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3dpo

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spacewitch10 · 20/09/2023 18:54

Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is 3dpo today as we'd all be testing around the same time 🤞🏼... and I'm sure we are all in the same tww hell hole and symptom spotting?!

Anyone experiencing anything out of the ordinary?

Ive had low level cramping since ovulation (I get this some cycles anyway) but in my back too this time and tops of my legs (don't normally get that) boobs keep getting shooting pains every now and then but nothing consistent (normally they are just tender) and today I've got very prominent pinching pains in my left ovary (or around that area) that I don't normally get 3dpo. I've had that alllllll day.

Please come and be insane with me and get us through this never ending fortnight! Xx

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spacewitch10 · 28/09/2023 13:40

Sorry ladies just catching up!

@Sunflower8092 congratulations!! I'm so happy for you! ❤️

@greentree16 are they the one step tests? Weirdly we used to use them at the maternity hospital I worked in, so I figured what a reliable brand they must be? But I don't rate them either, mine look like yours BUT that's not to say they are indents, we still haven't had our periods yet and I've read some women used those and didn't get darker lines until much later, so it could be that and not indents. Just not very sensitive. my fingers are crossed for you! How are you feeling?

@Redheadx I felt like that at about 8dpo and I still have the achey vagina thing. Most of my symptoms subsided in the evening of 9dpo bar the sore boobs (but not really my boobs, more my armpits!) and I'm still getting pinchy pains in my lower abdo, mostly left side. If that helps (probably not as I'm no closer to knowing if that was an indent it seems 😂🤷🏻‍♀️)
@Roseberry22 good luck for the morning! Sending you all the positive bfp baby dusting vibes ✨
@LW678 that's great your tests are getting darker!! I completely understand you feeling cautious though. Did they get darker with your chemical too? Or just thin? I would say because they are getting darker that's a good thing? I hope your ok, the chest pain from worrying doesn't sound good 😩 xx

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LW678 · 28/09/2023 12:44

@Sunflower8092 congratulations! ❤️

Redheadx · 28/09/2023 11:34

@Sunflower8092 congratulations! Lovely news

Roseberry22 · 28/09/2023 11:19

Sunflower8092 · 28/09/2023 10:35

Update from me! 2 BFPs this morning at 11dpo! Can't believe it 😭🌈

It's still early days for us all so hopefully there will be some other BPFs / stronger lines over the next few days ☺️ It's lovely to have the support from all you ladies on this thread. I've got my fingers crossed for you all!

Congratulations they both definitely look positive don’t they! 🌈

I’ve everything crossed for you.

greentree16 · 28/09/2023 10:47

Sunflower8092 · 28/09/2023 10:35

Update from me! 2 BFPs this morning at 11dpo! Can't believe it 😭🌈

It's still early days for us all so hopefully there will be some other BPFs / stronger lines over the next few days ☺️ It's lovely to have the support from all you ladies on this thread. I've got my fingers crossed for you all!

Ahhh absolutely amazing, congratulations! 🥰

Sunflower8092 · 28/09/2023 10:35

Update from me! 2 BFPs this morning at 11dpo! Can't believe it 😭🌈

It's still early days for us all so hopefully there will be some other BPFs / stronger lines over the next few days ☺️ It's lovely to have the support from all you ladies on this thread. I've got my fingers crossed for you all!

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greentree16 · 28/09/2023 09:27

spacewitch10 · 28/09/2023 07:29

@LW678 not great, I think the tests I've done so far have been indents 😔 they are all exactly the same and not any darker at all. Period due in a few days so we'll see. But I don't hold much hope.
How are you today? 🤞🏼 your tests are darker x

Sorry to hear this ☹️ I think I've still got a shadow on mine this morning but honestly think they might be evaps. I didn't think they were fab pregnancy tests but every one I've done from my latest pack had little dents in it and some were really poorly made.

I'm hoping it's just the case that implantation is a slow process 😂

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Redheadx · 28/09/2023 09:21

@Sunflower8092 oh interesting! I had this last night I couldn’t sleep but sometimes I wonder if I’m over thinking it. I will know in 7 days x

Redheadx · 28/09/2023 09:20

Fingers crossed 🤞 good luck with your test x

Sunflower8092 · 28/09/2023 08:39

@Redheadx I experienced cramps in my first pregnancy, they were like bad period plains just lower down. They were so sore they actually woke me up from my sleep. It was the night I got my positive pregnancy test, so I'm guessing they were implantation cramps of some sort 🤷‍♀️

Sunflower8092 · 28/09/2023 08:36

@spacewitch10 sorry to hear that. If it is a BFN, just think you are only 4 weeks away from being able to test again!

Roseberry22 · 28/09/2023 08:19

@spacewitch10 im sorry to hear that indents are so cruel!

@LW678 completely understand why you’re being so cautious if they’ve got colour and getting slightly darker then that’s promising 🤞🏼

@Redheadx im 8 or 9 dpo I had cramps in the morning about 2 days ago and felt so sick I nearly ran to the toilet. This was following like a stabbing in my public bone the night before. I’m not sure if it’s anything pregnancy related or if I was excessively symptom spotting. Fingers crossed yours is leading onto implantation!!

I’m going to test in the morning before I go to the wedding. I don’t have my hopes up my BBT graph looks very similar to previous months. It’s so upsetting this TTC.

Redheadx · 28/09/2023 08:05

Hi ladies, an update for me I think I’m day 9 DPO. Haven’t taken a test and don’t plan too until missed period. Last night I had cramps just above my vagina and under my fat pouch on the tummy and I felt so sick. I also had a headache and what felt like a throbbing vagina. Has anyone else experienced this? I woke up today and my boobs at the side are a little tender. I am now on holiday so will try not to obsess and I have decided not to drink just incase though.

LW678 · 28/09/2023 07:32

Only 2 more days to wait until you’re due on, I really hope the tests do start getting darker. Mine are looking slightly darker but really cautious about how thin the line is looking, which is what happened last time with my chemical. Not getting my hopes up until at least Sunday when I’ve missed the period. Given myself chest pains from all the stress and worrying though 🤣 x

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spacewitch10 · 28/09/2023 07:29

@LW678 not great, I think the tests I've done so far have been indents 😔 they are all exactly the same and not any darker at all. Period due in a few days so we'll see. But I don't hold much hope.
How are you today? 🤞🏼 your tests are darker x

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LW678 · 28/09/2023 06:46

@spacewitch10 how are things looking today?

LW678 · 27/09/2023 17:50

@greentree16 definitely a shadow there!
@Sunflower8092 I’m 10dpo and have no symptoms really other than slight period pain at times!

greentree16 · 27/09/2023 15:33

Fingers crossed for all of us 🥰 Xx

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 15:19

@Sunflower8092 thank you! That is very true. I am starting to drive myself mad with it though now! When do you think you'll test? Or will you wait and see if your period is late?

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Sunflower8092 · 27/09/2023 15:08

@spacewitch10 @greentree16 I'm sorry to hear your tests aren't progressing the way you had hoped! But as everyone says, you're not out until AF arrives!

Sending baby dust to you and everyone else on this thread 🤞✨

I'm 10dpo today, still no symptoms and still haven't tested

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 14:39

@Roseberry22 yeah that's a good idea! I'd definitely want to know before the wedding. Or at least try and find out so would do the same as you too!
I'm completely the same @LW678, before I never knew or even suspected I was pregnant until I'd missed my period. So all this symptom spotting and easy testing stuff is new to me and it's so stressful that if I don't get a true bfp this month and try again I will try my hardest not to buy any tests until my period.... but it's the waiting isn't it! It's horrible!
@greentree16 you haven't got line eyes! I can see it too! I think we're using the same tests and thats what mine looked like so I'm hoping and praying for us, for all of us, a tentative congratulations to you and may they get darker 😂🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼✨✨✨✨✨

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greentree16 · 27/09/2023 14:02

I agree cheapies aren't worth it, but I just can't stop myself! Convinced I can see a shadow on this one but I have seriously bad line eyes 😩

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LW678 · 27/09/2023 12:44

If I am being completely honest I really wish I had the willpower to hold off from testing, but I don’t and some people do which I am so envious of. It’s the complete heartbreak of getting your hopes up for them then to be shattered with a chemical pregnancy. But it is still early days and I am not losing hope and neither should you @spacewitch10 unless AF arriving tells you otherwise.

@Roseberry22 and @greentree16 sending baby dust to you both!

Roseberry22 · 27/09/2023 12:06

spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 11:59

@Roseberry22 in all honesty, for me anyway, I wish I hadn't baught them! Yes it's so hard waiting for period and the suspense is awful but doing the cheapies is so disappointing and confusing that it just makes you feel bad for days. If you get faint/indents/evaps anyway. That's just in my honest opinion/experience, you might feel differently or have a different outcome! xx

I’ve resisted the urge with the Amazon cheapies. I’m going to get some boots early response to take before the wedding Friday just to make sure.

I think I would be the same as you if you get a vvvvfpl it’s really difficult to know whether it’s an indent or the start of a positive! Sending you a hug and hope for a darker line when you retest x

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 11:59

@Roseberry22 in all honesty, for me anyway, I wish I hadn't baught them! Yes it's so hard waiting for period and the suspense is awful but doing the cheapies is so disappointing and confusing that it just makes you feel bad for days. If you get faint/indents/evaps anyway. That's just in my honest opinion/experience, you might feel differently or have a different outcome! xx

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