and had cramping. Had so many false indent lines lately

 

[shaescott]

I literally was thinking about the ticker as I wrote that I didn’t want to get too excited I don’t but also I do. I really hope it’s not an indent considering it’s darker than yesterday. I honestly didn’t even think about the chance of it being a nasty evap/indent. I saw someone do an experiment with hcg I literally was thinking about the ticker and I wrote that I didn’t want to get too excited I don’t but also I do. I really hope it’s not an indent considering it’s darker than yesterday. I saw someone do an experiment with hcg from IVF trigger shots and diluted it and the lowest they did was 5miu and it was a light but still obvious pink line, darker than my line. So I think the 6.5 or whatever miu they say isn’t quite accurate.

 

[gigglebox]

Well I, for one, still believe your eggo is preggo and looking forward to more tests. Also let’s see this ring!

dobs biggest hugs to you. You do you and will receive no judgement here for keeping your ticker.

Oh thanks for the tip on the forums. I’ll have to look on my pc. The phone is a bear to navigate

 

[shaescott]

this was the ring I asked for

 

[tdog]

ladies can I join this thread please

@shaescott that ring is amazing xx

 

[DobbyForever]

Welcome tdog! The more, the merrier.

shar love the ring esp the little heart swirl underneath

yeah sorry you all know me thrice bitten twice shy. Really hoping I’m just guarded and wrong, you said af is due tomorrow?

Gigs the reason I’m wary is I’ve gotten all sorts of crazy lines lately with wondfo, cb early, and frer. Honestly in person/in pics I couldn’t tell apart my squinters from indents. One of those is my squinter and one is my indent. ETA would help if I didn’t upload the same photo lol

 

[DobbyForever]

I guess A wanted to sneak his picture in there too spassy a** phone lol

 

[tdog]

@DobbyForever I do see them lines and I get what you mean I'll upload mine from last week af got me tho 3 days ago tbh it's been a weird period only 3 days been clots aswell (sorry tmi) but not mass of clots like normally and my periods always last 5-7 days so strange here's the frer I got last week, and love the photo of little man he a stunning little lad xx

 

[WinterBub]

Fingers crossed you get something darker tomorrow, Shae. When would you be expecting AF? And I agree- that's a beautiful ring.

A is a beautiful little boy, Dobby! his hair is so beautiful. (Is it wrong to be jealous of a child's hair?) i hope the little guy is feeling better. Stupid covid.

Welcome, tdog! Sorry about your recent CP.