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I can't believe it's real!

This morning I tested to rule out pregnancy as I was 3 days late but we suspected I had an early loss last month that was never confirmed so I thought my cycle was just off. We've been trying for over a year for baby #2 and a line showed up so faintly before I even put it down.

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Pregnancy Test

Can anyone else see this line? Granted it’s probably more obvious to me as I have it in person. I had my LH peak on 14th (morning) and my period is due in 5 days Thanks in advance

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Missed period

My period is 8 days late . I took a pregnancy test when I was five days late it came back negative . I breastfeed my soon to be 2 year old (July 11) , have any other mothers experienced this ?

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Pregnancy test

Is it possible to dip a test to long and it makes the test really light? Or testing to far into pregnancy make it light??? I took three strip test today. Two of them look a little different but not to crazy. And the other one is super super light. I’m wondering if it’s possible I dipped it to long or it’s a dud? I’m...

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Is this normal at 11DPO?

Hey guys I tested positive on 9DPO (it was vvfl). 10DPO I did a saliva test (pic in comments) which was positive and 11DPO I’ve done another test but still vvfl. Is this normal?

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possible baby #2

so me and my husband decided to take a pregnancy test today as our patience was running veryyyy short, lolll. my period is suppose to start in two days. i took a pregnancy test this morning and a few days ago and they both were negative. i decided to get a “6 days sooner” 1st response test and it was positive with a...

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Family wanting to see baby but not you

Since having a baby, one family member wants to see my baby. They never visited me before and now, they just say “I want to see the baby.” They would never ask to meet otherwise. How would you feel?

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Ovulation test

I am trying to see if this will help me before I take a pregnancy test but I had a ovulation test but my ovulation window is a week away and I feel like I had implantation bleeding

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I had some spotting for 2 days and I tested 4 days later (not morning urine) it was negative and I feel worried now because that is abnormal for me to have that type of bleeding.

Did I test too early?

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Can this be!!!!!

My bf made me test again today after the one from last night was super faint! This was a strong 2 lines!

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Positive pregnancy test

Is this a positive test??? Ahhh I’m certain it is but just want double confirmation

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Chemical pregnancy

So it looks as though I've had a chemical pregnancy...last Friday I took a pregnancy test as some of the symptoms I'd been having seemed like I was pregnant, anyway a faint positive line came up and I was only a day late on my period, I then took another one the next day and again a faint positive appeared more stro...

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positive lh?

this is our first cycle ttc for baby #2 so i have no idea what im doing lol would u say this is positive? should we be trying tonight

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Can you have a period and not ovulate?

I’m 33 and January and February I ovulated (used clear blue digital ovulation test), but March and April I keep getting negatives even though I’m having ovulation symptoms. Periods are still normal. I’m thinking maybe my test could be messed up now. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Waiting for CD1!

Awaiting cycle day 1 to arrive to start stims in first cycle of IVF, anyone else??

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Negative tests even multiple days late?

I’ve been using Natalist early pregnancy strips, and I’m still testing negative on day 33 of my cycle (I’ve been testing every morning first thing for the past 5 days). I’m pretty regular and have cycles between 27-30 days in length. I drink a ton of water — could this be causing false negatives?

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