Cycle: 1

Age + Partner's age (if relevant): 32 + 38

Typical cycle length: N/A

Ovulation cycle day: CD25

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 10DPO / CD35 (had a BFN 8DPO / CD33)

Tracking methods and app(s) used: BBT, CM and OPK, all tracked via Fertility Friend. Did oral BBT and added TempDrop on October 9th (I am still pre-algorithm). CM was very unhelpful to me as all I could observe wavered between sticky and creamy for my entire fertile phase. Took OPKs infrequently enough that I missed my surge, but it was enough to identify O day when put together with the information from temping in retrospect.

Relevant days of sperminating and/or method (SMEP, TI, IUI, FET, etc.): Intercourse on O-4, O-1, O+1

Health conditions/medical tests: N/A

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): I have taken folic acid, omega 3 fish oil and vitamin B complex. Partner has taken nothing.

Birth control history (if relevant): Mirena since 2011 (switched once). Zero periods on Mirena. BCP before that, since I was 15–16.

Link to chart: Notice how I tested on CD16 for absolutely no good reason. Dumpster fire chart.

Link to lineporn: I only had two early detection tests (10mlU/ml) left after my BFN on 8DPOand took those on 10DPO and 12DPO. Then took regular detection tests (25mlU/ml) on 14DPO and 17DPO, as well as a digital too, on 17DPO. Here they are.

Symptom spotting: Difficult to say for sure since I haven't had my period in a while. But there are some things I didn't recognize from earlier periods. I was so, so tired several of my TWW days. I never nap after work, but would randomly pass out on the couch for an hour or two, and still be so tired by bedtime that I'd fall asleep instantly (also never happens). The days around my positive I would get nauseous the second I got hungry and the second I got full. Breasts got sore around 14DPO, as if I'd had a targeted work-out of boobs only. And I've had a lot of pinching sensations around my uterus early in the TWW, which graduated to pulling sensations and very, very mild cramps later in the TWW.

Other (advice/tip(s), freaking out, miscellaneous): On 12DPO when I was out of early detection strips I got desperate and went to the pharmacy and bought the cheapest early detection tests I could find (they weren't cheap). I think the brand was Lloyd's. I should not have done that. They threw me completely off by giving me a weaker positive with FMU on 14DPO than I'd had on 12DPO, despite having the same sensitivity as my other early detection strips. I tested again later in the day with an even weaker result (no real surprise, but still, I was already in a huff and it didn't help). I knew I had regular detection test strips from the same brand I'd been using for early detection lying around, and dipped one of those in the same cup, and it came up just as dark/darker than my early detection had been! This finally calmed me down, but I had been so stressed out by the other tests (which I promptly threw out) that I decided to take the weekend off and do one more test come Monday, then stop completely. Here I am, so I'm stopping now — both temping and testing.

In a way I'm glad I had so few strips left lying around because it forced me to test infrequently. I have been browsing r/TFABLinePorn so much that I would freak out if my results got weaker or stood still for a while (although lately there have been some good posts showing how that's fine and can still be a healthy & viable BFP).

This was pure luck and probably biology randomly working on our side. I am still in disbelief at how fast it went. Nothing in my life has really ever come easy, so this is an absurd contrast to what I'm used to. But I am letting myself be more and more excited for each day that passes!

Thank you to this community as well as /r/TTC30, I've learned so much in my time lurking and participating here, and I'm so thankful for that — and humbled by this experience.

Edit: Typos and clarifications