Countdown to POAS day

[TheGrumpySquirrel]

Anyone testing next week? On sat 15th I'll be 10dpo. Time is dragging. This is cycle 2 of trying after MMC in may. Really need it to work this time, starting to get really down! Help distract me for the next week??

Thanks @whyhastherumgone
FX for you this wkend, be it Fri or Monday! In meantime we can drive ourselves crazy with symptom spotting! I was feeling queasy at weekend but now I think it was my mum's city driving haha! Next time I drive!

Welcome @patientlywatchinglines - fingers crossed for you!

This is my first month of first time TTC, so I'm pretty clueless on how it should feel. I have sore boobs, mild cramps, mild backache and bloating - all of which I usually get about this time of the month. I thought I felt a bit queasy earlier, and tired, but I think that's just wishful thinking, and the fact it's a Monday!

My first time TTC too!! @Bumpkin21

I've noticed tingly boobs in past week, as if crumbs down my bra if that makes sense ha! Never had before. I think thou I was way to early last wk for symptoms as there wud be no hcg hormone to trigger them I reckon! Today feelin fine apart for dull twinges below! Could jus be AF preparing. I guess we'll see what happens! Definitely learning loads!!

I can relate to the tingly boobs thing, although mine are just a bit throbby - like I'm more aware that they exist if that makes any sense!
I've also got a weird taste in my mouth which I read could be a thing. But it could also be city tap water...!

The problem with symptoms are they could just as easily be AF as pregnancy - so unhelpful! Everything you think 'huh, could this be?' is so non definitive, and yet you can't help it!
I could probably have all this going on at any other time of the month and not really think about it haha. Ah the joys of the 2ww. Hope you ladies get the result you're hoping for, will keep checking back to see how everyone gets on.

Hey all, do you mind if I join in? I'm currently 9 dpo, and I've already wasted two FRERs! AF is due for me on Friday according to my Flo app, but I think it should be more like Sunday really.

This is my first time TTC, and I came off microgynon in march. I have endometriosis and adenomyosis, and I'm so desperate for that line!!!

I'm not very good at this waiting patiently lark!

Step away from the pee sticks ladies until AFTER af is missed. You'll save yourself heartache and money. Patience is your first lesson in parenthood lol

And as for symptoms, rum is right, they usually are the same as AF if not at all. Most are phantom until around week 5-8 so try not to drive yourself mad. 🤓

Hi Aridia - welcome!
I'm also due Friday but could be as late as Sunday as I'm a bit irregular. So we can ward off the witch together!

Mouselove - eek! I know it makes absolute sense to wait, I just have zero willpower! Must step away from the tests!!

Hi @Bumpkin! We can absolutely be warding off that witch! And hopefully...nearer the time to poas.. .we can get some lucky bfp's!

@MouseLove - very wise words! But it's just so tempting!

Let's hope this is a lucky thread 😊

My only symptom is that I'm starving all the time!! Same as last time with my MMC.

Temp higher this morning which is good but cervix low with drier CM which is bad. Not very hopeful

@TheGrumpySquirrel Temp gettin higher sounds promising. I find CM and position hard to access plus new to that method! so relying on that "triphasic temp shift"!
@MouseLove I'm waitin on some stick to arrive which is only thing stopping me lol!
5 more sleeps til frer test (headin away Fri night so moving test day to Sunday)!!

What do you think of this?

Odd it dropped on 23 and 24 but didn't drop low enough to warrant any question over ovulation. Maybe u didn't sleep as well or mouth slightly open when sleepin which is what screws up my chart! Good to see it's up high and keepin above cover line which shows progesterone in your body. If it goes up higher than the current highest temp and stays like that then u got your tri. shift! .... however most medical articles I read tell us we shouldn't torture ourselves wit btt as it's so hard to measure it right due to all that can affect it ....... unless you stick it up ur bum which I completely draw the line at haha

@patientlywatchinglines thank you! I also draw the line at the bum lol!

Am not liking the TWW nor the hunger nor the fact that it may all just be in my head!!

I hear ya Presh!
My DH wonders why someone hasn't invented some kind of a probe or little bell women can wear to ring when ovulating or pregnant lol 😂
I made him cook my dinner for that haha

Hahaha. There is a probe!!! It's very expensive for a glorified love egg but it tells you when you've ovulated. And the bell is a pregnancy test. We just all want it before we can. 😂

FRER tests are on offer if anyone has Amazon Prime as part of Prime Day - just £3 a stick!

Thanks for the heads up Bumpkin! Guess what I just bought

I'm thinking I'll be saving my remaining tests for next month though, as I'm staring to feel quite crampy.. .as if AF is on her way I'm not sure I'll still be in on Friday!

How's everyone else doing?

Well I caved and after giving myself line eye at 4am (obviously ruining my BBT measurement this morning - which is a lot higher but probably because I didn't get back to sleep properly) I think it's still a BFN 😩

Will try again on Saturday

Boo @TheGrumpySquirrel - it's probably too early/was too diluted at this point anyway so don't give up!

@Aridia and @Bumpkin21 have you got the link to the tests on amazon, I can't find them... thank you!

@Rum I don't have a link as I'm using the app. I just searched for first response pregnancy test. I'm not sure if the offer is still on though

@Grumpy Try not to get too disheartened. It's not over until AF shows up. I understand the tww messing up sleep though, I've been having the most bizarre dreams, and I've also thought about doing a test at all strange hours of the morning when I've been awake!

@Rum - it's gone back to £4 now: www.amazon.co.uk/First-Response-Early-Result-Pregnancy/dp/B001DULLKE?tag=mumsnetforum-21

I feel a lot like AF is on her way, as I'm pretty grumpy, and all the usually symptoms. Not due until Fri-Sun, so not officially out, but I'm doubtful!

@Squirrel - how many days dpo are you? Don't give up hope yet!

Cervix still low and cm sticky so I'm expecting AF on Monday latest. I'm 7/8 dpo today. Should be definitive if I test Saturday