TTC / TWW Feb March 2026

@hopeful4us Sorry about the BFN ☹️ waiting until Saturday sounds a good plan. Hope you enjoy the holiday! Are you off somewhere sunny? Feels like endless rain here at the moment!

@Flataf To be honest, I can’t see anything on those tests. But you are still soooooo early!! The earliest I’ve ever seen a squinter is day 8 post ovulation, and it only became a definite line which could be seen without squinting at day 10 post ovulation. If you are only day 6/7 post ovulation you could easily be pregnant but the test not able to pick it up yet.

Bfn this morning. Trying not to feel too disheartened as it's possible I'm still too early to test (approx 9dpo?) but thinking I'm probably out this month. Will wait and test again on Saturday if AF doesn't show.

@Sa11yCinnamon if AF does show, it'll be just as we go on holiday! Such rubbish timing for us both - hopefully a good chance to relax though

Feeling a tad lost if I’m honest.. just not used to this tww thing❗️

6/7dpo breasts and nipples feel like they were gotten with a grater..very bloated and odd pulling cramps 🤞it’s a good one. Post bbt chart later

Thank you! If this cycle is unsuccessful I'll make an appointment. I hope you ovulate soon and best of luck.🤞🏻

@hopeful4us good luck for tomorrow. 🤞🏻

AF predicted this weekend. No sign of any symptoms but still holding out hope. Planning to test tomorrow, if bfn then I'll wait until AF arrives

Sorry to hear about the BFN @Sa11yCinnamon . And what rubbish timing for your weekend away!

@Jhm88 I’ve also got PCOS which gives me stupidly long cycles. I’m on cycle day 40, no sign of ovulation or my period yet. It’s so frustrating. I’ve just bought some ovulation tests as im determined not miss the window this cycle like I did last cycle! So completely sympathise with you about the irregular cycles causing problems!

Im sure the doctor would be sympathetic? PCOS makes losing weight so hard! Starting off with doing bloods day 2/21 to test for ovulation would be a good start.

I’ve never taken any medicine to help with ovulation so can’t really help there, sorry. But my GP said she was very happy to prescribe medicine to help with ovulation if I needed it so I hope your GP would be helpful too.

I swear our bodies love to mess with us. 🤦🏻‍♀️I thought I had the timing well last cycle, eventhough I was confused about wtf my BBT was doing I had some hope. Well, my average cycle length of 32/33 decided to be 28 days instead! So if I am ovulating, it was probably earlier than I thought and missed the best chances. I'm just hoping that means my BBT wasn't showing ovulation for that reason as I didn't start temping until CD10?? If not, I fear I just didn't ovulate. I have PCOS. Onto 7th cycle now and just stopped bleeding a couple of days ago. I'm over 35, so gotta start thinking about visiting the doctor for help. I'm significantly overweight, so I know they're going to tell me to lose weight and unsure if they'll even help me in the meantime. So I'm deciding between keep trying naturally for a while, while I try to lose weight or make a doctor's appointment sooner than later. Anyone have any of experience or anything with this? :)

BFN here so will definitely have my period for my sexy weekend away 🤦🏻‍♀️

@ClaireF992 I’ve just ordered the easy at home ones from Amazon. Have seen them recommended on here a lot so fingers crossed they are good!

@tiutinkerbell Sorry to hear about the arrival of AF! Always a tough day ☹️

Sorry to hear about more BFN’s. I’ve just about got over my period and going to move on to the next cycle! My cycle was so short last month, I ovulated at CD16 but AF showed CD24… but I have had quite a lot of emotional stress / grief last month so when I’ve looked online it says that cortisol reduced progesterone which likely made me bleed sooner.
I wanted to ask… What’s everyone’s favourite ovulation tests? I’ve been using Clear Blue Advanced but they’re really expensive and I feel like this is going to go on for a while so can’t afford to keep buying them every cycle. I did do bbt for a while but it stopped me sleeping because I was stressing about waking up and temping so I can’t do that!

Oh no, I'm sorry @tiutinkerbell x

Well my hope was crushed when my period decided to arrive on 8DPO anyways in full force, while on a plane! Sigh! Hope everyone has better luck than me this week.

@LucyCL I remember you from previous threads! Welcome back 😊 I'm also TTC#2. Is this your first cycle second time around?

Hello, I was trying for baby No.1 in 2024. After 1 early miscarriage (march 24) and 1 chemical pregnancy (april 24), I joined mumsnet and found courage again to continue the journey. Now I am back and now trying for baby No. 2. I'd like to say good luck to the ones who are still waiting in 2WW and who are trying to conceive. I also want to say congratulations to the ones who found out that they were pregnant. Today is CD 19 for me and I am happy to be back. : )

It’s strange. I only remember it from when I was pregnant with my first. I started bleeding today though so it’s not that for me this time

Has anyone else ever had bright blue veins appear across their entire body during their cycle? I have never noticed it before but since Friday I have had this across my boobs, arms, legs and tummy

Good luck to those about to test!!

@Anya23i was just in time for a train so no test bought! Will see if AF comes tomorrow.

Hmmm so I've just had brownish pink spotting all day, period not due for 4ish more days... Im 10 or 11 dpo. Never had a shorter luteal phase than 14 solid days, but seems too late for implantation bleeding? Not sure what to think. Tested negative yesterday, haven't bothered today as I assumed i'm out. What would you think?