start of 2ww...AGAIN

[harrypotternerd]

Tomorrow is the last day of my fertile window. 6th month ttc. Trying not to get my hopes up. Felt rather positive at the start of the week but now feeling quite negative. Testing on 22nd. Anyone else on the 2ww?

Respect that you're remaining pragmatic minime.... completely understand why.... but it's looking good.... least you've had the guts to test ... I'm too scared to even test right now.
Keep us posted Hun
Baby dust to all xxxxxx

Welcome Mishy xxxx
So in your boat Hun .... it's such a frustrating time.... I'm on cycle 4 / cd 25 / af due 20th ..... I'm 37 and all I want for Xmas is to be a mum ....
sending you virtual hugs
Xxxx

Thank u for sharing minime, i dont use any apps i just have a period tracker, im thinking about downloading one if im out this month. X

Hi Mishy
Minime another positive!! Brilliant news!!

And everyone else - bloody symptom spotting iso the worst! I have AF type pain today and have had the runs too! Hopefully the witch isn't about to show her ugly face. Have family visiting so will test again Sunday evening when they have left!

Congrats, minime!

Currently 7DPO and have had some abdominal twinges today. Bad to symptom-spot, I know, but I didn't have anything even close to a symptom last cycle (only on cycle 2) so feeling more optimistic than I did then, at least!

Just want to jump on this bus and add how torturous and dull 2WW is. I feel for you all and I'm only on cycle1 of TTC#2. Due af 19th. Im very private about TTC and feel I have no one to share my thoughts with than half the Internet

Oh and other half obviously but Its unfair to go on about it with him amazing as he is

Welcome justaphase xx
I'm due af on 20th so I'll keep you company on the longest few days of the 2ww I'm tTC #1 @ 38yrs old .... I'm on cycle 4.... Fx for bfp's xxxxx

This TWW is absolutely killing me. I'm CD22 with another 7 days to wait before I can test. It's going torturously slow! At the start of the TWW I was feeling pretty optimistic but as time has (very slowly) gone on, I'm feeling less and less like I'm going to get that BFP. I've been symptom spotting like crazy which I know is bad and probably half the reason I'm going so crazy but I just can't seem to help myself!
I'm dying to test but I know it's way too early yet. Roll on the 23rd!!!

Hi Disney -
I fully empathise with you... these 2ww's are horrible... I do exactly the same - start off feeling positive, symptom spotting - which is impossible when your tTC for the first time and have no freaking idea what to expect and can't possibly know how I'll feel ... testing too early decreases your chances of an accurate result, wastes money and could lead to unnecessary disappoint .... so keep me company if you like and hold out as long as you can xxx
Fx for all the ladies on here waiting for the best Xmas present ever .... here's to positive vibes and hopefully dfps :)))))
Xxxx

Thanks Hippy
It's just such a frustrating couple of weeks. I swear it seems as though everybody I know is getting pregnant but me, haha. So happy for them all but at the same time, it makes me want that BFP more than ever! This is the first time we've TTC as well so I'm also totally clueless as to what any real symptoms should actually feel like. I'm glad I signed up to MumsNet; I'm fairly certain that having the rest of you to chat with and complain to is what's keeping me sane. We're not telling anybody that we've decided to start TTC as if/when it does happen for us, we want it to be a complete surprise for the family. The only down side to that is not having any of my nearest and dearest to speak to about it while I'm going through this agonising wait.

Awww Disney - I'm totally in the same boat not having anyone who truly understands- I don't even talk to my dh about it as he's more relaxed about it than I am... plus it's bad enough that I feel the pressure of it, he works a lot and has enough pressure without worrying about this too. I'm 38 so all my mates have got kids and the rest don't want them .... so yeah like you I feel very isolated .... the support on here is amazing .... I really appreciate it too. Ideally we'd all get a bfp but it's a real mixed bag .... it's important that we all stay positive and help each other .
I find acupuncture is helping me with regulating my cycles and I now know from this month that I'm ovulating which is a good start. I love Disney .... always a happy ending .... with a name like this - you will get yours I'm sure xxxx

I sure hope you're right, Hippy.
I totally know how you feel. My DH works a lot too and I really don't want to exhaust him even further with my mad ramblings about my monthly "maybe baby" antics
I've been quite lucky that my cycles have always been pretty regular, so that's made things a little easier, although I've had some trouble pin pointing exactly which day I ovulated. Some people make this getting pregnant business seem so easy, haha. DH & I took our last Disney World vacation in September after a close friend announced she's expecting twins and I thought ' actually, I think i've reached an age where I'd rather be have a tiny baby in my arms than Mickey Mouse ' AF is due Christmas Eve and a BFP would just be such a fantastic Christmas gift for DH & I. Have my fingers crossed for every lady on these boards this month though. BFPs all 'round!

Thanks Hippy and Disney, I hear you. I am not told a soul were TTC and I just want someone to moan with. I'm not symptom spotting but it's always at back of mind. I hate the pressure when people ask me when am I having another one... "oh sometime in future/whenever/it's far from my mind" when actually its one of main things on my mind.
I'm doing all sorts of focus on myself to relax..hot bath,book,Indian Head massage on occasion . Im sure stress is the main factor here x

Itsjustaphase , I can totally relate. My Mum has been asking for the last couple of years when she'll get her first grandchild and I've always brushed it off with a "Not for a good while yet", etc. She would be absolutely over the moon to hear that DH & I are expecting. My FL hasn't been too well recently either so DH is very eager to conceive and be able to tell his dad that he'll be a Granddad soon as we're both aware that it's very high on his list.
I think I should take a leaf out of your book and try to find other things to take my mind off of this wait because I'm driving myself crazy at the moment.

My mums the same - and when I finally caved and said hopefully not too much longer - her response ... well it was easy for me to get pregnant! She forgets she was 23 when she has me and I'm 38!! Grrrrrr.
My mum is constantly booking holidays too for the whole year ahead and keeps asking when's best .... wish I was mystic meg !!!!
Sprinkling lots of baby dust thoughts you way ladies
Xxxxxxx

Goodness me Hippy and Disney, what pressure. Indulge yourself, to a degree, over Xmas. I'm glad not the only one. Fingers crossed all of you xxx

I have my fingers, toes and eyeballs crossed for you, Hippy.
I turned 26 in September and DH is 33. This whole journey is a little scary for me though, as I've seen so many friends younger than me struggle with fertility issues and I'm terrified of going through the same thing. But, as someone else pointed out to me on another thread, you're bound to hear people speak more about their struggles with fertility than their successes. So I'm trying to put all that bothersome business to the back of my mind (cross that bridge if we come to it and all that). My Mum was 23 when she had me too, I think that's another reason she's been nagging me for the last few years haha. Holiday wise, my parents have booked time to come and visit DH & I in August which if we've been successful this cycle will be very, very close to our due date.

Thanks Phase xxx
And thank you Disney - I wouldn't worry if I were you, you've got bags of time and youth on your side .... my partner is 41 and I'm 38, so I'm feeling a little anxious as I really want two children. I was married previously and it didn't work out so that's why I am where I am really. I didn't have kids with my ex as I knew it wasn't right and fortunately my partner hasn't got kids either .... annoyingly though my new partner thinks he's peter bleeding pan or Louie Armstrong - we've got all the time in the world 😂 .... my dh wants to go on holiday before we properly start trying and so I need that bfp sooner rather than later. Please keep me posted - I really appreciate everyone's support on here xxxxxxxxxx

I tested this morning knowing it was too early so of course it was a bfn. I've had tender breasts but also cramps. I'm pretty sure I'm out this month

You're not out harrypotternerd until af arrives. Stay strong, remain postitive - easier said than done I know. This tTC lark is such a rollercoaster- and we're all with you xxx

Hi to anyone who has recently joined! Sending the biggest amount of baby dust I could possibly sprinkle.....like Hippychic79 said, no one is out till AF arrives xxx

Thanks minime xxxxx cd 26 come on bfp's keep them coming xxxxxxxxx

cd11 - bfp :( not sure why i even do it to myself :( so dissapointed :( Af due tuesday or there abouts n was abit crampy today :(

this is sressing me out big time - my outh is full of ulcers and a bald patch in my hair :(

Hi lucylou - I've got ulcers too you're not alone. Wow - you've got short cycles xxx