1 dpo - 2ww buddies

@minimims2 hey I'm so sorry but that most recent one looks like an indent to me. Now that your period is late I would be expecting it to be a really clear line BUT are you certain of your dates? Do you know your period is late confirmed with ovulation? Cos if you don't then you might still be testing too early! Xx

Update -

Did a clear blue digital ultra early just now which came back as negative. However in the same urine I dipped a cheapie strip test, and I can see a line?

Ahhhh I’m so confused!! x

@MocktailMe your tests look like they're the start of a BFP!

Tests from this morning 6am bottom and just now x

@hannah1201 at most 8dpo, potentially 7dpo. I could be a bit less even than that but if I am there certainly wouldn't be the line I saw.

I'm still really really wet down there, and have been since the start of last week. It made me think perhaps I was ovulating but it's definitely a different sort of CM now versus start/mid of last week. God I have everything crossed. I had my coil out in September and nothing since.

I hope the same for yours today from 9dpo!

@Henski I think brown blood around the time your period would have come is quite common! Brown blood is old, red is new.

@LucyCL I will keep testing, today will be a looooong day!!

@zalmentra thank you for your kind words!! I have endo so always get cramps from about 4DPO - I've never been pregnant so always assume the month I get a BFP I won't get these cramps, or my symptoms will change in some way. But you're right it's too early to tell anything! Thanks x

@MocktailMe hopefully start of something!

I had a little brown blood this morning is this normal? My periods would’ve been due tomorrow.

That is exciting! 8 dpo which is super early! Keep testing!

Today's test has got a really faint line on it. I can't even get it in a photo but it's there and it came in the time frame. Whether or not it's an evap however, or the start of something that won't come to be I can't be sure. It's the first time I've seen one.

@LucyCL yes to CM and the dreams. The thing is I often have crazy vivid dreams in the luteal phase so I'm not reading into that particular one. The CM though..

Don't be discouraged! At 5dpo you wouldn't have even implanted yet so nothing to cause symptoms x

Hey everyone can I join? I am 5DPO on first medicated cycle TTC with letrozolle already going mad 🤦🏼‍♀️🤯🤪

So far (5DPO) I feel exactly the same as I always do at this point, which is a bit disheartening 😔

I am NOT really symptom spotting.
From dpo 5, I started to have vivid dreams
From dpo 6, I started to feel thirsty
dpo 7 (today), I saw dried up CM on my underwear

Just wonder if any of you are experiencing similar things?

That makes sense, your body is gradually returning to its normal state before the pill. I stopped the BC pill last March then I waited for 6 months for my body to get back to normal. I was lucky because my cycles were normal until 1st MC this Jan.

The only thing that's really got my hopes up this week (aside from sex 6 times over the ten days stretch I'd expect to catch ovulation in and feeling like we stand a good chance) is that I'm still very wet down there currently. It's got a thicker feel to it than it did over last week and the weekend, but hasn't dried up at all really. Leaving whitish stains in my underwear which isn't unusual exactly but is unusual this far from my period. Hoping it will mean something positive.

I've considered temping next month to confirm OV and stop the wondering how many DPO I am in 2WW, but I work shifts and sometimes finish at 5pm, sometimes 2am so am concerned it won't be accurate. Does anyone else work shifts and successfully used one? Expensive if not suitable!

Just jumping on this thread, currently 3dpo. I know it’s too early to be getting symptoms, but I’ve been getting really tightening feelings in lower abdomen and pinching in the side of my left ovary, anyone else had anything like this and gone on to get a BFP? Looking for some hope!

Possibly, it's in the right time frame and at least now is very light & blood is more pink/brown than red. I don't normally get pre-AF spotting but I'm also in the process of my hormones readjusting after stopping the pill 4 mo ago.

Although you have PCOS and I suffered from 2 MCs, we are still quite similar. After the first MC, I didn't know when I would ovulate and my hormone levels were affected so I gave up using cheap LH strips to track my ovulation date.
After a CP, I had 3 LH rises and the line got darker and fainter repeatedly so I didn't know when I would ovulate. So, I can understand you more or less. Luckily I used LH strips and CB fertility monitor to help me to identify my peak.
I can only suggest you to keep testing. : ) Good luck and baby dust to you!

It could be implantation bleeding?

I have read this on Proov website.
"During the follicular phase, estrogen is the star. For roughly days 1-14 of your cycle (for those new to cycle days, day one is the first day you have your period), eat 1-2 tablespoons each of fresh ground flax and raw pumpkin seeds per day. These seeds naturally support estrogen production (by containing lignans and zinc), but can also help in clearing excess estrogen, also known as estrogen dominance.

In the luteal phase, after ovulation occurs, progesterone takes over at center stage. After ovulation or roughly on day 15 of the cycle, switch from flax seeds and pumpkin seeds to 1-2 tablespoons each of raw sunflower and sesame seeds per day. Sesame seeds (high in zinc) and sunflower seeds (high in vitamin E) help with progesterone production during the luteal phase.

Continue eating sunflower and sesame seeds daily through day 28 of your cycle or the day before your period should come. You then switch back to flax and pumpkin seeds once you start your period again."

I suffered from a MC and a CP and my hormone levels are affected and I ovulated a week later than the normal date. For the ones who have tried the seed cycling, is it really helping you to balance the hormone levels?

This is sensible ... : ) Thank you for sharing! I hope you will get a BFP soon!!

8 dpo and having some very light spotting. I'm now very worried this is an early period. My period usually starts at 11 dpo.

@minimims2 hard to tell from the photos. I'd be very surprised if that brand was 10, as looks like a supermarket on which is usually 25. Try with an internet cheapie you can get about 50 tests for less than a tenner! Good for like progression. Rooting for you!!!! Hoping to see a nice blazing line soon xx

@LucyCL I'm anywhere from 7dpo to potentially only 2/3dpo - I have PCOS so show multiple peaks on OPK, therefore guesstimate from cycle length (28-38 days) and cervical mucus.

I tested first time today (as if it's to be a 28 cycle this is the earliest possible) and totally neggo but I didn't really expect anything else. I'll test daily now until I get either a period or a positive! I'm currently on cycle day 23 so even if I caught I could be waiting another 10 days or longer to know 😭 I hate TTC with irregular cycles!!!