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looking for 2ww buddies - due feb 26

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victoria401 · 14/02/2014 12:58

Hi! I'm feeling lucky this month after dtd lots and at the right time! I'm 33 and been ttc #1 since Dec 2012! I need some news!

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PotentiallyLethalMarshmallow · 16/02/2014 22:13

Do any of you know, is it a good sign to have a pain deep in the lower back/ upper bum area? I read one old thread which said that is a good sign of hormones changing around the time of implantation, but then another said this pain means endometriosis

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victoria401 · 16/02/2014 22:23

Do you mean internally or externally if you get my meaning? I seem to get lower back pain when I'm ovulating and I have it now actually. Hope it does mean implantation too! What's your story?

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victoria401 · 17/02/2014 08:04

Woke up this morning with a really hurty tummy :-( feels like I'm full of air and its stuck in various places! Sorry tmi!

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PotentiallyLethalMarshmallow · 17/02/2014 11:02

TTC number 3. My DH was having health problems, so we postponed TTC for a few years, but now I am worrying that I am too old. My pain is internal, and deep. Hoping it is some helpful hormone surge!

Hazelbrowneyes · 17/02/2014 11:02

I seem to have cramps for most of my cycle which is a bit annoying. They move as well - sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes sharp, sometimes a dull ache. Ho hum.

EmilyPinkOrBlue · 17/02/2014 11:04

Hi Victoria how's u? Sorry to hear about your painful belly I had period style cramps yesterday enough to make me spend all day on the sofa. Which is most unlike me I only get cramps when on day one or two of my period. I don't seem to have them today though just feel very aware of that area like any twinges etc but it's probably my mind playing tricks on me! 5dpo I wish the days would hurry up so I can do a test!!

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victoria401 · 17/02/2014 12:50

Hi Emily, still got the weird trapped windy discomfort since 6.30am! But don't feel the need to "release" any! I'm 6 dpo now so could technically be implantation. We were due to start fertility tests soon so DH hoping I am pg this month so he doesn't have to use his little sterile pot, hahaha! He went on the 3wk waiting list for a SA last Wed. Dr thinks there is no point testing me as I have regular cycles and seem to ovulate every month. I'm having a hormone profile done this Wed anyway.

How old are you guys? Im 33 (34 in April) and DH is 36 in May. Ttc #1 since Dec 2012.

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EmilyPinkOrBlue · 17/02/2014 13:41

Fingers crossed then that this is THE month all done naturally rather than having to undergo tests which can be stressfull I imagine.
I'm 24 and my fiancé is 27 we are both June birthdays. We only made the decision to try for a child on 6th February!! Very precise I know but I had just finished my period, it's been something I've wanted to do for about a year and half, we have been together 5.5 years and it just felt like the right moment in time, everything seemed to fall into place. We didn't need words just emotions and nature took over. A very romantic moment :)

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victoria401 · 17/02/2014 15:28

Aww how lovely :-) it wasnt romantic for us! We have been together 8 years, married 6. I just kinda told hubby I'm having my implant out and I'd like a baby please! I guess my clock was ticking! I won him over eventually as he said he likes our life as it is. I said there needed to be more to my life than going to work and coming home, then I'd watch tv he'd play computer games. I said imagine how fun life would be playing on weekends, trips to the zoo and the park, sandcastles and ball pits! My life consists of work and salsa dancing. Its not enough. I don't have anything to talk about to my mum, she tells me all about my sisters kids etc and I say I went to work and I came home, every day, this is what I do. I'm ready for my world to be turned upsidedown with a baby, I need something else!

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EmilyPinkOrBlue · 17/02/2014 15:53

Victoria I feel exactly the same as you!! I've hit the 'there must be more to life' brick wall! I also go to work come back eat dinner shower and sleep 5 days a week and no energy at a weekend to do much of anything. It doesn't help that I don't love my job! It feels pointless I am making no difference to anyones lives! If I disappeared I don't think anyone would notice! Dramatic but you get my point! The lady I work with has two children and is always showing me pictures and telling me stories of what she and the kids have done. She is making memories - that's what I want to do!!

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victoria401 · 17/02/2014 22:16

like :-) x

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victoria401 · 19/02/2014 09:03

Just had my cd21 blood tests! Results Monday. But then af due Tuesday/Wed!

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Zermatt · 19/02/2014 09:15

What does the cd21 blood test, test for Victoria? Hope you get the results you want

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victoria401 · 19/02/2014 10:27

Its for progesterone levels which increase after ovulation, so its to make sure I ov really. I'm sure I do but I had low levels in a test for it 10 years ago so we are making sure. DH is waiting for a SA too. We dtd all the right times and nothing happens! I started this 2ww feeling confident but I'm on a downer again now :-(

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claudeekishi · 19/02/2014 10:44

I know how you feel Victoria, I started off feeling confident but not so much now! 6dpo and not feeling that anything much is going on in there.

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victoria401 · 19/02/2014 13:02

But I keep thinking not everyone feels implantation or gets spotting. Its not over until the middle of next week, which seems an age away! I've usually got pre-af symptoms by now too, been getting sore boobs a week before but nothing yet. I read a post a while back where the lady said if she gets sore boobs she knows she's NOT preg this month. Maybe that's the case for me and no boob change is good! Oh its all the what ifs that get to me! Sometimes I wish I'd not read anything up on conception!

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Zermatt · 19/02/2014 13:44

I agree Victoria, from what I've read in all my googling and forum post trawls these last 2 months it really does sound like so many people either get lots of symptoms, some symptoms or no symptoms, or that the symptoms they do have are exactly same or similar to PMS symptoms, so I guess you're never out of the possibility of a BFP until AF is here and you really know you're out. I am hating the what ifs too.

It's really good that you're both getting tests done and if it doesn't work for you this month (which I really really hope isn't the case) then you'll have a bit more info know what's what for next month.

Hazelbrowneyes · 19/02/2014 14:14

Convinced I'm out this month. Exactly the same symptoms as last month and that was PMS.

Will find out for sure next week, I guess Smile

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victoria401 · 19/02/2014 15:20

When are you due af hazel?

I usually get af signs 5 days before its due, so still got another 2 days of nothing. Saturday or Sunday things should start to get interesting!

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Hazelbrowneyes · 19/02/2014 15:27

If I go on last months cycle, the 25th. However I think I ov'd a few days later this month (purely going by cramps) so I think I'm now due on 28th.

cheshirem2b · 19/02/2014 16:27

Hi ladies,
I'm due AF/BFP around 26th as well - this is only ttc #1, cycle 2 so early days for us.
I had OV on 12th so 7dpo for me. Had some mild cramps Sunday/Monday but nothing major and nothing since.

Use the OV predictors and we dtd more regularly than normal from high through to peak and a couple of days after as well.

Fingers crossed for everyone!

EmilyPinkOrBlue · 19/02/2014 21:28

Hi Cheshire your af/bfp is due same day as me! Congrats for making it halfway through evil tww I am chuffed lol this is my first time Ttc so it's all new to me but already driving me mad! I had period style cramping for last 4 days but seems to be tailing off a bit I was getting to my witts end with it!

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victoria401 · 20/02/2014 06:54

Hi Cheshire! Welcome to the 2ww for the 26th :-)

I've decided if I get a BFN again this month I'm trying ovsticks iinstead of relying on cm and pains. Got to have more bloods on day 2-5 of next cycle tho and still waiting for DH's SA appoint to arrive in the post, which is the longest wait of them all! I'm not giving up hope that we are both 'nornal' and there is still every chance this month tho. Normal til proven otherwise lol :-)

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katecupoftea · 20/02/2014 08:59

Ooh I'm joining this thread! Due around 25th although I'm not sure I actually ov'd this month or if I did I was later than usual and missed it with the OPKs. Didn't get a +ve OPK but was only testing once a day, and then loads of stuff was happening (like getting married) and couldn't keep dtd. Plus (tmi?) I was really sore from dtd all the times before!
So I don't feel successful this month. Not only do I not have symptoms but I have ANTI-symptoms. Boobs hurt less than usual, alcohol tolerance has increased and I actually enjoyed the smell of tobacco the other day!

claudeekishi · 20/02/2014 10:03

Haha kate that made me laugh. Anti-symptoms. Yep, I'm mainlining coffee here too and I DON'T CARE.
Congrats on your marriage, by the way!