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Anyone else due to test around 30th June/1st July?

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allgoodthings84 · 19/06/2022 18:35

I’m now 3dpo and trying to feel positive. My OPK peak times up with when I had EWCM and I’m sure I had some ovulation pain on Thursday. I’ve never realised it before now but I nearly always have a pain for a few hours in between AF’s so guess I nearly always have it but never paid any attention to what is was or why. Even though the timings all line up I still have a fear that I ovulated much later and missed dtd at the right time. I know it’s irrational 😂

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Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 19:46

@OCM19 ah I think that's the right attitude to be honest!! Because we just don't know when this will happen!!

I hope you get your new job & the BFP you deserve 🥰

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 19:38

@OCM19 good luck for your interview next week 😊. I hope you get the job AND your bfp! You’re so right! We shouldn’t put our life on hold as none of us know how long it will take etc

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 19:35

Last month I wasn’t ttc but did OPK to find out more about my body and it was the one and only month in at least the last 7 years that my cycle messed up so was none the wiser 😂. I peaked overnight CD17/18 that cycle so my cycle was 33 days long as the late ovulation pushed back AF. My cycle is NEVER longer than 28 days and even that is long for me as mine as 26/27 days and regular. I got a shock! Then on 9DPO I started to spot when if I do spot it’s only ever day or so before AF not 5/6 days before and it was every day up to AF. It was such a weird cycle and typically when I was trying to learn about my body.

This cycle I peaked afternoon on CD11 which is much more normal for my cycle length so seems to be back to normal. I think it was me stressing last month that delayed it all.

so tomorrow I’m 9dpo so will be hoping so much I don’t start to spot like last cycle

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OCM19 · 24/06/2022 19:31

😘@ummidreams @vitahelp we are all around 6DPO and most of us on this group are testing next Thursday/Friday … ahh so exciting!

I made the decision last week to start looking for new jobs. Originally when we decided to TTC our second in January I was going to hold off and stay where I am (I work in Employment Law so if any of you have any questions on entitlements etc feel free to ask 😉) but I just feel like I’m putting my career progression on hold for something that may never happen. Although secretly I’m hoping I will apply for a role and then find out I’m pregnant as I just know that’s pot luck when a position I like becomes available! I’ve got an interview next week so we will see 🤞. x

vitahelp · 24/06/2022 19:22

@Tubbytele @ummidreams Welcome! It’s really helped being able to check in on this thread and talk to others in the same boat. I hope it helps you too.

@Cdoc Yes another day down! I’ll be 7dpo tomorrow so officially in the potential implantation window - cue obsessive bbt analysing and looking for implantation bleeding!

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 19:21

@allgoodthings84 🤣🤣🤣

The CM is a good sign I think!!

It did take me a while to get the hang of my cervix but now I know I check all the time if I suspect something 🤣

Cdoc · 24/06/2022 19:05

Sorry ladies just catching up, how is everyone doing?

welcome @ummidreams ! We are all in our tww and trying to get each other through 🤞🏼🤞🏼Feel free to symptom spot, we’ve been doing a lot of that 🤣
I am super gassy and crampy today, but that also happens the week before AF so doesn’t mean anything.

@allgoodthings84 your comments around finding your cervix really made me laugh 🤣I wouldn’t have a clue what it’s supposed to feel like either!
Another day down!

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 18:59

@ummidreams hi welcome to the thread. We are all enjoying posting here to help us get through the 2ww. I’m not feeling very hopeful but keep telling myself to try and feel more positive or this could be a looonnggg road of misery ha ha

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 18:57

@Angie2018 @Tubbytele definitely don’t think I can go by this on this cycle ha ha. I don’t know where it normally is or where it was during ovulation or how it normally feels.

at least as I have no idea I’m not thinking that I must definitely be out as I know I would do if I knew it felt no different.

TMI but when I pulled my finger out it came out with a glob of CM on it 😂

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ummidreams · 24/06/2022 18:53

Hello
I hope it's okay to join. The tww wait is just feeling extra crazy long this cycle. 5/6dpo. First cycle on progesterone from ovulation. No real symptoms, any symptoms I think are just in my head. Just waking to pee at night when usually I wouldn't need to.

Tubbytele · 24/06/2022 18:46

@allgoodthings84 I'm like that with my cervix lol I try to test it and have no idea if it's any different to usual

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 18:46

@allgoodthings84 yeah defo it can change depending on women to women & also it is normally high in the morning and lower at night.... and sometimes it takes longer to move up for pregnancy and longer to move down for AF 🙈

Tubbytele · 24/06/2022 18:44

@OCM19 @Angie2018 thank you! If I take the 2nd peak test then I'm guessing I'm around 5 dpo

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 18:42

@Angie2018 i can just about feel it but no idea if what I feel is considered hard or not 😂 I’ve got 6 days until I’m due on I think.

I’ve googled a lot and a lot say it’s not always a good way to do it as it varies woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy and sometimes won’t rise until after a period is due so it may be able to tell you if you are pregnant but wouldn’t be able to tell you at this stage if you’re definitely not

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Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 18:21

@allgoodthings84 maybe if you keep doing it you will start to get a feel for when it's high / low / soft / hard.... that's how I realised. But when it's low and hard you will KNOW. So if you can't feel it and your period is due soon that's a bloody good sign!!

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 14:19

@Angie2018 i tried to feel for my cervix but realised I’ve never really tried to feel it before so don’t know what I’m comparing it to 😂 I don’t know how mine feels usually so none the wiser

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Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 13:21

@allgoodthings84 ah that's good you've had a morning off from thinking about the TWW 😊 I kinda have for an hour when I went to yoga 🤣

I feel the same as you, I keep having positive moments where I'm like surely this is our time, it's month 6, we don't have any issues, we had a chemical last month.... done all the right things surely it's our month, then all of a sudden I'm like, I'm out already and I don't know why 🤣

It's so draining!

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 13:19

@OCM19 it's so hard isn't it! Like I struggle so much in the TWW I guess like us all, I am not a patient person and I am a worrier 🤣 so I try to talk myself in and out of having a chance everyday!!

I'm ok thank you... just trying to remain optimistic at the same time as warning myself it may not happen 😞 xx

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 13:18

@Tubbytele ah welcome!! How many dpo are you? The TWW is horrible right!! X

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allgoodthings84 · 24/06/2022 12:45

Afternoon everyone. Been very busy at work this morning so not even thought about 2ww. I have no symptoms either. In my head I keep going from “I have a chance” to “there’s no way I am”. I don’t get AF symptoms until day before either when I sometimes get a bit of spotting then on AF first day I get horrific cramps for just one day. So yea I feel no different to I do any other month

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OCM19 · 24/06/2022 12:37

@Angie2018 ohh really…I promised myself I wouldn’t symptom spot this month, it’s so hard! How are you doing?

@Tubbytele welcome 🥰 xx

Tubbytele · 24/06/2022 11:30

Hi all, can I join in please? It's been so good to read your thread knowing you're not alone. I had a weird ovulation last week. Got a static smiley on clearblue ovulation test on the 14th, but didn't feel like I was ovulating. Then got EWCM on the 19th so thought to do another ovulation test and got another static smiley! So dtd and hoping for the best. I've had really bad belly pain for these last 3 days but it doesn't feel like a pregnancy symptom, more like trapped wind without the gas lol so I don't think it's related but am in the 2ww along with you all

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 10:25

@vitahelp I am same as you, I don't normally get lots of symptoms for things. I don't get any discharge in the month except 5 days of EWCM.... I do get sore boobs a few days after ovulation until AF arrives and a few pains in my cervix just before AF but that's it. I normally only get 1 day of cramps on the first day of AF and then that's it.

It's so hard not to symptom spot.... it really is!!! It's like we want to convince ourselves we are pregnant but at the same time convince ourselves we are not too 🤣🤣

Angie2018 · 24/06/2022 10:22

OCM19 · 24/06/2022 09:26

Morning!

I know it sounds strange, but every month for the past 6 months my boobs have hurt from around 5/6DPO. I can’t feel anything and they aren’t hurting, but that may just be wishful thinking 😂 I’m going to try and take my mind off it this weekend. I’m still hoping to hold off testing until next Friday, but may cave if you ladies start testing mid-week!

This was a sign for me last month so I pray this is something for you!! X

vitahelp · 24/06/2022 09:46

I’ve always been quite an asymptomatic person anyway. I’ve never been able to tell when AF is coming as I don’t get cramps/sore boobs etc. And when I was pregnant with DD I hardly got symptoms for the whole pregnancy, aside from nausea for a few days on week 10. So I really do need to drop the symptom spotting but it feels like there is nothing else left to do during the 2WW!

@Angie2018 Yes that’s true that any symptoms at this stage would likely happen anyway regardless of being pregnant or not. Haha i
know, I don’t usually look forward to going back to work on a Monday - until now!!

@OCM19 Oo I really hope that’s a sign for you! I’m going to try to keep my mind off things this weekend too, not really got plans but going to try and get outside as much as possible (and leave my phone inside!!)