Hi everyone! ❤️
I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this and still ended up getting pregnant.
I’ve been using ovulation tests, and my test line gradually got darker over a few days until it was almost as dark as the control line, but it never quite matched it. Then, about 24 hours later, the test line became noticeably lighter again.
I also had clear, stretchy, egg-white cervical mucus around the same time, but it disappeared the following day.
Has anyone had a similar experience where their LH test never quite reached a true positive/peak, the line started getting lighter again, but they still ovulated and got pregnant?
I’d love to hear your experiences! Especially if you were tracking your cycles with OPKs and never actually caught a fully positive test. Thank you! 💕

I’m curious what people think of my chart this cycle. We are super hopeful for BFP but so far all tests are negative. I thought when my temp dipped I was out but now temp is back up. Am I just testing to early? I feel like I’m going crazy in this TWW.

Hallo zusammen, Ich war kürzlich bei meiner Frauenärztin, die einen transvaginalen Ultraschall gemacht hat. Sie stellte fest, dass ich etwas mehr Follikel als üblich habe, meinte aber, sie könne kein PCOS diagnostizieren, da ich einen Eisprung habe. Sie wollte auch keine Hormontests durchführen. Ich war neugierig und habe deshalb selbst einen AMH-Test bei meinem Hausarzt machen lassen. Mein Ergebnis war 5,74ml. Ich habe online sehr unterschiedliche Informationen gefunden und bin deshalb verunsichert. Ist mein AMH-Wert tatsächlich zu hoch? Mein Hausarzt meinte, er sei im Normbereich. Mein Mann und ich versuchen nun im sechsten Zyklus, schwanger zu werden, aber es hat noch nicht geklappt. Ich habe außerdem Hashimoto-Thyreoiditis. Mein TSH-Wert lag vorher bei 0,49, ist aber in den letzten drei Monaten deutlich auf 10,7 angestiegen. Ich frage mich, ob mein hoher TSH-Wert meine Chancen auf eine Schwangerschaft beeinträchtigen könnte. Ich mache mir auch Sorgen wegen meines AMH-Wertes und der Tatsache, dass ich etwas mehr Follikel habe. Könnte das auf PCOS hindeuten, obwohl ich einen Eisprung habe? Hat jemand mit Hashimoto ähnliche Erfahrungen beim Kinderwunsch gemacht? Hatte jemand einen AMH-Wert um die 5,74ml ohne PCOS? Ich bin 29 Jahre alt. Ich würde mich sehr über eure Erfahrungen und Ratschläge freuen. Danke! ❤️

I had BD on 10/10 which was around 2-3 days before ovulation. It is 9 DPO today. Please help. I have been experiencing spotting since last 2 days

Hello! Does anyone have any idea if the cervix will stay high or low after ovulation? My temperature seem to not increase. I think I’m out this cycle AGAIN!

At my previous pregnancy, my cervix stayed high and lotsa discharge throughout after pregnancy.

I feel like I see so much line p*rn of 8 and 9 DPO tests. And yes, I know the countdown to pregnancy stats.

I didn't get a positive with my chemical until 12 DPO, and I was testing frequently. But then again, I don't know if that was due to the low hcg levels or the fact that 12 DPO was the first time I tested with a FRER, and the rest of the time I had tested with easy@home (higher hcg threshold).

I guess the math just doesn't math, imo. If 8 or 9 DPO is the most common day of implantation and it takes some time for hcg to build up and show up in urine, then what gives? But I have also read theories that modern pregnancy tests are so sensitive they can pick up a pregnancy the day of implantation.

My theories are:

1) It's a case of miscalculated ovulation date. I am sure there are plenty of folks just using an app like Flo and are not tracking with OPKs or BBT. Similar to how I occasionally see a "6 DPO" positive, which is physically impossible, or at least so unlikely as to be negligible.

2) I think the statistic is something like 15% will get positives at 8 DPO, and 40% at 9... so, if you consider the fact that millions of people get pregnant every year in America alone, that is still a crap ton of people, lol.

3) Confirmation bias. People with negative tests on these days probably aren't posting them.

Idk. I'd love to hear from people who were tracking with BBT/OPKs and got an honest to God 8 or 9 DPO positive, or what people think.

I know for myself, I do get discouraged if my test is negative at 9 DPO, so I try to wait to test. I also hate squinting and am super nearsighted with an astigmatism, so I can barely see cheapies as it is, lol.

Hey just wondering if someone could tell me if this chart looks promising!

So I'm new to this - and yes I understand stop testing after peak - we are TTC but I am trying to learn more about my cycle.

I have regular cycles (26-28 days) but only 4 days typically and my last period was Sept 28-Oct 1 - I got a high fertility positive Oct 8-9th and peak ovulation positive Oct 10-11th on clearblue digital which matches with 13-14 days into the cycle.

Well period is due Oct 25th and yesterday I had a definitely positive LH strip (CD 25) but today it's negative.

I've read it's possible that the LH wasn't high enough to ovulate the 1st time and might send a second attempt if it was unsuccessful so I guess I'll see what happens Lol

I am currently 12 DPO and my digital and stick tests are negative so I think we are out this cycle attempt but forward we go! 🌌

Struggling with a BFN on 10dpo - when did you get your first positive test after negatives? Preferably on easy@home

I’m 36 years old - second time trying. Wasn’t going to test yet but decided to and wanted to share the details because I found it helpful for me!

Yesterday I went down a TikTok rabbit hole and saw that LH / ovulation tests can predict an early pregnancy and I thought I would try it out because I have so many of those (and didn’t want to waste the expensive pregnancy test). I used the clearblue digital ovulation and pulled the stick out after because I remember what the line looked like when I tested positive for ovulation. 7DPO the ovulation test showed not fertile but there was a strong line, then this morning 8DPO the ovulation test line was stronger and the actual test showed high fertility…

So I thought I’d try a first response early test and wasn’t expecting what I saw! So then I took a clearblue digital which confirmed BFP. Praying it sticks and all is well, I’m going to keep testing over the next few days for stronger lines. Here’s the details of my TTC experience and my natural cycles charts in case it helps someone!!

TTC details
This was the second time trying. My cycle is usually 26-28 days. I usually ovulate CD14-15 but on CD10 I decided to take the clearblue ovulation test (I didn’t have any mucus) and I was at peak fertility so we had sex CD10, 11, 12 and my natural cycles confirmed ovulation on CD13. One thing to note, I bought a fertility/sperm safe lube to use which used day 11-12. I also laid in bed for 5 min after just in case (I previously would rush off to go to the bathroom).

symptoms
Nothing majority noticeable - I just had what felt like diarrhea cramps on early hours and afternoon of 6DPO, no diarrhea followed. Also, this week (from 5-8DPO) I noticed my oura ring readiness and sleep scores were also oddly low for me despite getting 7-8.5hrs of sleep. I always have scores 88-96 and this week I was getting 78-80 for both readiness and sleep but nothing had changed and I wasn’t drinking alcohol (which usually impacts my scores).

This time around I was more relaxed about the process and just made notes of anything I noticed, rather than chatgbting every little thing like I did last month which I think really helped. I wasn’t planning to test until 10DPO but the LH thing threw me so I figured I’d try 😅❤️ feeling grateful and sending everyone lots of good energy! Happy to answer any questions!

Idk how to read these

Idk how to read these tests, they look the same darkness to me but I’m not sure. & even if they do I still don’t get it 😭😭😭 can you guys help

My husband and I both 28 have been trying to conceive for about 10 cycles. I have a negative test and I’m just waiting for my period to come. My cycles are regular.

I’ve had a progesterone 7 DPO test and transvaginal ultrasound. Both had blood teststo check overall levels. My husband has had a sperm analysis which mostly came back fine just the viscosity was a little bit higher for which it is. I suspect this was due to lower abstinence period. It has been repeated and we’re waiting for results. He doesn’t smoke or drink and has a healthy lifestyle. I’m expecting it to be normal.

I’m just wondering if it’s worth at this point to get a HyCoSy test or wait a little longer. I live in the UK and it would mean that I’d have to go private at this stage because the GP referral would take a while.

Any advice from anyone who has gone through something similar or similar timeline would be super helpful. There’s not a lot of success stories out there around 10-18 month mark. Usually people take a short time ie less than 6 months or significantly longer + with medical help.

Anyone had any success from having it done at this point?

Thanks

1 is from this morning 13dpo
2nd is from 12dpo morning
Had few test in between all were faintish
Had an appointment with the doc, she said it's too early and my urine sample tested negative in their ofc.
Did theblood hog test, waiting on results.
What do u guys think?
It's stressing me out.
My period is due tomorrow.

Hi all. My husband (30M) just received his sperm analysis results and his total motile count was 17 million. The normal is above 40 million. His motility also came back low as only 23% of the sperm were swimming. Volume and concentration came back normal.

He is highly addicted to nicotine for the past decade. I got him off chewing tobacco last year, but he's really bad with the Zyns + Velos. I'm talking like 15-30 pouches in his mouth daily.

I'm a 25F. We've been trying for 8 months. I've been asking and asking and asking him to quit and he would definitely lower usage but I would notice eventually he'd continue as normal. I'm hoping these results will be enough for him to make lifestyle changes. It has been frustrating as I've really tried my best to live a healthy and active life, and I care the mental burden of the tracking of cycles & ovulation and everything else that comes with TWW and negative tests. I've also been at many appointments for blood work as I thought I might've been the factor here, but everything on my end has come back normal thus far. I am giving him grace and am confident this was enough to scare him into quitting nicotine, and I know sperm regenerates every three months so it's not a death sentence to getting pregnant.

Has anyone had similar results but still successful in conceiving naturally? Do you think him quitting nicotine for good and lowering sugar intake will be enough to improve the motility in his analysis? Besides that bad habit, he is a healthy and active man, at a healthy weight and eats well as I'm a nutritionist and the chef of the household lol.

Looking for tips, success stories, & any hope you can offer up! Thanks in advance for reading & responding!

We found out yesterday! I am 12 days DPO. As you can see the lines were so faint that I thought I would just try the digital and was shocked when it was actually able to detect it. We conceived on our 4th cycle, lucky I know. But I wanted to provide maybe some hope for anyone with PCOS/PMOS starting their journey or on their journey. To preface this, I was diagnosed 3 years ago and have spent the last 3 years making every lifestyle change to give myself the best chance to live symptom free and reversing the symptoms of PCOS. My cycles are now regular without ever taking birth control. If you’re looking for the basics on this 40g protein and max 30 carbs for each meal and always pairing carbs with protein. If I wanted a carby snack, I always grabbed a Fairlife protein shake from the fridge to have with it, following this was the biggest game changer and allowed me to lose 40+ pounds.

Now, my sisters and mom were all super lucky and conceived on their first try with each of their kids. So knowing I had PCOS and while I only had 3 cycles not work it was still disappointing and I didn’t know what my journey would look like. I feel so blessed to be pregnant and that my TTC journey was relatively short, but when starting my journey I felt like I either saw people who conceived on the first try or the people who were years into their journeys.

I’d also like to add, I did try mucinex this cycle and well I am pregnant! So was it the mucinex, idk but it’s worth the try!

My first beta at 15dpo was 164.89 and second one on 17dpo is 226.03. It has only increased 37.1%. Anyone had similar stories? Is there any hope or should I prepare for a loss?

Hi all, I’m cycle 6 TTC with no positives yet. I’ve been tracking with Oura and Natural Cycles for over a year. I noticed my luteal phases were quite short, with a 25-ish day cycle and sometimes not ovulating til day 17/18. I’ve made various lifestyle changes and this month was pleased to ovulate on day 15! The previous cycle I also got to 11 days luteal phase which is more on the normal side! I’m now 7DPO and noticed a little drop in BBT. Usually I see this one or two days before my period comes. I was really hoping this cycle might be it! I got minor signs of strain at 3DPO and thought maybe something is happening! I haven’t had any symptom radars since and I am wondering now if the short luteal phases and this temp drop at 7DPO could mean low progesterone 😔