January Snowdrops +*+* Testing Thread *+*+ Ring in the New Year with BFPs!

[Laurabub84]

So today ff decided to give me dashed crosshairs. I had my bloods checked the day before it thinks I may have ovulated and my hcg was measuring at 7. I haven’t been taking opks as I’d only stopped bleeding. Obviously I’m thinking it must be wrong as I still have a small amount of hcg in my system. I took two cheapies today and they aren’t 100% negative but the lines are now shadows that you have to really look to see. Of course out of curiosity I’ve now googled whether you can ovulate while still having small amounts of hcg and theres conflicting information. Some say your levels have to drop to 5 or below for your cycle to go back to pre pregnancy but others are saying it’s absolutely possible and some women claim to have falling pregnant in this way. Taking for example ladies who have trigger shots. I don’t really know how to feel or what to think because if I really have ovulated I wasn’t at all expecting it. We dtd the day before so I would now have a chance of pregnancy if I really have. I’m trying not to think too much of this as I’m fully expecting my temps to drop again. I missed temping on Saturday morning as I’d had a couple of drinks the night before and I know that always makes my temperature higher the next morning.
If I really have ovulated I don’t know if I should feel nervous or excited. I think I’ll be a little worried I’ve let it happen too soon so something will go wrong. There’s no point in fretting now tho I guess because if I’ve ovulated then what’s done is done. Also worried my temps are just going to be erratic and I’ll have a long cycle before my next af. Will see what the next few days bring. I wish I had thought to have started temping from the start of the miscarriage but it was not something I wanted to focus on at the time

 

[PinkCupcakes]

Should I just mark yesterday as O? Since I’m having dark brown/red spotting super lighter with minor pinch cramping. We did BD and there was defiantly some spotting but looks semi old.

 

[NDH]

Laura I have definitely ovulated (and gotten pregnant) with HCG from a loss still in my system. How long were you temping for before FF detected the thermal shift?
Nvm wow I totally didn't see you linked your chart

Pink cupcake I would probably mark it as ovulation if it's feeling like your usual ovulation signs.

 

[PinkCupcakes]

Laura I have definitely ovulated (and gotten pregnant) with HCG from a loss still in my system. How long were you temping for before FF detected the thermal shift?
Nvm wow I totally didn't see you linked your chart

Pink cupcake I would probably mark it as ovulation if it's feeling like your usual ovulation signs.

Yea I normally get the mild pinch cramping, here are my tests over several days. Not sure what to think as all weee flashing

 

[Suggerhoney]

Hi ladies
Happy new year.
Sorry I’ve been a bit mia. Went to a New Year’s Eve party on Saturday night and got a bit merry lol.
was a great night with lots of dancing and giggles:

yes my temp did go back up but not sure what to make of it tbh.
Feeling a bit defeated today as I tested and got a vvvv faint shadowy line on wondfo 10mlU. But I’ve tested again and it was negative.
I am 8dpo.
I’m thinking of only giving it a few more cycles and if I’m still not getting pregnant then I think I’ll be giving up ladies as every month I get so so sad when it’s BFN.
We have been ttc for almost a year and I just feel so defeated. I feel like my body just doesn’t work anymore and I just can’t get pregnant anymore.
Here is my chart.
Zero symptoms. Couldn’t feel less pregnant if I tried.

 

[Suggerhoney]

Congratulations @elmum hope this is it for you.
Can I ask why u had a iui? I can’t afford any kind of fertility treatment.
So for me it has to just happen.
I’m 8dpo and no symptoms.
Pretty sure I’m out again.
Seems I just can’t get pregnant anymore since my miscarriage early June.
So sad.
But happy for you and hope this is it.


@Tasha36089
Hi tash good too see you back and congratulations.
I’ve been ttc for nearly a year so been here for a while. It’s good to see some old faces returning.

@littlewitch
That’s a great peak opk love good luck

@salamander91
Sorry AF came love.

to all the other ladies I wish you all so much luck.

 

[Suggerhoney]

@PinkCupcakes
I’d say ovulation love if your getting your usual signs. Good luck

 

[Suggerhoney]

@jellybeanxx
Hope your ds had a lovely birthday hon.

 

[NDH]

8dpo is still so early to be out, even if you're not feeling any symptoms yet (Ivr always had positive tests before having any symptoms at all

 

[Tasha36089]

Congratulations @elmum hope this is it for you.
Can I ask why u had a iui? I can’t afford any kind of fertility treatment.
So for me it has to just happen.
I’m 8dpo and no symptoms.
Pretty sure I’m out again.
Seems I just can’t get pregnant anymore since my miscarriage early June.
So sad.
But happy for you and hope this is it.


@Tasha36089
Hi tash good too see you back and congratulations.
I’ve been ttc for nearly a year so been here for a while. It’s good to see some old faces returning.

@littlewitch
That’s a great peak opk love good luck

@salamander91
Sorry AF came love.

to all the other ladies I wish you all so much luck.

Thanks, I totally didn’t expect to be back. It’s nice to see familiar faces. I hope you get your bfp soon. Fingers crossed for you

 

[Laurabub84]

Should I just mark yesterday as O? Since I’m having dark brown/red spotting super lighter with minor pinch cramping. We did BD and there was defiantly some spotting but looks semi old.

if your having your usual signs it sounds promising. Do you have any other opks apart from the digital ones just to see?

Laura I have definitely ovulated (and gotten pregnant) with HCG from a loss still in my system. How long were you temping for before FF detected the thermal shift?
Nvm wow I totally didn't see you linked your chart

Pink cupcake I would probably mark it as ovulation if it's feeling like your usual ovulation signs.

Wow, really? I never imagined it would happen while still having some hcg. I’m still not going to be convinced unless my temps continue to rise and stay up. It didn’t dawn on me at all to start opks straight away. I think I’m going to feel a little nervous about it if it really has taken me by surprise. I was expecting a wait from when the bleeding stopped. I’ve actually been trying to prepare myself for a long wait for my next period as I’ve suffered long anovulatory cycles in the past. As I say my temperature could be lower tomorrow and maybe I’ve just had a few random higher ones. I would feel much better trying after a proper period but I just can’t bring myself to wait. We’ve just been dtd when we’ve felt like it for now. Im so glad I decided to start tracking my temperatures, especially if it turns out I really have ovulated.

Hi ladies
Happy new year.
Sorry I’ve been a bit mia. Went to a New Year’s Eve party on Saturday night and got a bit merry lol.
was a great night with lots of dancing and giggles:

yes my temp did go back up but not sure what to make of it tbh.
Feeling a bit defeated today as I tested and got a vvvv faint shadowy line on wondfo 10mlU. But I’ve tested again and it was negative.
I am 8dpo.
I’m thinking of only giving it a few more cycles and if I’m still not getting pregnant then I think I’ll be giving up ladies as every month I get so so sad when it’s BFN.
We have been ttc for almost a year and I just feel so defeated. I feel like my body just doesn’t work anymore and I just can’t get pregnant anymore.
Here is my chart.
Zero symptoms. Couldn’t feel less pregnant if I tried.
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sounds like you had a fun new years. It’s good to take some time out and just have fun. 8dpo is early hun. You say yourself you’ve never had a positive until 10dpo so there’s still a very good chance for you. I understand why you have no hope after trying so long but sometimes it happens when we least expect it to. Im still hopeful for you and I think your chart looks great. Try not to be disheartened by whether or not you get implantation dips either. I had one with dd4 and when I didn’t get it with my son I took that to mean I wasn’t pregnant. Obviously I was. Their charts couldn’t have been more different so I never compare anymore. Sending positive vibes your way hun. Big hugs

 

[Suggerhoney]

@Laurabub84
Your so lovely. Bless you darling.

@NDH yay for cross hairs

 

[Suggerhoney]

Thanks, I totally didn’t expect to be back. It’s nice to see familiar faces. I hope you get your bfp soon. Fingers crossed for you

Thanks love. I did fall in April but that was a Chemical. And then I fell again end of May. That looked good and my tests by 12dpo were blazing and vvvvv dark so thought that was the one, but I sadly went on to have a miscarriage at just over 5 weeks. Early I know but my tests were so dark. Like matching lines on Frer, so it was a hard hit.
Zero pregnancy since that miscarriage and I’m now 43 and even tho I ovulate and I’m regular, I just don’t feel I can fall pregnant anymore.
I want my rainbow so so desperately but I really don’t think it’s going to happen.

 

[Suggerhoney]

if your having your usual signs it sounds promising. Do you have any other opks apart from the digital ones just to see?


Wow, really? I never imagined it would happen while still having some hcg. I’m still not going to be convinced unless my temps continue to rise and stay up. It didn’t dawn on me at all to start opks straight away. I think I’m going to feel a little nervous about it if it really has taken me by surprise. I was expecting a wait from when the bleeding stopped. I’ve actually been trying to prepare myself for a long wait for my next period as I’ve suffered long anovulatory cycles in the past. As I say my temperature could be lower tomorrow and maybe I’ve just had a few random higher ones. I would feel much better trying after a proper period but I just can’t bring myself to wait. We’ve just been dtd when we’ve felt like it for now. Im so glad I decided to start tracking my temperatures, especially if it turns out I really have ovulated.



sounds like you had a fun new years. It’s good to take some time out and just have fun. 8dpo is early hun. You say yourself you’ve never had a positive until 10dpo so there’s still a very good chance for you. I understand why you have no hope after trying so long but sometimes it happens when we least expect it to. Im still hopeful for you and I think your chart looks great. Try not to be disheartened by whether or not you get implantation dips either. I had one with dd4 and when I didn’t get it with my son I took that to mean I wasn’t pregnant. Obviously I was. Their charts couldn’t have been more different so I never compare anymore. Sending positive vibes your way hun. Big hugs

I’m just losing all hope love.
I did have cramping at 5dpo and 6dpo but nothing since.
Cm is thick and white. I’ve had that a few cycles now and it’s been a bfn so I’m pretty sure I am out again.
Don’t know how long I can keep doing this.
Fair dos others have tried years. But at 43 I don’t have years. Maybe I should just count my blessings and accept a rainbow isn’t coming my way. Hate being such a negative moo moo but I’m just so fed up with it all.
Xx

 

[littlewitch]

So hopeful for you elmum.

 

[littlewitch]

AFM, we managed to DTD 3 days before peak, 8 hours before peak and within 24 hours of peak. I don't temp, so I am unsure how quickly I ovulate (or if I even do) following peak.
I am hopeful for this cycle.
Equally though, I am a realist. I know that in 10 cycles of TTC, only 3 cycles have yielded a chemical pregnancy. Even excellent timing guarantees nothing. It is in the hands of the gods.
My goal for this cycle is to be calm and at peace.

 

[PinkCupcakes]

if your having your usual signs it sounds promising. Do you have any other opks apart from the digital ones just to see?

Wow, really? I never imagined it would happen while still having some hcg. I’m still not going to be convinced unless my temps continue to rise and stay up. It didn’t dawn on me at all to start opks straight away. I think I’m going to feel a little nervous about it if it really has taken me by surprise. I was expecting a wait from when the bleeding stopped. I’ve actually been trying to prepare myself for a long wait for my next period as I’ve suffered long anovulatory cycles in the past. As I say my temperature could be lower tomorrow and maybe I’ve just had a few random higher ones. I would feel much better trying after a proper period but I just can’t bring myself to wait. We’ve just been dtd when we’ve felt like it for now. Im so glad I decided to start tracking my temperatures, especially if it turns out I really have ovulated.



sounds like you had a fun new years. It’s good to take some time out and just have fun. 8dpo is early hun. You say yourself you’ve never had a positive until 10dpo so there’s still a very good chance for you. I understand why you have no hope after trying so long but sometimes it happens when we least expect it to. Im still hopeful for you and I think your chart looks great. Try not to be disheartened by whether or not you get implantation dips either. I had one with dd4 and when I didn’t get it with my son I took that to mean I wasn’t pregnant. Obviously I was. Their charts couldn’t have been more different so I never compare anymore. Sending positive vibes your way hun. Big hugs

No, unfortunately I don’t have any normal OPKs, I can order some though

 

[Suggerhoney]

AFM, we managed to DTD 3 days before peak, 8 hours before peak and within 24 hours of peak. I don't temp, so I am unsure how quickly I ovulate (or if I even do) following peak.
I am hopeful for this cycle.
Equally though, I am a realist. I know that in 10 cycles of TTC, only 3 cycles have yielded a chemical pregnancy. Even excellent timing guarantees nothing. It is in the hands of the gods.
My goal for this cycle is to be calm and at peace.

Great timing love, I felt so hopeful when I had my peak and when I ovulated. But it’s when you get to 7 or 8dpo and it’s BFN then that positivity goes out the window.
I always tell others 8dpo is early. So I’ll hold out for 10dpo but I know if I’m staring at another BFN then , then I am out.

 

[littlewitch]

I am hopeful anyway. No amount of worry is going to change whether I can get, or stay, pregnant.
Last cycle, I stressed out so much once I got my first faint positive...and it ended in loss anyway.
I feel like excessive worrying on my part just hurts me and never changes the outcome.

Suggerhoney --i am still hopeful for you.
My first positive last cycle (and always) has not been before 10 dpo.

 

[Suggerhoney]

I am hopeful anyway. No amount of worry is going to change whether I can get, or stay, pregnant.
Last cycle, I stressed out so much once I got my first faint positive...and it ended in loss anyway.
I feel like excessive worrying on my part just hurts me and never changes the outcome.

Suggerhoney --i am still hopeful for you.
My first positive last cycle (and always) has not been before 10 dpo.

Thanks love. I think I’ll probably not test now until Wednesday which will be 10dpo. I’m not 100% sure I ovulated when Ff has me ovulating tho. It may of been the day after. It says I ovulated Xmas day as I had a temp rise the next day but I had a few drinks on Christmas Day and that can raise the temps so I may be a day less than FF has me. But I have a feeling FF is right because did have ovulation pains on Christmas Day. Will just bear it in mind on Wednesday if it is a BFN I’ll give myself till Thursday to be sure this time.
Yeah stress don’t help. But it’s difficult not to stress when you been trying so long. If only it was easier.
Hope we both see BFPs this cycle love. If not for me this cycle then I really hope and pray I see one next cycle and it’s sticky