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3DPO...TWW buddies?

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Hann1905 · 17/01/2024 16:05

Hi ladies Flowers
Just thought I'd start a thread to see if anyone else is 3DPO and wanted to be TWW budies Smile
This is my first cycle trying for #2 x

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Hann1905 · 19/01/2024 15:36

Look what's arrived today 😍 must resist the pressure to start testing daily now! Lucky they arrived half way through the day and I've drunk quite a bit of water, otherwise I'd be tempted 😂

@Yellofello I don't think I can see anything yet, although it is super early!

How is everyone feeling today? I had some sharp cramps last night, and I've been feeling really irritable today (not sure if that's hormone related or food shopping with a toddler related though 🤣). It's so hard not to symptom spot!

3DPO...TWW buddies?
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Mum37of4 · 19/01/2024 13:33

@Yellofello - I’m so sorry I can’t see anything but it is far too early. Give it another 3 days then you may get a result :) Good luck 🤞

Yellofello · 19/01/2024 11:18

I don’t know exactly when I ovulated but I think I’m 6/7dpo. I have loads of tests so I thought why not. I know it won’t show anything till EARLIEST 8dpo. Tell me why I’ve convinced myself I see a squinter 😂

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Mum37of4 · 19/01/2024 00:00

@Bb542 - CD17 also - I don’t use ovulation strips as me and OH where not actively TTC - we just wasn’t careful DTD Sat Eve… but both agreed if it happens it happens. I don’t usually notice ovulation either but since Tuesday I’ve had these cramps and like pulling/tugging feelings and constipation… so hard to explain. But it feels like dull aches in pelvic area and also lower back/bum so honestly I think I’m just going to take a test next Friday and see what happens.

Bb542 · 18/01/2024 23:50

Mum37of4 · 18/01/2024 23:44

@Bb542 - sorry to ask but what day of your cycle are you in and also is it likely that I could get pregnant if I say ovulated past 3 days but DTD sat eve (13th). I’m guessing as sperm can live up to 5 days my chances are still fairly good. Also do you get O symptoms? I have had cramping, Lower back and in pelvic region but also constipation which I usually only get few days before AF, now wondering if this is actually ovulation. I’m confused 😐

I'm CD17. Are you using ovulation strips to roughly know when exactly you ovulated? If you ovulated Monday or Tuesday then you could be in with a good chance. However last month we did all the right things and it didn't work out so who knows. I don't normally get ovulation pain that I notice. I have some mild pressure in my lower abdomen today though. Not sure if it's connected to ovulation.

Mum37of4 · 18/01/2024 23:44

@Bb542 - sorry to ask but what day of your cycle are you in and also is it likely that I could get pregnant if I say ovulated past 3 days but DTD sat eve (13th). I’m guessing as sperm can live up to 5 days my chances are still fairly good. Also do you get O symptoms? I have had cramping, Lower back and in pelvic region but also constipation which I usually only get few days before AF, now wondering if this is actually ovulation. I’m confused 😐

Bb542 · 18/01/2024 23:29

Hi ladies. I'm cycle #2 for baby #1. I just got my peak tonight so I'll be joining you in the TWW on Saturday at 1DPO. Hoping we see lots of bfps ❤️

I can't get first response tests where I am so I use the boots early response which seem to have good reviews.

Mum37of4 · 18/01/2024 23:20

@Applesandcake - sounds like we ovulated around same time, I DTD sat eve and Monday eve (only he did pull out method on Monday) as not actively TTC - cramping, lower back pain, full feeling down there kinda thing which I usually get at AF - don’t usually notice when ovulating but this time feels different 🤔 when are you going to do first test? I’m thinking next Friday.

Applesandcake · 18/01/2024 12:02

Nic2908 · 17/01/2024 20:24

Ok so I’ve just checked and from peak I am 5dpo today. It sounds so silly but I really want to use first response as it’s what I’ve used previously and I hope they are lucky. Do we not sell them in uk anymore?? What would everyone else use? I’m not sure I could take a clear blue evap line

Hi everyone, I had my positive ovulation test today so will be a few days before but starting my ttw from Saturday. Cycle 2 ttc no. 3. I really have tried to be less obsessive than I was the last two times we were ttc! But I have failed.

I always used first response as I wanted to know as soon as possible, but I keep reading that they’ve changed them
slightly and now they are not as sensitive they claim to be, so I’ve gone for the boots early detection test 10mlu. Cheaper also! Then I also bought 20 easy at home 10mlu ones and have a blue digital (25mlu) from the first month which will be saved until I actually get a positive on another test.

Mum37of4 · 18/01/2024 11:56

Yep think I’m the same but will probs test end of next week earliest. TOTM due 2nd Feb

Mum37of4 · 18/01/2024 11:54

heyy, newbie here, so not sure if I’m ovulating now, had bloods done Monday (for other reasons) and serum progesterone (think that’s the right word) was at 0.74 so not high enough for ovulation but yest and today cramping and constipation same as I do TOTM (not due on until 2nd Feb) but DTD 14th so I could have still managed to hit the window. Any ideas??

Hann1905 · 18/01/2024 09:08

Morning all Smile
A new day! It's 4dpo for me! Luckily I've got quite a busy day to take my mind off the TWW. 5days until I take a test Grin

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orangeoctupus · 18/01/2024 08:31

Moominmamato3 · 17/01/2024 21:17

I couldn’t find any First Response in the shops today either so went with Clear Blue Early Detection ones

I bought a pack of two first response from Amazon for about £14.

SMD16 · 17/01/2024 22:03

Heyyy can I join? 1DPO TTc #2, cycle 3 I think. Sadly had a chemical in December.

I have 4 FRER I got in clearance from boots 🙈

Moominmamato3 · 17/01/2024 21:17

I couldn’t find any First Response in the shops today either so went with Clear Blue Early Detection ones

Hann1905 · 17/01/2024 21:05

Welcome @babbaganoush @orangeoctupus! Hopefully this thread will keep us some what sane and in around 10 days we get our BFP's Star

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orangeoctupus · 17/01/2024 20:43

4dpo here. Been trying fur 5 months now.

babbaganoush · 17/01/2024 20:33

I'd like to join please! Currently 4dpo, second cycle trying to conceive baby number 3.

I need this thread to help me stop myself from testing from tomorrow like some crazy lady.... (Not that I did that last cycle 🙃🙃🙃)

Hann1905 · 17/01/2024 20:30

@icallshade they are all I used with my DD too! Trying to hold off buying so I don't waste them 

@Nic2908 the clear blue tests are awful for it! I much prefer a pink dye but want to get an early detection one. I can't find them in any shops and they seem to be sold out on boots. Going to fry find them on Amazon now @TTTC24

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TTTC24 · 17/01/2024 20:26

@Nic2908 yes, I’m in the UK and got mine off Amazon yesterday 😊

Nic2908 · 17/01/2024 20:24

Ok so I’ve just checked and from peak I am 5dpo today. It sounds so silly but I really want to use first response as it’s what I’ve used previously and I hope they are lucky. Do we not sell them in uk anymore?? What would everyone else use? I’m not sure I could take a clear blue evap line

Hann1905 · 17/01/2024 20:22

I'm trying to hold off buying tests until closer to the time, or I know full well I'd be testing every day! Pregnancy tests have gone so expensive too!

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icallshade · 17/01/2024 20:22

@Hann1905 when I had my DD I used frers and spent literally a small fortune 😅 this time I'm going to use the easy at home tests and then save the frer for missed periods only she says 😅

icallshade · 17/01/2024 20:20

@Nic2908 couldn't read and run, so sorry for your loss 💐❤🕯
Praying that this is your cycle 🥰

icallshade · 17/01/2024 20:18

I'm anything but chilled and I'm only on cycle 1 😅 I'm trying to just go with the flow (hence no proper tracking besides flo app) but I know what I'm like and during my last pregnancy I was obsessed with POAS thanks to a miscarriage prior.
I'm going to try and hold off testing until 31st which I think will be around 11dpo and incidently is my birthday, so hopefully a birthday surprise! (I know what I'm like though and will likely be testing from 7dpo 😅🤣🙈