Trying for a baby

I was exactly 4 weeks from my cycle when I found out, the line was very faint, amazingly my partner guessed before I did as I was so tired 😅

It is really hard. But it is not super predictable. Months where I thought there is perfect chance I ended having 17 day cycles. The one I was certain is impossible- I found out I was pregnant a week before my misses period. Try not to think about it. If your period is late then test not otherwise. You will probably know if you get pregnant. I couldn’t finish my morning coffee for a first time in my life which is how I knew something is different that’s why I took a test early!

I stopped testing and waited for my period. It was a waste of money and time to test obsessively and awful on our mental health. definitely hard waiting regardless though, no advice on that 😭
when I found out I was pregnant, I tested on a fluke the day I was due to get my period. had a couple of random tests I wanted to use up including an expired one. sooooo I used that one first and it came up positive. so I did two more with two other different tests. all positive. and then obsessively kept checking every day until my bloodwork was done. I think I tested every day for two weeks and then every once in a while until my viability scan. it took us 11 months of trying for a positive.

It literally took me years to concieve. I stopped using the cheap tests daily and would use one knock off first responder test (highly accurate but only about $4) on the day my period was due.

The cycle I actually got pregnant, my boobs were so sore starting 4 days before my period that I broke down and tested 2 days early and the knock off first responder test gave me a clear line. I am due in 16 days 😊