starting the tww

@Bubblegum093 glad to hear you got a static! The temperature taking is useful and definitely gets more accurate over time. Maybe I just like the sense of control 😂

My cheapie opk’s are exactly the same I got absolutely nothing during Nov so thought I hadnt O’d. They were literally white as snow - I had a few faint lines this month but nowhere near the control line dark. I tried the clear blue opk Nov too and got constant flashy smiles no static so I’ve got no idea what happened during November!
I’ve carried on trying this month with the opks and managed to get a static smiley with clear blue so DTD about four nights on the bounce haha hope it did the trick!

Just managing to get my head around temping. Hopefully after a chart or two I’ll be able to read them better

@SGChome20 I think I’m just going to go wider with the dates for DTD next month, save myself the money 😂

@HelloPippa some cycles I was the same with my LH surge. I seemed to miss it because I would get a line but not a strong line like they say makes an opk positive. That’s when I bit the bullet and got the clear blue ones because they track 2 hormones. However on this cycle I just used cheapies because of my MC and didn’t have a clue when I’d ovulate and didn’t want to literally piss money away and after 3 days I got a very strong +ve opk. That could’ve just been luck or a longer window, I really don’t know. If I’m using cheapies again though I’ll definitely test twice a day.

@Bubblegum093 yes I have a load of the cheap ones and have been using them for the last few months just to track my ovulation more accurately via Natural Cycles. That said, I’m wondering if I just have a very short surge because most of the time I don’t seem to get a positive opk (testing once a day). My temperature seems to do all the right things though. Maybe I’ll try testing more frequently

Sorry to hear about your losses girls that must have been awful to go through!!

And you can start planning for your next cycle now @HelloPippa fingers crossed for you. Onwards and upwards! Will you be using opk’s?

Yes glad we all have each other to symptom spot together haha! I had cramps straight away from 1dpo-5dpo but I know that’s too early for anything to be happening . Really bad lower left cramps on 5dpo and lower left back pain which is very unusual for me. No symptoms 6dpo. I’m 7dpo today and got the same lower left cramps and back pain weirdly - probably something unrelated. Just really noticing every little detail about my body atm now I’m paying attention to it haha

I’m still holding out for some Christmas bfps for us on this thread

@SGChome20 that was actually exactly what he said - I’ll get excited when it actually happens. Probably just as well, imagine how many pregnancy tests you’d get through with neither of you being able to wait!

@MintSticks fingers crossed!

10dpo here. Took a FRER this morning and was a BFN. Period is due today according to one app and tomorrow according to another.

Symptoms: sore breast, sensitive nipple, pulling/twinges. Had spotting after DTD this afternoon and also same on Friday. Feel wired but tired, slightly nauseous this morning, hot flashes in the night.

3-6dpo I was getting dull aches and mild cramps but they have gone now.

I really feel I might be pregnant this time and getting a BFN at 10dpo doesn’t really phase me as I’ve never got an early BFN.

Fingers crossed to all for this month 🤞🏻

@HelloPippa men just do not get it in my experience. When we were ttc #1 my DH didn’t really even talk about it at all. I started to wonder if he was really invested in the whole process but as soon as I got pregnant he was all over it. I think because it’s not their bodies and they’re not symptom spotting like we are obviously. He did later admit that he’d been worrying about being able to get me pregnant while I was worrying about my body not being able to support a pregnancy.

@SGChome20 very true. I feel like my OH is already not quite getting why I feel disappointed. Thank goodness for you ladies 😂 i’m vicariously living through you for the next few days - hopefully there is something very faint on the test!!

@HelloPippa sorry AF arrived, it sucks. Although sometimes I think ‘at least I know now’

I did another test this morning and pretty sure it was a bfn, but then I started squinting so much at it I don’t know!!

@Bubblegum093 another negative test today - starting to think I'm out this month and maybe my cycle is still off track from MC last cycle. Absolutely loaded with the cold all of a sudden, so emotional and crampy - think this might be AF en route. How are you getting on? X

Good luck for your next cycle @HelloPippa
How are you getting on @SGChome20 and @Geemmm x

AF here a day early, better luck to everyone else!

@SGChome20 ditto, not helpful that all the symptoms are identical 😂

@Bubblegum093 AF due Tuesday according to Natural Cycles!

I don’t have any symptoms really. I have been feeling mild cramps but that could just be AF!

Yeah @SGChome20 I counted the first day of MC bleeding at cycle day 1 and I tracked ovulation too so I have a rough idea of when AF should be due. My app says I'm due Thursday but that's only a 28 day cycle it's calculated for some reason and I'm usually 29/30 days so I think Friday or Sat. Hopefully not at all - but not seeing many symptoms of pg this cycle.

Have u got any symptoms standing out?

Fingers crossed for you all, there’s still time you can be in this together if you’re all around the same time with your dpo days.
I will have to wait another week atleast. Will have to distract myself with Christmas festivities until then haha xx

@Geemmm did you count day 1 of cycle as first day of bleeding? I had spotting for a few days last month before I bled so wasn’t really sure when to count from but I do know when my +ve opk was right enough.

I’m a bit unsure when AF is due because of my early MC last month but my best guess (taking heavy bleeding as day 1 of cycle) is Wednesday.

@HelloPippa and @SGChome20 there’s still hope. When is AF due? Not over until she arrives!

I tested positive both prior cycles at 12dpo so going to try and hold off and test again on Tuesday. 🤞🏻

Yes definitely 🤞 last time I got my bfp at 14dpo. I haven’t actually ever tested this early, don’t know why I did this month 🥴

@SGChome20 then we are on exactly the same day! Fingers crossed for us both - keep me in the loop!

I took a test this morning as well at 10dpo, against my better judgement. BFN. I’m still hoping I’m not out yet!