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Ah I'm feeling some bfps due soon, holding out for you CookieWaffle and BabySquid
ValidUser if you do get pregnant this month it will make a great story to gross the grandkids out in years to come 😂
Glad you are starting to feel excited again Delilah7

I could do with the CM trackers amongst yous advice please, if that's alright ladies?

I haven't been paying too much attention to mine because I don't get a lot of it (thus why I started trying the preseed last month) and I can't be arsed sticking my fingers up there to check properly like the guides tell you to (I apologise now for the TMI ladies - there's going to be a lot of it in this post!). However, in the interest of giving my flo app as much info as possible, I've been trying to pay attention when the fertile window is coming up. I'm CD 11 today, so wasn't even going to bother with OPK's until tomorrow, but I've noticed both creamy CM and EWCM today... Should I be cracking out the OPK's today? It seems way to early for ovulation to me (I'm a 28-30 day cycle and got BFP OPK on CD15 last month) 🤔 Your thoughts would be massively appreciated.x

That's a really good sign @BabySquid! Sending lots of baby dust.

@ChaosMoon no I haven't tested. If I still have nothing I'm going to test Saturday.
I've not had anymore spotting now, and usually AF is in full flow by now so I'm just keeping everything crossed🤞🏻 and hoping she stays away

And yet the tww feels like an eternity!

@Virgo89 AF is due either today or in the next couple days. Had a CP last month and I'm having deja vu with this month...

@BabySquid I've been spotting ever since my BFP last Friday. I can't tell you what yours means, but it doesn't necessarily mean AF. Have you tested today?

@Virgo89 that's a lot to be going through. I really hope your Nan pulls through soon. @Delilah7 and @CookieWaffle are right. She's in the right place.

I feel your pain! In spite of my dalliances with syringes and no possibility of any kind of placenta yet, I've developed morning sickness. Pseudocyesis anyone?

Morning All,

Sending love and hope to @Virgo89 and @Delilah7. I lost my grandad a few years ago and I still miss him now. He bought me up, so he was more like my dad really.

@BabySquid, I read that implantation bleeding occurs in about 1 in 3 pregnancies (so about 33.3% of the time), which means it's not rare but also not frequent. Implantation should occur at about CD 7-9, so what you're experiencing might not be that. Don't lose hope though - I also read that pregnant women can get very light bleeding when AF is due, so you're not out yet 🤞

@Delilah7 no I'm trying not to test until at least Saturday (my birthday)
@Virgo89 that's the problem, I am in the loo every 30 mins!! But luckily I drink a lot of water anyway so by that point I kinda need to go anyway! Lol

@Delilah7 So sorry to hear about your Grandad 😔

@CookieWaffle I'm a bit out of touch, what's happening with you at the moment?

@BabySquid Hmm, not entirely sure there. I've read about implantation symptoms (cramps, bleeding etc) on here and was googling it the other day (as I had a few random twinges) and came across a website which said it wasn't a thing and that you wouldn't know when implantation had occurred? Bit confusing! As hard as it'll be, try to keep yourself busy and not be in the loo every 5 minutes checking your knickers lol, hopefully AF will not appear!

I love all the positivity on this thread... I'm in need of some myself-
So, AF is due today... however, as I said yesterday I had very light, pink spotting yesterday, that went away before 2pm and then nothing. This morning, I have just had very light brown spotting... could this be an implantation bleed? I thought that occurred earlier??
Or am I getting my hopes up and am going to be cheated out again by AF!?!

Hey @Virgo89 glad you had a talk with your friend. I forget sometimes how amazing they can be when you open up to them. All the best to your nan, doctors can do amazing things these days xx

@ValidUser I'm loving your updates!

As for me I'm reserving any judgment on this cycle until at least tomorrow. Not sure what to think of it right now...

Morning all,

Can't believe how quickly this thread moves sometimes lol.

@Delilah7 I'm so pleased to see that you're feeling more positive, it's been lovely to read! Hopefully your half days at work will help you recover.

Been a tough few days for me, my Nan has been in hospital for a few weeks and had to have a "high risk" operation. They couldn't finish the operation on Monday but they said what they've done so far has gone well but they're going to need her to stay asleep for the next 72 hours for swelling to go down before they can operate again to finish the procedure off. So yeah, that's a little scary.

I told a friend about my previous pregnancy yesterday, as she announced her pregnancy fairly recently. Turns out that we would have been due one day apart! It felt good to tell someone and talk about it though and she said lots of positive things about me hopefully falling pregnant again soon... So here's hoping to all of us ladies that our BFPs aren't far away 🍻

Another syringe of his best guys gone in! We're going to repeat daily until Thursday. You can't say we're not trying!

Apparently not @BambiOnIce80, but he can't deny its real anymore! The next blood test's tomorrow, and then I get my results on Thursday.

Never feel guilty for being strong @Delilah7. You can love the baby you lost and be excited about the one you're going to have. There's nothing stopping both feelings from being real.

@ValidUser you have me in stitches. I really hope this works for you!

Oh dear @ValidUser! I guess I won't be suggesting to DH that we have a cosy night in with a syringe this month. 😂

@Delilah7 that sounds like a very good idea - thank you for encouraging me to just relax a bit. I'm so glad you're feeling more positive and you're excited to try again. You can do this! 😘

I can confirm that our syringe method is highly unromantic.