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From the community

Recent discussions

weird pregnancy test

is this invalid? can you guys see two lines?

Is this dark LH for 4 days DPO

So I felt the urge to test and I didn’t want to waste a pregnancy test this early but now I’m confused. I feel like my LH should have dropped by now. The app put it at 84. My peak was 108 4 days ago. I know some people test LH along with pregnancy test but I’ve never done that. Any advice?

Is this positive or evap?

Keep getting this it was slight fader day before but I don’t know as I’m feeling not much symptoms to be honest if this is positive clear and simple test

Should this be more darker?

I think I’m either 4 weeks today or tomorrow

Grandparents Visits

Hi, LO is 5.5 months and both sets of grandparents live 10-15 min away. When LO was a newborn, visits were frequent, now once a week from my side and maybe every other week from dads. I want baby to be close to her grandparents and for them to know baby’s cues. They grow so fast and what was happening one week could be so different the next. Because she’s still little, it would be nice for visits to happen instead of expecting us to visit them (though who doesn’t like to feel special with a visit) Sooo who should visit who? Both ways? More on their end than ours?

Ovulation question

So my Flo app says today is my expected ovulation. These are my test from the last 6 days and the bottom one is today. Do I need to have sex today and tomorrow or should I be ok with today. We’ve been having sex daily and last night we did 2 back to back rounds😜 and was able to make him cum twice🎉🎉 just want to know when I can chill on sex and if my test look okay

Absent Family

Any advice for a first time mum who hasn’t got a village to help? It’s just me and my partner. I thought my family (who live 30 minutes drive from us) would be more involved in their first grandchild but they’ve visited 3 times in 4 months. We went out yesterday and everything I was doing with my baby was wrong or criticised. I can’t win and I’m feeling very upset about it. My in laws all live in Scotland and would love more than anything to be closer. Any advice from others who don’t have family help? We knew it would be mostly us raising our baby, but I didn’t think they would be this bad

First sign of positive?

Have many days DPO did your pregnancy tests pick up a slight positive please? 🙏

Is this positive?

3 days till period

Have I missed my ovulation this month?

I track BBT with my oura ring, and I haven't properly tracked LH this cycle as I wanted to take a slightly more relaxed approach.

I did test on CD14, CD17, CD18, CD19 and CD20 which were all negative. CD15 & CD16 we were away on a anniversary trip so I didn't test.

I usually ovulate CD16-18 and my temp clearly rises but this month it hasn't.. I know oura takes skin temperature so it could be off, and have just bought a thermometer for next cycle.

Has anyone had similar BBT and still been pregnant? Or have I likely not ovulated this cycle?

Is that positive or negative?

I saw a faint line when it was wet or might have been my eyes (hopefully not) but when it dried I didn’t see another line.

Faint positive and need to tell someone!

I just got the faintest positive test after 6 months TTC!!! SO MANY emotions!!! What do I do now?

No Baby This Month

I’m really sad. We’d decided to start trying for our second baby and timed everything perfectly. At what would have been 10 DPO, I got my period. Some days, it feels like there’s no way we’d be lucky enough to conceive again.

Pregnant first positives can't believe it

Going off app 4 weeks and 5 days results cane up straight away lime 30 seconds not with morinh ped taken them over the course of today

Feeling overwhelmed

So i am white and the father most likely is black. (Please don't judge) i feel like i'm gonna get all the time while out with the baby "awh, how cute! Who's baby is it?" Any other biracial moms get this and how did you handle the situation?

Welp.

It was hard to get the line on camera. It's SO FAINT. I had a negative test on Nov 2 in the evening but this today. I'm going to get some first response to try that... But does anyone else see it? 😬

This would be #5, and I was taking BC. But I had weird light period or bleeding Oct. 11-15 after having my period Sept 28-Oct 2, but assumed the Oct 11-15 was a weird period so took the "period" pills so wondering if I somehow messed myself all the way up and ended up pregnant after that (I've only been on BC a few months and take it every day). Idk. I'm just panicking I guess. Like I said... I'll be grabbing some first response regardless but wanted to see if anyone else saw it (it was easier to see in person and now that it's dry it's definitely there but I know that no longer counts).

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