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Bit worried? Someone help

So I’m tracking my line progression as I found out on the 8th I’m pregnant. I’m around 5 weeks at this point.

I’ve been taking 2 kids of test to track like progression.

This was from last night as I wanted to see how dark a line was in an evening.

Then the strips, the middle one was yesterday morning and the bottom was was this morning - however, I feel like on my other tests to track, my test is lighter this morning, than it was 48 hours ago….. and lighter than the one I took last night.

Should I be worried?

Faint line or evap line?

I tested 2 days ago and got a negative. Retested this morning and thought it was another negative. I didn’t look at it for the full time, just a minute or so. I looked a little later and think I can see a faint line but could it be evaporation line? Period is 5 days late. Please help.

Positive

I’m pregnant and happy me and my husband been planning this for awhile

What do you think?

I took this test yesterday (5 dpo) and it's the boots 5 days early pregnancy test, i thought it was an early positive but now im doubting it because apparently there tests aren't very reliable and have indent lines all the time? but this showed up right away...i hate the 2 week wait

Line progression

Does this progression look positive? I am roughly 18dpo and according to LMP 5 weeks pregnant. The bottom test is 2 days ago 16dpo middle yesterday and top one is today. I’m concerned as it’s not looking much darker?

IUD

I’m due to give birth soon and I’m considering getting an IUD fitted at the time or soon after. Can you please share your experiences of either copper or hormonal IUDs? I’m leaning more towards copper. I’ve never used any form of contraception before (apart from condoms) so I’m quite anxious about potential side effects

Advice for someone considering trying for a 2nd child please 🙏

We have been backwards and forwards on having another for a long time but I think we are pretty set on trying for a 2nd. Does anyone have any useful advice or tips on having a second child?!

Advice on boundaries

Hi mums! I'm desperate for some advice regarding setting boundaries with my mother.

For context, my husband (27) and I (25) currently live at home with my parents. I'm pregnant with our first baby during the week of Christmas and struggling with trying to set boundaries with my mother regarding our baby especially within the first few weeks of her life.

My mother is under the impression that I need to follow in the same footsteps as my older sister who allowed visitors in hospital to her twin babies within days of them being born, however I do not feel comfortable with this as I am due to give birth during peak flu/illness season and Christmas, and I am wary about getting our baby ill, plus the fact that I will be recovering from birth already at home with my parents and I would like to spend time with my husband and our baby, learning how to breastfeed and getting used to being a family together and building routines with our baby before we start passing her around to visitors. My mother is adamant that regardless of when our baby is born, there will be lots of family coming to visit myself and the baby when I have stated my discomfort with visitors directly after giving birth and I feel at my wits end trying to explain that I would really like to decide for myself when I feel that I am ready for anyone to visit.

My dilemma is that we live at home with my parents and it is their house: I know I do not have the right to tell them who they can and cannot have in their house at any point but I would have hoped that I could at least have time with my newborn baby and husband as a new family and time for me to recover from birth. Since our baby is due around Christmas there is the possibility that she could be born on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, for example. Our family visits on Boxing Day for gifts and Christmas dinner, and my mother insists that she will not stop the family from visiting on Boxing Day if I do end up giving birth within that week before or on Boxing Day.

Is there any way I can get through to her about my discomfort around visitors without sounding like I am trying to police who visits her home? She has told me I can just stay in my bedroom with the baby whilst the family visits but I cannot be locked in my bedroom all day with my baby just to avoid unwanted visitors. My sister in law tells me that my mother is being unreasonable and that since it is my baby I should be able to decide when I am ready for visitors, but she does live at home with us and my mother will not budge.
Please help!

VFL or dodgy test?

Posted another photo in comments. Read when it stated but the dye didn’t settle fully. I feel I can see 2 lines but maybe just my eyes? Anyone else?

Evap line

Anyone had an evap line that turned into a positive ?? ☹️😫

Nervous

So my clear blue 6 day early test (taken when 2 days late) was somewhat dark.

I’m now 4 days past due period.

But my strip test (in comments) is quite light…. Am I right to be concerned? Or am I just worrying myself over nothing?

One day late advised to test by Flo app

Is there a line or is it faulty

QUESTION (CVS PREGNANCY TEST)

HAS ANYONE HAD A FAINT POSITIVE CONSTANTLY WITH CVS BLUE DYE ADVANCED PREGNANCY TEST??
(SUPER EARLY DPO)

Negative?

I’m getting delusional please help lol. 9 dpo

dye stealer?

is this a strong test line i heard dye stealer ? im hoping so as its my 8th pregnancy as sadly lost 7 so paranoid

8 dpo testing negative

I am 8dpo negative tests
Has anyone had fully negative tests at 8 dpo and still ended up getting a positive?
I’m actually losing all hope and becoming miserable, I just want to have another baby

help!

do you guys see a VERY faint line or is just me?
I got an extremely faint test on 2 of these tests but when I do digital I get negative.
what do you guys think!!

Negative test :(

I think I’m 8-9 DPO today and got a negative test this morning :( feeling disappointed because I see so many women on Reddit and other sites who have positive tests this early. Makes me feel like my chance is gone this cycle :’( anybody else at a similar stage in their cycle?

Question…

If you could live your life again with the same knowledge you have now, would you choose to have children?

Take out of the equation who your children are.

I had such a blessed life before children. And I feel like overall, I’m definitely a more stressed, angry and sad person than I was before. If I knew what I knew now, I don’t think I would do it. I know that sounds really harsh but I think the people who decide not to have kids are the ones who have really done their research and had proper hands on experience dealing with kids for extended periods of time.

I think you’d be lying if you didn’t have this thought before, even just got a fleeting second of your life….

Why is it so hard

Why is TTC the most mentally draining thing😭 I wish I could just be excited to be trying and for what I hope is to come in the future but it has taken over every thought I have