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Moving on to March :)

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Anonxo · 01/03/2024 10:28

Anyone at the end of their cycle and moving on to the next let's start a club :)
AF due in 4ish days 11 dpo with a bunch of BFNs.

I was watching Criminal Minds (as you do) and they said "Bad news stops us for a while, but then you move on. Hope is paralyzing." So I've decided to let myself move on and move and get in a positive mindset for the next.

This process can be so draining and I actually refuse to let it be my entire life :D

Thanks for listening to my TED Talk

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 19/03/2024 17:28

Hi ladies how we all doing?

Updates for me

Flo predicted ovulation on 12th March I had ovulation pain and ECWM on 12th and 13th March, Pre mom predicted ovulation on 14th of March

Have DTD 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th March so far

So if going off the start of pain on 12th March makes me 6 DPO today

1,2,3 DPO no symptoms normally have painful boobs after ovulation not happened at all so far this month

4 DPO Sat 16th March, From the afternoon I had a scratchy sore throat and felt fatigued
Compared to
4 DPO Feb - Woke up with Sore scratchy throat that keep coming on and off, Blocked ears aswell thought I was getting a cold but never did. My belly had felt like i had done a big ab workout but I hadn't. Lower lumber pain, Feeling a bit sad and emotional that day but didn't cry. Bloated belly and also constipated, Tenderness in both boobs

5 DPO Sun 17th March, I Woke up with a sore throat and felt drained and fatigue Vidi dreams in my sleep sat into Sunday
Compared to
5 DPO Feb - Still constipated or have a lack of bowel movement, It Felt like I had a stitch or tight muscle in the left side of the waist and hip area in the front and back of my belly, my chest feels tight like a rubberband is being pulled on either side

6 DPO Mon 18th March, I woke up with a sore throat and Stuffy nose, and body aches, also period-like cramps in the middle of my lower belly and back that lasted about 1 hour, When checking the cervix I noticed a smear of brown discharge and later in the day yellow discharge. Fell quite fatigued aswell, belly is bloated aswell, my ovaries and uterus tender to touch, random boob tenderness not like something had before, evening some cramps in my belly and loose stool
Compared to
6 Dpo Feb, Woke up feeling like i had been hit by a truck all my muscles ached, Still constipated or having a lack of bowel movement, my Left hip pain felt like a tight muscle and some random shooting pains down my left leg, and my chest still feels tight like a rubberband is being pulled either side,

7 DPO Tue 19th March, Woke up 6.30am with horrible middle lower back pain and cramps in my uterus area, this pain actually woke me up and lasted about 2 hours. Had some left-side boob pain today as well on the inside of breast, above and underneath. A little bit gassy today aswell, some pains/twinges around my left hip side. Discharge today when checking cervix has been white/yellow lotionlike. Still bloated and fatigued
Compared to
7 DPO Feb, Woke up 4am and struggled to fall back to sleep, Twinges in my left hip area still like pulled muscle or stitch, Tightness in my left bum cheek, and Left side boob twinges, Discharge white when checking cervix, Before I went to bed it felt like I maybe coming down with a cold as had a lump in throat feeling

UnicornPrincessSarah · 16/03/2024 15:23

@Anonxo Thanks did the pineapple last month as well, but the socks on is new this month lol @KitKat791 we will see but I do notice I suffer with cold feet a lot

Cycle Day 17 for me today possibly 3/ 4 Dpo and had no symptoms, last 2 months I had symptoms around this time cramps in my belly and back and boob pains AF came both times, but don't have anything all at right now I'm hoping maybe a lack of symptoms may be a more positive sign for me.

KitKat791 · 16/03/2024 12:21

@Anonxo I’m doing good, trying to stay sane in the TWW, it feels so long. I think I’m roughly 4dpo so got a while before I can test. How are you doing?
@UnicornPrincessSarah ive heard about the socks! Wondering if there is something to it…

Anonxo · 16/03/2024 07:34

@KitKat791 how are you doing, how many dpo do you think you are?

@UnicornPrincessSarah seems like you’ve covered all the basis even down to the cold feet and pineapples

really hoping it works out for mothers of you

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 14/03/2024 22:10

Hi Ladies hope we all doing ok, another month with very little egg white ECWM had some random bits here and there from Monday to yesterday but was more just wet and slippery than egg white not sure if this is an age thing I'm 34 or an underlining condition I may need to be looked at,

Had possible ovulation pain on Tuesday the 12th and wed 13th Flo app had me down to ovulate on Tue 12th and pre mom had me down to ovulate today
DTD so far 5th, 8th,11th and Today, going to carry on with every 3 days and stop 3 days before I'm due as I don't do opk or BTT so cant fully confirm the ovulation date

Feeling carm no body weirdness yet and no tender boobs yet either but lets see what happens in these crazy 2 weeks, upping my fruit intake and going to try pineapple to see if myths work also been keeping socks on my feet more since period to as heard about cold feet and womb lol.

Still doing the home barre workouts as well wanted something less intense and stressful on the body

KitKat791 · 11/03/2024 09:25

Got my LH peak on clearblue digital today! Feeling relieved and hopeful again for this cycle. Hope everyone’s getting on okay 😊

KitKat791 · 09/03/2024 21:06

@Anonxo glad it’s not just me 😂 I only tried the OPKs on cycle 1 and didn’t catch a positive and decided it was overkill. But after last month’s no joy I decided to try testing every day this cycle once AF ended.
I haven't had a positive so far but trying to tell myself not to overthink things. Maybe bbt would be good for me as right now my mind’s in overdrive thinking what if im not ovulating at all 😭

Anonxo · 09/03/2024 19:42

@KitKat791 I honestly thought it would happen like I’d decide today, pee on a stick in 2 weeks and be bringing them home in 9 ish months had no idea about lh and tracking etc

bbt is good as it at least let’s me know I definitely ovulated

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KitKat791 · 09/03/2024 19:31

@platypusweek hoping that was a lucky 8 minutes for you! Totally agree real life gets in the way 😂

@Anonxo good to hear someone on the same timescales. Is it bad I just expected it to happen? 😅 how’s the BBT going I was thinking of trying it next cycle if this isn’t my month

Anonxo · 09/03/2024 18:09

@platypusweek Ovulation leave should be a thing not even a whole day just give me a couple hours to get home dtd and get back. 😅

@KitKat791 I'm only CD5 so super early in OPKs for so I might start around day 10 but I have started BBT recently so fun times lol

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Anonxo · 09/03/2024 18:05

@KitKat791 Welcome This is my 2/3 cycle as well (The first one was a random day one time so I'm not sure if I count it lol). You're so right seeing other people do it as well makes me feel like what I'm doing is normal.

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platypusweek · 09/03/2024 16:27

Had our 8 minutes in heaven but it was a bit early for my cycle. Might get a chance tomorrow which will be too late, I think. I wish I had a more ovulation-conscious employer! I think we're unlikely to have success this month but we'll try again next time

KitKat791 · 09/03/2024 14:48

How’s everyone getting on this cycle? I am in the thick of OPKs, currently on CD14 and haven’t had a positive result yet but the apps predict CD17 for me.

MelonSmoothie · 06/03/2024 13:25

Hey @KitKat791 welcome!!

Just bought some of the clear blue digital ovulation tests to try this cycle. Love how they say "make love any time in the 48 hours after the smiley face".. I feel like it's not making love at this point, more a "right off we go again" 😂

KitKat791 · 05/03/2024 23:37

Hey all, can I join too? This will be my third cycle properly ttc although I came off the pill at the end of Oct.
This month I am doing opk for the first time and trying to get a better idea of when I am ovulating as I have just been going by the app up to now. It’s a confusing time and so much more consuming than I thought it would be but I am loving seeing other people on the same journey.

MelonSmoothie · 05/03/2024 22:56

platypusweek · 05/03/2024 22:17

Hi all,
Can I join? First official month TTC baby number two, though we did give it a bit of a whirl on CD18 last time just in case...

Period is a nightmare, currently CD14 and its still tailing off. Have had spotting before my period as well, so it's all bad.

Gynae says that it's unexplained dysfunctional bleeding and that getting pregnant would solve it, so here we are. Husband is travelling this month so we are scheduled for a solid 8 minutes of romance this evening and we need to make it count!

I haven't tracked anything at all other than dates. I'll start doing that next month if we don't manage to make it happen this time.

Good luck! Love that it's a solid 8 minutes - could be all you need ☺️

MelonSmoothie · 05/03/2024 22:55

@Anonxo that makes me feel much better, I hate lying but I know he will just roll his eyes at me...

My period is just starting and similar I really don't want another month being obsessive but it's so hard and I'm already looking ahead in the Flo app at social plans we have and there's one that's a drinks thing where I'll be about 10 DPO and I'm umming and ahhing about whether to cancel then I just check myself and think what the hell are you doing 😂🙈

Anonxo · 05/03/2024 22:52

@moosloverlover i think I’ll give that a go 😅

@platypusweek the more the merrier hopefully those 8 minutes are all you need.

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platypusweek · 05/03/2024 22:17

Hi all,
Can I join? First official month TTC baby number two, though we did give it a bit of a whirl on CD18 last time just in case...

Period is a nightmare, currently CD14 and its still tailing off. Have had spotting before my period as well, so it's all bad.

Gynae says that it's unexplained dysfunctional bleeding and that getting pregnant would solve it, so here we are. Husband is travelling this month so we are scheduled for a solid 8 minutes of romance this evening and we need to make it count!

I haven't tracked anything at all other than dates. I'll start doing that next month if we don't manage to make it happen this time.

moosloverlover · 05/03/2024 21:48

@Anonxo I’m taking the mindset of “well a December baby would be rubbish” this month, in the hope that I can convince myself I’m not bothered!

Anonxo · 05/03/2024 21:38

@MelonSmoothie I have a secret bin that I chick out on bin days so I’m glad to see im not the only one that does this sort or thing.

Officially CD1 now so gonna try not to be obsessive this month and have a life outside of ttc any tips?

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Pleonasmic · 03/03/2024 16:20

Hi folks, I'd like to join too please :) good luck to you all. I'm ovulating tomorrow according to my app and dtd today (haven't dtd any other day during fertile period but oh well). Been ttc since January. Wishing you ladies well x

MelonSmoothie · 03/03/2024 15:20

Hahahaha yep! I had to throw them away in a public bin 🤣

moosloverlover · 03/03/2024 13:24

@MelonSmoothie ive done the exact same thing 😂 told DH im “99% sure im not pregnant” when in fact i am 100% sure based on the many, many negative tests!

Hopefully March will be the month for us x

MelonSmoothie · 03/03/2024 09:13

Hi all, BFN 11DPO so think I'm out this time.. on to March! So frustrating. I haven't told my husband I've been testing since 8DPO, he thinks it's ridiculous and we should just wait til AF so I'm also having to pretend that we still could have a chance 🙄