So it's John Wayne vs Les Dawson in The Great British Pee Off and Prty's judging... get ready to be basted, lovelies!

[PrtyPsn]

Hi (big wave)
So you clicked on here cos you were looking for me (I'm flattered!) or the title seemed interesting!
I'm aware it doesn't really explain anything but we are bunch of lovely ladies all TTC and going ever so slightly crazy with it! For more info see our original thread here -

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2412386-TTC-anxious-over-early-pregnancy-possible-symptoms?msgid=56357000#56357000

And our most recent thread here -

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2458534-Prtys-Gang-and-The-Festival-of-Foof-Fun-when-they-not-being-cray-cray?pg=1&order=

We are symptoms spotters extraordinaire - you name it we've had it, real and/or imagined confused
We are here to help, we are all supportive, we laugh, rant, cry, joke, rage, smile, and comfort together. Be you a lurker or poster (established or new) then you are very welcome here. We only have a few rules:

1. No judgement - we all lead different lives and have different standards and that is fine. You wanna get wasted everyday of TWW, that's fine. You wanna abstain completely, that's fine. We need support, not judgement.
2. No feeling stupid - we've all had those months where we definitely think we are pg 110% convinced and then AF turns up, don't feel bad about it, it happens. Also we all have different levels of knowledge so no question is stupid apart from the one you don't ask.
3. On this thread there is no such thing as TMI - we are all adults and we all know how miraculous and amazing... and downright disgusting our bodies can be, it's fine. Share what you want, we will not be fazed.

So that's it, jump in and FX'd for all my lovelies xx

Moo everything crossed for you!

So this morning I've POAS and it was BFN! so must for me waiting to test.. Had a dream I did it and it was positive so it spurred me on.. Hate negative tests, it's such a Larry let down on Monday morning!

Aww poppy (hugs) that sucks - and is pretty much what happened to me over the weekend... someone's messing about with our dreams!!
Still no AF here, some kinda slippery yellowish discharge instead. I'm giving up on my body!

So...I'm 10dpo today and I think I've got a squinter of a line on an IC. It's so faint I can't even really get a picture!

Maybe you can almost see it here? It looks a bit grey but it's got a pinkish tinge in real life definitely. My clear blue monitor says not pregnant but that's not surprising at 10dpo is it!

Although the monitor was a BFN, there is a second line on the test....

They are squinters but I can just about see a grey-ish line on them :) very exciting youandme!!

I've never even had a squinter before!

I don't know whether to tell DH or not. He's at work (I'm at home on a flex day). He only works over the road. I'm not sure he would understand the concept of the squinter, tbh, and as the monitor says not pregnant he probably just won't believe me! But I am not good at keeping my mouth shut!

I've done three ICs - all with the same batch of second morning urine. There's definitely a line on all of them. It's faint, but in real life (though not on the pictures!) it's pretty clear.

I said before TTC that I would not do early testing. So much for that! AF is due on Thursday or Friday - I guess I just need to wait until then, keep my fingers crossed and test again. Even if it is a chemical, at least I know something is working at least partly.

Omg youandme how exciting!!!

I can see a line on that blue one.

I can see lines on the ICs too! We must be cycle buddies, my AF is due the same time.
Sadly I think I'm out despite the early positives. Another bfn this morning :(

Thanks Moo. DH popped home from work and had a look - he could definitely see the lines, and agreed they were pink, not grey. We're tentatively excited, but 10dpo is still very very early days, and of course it's still showing a negative on the monitor. So we just have to wait and see!

Ahhh fab news youandme I can definitely see a line!!

Another news of a pregnancy on my Facebook from a friend who got married the week before me.. Nearly tipped me over the edge, I actually felt my eyes prickle....

any chocolate about??

FX youandme!!

WTF!! It's CD40 & I've just got positive OPKs?! CD40!!! I'm due AF in 2/3 days!

Is there any possibility that you could be pregnant Shary? I can't remember if you've had any BFNs already. Can't OPKs show up as positive when they are actually detecting hcg?

I'm obsessively poking at my boobs today - they don't hurt as much as yesterday. Who knows if this is in anyway meaningful - I know I just have to wait!

Sorry moo and glitter for the BFNs this morning

Oh! FX that your good news stays good moo and youandme!

I've been distracted by buying our first car this weekend, which has distracted me muchly from worrying about TTC. I'm going to pick it up after work on wednesday, and I'm very excited.

We're only managing to DTD every three to four days, but without either a BBTspike, or AF, we might as well try to keep it up. My CM seems to be better though, so I'm hoping that means my body is returning to normal?

If nothing happens by Sunday, I'm going to POAS just to check as if I did OV right away coming of the merina, I could be PG. Not really optimistic, but since I've never POAS before, I guess I can count this as a practice run to make sure I know what I'm doing!

I do keep thinking I've got "symptoms" as I have a lot of bloating/gas, but that could be my dairy/pepper issues and/or coming off hormones. Totally knackered today and needing to pee a lot, but again, there's non-PG explanations (like a bad night's sleep and making an effort to drink more). No boob pain or anything like that.

shary I second what youandme says, not an exact science or definite indicator but worth a shot on a HPT!
rose sounds like you've been busy!

Thanks ladies, definitely not pregnant though unfortunately, I temp as well and it has been struggling to hit the 36 degree mark for over a week! My understanding is your BBT rises after ovulation & stays high through pregnancy. This is my first +OPK this cycle although my temp hasn't peaked yet, fingers crossed it will tomorrow then I can start to believe I've ovulated! Feel nauseous with cramps though! Yuck! Obviously (potentially) ovulating on CD40 is weird late but I guess its better than not at all. I was convinced this cycle was anovulatory xx

Urgh hate my body feel really yukk and have awful headache. After two days of bleeding looks like its slowing down/stopping.... odd odd odd

Evening all.

Excited for you YouandMe!!

Moo I'm sorry it's been so up and down the past few days. I am crossing all for you.

Not much to report over here. AF came back as predicted. Stupid crazy body, not sure I will ever understand it. And I have had an argument with OH...over some roast potatoes!

Shary - can you tell me a bit more about temping? Thinking I need to up my game and it seems quite a reliable method, if a bit hard to get the hang of?

I've been temping MrsFlowers. It isn't too difficult to get the hang of really. I got a thermometer on Amazon for a few quid - you need one that goes to two decimal places. I'd recommend the Fertility Friend app for inputting the data - it basically works it all out for you.

You do need to try and do it at the same time every day: I've ended up setting an alarm to go off at 6am on weekends because that's when I get up during the week! You'll soon get into the habit though.

Thanks! How have you found it? Do you need to have been asleep for a certain amount of time? The getting up doesn't worry me, I never seem to be able to have a lie in anymore! But my sleep is always quite disrupted. OH works nights which means I wake up when he gets in (around 4/5) then go back to sleep until half six.

I think ideally you should do it after you've been asleep for quite a while, but you might be fine to do it at six if you've been awake at four, as long as you haven't been too disturbed i.e. up and about. It's worth a go I'd say, anyway. It's been quite useful for helping to assure me that I have been ovulating!

Flowers I second what you&me said. Basically your BBT goes up after you've ovulated so whilst it can't predict ovulation it can confirm that ovulation has happened (unless you're one of the lucky ones who gets a pre-ov temp dip!). So it's a good method when used alongside OPKs too. I read you should temp after at least 3 hours of undisturbed sleep. I take mine at 6am every weekday morning & have mostly managed to get in to the habit of naturally waking up around that time on a weekend to take it before rolling over & going back to sleep! On Saturday I woke up around then but didn't do it, when I woke again at 8am it had rocketted up so it's definatley best to be consistent with your times!