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I just wanted to share my story with you ladies.

Rachel • Wed, Mar 16

My name is Rachel. I'm 24 and have been married to the man of my dreams since 12/2014. We knew we wanted kids when we got married but everyone told us we needed to wait and this and that. Well, last October we said "to hell with everyone else" and decided we were doing to have a baby! I stopped my birth control and thought for sure I would get pregnant right away; I didn't. 3 months passed and I still wasn't pregnant. Unrealistically I was so upset about it. My sister got pregnant (unplanned) with her 4th child and I was so upset. I decided to stop using opks and stopped tracking my symptoms because I was just fed up.

4 days before my period was due I was so sick and throwing up but I got a bfn on my hpt. The next day I took a test in the middle of the day and swore I saw a line. My husband said I was crazy but somehow I just knew. The next morning (well 2am) I had to pee and so I decided to take a test. Faint line? So I took another one and started freaking out. I had a first response digital so I said eh what the heck and it said yes!

I took a clear blue digital and it was negative. The next day I took a cheap test and it was negative so I was so upset.

I went to the doctor 3 days later and sure enough I was pregnant.

The moral of this really long story is: don't feel discouraged if you don't get pregnant right away. It happens most of the time when you stop actually trying. Don't worry if one says positive but another brand says negative. And overall if you get a negative one day just take another one he next day :).