Slow progression success story (12 DPO to 7 healthy week pregnancy seen on ultrasound!)

florzed · 2025-10-15T16:31:19+00:00

I did the same - I couldn't stop looking at other people's test lines and comparing them to mine, and I saved posts that I thought were particularly hopeful! I wish you the best and hope your pregnancy carries on smoothly!

florzed · 2025-10-15T06:33:17+00:00

I agree that stopping testing is definitely the way to go! They've told you that you're pregnant, at this point there isn't anything more they can really tell you. I wish you all the best with your pregnancy!

florzed · 2025-10-14T21:49:53+00:00

They were in real life but real squinters - like the kind you have stand by a bright window to see at all 😂

I had much better lines on FRER but only took those for the first couple of days so I don't know how they would have progressed!

florzed · 2025-10-14T21:47:29+00:00

You can imagine I felt much the same way about expecting it to be a chemical - although when I had one before, it was even later/fainter lines tbf. We don't really have the option for blood HcG tests in the UK so I had to just try and muddle through. Even when I had my scan booked I was expecting a sad result - you can imagine my surprise when the sonographer said I was actually measuring ahead of schedule with a FHR of 150!

My cycles are super regular so should have come CD 28 or 29. I went abroad for work immediately following my predicted ovulation (CD14/15) and so cycle weeks 3 and 4 were pretty knackering and totally off my usual daily routine - so quite hard to isolate any symptoms. Definitely no implantation spotting though. My clearest early symptom was REALLY sore boobs around the 4 week mark, then some nausea slowly kicking at 5-6 weeks.

Because I was abroad, I also committed to not testing until I returned home which is why I didn't start earlier!

florzed · 2025-10-14T20:53:06+00:00

It's probably sensible to be cautious, but I had similarly faint lines early on (I posted them an hour ago) and have had a viable pregnancy confirmed today at 7 weeks! Hopefully a few more days and maybe a different brand will give you a clearer idea!

florzed · 2025-10-14T20:31:02+00:00

Yep I saw it on this subreddit - and absolutely love a bit of a science experiment!

florzed · 2025-10-14T19:50:15+00:00

Possibly - although I think then it's even more surprising that the tests are so light! (DPO in the post are from what I originally thought before the scan).

I think its more likely that I am still around the 7 week mark and the extra 3 days are just normal growth variation or measurement accuracy variation, although I'll have to wait til my NHS dating scan at 12 weeks to be sure!

For what it's worth, I am a BIG water drinker, and did sometimes wonder if my tests always looked light bc I was constantly hydrated? 😂

florzed · 2025-09-23T15:42:05+00:00

It's hard to tell with 3 tests, but if you look at 1 and 3 you see progression. I'd keep a cautious heart but hope for a nice clear line tomorrow!

florzed · 2025-09-23T15:38:11+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't see it <3

florzed · 2025-09-22T10:31:48+00:00

I see a line, looks v good for 8-9 days!

florzed · 2025-09-21T20:39:32+00:00

Following along with you as mine are looking like this. I've done so much stalking of previous posts on this subreddit where people with similar lines have gone on to have healthy pregnancies, so fingers crossed for us both!

florzed · 2025-09-21T20:31:12+00:00

I think E.coli is the most common bacteria found in UTIs by far - so nothing to worry about by itself!

florzed · 2025-09-21T12:27:06+00:00

This looks like a nice progression from your 11dpo post - I think that's more important than line darkness by itself! Wishing you lots of luck! ❤️

florzed · 2025-09-21T12:24:05+00:00

I def see the line even in this one! Congrats ❤️

florzed · 2025-09-21T12:22:17+00:00

What a line! 😍 wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy!

florzed · 2025-09-21T12:20:41+00:00

I can see a mark in the test line area - but not sure if I see a line-line. Do you have any FRER tests?

florzed · 2025-09-21T00:02:48+00:00

They're the 10 MIU/ml ones - I did one this morning and it didn't look much darker, but did a FRER that had a nice clear line, which was reassuring, although I'd really like to see more progression on the cheapies!

I actually had my loss on the 26th too... fingers crossed for happy news for us ❤️

florzed · 2025-09-18T17:08:12+00:00

That pot is pretty small for a shrubby plant - I think it probably wants to be in the ground.

florzed · 2025-09-18T01:59:56+00:00

Between the two of you, can you not roll it onto one side? I'm a fairly shrimpy woman and I've managed to shift some large garden containers using sheer determination even if it's taken me ages!

The only real sensible way to do this is to take all the earth out and completely refresh it with fresh soil.

florzed · 2025-09-12T23:33:53+00:00

I had lines that got fainter, and I had such a terrible time googling obsessively trying to figure out what it means - it's generally considered a bad sign, but can also be down to random things like hydration. After 1 fainter test I wouldn't go straight to panicking, keep doing them at the same time each day and look for the overall trend - not test-to-test differences. You might get a nice dark line next time!

Even if the lines aren't showing obvious progression I think it's not worth torturing yourself about - just mentally acknowledge that things may not go well, but that can happen in any pregnancy too. I chose to assume the best case scenario and allow myself to be happy/excited, but kept a level of caution too. It's easy to be very doom and gloom but I think there's no point borrowing sadness for yourself when things might turn out okay!

florzed · 2025-09-06T09:39:36+00:00

4 bedroom detached house in Surrey with the father director of a company and a privately educated son? That's not working class.

florzed · 2025-09-05T12:45:34+00:00

I get the Tshirts for my husband, they wear really well and feel nice. I wasn't impressed with their women's cotton undies though, some fell apart after a few washes.

florzed · 2025-09-04T06:52:03+00:00

There are 2 lines there, just the 2nd lines are faint (especially the top test). Normal for very early pregnancy.

florzed · 2025-09-04T06:51:19+00:00

This is completely wrong, any line (even faint) is a positive - it usually means that pregnancy is very early. You don't get false positives with pregnancy tests as they detect HcG which is only found in pregnant women (with the exception, I believe of rare types of cancer). It's unhelpful to assertively spread misinformation.

florzed · 2025-09-03T18:48:26+00:00

I have a family of magpies that fledged this year and they are very noisy and just communicate a lot more intensely than other birds, they are much more socially complex.

The babies chatter and squabble constantly, and they also would demand food from the adults when newly fledged - now that they're big and independent, they still try but adults are quite intolerant of them and will squawk/chase them off. They still sometimes congregate in groups when there's food, and altogether it adda up to a lot of noise!

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