8 DOP - the waiting!

Ah no so sorry! On to cycle 2 💪❤ I know what you mean, I've had short cycles when we've been ttc, it's like mother nature knows and is just teasing us xxx

@Timetobeamummy oh I'm sorry! 😩 good luck for next cycle xxxx

I think it’s AF that’s arrived 5 days early 🙈😭 it’s god from pink spots to quiet Red and more now sooo… I’m out! The shortest cycle I’ve had in years 25 days very odd.
However feeling positive was only cycle one although it’s always gutting! Onto Cycle 2 hoping your ladies BFPs give me good luck 🤞🏻

@ERachD amazing can't deny that!

Thanks @ERachD your post is giving me some motivation to wait that little bit longer to test! I'm 6/7DPO today (depending on the app) so hope I can hold out for another week.

Good luck and congratulations on your pregnancy! I hope you did something nice to celebrate

Congratulations @ERachD! Yea definitely try to enjoy this time now and get excited!

So helpful to see the three tests too, thanks for that. How many DPO are you?

@ERachD wow - you can literally see nothing on the cheapie. Really good to post this because I think it's what most use as a 'first' test. Fingers crossed for a lovely sticky bean for you x

@Timetobeamummy oh sounds like could be implantation? 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Well I thought based on my usual cycle I was 10DPO... I think I have actually ovulated around the 31st dec.. a week earlier than I anticipated. The test was so strong, I feel like it couldn't be like that, so soon and I started with more definitive symptoms that I recognised from my previous pregnancies.

I bought some ovulation sticks and started taking them and on day 3, it said I was at peak ovulation which I found weird, so we DTD the day after and thought nothing more of it, I was disheartened that we could have missed it but felt like it wouldn't have been earlier than it usually is. I'm now guessing I did ovulate then, after all?! xx

@ERachD what a good pic for comparison! I always go for cheapies first usually too! Can't argue with the digital 😃

@cheeseandbiscuitsplz congrats!! That is some positive line. How many DPO are you? You have probably said but I struggle to keep up!

I’ve managed to be out all day and keep my mind off everything currently 8/9DPO. Then got home and had a little bit of pink bleeding just a couple spots and now I can’t keep my mind off it. AF not due until Thursday so that’s annoying me if the witch has decided to come only this month but didn’t look like AF spotting 👀

It's so hard not to let yourself feed into it Carinae. I had peculiar sensations just past ovulation last month and it really got my hopes up. This month I now have dull achy cramps (minor) in my pelvic area and extremely tender nipples. I really think I'm getting my own hopes up each time but it's hard not to overthink it 😅

We can get through this together - I'm 6dpo 😊 It's so difficult to not read into any little thing. Last month I had cramps around this time and I was so certain, but nothing 😔 It's horrible because as much as you try you can't switch off from it xxx

@20viona that is a great line

5 DPO and days are going sooo slow

Still getting light cramping and I didn't have this when I had my BPF with DD so I'm like what's going on. Think I'm reading too much into it?

@cheeseandbiscuitsplz congratulations! That’s is amazing! Here’s hoping this thread is lucky for everyone!!

@Hope90x I know what you mean! It’s so hard not to get obsessed. My first pregnancy was a bit of a surprise and I obsessed with ever twinge but it makes it harder to enjoy in the long run. I had to set my self some boundaries. This time I’m feeling the obsession coming along and if I am so tempted to test every day but it wouldn’t be good for me so I’ve decided to wait until Tuesday and see!

@ERachD looks good to me!! 🤞🏻💖

Well my FRER tests arrived about half an hour ago, promised I wouldn't do one, but caved and got a BFP!! 🥺 I just can't believe it, but I had a feeling. I wonder if I've ovulated sooner than I thought... af not due until next Friday... Hoping for our rainbow 🌈💖

Big congratulations to those of you who have just got your positives :) I'm sure you are over the moon!

I'm SO new to this. Feel massively out of my depth. Never given much thought to having children until my very late 20s now I'm 31 and just beginning to TRY to understand ovulation, cycles and TTC.

I Stopped my contraceptive pill on 29th October. Have had 3 periods since then, 2 of which I would class as "natural" with one being a withdrawal bleed.

First natural period took 31 days to come and second took 29 days, so I don't exactly know my ovulation window. This month I had figured it was somewhere between 9th-14th Jan and have "TTC" on 3 of those days.

Today is the 16th and I'm already driving myself mad thinking of every little ache and pain despite knowing it's WAY too early to know. I Know we haven't been trying very long but I'm just too highly strung I guess

Sorry for the long post but it distracted me from Google for 5 mins 😅

@20viona that fantastic news! Keep us updated!

Congrats ladies. Both looking very positive!! 💕I’m on CD9 I think so waiting until Tuesday before I open the FRER pack! Getting all sorts of symptoms but feel like might just be me paying more attention to my body. My expectation is low so at least I won’t be disappointed!

Definitely VBFP (very BFP) 🤣

That's what my first test looked with my first, congrats! Xxx