Probably bad news

[Blushingbaby]

Hey all

For anyone who may not have read some of my other posts...my cycles were all over the place. I ended up conceiving this month on CD 29. I got a faint but positive result 9 dpo. I tested again on days 10, 11, 12, and 13 dpo which all got darker. I skipped a day and decided today on 15 dpo to take the last test in my box. It came up with a faint faint line like my first test 6 days prior.

I assumed a chemical was in the works. I'm pretty positive that will be the result but I decided to go out and buy more tests just incase. On only a 3 hour hold and probably my 3rd pee of the day only having coffee in the AM I took another just to confirm that the line was hardly going to be there again and that wasn't the case. It came back darker than this mornings maybe almost compared to 2 days prior, maybe a little lighter.

To see if it was just the test I dipped my second test in this mornings cup to see if it was just a hpt issue. That came back extremely faint. This cups fmu was pretty dark in color from not drinking much water last night and not using the bathroom all night. Not sure why this afternoons would be darker or what to think but any advice or previous experience would be so helpful right now.

My drs office scheduled me to get my blood drawn today and friday to check but I wasn't going to go if the test this afternoon was still light. I would have just let nature run its course. Now I think I'll go just to see.

I'm incredibly tired and very positive this post is all over the place so I apologize!

[LA_Girl]

Hi,

I don't really have any advice to offer, but I just wanted to send you a hug.

Somehow everything seems worse when you feel tired.

I've been trying to keep myself positive with reading various books and listening to meditations. I love reading quotes. One that I often come back to is:
"Never give up,
Miracles happen every day"

Good luck.

[ksmom]

I'm sorry, how frustrating. The darkness of a line on a HPT isn't the most reliable indicator of how the pregnancy is progressing. That being said, I think your test was suddenly so dark because your pee was very concentrated from being dehydrated. Also, two tests from the same box can have varying levels of sensitivity so one test may detect as little as 8 mIU while the other detects as little as 15 mIU. The way these early tests work is they have to test at minimum usually around 25 mIU so that's why some can detect even smaller amounts. If your tests are getting lighter then it may not be a good sign (hopefully I'm wrong). I had something similar happen with my first loss. I got a BFP around 9 or 10 dpo and my tests around 12 dpo were darker. I tested again around 15 or 16 dpo and the line was barely there. I really hope that doesn't happen to you though and it's a sticky one. Hang in there.

[SoFullofHope]

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[Blushingbaby]

Thank you ladies. Ksmom, I believe the same thing that happened to you will happen to me. It just threw me for a loop to get a darker line in the afternoon. I was worried my lutueal phase was too short to sustain a pregnancy when I realized I ovulated so late and looking back on my previous cycles. Now to figure out how to fix that.

[ksmom]

How long is your LP?

[Blushingbaby]

I don't know exactly because I don't temp. I always just used to go with the flow of my body to know when I'm fertile, ovulating, etc. It worked avoiding pregnancies and it worked when trying both times right away so I assumed I had a good idea of what was going on. I've counted 10 days from the day of my worse ovulation pain (which I now know is not an indicator of that actual O day) to the day I end up getting my period. I read 10 days is the minimum to sustain a pregnancy. I'll never know what this cycle's would have properly been because I never ended up getting my period but ovulating on CD 29 was pretty unexpected.

I did a 4 hour hold again after testing at 11:30 and my 3:30 test came back pretty strong. The 11:30 and 3:30 test look very similar to my cd 13 FMU test, if not a smidge darker. So confusing. I did end up getting my blood drawn but will have to repeat Friday and won't get results until early next week unless something happens at home before then.

[SoFullofHope]

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[ksmom]

10 days is just fine for a LP. Really even 8 or 9 is okay as long as baby implants before then. It's when it gets down to 7 that it really becomes a problem. Since you're not temping though there's no real way to know your actual LP.

Hopefully you hear good news back from the doctor.

[Would luv a son3]

Hi Blushingbaby,
I had the same thing happen to me with DD#2. I was a POAS crazy woman especially since I had an MMC and a chemical before I got pregnant with her. Anyway, I searched online everywhere for answers as to why I had darker lines earlier and lighter lines later in the cycle. I came across something very interesting and it basically stated that the further along you get into the pregnancy the HPT tests can’t handle the amount of HCG in your system so they get lighter for some weird reason. Try this.....take your most concentrated urine and dip it, look at the line and if it’s light add a little bit of water to that same urine sample and then dip a new test and see if the line is darker. I did this and it worked! I was so shocked! I hope this helps and wishing you all the best.