Sorry for the silence these past several days. I was waiting in the hopes that I could actually write that post about eating my words.
I got a BFP on Thursday, at 11 dpo. A clear, but faint, pink line that appeared before the 5 minute read time allowed by my tests.
I was so excited, I was shaking. I have never seen a line that clear appear that quickly before, so I thought that surely this must be it! I immediately tried confirming with another internet cheapie, which came up negative. I ran and grabbed one of my FRERs, thinking surely it would confirm my positive. Of course it was a BFN. I was slightly disheartened, but thought maybe I just got lucky with a super sensitive cheapie and that it was just too early for these other tests.
Friday morning I tested again, fully expecting to confirm my positive result from the day before. Two more BFNs.
At this point I called my doctors office again. My RE wanted me to come in for a beta and to check my progesterone levels, so I went yesterday morning. I really, truly thought I would get a positive result. The nurse called yesterday afternoon: my betas came back as "below 5" (obviously NOT pregnant) and my progesterone level was 6.78 (9 is the minimum they want to see for pregnancy).
To say I was upset by this news is an understatement. At best, the machine in their lab hadn't been properly calibrated before they ran my test, and the numbers were just off. At worst (and most likely), I was pregnant and now I'm not. And the nurse wasn't very helpful, she just kept telling me it was too early and I shouldn't even be testing yet because this is what happens. (She was nice about it, but still, not helpful at this point!) The nurse said I could either continue taking my progesterone and they could test my levels again on Monday, or stop the progesterone and wait for my period. I decided to keep taking it and keep testing this weekend and see what happens.
So far, another BFN this morning, but my temp is still rising. I'm not hopeful, but I'm not giving up until the fat AF sings.
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I am so so sorry sweetie. <3
ReplyDeleteI have been stalking your chart on the bump and was hoping you were going to get some good news. I'm so sorry this is happening again.
ReplyDeleteThat is so very sad and aggravating. It has happened to me a few times, twice with chemicals and twice false positives. There is no good way to know which one it was in this case. How sad and maddening it is! Ugh
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support, ladies. I just can't believe this is happening again.
ReplyDeleteMrs. H, you had two false positives? From what I understand, and even what my RE has told me, is that false positives are so so rare most of us will never see one, much less multiple ones (on pink dye tests, at least). What kind of tests were you using?