July Bus

Congrats Cinnamon!

Yes, 'super sperm' may have been mentioned a couple of times

Massively coincidentally, on my way to work this morning I pulled out onto the motorway, behind a car whose number plate ended with BFP made me laugh!

Congrats Cinnamon!! Excellent news!!

Lizzie 8dpo is very early for testing! So don't give up hope just yet!

Lol cinnamon my dh was the exact same when I fell pregnant with DD on the first attempt! I had to listen to him going on about 'super sperm' for ages

Cinnamon, that's fantastic news! So happy for you!

And thanks Bertie for that chart, it's really helpful! I'll keep referring to it whenever I'm tempted to POAS. I'm 2 days PO (I think) and I woke up today feeling awful. I ache under my arms and I'm so crampy. I know it can't be implantation, as it's far too soon, so I'm doing my best not to symptom spot (easier said than done). My bbt is pretty much the same as pre ovulation, so I won't be getting my hopes up this cycle. Good luck and fx for everyone else in the tww!

I know Laura he was grinning like a Cheshire Cat and super pleased with himself that it was first attempt, but also said 'oh I thought that was just the practice, like a warm up and we'd get to try a bit longer' I told him he would have gotten fed up with it eventually, but I don't think he believed me! Hes not one of those guys who is super interested in that the whole time though, so I think he'll get over it pretty quickly

Typical man cinnamon!

Thanks everyone, still in shock, keep expecting AF to appear and ruin the moment!
I had 20 Amazon tests shouting at me, so I tested at 9dpo and got BFN, then again this morning, thinking it would confirm the BFN and make me actually move on and accept AF was going to arrive and got my squinter. My boobs have been really achey and I've been getting some cramps, but that is normal for me before AF, I've also been feeling quite hot when I wake up, but again I do get that sometimes anyway, so really not that many symptoms. I think I felt implantation though as I had a pain at 6 dpo.
We actually didn't try as much as we were planning this month, so I really wasn't that hopeful! It's our first cycle so can't say we did anything differently other than not preventing! DH a little bit disappointed not to have had more months trying

Oh apart from a nice ulcer on my tongue 😂 Can that count as a symptom?

Congrats cinnamon! Did you do anything different this month?

I'm now 4dpo no sign of anything tho xx

Congratulations cinnamon!!

I'm not sure if I'm imagining symptoms lizzie but feel the exact same as yesterday.

I've got a test shouting at me but it's my last one and was planning on holding out til at least Saturday when af is due.....

Anyone else imagining symptoms?

MrsGSnow I couldn't really pinpoint ovulation this month but I think I'm around 8dpo or so? Most of my symptoms seem to have gone this morning and I got a BFN so there you go

Ooh congrats Cinnamon! :)

Just in case anyone else is tempted to test early... I collated all the countdowntopregnancy data on DPO results for pregnancy tests to put them into a chart.

I discounted days 1, 2 and 3 because the numbers were too small and they seemed skewed.

Also bear in mind that this only contains data from those people who actually bothered to test so might be skewed as people might only test early if they have symptoms. Likewise, bear in mind that DPO is self reported and might be inaccurate.

I thought it was a bit of fun and interesting to see anyway. MN shrinks images so the text is a bit squinty but looks ok.

I know it's not technically July yet but I couldn't wait
I was convinced there was no chance this cycle so I wanted to get my BFN and move on
so I tested, I'm 13dpo and I've got a squinter! Going to wait til fri and try and get a clear blue to get a confirmed BFP

Thank you Eva the line is a bit darker this morning
Sorry to hear about your loss Littlesparkes I hope this month is a lucky one for you.
Scandimanny stress sends my cycles crazy, I think it is a very probable reason.
fx for those approaching test date.

Ooh Lizzie and Laura, fx for you :)

babydances, I hope getting the implant removed helps. I would imagine there must be some kind of overlap, it's not like it would just stop working on the day they say it runs out. They probably build in a bit of a buffer in case people forget or don't realise and are still relying on it.

Stress is definitely a possibility. I've just thought though CD15 in a average 30 day cycle is probably quite early to ov actually. I think I need to just bin the opk's and try to dtd every few days, I think for me they don't do me any favours and make me a little bit obsessive

Sounds promising, fingers crossed Laura

Argh! Trying really hard not to symptom spot but I feel so rubbish today I can't help it!

I woke up this morning feeling like I hadn't slept (even though I had the usual 6-7hrs!)

On the symptom side, I have very mild cramping, mild pain in my left side (implantation?), nausea, heartburn, creamy discharge, sore (.)(.) and I'm just sooo tired. Also I had quite a bit of ligament pain which is just random! I've only ever had it towards the end of pregnancy (although #2 I did have it around 26weeks)

AF due saturday but I never feel like this! I honestly thought we were out this cycle but now not sure at all! I really hope the witch isn't playing games with me!

Scandimanny stress can delay ovulation so maybe you're just a bit tense? Hope you get a positive tomorrow. I ovulated on Cd18 this month so def don't panic yet! No idea re spotting, but maybe get checked out with doc if this cycle isn't successful?

Gah! Not going well here. My cycle has been regular for months. Months. So of course we decide to start ttc and its gone tits up! CD15, not even a hint of ewcm, unsurprisingly neg opk's for the last 5 days and I've been spotting since CD10. No idea what the spotting is about

Hope things are going better for everyone else

Hello ladies waves

Will be mainly lurking for now as I'm awaiting the return of my period (I'm still BF my DD) but I'm starting to get excited about ttc again! DD was conceived first cycle round so was very lucky.

Age: 28
TTC: #2
DC: DD 14 months

Lizziedoll how many dpo are you? All of your changes sound promising!

Eva I think so! Should be able to test mid July too! Ovia is telling me in 14 days but I ovulated later so that's maybe too soon.

Definitely bertie!
vanilla , what littlesparkes said, do opks over the next few days and hopefully they'll get darker
mrsgsnow great news, are you due to test with Me and Bertie again too? Good luck all!

Also I'm hot all the time and my body temperature seems to have gone up?