Feeling positive

Can I please share something!

It marks a year today that I’ve started tracking my ovulation and Also officially one year since we’ve been TTC.

One year later - I finally got my first darkest line on the test strip and a smiley face again on my digital 😭

My periods are always irregular. I fell pregnant in August 2023 (last period was back in April) then had MMC in October. Baby was measuring 9 weeks 6 days on our 12 week scan.

My period is 12 days late and I’m like ok give me back my period so I can start again. My dog has been protective over me the past few days and I’ve been hungry all the time. My partner is like just do a test and I did ovulation 2 days ago and it was low so I’m like Yh period is coming because pregnancy test is negative.

Today, I’m 12 days late but I think either I ovulated late or missed my period completely and ovulated today. But either way, I am so so happy because after one year of TTC and 3 months post MMC - we’ve finally got our first smiley face.

To anyone who feels depleted or feels there is no hope. There is hope. We’ve just to let our bodies a chance to heal and start again. I am feeling hopeful and positive.

Sending baby dust to you all ❤️

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Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.