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Is anyone else testing this week?

57 replies

Mammabear31 · 07/09/2016 09:17

Hi All.

Am currently on cycle 5 and AF is due Sunday. According to Ovia I can test from tomorrow, did an IC this morning and was negative.

Am feeling quite down this week, would like to chat with others who are going through the same thing.

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AnneLovesGilbert · 07/09/2016 17:18

Oh so sorry, didn't see your message above!

10DPO is quite soon so fingers and toes crossed af (period) stays away and you get your bfp sooooon! x

AnneLovesGilbert · 07/09/2016 17:17

Hi Jibberoo, how are you doing? Are you around testing time?

I was so so happy to get my bfp, DH was over the moon bless him, and I want it again! Sadly it wasn't to last but we were on cycle 7 and we so want this baby, so at least we know it's possible for us. We're holding onto that. I desperately hope when you get your precious bfp it'll stick and you'll get your baby.

Jibberoo · 07/09/2016 16:32

Annelovesgilbert so sorry to hear about mc. I applaud you for your strength, am worried that if that happens to me I'll just give up (I am 41 so time is not my friend)

Jibberoo · 07/09/2016 16:30

Hi mammabear31 firstly new to this so don't know all the acronyms but wanted to say I know how you feel.
I want to test tomorrow but not sure if I should. I've been ttc #2 for a while with no success and I'm due on soon but for the first time I think I actually have symptoms. I keep trying to tell myself that they're not real so I don't get disappointed but can't get it out of my head. Did a test last night and it was negative but as its early (10 from conception) I hope that means it was just too early. Im scared to test again and find out its def negative as at least I have hope for now.

Trying to hold out till Monday but it's hard.

AnneLovesGilbert · 07/09/2016 15:55

Thank you. I was in bits for a few days but we both wanted to crack right on and I felt alright once I'd stopped bleeding, which was 20th August.

I'd bet the house on having ovulated around the 25th and have been feeling exactly the same this cycle as I did the last one e.g. not like af is coming at all, no af symptoms, tired but also a funny sort of energised, smelling everything!

Someone on another thread said to count first day of mc as if it was first day of your last period which has helped me work out some dates. So I'm only CD23 and even with my usually short cycle I could be waiting a couple more days for af/better chance at testing.

People say all sorts of things about cramping, you know your body and how you usually feel but it absolutely doesn't seem to rule out being pg rather than due af. Have you had any unusual symptoms?

If you're not actually due until Sunday you've got days more ahead of you, which makes the waiting harder obviously, but means you're nowhere near out yet.

Have a big unmumsnetty hug.

Sometimes I think obsessing over Ovia and trawling the conception boards make me feel worse and that just getting on with life is better, but it's like anything where they tell you to stop trying or stop thinking about something and it's inevitable that it's the only sodding thing you can then do. I wish there weren't so many of us in this stressful boat, but thank god we have good virtual company. I told my Mum about the mc but no one else knows we're trying - doubt they'd be remotely interested! - so it's a blessing to have people to share the waiting game with.

Mammabear31 · 07/09/2016 12:33

Hi there. So sorry about the miscarriage Flowers have you been looking after yourself?

Have been feeling crampy this morning so am expecting AF to be rearing her ugly head soon. I hate this waiting game.

When did your mc end?

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AnneLovesGilbert · 07/09/2016 09:36

Hey mammabear, I got a bfn this morning but not really sure when to test as I had mc last cycle and no af since.

Since the mc Ovia isn't giving me any predictions on anything, weird how dependent I'd got on it!

Happy to chat Flowers