December Bus - Christmas Wishes

When's everyone else testing? I'm very tempted go test tomorrow although at 8dpo I know it's too early... arghhh I hate waiting!! Driving myself crazy with symptoms that I KNOW arent symptoms cos I get sore breasts and cramps randomly around this time every month anyway but can't help myself from analysing every tiny twinge!! What is it about tww that turns fairly sensible women into obsessive crazies!!!

Also you know how pregnancy tests say things like 'can detect 6 days before period'? Surely it's about dpo not when period is due? Isn't it?? Is it relevant when your period is due? Just reading a frer box and getting confused!

Enirroc welcome! There’s many experienced TTCers on here so don’t hesitate to ask if you're stuck on something.

I believe i OV’d today, my pelvis hurrttss. My cervix was positioned so low (TMI sorry) so sex was uncomfortable. But hopefully i had done enough.
Hope everyone’s well, and much more comfy than me atm 😂

Have bought a bbt thermometer so next cycle will hopefully see when I ovulate, was hoping this would cut down the cost of using opks 24/7. Been a long week and weekend, sorry I haven’t been updating but not much to report, will hopefully be starting the SMEP soon, if AF settles down..

Hello welcome @Enirroc7 you've come to the right place! I'm 29 and now trying for a year and the support on here has been everything to me x

@Enirroc7. Welcome aboard :-)

Hi all. Permission to hop aboard the December bus!

Age: 30
TTC: #1
Cycle: 1

I'm a completely newbie to mumsnet, TTC and all things remotely baby-related. In fact, I've not even told any of my friends about TTC so this is the only place at the moment where I feel comfortable enough to ask for advice and information. Feeling slightly nervous but mostly very excited about the journey ahead.

@Lookingatthestars89 Persona is technically a contraceptive digital tracker that shows you red days and green days by testing your pee every morning in the same way as an opk. But people use it in reverse when ttc. So they have sex on red days when the machine has detected your lh surge.

@Babydreaming No I'm not doing cheapies at hug minute but I might pick some up tomorrow. I have done a couple of the clear blue sticks in the evening as well as in the morning to see if the result was different.

@FruitandNutty Whats a persona?

We've just been dtd every other day and hoping for the best! The blood tests I had done yesterday might let me know if anything has happened already but by then I would have missed it lol. I hoping every other day is enough!

I know what you mean @FruitandNutty it's so confusing and my temps have done the same this month. I'd say that when you start getting a faint opk that's when you deffo need to dtd as the sperms have to be there when the egg is released waiting x

Sorry LookingAtTheStars I have no experience of the flashy smileys, but they sound frustrating! I have been using the Boots opk and it worked for me, plus I’ve been using a Persona and that is also allowing me to test in the mornings. So I have two opks a day. So I mentioned I had a positive opk yesterday, i then did bbt this morning and it has spiked already, does that mean my chance for conception is now over? Or should I dtd today??

Lookingatthestars are you doing the cheapie sticks too? I like to be able to see if the line is getting darker so I can see I’m making progress!

ARGHHHH! CD16 AND STILL FLASHING SMILEY!!

@peterpan... also funny that you think 6.45 is early to wake!! That would be a lie in for me! I have an 11 month old who loves the wake at 5.30 everyday....sure you want that BFP?! Haha!

@peterpan how exciting!! Definitely sounds hopeful. After the implantation I started to feel some minor symptoms. I also couldn’t sleep well, this got worse after getting my BFP but not sure whether that was excitement and anxiety!! I tested at 10dpo (4 days after the implantation) and got a faint BFP. Everyone is different though...the longer you can wait the more accurate it will be but I know it’s so hard to wait!

Hey everyone! Currently on AF so hopping over to this bus!
TTC: #1
Cycle: 2 (ish)
Age: 23

Ps. Do you think best to do like tonight and tomorrow morning or when is best if positive OPK this evening?

Gem and Funkyemzie - snap! I had an odd two day AF this month too and it never happens, I’m normally a 5 day kinda person. Trying to forget about that now. Feeling a bit more positive today as I just got my first positive OPK (it’s my first month of trying opk). Have dtd so much last week or so and now here’s me thinking we could have saved ourselves for now lol! Although we have been having fun of course. Just waiting for dh to come back home so we can get to bd as much as poss this weekend!!

But so worth it!!! We've had out mattress 7 years this January so We've treated ourselves, lol! I'm getting so old when you class treating yourself is a new bed and mattress (we also brought a couple of things off LoveHoney too but we'll move on from that).

@Funkiemzie SNAP! Haha yeah trying to get over my biggest purchase yet 😂😂

Omg Gem ive been looking at new beds today too and got one on finance!!! Look at the post ive just put...thats just weird, I hadn't read yours before I wrote it!!

My cycle was very short last time, 24 days, so on the ff tracker it shows im fertile now. Had a really short AF as well. Went 2 days, then spotting then 1 day light then nothing. I just can't get my head around it.

Good grief!

I don't think we're going to be dtd tonight as dh is already asleep on the sofa :-(

@nk1605 keep going I’m sure you will get one pos opk soon!
I haven’t even started yet on cd3 or 4, AF slowly going. It’s weird I bled for 2 days stopped for a whole day and today had lots of just blotches here and there throughout the day. Never had this, usually bleed 5 days straight.

I’m In shock atm, just went into dreams bed sales, and have bought a tv bed (with smart tv) and a new double mattress on finance. First ever finance of £1700 worth.. at least I got a nice bed to BD on now😂😂