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Anyone want to join me at the start of another 2 ww?

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ElmMum · 26/04/2011 13:42

I am due on around the 11th/12th of May. This is our 4th cycle of TTC number 2, after a MC last Jan, and our 2nd cycle using a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor to keep track of things. We managed to DTD 5 times (a record for us!) in the days just before and while I was (hopefully) ovulating, so I have (despite my best efforts) got my hopes up that this month will be the month.

Anyone else out there got 2 weeks of waiting and symptom-checking looming and want some company?

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ElmMum · 01/05/2011 13:58

hairy fingers crossed for you. When would you expect AF? I'm never sure when PMT starts for me, I used not to notice it at all but now of course, I'm super-sensitive to every tiny PMT symptom.

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meliesmummy · 01/05/2011 13:44

Hi ladies. I'm having an afternoon nap, my cold has wiped me out completely! Still having little twinges but trying very hard not to get my hopes up. Im day 21 today which is my longest cycle since my mc in feb so even if I'm not pg it seems as if things are getting back to normal which is good.

Thanks for the list elms!

:( hairy

hairylights · 01/05/2011 13:39

I fear that I have pmt starting. Day 20. Very weepy :(

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ElmMum · 01/05/2011 13:26

Right, apologies if I've got anyone wrong or missed anyone, but here goes... (in order of when AF is due)

ShimmeryPixie BFP
milocuckoomitten 28th April
Sims2fan 3rd May
IfAtFirstUDontSucceed 4th May
eurochick 5th-7th May
VintageNancy and flyingcloud 7th May
Bellakins 8th May
meliesmummy and blueeyedmonster 9th May
ElmMum 11/12th May
DreamingOfABump ?
LivingDeadGirl ?
Mopey ?
hairylights ?
hopingitsthismonth ?

Good luck all!

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ElmMum · 01/05/2011 08:42

Morning all. Day 22 here for me (I think, or maybe 21, I'll need to check!). I think my boobs feel bigger, but I thought that last month and it was just PMS, so am trying to ignore them.

Thought I might do a list of all our names and what day we're on, to make this into a 'proper' MN thread!

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sims2fan · 30/04/2011 22:39

Thanks meliesmummy, I might pop to Wilkinsons tomorrow to have a look. Have a tesco near me too but very small so not sure if they will stock them.

I've been having some pains in my right hand side, towards my back for about the last week. Not sure what that's all about!

My boobs are very tender and the last couple of days I was getting cramps but haven't had them today. I have been feeling really tired today though and have spent most of it lying on the sofa!

Yesterday I seemed to need a wee constantly, which was annoying but I'm hoping it was a positive sign! Probably not as it hasn't happened today.

meliesmummy · 30/04/2011 22:08

sims try Tesco or Wilkinsons for tests.

Not much to report here apart from stabby left sided pains that sort of radiate down my thigh (?!). I've also got a stinking cold!

eurochick · 30/04/2011 21:33

I think it depends on what you are feeling. You could feel egg release or it travelling down the tubes or whatever. Appparently not everyone feels the same thing, so there is no easy answer to this.

blueeyedmonster · 30/04/2011 20:52

I'm not sure but always assumed they were on the day I ov so maybe before then. I hope it is anyway as that would tally with when I thought I would have ov'd.

mopey · 30/04/2011 20:09

A question for all those of you on the 2ww - do you think the ovulation pains - acheyness on one side - come before or after actual egg release? Am now panicking that we did not SWI close enough to ov!
Never done ov tests - so just relied on ewm - but now thinking I have got it all wrong!!

milocuckoomitten · 30/04/2011 18:54

Feeling a bit sick now! Dull cramps, similar to AF but not quite the same as if it's just coming on.

sims2fan · 30/04/2011 18:52

Where's the cheapest place to buy tests from? Actual shop rather than online please. I don't know if I can wait much longer before testing!

VintageNancy · 30/04/2011 16:25

Can I join in? I've got a week left of the 2ww and starting to get (even more) obsessed. Cycle 6 for me and AF is due on 7 May. Pretty certain we missed the vital SWI window this month as DH was away (for a change, he always seems to be away) but you never know.
I've got very sore boobs today, quite a lot of CM and a bit of a crampy ache on my right side. Nothing else at the moment.
I've got my first acupuncture session booked on the 11th so if I get AF at least I've got something positive to look forward to.

milocuckoomitten · 30/04/2011 10:41

I've just looked back at my calendar and the last time I had a longer cycle (36 days) was September 2010. Since then all have been 26-30. I am now on day 38! If AF had started when I had the spotting it would have been even earlier than when I thought I was due, which was slightly earlier than predicted, because my ACL is skewed due to previous long cycles (used to sometimes go over 40 days). I didn't have any AF type cramps at all when I had the spotting, whereas I usually wonder why I've got backache/tummyache for a while before twigging that AF has started. I keep thinking I'm holding it off but I'm more relaxed than I have been for quite some time and previously it was stress causing the long cycles. When I had the spotting I even just thought oh I've started early how annoying, until it turned out to be so little and then stopped which is when I said if we'd tried properly I'd think I was pg - as it seemed so classically like what I've read about implantation bleeding. But in that case shouldn't I have had a BFP by now? It's been over a week.
The only symptom I now have is on/off cramps, so I keep thinking AF is coming but no sign so far. I was also sick on Monday night - OH had the oven on and it didn't smell very nice - but that could have been nerves due to going back to work the next day. Confused

hopingitsthismonth · 30/04/2011 10:39

Hi elmmum and all those who came before!
hoping i can join please?! Elm- i am in a spookily similar situation to you.

mmc in dec (thought i was 12 weeks but actually sac was 9 weeks), so 4th cycle of ttc. 2nd cycle of CBFM. so far, hubbie been away loads with work, always at the wrong times it seems but this month is first time he has been home at the right time! Due around 11th May too :-)

on my 2nd peak day today, so on with the 2ww!

xx

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ElmMum · 30/04/2011 10:33

milo it's tricky isn't it. There are lots of threads on here about people whose AF is late but they still get a BFN. Some then go on to get their AF, others get a BFP a few days later. Hard not to test everyday. Let us know how you go.

I'm still 11 or 12 days off AF. Don't know how I'm going to last til then as I can think about nothing else. Don't have any symptoms though, so am prepared for disappointment.

How's everyone else feeling? At least it's sunny!

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milocuckoomitten · 30/04/2011 09:55

Sorry forgot to say I tested yesterday and BFN. So now don't know what to do as don't want to waste loads of tests to get AF anyway. It had to come at the time I've got 4 days off so loads of time to think about it!

sims2fan · 29/04/2011 23:15

Congrats Shimmery, hope all goes well.

Milo, are you going to test soon? Good luck!

blueeyedmonster · 29/04/2011 23:01

Congrats not contests!!

milocuckoomitten · 29/04/2011 21:57

Can I join although I'm not technically on 2ww any more as was due Thurs? So convinced I'm pregnant this month that I was bursting to tell someone, caved and told a friend at work! Now feel really silly in case AF comes now. Still really hoping for BFP although this has happened to me before - but have never had spotting 10dpo before!

blueeyedmonster · 29/04/2011 21:51

Contests shimmery hopefully the first bfp of a few on the thread!

I'm not going too mad yet symptom spotting which surprises me. I'm really glad and think we swi on the right days so am really hoping for this month. Wonder if that'll change by next week!

hairylights · 29/04/2011 18:26

Comgrars pixie

Tick tick tick tick .....

DreamingOfABump · 29/04/2011 17:27

congrats shimmery, awesome news

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ElmMum · 29/04/2011 16:11

Congratulations Shimmery! That's ace! The first BFP of the thread. Let's hope there are more to come. :)

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eurochick · 29/04/2011 15:11

Congrats, pixie!

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