December bus!

Huge congratulations to you @scarletrose18 !! It really does give me so much hope when you see BFPs appear on here! What a lovely early Christmas gift. Do you know how far along you are? And I will try the pineapple trick next cycle if needed (smile)

AF is due on Sunday (Mother's Day) so 4 days away. I'm going to hold out and take the test that morning. I really am so hopeful this cycle. Only symptoms I'm clinging onto are that my boobs are tender, I've had white, lotion-type CM for a week now, and my cervix is high and closed (although is also firm which I'm not sure is a good sign).

With my DD, I had no symptoms until a week after I got my BFP, although I wasn't monitoring my body either so would've missed CM and cervix info. So, this does feel like a really different experience this time round. Fingers crossed for you all on here! I hope my next post has some good news to share

Thank you for your understanding, chips and scarlet - I felt so silly and am feeling a bit better a few days on. I’m going to see it as a positive sign that my cycles seem to be sorting themselves and hopefully I can work our cycle days, etc. once I get back on the OPKs.

hopefulprincess, sorry that I can’t tweak 🤦🏼‍♀️ but how are you doing? Fingers crossed for you.

deathbycats, sending solidarity. It might happen! Look after yourself and have a little treat - a nice bath, some delicious food, do your nails... as scarlet said, it’s such an emotional time.

x

@deathbycats its such a hard time emotionally ttc isnt it... a friend of mine said they need to invent a test to let u know when you have concieved to save the tww! Would be great 😊 I hope this is your month!

Thank you, Its not ridiculous at all @starfish83 The symptoms are so similar to early preg and waiting for af. When I stopped bf and came off the pill it took quite a few weeks for my first af but i was using opks in the wait and i ovulated, so you can ovulate before first af.
Hopeful for you that it was too early to test and im sorry about the bfn. 🌸

Thank you @hopefulprincess and I see something in the second picture... i dont know how to tweak, sorry.

6-7dpo today and feeling a bit despondent. No idea why because it’s still very early days but just feeling like this month isn’t going to be my month 😕🤷🏻‍♀️

@scarlet congratulations 🥳🥳

Hello all 👋 I’m back!!! I had spotting yesterday I did this and can see a line irl but hard to get a pic :/ can anyone tweak? It’s dried now and isn’t much darker , I’m holding wee lol

On CD9 here and predicted I'll OV on Saturday, so best nip out to buy a pineapple....

Sorry to hear about your BFN starfish I remember that is exactly how my periods returned after I stopped breastfeeding, the first time it happened I was convinced I was pregnant as it was so similar to my implantation bleeding.

Scarletrose, I am sooooo delighted to see your news. Congratulations, hon! 😊

So, following my pic of what I'd hoped was implantation bleed, I had a little bit of brown blood a few hours later, a little bit of pinky red blood the next day and a tiny bit more the day after that. My tummy was bubbly, I've had waves of nausea and headaches, so did a First Response test yesterday and it was a BFN. I felt so gutted which, I know, is ridiculous 🙁 - I just managed to convince myself that I was pregnant. I guess the symptoms are probably my body gearing up to more 'normal' cycles again (post-baby no.1). I'm not really sure how to figure out cycle days now to start again...I guess I'll give it a few days and then splash out on some more OPKs.

Hope everyone has a good day x

@explorers10 I felt the same, I was sure something was wrong and it was really getting me down. Its a horrible feeling but I bet you will get your bfp soon, I think its just because it happened so fast first time for you but you have a great chance this time too.

We dtd everyday for 7 days in fertile window and i put legs up for 10 mins everytime. I also bought a pineapple and cut it up into sections and ate one a day(the bromine in pineapple core is meant to help implantation) So not sure how relaxing all of that was. Lol. No opks was defo more relaxing as you dont know how many dpo you are

@scarletrose18

I’m trying to be relaxed this cycle. I’m on cycle day 12 so just coming into fertile week. but I’ve been super upset and anxious the past few days thinking something wrong with me and infertile but feeling a lot better today. So hard to relax and be positive but I’m just going to have to be. Congratulations again and let us know your DH reaction!

Sorry ladies, I was at work and had no internet left.

@blondie @deathbycats Thank you, I have no idea how many dpo I am as I didnt opk this month (trying to be more relaxed) but I am on cd26 today. And cats, hopefully they are good signs for you.

@chips4dinner thank you, surprising dh when he gets in tonight 🙂

@explorers10 Im not sure, I have tried a few things dif this cycle so not sure which of them or if all have helped.
I was so relaxed and then had a super stressful weekend so I thought today that theres no way I could get a bfp. Have you managed to stay more relaxed this cycle so far?

💖💖💖baby dust to everyone💖💖💖

Congrats scarletrose what a lovely very very early Christmas present!

Congratulations ScarletRose How many DPO are you??

4-5DPO here and I had some tugging/cramping feelings this morning. I think it would be too early for implantation but it could really happen any day from tomorrow. I ordered some sensitive tests from Amazon today so hopefully I'll be able to start wasting doing those on Friday at 8-9DPO. It's dragging here too Blondie87. I'm a SAHM and it's the afternoons that drag the most - DD is home from nursery but flaked out from her busy morning and DS is at school so I've got too much time for my thoughts to wander.

@scarletrose18 congratulations! Do you think the relaxed approach worked!?

No I dont think its too early, plus you can ovulate same day as your surge so you could actually be 6dpo today and not 5 if that makes sense.

And I tested thinking no way im getting a bfp but im addicted to poas.... and this is what I got! I see lines 🙂

Hi everyone, I have been away for a few days and just back. How is everyone doing? Any promising symptoms or signs?

@starfish83 oh woah, that really looks promising. Have you tested yet?

I dont know how everyone else is feeling but this tww has been so long!! Hoping this is our last tww ladies 🙂 xo

That does look a bit like implantation, fingers crossed it is!

My surge is over now (3 good positive OPKs yesterday from 7am up to 7pm), we managed to DTD yesterday and again today. 1DPO tomorrow I think (based on positives yesterday and a negative this afternoon). Let the TWW begin!

WJSCJH, yes - DD started sleeping better at night in January (so usually have quite a long stint of not feeding at night now) and have also recently dropped lunchtime feed (mostly!). Thank you x

@starfish83 Have you started feeding slightly less? If you've not had anything else since this photo I would think it looks more like implantation bleeding. Fingers crossed for you x

And thank you @scarletrose18 !! Really hoping the same for you too love x

Hi all, I’m so sorry for being totally off the radar for a while - I’ve been away working and things have been crazy busy! I promise I’ll have a proper read through of the thread this evening after work and catch up, but just wanted some thoughts on this... (Just for context (again), I’m still breastfeeding my 18-month old and haven’t had a period since she was born.)

This morning when I wiped there was a little pink-coloured discharge/blood. I’m just wondering if there’s a chance that this could implantation bleeding? I do realise, of course, that it might well be the beginning of my first post-partum period.

Am attaching a picture (so sorry if it’s tmi!).

Hope everyone’s doing OK! x