TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 11!

@FivexFive yes let's make a pact!! Fingers crossed we get the chance to POAS and don't both get af over the weekend. 😫 do you have a busy weekend to distract you too? X

@pinkfizz19 absolutely! I am a bit ahead of you as my AF is due Sunday, but happy to be number of cycle buddies! It really is awful. I seem to get so much worse a couple of days before AF is due, think that's when it becomes really real for me.

Still poking pains...can't call it cramps cos they're really not the same as usual...but daren't get any hopes up.

@MrsH497 I'd hold out as long as you can for testing - maybe Sunday? But if you'd feel guilty if you got your BFP after drinking maybe don't drink and fake an illness? Or have a small one? Xx

@Babytrain89 Ohhh can we be cycle buddies then and help each other through the madness?!

@FlapJackered Aww thank you so much..i'm keeping my fingers crossed that there was some swimmers still hanging around from Tuesday when the egg appeared. Lol. Glad you've got your flashing smiley...not told til O day now.

@FivexFive Yes definately agree with you there. Just one missed pill in the past and I'd be so worried. Drs warn you about the 12 hours to take it...I doubt that would worry me very much now. Lol. Thanks for your support...i like your idea of alternating. At least i have an idea now of what CD I Ov if I don't use the OPKs.

Good luck to everyone testing this weekend xxx

When do I poas?! I'm 9dpo and cramping tonight that with a bit emotional is literally the only symptom I've had.
Do I drink at the wedding at the weekend?!
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@bettythecat, ha ha loving the forward thinking!! At least with a friend staying, should give you a distraction? I'm determined to wait until Mon (unless af arrives, obviously) so I'll at least be Late!

I've had a few twinges and 1 sore boob, but that could be anything really! Shall we make a poas pact, for Mon?! X

@Scotslass55 Massive congratulations! What lovely news on here the past couple of days :)

@FivexFive we've got a friend staying this weekend so don't really want to POAS with him in the house as I will most likely cry either way which wouldn't be ideal 😂 have said to DH that we can do one together on Monday morning if af hasn't arrived when our friend has gone to work. I'm WFH Monday and DH says he will too. Soooo haven't thought about it at all- NOT!! 🤦‍♀️

Do you think you will be able to hold out until the weekend?? Any other "symptoms"? I keep thinking I'm getting very vague cramping but may be imagining that.

@bettythecat, I'm working from home tomorrow so will be sooo tempted to poas!! Determined to hold out until at least the end of the weekend though, unless af arrives of course. What are your thoughts?? It's nice to have a cycle twin 😀

@FlapJackered glad you've got your flashing smiley!! My OPKs are lighter again 😩 only had sex once this week too, don't think this is my month! X

@honeylove Sunday will soon be here and FX for you x

@MrsR16 are you thinking that was AF then?

@Bettythecat yes I am trying not to symptom spot but I can't help it like your body feels everything so much more when it's the TWW

I am currently CD18 5DPO and I am having some form of twinge in my lower right which has been on and off all day. Why do our bodies do this. I'm sure it's nothing but god I wish it was something x

I took a test today just in case I ov'd early ( yeah right 😂) and managed to look at it so much I swear I imagined a very faint line 🙃

Assured myself I was being a stupid twonk and now I'm just gonna painfully wait for the end of the month. Anyone else going absolutely bat shit crazy? Or am I on my own. I think I top today's 'extremely hopeful' chart 😂😂

@FivexFive I swear I have had the exact same thing today and am also due on Sunday!! Let's hope it's an early pregnancy symptom no one has ever heard of and not a sign of af arriving 😂

@babysquid, nice to have you back!! Xx

@scotslass55, woooo now That's s Line 🙂 Congrats! Xx

@pinkfizz19, I think the first couple of cycles are harder than you expect because A we're told growing up how careful we need to be/how 'easy' it is to get pregnant, so it can be a shock when it doesn't just happen! And B, it's the excitement of having made the decision!! Maybe try to alternate cycles? Like have one doing opks etc then the next not bothering and just bd'ing when you feel like it? Sending positive vibes your way xxx

Sounds like a few of might be testing at the weekend? I'm due around Sunday. Feeling quite positive as we had many a bd session this cycle, although didn't use opks. Af will probably arrive bang on time... I have had a weird symptom though and sorry this is totally tmi.... All day I've felt very, ahem, 'damp' (?) in the 'down there' region?? Kept checking to see if it was af arriving, but nope. Just like a light, watery cm?? Anyone else had this?! Xxx

Anyway, happy almost Friday and sorry for the essay!! X

@DayDreamer1707 thanks for replying - I’m going to try hold off til Sunday before testing. It lasted literally 36 hours which seems really short if it was AF, which should have started yesterday. Why oh why are our bodies so confusing!

@KittieKath unfortunately it's far too late for implantation! It would be CD26 today, but I've logged this as CD1 of cycle 7! I'm now starting to worry a bit if I'm honest... 😔

@kittiekath it's terrible isn't it! It drags on for what seems like a year!!

I think for me it's just usual pre AF symptoms but i was so optimistic this cycle that I'm still hoping it isn't!

@Babytrain89

Yep! Totally! And I am only DPO5... 🙈

The TWW is such an agonising wait... aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhh.....

@Lozzlepop Maybe a bit eager! I know some people show early but not everyone.. it's not Over until the fat lady sings! ( or Aunt Flo herself turns up! Fingers crossed she won't for you!)

@KittieKath we had a very busy weekend! First time that we hit the three most fertile days, so I was feeling like I’d finally got this timing stuff down 😂 my temperature is still above the cover line.

I know they say speed CAN live up to five days, but do they often? It just feels impossible at the moment.

Has anyone here experienced a poking sensation in lower abdomen area. yes I'm symptom spotting. AF due Sunday!

@pinkfizz19 we are official cycle 2 as well and am going mad!!

@DuchessofPemberley

Hmmm... that is confusing. I understand the temp shift to be the best indication of ovulation. EWCM comes and goes, though usually in the run up to ovulation. So I would trust temperature first and foremost.

Also, sperm lives for 4+ days, so if you has a 'busy' weekend and ovulated today, you are still in with a chance!

What are your temps like today?

I have been struggling to work it out too... I tried OPKs for first time this month but never got a positive. So confusing! Just DTD whenever, I say. Poor OH was knackered after it all... ha!

@MrsR16 sounds promising to me! Could be implantation spotting. Sending positive sticky bean vibes to you! 🤞