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raspberrytipple · 15/12/2011 07:45

New thread..... let's get going!!

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JNO18 · 21/01/2012 07:57

Any news Nearly?

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Raspberry.

I'm due in the next day or so. Been tempted to test this morning but my parents are visiting so can't really. Although I don't really feel any symptoms this month so not holding out much hope. Only thing is slightly sore boobs but not as bad as last month ( and obvs I wasn't of then) so I'm thinking jan wasn't our month.

Sorry to hear about the pluresy Raspberry. Didn't know what it was so just googled it and it sounds nasty Sad. What can the docs do for you?

raspberrytipple · 21/01/2012 07:18

I also couldn't drink a glass of wine last night, had to give it to DH, couldn't even stand the smell. And I've got heartburn. Not getting hopes up though, pretty sure they are imagined, I only ov'd 6 days ago!

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Flickstar · 20/01/2012 22:35

raspberry, I don't want to fuel the mental but my first symptom, and the reason why I tested was that I was SO snappy and foul...just saying! xx

Ratata · 20/01/2012 22:02

raises hand another IBS sufferer here. Well I think I am. Due to get more tests soon as I have on going back pain as well as abdominal pains. Have had ultrasound and X-ray of lower abdomen and nothing abnormal. Really had to push to get it done though, docs were just giving me heaps of painkillers. Anyhoo...

I hope you feel better soon raspberry

Fingers crossed for you nearly

Lol beeblebear that story is hilarious!

I'm using ovulation sticks at the moment, not ovulated yet it seems. Think I'm due to ovulate next week. I figured I may as well start using them as weekday sex is proving difficult so would like to know when is best to do it. We are weekend shaggers, weekdays I'm always knackered.

raspberrytipple · 20/01/2012 21:40

Oh yes! Fingers crossed for tomorrow nearly! I've been very snappy today so guessing im getting pmt :( bloody periods. Make sure you post early tomorrow with how you get on!

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NearlyDunne · 20/01/2012 21:18

I have been a hormonal wreck for nearly 3 weeks now... its not as bad as it was but i really feel so sorry for dp there is never a cross word between us apart from when im like this.
Oh i have everything crossed for you i really do :)
If this test is negative tomorrow my af better come soon

raspberrytipple · 20/01/2012 21:02

oh no Nearly that made me chuckle but I know IBS is not nice. I thought (or rather doc did) that I used to suffer with it when I was younger and spent many painful hours in the loo crying but I seemed to just grow out of it and I've no idea why. My mum gets it quite badly too so you have my sympathy :( I am feeling much better thank you, tablets are starting to kick in and the pain in my shoulder has almost gone. However, I ovulated last Sunday and I am now starting to symptom spot this month for some reason, I'm usually not prone to doing that so much these days so Im obv hormonal - obv because I am pregnant. lol. I think I may be very disappointed at the end of this month

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NearlyDunne · 20/01/2012 20:41

sorry rasp thought i replied last night but must have written it then gone to a new page.
How are you feeling now? dont talk to me about bloating i have pretty bad IBS so am generally like that most nights. a fart gets a cheer in our house as it means my tummy doesn't hurt as much Grin

raspberrytipple · 20/01/2012 20:35

where'd everyone go??!!

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raspberrytipple · 19/01/2012 21:54

Gaaaarrrgggghhhh ladies I have pleurisy :( very painful but got antibiotics so hopefully will start to feel a bit better tomorrow, can't spare another day off work, to much to do. I'm also majorly bloated. Air coming out both ends :( bluergh :(

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Beeblebear · 19/01/2012 02:41

Nearl sending bfp sparkles ur way 4saturday!

On another note, the other 2ww before swi fun time is ever so boring!

So funny story... Another girl at work got married around the same time as me was telling me today that they got a new puppy. Well she had told her sister to come over because she had something exciting to show her. Well her sister showed up to her house with a chocolate cake and congratulations balloons thinking she was pregnant! Then her sis said oh your preg AND you have a new dog!?! And my coworker really had to spell it out for her. No. we. Just. Got. A. Dog.

So I guess you don't even need to be the ones trying to symptom spot and get your hopes up. Lol

JNO18 · 18/01/2012 18:31

Thanks!! Just posted in another thread to say I cracked and tested even tho only 10dpo & it was bfn. Why did I even bother? It's too early! Plus I really don't feel that this has been the month anyway. Not coping well this month at all Sad

Fairygodmother1 · 18/01/2012 18:26

Welcome to our word of madness Nearly lol!!!

Nope not mental JNO18

NearlyDunne · 18/01/2012 18:22

I think iv gone crazy already and its only month one and will be month one till af arrives :) or baby
Thank you all for helping me i feel a little silly with my bfp then bfn then bfp again

littlemisslemon · 18/01/2012 17:46

Have got my fingers crossed for you nearly. :) Agree with the leaving it for a few days though as then you'll get a definitive answer as any early positive should be definite positive by the weekend. Try not to go too crazy waiting in the meantime!!

Ratata · 18/01/2012 17:04

Really excited for you nearlydunne as other people have said, a line is usually a line!

JNO18 I get like that too when there's a chance I could be pg. I expect to be like that in the next 2 weeks as I should ovulate next week!

Decided that if I'm not pg by May then I will either be going to a festival or on holiday with DH. I am one of those people who always need something to look forward to. I don't really expect to be pg by May, unless I was really lucky. Nice to have something to plan for other than my non-existent baby :) I think I could quite easily get sucked into obsessing about TTC which wouldn't be a good thing this early on since only been trying since end of Nov :)

NearlyDunne · 18/01/2012 12:57

Thanks Raspberry i will hold off.

raspberrytipple · 18/01/2012 12:41

Nearly - a line is usually line. Tests vary on their sensitivity, I would try to leave it until Saturday morning then test again with first urine, by that point the hcg will have had time to build up and will hopefully give you the BFP I think may be brewing! Good luck!! I really would hold off testing between now and then though

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NearlyDunne · 18/01/2012 12:31

i tested with cheapies and got faint lines then tested digital and strip yesterday and got a bfn then today got a faint line fainter than the first ones. just did another one with same pee and there was nothing. AHHHH

JNO18 · 18/01/2012 12:13

The faint line might be a BFP then. What tests are you using? Worth investing in a digital one and using it 1st thing tomorrow?

NearlyDunne · 18/01/2012 12:10

Im now 11 days late i would have ovulated around the 29th of december.

JNO18 · 18/01/2012 11:59

When are you due Nearly? Do you know when you ovulated?

NearlyDunne · 18/01/2012 11:47

Ok to follow on with feeling mental i took another test today just to be sure to be sure..... there was definitely a line but it was fainter than faint again... i tried to take a pic for dp but the camera couldnt pick it up.... bloody things are playing with my mind.
JNO i did that every month even when i was on the pill... wishful thinking on my part. its normal.

JNO18 · 17/01/2012 22:17

Can I just say AGH!!!! I f*ing hate this week of my cycle. I'm due around the weekend & just feel like a crazy person every month. I'm always having an internal argument with myself all the time that goes like this -

"boobs are sore, could be pregnant."
"but boobs were sore last month & I wasn't pregnant"
"yes but do they look bigger"
"yes, no, maybe they are"
" so I could be pregnant"
"but i have no other symptoms"
"that doesn't mean anything"
"I'm probably not pregnant"
"yes but you could be"
And so on and so on

Am I mental? To repeat my first point AAAGGGHHH!! Angry

NearlyDunne · 17/01/2012 20:52

Still waiting for AF bloody thing. im so frustrated and sad that the BFP's then the BFN. fingers crossed for someone to get a BFP soon