The next five months brought several more BFN's, and to be honest when November rolled around I was feeling quite discouraged. I know some women try for months to get a baby; not only did I feel so sad for them, but I didn't want to join their ranks or worse. . .find out that something was wrong with one of us. I had actually started to investigate the possibility that my heavy periods indicated PCOS (although I have no other classic symptoms of it) and that my husbands anti-seizure medications were affecting our fertility.
The only thing was, a stork dropped a BFP on our laps before I could even freak myself out on the internet through self-diagnosis! For months, my friend Kirstin had been telling us that we would conceive in December. . .as a matter of fact, she was so confident that when I told her I was pregnant she had a 'So I hear you're expecting' card in her purse with a handwritten note that said 'I told you so - congrats on your pregnancy'.
I know I ovulated on our around the 6th-8th of December. My husband and I had only DTD twice - and I remember being upset that one evening it didn't happen because I was out at a charity event. Knowing I was ovulating I thought for sure we'd miss the window again.
About a week later, I started noticing that my boobs were sore. Now, my boobs always get sore before AF, but not like this. Not a dull ache. . .not this ache up into my armpits, and not an ache that prevents my husband from hugging me. That was my first clue.
I took a FRER on the afternoon of 7-8dpo (I'm impatient!) and even though it was not positive, something just felt right about it.
I took another on the morning of 8-9dpo. . .and again. . .negative, but something was telling me to keep testing.
Please ignore the DPO markings, I believe they are incorrect.
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| 8 and 9dpo FRERs The next morning (9-10dpo), I tested again with a FRER and got this. The line was plain as day in real life, especially when taken outside. But I still didn't believe it!  That same afternoon, after having seen the line on that FRER above, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a two pack of blue-dye Equate tests and a two pack of FRER Gold Digital tests. I saved my urine up for 4 hours, and on the afternoon of 10dpo, the blue dye test gave me this:  This just goes to show that blue-dye tests can be VERY good and accurate at detecting early pregnancy! Blue-dye tests are known for what is called an 'evap'. . .where a blue line shows up in the results window making you think you are pregnant. There are some big differences between an evap and a faint positive, however. An evap will be thin, with most of the blue dye on the left of the test line. A faint positive will be thick and solid, as mine above. The next morning, I peed in a cup and dipped another blue dye; it gave me this MUCH darker line; definitely positive!  I dipped a FRER Gold Digital into the cup with the same urine in it, and three minutes later there she was: my very first, no questions asked, BFP! I remember standing in the bathroom, waiting for the three minutes to pass. . .the whole time the timer on it was blinking and I kept trying to distract myself by cleaning the vanity. The timer stopped blinking for a split second, and the read switched to 'YES +', which is exactly what I did! I jumped and yelled 'YES!'  Of course I was still skeptical. The FRER Gold Digi's have been known to put up false positives, and we all know the bad reputation that blue-dye tests have. So, (ok ok, I'm a testaholic!) I dipped in a FRER. . .and got this beautiful faint pink line! For those of you who love studying tests, that three + tests from three different kinds of tests using the same urine.  Being the worry-wart testaholic that I am, I tested every day for the following 4 days, and watched the test line on my FRER's get darker and darker, and was finally satisfied when my test line was darker than the control:  Until we get our first scan, I don't think I'll 100% relax, but those dark lines don't lie. I can't believe this is actually happening! |
