2 DPO - 2WW, Who's with me?? :D

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.. Hi guys, So i'm 2DPO. Had Realllly awful cramping when i ov'd not sure if this is normal. Never been that bad before, lasted about 2 hours then i was fine. Anyway, worst part of ttc.. the dreaded 2ww!!

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Good luck joyful when are you testing?

Hey ladies - thanks for the support and sorry about yesterday. AF arrived so guess that's why I was so down.

DH and I decided to investigate adoption.

We aren't giving up on TTC but the level that it seems to effect me isn't going away. We want to give a child a life that they wouldn't otherwise have had and we're happy to adopt even if we have our own baby.

So, in an effort to take some stress away, help a baby and have a family (especially knowing that we can adopt NOW while we have a choice, as opposed to in 7 years time when we find that its a last resort), we are looking into the adoption bit as well.

It's not that I don't think we will have a baby. Its that I can't control having a baby and the pressure on that is scary. If we've not conceived in 3 months, DH will have his swimmers tested.

We're going to go away at the end of the month for our 6 months "being married and not killed each other". Will get some preseed and stuff like that and just...carry on

Thanks for all your kind words xx

Hi kicking its so normal too feel down, This TTC journey is exhausting + the fact is none of us can control are need to have babies, and when are bodies decide to play games its cruel :(

I'm so glad to hear about your adoption plans, its amazing. + i wish u all the luck in the world TTC, i really hope it happens very soon for you!

I'm in kinda the same boat u was a few days back, i have what i think r pg symptoms. Buying cheap internet tests has not helped at all, I'm getting "is that a line or not" lines :/ its all so stressful. AF is due tomorrow or Sat! (24-25 day cycle)
I think if its not happened this month im going to try my best to focus on anything besides ttc, still going too try, but not obsess! its so not healthy :(

I feel so sorry for all of us :( I'm trying so hard not to stress, but I don't know how you stop. I have tried planning things to look forward to etc...but it's always at the back of your mind.

It's so hard when you know you are doing everything you possibly can to help your chances AF concieving and then you are faced with disappointment each month. I've booked my first acupuncture session so I see that's a positive step. Good luck to everyone :)

That sounds good happily i may look into that myself. I think im going too have a bad month, when AF arrives. ive been feeling so awful im convinced its pg symptoms, just constant nausea + food is just going right through me (sorry tmi) of course it is probably a bug!! two days to go, just want it too hurry up, can't even test until tomorrow when i get payed haha!

i think we get so intense on finding pg symptoms when realistically speaking, hcg hormone is responsible for pg symptoms so if you are having symptoms, you should be testing positive.

And you can't get pg symptoms until you've implanted. Everything else is in the mind.

I had my mate in NZ and my brother last night telling me to relax and not think about it. Really? Eff off. Both of you :)

So - I am entering a half marathon, we're buying mountain bikes and looking at adoption. Anything to take our minds off the stress of TTC :)

Good luck everything! I really, really hope you get a BFP. Even though I was jealous as all hell yesterday :D xx

Aww There's nothing too be jealous of kicking, i expect AF will show, ive probably imagined symptoms + lines haha!

I do feel very off, but it could be anything. although the thought of them being pg symptoms is exiting :)

Your right though, and if this sickness is because of a pregnancy, im sure i would have had stronger lines, holding out hope + telling myself its because they where £1 tests haha!

xxx

How much squinting was done for the lines?

Are they clear "you can see it's a pink line" or is a ghost, shadow of a white line?

I was talking about my "symptom spotting" as well. Not yours. :)

I am sure you will get a BFP :D

oohh inoo, u made a good point though. + the lines do look a little coloured. Id say faint BFP OR a very good evap haha!!

Im done with these internet tests! going to wait now and buy a cb digital if im late! might even wait until Monday. AF arriving is better than spending £10 to be told your not pregnant (how depressing)

So gutted i took both tests yesterday now. Im 12DPO today, should have waited x

kicking, everything and happily welling up reading your posts. After going though so much during ttc i feel you have all come out stronger and if you can go through this then you will be able to face whatever is thrown your way. I am hoping next month is your lucky month and hope that line gets darker for you everything.

I haven't symptom spotted today, going to let nature takes its course and like you say kicking the HcG truly is the be all and everything else is in our mind, madly, crazily wishing its a pg symptom.

Thankyou red :) when are you testing?

while where all busy looking for symptoms we sometimes for get no symptoms at all is a symptom aswel haha there's hope for everyone :)

DH has asked me to wait till I am atleast 5 days late before testing - which makes it June 1st.

Personally I think hes crazy and I will not be waiting that long, will wait till I am 2 days late at the max.

Also another mental note I have made is any signs of strong nausea near AF date and I will be POAS.

And and joyful - they say the first day of bleed is CD1.

I didn't know that but then - I don't think it would have made too much of a difference.

I must admit - snotting and bawling yesterday and my DH is fabulous. I've married an absolute gem. He says the right things, he was working from home and had tidied and done the washing and was cooking a lovely meal when I got home from work and spent the night bawling into his yummy, muscly chest. sigh Love him :D

red - if you're pregnant - it won't go anywhere :D

I think the trouble with testing on AF due date or a couple days afterwards means that we can always blag reasons for why (if it is!) a negative.

waiting 5 days will virtually guarantee that the test will be correct. Also, it reduces the chance that if you implant late and you have a chem pg, then you won't really know about it...

I am kind of going to try that. I am also going to try very hard to not symptom spot (because I no longer really believe in that). And I am going to put something in the 2ww that will take my mind off it. Going to try. Going. To. Try. Going....to....try

drinking loads and loads of gin in a tempting fate type of way?

red is nausea around AF a good sign? had it myself since yesterday on and off. AF due tomorrow or Sat! I'm getting ahead of myself here:o

• i totally agree waiting is the best, but its almost impossible, for me anyway haha! i am behaving now though and waiting. like u said kicking if its a viable pregnancy its not going anywhere :)

DH tried to feed me duck and he nearly got it back all over his shoes. Never had that response to it.

:D

Did u say AF got you kicking ?? x

Yep. AF arrived in all it's painful glory last night. :D

Sorry kicking i was lost for a minute, with your comment about the duck, thought that was a symptom spotting haha xxx

I think I am going to take nausea as a strong sign. CM as I have discovered is unreliable, Cramping could mean indigestion, sore boobs could be AF symptom, but throwing nausea into the mix surely must be a sign!!

And I can't remember the last time I felt nauseous (except for this one time in my childhood where I was on a merry-go-around for 30mins!) oh and all hangovers excluded too because I am not drinking till my AF arrives.

I like your suggestion of doing something while we wait kicking so I am going to try and read a book - probably some thriller as long as it doesn't mention babies!

everything i don't think this self-imposed ban on symptom spotting will last long, when I am near AF I will be same as you if not worse! waiting to hear some BFP news from you though :)

If you're nauseous, TEST DAMMIT! It would be one of those symptoms inspired by pregnancy hormone!

Ive never got nauseas for no reason, not even when ive been ill really, i just throw up. its just strange how it comes + goes. but surely too early?
Its just so frustrating at the moment, im not getting my hopes up!

i never get symptoms before AF, and never did when pg with DS, except the morning diarrea i was really lucky never had sickness through out or sore boobs etc.

I don't no what too think! im not to put off by the dodgy tests, maybe i implant late or something, with DS i took test on the day AF was due + the line was not bold as u would expect was pretty faint! can't wait too try a digital this time haha! xxx