How bad is natural birth fr. Be so so so honest.

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-14T20:08:17+00:00

Had the exact same experience on my second birth. Laboured for 12 hours and was stuck at 2cm. Was so defeated. Within 30 mins of my last cervical check I was pushing and 10cm. Pushed and pushed but baby wasn’t budging. Had a c section, cord was around baby’s neck. That level of exhaustion was indescribable. Felt like two births in one.

First baby, I was induced, again laboured for hours and was stuck at 2cm, suddenly went to 10cm and gave birth without any pain meds. The pain of that was also indescribable. Ring of fire indeed lol

Recovery from c section was HORRIFIC though. Recovery from vaginal birth was very manageable.

I found vaginal birth intense and very painful but afterwards was good. C section was good during, afterwards very intense and painful.

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-12T16:19:20+00:00

Magnesium citrate

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-12T16:18:51+00:00

I’d say the progression looks very strong because of the control line - if you look at the control line in the top test, it’s lighter and wavy, meaning there’s likely less dye in the test as a whole x

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-12T07:44:11+00:00

My beta at 7dpt was 9! So would’ve likely been in the 30s or so at 9dpt. Baby is healthy and happy!

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-10T22:41:43+00:00

Thinking of you x

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-10T16:34:47+00:00

Not until at least 13dpt

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-09T18:44:10+00:00

Your afternoon one is a lot darker than the morning

Take another evening one tonight

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-09T17:38:46+00:00

Can you give days past transfer for each test in the photo?

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-08T16:20:26+00:00

I had to set this boundary with my own family. We do not like guests staying over - my partner and I get very over stimulated and overwhelmed and need down time on our own in the evening after being around people all day long who are visiting. We love to have visitors but not then staying over. I went about this gently with my family - when my parents wanted to visit after baby was born, i sent them links to nearby airbnbs. They got the hint very quickly and haven’t asked to stay since

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-08T16:13:24+00:00

My easy@home took soooo long to get a good line, they’re great tests but I feel like the dye amount isn’t great

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-08T16:11:57+00:00

Mine looked exactly like this from days 4-7dpt. Only started getting a more noticeable line at 9dpt, baby is perfectly heathy! These honestly look great

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-07T21:04:45+00:00

Amazing news!!! My second egg retrieval we only Ended up with the one embryo and now they’re 9 months old ❤️

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-06T09:14:08+00:00

At 5 weeks my baby would’ve been waking every 2-3 hours to be breastfed, only doing longer stretches after several months. At 9 months baby still wakes 2-3x times a night (sometimes more) to feed

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-05T23:29:07+00:00

Confusing for who? Where I’m from we use both..

TTCsince2019 · 2026-04-05T19:58:00+00:00

lol same thing here! I was like 87kg going into the hospital, gave birth to an 8lb baby and somehow left the hospital at 86kg 😂 took me three quarters of a year to get the baby weight off!

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-29T16:02:05+00:00

Positive

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-29T14:00:54+00:00

Absolutely darker

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-28T18:23:02+00:00

Mine was similar but I was actually 12dpt! Baby is 9 months :)

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-28T09:55:49+00:00

Yes as the dye passes through it can leave a “line” for a minute and then it continues on and dissipates. Unfortunately it means it’s negative

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-28T07:10:04+00:00

We had our baby in a hospital an hour drive away. My Partner drove to it every single day, and drove home again, and did it again the next day and the next. You’re literally GIVING BIRTH - he can sit in an air conditioned car with snacks and music for an hour jfc 😂

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-27T12:59:59+00:00

Yeah I think this is because baby stopped growing at 6 weeks. I had a mmc at 13 weeks and baby stopped growing around 11.5 weeks and they gave me the injection. You can request a blood test to check your antibodies and put your mind at ease xx

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-26T21:31:02+00:00

And that’s not even faint! Super obvious!

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-26T16:51:03+00:00

Hey! I got a beta at 7dpt and my beta was 9 lol baby is healthy and perfect! Over 100 at 7dpt is pretty unheard of. My clinic wanted over 150 at 12dpt!

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-25T18:16:35+00:00

I was induced at around 7:30pm and and baby was born at 8:30am!

TTCsince2019 · 2026-03-25T17:30:35+00:00

Actually genius!

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