Anyone due AF next week & want to join the final countdown?!

@FlapJackered I'm so sorry I totally caved and poas this morning - totally stupid as its only 6dpo and obviously got bfn! Didn't really bother me though as I wouldn't expect anything to show up yet anyway - just I had some low belly/pubic bone cramping last night and a temp increase this morning so I wondered if I'd possibly implanted, but even if I did it wouldn't show yet! I'm sorry, I let you down, I promise I'll wait until Thurs now though!

@Laura549678 that makes sense - you're so strong to hold out though!

@FlapJackered it really is, problem is as its my first cycle after coming off the pill I don't know if I'm pregnant or just missed it? Last time I came off it AF came 25 days later... so I don't know. I had all the signs but they have dulled down a bit now just sore boob's every now and again 🤔 I think I'm waiting until Saturday to test.. just in case! That'll be just passed 1 week later (I think) xx

@Laura549678 wow that must be frustrating, although a good sign AF is late?

I am finding it very difficult to hold out until Thursday. Just desperate to POAS! Getting ovary pain and AF type cramps though so I think I may well come on before Thursday anyway. I just don't think I can handle a BFN now as then I will be wondering if I just tested too early, where-as I will know it is true if I wait until Thursday. IT IS SO HARD THOUGH!!
@murphyrocks - my POAS partner, I need some wise, sensible words to stop me from testing until our poas date.

Thank you @lorraddu, reducing my stress is definitely a positive.

My period has disappeared, tiny bit of brown spotting today but nothing since yesterday lunchtime. Bit odd but I tend to only be on for 3-4 days very lightly anyway.

Fingers crossed for Thursday for those that are testing :)

@lorraddu is this your first ttc?

I'm trying not to think too much about things as been really good so far and not symptom spotting but have had some definite cramping today, no idea many dpo I am at a guess somewhere between 5-9

@VenusStarr I am sorry AF showing up. I hate that every month. I feel your pain and feel your disappointment. This month I am not taking any medicine. No clomid, nothing. I want to try naturally. My suggestion, take a month of for your body recover from all kind of medicines you have in your body. I am taking some kind of Chinese herbs. It's all natural that make from herbs. So far I feel good about it. Don't really know when I ovulate but I will keep my eye to that. Take it easy and take care of yourself. Don't stress yourself.

So that would mean you're 20dpo? Less than 1 on 20 women don't have a positive test when pg by 18dpo, but I guess that's actually quite a lot of women given how many actually get pg so who knows! Particularly if it took such a long time to come up last time. Those sound like good signs too. There's a couple of us on this thread testing on Thursday morning if you want to jump on the band wagon and test again then if AF is still AWOL?!

@murphyrocks not sure, I think it was around 29th May but can't be 100%. So confusing as still BFN... but last time it took forever but who knows! Really veiny too and sore boob's... hopefully all a good sign!! X

Wow that's really late @Laura549678 - how frustrating for you although good sign that AF is 3 days late. Do you know when you ovulated?

Just reading down the thread.. I was due on on Friday last week... still no AF and BFN when testing this morning. Going to wait until 1 week late this Friday to see what happens.. 🤞when I found out with DD1 it didn't show a BFP until 2 weeks after missed AF! Horrible not knowing!

Thanks @sprinkleofsunshine! That's probably the best way of finding out tbh, if af doesn't appear, I'm just too impatient! I'm already a little nervous - will have to skip next month if we're not pg as I'm maid of honour at a wedding at the beginning of April which would be pretty much fall exactly on my due date if it happened then and hate the idea of not even possibly being pg for another 2 months...

@Murphyrocks good luck to you!

Because I know that I'm pretty much out before it began this month I think I'm going to wait for af and I'm fully expecting her to be late again. I only have one test in the house and don't want to buy anymore so going to try and hold out.

@FlapJackered it's a date! I'm not holding out much hope for 8dpo either, pretty unlikely anything will show then anyway, but I'm a slight poas addict!

@murphyrocks great idea - that will stop me from testing earlier too!
I have been very tempted to test but I am pretty sure it’s going to be negative this month so I am delaying the bad news!

@FlapJackered you're so strong holding out until 12dpo, especially after such a long cycle! I'm only 5dpo and already itching to break out the ICs even though I know it's impossible for anything to show up yet! If you're going to test Thursday I might do the same and we can stare at phantom lines together

@sprinkleofsunshine yes I know what you, desperately trying to take my mind off it and not symptom spot, nothing I can do now either way either I am or I'm not, just time goes soooo slowly during the 2ww! I'm due Sunday too, will probably start testing from Wed/Thurs when it's technically possible to get a bfp but try not to get disappointed because it's still unlikely to show. How about you?

@VenusStarr not due af until this coming Sunday so a while yet. If I put my mind to it I am having some cramping, stitch like pain and some hip area pain again all things I've picked up an tracked in previous months but this month because I think I have no chance I'm not even tracking them.

@Murphyrocks that's exciting to know. However I'm worried I'm going to convince myself I'm preg because o feel so unpregnant ha and then be in a cycle again so I'm trying really hard not to think about it too much.

@Pudding01 so sorry to hear that I hope you get your BFF very soon 

@FlapJackered wow cd 53 bless you! I hope either way it comes to an end soon so you have a BFP or can start on a fresh new cycle!

@Pudding01 sounds like you've had a bit of a tough road, but at least with a child already you know it's possible. I find opks quite inconclusive on their own, they have their place I think but best used in tandem with temping. I feel like it takes a few months to really get to know your cycle but there's definitely some benefit straightaway too. Lots of people swear by CM tracking also which I've never done, but might add that in next cycle if I'm not pg as it does make sense.

@sprinkleofsunshine sorry to hear that, I think I will be the same in a few days but will be keen to get on a new cycle as this one is currently on cd53

@pudding01 I would say until AF starts there is a chance? 10dpo is early.

@venusstarr @murphyrocks - I am the same! I was convinced last time that I was pregnant and nothing! This time I definitely don't feel pregnant.

I am 9dpo now and have to keep repeating to myself 'wait until Thursday at least' as dying to poas but I have very normal AF symptoms now so really don't think it's going to happen.

Thank you @sprinkleofsunshine. When are you due again?

@Pudding01 I don't know if my eye us catching something on the last pic? But at 10dpo think you're still in. Do you temp?

Fingers crossed @Murphyrocks

I'm undecided whether to track this month or not, the acupuncturist wasnt in favour of me doing it, but part of me likes checking my body is doing what it needs to do.

Yeah I'm not really having any symptoms either @sprinkleofsunshine other than a bit of on & off cramping 3dpo but I'm only 5dpo now so really too early to expect much. Plus with dc1 the first month I was sure I was pg with every symptom in the book but wasn't, then month 2 I was absolutely convinced I wasn't with nothing except feeling like af was arriving the day before she was due, only took a test at 10dpo so confirm so I could go out for drinks that night and was flabbergasted when I saw the second line. So you just never know!

@Pudding01 replied on the other thread too but to reiterate here 1 in 3 pg don't show up until after 10dpo, so yes it's not likely but you're definitely still in! How long is your lp normally so you know when af is due?

Sorry to hear af has come @VenusStarr but as you say atleast it means you're onto the next one so fx for July!

Fx for everyone else in. Still not feeling positive myself and have absolutely zero symptoms, amazing what you miss when you're not looking for it I think it might be!