Valentines, pancakes, BFPs etc thread 2

@MrsSamRowley such a strong line! 🎉

@MrsSamRowley No denying that! :D

Another blank for me at 10dpo so I guess I’m out. Wish there was something I could take to speed AF up so we can start again.

I was vaguely hopeful this morning as I woke up very hot (which was my only symptom when I was pregnant with my son). I don’t know why we’re trying still to be honest. We were told last time it was very unlikely we’d conceive naturally so just went straight down the IVF road (then our son was a surprise). Feels like I’m just wasting time as we’re not going to get that lucky again.

Woke up desperate for a wee at 3.45am so thought I might as well do my FRER!

Congratulations @melbxldn and @MrsSamRowley lovely news!

I'm on CD21 today and almost certain I haven't ovulated yet. Testing with IC OPK's and had some dark lines last weekend but not quite as dark as the test line. Thought I may have just missed the peak as the next couple of days were really faint but then for the last 3 days they've started getting a lot darker again! I ovulated very late when I conceived my first DC so it wouldn't be unusual. AF due 28/02-01/03 roughly so we'll wait and see...

@kizzy97 Yeah I get this in the 2WW. It’s really weird stuff haha.

Sorry for the TMI here but I've just had very unusal CM like really thick and stringy, that been normal for anyone at this point?

@TheBirdintheCave I think I definitely am just over thinking and paying extra attention to every single change in my body. I just took a cheap test today on my lunch break so not FMU and only 8DPO but seeing the BFN has made me stop convincing myself I'm pregnant for the day at least.

@ElleBelleLou I have no answers I'm afraid other than to say it could be because we're paying so much attention to our bodies at the moment that we're noticing every little thing. Have you taken a cheapie today? I normally find that if I take one of those in the morning from 8dpo it helps me cope with the waiting.

I'm 8DPO today and still have a strange crampy feeling, it's almost like AF is coming but I am clockwork and AF isn't due for another 7 days yet. It's like a dull constant ache, it feels heavy like that feeling just before a wave of AF cramps.
Anyone else experienced anything like this? What could it be at DPO? I'm also exhausted (yesterday I fell asleep at 8:45pm!). Am I just being over-hopeful imagining these could be preg symptoms?

@Brunette1989 thank you I think I am going to try both next month and see if it can give me more information.

@Brunette1989 did you use opk sticks and clearblue tests?

@QueenBee22 I have no idea, been trying to work out what they test for as I believe clearblue tests differently but I really don't get it. Unless one picked up my levels increasing and the other picked up down. But I did the premom tests the whole 5 days as they're cheaper 🤣 and it wasn't high till 4 days after clearblue was high so I'm really confused. I think they're useful for trying to get a better idea but also rather confusing when like me you're using 2 different ones to cover all bases ha ha.
Going to try and sit down over the weekend and Google alot as I don't want to be using them and it be pointless. I wanted to try the purple method but both this month and next month is impossible due to stag & hen dos taking up the whole weekend I'm good to go. Also difficult with OH working away a couple of nights a week as it always seems to fall perfectly.
Suppose just got to keep trying and pray luck changes. Xxx

It was only month 2 properly trying with OPKs and everything so I feel very lucky as my periods have been all over the place since I came off the pill and it definitely helped to track and know what was going on!

@MrsSamRowley Thanks :) It's really hard to keep the faith when it took fifteen months for us to get pregnant last time x__x What cycle number was this for you?

@TheBirdintheCave I've been feeling crampy since yesterday and felt very much like AF coming early so don't count yourself out yet!

9dpo and nothing on an IC for me again. I know I'm not out yet but I'm not feeling particularly hopeful at the moment. I'm cramping slightly so I think AF may come early again this month :/ I have a FRER for tomorrow .

Thanks ladies! Going to do a FRER in the morning to confirm - can't believe it!

@MrsSamRowley Yay! Congratulations :D Very clear positive.

@MrsSamRowley I definitely see it!

@oldermam I'm really sorry to hear this :( hope you are doing some nice things for yourself?

@MrsSamRowley I can't very clearly see the second line!!!! Eeeekkk!!

Caved and tested this morning on an IC at 10dpo...can you guys see a 2nd line too??

Hi everyone

Not posted for many months but felt this was the right time to come back in after months off

TTC number 1 on cycle 7 (but been trying for a year with multiple months we couldn't try properly due to COVID complications)

Back feeling hopeful ish today is CD24. Confirmed ovulation on CD16. Will be testing on 23rd.

Congratulations to everyone with their BFPs so far and wishing you all luck

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Pain and cramps tonight and 12DPO… just waiting for my fate 🤣
I’m cycle day 31 which is longer than my usual and if I wasn’t ovulation tracking I’d assume I was 2 days late tomorrow!
But I used easy@home and I ovulated a lot later than usual! Who knows hehe but I’m Hanging onto the Feb thread for dear life… could it be!? 🤭

@Brunette1989 any thoughts why the premom and clearblue had your peak so far apart? I normally use clearblue but was thinking of changing to premom next cycle.