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Anyone else 1dpo? Keep me company!

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secondtimelucky87 · 20/09/2023 18:27

Hello! I'm 36 and TTC no. 2. This is cycle 6 but I only weaned from breastfeeding a couple of weeks ago so feeling cautiously optimistic as I think it was wreaking havoc with my hormones. Know it may well take a few months for hormones to regulate but remain hopeful!

Premom has me down as 1dpo. Anyone want to keep me company during what I suspect will be a painfully slow two weeks?! DTD 6 times in the last 8 days so i don't think I could've given it anymore if I'd tried - especially with a 2yo to look after! 😴

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Bey · 27/09/2023 16:31

secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 16:28

I can't remember which one it is - so sorry! Just a cheap wooden one. My husband sawed the legs right down so that if she were to fall out she wouldn't get hurt. She never took to the cot either and it was a glorified laundry basket haha! So we set the floor bed up in her room at 8 months. I'd breastfed her to sleep, wait until she was asleep then roll away and just have monitor on. Now we don't breastfeed anymore but I just rub her back, sing her a song and she goes off to sleep. Have my evening with my hubby and them join her later on. Or sometimes he sleeps in with her instead. Has been a god-send for us with her never sleeping in a cot so I highly recommend!

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No worries, I've only really seen them on Etsy and they looked quite pricey. I need to look into it again.

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secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 16:28

Bey · 27/09/2023 15:32

I'm considering going for a floor bed in the babies room, he has a cot in our room that remains empty because he sleeps in my bed and hubbys in the spare room 🤦🏻‍♀️

do you mind me asking if you have a link to your floor bed? I find them all so confusing. Do you get her to sleep then are you able to leave her? At the moment I have to go to bed when the baby does as I can't really leave him on our bed incase he falls off.

I know what you mean it definitely sucks the fun out of it

I can't remember which one it is - so sorry! Just a cheap wooden one. My husband sawed the legs right down so that if she were to fall out she wouldn't get hurt. She never took to the cot either and it was a glorified laundry basket haha! So we set the floor bed up in her room at 8 months. I'd breastfed her to sleep, wait until she was asleep then roll away and just have monitor on. Now we don't breastfeed anymore but I just rub her back, sing her a song and she goes off to sleep. Have my evening with my hubby and them join her later on. Or sometimes he sleeps in with her instead. Has been a god-send for us with her never sleeping in a cot so I highly recommend!

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secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 16:20

Daniki · 27/09/2023 15:41

@Bey we had a giant playpen for our son and he would never settle in the cot so i put the cot mattress in the playpen with some toys and that really helped! There was a bed in the room too so we used to take it in turns sleeping in there until he was able to sleep on his own 😀

Such a good idea!

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Bey · 27/09/2023 15:59

Daniki · 27/09/2023 15:41

@Bey we had a giant playpen for our son and he would never settle in the cot so i put the cot mattress in the playpen with some toys and that really helped! There was a bed in the room too so we used to take it in turns sleeping in there until he was able to sleep on his own 😀

This is such a good idea thank you!

Daniki · 27/09/2023 15:41

@Bey we had a giant playpen for our son and he would never settle in the cot so i put the cot mattress in the playpen with some toys and that really helped! There was a bed in the room too so we used to take it in turns sleeping in there until he was able to sleep on his own 😀

Bey · 27/09/2023 15:32

I'm considering going for a floor bed in the babies room, he has a cot in our room that remains empty because he sleeps in my bed and hubbys in the spare room 🤦🏻‍♀️

do you mind me asking if you have a link to your floor bed? I find them all so confusing. Do you get her to sleep then are you able to leave her? At the moment I have to go to bed when the baby does as I can't really leave him on our bed incase he falls off.

I know what you mean it definitely sucks the fun out of it

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secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 15:22

Bey · 27/09/2023 11:22

Awww sorry you guys have had BFNs although I agree with op's that you're not out yet this month I would think day 9/10 po is probably more likely to pick up a pregnancy.

still keeping my fingers crossed for you both and the rest of us.

I don't feel pregnant at all but then why would I 🤣 it's far too early. My symptoms with my last pregnancy were night sweats a couple of days before my period was due (I genuinely thought I was peri menopausal) but my periods are a bit funny at the minute with breastfeeding so an official late period for me isn't until the 7th October so I'm going to try my hardest to hold out for that.

I know what you mean about finding the energy for dtd with a little one. Mine still doesn't sleep through the night or sleep very independently so we have to be creative and I just don't know if I can be bothered with that if we're negative this month.

My 2.5 yo only started sleeping through the night when we nightweaned at 25 months but she still doesn't feel comfortable sleeping alone. It's just her temperament I guess. So there's a big double floor bed in her room and when I'm ready to conk out for the night I just join her! Definitely not for everyone but with her being such a sensitive little thing and the alarm going off stupidly early every morning I CBA with getting out of another bed to join her! Since starting nursery a few months ago, she's started wriggling around in her sleep and waking briefly but just reaches out for a cuddle then back down.

Definitely can't really be bothered with all the BD again next cycle but I think somehow we'll find the energy from somewhere if we need to! Definitely sucks all the fun out of it all though!

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secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 15:16

Monkeymonkeymoo · 27/09/2023 08:21

Also, I really wouldn’t worry about your negative test. It’s really rare to get a positive at 7 or 8dpo (I think in a lot of cases the very early positive results are just someone who ovulated a couple of days earlier than they thought).
With both my children I got a negative at 9dpo and then a clear positive at 10dpo, but it’s also not unusual to test negative up until 13-14dpo (this site is really interesting for looking at when people get a positive broken down by test brand: https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test/brand-chart.php?brandid=31)

Ooh will have a look at this website thank you! Looks interesting. Yeah you're absolutely right. It was silly of me to test so early tbh 🙈

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etaketak1991 · 27/09/2023 13:06

@Monkeymonkeymoo Haha oh god!! Thanks goodness for modern science.

@Bey Night sweats are an interesting symptom! I guess related to BBT increase!

Aw man, I was doing so well not symptom spotting 😂 I've been having some sharp cramps left of where I assume my uterus is all morning and my brain is working overtime. Second week of TWW is always the craziest 🙃

Bey · 27/09/2023 11:22

Awww sorry you guys have had BFNs although I agree with op's that you're not out yet this month I would think day 9/10 po is probably more likely to pick up a pregnancy.

still keeping my fingers crossed for you both and the rest of us.

I don't feel pregnant at all but then why would I 🤣 it's far too early. My symptoms with my last pregnancy were night sweats a couple of days before my period was due (I genuinely thought I was peri menopausal) but my periods are a bit funny at the minute with breastfeeding so an official late period for me isn't until the 7th October so I'm going to try my hardest to hold out for that.

I know what you mean about finding the energy for dtd with a little one. Mine still doesn't sleep through the night or sleep very independently so we have to be creative and I just don't know if I can be bothered with that if we're negative this month.

etaketak1991 · 27/09/2023 09:16

@Monkeymonkeymoo Ahh I was trying to find that website the other day! Thanks ❤️

Monkeymonkeymoo · 27/09/2023 08:21

Also, I really wouldn’t worry about your negative test. It’s really rare to get a positive at 7 or 8dpo (I think in a lot of cases the very early positive results are just someone who ovulated a couple of days earlier than they thought).
With both my children I got a negative at 9dpo and then a clear positive at 10dpo, but it’s also not unusual to test negative up until 13-14dpo (this site is really interesting for looking at when people get a positive broken down by test brand: https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test/brand-chart.php?brandid=31)

Pregnancy test results by brand - Clearblue Early Detection - Countdown to pregnancy

View the statistics for Clearblue Early Detection for each day past ovulation. What result can you expect?

https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test/brand-chart.php?brandid=31

Monkeymonkeymoo · 27/09/2023 08:14

Daniki · 27/09/2023 06:19

@secondtimelucky87 sure I cracked this morn at 7dpo and tested and of course negative 😂 knew I would though as I'm back in for the 21 day progesterone test today and other bloods.
If she tests my hcg today would it pick up pregnancy this early?!

I think they could possibly pick up HCG (depending on when implantation happened, if it’s even happened yet. It can happen any time between 6dpo-12dpo).

Blood tests can pick up HCG 1-3 days before a home pregnancy test (I think it depends on the type of test and how quickly your HCG rises). You’d probably get a positive pregnancy test before the blood results are back!

Good luck with the blood tests today.

etaketak1991 · 27/09/2023 07:25

@secondtimelucky87 Aw sorry about your BFN. Plenty of time before the end of cycle though! Think I saw someone post statistics that implantation occurs most commonly at 8/9dpo. It always seems loads of people get BFPs at 7/8dpo but I guess generally this isn't the case.

I kept a pregnancy diary and it says the only symptom was an increase in CM 😂 Although nowadays, tmi, generally have more CM than I did before I was pregnant. So who knows! As per usual. Feeling nauseous today too, but also did at the same point last cycle 🙃

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secondtimelucky87 · 27/09/2023 07:13

Morning ladies. Of course I ended up testing this morning and of course it was negative at 8dpo! 🙈 Just couldn't resist. Still mildly crampy, very bloated and also had a slight temp dip, though also above coverline.

I mostly wonder where on earth I'll find the energy to DTD next cycle as much as we did for this one if this isn't the month. No mean feat with a 2.5 yo 🫠😴🤣

@etaketak1991 Do you mean you had more CM first time around or that it had dried up? I can't remember what mine was like! My symptoms aside from late period were that I was absolutely BOILING hot and had sore boobs.

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etaketak1991 · 27/09/2023 06:31

@secondtimelucky87 I'm going to hold out until at least Friday. I've got a feeling this isn't my month so even though I've got a bunch of IC, don't want to go wasting them.

Temp has dipped a little today by 0.1 of a degree but still high above cover line. I guess I'll see what the next few days bring! CM is pretty dry and I know that was the only symptom I had with my first. Still early days though. Hope everyone else is doing well!

Daniki · 27/09/2023 06:19

@secondtimelucky87 sure I cracked this morn at 7dpo and tested and of course negative 😂 knew I would though as I'm back in for the 21 day progesterone test today and other bloods.
If she tests my hcg today would it pick up pregnancy this early?!

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secondtimelucky87 · 26/09/2023 21:05

Haha don't I know it re the tiredness? 😴

My cramps have eased up for now but quite unusual for me. I don't really get period cramps tbh so I do wonder about getting them at 7dpo. Then again, it could be quite a different cycle to my norm having recently stopped breastfeeding.

The bloatedness is soooo bad!

Anyone going to crack and test at 8dpo? I'm 7 today...

If this doesn't end up being my cycle, I've got a Clearblue fertility monitor ready to go for the next one. Will also qualify for the basic NHS tests because of my age (36) and it being cycle 6. But fingers crossed they won't be needed 🥹

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etaketak1991 · 26/09/2023 16:25

@secondtimelucky87 Very much the same. No symptoms other than usual cramps. Feel super tired but tbh when don't I 😂 Today was one of my non working days and I think I'm going to have to test on Friday, I'm going mad when I have the day at home!

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secondtimelucky87 · 26/09/2023 15:00

Mega bloated and mildly crampy today but AF due weekend/Monday so most likely that. Hope you're all good?

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Bey · 26/09/2023 11:54

All these talks of testing soon makes me feel so tempted to test earlier than I said. However I have a really strong feeling I'm not pregnant at all. Last month I was convinced I was and wasn't this month I feel I'm definitely not. Not sure how long we'll keep trying if we don't catch soon. We've had conversations about our age really.

keeping everything crossed and sending lots of baby dust to everyone, excited to read about results from the tests 😁

Daniki · 26/09/2023 11:28

@Monkeymonkeymoo haha I feel your pain my 2.5 ye old won't let me sleep either!! Il defo crack before Saturday, in less patience than my son 😂😂

@etaketak1991 must start wearing my
Fitbit again and see can I notice anything!

Monkeymonkeymoo · 26/09/2023 11:16

Daniki · 26/09/2023 08:48

@etaketak1991 god I could never get into the temping! I have tried to monitor my rhr but I'm not organised to keep track of it so forget what's normal and why's elevated 😂
Haha Il be 10dpo on Saturday so I'm sure if I was pregnant I'd show up then! I had a dream last night I tested (at 6dpo) and had a blazin line 😂😂

I had loads of pregnancy dreams in the first few weeks of both my pregnancies. This time around I haven’t had any yet (although I think any dreaming would require my toddler to let me sleep for more than 2 hour bursts 😂).

I’ll be 10dpo and testing on Saturday too (if I don’t crack and test on Friday). I’m really looking forward to finding out how everyone else gets on too. Hopefully this time next week we’ll have another thread for June babies!

etaketak1991 · 26/09/2023 09:42

@Daniki Oh I always wear a Fitbit anyway so it automatically keeps track for me. Don't think I'd be bothered manually keeping track 😂 Haha, if only you could get a dye stealer at 6dpo!! That'd make things easier..