Posts by Mark Fox18

electricdriver16 said:I’m really curious to know which test is actually the most reliable if you're checking before your period is actually due.

Kirshn recommended I try the Sign test, since it gave her a positive result ten days early. I’m definitely going to pick one up—maybe it’ll bring me some good luck too!😍.

My period isn't supposed to arrive until August 3rd, and honestly, that feels like an eternity away from where I am right now.😲.

Figured I’d jump in and share my own experience with testing. 😍

I first used a First Response test $5.00 6 days before my period, based on a 32-day cycle. But tracking my strips, I knew when I ovulated, and that test already showed a line at 9 days post-ovulation.

Scorpio also used a First Response 5 days before her period, and it was positive.

Then, 4 days before my period, I tried a Sign test—the one that says results can show up 3-4 days early—and it showed a line too.
After seeing that, my Kirshn did the exact same thing 4 or 5 days early.

Honestly, I think we just got lucky that it showed up so early for us. In most cases, it probably won't show anything until at least 12 days post-ovulation or later.

Honestly, that discharge doesn't necessarily mean anything. Plenty of women go through it and everything turns out totally fine, as long as you aren't seeing any blood.
If you want, feel free to drop by our pregnancy chat or check out the prenatal group; there's always someone active there who can give you more insight on it.

Good luck, I really hope everything works out fine..

Not sure, I don't really have any experience with that, but if your doctor told you to hold off on drinking until Friday, just stick to that. Or maybe go get a second opinion...
I'm a total rule-follower—I always do exactly what my doctors tell me to do. They definitely know more than I do.

God, what kind of gin is that if it doesn't even have a mixer?!!
Best bet is to hit up a private specialist, but don't go drinking anything on your own... They'll tell you what the next move is.

My man even had a vasectomy, and I still ended up pregnant. Does that mean he’s just clumsy 🤣? We used the pull-out method for years, but hey, life happens... My period was 10 days late, but I honestly didn't think there was any way I could be pregnant since he didn't finish inside, right? If the method worked for us for 10 years, why wouldn't it work now?

And if this hadn't happened to me, I would've been right there with Lawrence Alvarez2, saying people would have like 100 kids by now. I always wondered how anyone could get pregnant unexpectedly while being careful, yet here I am at 28 years old experiencing it myself.

So, regardless of whether someone finishes inside or not—it’s definitely not a guarantee 👍!