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My Due Date: January 2, 2015I have given birth!
Age: 40 years old
Location: United Kingdom
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Withdrawal from the Test Gallery
By Sianny » Posted Apr. 30, 2014 9:20am - 618 views - 4 comments
You lovely ladies perhaps came here from the helpful Countdown To Pregnancy site, maybe you even visited the Pregnancy Test Gallery. Then again maybe you hadn't...
With a squinty second line on a FRER test, something I didn't even know could happen, I had started the googling to find out if this was something other people had had.
Did I pee on it wrong?
Was the test faulty?
Was I pregnant?
I came across the Countdown TO pregnancy test gallery and after a little looking about decided it wouldn't hurt to upload my own photo to see what percent of people thought I was seeing things. Other members voted on the picture and any amount of info you added to whether they thought the test was Negative, Positive, Unsure or Evaporation Line.
I decided that it was only fair that I voted on some of the other photos and had just about come to come to grips with some new terminology.
I had just about figured out BFP AND BFN from the forums during my first pregnancy so that was pretty simple. Big fat positive or big fat negative.
Now FMU, at first glance it seemed like some form of insult 'well FMU too!' but quickly discovered this was First Morning Urine, I assume SMU is something in the same line but still I couldn't tell you what it means.
Tools? I had to look this one up, It refers to the filters you could apply to others photos to help you see more clearly a result so as to make a more informed vote.
Three days later and I was still visiting the site... I had my positive result after all 92% confirmed this, 5% were unsure and 3% said it was an evap line. Trust me nothing irked me more then that 3% mostly because I clearly stated the line appeared in under a minute so if that was an evap line then thats some quick steaming pee! Butit felt wrong staying there when I had already completed that part of the journey.
It was just strangely addictive. I hate admitting that it probably had something to do with being able to dish out an opinion anonymously like I was some GREAT PEE STICK OVERLORD! But it probably was...
What the dickens was wrong with me?
(Read this next bit in your best overlord voice and you will get a sense of me at the computer)
"Invert shows nothing, I deem this test negative. The cross is big and blue clearly this is positive. All that is in focus is your lovely sandstone tiles I am forced to say unsure. You have selected that the photo was taken 2 days after the test of course it is an evap line.
(okay back to being serious)
But its not just that, wade through those who just want to see votes or get their pat on the backs because they conceived after only a month, over look those who post up fakes for attention or try bleeding on the test for a better result, even those who had intercourse only the day before and was sure they could already see a line and you will find the veterans.
Those who have been on the site month after month charting every single detail in their cycle in a vain hope that they could one day post in the positive section and you know what? Its a rush when you finally see it happen or them.
A lady who had something like 95% chance or conceiving naturally with a husband who's fertility was down and her own battle with POS got that BFP. I wanted to shake the screen and cheer for her.
Its not always a happy story though, another lady I was following has spent the last five days posting up test after test after test saying how she was sure there was a line. This line could never be seen and never got darker and the votes always favored the 'negative'.
I now go back once every morning because I want to see that line, I want her to know I see it too and congratulate her.
I miss clicking the votes though, the internet seems dull compared to following their stories, seeing the positives and commiserating the negatives.
Now I start a new site.
Boring you with my endless journal entries and seeing you all bloom through the trimesters and finally to birth.
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Withdrawal from the Test Gallery
By Sianny » Posted Apr. 30, 2014 9:20am - 618 views - 4 comments
You lovely ladies perhaps came here from the helpful Countdown To Pregnancy site, maybe you even visited the Pregnancy Test Gallery. Then again maybe you hadn't...
With a squinty second line on a FRER test, something I didn't even know could happen, I had started the googling to find out if this was something other people had had.
Did I pee on it wrong?
Was the test faulty?
Was I pregnant?
I came across the Countdown TO pregnancy test gallery and after a little looking about decided it wouldn't hurt to upload my own photo to see what percent of people thought I was seeing things. Other members voted on the picture and any amount of info you added to whether they thought the test was Negative, Positive, Unsure or Evaporation Line.
I decided that it was only fair that I voted on some of the other photos and had just about come to come to grips with some new terminology.
I had just about figured out BFP AND BFN from the forums during my first pregnancy so that was pretty simple. Big fat positive or big fat negative.
Now FMU, at first glance it seemed like some form of insult 'well FMU too!' but quickly discovered this was First Morning Urine, I assume SMU is something in the same line but still I couldn't tell you what it means.
Tools? I had to look this one up, It refers to the filters you could apply to others photos to help you see more clearly a result so as to make a more informed vote.
Three days later and I was still visiting the site... I had my positive result after all 92% confirmed this, 5% were unsure and 3% said it was an evap line. Trust me nothing irked me more then that 3% mostly because I clearly stated the line appeared in under a minute so if that was an evap line then thats some quick steaming pee! Butit felt wrong staying there when I had already completed that part of the journey.
It was just strangely addictive. I hate admitting that it probably had something to do with being able to dish out an opinion anonymously like I was some GREAT PEE STICK OVERLORD! But it probably was...
What the dickens was wrong with me?
(Read this next bit in your best overlord voice and you will get a sense of me at the computer)
"Invert shows nothing, I deem this test negative. The cross is big and blue clearly this is positive. All that is in focus is your lovely sandstone tiles I am forced to say unsure. You have selected that the photo was taken 2 days after the test of course it is an evap line.
(okay back to being serious)
But its not just that, wade through those who just want to see votes or get their pat on the backs because they conceived after only a month, over look those who post up fakes for attention or try bleeding on the test for a better result, even those who had intercourse only the day before and was sure they could already see a line and you will find the veterans.
Those who have been on the site month after month charting every single detail in their cycle in a vain hope that they could one day post in the positive section and you know what? Its a rush when you finally see it happen or them.
A lady who had something like 95% chance or conceiving naturally with a husband who's fertility was down and her own battle with POS got that BFP. I wanted to shake the screen and cheer for her.
Its not always a happy story though, another lady I was following has spent the last five days posting up test after test after test saying how she was sure there was a line. This line could never be seen and never got darker and the votes always favored the 'negative'.
I now go back once every morning because I want to see that line, I want her to know I see it too and congratulate her.
I miss clicking the votes though, the internet seems dull compared to following their stories, seeing the positives and commiserating the negatives.
Now I start a new site.
Boring you with my endless journal entries and seeing you all bloom through the trimesters and finally to birth.
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from Sianny » Posted May. 1, 2014 12:57am Congratulations! I agree, I still wish that I found the site when I first started ttc number 2, I would have been something of a vetran myself but maybe the habit would have been worse he he he. |
 | Comment from Kitten90 » Posted Apr. 30, 2014 6:09pm I was on there for quite a few months and went through a couple losses while on that site. I know what you mean about the withdrawal lol! I seriously can't even count how many pee sticks I went through before I got my sticky baby =) |
| Comment from Sianny » Posted Apr. 30, 2014 11:50am Thank you and yay for the third trimester, how excited you must be. This is the home straight now and I can't wait to read that your off to the delivery room. Hope you don't feel too waddly towards the end he he he. |
 | Comment from mrsamanda » Posted Apr. 30, 2014 11:06am I've been there. I am one of those veterans who are happy to say that I was finally able to select that POSITIVE result and am now going into my THIRD trimester! And how amazing does it feel to finally be able to do that? Congrats for graduating to Countdown My PREGNANCY! :) Can't wait to see your progression! |
