Peony here. Umm, it's a BFP!

[PeonyPrincess]

Well this is a very unexpected BFP. I had written my February attempt off as my cycles have been doing my head in. I had my latest ever O, at CD18. We ended up with a 3 day cut off as I thought I was O days earlier when I started getting O pains. But then the pains lasted for 4 days, so I was completely confused. I was on the a-gender girl diet sine the 1st of Jan, but was completely slack in the 2WW as thought I had no chance. I thought I must not be very fertile anymore as I am almost 35 and in January we BD the day before and the day of O and got a BFN. I had lost 3.5kg (7lbs), mostly from not eating the huge amount of chocolate I normally do and not drinking alcohol. Oh and I normally eat heaps of meat and cut this out since the 1st of January.

So we BD CD14 (PM) and CD 15 (AM) and that was it! No jellies, no J&D. It was a new moon, but in a boy moon sign when I O (I know you don't believe in it, but I do I am afraid). Would love to be proved wrong!

One question I have...I took a FRER last night (10DPO) and not FMU obviously. Within 1 minute the test line was as dark as the control line. I don't know how many DPO it would have first showed up as that was the first day I tested, but I thought it would have been a faint line at that stage??

Lastly, I took some antiparasitic medicine recently as my boys had intestinal worms (gross sorry, but we live in the tropics and it is common). You are supposed to treat the whole family which we did. I have since read you should not take it while pg, especially in the 1st trimester. So I am cautious as it is such early days yet. I just have to wait and see I guess.

I had zero signs in the 2WW. I only ended up POAS as I usually do at 10DPO and had heaps of tests sitting there doing nothing.

[HopeandDreamG]

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! Awesome, so funny I knew you had a chance. Congrats!! I'd call your doc and ask about the medicine you took...
The diet in the 2 WW doesn't change anything for this sway. Yay!!

[nuthinbutpink]

Congrats! Maybe you are off on your O date. I got a positive on a CBE digital 5 got which is = 10dpO and my lines were solid. One baby.

[amari]

Congrats!!! How exciting!

[myGirl]

Yay! Congratulations Peony! I'm so excited for you :HH:

[lobella2]

Congratulations!!!

[PeonyPrincess]

Thanks everyone. Still in shock. Just went to the supermarket and kept having to tell myself I could buy what I wanted to eat. Nectarines...mmm, mm.
nuthinbutpink, thanks for the reassurance about 1 bub. I was charting my cycle on FF (since March last year!) and it was a very big temp spike on CD19 which is why they said I O on CD18. Some months I disagreed with them, but this one seemed obvious. I would post it (and my BFP pic on here) but all it keeps saying is 'Invalid File'. Grrr.
Hope, I have made an appointment for Tues. I know they will just say everything could be fine. Wait and see, blah, blah!

[sweetpea]

Yay!!! Congratulations!!! :)

[Princess of Pink]

Huge congrats hon. Seems like we get bfp's when we think we are out!! Yet the months we think a bfp's a sure thing, AF arrives!! Lol

[lisvna]

Congratulations!

[Lassie1982]

:cheerteam: :running:
Big Congrats!!!!!

Wow - a strong BFP on 10DPO! Thats impressive, maybe its twins LOL and thats why it was so strong :)

[PeonyPrincess]

Don't even say that Lassie! A close friend of mine told me last year she dreamt I was going to have twins. All I can think is I'll end up with 4 boys! My mechanic's wife did that. 2 boys and then twin boys. Yikes! I am hoping 1 baby just settled in early.

I am taking DH out for dinner on Saturday night to tell him.

[Lassie1982]

Don't even say that Lassie! A close friend of mine told me last year she dreamt I was going to have twins. All I can think is I'll end up with 4 boys! My mechanic's wife did that. 2 boys and then twin boys. Yikes! I am hoping 1 baby just settled in early.

I am taking DH out for dinner on Saturday night to tell him.

I didn't mean it to scare you! As much of a miracle as twins would be, its not something that i think that I could cope well with (Mind you DH thinks it would be the best thing ever!)

How are you planning on telling DH?? Well done on keeping it a surprise :)
When will you be telling your boys??
Will your first scan be a 12 week one, or do you reckon you will have one sooner?
ahhhh the excitement! will you be finding out the gender or are you a keep it till the end as a surprise person?

I reckon when i get a BFP whenever that will be i will just burst into tears and be a babbling mess! gosh, getting all goose bumpy just thinking of it....hope we get our little bean in the not to distant future, actually, as you and i have already figured out we are cycle buddies, can we be BFP buddies as well - share some of that luck with me, would be amazing to have a BFP in the first month.

[rainbowflower]

congratulations!!

[PeonyPrincess]

Lassie, yes I certainly hope the rest of you ladies are right behind me on getting a BFP. It would be so exciting to follow how everyone is going.
Fortunately there are absolutely no twins on either side of the family. The idea of twins is great, but the reality of dealing with them I would find overwhelming. I found DS1 and 2 being less than 2 years apart full on. This time around, I would only have a few months and then the older 2 would be at school full time.
Taking DH out to dinner tomorrow night. Like me, he completely thought there was no chance of a BFP, so he will be shocked. Maybe I will order champagne and then tell him he has to drink it!
I wouldn't tell my boys until it was pretty obvious. It is such a long time for them otherwise.
I have private cover but had my boys in Perth so I don't know the system in the NT as well. I think I will have a scan when I first see the OB but not sure when that will be. I see the GP on Tuesday. I have forgotten what I do, it has been so long. I guess start with a bloodtest and a referral and go from there.

[PeonyPrincess]

Thanks Rainbow. Your little raspberry will have a heartbeat now! Love that ticker. Wish I could get one to work on mine.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yay! That's great news!

Please don't read too much into the darkness of lines or lack thereof - it doesn't mean much of anything. Some pg implant a little earlier and show darker tests than others.

Also, the antiparasitic medicine was prob. just fine. The danger zone for the first tri is later on than the first few days.

[zanacal]

Congratulations!

[PeonyPrincess]

Thanks AS. Yes, I have read a bit about the medication I took and studies show the incidence of abnormality is much the same % as in the general population of pg women. I am glad I found out about the pg when I did, before any structures were getting built, etc.

Cheers Zanacal. You are getting so close to meeting your girl!

[Bumblebee]

Very many congratulations!! Have a happy and and healthy pregnancy!! :cheerteam:

[Myloves]

Congrats on your BFP!

[starflower]

OMG!!! Peony! So happy for you!!! :running: I have not logged in for quite a while so only just saw your news.... am over the (new) moon for you! All the best for a happy, healthy pregnancy and a beautiful little bundle at the end of it xxx

PS: I am still here, still waiting for that BFP.... send me baby dust, I think I need all the help I can get!

[PeonyPrincess]

Thanks so much starflower. It seems to happen when you think there is no chance it could possibly be that month. So I will send you lot of relaxed baby dust!! Hope you will see those 2 lines really soon.

[sweetsister]

:awe:Congratulations!!!:cheer: