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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Cycle Buddies 🥰

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Pinkllama12 · 25/11/2025 20:39

Hello, did anyone on here ovulate around the 16th-18th November and want to be cycle buddies, and ride out this wait together? 🥰

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Kayleaaa · 28/11/2025 17:27

@Pinkllama12 do you want to post a pic? 😁 I am good at sussing them out!

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Pinkllama12 · 28/11/2025 16:34

Hi lovelies, I have taken a test. And looking back at it, I don't know if it's an indent or if there is any colour to it yet 😂😅 xxx

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Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 28/11/2025 10:18

@LoopyLeela its easy@home they are on Amazon and I’ve found them quite reliable.

Sorry to hear there hasn’t been any positive news

Still early for testing. I’ve never had a positive before 12 dpo even with sensitive ones and yet I still burn money every month just in case! I’ve decided to switch back to easy@home pregnancy tests. I hate that the clear blue ones change after a while.

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Pinkllama12 · 28/11/2025 10:17

Kayleaaa · 28/11/2025 10:13

@Pinkllama12 sorry about your BFN! What sort of test did you use?

I used the Premom ones xxx

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Kayleaaa · 28/11/2025 10:13

@Pinkllama12 sorry about your BFN! What sort of test did you use?

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Pinkllama12 · 28/11/2025 09:27

Morning everyone, tested today (somewhere between 9-10dpo) and BFN too. I'm disappointed, but it will be okay.
Fingers crossed for us next month my lovelies xxxx

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Kayleaaa · 28/11/2025 08:31

BFN at 11dpo this morning, think I have accepted it just might not be happening and maybe progesterone was going extra crazy this month! Will be glad to finish work later and just have a weekend to be my usual grumpy PMS self haha.

Fingers crossed for you all!

LoopyLeela · 28/11/2025 08:16

@Pinkllama12
I probably won't test now, as last night I noticed a slight tinge of blood in my discharge, which is normal for me a day or two before my period. I feel the cramps a bit again this morning too. Oh and I'm not in the mood for anything today, so looks like it'll be here any minute 😂
Are you still testing on Sunday or will you try sooner?

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Pinkllama12 · 27/11/2025 20:15

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 20:10

@Pinkllama12 no just evening annoyingly!

It is starting to feel like AF now, keep going to the loo to check. My cycles are very regular so not sure if its just PMS now!

@Kayleaaa when are you due on? It's so confusing when PMS symptoms and early pregnancy are so similar! I hope really hope it isn't AF lovely xx
Try with FMU tomorrow!

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Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 20:10

@Pinkllama12 no just evening annoyingly!

It is starting to feel like AF now, keep going to the loo to check. My cycles are very regular so not sure if its just PMS now!

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Pinkllama12 · 27/11/2025 19:35

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 18:33

@Pinkllama12 Oooh it's so easy to read into stuff like your cramps dying down! And further confusing when it's your first cycle since stopping the pill. How are you feeling this evening?
I don't really feel the cramps much now but I'm getting what I can only describe as a mild burning (down below) which i usually get as my period arrives. So I'm more convinced than ever that I'm out this month. But holding out hope that at least one off us on this thread gets a BFP!

@LoopyLeela I'm okay this evening, my right nipple tingled for a few seconds which was weird, probably just hormone related though 😂 cramps are sort of gone now and I'm just tired after work so I'm sat watching a series with a pizza. How are you tonight? When will you test? Xx
@Kayleaaa you're definitely not out yet! Could just be too early. Did you use FMU? XX

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LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 18:34

@Kayleaaa Haha, the "perks' of TTC 👀
Sorry you.got a BFN, could still be too early to see anything on an early test,...

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 18:33

@Pinkllama12 Oooh it's so easy to read into stuff like your cramps dying down! And further confusing when it's your first cycle since stopping the pill. How are you feeling this evening?
I don't really feel the cramps much now but I'm getting what I can only describe as a mild burning (down below) which i usually get as my period arrives. So I'm more convinced than ever that I'm out this month. But holding out hope that at least one off us on this thread gets a BFP!

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 18:03

Mamaged to find a clear blue ultra early test at a different shop, and BFN! Only 10dpo so not feeling too bad about it, my boobs are a full cup size bigger today so enjoying that while it lasts!

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 14:17

@Pinkllama12 are those your regular symptoms this time in your cycle or new? 😁 I have had quite itchy nipples today which is bizarre, not sure I have ever had them before in my life! Hoping it is a random sign!

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Pinkllama12 · 27/11/2025 13:50

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 13:08

@Pinkllama12 I don't want to get your hopes up too high but I'm sure I've heard that an increase in CM can be a sign of pregnancy! Especially if you don't normally get it before a period..everyone is different, though. At least we don't have too much longer to wait now. I'm still slightly crampy, just the very faint ones you get before you period starts and they go stronger. I'm still.leaning towards thinking AF will be here by the weekend, trying to keep my mind off it with work and things.

I'm really really hoping it is a good sign but it could just be my body regulating itself after the pill. My cramps have died down quite a bit now, they were much stronger yesterday. My lower back is also a bit sore on and off. Glad you are keeping busy with work! I'm trying to aswell xxx

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Pinkllama12 · 27/11/2025 13:47

@Kayleaaa I just have mild cramps and sore nipples and lots of cm! That's about it! No very strange ones, I'm also super hungry but that's also normal for me before AF comes! 😆

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Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 13:19

Oops silly me, I have just reread everyones posts and you've all said your symptoms! Are there any odd ones? I like the ones with clingy pets! Sometimes I wonder if they can smell our hormones!

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 13:17

Thanks everyone! Was wondering what everyones symptoms are as we are all around the same dpo? Especially if one of us gets a BFP it might help track what led up to it!

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 13:08

@Pinkllama12 I don't want to get your hopes up too high but I'm sure I've heard that an increase in CM can be a sign of pregnancy! Especially if you don't normally get it before a period..everyone is different, though. At least we don't have too much longer to wait now. I'm still slightly crampy, just the very faint ones you get before you period starts and they go stronger. I'm still.leaning towards thinking AF will be here by the weekend, trying to keep my mind off it with work and things.

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 13:04

@Chocolatecustardcreamsrule sorry to hear you've not had a sticky one yet, hopefully not much longer for you! Do you know the exact brand of the ovulation strips.you use? I could do with some reliable ones!

LoopyLeela · 27/11/2025 13:02

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 10:40

Morning everyone!

Well apparently everyone in my area is testing as the pregnancy tests had been ravaged at the shops so the only ones left were cheapie 20miu test strips, so of course BFN! Would have been shocked if positive haha. I feel like there is the most shadow of a line but doesn't show on camera and I can't trust my line eyes!

If a line did appear it would only be very faint like.you deacribed so you never know! I have everything crossed foe you that it turns into a line! 🤞

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Pinkllama12 · 27/11/2025 12:38

@Kayleaaa ooohh I hope that shadow darkens! Are you going to test again soon? Fingers crossed, I'm so excited for you! 🥰
@Chocolatecustardcreamsrule hopefully the sore boobs and the cramping are good signs! My nipples are super sensitive and I keep thinking I have got my period because it feels so wet down there (sorry tmi!) Keep us updated lovely. Xx
@LoopyLeela I know, I wish I had tracked my ovulation better too...but it's tricky when coming off the pill. I'm just hoping, although I don't feel very hopeful today! I remembered I had a stitch like feeling under my ribs yesterday (could of been the day before), I wonder if it could be implantation. But no spotting. I've also had loads of cm, but who knows what that means. Cramps are less today, but my fuse is so short! I started crying because I lost my earring 😆😂

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Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 27/11/2025 12:37

@LoopyLeela yes I’m certain that they are, I know I should but I don’t and I end up with a big stack that makes me look insane. I’ve been TTC for a long time, been pregnant a few times but none that’s stuck sadly. My last was ectopic so I am a bit anxious about it.

I get the easy and home ovulation sticks they tend to be quite reliable and cheap.

@Kayleaaa oh that’s exciting fingers crossed the shadow gets darker!

Kayleaaa · 27/11/2025 10:40

Morning everyone!

Well apparently everyone in my area is testing as the pregnancy tests had been ravaged at the shops so the only ones left were cheapie 20miu test strips, so of course BFN! Would have been shocked if positive haha. I feel like there is the most shadow of a line but doesn't show on camera and I can't trust my line eyes!