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🙈🤣 Who wants to symptom spot with me.. 🙈🤣

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printedlace · 15/12/2020 22:40

Hi all,

So I'm actually strangely calm about the TWW at the moment, which is unusual for me!

We had a chemical pregnancy 2 months ago and since then I really try not to symptom spot as I try and protect myself from disappointment.. but I thought it might be nice to follow each others journeys during the TWW and keep each other motivated and positive!

So here's my story:

-TTC for 7 months, first baby!👼

  • had a chemical pregnancy 2 months ago💔

Currently 6 DPO:

  • cramping in lower stomach; AF type pains
  • constipated like MAD 😬😳
  • boobs are very tender (especially areola's and nipples)
  • very veiny boobs!
  • I actually woke myself up from a deep sleep last night as I was dizzy?! How does that even happen 🙃🤣
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printedlace · 20/12/2020 07:07

@Twiggywinkle13 sorry to hear 😢 but keep positive and enjoy that trip! ❤️

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printedlace · 20/12/2020 07:07

@ImpatientMama welcome! 👋

Ohh sounds promising! It's so hard isn't it, waiting for AF / a BFP.
You're only a little way ahead of me - AF due 22nd so I'm 12DPO today. Xx

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printedlace · 20/12/2020 07:05

@Noo3833 ahh it could be a good sign of implantation! I know what you mean about feeling as though you're being teased! For me it feels like the possibility is so close yet so far..

Fingers crossed! Xx

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Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 23:42

Well... that was short lived. I’m crampy and the spotting is back. I think this is AF. Definitely giving myself a couple of months off and try and think ‘if it happens, it happens’, then get back into it after our trip! Will be back to check how you get on though.

ImpatientMama · 19/12/2020 23:25

Hello!! I am on cycle 3 ttc our second child. Had a chemical last cycle, so I would love to get a bfp and for it to stick! Today I am 12dpo and have been testing negative so far. I have 3 different apps that are predicting af to start 3 different days. Two say at the beginning of the week, 1 says the end of the week. So... 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I have had a lot of the normal symptoms like cramps and backaches. I am a mom of an almost 1.5 year old, so I am always tired! One thing that happened today that confused me was my breast leaked. 😳 I haven't breastfed in over 5 months. And when I was breastfeeding, I had a low milk supply so leaking didn't really happen. So. Weird. I have Googled it and apparently that is just a thing that can happen? Never happened to me before today, that I can remember. Hoping it is maybe some crazy pregnancy sign! 🙏🙏🙏

Noo3833 · 19/12/2020 22:29

I’m feeling really odd today. My stomach is what I’m noticing the most. It’s almost right, particularly down the sides to my back. I’m getting a bit of pinching or cramping at times very mildly. I’m not sure if I’m just bloated and now I’m struggling to sleep on my side? I just want to know already because I feel like a donkey with a carrot being teased!

Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 21:42

Haha a TT definitely isn’t so family friendly!! I will come back and update you xx

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 21:29

🤞🏼 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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Rice1992 · 19/12/2020 21:25

@Twiggywinkle13 I swear from the people I know when they stop thinking about and focus on other things, it normally happens! My neighbour bought a Audi TT because she wanted to treat herself after trying for years, and then a few months later it happened for them! Safe to say that isn’t a family car so was swiftly changed!

Fingers crossed for you and the other ladies on here 🤞🏻 x

Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 20:52

Isn’t it! I’m like you, I’d rather just know either way than be late but still not know! Typically the one month I was actually ok with a BFN (we had started to plan a trip to France when we can and rules relax) and this is the month it’s dragging in and I’m no clearer either way!! Please keep us updated on your progress too xx

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 20:47

@Twiggywinkle13 love and baby dust to you, too!
Yes, the TWW is horrible! I feel so desperately helpless. Just trying to watch the days tick by. I keep trying to remind myself that this is no way to live; but I just want to know either way! Xx

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Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 20:45

Oh fingers crossed I hope so!!

Sending lots of love and hugs to you all - I’ll come back and update you.

It’s a crappy game this ttc business

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 20:25

@Twiggywinkle13 I wonder perhaps if you have had late implantation! If you had spotting I think that's a good sign of implantation 🥰

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 20:24

@Rice1992 lots of love to you, too! It's been a tough year all around hasn't it! 😬😢 xx

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 20:23

@Hayes178 hugs and baby dust to you, too! I keep having to go into the spare room to put washing away - it's literally sat there empty waiting for the day we can begin to buy nursery furniture! It just feels like a kick in the teeth each time I have to go in there! Xx

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Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 20:19

Sorry, I meant to add you’ll see my LH randomly went up at 10/11 dpo Not sure that means anything!

Twiggywinkle13 · 19/12/2020 20:18

Good evening everyone, I wonder if anyone can shed some light - I’ve tested and BFN. I am 2 days late for my period. I ovulated a day late so I guess it could be that, could it? I’m 13 dpo today, I had very, very slight spotting at 12dpo but then absolutely nothing. Does anyone have any idea? I’ve attached the track of the ovulation tests, I’ve kept doing them as it’s my first month using this brand.

Any help greatly appreciated!

🙈🤣 Who wants to symptom spot with me.. 🙈🤣
Rice1992 · 19/12/2020 20:09

Sending lots of positive vibes tonight ladies - I think everyone needs it today, for so many reasons 💕

Try to remember there are other options if it comes to it and people out there to help. And even from only being on this group for a short amount time, you’re definitely not alone with your journeys and we have the support from one another xx

Hayes178 · 19/12/2020 17:31

@printedlace It's so horrible, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy! It's the most deflating thing in the world, especially when you have your heart set on it. I hope we both manage to conceive very soon 🤞sending hugs and baby dust xx

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 15:43

@Hayes178 I can really relate; apart from the fact that I don't have any children at the moment.
I am so sorry it's so hard. It's so crap! I'm feeling exactly the same. Word for word. I could have written that myself. My poor fiancé is taking all my mood swings like a trooper but I feel so bad.
Stomach cramping is still going on, no AF and barely any CM now, either.
Feeling so deflated.

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Hayes178 · 19/12/2020 15:28

Sorry for the rant, just feeling a bit deflated and emotional! Needed to get it off my chest. I've been so moody with my poor fiancé. He says he understands but i feel like such a cow because he's also going through it and he's being the backbone holding us together on top of it all and taking my shit :(

Hayes178 · 19/12/2020 15:25

Slight increase in cervical mucus. Still what I would class as dry but slight more 'wet' mucus on it and (really sorry a lot of tmi) a little blob of wet cm on the tip of my finger.

I've been so emotional. It's just taking too long, I'm starting to think that I'm never going to conceive again. I tried for a long time straight away after my first daughter with my ex partner because we both wanted a small age gap. Nothing happened and then1.5 years later we split up. We were trying the whole time (apart from the last few months where the relationship started to unexpectedly deteriorate). I'm now with dp and we've been trying for 10 months and nothings happened. I'm starting to think that my first daughter is a miracle baby 😓

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 13:55

@WicketBasket no not too long for me to wait now! I always catch myself feeling super down at this stage of the TWW. Reflecting on previous months etc. I literally don't think I could have done more this month. That's the heartbreaking part! 😬 I've pretty much accepted that this isn't the month. Nothing but BFN's so far, not even a glimpse of a line.

Got my fingers so tightly crossed for you @WicketBasket♥️♥️

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WicketBasket · 19/12/2020 13:53

Torture is the right word @printedlace 😂😂

Ooh Tuesday is not far off at all!! I’m not due until Friday or possibly next Monday (who even knows) so I still have time to obsess and drive myself crazy Grin xx

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printedlace · 19/12/2020 12:11

@WicketBasket ahh it's torture isn't it! No matter what you search it's a pregnancy symptom! 🙈😅 I have searched so much! Xx

I'm due on Tuesday!

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