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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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We'll I've eaten a whole box of chocolates, what to do for the next 12 days. 2ww testing end of Sept

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EsmeGNU · 17/09/2017 21:00

I've eaten a whole box of orange matchmakers instead of dinner. I've read almost every post on AIBU. There's nothing happening on Facebook. I've got 12 days until I can poas..........someone join me and keep me sane

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rachelandthenoodle · 20/09/2017 22:53

Ummm...@GreggsSausageRolls ...is that a Pg test? I don't know if it's just the shadow in the photo, but I could swear there's another line there...

GreggsSausageRolls · 20/09/2017 22:35

Damn you ICs....

We'll I've eaten a whole box of chocolates, what to do for the next 12 days. 2ww testing end of Sept
Bubble04 · 20/09/2017 22:33

@GreggsSausageRolls fingers crossed for you x

GreggsSausageRolls · 20/09/2017 22:24

Thanks all. Currently looking at OPKs online and doing price comparison! Never used them before, any recommendations? I have an old version of the CBFM but not sure which sticks if any work with them?

Paragonian · 20/09/2017 22:22

@GreggsSausageRolls sending baby dust ⭐️ your way xx

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 22:00

In the morning @GreggsSausageRolls! FMU. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed for you. X

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GreggsSausageRolls · 20/09/2017 21:08

11dpo here. Some internet cheapies arrived today..... shall I or shan't I?!

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 19:42

I do OPK's but I've never had a strong positive @Paragonian (I've had a chemical though, so I must be ovulating). I also get ovulation pain which are fun and not always accurate.

Rubbish days happen @Lndnmummy no need to apologise. We all need to be kind to ourselves while we are TTC

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Lndnmummy · 20/09/2017 19:30

Sorry that sounded so negative,sorry I have just had a rubbish day.

Lndnmummy · 20/09/2017 19:29

I am 4 dpo as well. Time is just going so slowly. I do have some strange twinges this evening so I'm sure af is iminent.

Paragonian · 20/09/2017 18:45

@EsmeGNU a little house porn in imaginary holiday homes by the sea. Otherwise looking for real. Hope to have somewhere by next spring, earlier though and dh can move in on his own for now. We live apart at the moment. Trying to time baby dancing with holiday times. Flights are getting expensive!

How are peeps dating their ovulation? Temps? Tests? CM changes?

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 18:21

Hey @rachelandthenoodle, welcome along. Sounds like it could be implantation pains, although it is a tad early. Alternatively it might be my body is a complete tricksy arsehole and is trying to give me a breakdown pains. FX it's the former though.

TTC can make everyday stresses so much worse. I feel your pain. I argued with DH last month and then immediately had what I thought were ovulation pains. Ended up dtd for five days in a row until I lost all enthusiasm and said we should have a break (much to his disappointment). I think that's is when I actually ovulated! Complete write off of a months.

I love house hunting @Paragonian. Are you looking for reals of is it just house porn. I was lusting after a converted church tower I Crystal Palace for a couple of months.

Tell me about it @mondray. How is it only dpo 4. I'm sure this week has been about a thousand years long already. I'd go with your luteal phase being 12-14 days until you establish otherwise. I feel your pain though.

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mondray · 20/09/2017 17:55

I have no idea when my ovulation was in previous months as I wasn't tracking. @EsmeGNU
Wish I could just be put out of my misery. The weeks between ovulation and AF are dragging so much haha

Paragonian · 20/09/2017 17:43

Hi all! I resisted! Didn't help concentration on work so looked on rightmove instead!! Now a night of report writing ahead... silly girl! Binned the test! 😫 only way to help me resist. 🤦‍♂️

rachelandthenoodle · 20/09/2017 17:40

Hi ladies; may I join? Cycle # I-don't-exactly-know because my cycles have been shitty since mmc in march. Feels like cycle 6 but in reality probably more like cycle 3 or 4 of proper ovulating months. I'm not hopeful at ALL for this month due to having had the mother of all fallings out with OH about 3 days pre-ovulation (falling out brought on by stress, most of which is about ttc and ALL of our friends announcing pregnancies recently 😞), so only BD a few times last week and probably not at the right times. So angry to have wasted a whole cycle over a shitty argument.
Anyway, I wanted to ask about ovary twinges. I've never (pre this mmc and the recovery from it) been all that aware of my own body so I can't say whether I've ever had ovulation pains previously, or if I ever got implantation pains or anything with my other pregnancies. So I don't really know if this is normal, but I've been getting very very definite twinges in my right ovary since yesterday. I am 5 or 6 dpo. Has anyone else had this and what on earth is it from? I'm pretty sure I've ovulated...temp went up and LH tests went stripey, so I don't think I'm ovulating now..so why would I be getting pains? And only on my RHS. Any thoughts very welcome!!

Thanks!

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 17:19

In more phantom sign spotting news I've not finished a cup of tea in two days.......surely a sign?!?

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 17:01

Do you know what days you ovulated on previous cycles @mondray? The follicular stage can vary, but your lu real is usually the same amount of days. Mines 13 days.

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ScarlettOH · 20/09/2017 15:59

Sorry Bubble 😂
I'm going to try to stay away from them now... damn internet cheapies make it too easy!

Bubble04 · 20/09/2017 15:40

@ScarlettOH @Paragonian nooo! Don't POAS yet!

  1. It's horrible getting that feeling of disappointment when it's bfn
  2. You'll start all of us doing it! Slippery slope... 😉
mondray · 20/09/2017 15:37

Just a question that someone might be able to answer. I've only started using opks this months. So not sure how it all works. If I ovulated on cd 16 would that mean that my period is due on calendar day 30 or 28? My period has been quite irregular since I came of my contraceptives, so not sure what to expect. My cycles have been 25/27/33 days so far.

Bubble04 · 20/09/2017 15:35

@GreggsSausageRolls I was doing this earlier too. Driving to work someone waved to let me know a bus was coming (very thin road with a corner), and I cried because it was so nice of him 😬

ScarlettOH · 20/09/2017 14:03

That is a good idea Esme - need to distract my mind a bit! I will pack this weekend and have a friends leaving party on Friday night so hopefully that will keep me busy and away from the cheapy tests...!

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 13:45

So sorry about your MC @ScarlettOH Flowers FX crossed for you this month. BFN at 6 dpo is definitely not out yet! Can you procrastinate by writing packing lists instead of poas?

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ScarlettOH · 20/09/2017 13:09

6dpo (I think) and WFH so couldn't resist temptation to test on an internet cheapy. BFN. Obviously. Because it's so early 🙄 Trying to tell myself that doesn't mean I'm out...

AF due next Thursday. Go on holiday next Wednesday... so I'll either be delighted to be pregnant or be drowning my sorrows on holiday.

First cycle after an early MC end of July. Not sure I will have timed it right with O but we will see...

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EsmeGNU · 20/09/2017 12:47

Nooooo @Paragonian don't do it! Be strong! You can do it. waves pompoms

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