[akwags]

CONFUSION!

I tested yesterday at approximately 8-10 DPO (FF said I was 10 DPO, but I'm pretty certain I was only about 8 or 9 DPO)...while my O date is up in the air, I am fairly certain that I did ovulate (check out my chart) and that we covered BDing this month.

I am not a "testing gal". In fact I just hate seeing a BFN so much that I rarely even buy tests, but just wait for AF to arrive. Something was very different this month. I have had tender breasts (mainly around my nipples) since 6 DPO. This tenderness is unlike any I've felt before. I don't know how to explain it other than it is more concentrated around the nipples. In addition, my temps have been so abnormal this month. They have remained above 98.0 degrees for days in a row and I noticed a flat-line pattern. This never happens to me. My temps are always all over the board and generally lower. I was beginning to suspect a possible pregnancy when yesterday morning my temperature INCREASED significantly on a CD that it normally would have started to DECREASE.

I tested yesterday AM (8-10 DPO), yesterday PM and again this AM (9-11 DPO). My results are confusing to say the least. Here's a brief summary of my 2-day testing spree:

I had no plans of testing yesterday until I saw my temperature. I woke up at 6:30 to use the bathroom and take my temp. at the normal time. I resisted the urge to test at that time. Then about 9:15 or 9:30 AM I broke down and tested. I only had one First Response Early Result test and a ClearBlue digital on hand. I decided to go ahead and take the FRER test and after 3 minutes a faint 2nd line appeared! I was just beside myself with joy and overcome with emotion. I decided that unless I saw it on a digital test also that I wouldn't tell DH just yet. So I went out and purchased a package of EPT Certainty early digital tests. I drank very little fluids and didn't use the restroom from 9:15 AM until 7:00 PM and then took the digital at that time. The result was "PREGNANT"! I told DH in a special way just before bed and he was overjoyed; we both cried together and had a very difficult time sleeping. It was pure torture waiting until bed time to tell him.

This morning I woke up and took another FRER test with FMU. I was hoping the line on the FRER would be a bit darker today. The line was definitely there, but just a tad lighter. I know that the line color can vary and that you cannot judge "how pregnant" you are by the color of the line, but it was still disappointing. It seems that some women get a lighter line the next day and sometimes it takes weeks for the line to darken substantially.

I then took another EPT Certainty early digital test (from the same package as the test from last night that I received a + on) with the same FMU and it said "not pregnant" I'm not sure what's going on. I know EPT's digital test isn't as sensitive as the FRER, but I would think with FMU I would have gotten the same results as the night before. Unless...I did drink quite a bit of water in the few hours before bed since I hadn't had much to drink all day. I guess it's possible that my urine was diluted this AM??

I have a call in to the doctor to see how to proceed. I'm so anxious and scared. I sure hope this pregnancy sticks. I'm upset with myself for testing so early...thinking that I may have set myself up for disappointment. I just had such a strong feeling, I just knew something was different this month. The way I felt, the temperature shift, etc. Now I'm scared that this is a possible chemical pregnancy?


FRER, 8-10 DPO (faint +)


EPT Certainty Early Digi, 8-10 DPO (clear +)



FRER, 9-11 DPO (faint +)


EPT Certainty Early Digi, 9-11 DPO (clear -)

[hoping and waiting]

I definitely think you're prego! That temp shift and faint BFP's heavily support it. When I got prego last year I could not get a positive on those digi's while I was getting faint BFP's on other tests. I bet your test will start getting darker in the next few days. Well, mine did the same until about 14 dpo. Then, they were definitely coming out darker, but still varied test to test. Good luck!

[akwags]

I sure hope you're correct! It gives me hope that you couldn't get a positive for awhile on a digital.
I wonder if my evening urine was just so concentrated last night (after drinking very little fluids and holding it for about 10 hours that I had enough HCG for it to register on the digi), but that this AM when I had an extremely full bladder from drinking a lot of water before bed that my urine was too diluted for it to register on the digi this AM??

[hoping and waiting]

Originally Posted by akwags

I sure hope you're correct! It gives me hope that you couldn't get a positive for awhile on a digital.
I wonder if my evening urine was just so concentrated last night (after drinking very little fluids and holding it for about 10 hours that I had enough HCG for it to register on the digi), but that this AM when I had an extremely full bladder from drinking a lot of water before bed that my urine was too diluted for it to register on the digi this AM??

Very well could be. I think those things are very touchy at this point.

[akwags]

Thanks!

[MamaRN]

I agree with the PP and you- I think it is probably just very early and your urine was too diluted for the digi to pick it up. With my first 2 pregnancies I got BFP's on FRERs and BFN's on digi the first day I tested and then a BFP on the digi the second day. Some times they just take awhile.

my suggestion is wait until tomorrow and retest with FMU.

Good luck!

[Mod-LilSunshine]

I agree that I would wait and test again with FMU. Good luck...I hope it's a positive!!

[akwags]

Thanks ladies! I had too much water too late at night again so I didn't test this morning. Didn't want any more anxiety over a negative digi, even though I realize they're not as sensitive in the first place. I plan on testing again either this afternoon, this evening, or tomorrow at the latest.

[MamaRN]

Originally Posted by akwags

Thanks ladies! I had too much water too late at night again so I didn't test this morning. Didn't want any more anxiety over a negative digi, even though I realize they're not as sensitive in the first place. I plan on testing again either this afternoon, this evening, or tomorrow at the latest.

KUP! Are you more thirsty than usual? I have raging thirst since finding out I am PG (and starting a few days before.)

[akwags]

I guess come to think of it I probably am, which may account for my full bladder all the time. I just saw your ticker and if this bean sticks, I'm not far behind you! I'm guessing my due date will be between June 24-28th.