Question about VERY late bfp's

Engaged_inTO

Hello ladies. I have just found my way back to the bump boards (mainly tttc) after many years away...I HOPE this is the board I will end up on soon As a quick intro, I am 36 and my partner is 40. We have been ttc for the past 3 years, however I did not temp or use OPKs or anything...we have an appt with a fertility specialist in November to possibly begin IVF... My question is if anyone here has had experience with a very, very late BFP (on home urine tests)? Reason being, I am currently 17 days late (based on my average cycle length of 26 days)...so I am on day 44 of this cycle. I have NEVER had a cycle longer than 30 days. Over the past couple weeks I have taken 4 or 5 pg tests, all negative. I don't want to get my (or partners) hopes up that I am pg because I know that woman can have a random missed period cycle. However, I have also heard of some cases of woman not having enough hcg in their urine to detect, but maybe I'm grasping at straws. Just wondering if anyone experienced this and the outcome. Thanks and hopefully I will be a regular in the near future...

wendylouwhoknew

I did, but unfortunately, it was right before I miscarried.  Test lines that did show positive were ghost lines.  Never got a true line.  I use the dollar store ones, so when I really wanted to know for sure, I would by the more expensive ones that said they could detect as early as 5 days PRIOR to missed period.

LucyRicardo3

this happened to one of my best friends. her ob ordered a blood test and thats how she found out. she was 37 at the time.

best wishes to you!

Excitedmum35

My test was negative mutilple times and then showed a VERY faint line after my period was missed. I did five to make sure I wasn't dreaming.