Trying For a Baby II

Gena

I've just had that familiar irrational frustration over nothing in particular....maybe it's pmt.....

kindofagilr

Nicki wrote: »

The trouble with these early tests is that they aren't very accurate when you test early. So in my experience you will test 7 days after ovulation, get a negative, discover they are only 52% accurate that early, so test again, and by the time AF arrives on time, you'll have done between 4 and 6 tests all negative and worked yourself into a frenzy, and spent a fortune. Or worse, got a TLP a few days before AF was due, but AF comes anyway as it was a chemical pregnancy which didn't implant, and then you are devastated because what you would otherwise regard just as AF suddenly becomes a miscarriage in your mind.

Speaking as someone who never followed this advice, but spent a fortune on HPTs over a long period before getting a BFP on the day before AF was due, having not tested early that month :rolleyes:

Thanks I knew there was a downside to testing before AF

What does Chemical Pregnancy mean?

Evansangel

I dont know either actually, (chemical pregnancy)

Help? x

MadMac_2

"A chemical pregnancy is the term given to a pregnancy that ends very early in the first trimester.

"It is believed that chemical pregnancies occur when the fetus dies immediately after conception. This happens before the embryo has a chance to implant in your uterus where it can grow and develop."

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/chemical.html

But copied that bit out for EA's benefit.

So most of us wouldn't even know we had had one, but with these early pregnancy tests, it can *sometimes* show a positive which is then followed by your AF and confuses and upsets you

Nicki

Chemical pregnancy is where the sperm succeeds in meeting the egg, but the egg doesn't implant successfully in the womb (like what happens with a failed IVF). It happens more often than you might think but is only picked up where an early pregnancy test has been done.

MadMac_2

Nicki, you say these things so much better than I do! It upsets me just writing about it. I'm so emotional tonight and didn't even realise it until then!

Evansangel

Thanks for coping it out for me MadMac.

Thats made me feel a bit sad to

Ok, so a no definate no to super dooper early pregnancy tests

Im deffo not testing until 27th Im going to a wedding that day and thats the end of my 2ww. So will be good to know
Plus it means i'll be all genuinley smily for the pics haha

x x

MadMac_2

You'd be easy to spot in the photos then! "Where are you?" - "I'm the one with the biggest grin from ear to ear!" :A

Probably just describing what I would be feeling like! Nope, I would be worse: "I'm the one doing cartwheels..." :rotfl:

Nicki

MadMac wrote: »

Nicki, you say these things so much better than I do! It upsets me just writing about it. I'm so emotional tonight and didn't even realise it until then!

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: We really need a better hugs smilie on this board!

Hope you are feeling better soon.

emmzy

Ello again all, i just been adding my pictures and videos from saturday night to my bebo and in the video all you can hear is me screaming and singing awfully and loudly over the top of them and the pictures of shane a few inches from my face didnt save for some reason :mad: the girls i went with have better pics than me so i stole some of them as well

Nothing exciting going on here AF decided to trick me and disapeared yesterday but came back today GRR

I just emailed that story about the cows to my mum we were out in the car and she almost crashed when she seen the lightening we had to pull over and get out of the car because its metal and theres more chance of it hitting us in it apparently lol crazy woman