TTC October 2023

@TTCnewbies yes it is. I think you can only get them on Amazon now though. I've heard the Boots early detection are good too though.

@beaniesunrise we are TWW buddies 😆 sending you luck & hoping we have a speedy TWW 🤞🏽

Thanks so much @beaniesunrise

Sorry I feel like I've taken over your thread as I've had so many questions!!

Welcome to the TWW. Good luck 🙂

Woohoo! Welcome to the TWW @beaniesunrise ! It sucks a bit but it’s nice to have company. 😁

This may be a silly question but is a FRER a first response make test? Or any early test?

@TTCnewbies it's the worst. I'm going to try & put it out of my head for the next couple of weeks (ha!)

Sadly no tinges since so thinking it was nothing. Gosh this TWW is a nightmare isn't it, feel like I'm actually going crazy with every little sign. I will have to get some more tests and try tomorrow or Friday.

@ceruleansky me too 🤞🏽 Love the TWW 😂

@TTCnewbies at your DPO it could very well be implantation. Do you have any FRERs? 11/12DPO on Friday night pick something up on one of those.

@DoloresOnTheDottedLine
Thank you, I'm just pulling all the stops to avoid an invasive treatment. 🤣
Did they prescribe a higher dose for you at the get go? Mine is 3x500mg a day, but as I said when I started off, it was 1x500mg for 7 days. I think if you slowly build up to it, you might be able to handle it.
Does your Dr do follicle studies on you? Scans to monitor your follicle growth and rupture?

@ReginaPhalange12
Oh :( that is unfortunate. Hopefully you didn't miss the window. 🤞now it's all about staying sane in the tww, the hardest part.. 😅

Okay, so I went for a wee earlier and there was the slightest tiniest pink tinge when I wiped. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but could the timeline make that potential implantation bleeding? I'm about 9 or 10 days I think! The problem is, when I went for a wee after that, there was nothing when I wiped?! I guess I could also be gearing up to early AF. I think I'll text in the am.
Would implantation bleeding be more like most times i pee?

I’m 10 DPO today sounds like there’s a few of us with very close ovulation points! I’m telling myself to wait until Friday to test but I dunno if that’s still too early

@ceruleansky you're right & if it's meant to be this month it'll happen, I'm just frustrated with myself. I had ovulation pains last night so presume it's too late to try again today. Good luck for tomorrow

@MrsHousePlant @hicketypickety @DoloresOnTheDottedLine hoping you get your BFPs in the next few days 🤞🏽

@TTCnewbies @DoloresOnTheDottedLine @MrsHousePlant good luck, I hope you get your BFPs (and sorry if I missed anyone else!).

I am feeling pretty down in the dumps about it all and this constant spotting/bloody discharge is doing my head in. DH is pretty worried about it but I don't see any point in going to the GP. I am also exceedingly tired which doesn't help - I'm putting that down to the tail end of my illness/constantly waking up at night (even though I go right back to sleep!). I just can't see a way through at the moment. Sorry that was really miserable!!!

Need some of you to get BFPs to put some pep in my step!!

@TTCnewbies @DoloresOnTheDottedLine I’m also 9DPO today and have absolutely no inkling that I’m pregnant. I’m mentally preparing myself for AF on Saturday but know I’ll be gutted when it comes. Still trying to talk myself out of wasting a test early this month.

@TTCnewbies i tested on Monday and felt really silly too. But it was itching my brain and actually that negative has helped me hold out this morning - I’d rather wait another day and hope for a BFP! Good luck to you and crossing my fingers. Meet you in the virtual toilet at POAS at 6.30am tomorrow! 😃

@DoloresOnTheDottedLine ahh yes, I remember we were similar DPO. Keep us posted. I think I'll test in the morning. I feel silly for testing yesterday tbh! Like I knew it would be negative.

Morning @TTCnewbies - I’m 10dpo I think (could be 11). I just resisted the urge to test as well but I’m definitely going to tomorrow. I have to say I don’t “feel” pregnant at all either. Not sure when my AF is due as I’m so irregular but if it’s still BFN by Saturday, I think that’s probably conclusive.

@ceruleansky well done for pushing through on the Metformin - if I get a bfn this time, I will restart taking it and stop being such a baby 😂

How are we all getting on? I'm losing track on days!

I'm 9/10 DPO today I believe. I was tempted to test this morning with FMU but decided against it. I just don't feel pregnant at all. I think I'll test either tomorrow or Friday now. AF due in about a week.

@wanderlustre
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing, I needed to hear that.. I think with medication I've started to have symptoms I never had with my regular AF so I need to get used to these new symptoms.

@ReginaPhalange12
I understand.. but don't stress yourself out calculating it too much, you did what you could! Let's hope for the best, and if it doesn't work out try again! I think you could maybe mark down the days you'd like to test and have phone reminders. I think with opk you have to test twice a day to ensure not to miss the window..

I didn't take a test tbh, I knew the follicle ruptured via the scan. My Dr asked me to dtd for the next 2 days. But I heard it's 24-48 hours after the trigger shot.

I tested at 8DPO and no surprises I couldn’t see anything…..that won’t stop me testing again tomorrow tho 🤦🏼‍♀️

@ceruleansky I was away last week & should've started testing with my CB digitals a few days earlier so I think that's why I didn't get a flashing smiley, I also only used my easy@home once a day whereas I usually use them twice so I'm guessing I shouldn't done a 2nd easy@home last night & they both would've said positive. I'm worried I've messed up as didn't DTD before a positive OPK.

Fingers crossed for you. How long after your trigger shot do you ovulate?

@wanderlustre that's really interesting, I'm always symptom spotting and it's always a BFN but when I try & think back to my pervious pregnancy I can't think of any early pregnancy symptoms.

@TTCnewbies ah sorry you've got a BFN, it's still so early but I know the temptation of early testing 😂 good luck!

I'm reading a book on infertility and it has a section on symptom spotting during the two week wait. It says that whilst PMS and early pregnancy symptoms are similar, the pregnancy ones often come a bit later than PMS. So it's the absence of symptoms which can actually indicate pregnancy because you're not experiencing PMS because AF isn't on her way (actual pregnancy symptoms will then kick in a bit later on). Obviously this won't be the same for everyone but I found it really helpful and helped me ease off on trying to spot every little change in myself this month.

@justkeepswimming2701
The same thing happened to me last month. It was my first month so I tested on AF day. I saw a faint line and got my in the evening. I hope you get a BFP!!

@ReginaPhalange12
I see.. so both the tests are contradictory? That's difficult, maybe you can test again at a later time in the day..?

I'm only on cd6. Have an appointment on cd8 to check if I have a mature follicle, post which my Dr will give me a trigger shot and then I ovulate so.. still a ways to go before we can try. 😅