The Two Week Wait Club

Hi ladies!
me and my partner have now been trying to conceive since our chemical pregnancy in January, I have been all over the place looking for answers as I feel I have lost my sanity over this, I am 7days late for AF, I am having all the symptoms apart from morning sickness, but my tests are coming up as negative, my body is very regular, has anyone had this problem before, am I just unlucky this month where my body has decided to play a huge trick on me ? Would love some advice! :)

Hi @peaky297 - it’s so hard not to symptom spot isn’t it!? I am now 12 or 13dpo and still no period, it’s due today or tomorrow but all my cramps have gone. My test yesterday was negative. I’m not hopeful. I thought my temp had dropped yesterday but I took it twice - once at 5am and then 6:30am. At 5am it was 36.83 and at 6:30am it was 36.33. If I go with my first then my temp didn’t drop. I didn’t take me temp this morning so I can cling onto hope.

If you know when your fertile window is then you don’t really need OPKs. They can add stress, can’t they? And they are bloody expensive. I bought premom OPKs this month to save money.

Hey @peaky297 so hard not to symptom spot! But yours all sound positive. Fingers crossed for you this cycle.
I’m ok thank you. Symptom spotting too and obsessively checking my chart. Not that I know what it all means but I keep checking it anyway 😂 6dpo today. Been having cramps the last few days, backache and tiredness. On and off headaches and spots too! Been getting hot flashes through the day and feeling really hot at night too, which is the opposite to usual.
Fingers crossed you O in the next few days @Angelselevenx

@peaky297 that all sounds positive! I'm okay, thanks for asking 😊 CD17 so fingers crossed O day will be in the next 3/4 days if my cycles aren't to messed up from my CP 🤞🏼 feeling excited but nervous, trying to not get my hopes up reading positive stories of falling after a CP and trying to remember what will be will be. My friend had a CP on cycle 2 and then fell on cycle 6 so need to be mindful that it may not happen.

OPK are negative, temp is stable so I'm hoping to see a big LH surge soon and a temp drop! Eek xx

Hey @sashastuck could it be that you tried to ovulated but didn’t? You might get another surge in a few days. Unless you missed your peak overnight on cd10. How’s your temp looking? That might be able to confirm.
I’m doing ok thank you. Still feeling cramps and a bit off. My temp shot up yesterday so I’m hoping it’s a good sign

Hey everyone, how’s it going? Any more possible symptoms @GemLou88 @Cinnamon23 ? Any luck @BabyShackDoo? Your chart looked decent! X

I’ve been putting my OPK pictures into Premom this month for the first time and my God it’s just adding another layer of stress and obsession! I’ve not managed to get a super strong peak the past 2 months but am pretty sure I did ovulate. This month I’m doing BBT too. Look at my OPKs so far - no idea why Premom detected a peak, it definitely wasn’t. But where I thought my lines were getting stronger, it’s now gone weaker again! I’m due to ovulate on the 18th so I guess there’s still a chance for it to go dark again before then. DTD every day from yesterday until Thurs just in case… X

Hey ladies. How are you all getting on? My app has finally confirmed O and put it a day later than I though, so now 4dpo. I’ve had on and off cramping but most of today a constant ache low where my public bone is. Dtd tonight too and it felt different. I know it’s too early for anything to be symptoms but I just feel off with it all. How’s everyone else getting on?

That’s a good point, I did consider it but wasn’t sure (also not wanting to get my hopes up haha).

It’s definitely possible! On CD5/6 they were definitely more like the dull achy cramps we associate with AF rather than the sharp tugs people have described as implantation - but I have had a few of those too, just to complicate matters. 😂

Nothing today so far.

Hi everyone,

I’m also on the TWW, currently 10DPO and started cramping yesterday. My cycles are around 28 days and my period is due Monday/Tuesday. I have a sore spot on the side of my mouth and what I hate about the TWW is you wonder if everything is a symptom! I took temps this month, which is new to me. I also used Premom OPKs, also new to me (I usually use ClearBlue but they are so expensive!!!). I am trying for baby no. 2 and am 40 years old. I had a missed miscarriage in December after trying since April.

I kind of wish I didn’t start temping as I am getting obsessed by it and I know every time it dips I’ll feel sad. This is my graph, not sure if it’s good or bad!?

@peaky297 I’m on CD35, 3dpo. No idea when AF is due but going to guess around next Friday. Longest cycle ever. I was hoping my cycles were getting back to normal. I’m thinking of seeing my GP to get some bloods done like my thyroid function. I had half of it removed 10 years ago and my levels have always been borderline and not needed medication for it but might have changed now.
What CD are you on? Xx

@Kirstyddd sometimes my OPKs can be funny and fluctuate. But I think that’s because my body tries to ovulate and doesn’t then tries again later. You might be a person that gets a sudden rise and fall closer to your ovulation date. I always found testing in the evening better. Fingers crossed you find a peak on them.
Good luck to you too @sashastuck hope this is a lucky month for you

@Kirstyddd I had the same trouble with OPKs the past 2 months - getting highs but no peaks. I reckon my peaks are short and happen overnight as I’ve had high evening and morning readings. This month is going to be my last attempt at them before I put them away, too stressful!!

good luck to those of you in the TWW, my fertile week starts tomorrow x

@GemLou88 hi yes using premom

Hey @Kirstyddd are you using an app to track your OPK’s?

Hey @peaky297 and @Cinnamon23 I’m a few days behind you both at 3dpo but been having lots of AF type cramping. Feels like AF is on her way or like AF is here already which it’s not.
Good luck to you both too. Fingers crossed for some BFP’s xx

its my first time using Opk’s and I’m already starting to hate them already, they make absolutely no sense to me,

I started testing on cd5 as I had no base line and since then none of them had shown anything major,

they are just giving me worry

I’m on approx 6 DPO (didn’t OPK this month so can’t be certain - going by app prediction and CM). Unfortunately though, I think I’m out already!
Yesterday and today I’ve had period-like cramps. Usually get them in the week before AF which is due on the 21st so they’ve started a bit early, but I guess she’s going to show her face a bit sooner!

Best of luck to everyone who’s still in!

Hey ladies, how you all doing? Anyone else in their tww?
@peaky297 did you catch O?

App still hasn’t confirmed O yet by temps. Think I’m going to ignore my chart for a few days otherwise I’m obsessing over it 🤦‍♀️

@Angelselevenx thank you, that does help. My OPK’s have only just faded from being pretty much peak since Sunday. Hopefully another temp rise tomorrow will show ovulation on my app.
well done on getting your OH to hide the tests. I seem to keep ordering more and have so many in my cupboards and draws. My DB and SiL are also ttc so my excuse is I’ll give her some tests 😂😂

@GemLou88 it only takes once remember, you never know! Glad you've ovulated though, my temp took 2 days or so to rise above cover line after ovulation if it's any consolation.

Yeah I think it was just leftover LH to be honest, it's back down at a barely visible line now on the LH test this morning so I think it's back on track. I've made my OH hide the pregnancy tests so I can't test early, although if I do ovulate as normal (CD21) I'll have to test on 12dpo as we have a family wedding that weekend... better than 9DPO I guess!

@Angelselevenx hopefully you won’t be too out from your normal, and the rise and fall of LH is your body getting back on track.
I’m ok thank you. Still confused by my temp, but I know I ovulated now so into the waiting game I go. Just don’t hold out much luck for this cycle with it being long, funny temps and only dtd twice in my fertile window xx