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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I heard the laptop thing is bad for men. It's meant to be ok for laydees though?

Fingers crossed for the next test. When you doing it?

@ Aday - i too have the funny 'ovulation'/tugging/scratchy pains and Im pretty sure I had these when pg before (the things we can convince ourselves with!!) I also have very veiny/tingly nipples but am discounting these as have had them constantly since 1st got pg in jan :( . My boobs are also a wee bit sore which, for me, doesn't bode well for AF next week but I'm going to stay positive and try to ignore them. When's everyone testing? Who's first?

I have been testing. I got a BFN this morning but it's 3 days still until AF.

I guess I may as well test every day until Sunday?

Then console myself with wine?

Hi Kicking 3 days before is still really early - you're not out yet! I'd keep testing but maybe leave it 2 days as HCG is meant to double approx every 48 hours. I know easier said than done! What tests have you been using? If internet cheapies, I find they don't show until way after, where as Superdrug/ FRER & Clearblue will pick up earlier (but not necessarily 3 days early). Goodluck! x

I am using the Boots tests. Its driving me dilly!! But thanks for you replies. They are helping to calm the madness

Thanks Countrykitty

Yeah aday the battery dies, but i would deffinatly take a pic to put in memory box;) haha!! - and oohh, fx for you.

Hi kicking i have a 25day cycle + ov on day 11. i get the clear stretchy discharge for a good 4-5days or longer before ov, litrally the day i come of my period i get ov symptoms, been using opk's i got a positives on CD 9 + 10 then they went lighter and negitive, so guessing it would have been CD11, the cramps gave it away! fx for you too.

gillinthesticks i have everything crossed for you exept my legs of course ;).. + atleast if this isnt your month you will have a fabulous night, I might join you on wednesday + see what i get i really shouldn't haha! i will be 11DPO, could go either way :)

kicking- I know this will be hard but if you could maybe hold of, poas for 3days completely then use fmu sunday morning? good luck, ooh could be are 1st BFP! don't be put off that u haven't got BFP 3 days before, ino people who haven't until a week or two after AF :/ its not over until she shows herself :o

Hi everything what kind of opk do you use? never used them before but might give them a go next month. Hhmm..

• after Missed AF should i say!!

Ive only used Cheapy 1s i buy them from amazon, thought they where aload of rubish at 1st, as the day they came there i was straight in the loo testing getting a negative, was so sure i was ovulating, but a day later i got my positive, recently learnt that some of the time all these ov symptoms actualy happen before hand + when everythings settled the eggy makes it way down, think thats y they are a goof idea, because u never no for sure :)

Thanks everything In two minds. Used to have regular 25 day cycles with 12 day LP. However, although cycle length has remained as before, I'm really not sure about LP and concerned that it is shorter. I had all the ovulation signs straight after my AF and then again about a week later so no idea this cycle really...

No problem, i would suggest giving them a try maybe :) there only cheap + pretty reliable. im glad i did now, i thought i was ovulating a couple days before i actualy was, and those few days could make all the difference this month(im hoping) :) xx

How about forgetting opk & just DTD every other night for 3 weeks!! Might be less hassle (Only kidding - with a toddler I'm lucky if i've got energy for once )

Just marked Thursday next week in diary as poas day - a small personal challenge i think...can I actually wait that long?? (AF would be due about Weds) or maybe i'll join you gillinthesticks & everything - strength in numbers maybe?! :) x

Thats a fab idea goody - let's test together ;) + your right, if opk's r to much hassle just go for it every two-three days x

Yeh - apparently more shagging is just the way forward. My DH was concerned that we hadn't "done it" enough but I think we managed every day for the week before. I had CM and ovulation spotting on the 1 May - we didn't DTD the day before, but DTD on the night of the 1 May. Then I was away for work for the 2 May and we DTD on the 3rd May.

I am hoping the "sperm" survival rate is correct though. And if you have ovulation spotting, perhaps you have already ovulated?

I also read that ovulation temp increase means you have already ovulated so it's not reliable?

Hi kickingup im not sure about temps, never done them myself. The only thing ive read (not sure if true) is when you stop getn the slippy discharge etc, thats most likely when u ov, once the symptoms have died down! some say the sperm can live upto 5-7days, but realistically they think 3-4days, which is why DTD every 3days should mean theres sperm available whenever u ovulate!

Did u temp or use opk's this month?

xx

Yeh I think it's easier to keep to 3 days sperm survival rate. I err on the side of the lower number.

I don't do temps actually. They seem to be fairly unreliable as I read that once you pick up the temp spike, you have already ovulated.

I use OPK's but they also don't seem to be 100% reliable. I ovulate but they don't pick it up. I use the CM / ovulation / DTD every day or second day theory from CD7 - CD19 ish.
The LH spike can apparently last for 3 -4 hours, so most of the time it can be missed.

Your ment too detect the surge then ovulate 12-36hours after , this is what instructions on mine say, and seemed accurate for me, i have positive opk last thursday night and through friday then woke up with cramps saturday morning, and opk's where negative, also opk's detect the surge but dont necesarily mean u have actualy ovulated :( but hoping i am, seems like it. i just dtd asoon as AF eases off then every two-three days, think i dont it 4-5days straight around ovulation, really don't no how i couldnt be pg this time, surely would be impossible not to be haha. but are bodys arnt that simple.

have u had any symptoms? i do love symptom spotting :o haha xx

I've had loads of weird hormonal things - my husband reckons I have a darkening line around my nipples, loads of CM, heat, swollen nether regions, thirsty all the time, pressure feeling, bigger breasts - one never knows though.

All right about the surge but detecting the LH can be difficult. The surge itself may only last a couple hours at least so if you miss that, your OPK won't pick up the LH surge. If it does pick it up, then you ovulate 12 - 36 hours later and all that.

Have you had symptoms?

Hi, im with you on DTD EOD. If you don't do this then no matter what your temps, opk's tell you, you won't get pg! In the past EWCM has always worked well for us. But think will try either temp / opk's next month.

All my 'symptoms' have vanished so feeling distinctly un-hopeful (is that a word?!) Statistically I know I'm in for a bit of a wait but.... so want a BFP this month!

What age are all you girlies? DH & I are both 31. Last successful conceptions were at 22 & 25! Sounds really young I know! Not sure what difference age will make this time round.

Symptoms today anyone???

I am still very thirsty. I thought the thirstiness had gone but I woke up lots last night - I even sucked ice to try get rid of the parched feeling. My DH said I am peeing like a racehorse :D

kicking that all sounds so promising :o

countrykitty ive heard that no symptoms are a symptom confusing right!!

Im a little younger, had DS at 18.

i have no symptoms either, exept eating more but i always do that a week before AF is due ..

i also caved this morning and took a cheapy, couldn't resist with 15 sitting under the bed any ways- nada as expected!
... then caved again when DS went to bed, + got a lovely evap!! i hate those things.
Im going to behave now though, im only 6-7DPO

How are you all this evening??

Hi all,

Lots of good signs for those on 2ww!

Not much to report here because I'm still not well. Have no sense of taste or smell thanks to being so congested. Been a week now of not being able to taste food which is horrid.

Had a dizzy spell getting DD into the car last night and the only slight odd thing is that my cm is really heavy. It's normally only like that when I'm taking the pill... very strange.

I had breast implants about 10 years ago and was one of those unfortunate girls who lost all the feeling in the nipples aswell as the breast so tenderness etc would never be a symptom for me either. Although they did look different when I got out of the bath tonight... but they I generally don't study them that closely so they could be the same as always...

Anyway 9DPO tomorrow so we will see if I notice anything else...

Good luck girls!

Hi aday sounds like u have a few little symptoms maybe :) Ive started getting mild cramps tonight around the lower stomach + back, nothing exiting though, i could just be inventing them as i read earlier implantation would take place around now:o

Do keep us updated, suprisingly this last week has gone quite quickly for me, AF should or should not, should i say;) show in 8days!!

getting a little exited now :) have a good feeling about this month for us all!!