Hi ladies,
Congrats to all, hope you're having a healthy, happy first tri! I got my first ever BFP on Tuesday after 7 months of trying and never seeing one. I'm definitely happy but incredibly nervous and anxious too. I've read so much online and seen so many dark lines on BFPs and mine isn't really getting all that dark yet.
Crazy lady alert, I know, as I'm still testing. But today's HPT (14 dpo) looks pretty identical to yesterday's at 13 dpo. I thought they were supposed to get a lot darker each day to indicate that the hormone is doubling and things are going well? I hope I'm overthinking this. My OB's office said to come in when I'm a week late for my period to have a blood test to confirm the pregnancy and I just feel like a ball of nerves waiting for that appointment next week.
If anyone has reassurance that it's OK for the test to look the same at 13 dpo and 14 dpo, I'd really appreciate it. Or any other words of wisdom for calming down the freak out that something may go wrong. TIA.
Re: So anxious/Lines on BFP
Yes, definitely within the time limit. So the line isn't necessarily supposed to get darker as the days go by? Thanks so much.
ETA: I'm driving myself nuts with all this Googling, but I've read that with a CP lines never get very dark so I can't help but wonder if the dark lines should come by 14 dpo? My 14 dpo line is still not as dark as the control. (I do realize how crazy I sound, thanks for reading ... and I thought I was crazy while TTGP ...!)
Thank you SO much. I thought the getting-darker progression was more of a 100% of the time thing. You're right about the unanalyzable results and that was just what I needed to hear. Thank you again!!
Thanks very much. This makes so much sense. I need to start thinking about it as peeing on money. Appreciate you indulging my craziness!
Congratulations! You're gonna be a mama!! ...you "crazy lady" lol
Evelyn (3.24.10), Graham (5.30.13) & Miles (8.28.16)
First off, congrats!!
Second, it's totally normal to not see a dramatic difference in line darkness in just one day. So don't stress.
EDD 07/29/2017
Thank you! Trying not to buy any more tests now. Having trouble controlling the worry ... just want everything to be OK. All the more reason to have lots of fun distractions this weekend to keep my mind off of the unnecessary worrying.
GL to everyone!