u/whitepenguino

Image 1 — 9DPO Faint Pos, 10DPO Neg Digital
Image 2 — 9DPO Faint Pos, 10DPO Neg Digital
Image 3 — 9DPO Faint Pos, 10DPO Neg Digital

9DPO Faint Pos, 10DPO Neg Digital

Yesterday (9DPO) I felt super put off and gagged when I smelled eggs, then when taking the trash can out I immediately puked when I saw a roach outside (lol). Immediately thought I must be pregnant, but we were out of town so I didn’t take a test until I got home around 5pm. I took a cheap line test from HEB (says spd swiss precision diagnostics on the side), and there was a very faint positive (first pic). Hurray!! Not concerned that it was light since it’s early and not first pee of day.

Today (10DPO) I woke up feeling nauseous (good sign). Took 2 tests, same cheap line test and a digital. Cheap line test still has a faint positive, but the line is much lighter (it’s there although you can’t really see on the image). Digital says negative. Second and third pics.

Am I in for a chemical pregnancy? I know a lot of people who said the digital didn’t pick it up until closer to missed period (mine’s due Thursday). I wouldn’t be concerned if the line test was darker or the same & the digital neg, but the fact that the line test has picked up less HCG makes me nervous.

I have a grocery pickup order this evening with more line tests (all I have left is digital), so will test again tonight with a diff brand and again in the morning.

Not calling it until I get my period, and I know only continued testing or getting it will tell me for sure, but would love to hear others’ experiences. I am sitting on the bathroom floor feeling pretty sick so I’m definitely still experiencing symptoms.

Edit to say both lines appeared immediately, developed with the control line, so I don’t think these are evap lines, however I just read up on the unreliability of blue line tests. Ordered some pink line tests and easy@home so will continue to test this week. I think it’s more likely a chemical pregnancy than a true false positive, but really hoping for a BFP by the end of this week. 🤞🏻🙏🏻 second test was only about 12 hours after first test so tomorrow will be the true tell I think.

Double edit I am an idiot and the blue dye tests are both ovulation tests. I am definitely not ovulating and HcG can cause false positives on opks so taking this as a positive sign and waiting for a true BFP ☺️

u/whitepenguino — 2 days ago

Strategies for Analyzing your own Writing

I’ve recently begun writing short stories in my free time. This is a whole new skill for me, and while I’ve always enjoyed writing, I’ve never really written fiction before.

One thing I’m struggling with is mastering the ability to “zoom out” and look at my work critically instead of granularly. I want to get better at analyzing themes, pacing, and structure—it’s a lot easier to do that when you didn’t write the work. Sometimes I receive editorial feedback about a piece and I’m like “wow duh, that would make it so much better. Why didn’t I think of that?”

I know this is a skill that will come probably come with time and practice, but I’m curious if anyone has any tips or strategies for analyzing their work in this way.

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u/whitepenguino — 9 days ago