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Im having my hormones checked and these are what they are checking. Will this be able to tell me if Im going to struggle to conceive or not? I never struggled with my first I got pregnant 5 days after coming off of contraception. Doctor told me that I must be very fertile but been really struggling to conceive again. I just started my period today and Im really upset to say the least. Im getting blood work done on Monday as he said I need to be on my period and has to be the 2nd or 3rd day of my period.

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Your hormones aren’t the only thing involved in conception. These tests will tell you if there are any imbalances that need correcting to help conception but bloods alone won’t tell you that you will or won’t be able to conceive

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Well nothing is guaranteed to tell you for certain.

First thing to remember is there’s 2 of you involved in conception. It’s not always just the woman that has things going on that can impact fertility.

Women world wide have barrels of tests all normal and they still struggle. Some are told they will never conceive and go on to have 3/4/5 babies

Each month there’s actually only 15-25% chance of conception in a perfectly normal healthy person

What the chances are is that your body went into overdrive first time round and withdrawal from contraception actually increased certain hormones that help with implantation or even caused hyper-ovulation and now your body is back to baseline it’s taking longer this time

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I’m from the uk, I had blood tests repeated around my cycle and ultrasounds to check ovary health and fallopian tubes etc. my husband also had tests done!

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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??

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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.

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Help pls

I'm 7 weeks pp. Not had sex or even done anything but my tests have come back positive. I wouldnt test but had symptoms of pregnancy so I tested. What does this mean? Google says it should have been negative at this stage unless its a new pregnancy or bits of placenta has been left behind. I had a c section so 🤷‍♀️

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Is it normal to test positive still? (Wouldn't usually do one)

Not the best pic and clearer in person. Is this normal? I've not had any sex since having my LO but I've had strong cravings, sense of smell is strong and my hair still hasnt started to fall out. Im 7 weeks pp so 🤷‍♀️ I wouldnt normally bother testing but with those symptoms that I never really have its like whats going on. Cravings for something very specific too and can only get from KFC now 😩 so its annoying

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Can baby mamas be friends?

My son has an older brother from his biodad. Biodad has never had contact with my son. One thing lead to another though and the other child's mother and I got in contact and are planning a meeting for the boys. Biodad has no idea any of this has happened. Biodad also hasnt had contact with the other child in about 2 years. Just thoughts, opinions, anyone been through something similar?
Edit-Thank you all! Have definitely been feeling somewhat weird about it because we never met before but now know it can be a good thing definitely helps. I can't wait for them to meet. My son has been asking for a brother and I can now happily tell him he has one. That just happens to be 13. Im sorry for yall that fight/have issues with the other baby mamas. Sadly some women rather be stuck on the men, when the kid is the one who really matters. They're the ones that end up getting hurt and missing out.

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Ovulation test

Please please someone clarify if this test is positive. Im pretty sure it is but Im in disbelief at the minute I haven’t ovulated in 8 months. I feel like crying lol. When is the best time to have sex?

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