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6DPO 1st TWW nervous and obsessing!

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JoannaJellyBean · 29/03/2021 10:54

Hi All, this is the first time I have gone through the TWW, it fascinates me that we spend years trying not to get pg and now I am a bag of nerves! I am a very driven person, everything I set my mind to I aim to achieve and this feels like its based on luck! I think I have done everything right... ovulation testing, LH surge, timed sex etc and now I am 6DPO. I don't feel any different and I seem to spend so much time googling TWW symptoms and obsessing over it. Two of my best friends are pg and it happened on their first try, my over achieving nature is kicking in and causing me to obsess! Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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BrodieKD · 13/04/2021 11:16

@JoannaJellyBean my lines are really dark now which is just fab. I have an early scan booked in for 2 May so less than 3 weeks to go. I'll feel much better once I've seen the scan and finally told my mum. I was going to tell her tomorrow (her birthday) but we've had a bereavement in the family so I am going to hold off until after the scan so that it's a bit of a happier time. Hopefully your cycles start to settle down. That does seem like a weird af. I hope you had a lovely birthday :)

AliBear90 · 13/04/2021 08:55

@JoannaJellyBean are we the same person?! My period was weird like that too. And I’ve just finished my morning swim! I do need to get fitter / lose weight though so figured it will all help with conceiving xx

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JoannaJellyBean · 13/04/2021 08:41

@BrodieKD congratulations! Your message was BH Friday, how is the line now??!!! Sorry I fell off the face of the earth, as soon as I have some time off work over the BH takes me a few days to get back on track. AF came for me but still feeling positive as like you said going to take a few cycles to settle down, it has been a weird AF this month normally it only last 4 days, this has been 8/9 days but towards the end there were days I wouldn't bleed then days I would but really light, weird..... I realised I needed to get out of my head for this, so since the gyms have opened up I have started doing a morning swim. Hope everyone else is well!

@AliBear90 we are now on the same journey keep me posted!

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AliBear90 · 06/04/2021 07:07

Well I’m just coming to the end of my period now, so it wasn’t the month for me. Onto month 2 of ttc now. As soon as this period is fully over I’m going to start using opks to make sure I don’t miss my ovulation this month

BrodieKD · 02/04/2021 21:11

I'm delighted to let you know that I got my bfp today :) it's still faint so early days but I've taken 5 tests today (couldn't help myself) and I've already got some progression so 🤞 it keeps going.

@JoannaJellyBean hmm similar happened to me last month but I was still adjusting to my cycles. It might take them a few months to settle down. How you feeling today?

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JoannaJellyBean · 01/04/2021 09:15

Morning Ladies, I need some advice.... I am 9dpo today and woke up this morning and there was a bleed, it was too much to be spotting in my opinion and was bright red, how can AF have come 5 days early? I definitely ovulated so it's not like I confused the window, I had the LH surge, I have the egg white mc. Is it maybe because I had my implant out in Jan and my body still isn't in a pattern?

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AAR25 · 31/03/2021 17:15

@JoannaJellyBean oh wow thank you that's so useful! Going to try and stick it out til next Thursday then

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 16:23

@Violet1988 Welcome yes I am DC1

@Annabelle0852 you summed that up perfectly, that is exactly how I feel! It doesn't help that two of my best friends got pg on the 1st cycle too. Thanks for the reassurance that it does get easier, have to keep it positive and stay calm and relaxed! You know what they say, 3 is the charm so fingers crossed for this one! I am waiting till 13dpo I think given it will be the bank holiday it will help take my mind off it. I am really bloated today and feel a bit weird (that is the best way I can describe it) but because I only had my implant out in January it could just be proper PMS....

I believe in you, keep the willpower, "all good things come to those that wait!" and then like you say there won't be any doubt

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 16:16

@AAR25 So I did a bit of research on this and came across the below, which is based on pregnancy test accuracy (now of course everyone is different).

Days before AF:
6 days - 25%
5 days - 33%
4 days - 42%
3 days - 68%
2 days - 81%
1 day - 93%
Day of AF - 96%
1 day after AF due - 100%

Which is why I am testing 1 day before

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Annabelle0852 · 31/03/2021 15:33

@JoannaJellyBean This is cycle 3 for us of trying 🤞 although cycle 2 wasn't a great attempt 😂

Definitely remember the feeling of cycle 1... part of you praying to be first time lucky and another pessimistic part thinking you couldn't be that lucky! I'm way calmer now than cycle 1 so it gets easier!

I'm trying to wait until 11/12DPO to test as any earlier and you'll really doubt a BFN. We'll see how my willpower lasts though! 😉

Violet1988 · 31/03/2021 15:32

Hiya, I'm 7dpo today on my second cycle TTC. The first cycle was in January but then didn't try on purpose for the two cycles in-between because of my covid vaccine. I have two little boys aged 4 and 2 so this is DC3 we are trying for. Is this everyone else's DC1? I've been quite calm so far but I'm usually more relaxed in the first week of a tww anyway, so we will see if that changes next week. Haven't googled any phantom symptoms as yet anyway. Both my boys took around 6 months of trying for xx

AAR25 · 31/03/2021 15:13

So what's the earliest time you would bdo a test?

According to my app AF will be due 11th but I have an MRI scan on 12th which I will need to cancel if I get a positive.

Or am I just using the scan as an excuse to be stupid and test early

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 14:44

@BrodieKD It's not will power, its fear haha! Wouldn't that make it a very good Friday!!! Spring is all about new life make sure you let me know on Friday 🤞

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BrodieKD · 31/03/2021 12:48

@JoannaJellyBean I love your will power! I'm hopeless! I'm going to test on Friday still but I know it's quite early. Hopefully it will be a GOOD Friday 🤭 I'm not too sure when my af is due so just going to plod on and hope for the bfp 🤞🤞

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 11:55

@BrodieKD Heyyy! Believe me the temptation is definitely there! I just don't want to test too early get the BFN and be sad about it when it was maybe too early to detect so I am going to stick to my guns and test the day before af is due which is Easter Monday! It's also my birthday next week so this will either be a great birthday prezzie or a really crap one!

Is first thing in the morning the best time to test? I drink loads of squash throughout the day and I am concerned it won't be concentrated enough, any advise?

How are you feeling?!! xx

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BrodieKD · 31/03/2021 11:51

@JoannaJellyBean how are you getting on? Resisting the temptation to test? We are over the hump of the week and on the home run to the weekend now. Can't come quick enough!

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 11:37

Ladies welcome to the waiting game! This is my first time experiencing the tww and this chat space has helped me so much, my OH thinks I am mental because there is nothing we can do except wait but I cannot help obsessing over it!

@AAR25 Preach to wfh and the temptation of googling everything, been there, doing that! I was temping but it goes up and down all the time so I can't really get a read on it so I have stopped...

@Annabelle0852 We are very close together! When are you going to test?

Is the first cycle you're both ttc?

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Annabelle0852 · 31/03/2021 10:17

*implantation 🤦‍♀️

Annabelle0852 · 31/03/2021 10:15

Hey everyone 👋 Can I join? 🙏 7DPO and was doing so well but now the TWW itch is hitting!

I also used the Premom app and test strips which I think are fab. I don't really feel any symptoms but I know it's too early. I read average Implementation day is 8DPO so I'm hoping to start feeling some stuff soon!

AAR25 · 31/03/2021 09:29

Yay! We can be impatient together.

I'm wfh so it's very easy to get distracted googling.

Haven't done it yet, I've read they're best between 12-8 so waiting til 12. Although I woke up with achy legs like I do before AF is due but that's 12 days off according to my app. Also keeping a note of temperature so I can track it properly next cycle if we don't fall this time

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JoannaJellyBean · 31/03/2021 09:22

@AAR25 Welcome to the nail biting tww, you are not alone! I am now 8dpo, work is the only thing keeping me sane but with the easter weekend approaching it will be all I think about! How did you get on with opk test this morning?

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AAR25 · 30/03/2021 21:30

@AliBear90 oh really that's interesting. Thanks for letting me know. I really think ovulation must have been yesterday. Will try another ovulation test tomorrow to double check

AliBear90 · 30/03/2021 21:23

@AAR25 I think the clear blue ones always come out blank the first day you use them from what I’ve heard but I’ve not tried them

AAR25 · 30/03/2021 20:55

Hey can I join please

I'm only a day or two post ovulation (I think) and already losing my mind.

According to my tracking app my cycles are 28 days on average which makes my ovulation day today. But I bought clear blue ovulation test today and it's coming out blank! Looking back I have quite often had 27 day cycles

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JoannaJellyBean · 30/03/2021 09:58

AliBear90 the premom opks are so helpful, I think they will really help! After my implant removal I kept testing (probably too much, but I had no idea what I was looking for!) then this month when that LH surge hit I was like ahhhh thats what it is about, it was hilarious because we had just got back from food shopping I was so excited I told my OH "right baby making before lunch" haha! Tbh I don't feel any different at all so I don't think it has taken but we will see... Let me know how you get on with the opk testing! Are you taking prenatal sups?

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