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4dpo, impatiently waiting! Anyone else? Positive vibes only please

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 16:52

Hey, thought I'd start this thread to wait out the painful TWW with anyone in a similar boat.

I'm quite an anxious person so only positivity and happy stories welcome please.

I had a terrible time trying to conceive a few years back with an ex due to infertility on his side, and so now I have met my life partner and we have started trying this cycle I am struggling not to feel down like I did before even though it's someone different.

I must add that we did have one off unprotected sex last cycle and I had a chemical. So I am hoping we will be lucky soon.

I have a lower egg reserve and I am 35 so anyone in a similar boat to me I'd love to hear from you.

Baby dust to you ❤️

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YourRealLion · 04/09/2024 21:23

HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 21:17

@YourRealLion omg we sound like cycle twins lol, I have 25 day cycles and ovulate on day 11 or sometimes 12! Crazy! Our period is due on the same day. Sorry for being silly but is this your second try or second baby lol? It will be my first try and first baby. I am not a tester I don't know how people do it, I get scared for a BFN lol 😂 hoping so much for a May baby though. X

Hey - cycle twin! Second attempt at ttc, never had an interest until last year !! Last month first attempt at ttc drove myself crazy with testing so now I will try hold out as long as possible.

Currently just unusually oily hair, and as I said funny taste in mouth/sensitive gums, I am ignoring spotting any cramps and CM as I was checking this all last month and it led to nothing - just my partner thinking I'd lost the plot. 😅

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 21:20

SunshineMine · 04/09/2024 20:33

My appetite has been all over the place, a few days ago I was really off food and today I'm like a human dustbin! 🤷🏽‍♀️

I went off my food when I had a chemical. That happened twice, both were chemicals but that was unrelated to the fact I didn't fancy anything lol

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 21:19

@PSYJAM omg I know right! I feel like my holiday next Saturday is creeping up on me fast, by the day I go I will be 14dpo & I feel like my holiday will be here so soon yet my period or BFP feels like forever 🤣

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 21:18

SunshineMine · 04/09/2024 18:09

Hey, I'll join too! I'm currently 5 DPO but that's based on my Flo app and I've had some weird twinges that have made me think ovulation could have been earlier. I'm also trying not to test as when I tested with my first born I constantly got BFN until after missed period. Saying that, I expect I'll cave around 10dpo 😂😂

Ah how do you track ovulation? I don't use OPKs or anything, I just use cervical mucus and ovulation pain. Hopefully you did ovulate earlier and this is the start of something!

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 21:17

@YourRealLion omg we sound like cycle twins lol, I have 25 day cycles and ovulate on day 11 or sometimes 12! Crazy! Our period is due on the same day. Sorry for being silly but is this your second try or second baby lol? It will be my first try and first baby. I am not a tester I don't know how people do it, I get scared for a BFN lol 😂 hoping so much for a May baby though. X

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Harriet1989 · 04/09/2024 20:46

Joining! I'm also in the TWW, AF due on the 14th and been TTC since the beginning of the year. Had a miscarriage in June and was hoping I'd be one of those who got pregnant straight away the next cycle and was three days late last cycle so massively had my hopes up but nope.. I've said if I'm not pregnant this cycle I'll go next cycle without tracking and ovulation testing as feel like we could both do with a bit of a break

SunshineMine · 04/09/2024 20:34

@YourRealLion weird taste in your mouth is a really good symptom! Keeping my fingers crossed for you

SunshineMine · 04/09/2024 20:33

My appetite has been all over the place, a few days ago I was really off food and today I'm like a human dustbin! 🤷🏽‍♀️

YourRealLion · 04/09/2024 18:35

PSYJAM · 04/09/2024 18:24

Funny how summer holidays just brush by you but can't wait 10 days to see if your periods going to come, symptom checking like a mad woman. I'm so bloated but unsure if its all the carbs I've been eating out of nerves trying to not symptom check every step of the way. 😅xxx

I'm eating like a horse, but I also did the same last month. Decided this week it's just progesterone symptoms and see what next week brings. Although I am mega emotional this evening and have a weird taste in my mouth!

PSYJAM · 04/09/2024 18:24

Funny how summer holidays just brush by you but can't wait 10 days to see if your periods going to come, symptom checking like a mad woman. I'm so bloated but unsure if its all the carbs I've been eating out of nerves trying to not symptom check every step of the way. 😅xxx

SunshineMine · 04/09/2024 18:09

Hey, I'll join too! I'm currently 5 DPO but that's based on my Flo app and I've had some weird twinges that have made me think ovulation could have been earlier. I'm also trying not to test as when I tested with my first born I constantly got BFN until after missed period. Saying that, I expect I'll cave around 10dpo 😂😂

YourRealLion · 04/09/2024 17:56

HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 17:50

@YourRealLion haha I am not a tester lol my brain can't handle a BFN. I'd rather live in hope for a few more days! Is this your first? Do you normally have a 14 day LP? I am due on 15th and I am going to be in Majorca so I am hoping my period doesn't come at the beginning of my holiday or it will be a double whammy but tbh I suspect it will!!

I have 25 day cycles since may & calculated I ovulate around cd11/cd12. It's my second time. Although we've only had two opportunities this month on cd9/cd10 as he also has to work away sometimes. I am also due on the 15th! 😄... Last month I went overboard symptom spotting, I even accidentally used an ovulation test and was convinced it was a bfp - 😭.. until I read the box. so this month I'll try to wait as long as possible

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 17:51

@PSYJAM thank you hun! And right back to you too! I hope for some good BFPs on this thread. It's just a hard wait isn't it. I struggle to take my mind off it all if I'm honest. 🫣 x

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HopefulSS · 04/09/2024 17:50

@YourRealLion haha I am not a tester lol my brain can't handle a BFN. I'd rather live in hope for a few more days! Is this your first? Do you normally have a 14 day LP? I am due on 15th and I am going to be in Majorca so I am hoping my period doesn't come at the beginning of my holiday or it will be a double whammy but tbh I suspect it will!!

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PSYJAM · 04/09/2024 17:28

Hey I feel you I'm 32 and I'm impatiently waiting!! With my son I tested way earlier like at 10dpo but before him I had a chemical pregancy , currently trying for my second 6dpo and just want the positive stories aswell.

All the luck to you girl, baby dust as well ❤️

YourRealLion · 04/09/2024 17:27

Me - 35 - think I'm 4dpo. I'm trying not to symptom spot this month and I'm banned from tests . Even ovulation tests were sending me over the edge. However I'll probably allow myself to from 7/8dpo as a reward haha