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Hberry: it could but it's unlikely before implantation has even happened. But not impossible I guess. Fertility friend says I'm 6 dpo today as does this site. Flo says 5. Not sure which to believe really. I'm going with the lower end of things just to be on the safe side. I'm itching for it to be far enough into my cycle to test. I actually bought this cute card that I'll use to tell him. It says "A sprinkle of wishes, a shower of love" on the front and the inside says "How sweet it is preparing for your new little one."

I wanna see how fast he gets the message. And, it will work no matter when it happens. But I'm claiming it this month. Having optimism and hope.

Hberry: dang. That's super bad air! Yikes! Fingers cross for us both!

Happy Sunday all.

@southernmam - Fingers crossed for you!

@Hberry- I hope all is well

@bbiggles- i hope you get that BFP this week!

AFM- 11DPO I didn't test today I tested again yesterday of course BFN mid day 2 hour hold so no surprise there. I'm out of tests so I will have to go to the store tomorrow. symptoms: my BBs are still sore, they are so heavy when I sit down I feel like its giving me heartburn. Lots of pricks and tingles today, but I really dont want to get me hopes up. just praying that I get a BFP soon!!! to all.

Miam: thanks! Girl, my boobs have felt heavy like that every cycle and it hasn't been a good sign for me. So far I haven't had that heavy feeling or tender feeling and I'm praying it is a good sign. I hope that feeling is a good sign for you!

Good morning ladies..
@southernmama- fingers crossed that no sign is a good sign for you.

@hberry- I'm sorry you had to miss your kiddos game but sounds like it was for the best. Also my bbs have been feeling like that since around 6dpo also.

AfM- 12dpo bbs are still really tender, definitely heavy and underarms for the last 2 days hurt! Pinching and tingles still and all day yesterday and today have felt dizzy and out of it.

TMI- but last night and today I have been having more CM then I usually get before AF. Im really hoping thats a good sign.
honestly I'm starting to get my hopes up. Feeling kinda nervous.

Miam: for me cm doesn't really tell me much until it changes to alert me my progesterone dropped and estrogen has become dominant again (it becomes slippery). I got more than usual last cycle and alas, got af. Hopefully for you it is different! Afm, boobs still feeling the same. I wanted so bad to sleep today but only dozed 10 minutes before my phone woke me. But I also went on a walk so it could be that. *Shrug*

Miam - my husband, brother in law, his s/o and mother in law went to the tourney. It was live streamed. So I was able to watch his games.

BabyBiggles: Early positives are the rarer ones. It's very common not to get a positive until you've missed your period. My sister has had to wait til 6 weeks pregnant before she got a positive with her 2 miscarriages, her son, and the boy she's pregnant with now. So some people just have early, fast rising levels and others have slow rising levels. Here's an example. Say your implantation was at the most common day of 9 dpo. Say your level that day reaches just 2 hcg and your levels double every 2 days. On 11 dpo, your hcg would be 4. On 13 dpo (tomorrow for you) you'd only have 8. That's not even enough for FRER to pick up usually. It's rated at 12 mIU. 15 dpo you're at 16 and finally have enough to pick up a faint frer positive if you're lucky. Sometimes, even if our blood hcg is one number our urine may not have that much because of the way it metabolizes through the kidneys. 17 dpo brings you to 32 where most tests can give you a positive, even digitals. But again, you run into maybe not metabolizing as much hcg into your urine as is in your blood. This doesn't even account for the few who take 3 days for hcg to double! So it's very possible to have late positives. Quite common indeed!

Thanks guys. I guess that makes sense. Just so many people here seem to get early bfp, and the stats pretty much indicate it should be positive by now. With two of my boys I didn't test until AF was due or later but with DS2 I got my bfp on 11dpo. I've had a few times today that I've thought cramps were going to start, just a mild sensation that hasn't turned into anything and feeling absolutely nothing now but I've spent the day obsessing a bit. I've got a few cheap hpt that I think pick up 20mlU so i guess if frer was negative there's no point using those but I really want to test tomorrow anyway! Once you give in and start POAS, it's so hard to stop! hows everyone else feeling today?

BabyBiggles: those statistics are a fraction of the women out there who actually test. Statistics are skewed based on the sample size. And since there's no way to get every woman's every test every time they try or think they may have accidentally gotten pregnant, the statistics are skewed. Reality is that it only seems like early positives are there because the internet makes us share a lot. A lot of those "early" positives out there are women who are wrong about their dpo and are actually later in their cycle.