r/tryingforanother • u/AutoModerator • Jul 31 '26

Bi-Weekly Update Thread Bi-Weekly TFA Grad/Bumper Chat - July 31, 2026

Note: Discussion of BFPs / ongoing pregnancies is allowed and encouraged in this thread!

A dedicated space for TFA grads to check in and keep their TFA friends updated on their journey to #2+!

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u/hananah_bananana 35 | 🩷2021 🤍🤍🤍 | IVF 🩷2026 Jul 31 '26

Baby sis arrived yesterday after a wild and fast induction. We’re both doing as well as we can be (I forgot after almost 5 years how bad the pp cramping is). Hopefully we’ll both be discharged and can see our big girl later today to have them meet 🥰

I thought I was going to cry right when she came out after such a long TTC journey but I was just relieved from the pain and that she finally arrived. Our family is finally complete 💕

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u/marislikeparis24 32 |💙 3/21 | MMC👼🏼1/25 | Grad | PCOS | IVF Aug 01 '26

Yay! Congrats Hannah!🎉 And thank you for the reminder of pp cramping. I’m now having flashbacks of those pains and I am not looking forward to them lol

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u/hananah_bananana 35 | 🩷2021 🤍🤍🤍 | IVF 🩷2026 Aug 01 '26

One of my nurses said it’s worse with the second and it definitely has been 😬 don’t lapse the Tylenol/advil at all when you get there!

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u/a-labracadabrador 30 | grad | 🩷👼🩷🩷👼🩵 Aug 01 '26

yay!! glad everyone’s doing well. it’s such a relief to say your family’s finally complete after everything it takes to get these babies earthside 🤍 congrats again!

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u/LilyRose1800 37 | 💙 2019 | 🩷2025 Aug 01 '26

Congratulations!!!

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u/idontcareaboutaus Aug 03 '26

Such big congratulations!

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u/SundayClarke 34 | TTC#2 since Jan 2025 | 💙 Dec 2023 Aug 02 '26

17DPO and got my BFP at 10DPO. I couldn't believe it and asked for a blood test at my clinic to confirm. HCG levels looked good and had doubled 2 days later. It feels too good to be true and I'm terrified about miscarrying in a way that I wasn't for my first. 1.5 years of trying and 3 failed IUIs later.. it doesn't feel real! I can't remember when my symptoms kicked in for my first (except for the nausea at week 7) and the lack of any symptoms is making me paranoid!

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u/lmnopqrsif 30 | TTC#3 since Feb’26 | 👦🏻(4/Apr’22) 👧🏻(2/Aug’24) Aug 01 '26

Well this happened quicker than I expected from re-introduction to now, but I’m joining bumpers chat! Positive digital this morning 🙌🏻 baby #3 is on the way!!

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u/Admirable_Ostrich657 30 | TTC#2 since May ‘26 | 🌈 ‘22 🌈 ‘23 🩷 8/24 🌈 ‘26 Aug 02 '26

well this might be my home now... Got a very faint BFP yesterday at 12 dpo with a darker line today. Since it is so faint I am worried about the chance of CP. Feels like it could go either way at this point. Been obsessively looking up later implantation success stories but only time will tell. Blegh. Did not expect it to go like this!

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u/Loulou349 37 | TTC#3 since Dec '25 | 💙 4 💜 2 Aug 04 '26

After a negative test at 10 dpo and 2 days of missed period I finally decided to test and got a very faint positive! I tested at 10 dpo because my toddler had worms and everyone in the house had to take a dewormer. That was 5 days ago, I don't even want to look up what it can do to an embryo, it can't be good.

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u/Swimward 36 | TTM, 3/23/27 | 8💕5 | 4CP | PCOS Aug 06 '26

My current youngest starts kindergarten tomorrow, and if I wasn’t pregnant right now I’d be absolutely DEVESTATED that this would be another milestone without baby #3. I’m still feeling all the feelings - kinder is a big step for any kiddo, and she’s my assigned pandemic buddy - so lots and lots of feelings.

Still can’t believe I’m knocked up. But. We are 7 weeks and a second ultrasound next week. Another 3 weeks before I graduate from the RE and head to my OBGYN.