My first 2WW - anyone else?

Girls! I gave in this morning and did a test - got a very faint positive! I'm gunna take another one tomorrow and Monday to make sure - I feel like I don't believe it because it's so faint....

Girls! I gave in this morning and did a test - got a very faint positive! I'm gunna take another one tomorrow and Monday to make sure - I feel like I don't believe it because it's so faint....

@MrsBmaybebaby yay!! Congrats! Fab news

@kittynoire definitely first thing in the morning! Afternoon is risky as your HCG levels may give you a false negative (they did with me on the cheap strip tests) I couldn’t sleep so did mine at 1am! And it worked, but normal people wait until they wake up haha.

I’d love to see more BFP and we could look at a group on Facebook or something. I did this with my son and it honestly has been the best thing ever.

@Ducky96 Thankyou! Fingers crossed for you all xx

@MrsBmaybebaby congratulations!!! Amazing news. Very pleased for you!

@icouldwriteabook congratulations also!!

Hopefully more to come for the rest of us!

Happy 😃 I know

@MrsBmaybebaby Congratulations!!!! Amazing news We're onto a good streak bfps it seems!!

In that case, I'll hold out until Sunday. I'm sitting an exam tomorrow morning so probably best not to find out either way just before I do that haha! You watch, AF will arrive on Sunday morning now!

@kittynoire I would do FMU for sure as I think amount of hcg is still relatively low at this stage, so it’s less diluted in the morning.

@icouldwriteabook congratulations!!!! So pleased for you - it looks like I will be joining you on the pregnancy rollercoaster as I got a BFP on a digital this morning!!!! unfortunately I needed the loo at 4am and so had to do it then and so we’ve been up since this far too excited to sleep !!!!!!

@icouldwriteabook Oh my god congratulations!!!! Such exciting news, so so happy for you!! Let us know when you've taken the digital but I'm pretty sure it'll show the same result! 

@Ducky96 @MrsBmaybebaby I don't know what the hell is going on with me to be honest.... So my bleeding has been only when I wipe and only once a day, I put pads on convinced that I'd wake up to AF had arrived and so far they've not been touched. Nothing as of yet this morning so I don't know whether it's stopped (this would be the 5th day if it was to continue). Last two days I've had pretty bad headaches and been exhausted to the point where after work I have a lie down in bed, then go have dinner then fall asleep on the sofa or go back to bed really early. I can't read too much into that though as being tired and having headaches is really common for me so I can't class them as "symptoms".

My tests are arriving today so I need to see if I can hold out until at least Sunday (period due on Monday) .... do tests work okay in the afternoon or should I wait for FMU? I can see me giving in and doing it as soon as it arrives today but would that be a waste of a test? Roughly 12dpo today...

Got my BFP at 12 DPO yesterday!

The top test is out of date by 2 months, so I needed to do 2 more new ones to be sure. They were both very very faint until around 20-30 mins after the first result. We’re actually away with in laws now so I will be doing a clear blue when we’re back. I’m definitely not believing it until I see that digital £20 one!

I will say- I had very few symptoms and was convinced AF was coming, I broke out in a few spots on my face and was getting cramps/discharge. All my normal AF prep. The only symptom was excessive bloating, I look 5 months pregnant!

Fingers crossed for you all (you’re all far more patient than me!)

@MrsBmaybebaby sounds far enough on to test hopefully. When is AF due? Yeah that's true! Just not used to paying attention to every little thing! I won't be testing till after my period is due. Will probably try and give it a couple days after if it doesn't arrive on time just to be sure. As I say not pinning too much hope as it's the first month and may take my body a couple months to return to normal but I guess it's just a waiting game!

@Ducky96 think I’ll be 12/13 dpo tomorrow (wasn’t the most exact with the ovulation sticks given that it’s the first month!) it’s so weird to have quite a few symptoms and then remind myself that I probably get these lots of months! The cramps definitely do feel of a different sort. When are you planning on testing?

@MrsBmaybebaby I'm 4dpo today. The cramps were worse the other day but yeah feels inbetween sit up pain a a stitch on my left side. How many dpo are you now? Looking forward to seeing how your test goes!

@Ducky96 welcome! No advice as such on cramps but I had them too from 4dpo and they didn’t feel like AF cramps, more like a pulling sensation and like I had done a lot of sit ups! Hoping to test tomorrow or Sat

@kittynoire fingers crossed for you it is an implantation bleed! I really Few like I know so little about these things

@kittynoire I'm not too bad now. Cramps have disappeared but keep getting little twinges now and again. 10 days till period is due but feeling pretty chilled. Not stressed myself out too much this time round as it's my first month without my implant. Had a proper period a week after it was removed which is when it was due anyway. Not done any tests or anything this month just tracking the days of my period and making sure my cycles are normal. But fingers crossed I could be lucky!

What's your situation and hows it going?

@icouldwriteabook Thanks! It's been on and off for four days now so I think it's just AF making a really weird, early entrance - I'm trying to hold off from testing until Sunday so that she has time to make herself known before I waste a test.

@Paigey92 Sorry that it's not your month but I have everything crossed for you that next month is the one! I get what you mean about the symptoms - having the odd headache and feeling tired before my period is the norm but now I'm second guessing everything. Just want AF to arrive properly so I can stop thinking about it for a bit!

@Ducky96 No advice I'm afraid but welcome! Fingers crossed for you that you get some good news at the end of your tww. How you feeling now?

@Paigey92 oh sorry to hear the wicked witch arrived! AF is due tomorrow for me and I can’t make sense if it’s coming or not. I still have the feeling like I’ve done a lot of sit ups in my lower abdomen, which is not how cramps usually feel. And my boobs are definitely bigger! Anyway either way what I have learnt is not to test too early, as I think I tested too early to get anything but a false negative even if I am pregnant.

I’ll keep you updated and let us know how your next month goes and always here for a chat or a rant as needed!!! Xxx

Hi! Hope its okay to join in. New to this! First cycle ttc and just started my tww. Just gone 3dpo. I work nightshift hence the early post! Had terrible cramps along with feeling sick for a good couple hours tonight. Seems to have settled down a bit for now. I'm just under 2 weeks until my period is due and never get cramps this early before my period. Any advise on cramping? Wishing you all good luck!

@kittynoire welcome and ooo! That sounds promising! Sounds like it’s on track for implantation aswell, fingers crossed for you!

@MrsBmaybebaby don’t loose hope yet! Still early days xx

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m not too positive about a BFP this month. I don’t seem to have any actual symptoms, the ones I have are kind of a ‘could be anything’

I’m 100% bloated I know that! And I’ve been having very vivid dreams, I even dreamt the other night I went to my local site start centre and did a test and it came back positive! I woke up quite sad. TMI I’ve also had some white creamy discharge in the past couple of days. Apart from that nothing, so I’m thinking they could all just be circumstantial.

We booked a last minute holiday for Sunday and AF is due 1st September, so we will soon know! I’m determined not to be sad about it if AF does appear.

Hope you’re all doing okay, not long to go until we can test!

Hello!

Hope it's okay to jump in here - first month of TTC and I've been really confident it wouldn't happen but a surprising development has happened this morning and now my chilled out attitude has completely flipped to obsessed in 0.3 seconds flat!

Just gone into my second week of the tww and I think I'm on/around 8dpo (only used the flo app to estimate ovulation, no opks or bbt charting etc). We both were confident that nothing would come of it this month but this morning I've had a very light bleed and my period isn't due for another week - I never get bleeding or spotting between my periods so this is brand new for me. I haven't had any other symptoms other than occasional sore boobs and hot flashes but I assumed they weren't symptoms and more just me going through the motions of my cycle.

Fingers crossed for you all!!

@Paigey92 aw boo! Do you think AF is coming earlier than Friday?

I know it sounds absolutely bonkers but I still think I might get a positive. Still having cramps, and have been since Wed, my boobs are sore and bigger, peeing all the time, occasional nausea. Might be something else like copper coil removal, but even then I was fine for a couple of weeks before all this started. It’s very hard to make my peace with it not happening this month when my body is doing all this.

Got a BFN this morning but cramps etc carry on! I’m not sure if maybe was a bit too early. Trying to tell myself it’s a no but also not drink etc until AF gets here, which isn’t the most helpful in terms of ‘closing the book’ on it for this month!

@Alala all okay here! You? I’m off staycationing which is helping me not think about testing. Cramps still carrying on, feeling in my stomach like I’ve been doing stomach crunches, and feel like my boobs have changed (got sort of wider ? If that makes sense). How about you?

Is everyone okay?