Testing around the 16th Feb? Join me for some "too knackered to SWI" laughs (!) with a bit of symptom -spotting and "shall I test early?" agonising thrown in!

Hello everyone! I just noticed this thread and realised everybody within is probably testing around now and thought I'd wish you all some luck with your POASs.

Congratulations to everyone who has got their good news!

Oh, can I ask you all a question, do you reckon OV sticks are worth bothering with? Clomid doesn't seem to be regulating my AF very well although a couple of months ago I know I OV'd as I had blood tests, my cycles seem to be getting longer. Now CD36 and counting. Will test again tomorrow - ever the optimist! Babybythesea I'm hoping to be one of those people you're talking about (with DS2 my BFP was quite feint but I was already 8 weeks pg).

Maybe I'd stop constantly POAS if I bought more expensive tests - as it is I paid £2.99 for 20 on Ebay so feel like I'm not wasting too much money. I need to admit to myself that it's not my month. I'd already worked out the due date for imaginary baby and was delighted because there are no other family birthdays in October (nutter...)

babybythesea, I prefer to think of BFPs as contagious rather than finite numbers which need to be shared out . Given the thread rules laid out by katycustard I think we'd have to send the BFP her way if we're limited though!

Thinking about it though ladies, it's only Feb 15th so we're not at our actual testing date yet, so it's not surprising that it hasn't been a particularly lucky thread yet! I predict a bit of a surge. we need a [hopeful] icon...

just checking in on everyone here.... sorry about all the BFNs... knittymum any more stronger lines? katycustard how are you doing? i remember the rules of the thread so will be gutted for you if no BFP!
xx

Good plan baby - just expect AF to turn up and if she doesn't in five or six days time, then test again!

Thanks boobellina and bumps. I'm currently 12 DPO, so it is a bit early, and I've been reading threads about how people didn't get a BFP for ages after AF was due so there is some chance still. I'm assuming there isn't though - easier to start preparing for the next round than to get hopeful and disappointed all over again. And this way, if there is an unexpected result, then it's a lovely lovely surprise.
As for DD, she's clingy and a bit miserable - think we'll take the dog for a good long walk this morning, and hope for a long nap this afternoon so she feels a bit better. We had a massive thunderstorm last night - wondering if that accounts for her lack of sleep.

Hope someone else got my BFP - it's out there somewhere so maybe one of you guys can make use of it instead!

Oh dear babybythesea - what a rotten night and morning for you. As you say though, it isnt over till AF comes! How many DPO are you?

aww babybythesea sorry to hear that. Might be too early to test - this is what I'm telling myself - I was obsessively reading the % on the back of the clear blue packet and they only get good on the date that AF is due so keep your fingers crossed.

Well ladies, looks like you'll have to put up with me on this thread for another month. We're going to need to start a March thread soon. Tested (2 days before AF is due to visit) and got a BFN. Even fishing it out of the bin an hour later didn't help. Not even a hint of a whiff of a line. I knew it'd be negative if I couldn't refrain! Oh well. There's always next month. Am also clinging on to the hope that it's still a little bit too early and that AF will not show up and a test on, say, Friday will yield different results. Trying also to see the positives. Was up most of the night with a restless toddler. She doesn't normally have sleeping problems so maybe this is to remind me that babies bring sleep deprivation. Today will be fun- one tired and grumpy child, and tired and disappointed Mummy of one. At least there's only one child to manage, right??? And I'm not coping with her while also coping with morning sickness and pregnancy tiredness. There are positives in my negative. There are. Really.

Sorry to hear that vintage. hope green and blacks did the trick and that next month is your month.
Congratulations to those with bfps and good luck to those testing tomorrow.
katycustard how are you doing? x

I'm demolishing a bar of green & blacks whilst watching Glee thanks to the arrival of AF - boo!

Oh Knitty, sounds hopeful.

Still no sign of AF, now on CD35. Am beginning to wonder if the Clomid didn't work this month.

Corky - you are no help at all! I'm looking for reasons to avoid getting a BPN - I just know if I can wait until Thursday I can generate a BFP!! I'm sure there's a law somewhere that proves it! No willpower to hold out -no baby!! And at the moment, the willpower is fast vanishing!

Still no sign of AF for me although I was convinced it was coming yesterday. I'm due today... Will see what my temp is like tomorrow morning and then maybe test (that's bound to mean that AF comes).

Oh and my due date would be 26t October, I'll have two October babies.

Thanks for all the lovely congratulations, have POA few more S's today and they are all the same
knitty hope your line gets darker as the days go on. As you can see we are fans of the same expensive hobby
babybythesea got my positive and my AF isn't due until Wednesday - go for it!

I knew I shouldn't have come back to read updates. I had convinced myself that I could wait until Thursday but now not sure I can after reading about shadows of lines - might have to go for it tomorrow - would only be 2 days before AF is due so not too desperately early. If I can be strong tomorrow, then waiting until Thurs should be ok as I am working on Weds and it's a real rush to get out of the house on time as it is. So, the question is, what state will my willpower be in first thing tomorrow? It's weeing on a fiver. It's weeing on a fiver....

Bumps - a line is a line, sure, but is a very faint hint of the possibility of a shadow of a line also a line?!?! I'll just have to wait for the morning [sigh]! I don't really know much about the different tests, but I got first response because of the earliness of possible testing. However, that does mean that I am almost literally peeing on fivers every morning, but that is how I'm getting through the day!!

Ghost - that's the optimism I'm clinging to! I'm the same with few AF symptoms, except for moodiness (which I've not had this month). And apparently bloating is a valid symptom, because your body slows down your digestion to ensure all the nutrients are extracted (thank you Dr Google for that one!) which makes you bloated and windy . So don't give up hope! I'm certainly staying positive and keeping fingers firmly crossed for tomorrow!

hi knitty that sounds like very optimistic news, I hope that you get a clearer line tomorrow. If you're right then it can definitely only get stronger!

As for cramping etc - I really don't know. I'm lucky enough to generally have quite light periods and only tend to have pain for a day or two, easily controlled with painkillers. I just don't have many AF symptoms compared to some people on here so it's hard to tell even when not TTC. (Sooooo not complaining about that btw). My belly has been feeling kind of bloated for the last few days, but I've been ill and not exercising/eating quite a lot so that could easily be the reason. I just sort of feel aware of my belly, quite low down.

Can anyone say psychosomatic...

Ooh Knitty, after all a line is a line is a line?

On another note, if I DO buy a test today, WHICH ONE?! I hear Superdrug are very senstive?

q - sorry to hear that. I really hope next month is your month .

babybythesea - I apply that logic all day long, then I go to bed, wake up earlier than usual needing the loo, hold on and hold on (to make it stronger ) and then give way and pee on a fiver. I'm just weak!

Congratulations, Corky! What will your due date be?

Ghost - good luck for later in the week! Is it definitely cramping, or could it be uterus stretching type aches??

Bumps - good luck for when you test! I'm loving this thread with everyone at about the same stage in their cycles! Really helps you to not feel so alone with it all, doesn't it?

Boobellina - good luck for the weekend. And what Ghost said to Bumps is true, it'll be super special whenever it happens!

As to me, I POAS this morning, and when I squinted and squinted I'm almost sure that there was something there, even if it did only look like the wateriest of watermarks. DH, being eminently more sensible and level headed (and patient) than me couldn't understand the squinting and refused to join in, telling me I should just wait until the weekend. Fat chance!! So I shall POAS tomorrow morning again (expensive hobby, this one!) and see what that looks like.

Extra symptoms now include that the smell of tea can make me feel ill, and I got all hot and dizzy in the supermarket this morning. So if I'm not pg, I think I need to get myself checked out for a variety of illnesses!

boobellina fx for you! I'm on day 24 so we're in a similar position.

Ooo just found this thread and am gutted that I could have spend the last 10 days obsessing with the rest of you. In a slightly different position in that we had our 3rd round of IUI on the 3rd of Feb and am feeling really hopeful that it is 3rd time lucky and that I am upduffed.

So far I have had crampy implantation feelings, lots of strange nausea and travel sickness issues, coupled with an appetite to rival an overworked rugby team . No sore boobs yet - no matter how hard I prod them but am sure that my areola looked weird this morning. DD came in the bathroom at that point and was keen to know why I was looking at my boobies like that!

Tested this morning and got a BFN but am only on day 25 so am going to try and resist 'pissing on a fiver' until the weekend. I just really wanted to give DH a Valentines Day to remember.

I think you are right that there's not much point testing today - if its a BFN then I would just be very disappointed which would spoil tonight, and it wouldn't be that reliable a result anyway.

I just think that until I am later than my mega cycle last month, I can't consdier myself truly "late" if you see what I mean.

Though on the other hand FF thinks Ovd on CD 20 and I think it was either CD20 or CD22. So tomorrow I will be 14 DPO by the most pessimistic reckoning, so perhaps I should buy one today and try tomorrow am!

Cheers - I will stop ruminating now!