Keep calm and TWW.. yeah right!

Hey everybody, hope everyone's OK today?

@beckyBP ooo the heartburn and crazy dreams sound like they could be promising! 🤞🏻

One of my best friends found out she was pregnant today (not planned, very new relationship). Really happy for her but if I'm being honest it felt like a bit of a kick in the gut 😬

On another note, I've had loads more EWCM today and a high (still not peak) OPK, so maybe I still haven't ovulated after all 🤔 CD17 so I thought I would've by now.

@beckyBP Afraid not. Got a BFN yesterday but I'm so sure I'm pg 😂 Now I'm thinking that I ovulated a few days later than I thought so I only would have been 9DPO yesterday. Maybe wishful thinking but we'll soon find out! The theory is that the chemical changed my cycle a bit 🤷🏼‍♀️

The dreams and disrupted sleep are a good sign! Heartburn is an even better sign! When you planning on testing?

Yes ladies! Let's have some BFPs in January!

Hi ladies, thank you to those who welcomed me! Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and a happy New Years hopefully 2021 will bring more happiness than 2020 and BFPs for us all too. I am 9dpo today and really really trying to resist the urge to test, although I know I will probably cave. Only symptoms I've had are sore boobs and being really bloated and gassy though not sure if that's related!

Still no peak OPK today (still reading as high) but EWCM has arrived. No idea if that's normal??

Sounds positive @mooloop Good luck!

@beckyBP I know I said I wasn't going to... buuuut I'm going to test tomorrow morning at 12DPO, I'm only human lol.

Absolutely. It's so difficult to know especially as everyone is unique. Hopefully it is just your body doing it's thing and you're someone that can feel it more easily.

Hey @bluemagicalsky, fingers crossed for a BFP for you with all those symptoms! 🤞🏻 the OPKs are fine so far, had a high reading today and have had some cramping today (usual for me around this point of my cycle, CD14 today) so hopefully my peak will be soon! 🤞🏻

@beckyBP all well over here thanks 😊 10DPO and have definitely seen an increase in CM, sore boobs, trouble sleeping and waking up with a blocked nose. Exactly the same symptoms when I got my BFP last cycle. Back pain has been worse this time. Feeling good and hopeful

Oh cramping is the worst. So annoying that it came mean so many different things! Hope the rest of your TWW goes quickly and you have some good signs!

That's great @kaffy197 every cloud! And great that you can enjoy and relax at the same time with a cheeky glass of wine!

How are you finding the ovulation test strips @mooloop ?

@beckyBP @bluemagicalsky
Hi ladies, I've been off for a few weeks enjoying Christmas and DTD!
I'm a few days post ovulation now and feeling relaxed about it. We managed to dtd more than usual over Christmas given all our plans were cancelled. On another thread I also learnt that most women carry on as normal (ie enjoying wine) during the tww which I hadn't been doing but will do now, and that certainly makes me feel more relaxed!! I'm not going to symptom spot, but I don't usually have any symptoms to spot anyway 😆
Happy new year to everyone, hope you had a good break.

@mooloop such a shame but great that you know your body so well. Sounds like a good Christmas!
Yeah 7DPO, one week to go! Had all the same symptoms as my last cycle so not sure if that is good or bad! I'll test on the 7th if AF doesn't arrive on the 6th.
Ah that is such a lovely thing to do and I'm sure she'll appreciate that so much. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

Hey @bluemagicalsky I tested when I was 1 day late and got a stark white BFN and could tell AF was en route after that, so didn't bother testing again. Enjoyed plenty of wine and gin over Christmas at least

I see from your last post you're about 7dpo now are you? How agonising is that TWW! When do you think you'll test?

Doing a zoom baby shower for a friend tomorrow. She's due next month, so excited for her, especially as she had two MMCs before this pregnancy. I hope it will be our turn for a happy new addition soon

@MsCrapola Welcome and wishing you lots of luck! ☺️
Hey @mooloop oh sorry to hear AF arrived, that really is such a cruel trick 😞 Did you do any tests in those 5 days?
That sounds like a great plan. Are you all settled in to your new house?

Hi all

Dreaded AF turned up on the 19th for me, 5 days late!! it's like our bodies play tricks on us. So I'm now CD11.

I've ordered some cheap ovulation test strips from amazon to give those a try as the CB ones were expensive. DH and I weren't really actively going for it last month, just DTD when we felt like it and not using contraception, but I'd like to try and up it a bit this month and try to DTD every other day if possible. Won't be too easy when we both go back to work next week though!

Hope everybody else is doing OK and had a lovely Christmas

Hey ladies, going to join this thread! This is our first time TTC and am currently 2dpo. Feel like I have ages to wait. Fingers crossed to all of us waiting and trying and congratulations to the bfps! x

@imzeeimz1991 my backache rarely leaves me! Sounds like it's time to test for you!

Hi anyone had achy thighs and was pregnant ny af was due today but havent started i got back ache and achy thighs which I don't get was wondering if anyone else has these

Merry Christmas!
Hi @beckyBP Great to hear from you. Looks like you've covered it very well! A BFP for the start of 2021 would be amazing!
I am also CD 15 but am 5DPO as I ovulate CD 10
DTD CD 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 & 13. Bad back pain and creamy CM today the same as my last cycle which ended in a CP. Only time will tell!

Are you working in between Christmas and New Year? I am and hoping that work will keep my mind off it! X

@beckyBP its lovely! Highly recommend it if you like baileys. This year is getting ridiculous with every day by the seems of it. When they did the announcements other day it actually made us consider putting ttc on hold but now we've settled a bit we're going ahead trying for baby #2 however u got to dtd for that though and we've not in ages because we're always so tired 🤣

How are you holding up did you manage to get any Christmas shopping done before we were put in to lockdown?