waiting to test...

[broodywantcoilout]

...was going 2 wait til end of the week 2 test with my 1st response....BUT I CANT HOLD OUT THAT LONG!!!
have taken the advice of someone on another thread i read a few days ago and gone out and brought a couple of superdrug cheapy ones that i can pee on 2 my hearts content (sort of!), and unless 1 shows up as positive (here's hoping) will save more expensive 1 for end of week-or longer IF i can manage it!
so.... here's waiting til i next need 2 go, and will b taking my special little gadget with me...
wish me luck

yep yep! like i said i haven't even OVd yet and i've tested twice!
(slinks off to find amazon deal!)

Hi all, hope your all doing well and the days are flying by!!!!.

I just popped on as I really wanted to share this site with you www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancytest/ very helpful (and reassuring) in realtion to testing/ early testing. I stupidly tested today even though I knew it would be negative as AF not due for another 8-9 days and now Im quite upset, that said the site really helped so have a look.

Can I ask a ridiciously stupid question please? I know I should be aware of these things but Im rubbish at telling when I ovulate etc and just guess basically, in that I have a very regular cycle - always same lenght. So I take it that I ovulate around day 14 as a general rule of thumb.

Its just about counting the length of cycle (I know this is silly) Im trying to figure out if mine is 28 days (as I always thought) or 29 days (now that Im overthinking things way too much) e.g Im due next Wednesday the 22nd, should they come, thats obviously day 1 of my next cycle but I was counting it as also day 29 of my last cycle, if that makes sense?? So Tuesday would be day 28, if I get my period on Weds is that day 29 and day 1 or is it just day one and I have a 28 day cycle???? (trying to figure out earliest I can test) ...oh... [sigh]... Im probably not making any sense.. sorry for rambling.

i'm sorry but i have no idea when i ovulate or exactly how length of cycle is measured-useless i know! will check out the site soon, thanks!
i'm sure ive seen titles to other threads re working out when u ovulate-talking about basal temps or something, and ones 4 ppl who use the ovulation kits 2 measure. may b worth have=ing a little hunt around 4 those?

Well it's definately not implantation bleeding. I'm gutted! I'll just have to hope things are timed well another month and hopefully be able to try again.

Good luck to everyone

xx

Oh Im so sorry Thinking I know how disappointing it is. Oh well, as you said, theres always next month and will have my fingers crossed for you!!!!

Broody Im actually delighted to hear Im not the only one!!!! felt a little silly being so clueless but in a way, think Im better off not getting too obsessed and relaxing. Thanks though .

Another question? and waaay too much info (sorry) but I have a scant, light brown discharge today which I cant remember ever having before (well other than the day or 2 before I went into labour with ds), does this mean anything at all?

Ooooh I hate this waiting, its horrible being in limbo and that negative test really pissed me off...

Actually whens everyone testing?? (or planning on trying to hold out until )

sorry thinking11, did u do a test, or just give up hope for this month?
i also tested (with 1 the dr gave me) yesterday, even tho on af, but was a bfn :-/ as you said, theres always next month!
barbieloves ken, i have no idea wether the discharge means anything, my periods have been all over the place lately tho, and during a 1 or 2 week break between them just over a month ago i had a bit of spotting and also some reddy brown streaks in some discharge (sorry if tmi), which id never had b4. but unfortunately myn was nothing 2 do with falling pregnant :-( , tho i have heard that 4 many ppl is implantation bleeding?

love the link barbielovesken ! found sum gr8 stuff on there!

Hello,

Thanks for the link Barbie, gives me something else to do while waiting!

Here is a link for you in return.

www.fertilityfriend.com/

You will find out all about how to count your days properly and how to tell exactly when you are ovulating (day 14 is the average but we are all individuals and you may be ovulating on a different day)

good luck!

mummyabroad that site is absolutely brilliant, had heard of it before but didnt realise it did a wee chart for individuals of fertile days etc.. has really helped me - thank you so much!!!

How is everyone today? how is the "wait" going for you all?

I am convinced Im pregnant. Which is probably a really bad thing as I may only face disappointment but I think Im going to be really, really suprised if Im not.

I have a strong heavy, stretching type feeling in the bottom of my stomach for the past few days, am very tired (but then I usually am!!) and the biggest one for me, I sobbed uncontrollably for about 10 minutes this evening for absolutely no reason whatsoever - (I know this probably makes me sound insane!). Thing is, when I was pregnant with ds (and didnt know it yet) I burst into tears in a restaurant in front of dh and grandmother, had to leave table to gather myself, when I came back dh laughed and said "your pregnant" to which I replied "yep, I know" and I was.

Same with dd, I was away with work in a hotel in Dublin when I phoned dh and cried for ages for no reason - had no idea I was pregnant and I was.

Oh, Im really just over thinking things now, arent I? talk about obsessive . Again, I could be wrong, it is very early, considering AF is not due til this day next week. Damn 2ww - I hate being in limbo, Id rather just know either way!!!!!

Anyone else still having strange symptoms?

Oooh the only thing is though (meant to add), I think we dtd at the wrong time, in that I always thought you dtd to get pregnant on the day you ovulated (we did) but now with all my obsessing, I've now realised we should have in the 3 days before ovulation. We dtd days 9,14 and 17 (sorry tmi) so think we must have got it completely wrong as according to everything Im reading lately we should have on days 11, 12 and 13.

That said, came across my little pocket diary for last year and we conceived ds on day 10.

Ah confused!! ignore my long ramblings!! am just thinking outloud really.

Hope alls well

wow. well things r sounding positive 4 u then!!
my 'period' pretty much stopped yesterday, just came on for an hour or so yesterday morning, and today i just had sum brownish yuk,usually lasts 4 7days do u think its worth testing again?how long do u think i should wait?
symptoms include.... feeling a pressure in my lower tummy, usually feeling queesy, certain smells making me feel ill, tummy pains, extremely tired, sometimes going lightheaded/dizzy....
how desperate do i sound?!!
barbielovesken - ur 'ramblings' r gr8! Sounds like the perfect symptom 2 me! who needs a pregnancy test?!

Aw thanks broody - your so sweet.

Sounds like a huge amount of symptoms your experiencing at the minute!!!. Just bear with me while I get this straight - how long exactly (in days) did this "period" last and (sorry if too personal but I think at this stage on this thread we dont have any secrets ) would you usually experience this brownish yuk during a period or like me, just normal blood for the duration of period? also - how much brownish yuk? is the same amount as the normal blood you would expect to loose during a period or is it spots and bits of it?

normal perios-5days of heavyish bright red turning into a day of brown/red then a day of brown getting lighter day 6/7-but none stop for 7days

this one-started 'normal'ly,-red heavyish for 2days. then nothing that night or early the next morning, late yesterday morning started again (red)for an hour or so, then nothing until late this afternoon, with some brown in pad (not v.v.light, more like day 6 of normal cycle). brown when wipe. just a spot last couple of hours.

haha thats waaay tmi!!...but u did ask..

sorry, its just soooo confusing, i've prob just spent waay 2 much time looking in2 it on the net! this is not how i'd chat away to a friend face to face! crazy eh

so frustrating
if not pregnant then perhaps theres something else wrong
but if am possibly pregnant, when should i test?
so confused!
barbielovesken how long left til u can test?

Hmm... it sounds really strange, but Im trying to be very careful and not get your hopes up if Im honest. Im not sure if it sounds like too much for implantation bleeding? but then all your symptoms are really looking like something... I just read the "can you be pregnant and have a period test" so judging from that, cant be completely ruled out. Oh God, Im no help at all!! I dont know.

You probably should just test, as then you'll have your answer and you can start again if it is negaitive. I would presume that if your "period" started 4 days ago (even if its not your actual period) you'd be ok to test at any time now, as usually you should on the day your period is due or the days after - and your there.

Im not due til next Wednesday but there isnt a hope Ill last that long. I really should try ideally. I might try Sunday on a first response but Im just worried about testing to early, receiving a negative.

I know, it is so frustrating!! You poor thing.

aaaaagggh I am only 6 days past ovulation and testing already! I know its completely pointless but I just cant help myself!

testing...its like an addiction. we should do the tests 4 their statistics when they're testing the tests!!!

Think I'll stop lurking and join in... 2WW really is quite hard. When we were TTC DD1 I knew I was pregnant the moment AF was late (she was always on time!), so I actually didn't test for a week afterwards as I was 100% certain.

I'm still feeding DD1 but AF came back for the first time in August and we immediately started TTC :o . If I go by my usual/old cycle dates AF was due on Mon or Tue, but I am loathe to test yet as I'd rather get AF than a BFN. I have no idea if AF is going to be a bit wonky as she has only just started to appear again. Should I make the 2WW into a 3WW?

i'm going to go test now... wish me luck!

bfn :'( id completely convinced myself that i was :'(

sorry broody how about cheering yourself up with some pate/running egg/glass of wine?

Hi runnyeggsareyummy you have just made me
a) yearn for a runny egg
b) wonder whether this hunger/craving combo is another symptom!

'fraid I dont know anything about TTC while breastfeeding. Are you temping or checking cervix/CM? I just started doing that this month and feel pretty confident I timed ovulation and (ahem)bonking, sorry scientific term escapes me right now.

now i just need to stay sane for the next two weeks. much harder than I first thought...

i conceived my 2nd while still breastfeeding dd. just knew that i was pregnant. had 2 periods in between dd and ds (due to not having any while breastfeeding lots) so wasnt 100% sure of dates af was due, but tested on the day i though it would b-bfp. can still remember that feeling. a few weeks later stopped bf #1 as didnt want 2 confuse my body and she was about 7-8months old then.
it is possible
so good luck!

p.s. have just ordered a pack of 25 cheapy 'ultra early tests' from amazon-about £4-bargain!!

Boooo, joing you broody with a BFN :( . I was really quite disappointed, hmph. I guess breastfeeding is still messing with my body.

No am not temping or checking cervix, don't want to go down that route, there madness lies... Do tentatively check CM but seems a bit all over the place TBH! Think I might stop TTC and restart when AF is back properly with regular gaps. Otherwise will convince myself I'm pregnant ever month!