Anyone else starting their 2ww?

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Hi all

I think I am 2dpo and think AF is due 4th Feb so 13 days until I will be testing, if AF doesn't arrive.

I know it's not really possible to have symptoms this early but I have had frequent urination, excessive saliva and a slight metallic taste in my mouth today. I think it must be all in my head, because I don't remember having these symptoms the last time I had a BFP (which ended in an early m/c).

Is anyone else just starting a 2ww?

Not sure when I can test to be honest, I was just going to wait until Friday maybe. I'm due AF on wed/Thurs so thought I'd wait til after so I don't waste money on tests. I had a good stash before that I got from the EPU but I used them all! I'm going to be negative and say I think this month is not mine. Getting pain in my groin area but I think I pulled something on my walk on Saturday. Anywho I am not sure I feel any different from my last 3 cycles!

That does make sense lily. My friend was trying for 10 months. She was frantic testing and dtd when her body said rather than what she wanted. She started seeking fertility help, I told her that she would catch on in no time because I could see her relaxing! She did! She ditched the opk and seemed to take back control.

Thank you, AF bit better today. Just wiped me out. Back on the prescription painkillers I had knocking around God knows what they do to your insides but they stop me wanting to be sick and then faint.

No particular aches and pains Theaks thankfully, but soon heavy and crippling pain. Sorry yours suck too. I can see myself getting very very grumpy if it carries on for too long. And yes Lily, DP is incredibly sweet and sympathetic but even the good ones can't have a clue how shit it is or unfair it feels. Anyway, get me off the self pity train, it's going nowhere!

Wedding is beginning of June. Not got a dress yet! So if we hit the jackpot we can celebrate a wedding and a baby on the way. If not we can eat, drink and be very merry on honeymoon!

Kate, there's a lot to be said for a really good sleep. Glad you're feeling good today.

I can't tell you how glad I am to have found you lovely lot.

I agree Anne. So glad that I can talk to other lovelies that understand!

That makes so much sense lily - glad you are in the hands of a good consultant. I am hoping mine is going to work out to be just as wise.

Anne hope the pain is easing? Very exciting about the wedding though - I bet you if you focus on that and get swept away with the romance of it, you may just fall. It happened to my friend - trying to get pg and then got distracted planning a wedding and whoops...

And YES I so agree! It is so lovely to meet people you can rant to and confide in. My friends are amazing but they don't get it.

I have had a good day. Boobs are swollen and I'm very bloated but that is very normal for me 5 days before AF so hard to tell. Got to focus on the great bottle of prosecco I am going to have with my sister in laws on Saturday rather than focus on testing, as I am 99% sure I am out this month, despite my random symptoms.

How is everyone tonight??

I've got 2 big spots - AF is looming :(

Cd 26 but again I know I'm not pg so not going to test. Just going to wait to AF on Thurs or Fri

Bugger Lily, sorry How's your day looking?

Af gone! Brutal but mercifully short. Woke up feeling really good, calm, relaxed, healthy, pretty frisky, and happy

Kate hope you're not feeling too ropey. Your weekend sounds lovely. Sweet of you to say about your friend, thank you, we'll see what happens!

Lily I always get spots before AF due too! But I also got very spotty when I was pregnant first time round- it was Christmas and looked horrendous on my Hubbys Xmas doo! Never know!!
I have started to feel very queasy! Is it AF looming, or the fact I'm at work! Ha ha!

I have 3/4 spots! I don't normally get that many eek. Also I'm crampy and slightly nauseous

I'm prone to spots, just get worse when AF due! I look like a wrinkly teenager, far too old for spots! That was one benefit to the pill!

It's definitely AF - you know when you feel 'grotty'? That's how I feel...I look forward to starting!

Oh yes that can't put finger on it but just feel blah feeling!! Still hoping! There needs to be bfp soon in this little group!

I haven't got any spots but since coming off the pill my entire face is bumpy and my cheeks are dry and slightly flakey. Also have small dry sore bits on my upper back - very attractive! I'm moisturising like mad and on all all the vitamins, not sure what else to do.

You're right Theaks, we do!

Lily, this advice on not DTD every day, I've read all sorts of conflicting advice but your doc is an expert, so do you think that's better than doing every day, even if we'd want to?

What's everyone else's approach?

2 different fertility consultants have told me to DTD every other day now - and agreed it really does make sense. Plus, sperm can liver 2-3?days so you would always be 'covered' (excuse the phrase).

*live

Also without TMI, I think DTD everyday is hard work! DH seems to get tired of it...becomes a chore. I like the every other day idea and the month I did conceive it was every other. So here's to my next month - more laid back style!!!

We have been doing every other! Heard that was the best. However if we wanted to dtd we did a couple of days on run we did. But that's only occasionally!

No such thing as TMI here I don't think! But hope you don't mind me asking. Might give that a go this month. We usually dtd most days and I was feeling ragingly sexy last cycle so it was at least once a day, sometimes more (absolutely no kind of boast, wasn't like that with my ex). But I can see how from a conception perspective you're not giving the sperm a chance to refresh/regenerate/etc.

Giving preseed a go too, and got DP on some man vitamins. Will dtd every other day over ovulation days. Fx some or all of that works.

(Hope I don't sound hideous, I think I'm making up for lost time with an ex who was never up for it, but worth checking if too much shagging can be bad for conception).

Preseed is good ! But only in small doses i find! A little goes a very long way! Fx for someone's BFP soon!!!

Thanks for the tip!

Hi everyone!

I do love this thread. It is such a great comfort.

Anne so pleased AF has gone and you are feeling good again!

It's good to know re: DTD every other day. I didn't know that but I'll definitely put that into practice next month.

I am SO bloody bloated today - I can't wait for AF to come this weekend so I can start to deflate again! I bought a new pair of skinny jeans last week and this morning they couldn't fit around my distended bloated belly! My body is clearly so sensitive to the changing hormones these days.

What is everyone doing for Easter? Hope you all have lovely plans.

xx

Easter! I'm looking forward to bank holidays! Got some decorating to finish! No Easter egg hunts for me!
How's everyone today?

No hunt or no eggs Theaks? You have to have something!

Thanks Kate. I feel like a new woman, this real hormones thing is something of a feelings rollercoaster. Life was simpler on the pill...

How are you doing? Sucks about being so bloated, can be really uncomfy.

We're off to the seaside! Candy floss, chips and sand between our toes. My step children are with us every weekend and we have extra days this weekend and they love a coastal outing.