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6DPO - I’m going mad!

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Nmmck93 · 15/08/2023 12:22

Hello everyone, basically as the title says. 😂

6th Cycle for Baby #1 - every month we’ve put so much stress on ourselves and i would POAS from 5dpo despite it being too early.

this month we had a more relaxed approach (I say relaxed outside I was relaxed but my brain done overtime) - we used preseed and fertilily cup for the first this month.

got my peak CD14 baby danced CD7, 13 & 14 and never manger anything else and I’m now kicking myself crazy incase it wasn’t enough 😭

anyways, I’ve had absolutely zero symptoms except the tiniest little tugging sensation which I get every month during the TWW & I had been to the doctor for tests due to cramps during my TWW being so severe.

but this month I’m absolute feeling nothing.

I’m trying to hold off until Saturday to test (10DPO) & my partner has hidden my tests so I don’t POAS early 😂 he’s on nightshifts all week and off on Saturday hence why he allows me to have them back on Saturday lol.

as you can tell from my rant I’m losing my mind and need people to joint the rest of my TWW with me 😂😂

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LittleLemonPie · 18/08/2023 12:15

@Nmmck93 Yeah I thought it was really good at doing it’s job lol I found I so hard to put in but hubby helped with that. Planning to use it also each time for ttc lol.

positive vibes and baby dust ✨💖

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Nmmck93 · 18/08/2023 11:43

@LittleLemonPie I actually thought the cup was great at keeping everything up in where it should be 🙈 I bought a cheaper version from eBay and it worked great, even just to make sure everything stays up in and no mess I will use to every month when TTC'ing lol!

I'm going to go to boots after work and grab some more tests just so I have them if I feel the urge to test every day from now to AF due day. 🙈

We can do this, positive mindsets and manifest it all! ✨👶🏻

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LittleLemonPie · 18/08/2023 11:38

That’s great you managed to hold off longer than usual! It’s hard though.
Yes we used the pressed and the cup too this cycle 🤞🏼

Yup hopefully Wednesday no at for us….I am manifesting it for us both too and keeping everything crossed 🤞🏼 it will all be worth it in the end 🥰🤞🏼✨

TheShellBeach · 18/08/2023 11:19

Pmk

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Nmmck93 · 18/08/2023 11:16

@LittleLemonPie that's an amazing mindset to have & actually really lovely thoughts & I can agree with everything you said.
This is our last month trying before starting back in December / January.

I've actually not been symptom spotting at all (except the pains I had last night which where hard to ignore) & caving at 9dpo and testing is late for me which I'm proud of. We did our best & if it's not this month, then we have a few months off of this mental torcher & then back at it. 💜

We used preseed and a conception cup this month aswell to try and help.

I also have PCOS and Endo. Although I do believe I ovulate and had blood tests done which doctor said were 'normal'.

It's so hard when it's something you want so badly & then hear and see other couples having accidental pregnancies and you just wish it was you. But as you said, our times will come when we are holding our own little bundles of joy! 💜

Hopefully by Wednesday neither of us have AF and both will be posting out positive tests! I'm manifesting for us both 🤞🏻✨

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LittleLemonPie · 18/08/2023 11:11

just do what’s best for you, we’ve been ‘proper’ trying for over a year now and I’ve drove myself nuts testing every morning hoping to see those two lines.
It’s easier said than done to try take your mind off of everything but this cycle that’s what I’ve tried to do and it’s helped me not to symptom spot as much this cycle…..to just think I’m ok with af showing up (I mean I want more than anything those two little pink lines) but I’m trying to be ok with it’s just not our time and that when we are holding our little baby in our arms, each time it was a neg test before will all make sense because it wouldn’t be this baby right now-that’s my way of thinking atm to help my mental health through all this. Not sure it would help anyone else but hopefully 💛

this is my 2nd cycle on fertility meds as I have pcos so don’t ovulate as often as I should. But the meds have worked so far so I’m just so happy I’m ovulating now more regularly ☺️ so more chances to try.
I’m 11 dpo today, I’ll keep you updated….my af is due wed, I have a longer luteal phase and usually get my af 16dpo lol.

keep me updated too, keeping everything crossed 🤞🏼 sending baby dust ✨

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Nmmck93 · 18/08/2023 10:59

@LittleLemonPie oh I was down a rabbit hole in google searching and lightning crotch and it was saying it could have been implantation and I was showing my partner the results bad getting the results excited and then a negative this morning.
yeah I’m 9dpo today - I only have two tests left so don’t know whether to go pick up some cheap boots ones and just test for the next few days.

So you’re 10dpo? Hopefully you get your BFP. Keep me updated 🤞🏻

AF is due Wednesday / Thursday my two apps are different days. 🙈

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LittleLemonPie · 18/08/2023 10:53

Aww@Nmmck93 i know it so hard seeing that negative 😔 sending u love, be kind to yourself.
Are your two days behind me? You 9 dpo today?
That could have possibly been implantation yesterday so maybe give it couple more days?

I search and search lots of YouTube videos seeing who didn’t get a BFP later in their cycle to make me feel better but usually doesn’t.

I’ve not tested since 8dpo and was negative but going to test tomorrow, and just now I feel if it’s negative I’m telling myself I’ll be ok with that.

when is af due for you?

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Nmmck93 · 18/08/2023 10:35

@LittleLemonPie hello lovely, I’m alright. Caved and tested this morning. BFN.
had SEVERE lightning crotch for a few hours yesterday evening I had to sit with my electric heat belt on. Someone on another thread was saying she got them on 8dpo in her pregnancies and she tested the next day and got a BFP so I caved :( feeling deflated today.

how’re you?

6DPO - I’m going mad!
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LittleLemonPie · 18/08/2023 10:32

Hey @Nmmck93 how are you?

Hows everyone’s tww going? X

Matildahoney · 15/08/2023 17:39

Even tracking ovulation etc is all subconscious pressure & stress, debating when to test etc etc, you may not feel it, but your body will be.
I'm not saying you can't be disappointed every month, believe me I know after taking 6 months to fall the first time, miscarrying, everyone saying you'll fall quickly next time because you're more fertile, everyone else around you falling pregnant, and then taking another 6 months to fall, so I definitely know how it feels.

TTCNoTWO · 15/08/2023 16:45

@Nmmck93 it's so hard when people around you fall pregnant after a short time isn't it!

My sister in law is expecting and fell pregnant after a month. With my little boy we had an early mc after 2 months trying and then he was conceived straight after. Whereas this time were on month 3 so far and nothing yet!

Hopefully this is your month lovely!

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Nmmck93 · 15/08/2023 16:33

@LittleLemonPie it's so hard holding out but I just can't bring myself to testing because I know I don't want to disappoint myself so early now lol.

@ChewChewsBiscuitTin aw hope you get well soon! Just rest as much as you can 💜

@TTCNoTWO DONT DO IT TO YOURSELF! 🙈

@Matildahoney I just want to state I'm not stressing or putting pressure on myself - I mean I'm going crazy trying to withold myself from testing early. The thoughts I've had about not baby dancing are just thoughts, I'm not stressing myself out about it lol.

I'm a little dramatic and I feel people are seeing me as running round absolutely crazy putting myself under stress, when in reality I'm going to work, coming home, doing a little bit of cleaning and making dinner and then laying on the sofa until bedtime 😂 I just have thoughts throughout my day like 'did I do everything right' 'wonder should I test soon' then talking myself out of testing 😂

I know 6 months isn't long, but it feels long when TTC'ing and wanting it more than ever & people around me are having accidental pregnancies. I've had 3 people announce in the last two months they pregnant with in their exact words 'accidents' - and that hits hard,

I'm well aware it can take up to a year, but it still doesn't mean I can't be disappointed every month I get a negative.

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Matildahoney · 15/08/2023 16:26

I can tell you from experience, stress and pressure will not help you. The month DP and I weren't tracking as we were moving house I fell pregnant 6 months after a miscarriage. I ovulated early in my cycle that month & POAS at around 12dpo, it was negative. So I had given up that month until af didn't show! I'm now 20 weeks pregnant. 6 cycles is not a lot to not fall.

TTCNoTWO · 15/08/2023 16:22

Early detection tests arrived today, so tempted even though I'm 4dpo 😆🙈 what's wrong with me?! The tww is so hard!

ChewChewsBiscuitTin · 15/08/2023 15:58

Hey 👋

6dpo here too. I feel sick as a dog but trying not to take that as a sign, I think I could just be under the weather as I have a headache too. Luckily we're going on holiday for a week from this evening so I can put it out of my mind and not test til AF is due. Still nice to have some waiting buddies though. Would be baby no2 for us. Fingers crossed and lots of love for you all xx

LittleLemonPie · 15/08/2023 15:56

@Nmmck93 Yup do it every cycle even though I tell myself I’m going to wait I can’t.

@HopefullMumto4 😂 I’m going to try wait now until Saturday, that’s when me and my husband agreed to do one but he knows what I’m like🙈 it’s hard not to eh!? Lol

HopefullMumto4 · 15/08/2023 15:52

@LittleLemonPie has this test satisfied the urge? Now I've broken and tested Ill end up carrying on until AF 🤣

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Nmmck93 · 15/08/2023 14:45

@LittleLemonPie oh I get you, I’ve done it multiple times before on previous cycles, just set myself up for disappointment 🙈

@Fairy0708 aw, actually last night I had some CM but didn’t pay no notice to it as haven’t had anymore. I’m just trying not to symptom spot, but I know now going forward that I will be checking toilet paper every time I wipe to see if these a spec of implantation bleeding 🙈

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Nmmck93 · 15/08/2023 13:22

@TTCNoTWO I am sitting thinking about going to boots on Thursday at 8dpo & buying tests but I will try my best not to 🙈

@Fairy0708 do you usually get cramps during your TWW? I am normally so crappy from ovulation right until period ends, but this month I haven’t had barely anything, small twinge here and there. Yeah only me & my partner know about our TTC’ing so I can’t speak to anyone outside of my partner and Mumsnet lol.

@UnderstatedElegance awww have you long Lutheal phase? I usually am bang on 14 days between ovulation and AF. Fingers crossed AF doesn’t show for you and you get a BFP. Yeah I’m a little stressed but not massively, I just haven’t been able to let anything out except to my partner so I needed to vent 🙈

@HopefullMumto4 thats usually me, testing from 5DPO 😂 I don’t want to test before 10dpo because I don’t want to see a negative test just yet lol.

please keep me updated when you all test. Fingers crossed for lots of positives 💜

I usually get cramping but not this much... I've also had quite a bit of CM (gross) since around 4dpo which is unusual.

In all honestly though with my first, looking back, the only real 'symptom' I had with my first was the day my period was due I felt awful... sick, sore throat... but then again we all have off days!

LittleLemonPie · 15/08/2023 14:34

I had a moment of weakness and tested 🙈 8 dpo and not FMU and of course was negative. Don’t know why I do it to myself 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Nmmck93 · 15/08/2023 13:22

@TTCNoTWO I am sitting thinking about going to boots on Thursday at 8dpo & buying tests but I will try my best not to 🙈

@Fairy0708 do you usually get cramps during your TWW? I am normally so crappy from ovulation right until period ends, but this month I haven’t had barely anything, small twinge here and there. Yeah only me & my partner know about our TTC’ing so I can’t speak to anyone outside of my partner and Mumsnet lol.

@UnderstatedElegance awww have you long Lutheal phase? I usually am bang on 14 days between ovulation and AF. Fingers crossed AF doesn’t show for you and you get a BFP. Yeah I’m a little stressed but not massively, I just haven’t been able to let anything out except to my partner so I needed to vent 🙈

@HopefullMumto4 thats usually me, testing from 5DPO 😂 I don’t want to test before 10dpo because I don’t want to see a negative test just yet lol.

please keep me updated when you all test. Fingers crossed for lots of positives 💜

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HopefullMumto4 · 15/08/2023 13:12

I'm 7dpo and caved and tested today. I am really really bad at not testing 😭 i am the worlds most impatient person ever, I can't even wait for dinner to be done before I start picking at stuff I've already prepared. TTC and pregnancy is my own personal patience test

UnderstatedElegance · 15/08/2023 13:05

16 dpo here. I'm quite tired today, but I've just had some travel vaccinations, so that could be why. I also didn't sleep well last night. Cycle is between 27 days and 32. Today is day 31, so if af hasn't shown by the end of the week I'll take a test.
Good luck to you all.
@Nmmck93 you sound a bit stressed. Try not to worry. What will be will be x

Fairy0708 · 15/08/2023 13:01

Oops so many typos!

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