TWW - anyone??

@PrimarilyParented I'm still spotting and cramping, I've made a docs app today but won't get seen until 2nd of Feb so will be near my next tww. I want to try it differently next cycle so I'm not stressing as much, got vit b tablets so starting to take them from now. I've not been going to the gym like I usually would and that doesn't help my mood either so defo need to be doing something active!* *

I'd rather af just come so I know I'm defo out and can start the next cycle than this crappy spotting malarkey! Will we stay on this thread or has there been a new one made?

More spotting tonight and pretty sure it’s AF starting now. Glad to be on to the next cycle to be honest.

@Sb86 😆 that did make me chuckle.

cd35 and no sign of AF still. I just don’t know what’s going on tbh.

I can't believe I tried to be good by using blooming and still dropped the F bomb 😳🤣🙈 apologies!

@AROSE9 sorry to hear that af has arrived, you get to a point where you'd just rather it come and a new cycle start than live in limbo don't you!

I bbt with natural cycles but stopped once confirmed ovulation as I didn't need any extra worries about temp dropping and such after.

I've been spotting and cramping since 7dpo currently 10 dpo so I'm convinced that I'm out this month but ordered some b6 vits for next cycle to try and up my progesterone levels. Going to test Monday or Tuesday if af doesn't arrive as don't want to be disappointed, waste a test and to be honest I think it would be pointless.

Blooming ttc is a complete head and body fk!

@AROSE9 i’m sorry to feel that, but as you said it means you can get on to the next cycle instead of being left in limbo waiting for AF.

Personally I would just dtd every other day (or more) as I think even if you track bbt it can suddenly change and then you may have missed ov by the time you realise.

@Hopefulx it is hard to keep positive and I swing between thinking ‘I’m still in with a chance’ and ‘if I’m out anyway can AF just hurry up’. My boobs are killing me today and my favourite bra was so uncomfortable to wear - I occasionally get sore boobs, but rarely THIS sore. If I get them as a PMT symptom then the day they lessen in soreness is the day before AF starts, so at least I know have a marker for when to expect that.

@AROSE9 ah sorry to hear it was a BFN :( keep us updated with AF tomorrow and if she turns up. I’ve also heard good things about acupuncture, do you know what it is supposed to help? AF arrived for me this morning which I knew as my temp dropped down to my baseline this morning.. on to a new cycle, but feel a bit down today! Blaming the hormones.

@PrimarilyParented sorry to hear also it was BFN :( fingers crossed your still in with a chance and you ovulated later. It’s hard to still keep hopeful the more and more you get into the luteal phase

@Hopefulx it was a BFN which I wasn’t that surprised by. I’m on cd34 now and my cycles over the last year have all been 28-31days except for August which is always an outlier ever year due to holidays. So… either I ovulated late or I haven’t ovulated this month. If I ovulated late I guess I’m still in with a chance this month, but I just don’t know any more. I’m going to leave it another week and test again if my period hasn’t shown up by then.

@AROSE9 how are you getting on? Did you manage to hold out and not test? X

@PrimarilyParented how did you get on? It’s so strange we are exactly the same. I’m 16 DPO tomorrow (unless I ovulated later) then my app is saying but I have no signs at all AF is coming. Actually I say that, I’ve been eating like a right piggie today 😂 but I haven’t had any cramps which I usually get a few days before.

that is true, every pregnancy is different and you never know you could just have no signs. Keep us updated! 🤞🏽

@apples24 that’s amazing! Have you had any other symptoms other than the bfp? X

Thank you @Hopefulx - 13DPO today.

@Hopefulx sorry I somehow addressed to myself my reply to you. I am so dopey atm.

@Mrsrobinsonx i only took them for a few days to be honest and then noticed it made me urine bright yellow. Forgot for a few days and by that time my AF was due. So I guess I’m wondering if a few days was enough.

@PrimarilyParented i also don’t have any AF signs and that in part makes me sure I’m not pregnant as with my first I felt like my period was imminent for a week before finally testing. That being said it was a surprise and I’d taken the MAP so it could well have been the effects of that (which always made me have terrible cramps) as much as the being pregnant. Plus I guess all pregnancies are different. But the no symptoms really makes me think I’m not going to see a BFP.

I’m going to test tonight when DP gets home. He had a big work event today so I thought it best to leave until now to tell him I’m late and do a test. I’m excited and nervous all in one.

@apples24 congratulations!! So so happy for you. How many DPO are you now?

I struggled with short luteal phase when we were TTC for first. Didn't notice any impact from vitamins. Putting on a little bit of weight and reducing intensity of exercise seemed to sort it out and made my ovulations more obvious too.

Still BFPs for me with good line progression. Keeping fingers crossed for the rest of you.

@PrimarilyParented I read this online, but tbh a lot of websites say it doesn’t impact menstrual cycle. However you can have too much of a good thing, but most websites say that would only happen if you have been taking them for 3+ years. So think we should be ok!

@MrsL22 good luck! Hope this is your month! ☺️

@PrimarilyParented @Hopefulx If you both know you definitely ovulated I guess you just have to wait for either AF or bfp.
I am currently on CD32 which is quite long for me, but even though I got a positive opk I always wonder did I actually ovulate or not when waiting for my period 🙈
I use the seven seas tablets and haven’t noticed them changing anything yet x

@Sb86 @CRbear thank you! Yeah potentially I ovulated a little later, I definitely ovulated by day 22 as a blood test and ultrasound confirmed it. Will just have to wait and see I guess.

@PrimarilyParented I have the same question. This cycle is the first time I’ve taken prenatal vitamins and usually my luteal phase is 13 days exactly, I’m now 15 DPO and still no sign of AF - I don’t have any cramps or pms either which I usually get a few days before so I think it will still be a few days before AF turns up. I don’t feel pregnant either, so wondering if prenatal vitamins can impact luteal phase? Have you experienced the same @PrimarilyParented ?

*prenatal vitamins not pregnacare.

I am too tired after Monday at work 🥱

P.s. keep meaning to say I started taking pregnacare. Can that lengthen your leuteal phase? It has occurred to me that this might explain the longer leuteal phase too.

@CRbear thanks. I’m trying not to get excited as I don’t want to be crushed when AF shows. On the flip side I keep thinking if AF isn’t here yet then we can’t have missed ovulation as we only decided to try for a baby on cd16 and I thought we might have. Since I’m now cd32 I don’t think we can have as I don’t have 15 day leuteal phases. I am so bloated today it’s crazy but have no other symptoms at all.

I’m finishing AF today and then going to give it a week and dtd every other day (DH thinks all his Christ masses have come at once 😂)
Pregnancy is all around me with friends and family so it HAS to be my time soon 🤞🏼