1DPO

Hi ladies how's it going? Any bfps yet? Pink when I wipe a couple of times today, think it's probably too late for implantation so maybe af thinking about dropping in. Or random bleeding who knows. If it is AF though I will be a little pleased as means a more normal cycle this time, I'm cd30 thereabouts today so better than my 60-65 day cycles of late, moving the right direction. Would obviously prefer bfp though!

@MrsL2019 thanks, no AF but also still BFNs; am starting to give up hope! I’m away from home for two nights now and I’m not going to test because if I get a bfp I want to be able to tell my partner immediately and face to face. Haven’t even brought my thermometer!

Are you still stuck with annoying ambiguities spotting? I would count from first need to use tampon/pad/mooncup, but I don’t know what’s official!

@MrsL2019 AF just arrived one day early so I am out too! Good luck to both of us for December - at least if are successful next cycle then we’ll know by Christmas and be able to either have a Xmas present or drink our sorrows away! Next up will be Leo/Virgo babies 🙈

@MrsL2019 Apps never give me an accurate prediction, so frustrating. Are you feeling ok about it and ready for another round?

I went to bed last night so sure I’d wake up to at least a faint line but stark BFN again this morning, and temp hovering at same place not rising. Wondering if all my symptoms are psychosomatic now. Current possible symptoms/straws to grasp at: I had itchy breasts last might, woke up very sad and annoyed from a dream that my partner wouldn’t share his iced doughnuts with sprinkles, and I have a taste of blood in my mouth. I also have a lymph node on one side of my neck that’s suddenly huge and uncomfortable which the internet doesn’t seem to think is a sign but which is a bit weird. On the other hand I have very AF like feelings beginning in my abdomen.

@MrsL2019 I’m testing twice a day with cheapies now. In a way it takes the pressure off any single test but then I do start staring at them too hard. Good luck tomorrow morning!

@Sconehenge yeah i’ve been tricked so many times by pms symptoms, the more attention you pay the more you find..

@MrsL2019 fingers crossed for you! @BatildaB I’m 9/10 DPO as well I think. Only symptoms are sore nipples but also get that with PMS so who knows. Just had a small spiral wondering if a friend is mad at me which is also a Pms symptom. 😂 I would have loved to have conceived this month as would have meant I might have shared a birthday month with DC!

@MrsL2019 Oh god it’s agonising isn’t it! I’m 9dpo now, AF unpredictable because I had a weirdly long cycle last time then earlier ovulation this time - maybe Weds at the earliest but could be into next week. I’ve entered into fully-distracted-can’t-bear-it mode today. Just used up a ‘nice’ test even though the cheapie was blank.. Only one nice test left and not buying more before payday, so am annoyed with myself!

@MrsL2019 fingers crossed that it’s spotting not bleeding. I’m not sure if I had a minuscule amount of spotting earlier, but it was orange so not sure what to think about that. When I thought i had spotting before it was AF gearing up.

My resting heart rate is my main way of clinging onto hope right now. It’s shot right up, which it has occasionally done before but last time it was this high it was when I had covid, international travel and a stressful family situation all happening at once…

From obsessive reading in previous cycles… it can rise high before AF, it can also pick up HCG. So… in sum it gives you no additional information. Are you still testing hcg too?

@GHJ Yes it is still so early, I hope you can enjoy your anniversary without worrying about it! Are you doing anything nice that will distract you?

@Sconehenge yes before this year any pregnancy test experience was of utter relief at just the one line! It does feel weird to now want two so badly. And to realise that it’s actually not that easy. Do you know how many dpo you are?

@MrsL2019 so frustrating when AF doesn’t just make her arrival day clear. I suppose at least you’ll know for definite soon.

Aw thank you @MrsL2019 - who would have thought all those years as a teenager and early 20s panicking about pregnancy and I’d be up at 3am squinting at a clearly negative test wondering if there a shadow of a line 😂😂😂

Hello everyone! AF also due on Tuesday for me. I woke up at 3:30am all anxious (think from alcohol has had 2 drinks last night) and snuck out to ensuite to do a test like a madwoman and it was neg. I was super hopeful this month as we really gave it a good go, I also had some weird sharp twinges after ovulation, so that’s disappointing! I

feel like everyone on mn gets their positives by now in their cycle (2 days before AF) so I’ve given up in my head now, might just wait until period due for next test.

Not great here. 9dpo and bfn this morning. It's our anniversary and although we've been trying for over 7 months with no success I hadn't really considered how down I might feel from a negative today. I've been getting twinges/mild cramping for several days now and my boobs are big so think possibly something hormonal going on, doesn't seem to be pregnancy though unfortunately.

@MrsL2019 ooo fingers crossed! I had that before my CP last year. I’d say at this stage it’s hopeful to be implantation - bit too early for AF 🤞

@BatildaB what day are you on? Hahaha that’s more positive than my searches, whenever I drop something (fairly often) I’m convinced I have MS!

Im having quite a few twinges but tbh after a year of nothing and also experiencing twinges after ovulation, I try not to think too much into it. Just hope time passes quickly although not too quickly as I’m yet to do Xmas shopping 😅

@MrsL2019 that sounds promising! Especially if it’s on such a similar timeline to your previous pregnancy. Keeping everything crossed!

@Yolo23 yes my google searches are also ridiculous.. ‘is clumsiness an early sign of pregnancy’ after breaking a mug 🙄

I seem to be testing twice a day now, just on cheapies. My current ‘symptom’ is getting weirdly emotional about a blog post written by an American about cultural differences in hiking in the US vs UK! Seems a little early for PMS..