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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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Roseberry22 · 27/09/2023 10:23

It’s so hard isn’t it! I’m really debating today whether to get some cheap tests off Amazon for tomorrow as I’ll be either 8/9 dpo by then or whether to try and just wait until my periods due now.

I feel absolutely nothing today, no cramps no nausea maybe slightly sore breasts but nothing to write home about. I guess if I am only 7/8 soo today I would only just be in the implantation stage.

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 10:09

@Roseberry22 yeah a squinter. But again when I hold it in a certain light and tilt it around, sometimes I think I can see it without doing that but think my eyes are playing tricks. I'm worried it's an indent but I guess like you say still very early and so there's time. Not due on for a couple days yet either.

@greentree16 I bet that was a shock! But it does get your hopes up doesn't it 😔 hopefully your cramps are a sign of a bfp this time 🤞🏼

Feel so angry today if I'm honest. Had quite strong cramps this morning and boob/armpit pain but with the v v v faint line in mind I'm wondering if that's just an indent and actually my periods on its way 🤷🏻‍♀️

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greentree16 · 27/09/2023 09:08

spacewitch10 · 26/09/2023 21:23

Thanks @greentree16! How are you feeling today? Are you 8dpo now?

As @LW678 said thank you all for being so lovely and supportive!

Yeah 9dpo today. BFN 😩. Convinced I've had cramps especially yesterday so think I'd got my hopes up. Oh well I'll keep on with the cheapies!

Had absolutely no idea when I tested positive with my chemical, no symptoms until after I'd tested which was very much a random after work lets POAS for fun so you can imagine my shock when I saw two lines 😂

How are you all doing today?

Roseberry22 · 27/09/2023 08:16

Morning ladies, can you both still see a squinter? if so you might not be out yet it is still so early and your hcg may not be high enough yet to make a darker line 🤞🏼

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 07:58

@LW678 ☹️☹️ yeah same. I hope your ok! I might have a look at other forums too just to calm my mind a bit xx

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LW678 · 27/09/2023 07:42

It’s the only thing I’m thinking about. I feel sick with worry. It did give me reassurance looking at all the old posts on forums and seeing people go on to have a healthy pregnancy when their tests were so light to begin with x

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 07:40

@LW678 well that's true. God I hope that's the case for both of us. It's so disheartening and stressful isn't it! Xx

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LW678 · 27/09/2023 07:34

Don’t worry hcg doubles every 48 hours so it may not show any darker yet. I’ve been on lots of forums and comparing everyone’s tests! Mine is the same too x

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spacewitch10 · 27/09/2023 07:31

Morning everyone. I'm not sure what the test yesterday was showing but I've just retested and it's definitely no darker, just looks the same as yesterday ☹️ so think I'm out this month 😭
@LW678 did you retest? 🤞🏼

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Sunflower8092 · 26/09/2023 21:54

@spacewitch10 @LW678 it's still very early days for you both so fingers crossed. I'll be thinking about you both tomorrow morning 🤞

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spacewitch10 · 26/09/2023 21:23

Thanks @greentree16! How are you feeling today? Are you 8dpo now?

As @LW678 said thank you all for being so lovely and supportive!

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greentree16 · 26/09/2023 21:11

Fingers crossed for you both, please keep us updated! Xx

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spacewitch10 · 26/09/2023 21:11

@Roseberry22 oh it's horrible! Literally all you can think about isn't it. I've been so unproductive the last week! Really hope the next few days go quickly for you though!

@LW678 so do I! Since I've done that afternoon test I've completely deflated and almost talked myself out of it being positive 😔 and my boobs feel softer tonight and not as many cramps. Honestly think I'm out now 😔 just want it to be morning so we can test again! Praying for stronger lines for us both 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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LW678 · 26/09/2023 19:56

Thank you to everyone on here for all of the support I’d honestly love to know you all in person and praying you get your BFP’s soon ❤️

LW678 · 26/09/2023 19:53

I hope and pray this isn’t another chemical and our tests in the morning are darker 😩

Roseberry22 · 26/09/2023 19:49

@spacewitch10 thank you! I definitely think I’ll try and sit tight until Friday, it’s just so hard not to always think about it isn’t it.

sending you and @LW678 all the luck for the mornings test

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spacewitch10 · 26/09/2023 19:27

@Roseberry22 ah congratulations on the wedding!
I've never actually done the temping thing so I don't fully understand it sorry! Definitely just try and sit tight for a few days, if you know approximately when you've ovulated then use that as a baseline with the knowledge any hpt might not be as accurate the more days before your due on... if that makes sense?!
@Sunflower8092 I've had early pregnancy bleeding with my son, but that was around 6 weeks. They actually classed that as implantation bleeding, i had a feeling I was pregnant but kept getting bfn, I didn't get a bfp until I was nearly 6 weeks and then had a light bleed the day after I had my bfp. So could have been a late implantation? Who knows! I used to work in maternity for 7 years until very recently and it's really quite a divide in ratio to who had implantation bleeding and who didn't. Again another wonderful guessing game to the ttc process 😩
@LW678 I stupidly tested again at lunchtime. And could barely see a thing, infact I would say I couldn't see anything at all. I'm guna test in the morning with fmu, we're both only 9dpo so if we're testing later in the day and urine is more diluted that could be why? Last night your wee might have been more concentrated? I really panicked when I saw that and have been worrying about a chemical all afternoon too, so I hope your ok. Just test again in the morning xx

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LW678 · 26/09/2023 18:39

@spacewitch10 have you tested at all this evening? I did when I got back from work and the line is hardly there. Hoping it’s because I’ve just drank lots of water today and not because this is going to turn into another chemical!

LW678 · 26/09/2023 18:35

I’ve never had implantation bleeding but wish I had for reassurance!

Sunflower8092 · 26/09/2023 16:41

No I've never taken my temp or used OPKs, I've just gone by my app / CM. I count the last day of EWCM as ovulation day

To be fair we haven't been TTC for very long, our first cycle trying I fell pregnant, and this is my first cycle trying again after the loss. Although I know it is normal to take a lot longer to conceive so I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself or get my hopes up for it to happen again so quickly.

I think I've had a little spotting this afternoon, it's hard to tell as I'm wearing dark underwear. It may be implantation bleeding or the start of AF 🤷🏻‍♀️ have any of you ladies ever had implantation bleeding?

Roseberry22 · 26/09/2023 15:32

I’ve been temping for the last 7 cycles but we only started TTC 3 months ago as we got married and had a honeymoon planned. My DH thought it would be a quick process as well ha!

this cycle today is the highest my temp has been on 7dpo but I don’t want to get excited by it likewise with symptoms. I’ll have to sit tight a few more days and then test. I find the whole TWW process so disheartening though and think will this ever happen for me. I managed to get to 5dpo without over thinking anything but the last 2 days I’ve been overanalysing everything again 😂

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spacewitch10 · 26/09/2023 14:52

Thank you all, really hoping it's a true bfp and if it is it sticks 🤞🏼

@Roseberry22 @Sunflower8092 did you temp or anything? I didn't temp, just went by my app too and says the same thing but I know I ovulated the day before because I always get pains, lots of cm and the day after (the day my app says I ovulate) it all goes away. Even the absolute NEED to have sex vanishes so surely that means no thank you I'm done now 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ Obviously there's no way to know for sure but I work my periods out from the ovulation day I calculate too and it's never let me down (even though the app says I'll come on the day after) so if think your 7dpo then go with it tentatively with the idea you could be a day behind when it comes to when you want to test. The symptoms are literally a guessing game in my experience, we all compare and spot and I for one am guilty of it but what's the same for one won't be for the other if that makes sense? Keeping everything crossed for you both and everyone on the thread xx

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Roseberry22 · 26/09/2023 13:29

LW678 · 26/09/2023 12:51

@Roseberry22 I hope you get your BFP soon! On my ovulation test I peaked Saturday morning and they say ovulation usually occurs a day after this so that would be Sunday for me.

@Sunflower8092 i don’t feel like I really have any symptoms either, I had a cramping pinching pain in my lower right this morning and felt really nauseous but that’s past, I don’t even have sore boobs!

@LW678 I got a positive ovulation test Monday 18th so think I ovulated Tuesday so I guess that puts me 7dpo?

LW678 · 26/09/2023 12:51

@Roseberry22 I hope you get your BFP soon! On my ovulation test I peaked Saturday morning and they say ovulation usually occurs a day after this so that would be Sunday for me.

LW678 · 26/09/2023 12:49

@Sunflower8092 don’t lose hope, I barely had any symptoms!