Who is joining me on the hideous 2ww?

[LauraM20]

Hey All!
Im currently on CD 20 so around 8-10 days until the AF arrives or I can test :D Just thought there may be some others that are waiting and driving themselves crazy! Thought we could hopefully share our BFP within the next few weeks, and keep each other sane! :D

I'm out. AF arrived early this morning. What a bitch she is

Getting sharp pains all day just below my belly button. I've convinced myself it's implantation pain but it's probably wind

Sorry it didn't happen for you this month JNO18 / Hope next month is the one!

Okay, so when is the earliest we can realistically expect to get a bfp then??? Is everyone waiting until after af is due?

I don't know if I can bear to wait that long

Elle x

I can't wait, it's impossible! Just used my last test 10dpo and ended up turning it this way and that for ten minutes thinking there was the slightest hint of half a line Fool! I'm going to find it hard to wait until new batch of tests arrive from eBay.

It's so easy to become obsessed

Congrats Winnie!!!!!!
I have all crossed for you in the next few as you have tests to be done!
Laura - I'm embracing your laid back attitude. I'm forgetting about getting pregnant and I'm going to enjoy having great sex with my hubby and if I get pregnant that's an extra bonus!!!!!
My running theme this month now AF has gone
Lay back and enjoy the ride!!!!

Hi girls.

AF is due on Wednesday. I am finding it very difficult not to POAS. The only thing holding me back is I only have one test, and if I use it and it's a BFN and AF appears on time then it is my own fault for wasting it by tempting fate. Arrgh. This TWW thing sucks.

goes to lie down in a dark room

I'm due Wed too! Think I'm out tbh but the cramps etc have died down in favour of a stinking head cold.
The TWW seriously sucks.

I hate the fact that I am usually a rational intelligent human being but the TWW makes me a google/naff american website addict.

Working from home is a bad bad thing during the TWW,
hours of work done today = 2
hours faffing around on web = 5

Right off to walk to postbox as legitimate work task so I've done at least one productive thing to tell DH when he gets home

PreHeatedOven are you waiting until Wednesday to test, or going to try and hold out a bit longer? I'm thinking I'll wait until Saturday (not very realistic, will probably crack tomorrow).

I cracked at 9dpo! Bfn I am such a fool. I knew it was be of course!
This TWW also makes me slightly mad.

I think I'll test Wed tbh. I salute you for even thinking of waiting until Sat

Ok, so I popped into Superdrug to get some toothpaste, and picked up another packet of tests. Have probably jinxed everything now, but will try and hold out until Wednesday.

Hi all,

I was a bit too depressed to come back into the thread for a little while after AF came this cycle....but have pulled myself together now!

Starting on again this month, CM-detecting hat on, trying not to feel anxious (it feels like such a bloody shot in the dark!), DH being awesome, trying not to get scared and just going to focus on DTD every other day. Though I do have some OV sticks and used a couple just to get a sense of what a "positive" line looks like.

Oh who am I kidding...I'm so anxious! It's so hard not to feel like EVERYTHING rides on this month :(

Massive congratulations to those with BFPs, and commiserations to those with BFNs.

Hey betty welcome back and :(

I agree with everything you've said - I keep on trying to be 'breezy' outwardly but am completely distracted and anxious.

Spent a lot of this weekend with my parents who don't know but are hoping that we are ttc which I found tricky. I have a real fear of failure thing so feel like the more people who know, the more people we are letting down - silly I know! Doesn't help that my brother is in a relationship that makes me feel sick it's so wrong where he won't have children so am feeling pressure from that too! It's really crazy as my parents really don't put pressure on us for anything so it's totally me putting pressure on myself :(

Anyway not sure why I felt the need to vent all that here but hope no one minds...

Hey!
Welcome back betty wondered were my cycle buddy had gone!! I feel the sane although I'm trying to be more chilled this month I think I'm fooling myself, I feel fine now-cone the tww il be an sypmton spotting mess! I think that's just the way you end up when you want something so badly! :) but I'm going to keep busy and fill my tww up with lots of fun things to take ny mind of it!

I too have not told anyone we are ttc, didn't want anyone to know it's hard not having people to take to about it though, but I do have an amazing best friend who struggled to concieve herself she can will let me go on for ages!! X

ImpatientOne and Laura - muchos hugs all round :) Of course we can vent, go crazy, weep over time...passing...so...damn...slowly, share our irrationalities :o

I feel exactly what you're both feeling...I'm so scared we're going to miss the window of opportunity, like it's this goddamn golden moment that i never even knew existed!

And then I think of all the people that have conceived, all the ones that took a couple of months, all the ones that took years, and I tell myself - and you - that it will be OK :) It will.

:) thanks betty

Hi ladies - i also had to go away for a sulk but am back stronger and just thinking in it for another month!
Do you Ladies think we should do a stats on when AF is due so we can hold hands when we are in the 2ww?

CMB - 35 - AF 17th Jan.

i know others came on same day as me but cant remember who!
Cut and paste and let see dont want to add Feb date for i wont get my AF this month me and DH will try EOD in a few days times!

Hi Countmyblessings - of course! I'll try, my numbers are a bit all over the place :) Plus, I'm really not confident of what I'm doing!

AF was Jan 16-19

Last cycle was 33 days, the one before 27 so I'm genuinely not too sure of Ov time. I think it's any time between Jan 29 and Feb 3.

Next AF - again, depending on cycle, could be any time between 11th and 16th Feb.

Bleurgh.

Hi can I join you please. TTC baby no 2 for 3 1/2 years, in that time 4 m/c. On cd20 of 28/29 cycle. Had a lap and dye in November and dr said I stand the best chance of conceiving within next 6-9 months. Have had some really strong symptoms the last few days but know I'm probably setting myself up for a fall. Good luck to you all ladies, TTC is such a head f**k :(

waves to Alibobster Come on in!

Ladies, please help me - I need to stop being a crazy lady, and take some pressure off my husband! Bit of background:

He's a personal trainer; naturally it's a really physical job. He is also currently training for a martial arts fight next Saturday. He's training after his last clients, so usually finishes up around 10-10.30pm. It's a 50 minute commute home. Sometimes he's also in the gym for 7am. These last few weeks, we're both averaging about five hours sleep a night.

At some point next week, leading up to the fight, I will be ovulating. He's being a total sweetheart, telling me not to fret. I've tried not to mention it - I want his focus to be on his fight. I feel so selfish. It's not the end of the world if it's not this month. But at the same time, it does feel like that! I can't take the disappointment.

I tend to stay up until he's home...I figured the best way to support him is to have good training food ready, an Epsom salt bath prepared, happy to massage his aching muscles. I want him to do the best he can do, and these are the practical things I can assist with. I'm not too concerned about my own lack of sleep...it won't always be this way, and maybe it's good training for baby time ;) He is getting in power naps in the gym's massage room throughout the day but mentally, his focus should not be on baby-making right now. He jokes about how relaxing it is to "sex me" (hahahahahaha!) and he's so sweet about it but I'm just all....meh. Trying to be a good wife, putting him first because this is one month out of so many. But god. It's hard not to just be really selfish :(

Hello Alibobster :)

Regarding stats I am currently 8dpo and AF due 29th Jan (Sunday) although I usually spot for a couple of days first (sorry tmi ) so am very much in the TWW and should naturally know by Friday - am quite proud of myself that I haven't tested yet Actually think I'm out, really got backache and cramps today which is why I resisted using one of my enormous stash of tests this morning.

Just for background I stopped Cerazette in July 2011 (had no AF while on it) and cycles settled by about October but I was getting quite a lot of pain through the month. As I have always had period related constipation and was on pill for managing period pains from being a teenager Dr queried endometriosis, I've had an ultrasound and seen consultant who thought it probably wasn't although offered an exploratory op. Was told that this would interfere with ttc and recommended continuing ttc for 6-12 months and review options - I was happy with this as want to avoid unnecessary hospital admission and GA. Anyway I am feeling these cramps during TWW but while I hope it's implantation etc it could well be something else :(

Difficult situation betty so you have a very exact idea of when you ovulate? It might be worth trying OPKs to pinpoint it and then you would be more sure of when he needs to "sex" you ?? I totally wore my DH out this month which is very unusual as when we moved in together he informed me that we would be dtd at least 3 times a day ... And now he doesn't want to do it in case we've been successful! His words where - "so if you're pregnant does that mean I become a monk?" Bless!

Hahaha, sorry if I have embarrassed anyone

I'm not totally sure of the exact day. I will PO lots of sticks towards the end of this week (have about twenty!). So I guess we're just going to go for every day next week, starting towards the end of this week. If he's exhausted for his fight, oh well :(

Then I tie myself up in knots because I read in Taking Charge....that it's better to have fresh swimmers awaiting, so every other day?

Oh, I don't know! Every day seems best, so - so be it!

IO - I also came off Cerazette in September. Very best of luck. Crossing all my fingers and toes for a BFP!

Can I join you ladies please?

AF due in one week, have had the heavy feeling low down and feeling slightly tired and nauseous and have had horrible lower back ache (can happen in the first few weeks if it's not your first dc apparently)

Have a ds who is 18 mo and this is first proper month of ttc no. 2

Hate waiting! Symptom spotting like crazy and have a preg test ready and waiting in the drawer.

Pregnancy tests arrived this morning, and so did some spotting . I ran upstairs to test and it was negative and since AF is due in the next few days I'm guessing that we didn't manage to make a baby this month. But you know what it's like, I'll be still hoping and testing right up to, and a little bit beyond, AF arriving Ah well...

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting to find out!

south you never know, don't give up hope yet!

Quick ques, is everyone still dtd throughout the 2ww? We've been dtd every other day since my AF stopped but thought we should carry on right upto AF due just in case I ovulate late!