When do you use an at-home pregnancy test?

Whether you are or are not TTC, how many days after a “late” period do you take a test

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Bonding with dad

Hi, is anyone one else struggling to get the baby to bond with dad? They were fine when he was on paternity leave, but now she just won’t settle on him at all, and starts crying as soon as he holds her, which is heartbreaking.

She’s won’t settle on anyone really, only mummy will do.

If you’re experiencing / experienced this, any recommendations on what can get done? Will it get better with time?

False positive STI

Has anyone here ever received a false positive STI test? How did you and your partner handle it emotionally?

I'm asking because I recently went through something that was honestly very stressful for both me and my husband.

I went to my gynecologist because I was having pain near my ovary. My doctor offered to test for vaginal infections, and to my complete shock, the test came back positive for gonorrhea. I've only been with my husband, and we've been together for 5 years.

As you can imagine, it immediately created a lot of confusion and anxiety. My husband insisted he had never been with anyone else, but it was hard not to question everything after getting that result. To make things more complicated, years ago there was an incident involving one of his coworkers that had already left a small crack in my trust, even though we had worked through it and moved on.

I ended up getting retested. One test came back negative, then I had additional testing done, including a urine test. My husband was tested as well. In the end, all follow-up testing was negative, and my doctor concluded that the original result was a false positive.

I'm incredibly relieved, but the whole experience was emotionally exhausting and put a strain on our relationship for a while. Even though we've talked through it and are doing well now, it made me realize how much damage a single unexpected test result can cause.

Has anyone else experienced a false positive STI test? How did you cope with the fear, uncertainty, and trust issues that came up while waiting for answers? How did your partner react?

Is it just me?

Im 9dpo and just felt the need to test. I’ve been feeling sick which is put down to weather and have been peeing more and I just thought I’d see.
Pretty sure there’s a vvfl and ofc I’ll retest in a few days.

Just curious if anyone else sees what I see.

Was within time frame. Showed up after about 2 min

Confused!

last few days I’ve felt off, my Flo app said ovulation was 5 days ago and I’ve had horrendous insomnia last 2 nights, mild lower back ache, feeling sicky,
Headaches and quick crampings. Not a clue if I’m just overthinking or what!
These symptoms were what had me pregnant with my first baby and we’re trying for number 2…
Could this just be late ovulation? Or could this be something!

Struggling to get pregnant again

Hiya! I am first time mom who got easily pregnant the first go! We are struggling to get pregnant again. Our little one is 9 months and we have been trying for a few months because my dream is 2 under 2!

Is anyone else in the middle of this phase?

Question to everyone but specifically for people with darker skin tones. How would you like parents to talk to their kids if the child mentioned your skin color?

Not in any sort of bad way. But like I have two toddlers the younger one is learning colors. We had a pest control guy come and he had a black truck he is also a black guy so my daughter recognized it but that’s it. I’d like to know how you guys would appreciate me talk to her about it or acknowledging that yes he is a different color but to one day not be rude about it. Something like that. Please let me know if this doesn’t make sense. It wasn’t the first time she’s seen a person of color but because she was talking about the truck that’s why it was brought up. So now do I just go yeah he is black isn’t that cool? Or what do you think?