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Anyone testing around April 19th? My 2ww is just starting.

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GoT1904 · 05/04/2022 07:58

Hi all! I'm currently 1dpo.. so officially in the last stage of this cycle! I should be due AF around April 19th, which happens to be my birthday! So I'm going to try really hard not to test until then. Anyone else around the same?!

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PrettyPolly92 · 05/04/2022 13:34

Hello please can I join?Smile

1st cycle of loosely TTC baby no.1 🤣

DP has said we’ll just go unprotected and see what happens! He doesn’t want me to track ovulation etc as he thinks it puts pressure on us but I did track on the sly this month but not properly 🙊

Looking at this photo when do you think I would have ovulated? I reeeally wish I’d done multiple tests on Friday (CD13) as I think I’ve missed my peak?

Anyone testing around April 19th? My 2ww is just starting.
Graceybaby · 05/04/2022 13:24

@GoT1904 Same here, I don't remember ever feeling anything around ovulation before, I never had ovulation pain when TTC my son but I had been off the pill a whole year before TTC previously ..so maybe it is pill related? I'm sure it'll settle down., trying not to read into anything during this TWW.

@ArcEnCiel2022 I'd be more then happy with a Christmas baby, I love the idea of being heavily pregnant around Christmas too.. I'm not much of a drinker so not being able to drink at Christmas parties/christmas meals etc doesn't bother me at all.

I had my first positive mid Saturday morning and it was still very positive on Sunday mid-afternoon so I think my peak test would have been somewhere in between then plus I had a tonne of EWCM on Saturday so I'm thinking I definitely ovulated on Sunday but I was so crampy all weekend I can't pinpoint when exactly.

For those who have been in a TWW before, do you do anything in particular that you always do to try and help implantation, or things you maybe avoid? I do try and eat plenty of pineapple, I'm sure it makes no difference but I love pineapple so it can't hurt! 😂 Two things I've heard lately are the 'warm feet warm womb' theory, if you keep your feet warm its supposed to help? and also another strange one I heard was to spend 15 minutes a day with your legs up against a wall etc to increase blood flow to the uterus? The internet is an interesting place 😅🙈

ArcEnCiel2022 · 05/04/2022 12:43

@Graceybaby yes it would be such a lovely Christmas 😊 it's funny because I always thought I wouldn't like to have a baby around Christmas, but now I don't care, I just want a baby haha, and on the contrary I really love now the idea of a Christmas baby!

I got my peak on Saturday, and had really intense ovulation pain the night between Saturday and Sunday, so my due date should be Christmas Eve or Christmas day! I'm counting Sunday as ovulation day to don't be tempted to test even earlier than I probably will 😂

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GoT1904 · 05/04/2022 12:38

@GraceyBaby it's crazy isn't it?! I had darkening OPK's from CD 8-ish, then my peak on CD 11.. then almost completely negative from then on! I was worried I'd not ovulated too... I guess we will see. I also had very tender nipples and lots of cramps like you. I've never experienced ovulation like this before but probably because our hormones are all over a bit?

@TTCBABYNO2xx ofc you can join!! Are you symptom spotting now you're 7dpo? I think I will drive myself mad these next few weeks lol. Xx

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TTCBABYNO2xx · 05/04/2022 09:40

Hey lovely- hope its okay to join I am 7DPO today trying for baby no 2 first cycle since getting coil out. My son will be 2 in June.

this TWW is brutal isn't it 🤦🏽‍♀️😂 xx

Graceybaby · 05/04/2022 09:20

@GoT1904 so similar to me, my son is from my previous relationship and I had such a difficult birth with him that I had mentally written off any more children until I met my current OH, we've recently got engaged and he loves and treats my son like his own but I would love nothing more then to extend our family with a baby of our own.

I was shocked I seemed to ovulate straight away too! I was getting complete negatives then out of the blue tonnes of EWCM and a positive OPK! It was positive all day Saturday and still super positive Sunday morning so I'm hoping I definitely ovulated.

Have you found you've been super crampy ? Not sure if it's just because it's the first time I've ovulated in a while but all weekend I've had cramps and really bad lower back pain.

x

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GoT1904 · 05/04/2022 09:09

Yay so many of us! It's my first cycle off the pill too, I was surprised I got my peak OPK so soon tbh.

This is my 4th baby, very much wanted. I have 3 DC with my ex husband, but my amazing partner and I would like just one of our own.

I got my peak OPK on Saturday.. We DTD 3 days before that, and 1 day after. Not the best timing but DP was tired, I'm hoping the swimmers from 3 days before will have stayed around, or my egg will have been waiting for them yesterday lol. Awww my youngest is 6 and her birthday is December. It'd be lovely to have another around then.

I'm feeling really nervous tbh. I usually like to test early, if there's even a sniff of me being pg! Bur DP wants to test together so I'm going to try really hard to wait till the 19th.

... or maybe 18th, haha. So if it's BFN then my birthday won't be so sad lol. I wish I could fast forward already.

Good luck everyone. :D I'm sure some of us will get our BFP's.

I almlst always experience implantation bleeding. I've been pregnant 5 times but have 3 DC. And I'd say 4/5 times ive had implantation bleeding, so I'll be on the look out this time. Xx

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Graceybaby · 05/04/2022 08:52

Hi @ArcEnCiel2022

Glad we're getting a nice little group together to share this TWW with :)

Hope this is your month :)

I would be due on Christmas Eve, what a Christmas that would be!
x

Graceybaby · 05/04/2022 08:50

@GeraniumCedarwood think I just replied to you on the December thread!

Sounds like you have a tough journey so far, fingers crossed this happens soon for you!

A Christmas baby sounds like it would be so special, hoping this is your month :)

I'm TTC baby no.2 :)

I had a positive OPK Saturday (which continued into Sunday) cramps seemed to be at their peak on Sunday so I'm thinking I ovulated on Sunday.. we DTD Saturday evening and Sunday morning and the last time before that was 5 days prior so I'm just hoping we DTD at the right time.

It's my first cycle since coming off the pill so just trying not to get my hopes up!

x

ArcEnCiel2022 · 05/04/2022 08:47

Hi! I would like to join you, I'm 2 dpo today, planning to test next week around 10-11 dpo...
This is cycle 4 for me, baby number 1, after 2 miscarriages September and December). I really hope this is my month as my due date would be on Christmas as well, which would be exactly one year after my second miscarriage, so that would really special to me!

GeraniumCedarwood · 05/04/2022 08:35

I am 1dpo today too! (I think, had a positive OPK Sunday, cramps Monday and now today CM is no long EW)

Would love to join you both. I am TTC baby number 1. Been a long journey for me with miscarriages and a number of operations on my uterus. Wev'e had some breaks and pauses for recovery, and this is cycle 4 of trying consecutively for a while.

My first ever conceived baby was due Christmas Eve 2018, so it would be special if this cycle does work as it would also be due at Christmas

Graceybaby · 05/04/2022 08:23

I'm currently 2DPO :)

I usually have a short luteal phase of 10-11days so always start testing around 9DPO which will be the 12th of April.

This is my first cycle since coming off the pill, have one son who's now 5 so it's been a long time since I was in a TWW! Had forgotten how hard it was!

How you feeling?

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