anyone else in the 2ww but absolutely not symptom spotting this time?

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Last month I drove myself nuts with symptom spotting and early poas. I had every sign and symptom going and was convinced I was pregnant. Luckily I kept a list of all my many symptoms on a calendar so this time if necessary I can remind myself that pms has all the same same features as early pregnancy.
I'm determined not to test until 23rd, as I think I should come on then if I'm going to, must stay strong!! Anyone want company in ignoring the whole thing?!

Definitely missed peak according to the monitor.

Will pounce on DP when he's home on Monday tho, for luck.

Good luck Spring, let us know how you get on, love reading about the BFP's, friends recently had a little DD bought home how much I want a baby.

Poas used a clear blue digi and bfn..... Still no sign of AF! Urgh!

Awww fuzzy! I really hope you get your bfp!! Is this your first DC?

I have two DDs from previous marriage, marriage was horrendous he was violent.

DP doesnt have DC of his own & hes really lovely with my DDs tho & I really want to have DC with him because he's so lovely and a great dad.

I'm aware I'm really lucky to have DC and I'm absolutely not complaining.

Wish I'd had the courage to leave ex sooner.

Spring you're not out till AF arrives.

We all have ha relationships where we look back and go wtf! My previous ex I constantly think of ways to kill him and have pretend conversations of what if say if I seen him!! Lol!!

I think it won't be long till you get bfp! At least you know u are fertile!!! Are u using tracking methods??

I don't understand what's going tbh my boobs are sore but I've zero cramps!!!!!! This is nearly a week later!!!

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic for you Spring, all my post ov symptoms vanish the day AF arrives.

Pregnancy tests measure the HCG hormone, which only starts increasing once implantation happens and then the hormone doubles every two days, most tests don't measure the hormone till about 25miu.

Everything crossed for you.

Aww thanks fuzzy!!!

You all set for dp coming tomarrow??? Lol!!

How reliable are the clear blue? I've heard so many reviews??

Lol Spring, actually have really missed him.

I think the clear blue fertility monitor is fairly accurate my physical symptoms match the results of the tests.

It's frustrating when DP can't be around at the crucial time.

Time to try again, begin cycle 5 post pill. Bring on my birthday and Barcelona!!! A week today.

Sooo still no AF? Although I'm beginning to think it is stress more than anything!! I'm going to give it to the weekend the test again!!

How did u get on today fuzzy? Do u think u will just about make your fertile time?

Fingers crossed doom!! I'm nearly sure we were on the same time line a month or so ago!! Lol

hi do you mind if I join in? on 2ww AF due sun

Hi birch! Are u symptom spotter or can u show self control?? Lol

hi 'spring' I try not to but I'm a total symptom spotter but it will never work for me I have ibs so stomach cramps and bloating at random times anyway. always have some mild cramp bloating week AF is due anyway. I have noticed this month thou I got severe PMS after ovulation never noticed that before! I love food and always craving choc but funny enuf this month I haven't craved it once! even bought my colleagues choc and ate an apple myself! I'm due AF on sat so trying to hold out until then to test soo hard to do when I have 4 sitting in house.
last month was not great for me I had my longest cycle ever at 39 days. I knew I wasn't pregnant but the longer AF didn't show up the more I let hope sneak in

what about you? can you resist symptom spotting?

Hah, DP was too knackered to do anything but sleep yesterday.

We did manage to catch a few high fertile days so I've no idea really what's happening.

Next month he's not going anywhere during the crucial days! Altho I guess we'll just see what happens.

Welcome Birchy, we're attempting to ignore symptoms here.... Never works I've had every symptom going ever since we started TTC!

thanks fuzzy

I'm trying very hard not to test - do any of you use the cbfm?

AF has well and truly arrived!!! :(! I think I will miss my chance this month too as I will be away on hols leaving dp at home!!!

Birch I use just an app to tell me when I should be fertile..... I haven't got round to using tracking methods?? Do you??

I think we all symptom spot to within an inch of our lives!!! Lol

Do you get pms symtoms??

AW spring I'm sri AF has arrived. wasn't meant to be this month.
your month will come! have you been trying for long?

I think my AF is on way as well, very crampy and cold tonight. I do get PMS symptoms a lot. I get lots of overlapping symptoms because of ibs as well.

I have bought the cbfm - this is m first month using it. not sure how accurate it will be this month as you are suppose to start it when AF is her but I got it too late so I just made up a cycle so I could use it [c

I also had 21 day bloods done this month which all came back good today. so that was good news.

I use the CBFM, this is my second cycle with it, we hit the main two peak days last month.

Spring I'm sorry af's shown.

Birchy I get af symptoms, but right before af arrives it all vanishes which is the way I know af is coming the next day or so.

Ladies, I had a moment of madness this morning... AF isn't due til 13th but I did a test this morning, obv it was bfN .. Now I'm gutted and given up for this month :(

aw hopeful it is to early you never know for this month yet!

I am with you though as I also did a test this morning and got a BFN. My Af is due on 9th though so I am guessing mine prob is a BFN :-( especially mixed in with af symptoms

birchygoo i have spent most of the day in work on google reading up on early testing and reading posts on here , lots of women said that the day before AF was due they were bfN then a few days passed their due date they were getting bfP... fingers crossed that's the case for both of us! you still have 2 days to go

I do hopeful but I'm in agony with cramps so expecting AF to show up tomorrow - a day early.

but you are def ages of - likely not even implanted yet!

I use the clearblue advanced fertility monitor to test when I ov, also as I'm on a medical trial I also have to do HPT's using it from CD15, yesterday I got a BFP (altho I could not see the line at all on the test myself), was a massive shock as even tho we are trying we totally missed peak this month and would have only put me at 7/8dpo, was told by consultant to carry out the tests for the next two days to make sure, and today I got a BFN.

All signs are exactly as they normally are for me at this point in my cycle.

Feeling disheartened, wouldn't be so upset if I hadn't had the BFP yesterday.

fuzzy I am so sorry this has happened to you - how upsetting and unfair! I was always lead to believe that false positives are almost unheard of.

Thanks Birchy, I've also read loads about false positives being rare.

The worst thing is on the CBAFM it's not a shadowy line you're looking at, the entire monitor screen is covered in a plus sign with the words 'pregnant' in capital letters across the middle!

I'll get over it. Upsetting as I wasn't anticipating it this month. Feel worse as DP saw it too and he looked so happy.