BFN at 17DPO....no way I could be PG, right?????

My period is 5 days late. Have elevated temps too. I am not really wanting to get PG just yet and was EXTRA careful this month (without going into too much detail). With DD, I tested on a pee stick at 10DPO and had a faint line. I am 17DPO and tested this morning on tests that I bought from ebay, they are strips you pop in a container of urine. Not sure if they are really effective IYKWIM. I really doubt I am PG if 17DPO is a BFN.

Can anyone shed some light on this situation for me? Were you BFN at 17DPO and then BFP a few days later? What do you think of those PG tests, should I just go buy a good pee stick like CLEAR BLUE or something?

Thanks :D

hmm...... so you have been temping and know when you definately ovulated?? And your temps are still up?? I reckon it could be a bfp then. What brand are the tests?

SaraJane, temps still elevated yes. Brand is ONE STEP from ORACLE FERTILITY, they are just ebay ones.

Hmm... I don't know those tests. But they say elevated temps to 18DPO means pregnancy I think.
But then you think you would have had a bfp by now, confusing!! Maybe it is the tests.

at about 17 DPO i was still getting BFN with my tests, so i went and got another brand and they showed BFP.... I'd get another one and see how it goes

Good luck

Ok I will go the chemist and buy a pee stick then. Thanks everyone.

I have used that test, the second line came up extremely faint for days and days, I was starting to get worried thinking that if I was pregnant then my hcg levels mustn't be rising too greatly. Eventually, after AF almost being 2 weeks late and still getting extremely faint lines I went and got another brand, although it was apparently less sensitive, that second line came straight up much much much stronger and clearer.
I do have my doubts about those tests. They get sent in the post, so I don't know if they may get affected by heat in the process?? I don't know, but they barely showed my pregnancy, and I definitely was/am.
Hope it works out!

how did u go?
did u get another brand test?

I have the same ebay tests, im only 7dpo, so i hope i get a true result when the times comes, i tested last night at 6dpo and bfn, no supprise there. lol.

Yeah my BF bought that brand on ebay as well. They made her panic. After 1 bligted ovum and 1 molar pregnancy, she was getting BFN at 28DPO, thinking the worst again, she saw her doc who confirmed that she was 6wks pregnant. Let us know how you go.

Well i bought a CRYSTAL CLEAR test today. I tested with that at 10DPO with DD and it came up with a line. So I will do it in the morning. I will be 18DPO. Could be other reasons whilst AF hasn't turned out. Not stressing at all. Sort of don't want one just yet but a couple of months early won't matter too much at all. So I will let you all know tomorrow morning after 6am!

Thanks for all the information you have posted for me. I really appreciate your help ;)

Good luck, i hope the result is a good one either way.

negative. and a huge temp drop. will prob get AF today. will try again after april :D

Must have just been a weird cycle! How confusing for you!! :hug:

Yes a bit strange, AF still not here and don't feel like it is nearing. Maybe I'll miss AF this month, who knows? Confusing but bodies can do strange things! Actually, I sort of got used to the idea of perhaps being PG. Would be nice really.

hmmmmm still no AF, tomorrow is 7 days late. my friend is PG and had a BFN 2 weeks after AF was due. she tested 3 weeks after AF was due and had a BFP. i have had the teeniest bit of brown blood (sorry if TMI) this afternoon but it is such a small amount, a dot pretty much and now nothing. i can't remember whether i had brown blood when i was PG with DD. is that normal? i won't test again for a couple of days.

qb i get spotting 3 days before af is due normally starting with pink then brown.
Not sure if this helps or not.
What symptons do u usually get before af arrives?

AF is NEVER late....ever. I am 6 days over. This is the first time (apart from when PG with DD) that I have been late. It is really strange. I have been irritable, craving sugar (but that could be AF coming) and had a dry, scratchy throat (remember I had that with DD 2 weeks after ovulating and I was PG). Hmmm....it is strange :rolleyes:

Symptoms I get are normally headache, that is it. Have not had a headache.

We are super careful through the month (withdrawal method). That is so not 100% I know....but DP is always really conscious of it. Are there others on here that have fallen using that method as a contraceptive? I can't take pill so use natural methods (temping, etc).

Could you have Od later and the spotting be implantation?

ok so sperm gets out before ejaculation? that sounds stupid but i have no idea about the "before" stuff IYKWIM (duh...sorry if TMI). ummm....implantation is 7 days after isn't it?

i have had a dip in temp today, a drop. and a spot of brown blood. could be implantation. i just looked on my chart. i did have ovulation pain and EWM at CD19 however my chart indicates i ovulated on CD14 as i also had EWM that day also. if i did ovulation on CD19, i am 13DPO. if i ovulated on CD14, i am 18DPO.

thanks mis_tree, i downloaded this:

Pre-ejaculate does not usually contain sperm unless there has been an ejaculation, even a day-old ejaculation. Urinating removes some of the sperm but not all. Part of the job of pre-ejaculate is to "wash" out the penis to ensure a safe journey for the sperm when it DOES come. Pre-ejaculate has no sperm in it itself, only sperm that has been washed away on its way.

Hmmm....we hadn't DTD the day before, even 2 days before so now I am confused (hehehe!)

anyway, sorry to bore all of you girls with this! i guess i was just wondering whether people actually got a BFN at 18DPO and then a positive a couple of days later that is all. thanks everyone for listening!!

mis_tree, yes but did you DTD the day before so that sperm was still left IKYWIM? We hadn't which makes me wonder if it is all just in my head and I will get AF really soon!

I'm not sure about the whole temping thing, but I ovulated late with both my pregnancies as did my BF. Her due date by her scans is 2 weeks later than her date by LMP. So I think it just proves, that our bodies can do wonderful things, and you just never know what we are capable of. Good luck with it all, I hope you get the result your after.

yes maybe i didn't ovulate when my chart tells me i did, will just see how it pans out. would be quite strange if i was UTD but we were going to start trying in april anyway

QB, is your chart online? Can you post a link? I was right with someone else's confusing chart ;)

ok will PM you

It is possible that the heat stress has prolonged AF (was also looking at BOM site - Vic has new record!!) or there has been something there and it hasn't stuck, OR you could have a rise again tomorrow and get that elusive BFP. Honestly though hun, it looks a bit more like the heatwave may have affected your cycle by delaying ovulation. You only had that 1 really high temp and then it went to not much higher than the few days bfore it says you Oed. After 10 DPO looks a lot more like post O temps.

yeah weird isn't it? no i live in qld and we live somewhere with lovely sea breezes, has not been hot here at all actually. not stressed about anything. hmmmm....will see what my temp reads tomorrow morning! thanks so much for looking at my chart, i really appreciate it.

thanks everyone for your help with this. i guess i was just so stumped because i had never been late. got AF this morning, it is awful and heavy :rolleyes: