The 2ww Symptom Spotting continues....

ok update, CD28 today, couldn't resist the urge to test any longer

No sign of AF yet today, although I had bad cramps on the tube on the way home last night so I thought, "Hey ho, that's TEW on her way. It's not my month this time " and gave up. But, by this morning, there's still no sign of AF and not even a wee spot in my kecks. Cramping has stopped too.

Sooooo, I did a PGT this morning with my first wee of the day (thanks starlight ). It was another Boots one, it was all I had but the control line didn't work -nothing in the second window!!! Seriously. AGAIN .

I am not joking [sincere emoticon]. Regular readers of my rambling postings here will remember that this happened two months ago when I was on tenterhooks with another crappy, rubbishy, load of b*llocks Boots test failing me in my hour of need . To anyone else out there testing, don't use the damn things! Of course, I could be using them wrong, but how difficult can it be to pee on a stick ?!? I have two degrees FGS, so you'd think I could manage to master the not-very-difficult technique by now! Didn't hit the window, kept to 5 seconds yadda yadda.

oh yeah, and I have a rotten cold.

Don't know about you, but I am probably going to turn into one of those mad fantasist types who have phamtom pregnancies and walks about with a cushion up her top pretending to be PG. I am going to have to STOP symptom spotting and driving myself mad and return to my debauched days of being too busy, drunk and/or partied out to know anything about my cycle or EWCM or cervical persuits.

i MIGHT try again later this evening or tomorrow morning if Af doesn't turn up. You, my on line friends, will be the first to know (before DH )

morning ladies, anyone testing today? Pixie how are those symptoms coming along? Well AF definitely on her way, i had such bad pains last night i felt like i was in labour!!! Still no AF but hoping that she makes an appearance very soon so i can plan for next month!xxx

Morning All!

How is everyone today?

I'm joining madoldbird am feeling a little bit symptomless today. I have some pain in the side of my right boob (.) but for the last three cycles have gotten this pain for the few days running up to AF so am thinking she may be on the way. I did get the same hungover sickness in my tummy yesterday afternoon/evening though which was a bit strange. I was very tired from about 9.30pm last night, but today I am fine and really not very much to tell.

So who is testing soon?

sarahnh has AF turned up yet?

Where's my cycle buddy excitable? I am going to go and search for her....

DG, Bucky how are you both?

Ooh! GG test today! test today!! Of course, you must report back immediately as well!

Pixie thank you - you cheered me up, it's good to think that my emotionality (is that even a word??) yesterday is a symptom, and not just me being a grumpy old bag! Yes, it's great having DH really excited and symtom watching with me this month. He was asking when we could test, this morning, and i said that i was worried about him getting really disappointed, but he said he would just start looking forward to the next cycle of trying - and try ever harder!!

Thank you also 07MTW for letting me moan, it really does help, doesn't it, to offload here. Also, i am pleased to hear you have been going for it, as it were! (i think that was on the other thread)

beaniesteve yes - sounds like good symptoms!!

Good morning to everyone else

Well, i feel much better this morning. I don't really seem to have any symptoms at all really today, even the (.)(.) are less tender today, and i don't have the nausea that i have had in the past couple of 2wws. Am hoping that this means that my body is now settling down after the pill, and i have decided i am now going to be a calm, serene (but still mad) old bird and concerntrate on eating healthily and keeping fit and hopefully it will happen at some point.

Have to confess, though, that i am going to go and buy tests this morning, though, as i am going to see a client who lives quite a way from me, so i can go into chemists / supermarkets etc, without being known! Do NOT let me use them yet!!

Have a good day everyone.

GG Split the difference and test CD28 with FME that's if you've got a PG test in your cupboard.

Sorry you're feeling MOB It is amazing how many emotions you can go through in one month, real ups and downs, thats what MN is here for so don't feel bad for saying how it really is for you today.

Beaniesteve Matal mouth and generally feeling weird sounds hopeful!

hello.

My period is due in days and I am getting a taste as if I am chewing wire in my mouth! Feeling very tired. breasts haven't hurt really but I just generally feel weird. Who knows if it's a baby!

Hello all

malodbird obviously being a bit emotional is because of your hormones because you must be PG. feeling a bit achey is also a good sign. If you got your + OPK last monday you'll be due around next Monday so its a bit early for AF cramps. Your DP sounds great I wish mine would join in with the symptom spotting he just thinks I'm a hypercondriac

Afternoon ladies, congrats mylittleloise.

Sorry to hear about your BFN Sarahn - you can join me on the 'what the bloody hell is my body doing wait!' I am waiting until the weekend and if AF does not arrive I will test again.

Well no other syptoms besides the usual achey boobies and feeling light headed but like said yesterday I think I have to realise these are symptoms pre AF and I just have to get used to them ... or do I?!

Are you going to test soon Pixie? Symptoms all sound promising.

coolkat waves to other 2ww'ers - hope your all well... Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone.

mylittleeloise that's wonderful!! Great to hear some good news - Congratulations

sarahnh sorry about the BFN again. Good on you for your happy mood, though. I hope now, that if TEW is going to turn up on your doorstep, then she does so soon, so you can move on to the next cyle and look forward to the next round of BDing!

pixie those do sound good symptoms. How long are you going to hold out for until testing?!

I have to say i'm feeling a bit fed-up this afternoon. Not sure when to expect a visit from TEW as last 2 cycles after coming off the pill have been 26 and 28 days, though as i had a smiley face last monday this one might be slightly longer. I have the usual big and tender (.)(.) that i get every month, and have had some achey pains low down, but it may well just be wind!! DH is almost as obsessed as me with symptom spotting this month, and keeps peering at my boobs to check for changes! He got very excited as i felt very sick after dinner on sunday, but i tried to point out to him that i'd just eaten too much pudding!!!
I think i just hate this part of the cycle - early on i can have the lovely "this will be the month" thoughts plus the anticpation of all the BDing! Now, however, crunch time is approaching. Sorry to moan, everyone, don't know what has got into me.
Hope everyone else is doing OK. Let's hope for some more BFP's soon!

Brilliant news mylittleeloise! so happy for you

CD27 today....do i test, do i test??? or wait until CD29 when I will be a day late

Wow!
Congrats MLE That's brilliant news!

I am officially to be ignored in asking what 'symptoms' mean. I'm sure I told one of the other ladies (was it mcchesers?) in the waiting room to leave it a few days when she complained of loads of CM, she quite rightly ignored me and did a test and got a BFP.

bucky low temps mean I'm still pre-ov. Some women get a even lower dip on the day of O and then it shoots up the next day after O. I don't think my dip means anything though, I'm expecting to have at least three days of a soft high cervix and EWCM before I ov.

So who's testing next??

Congratulations mylittleeloise so so pleased for you.

I have an extra symptom:

constipation (sorry tmi)

I think it's more likley I've had some kind of bug.

mylittleeloise CONGRATS!!! ...blimey and theres you thinking the TEW was on its way!

did a shopping therapy before (foods wise) and i feel alot better now! .

CONGRATULATIONS mylittleelouise thats fantastic!

ClairePO lol - I thought so! We would have too!.

Hello everyone else. Excited as some great symptoms and we should get some BFP's soon.

Congrats mylittleeloise fab news!!! What signs did you have that TEW was on way because they must have been early pg signs! SO annoying that they are the same LOL

Pixie they sound very positive signs. I think that as soon as hormone is there you can get signs even if hormone very faint? And if implantation can be 7-10 or a few days on either side as it says on fertility friends then it could be symptoms. Fingers crossed they are anyway.

MTW yes if it had been ov time we would have done it with niece in next bedroom just v v quietly

Waves back to Bucky I like being at home during the day (am working at home today) as it means I can mumsnet without IT snooping on me. Odd that your burglars took your folic acid, maybe they were ttc too? You need to add a new pack onto your insurance claim LOL!

well i got some ebay cheepies in the post today and did 2 and got very faint bfp just trying to keep my feet on the ground at the min till i can go buy a cbd.
OMG i cant believe it

pixie my symptoms were prety much non existant part from lots of cm and just over the past 2 days i could sleep for a week so i think its looking very positive for you

hey pixie, they do sound like great symptoms so got fingers crossed. I was very gutted this morning but now for some unknown reason i am in a very happy mood .. no reason why i think because i have been obsessing it has really got me down so now i have convinced myself i am definitely not pg i feel happier in a very weid way, like a weight has been lifted... although if i was pg i would be the happiest girlie in the world but i just don't think this month is my month!!! definitely might be for you tho!xx

Morning ladies,

sarahnh Sorry you got a BFN I was convinced it would be a BFP. The body is a strange thing.

Well I have more symptoms:

Extreame Tiredness (I was in bed asleep last night at 7.30pm! and I slept right through till this morning.)

Being Thick (I locked myself out of the house this morning so DP had to come home from work to let me in)

I don't feel very sick today though not like yesterday. Nip's are still sore which is dragging on a bit but so did ov pain so who knows

I could only be max of 8 DPO is that too early to get symptoms or is it more likley I have a bit of a bug???

hello all,

sarah sorry for BFN. hope you get an answer soon.

mle you can get EWCM just before AF, I had it the day before I got mine. but i hear it's also a pg symptom! My rule of thumb is to BD whenever you get EWCM - just in case. Stops you from kicking yourself when AF arrives two weeks later!

CD10, lowest temp ever this morning, low and hard cervix....then just got EWCM. Think this is the first of many random patches of EWCM so will not be getting my hopes up as I am able to read the other signs. Will not stop me glugging grapefruit juice and jumping on DH when I get home (after a night out with the girls).
Who knows, I may even go for a run tomorrow morning in order to speed up my metabolism.

Sorry sarahnh the mind and body can be so confusing

ClairePO lol at bd'ing tailed off after OV. Sometimes we can just run out of steam! Having your niece next door is 100% valid excuse - but if it had been your OV time would you have snuck one in? (oops that sounds awful)

So sorry Sarah fingers crossed that its just too early to test. Don't forget if you have EWCM his little swimmers can survive in there for a few days so even if you didn't time just right you may still be lucky.

I have to confess we stopped doing it when I knew I had ov'd last week according to my chart and DP is a bit about that but in my defence we had my niece visiting at the weekend and I am not doing it with a 16 year old in the next room LOL

morning ladies, well as per pixie's advice i took a pgt this am but again it was BFN . i reckon that my body must be pretty messed about, giving me all these weird and wonderful symptoms!! i now resolve not to test again until at least the weekend unless TEW rears her ugly head before then! I kinda of know that i'm not pg now as our bd'ing definitely tailed off a while ago as i was convinced that this month i would have a short cycle!