We'll I've eaten a whole box of chocolates, what to do for the next 12 days. 2ww testing end of Sept

[EsmeGNU]

I've eaten a whole box of orange matchmakers instead of dinner. I've read almost every post on AIBU. There's nothing happening on Facebook. I've got 12 days until I can poas..........someone join me and keep me sane

@EsmeGNU I totally understand. I keep checking back on MN to make sure there are no new posts. It's getting silly. There are no new posts. No exciting baby names I've not thought of. No update that will give me insight into whether this will be 'the' month. I just need to stop. Roll on 29th so I can test! (Although in reality I won't wait that long as I have 20 internet cheapies staring at me every time I open my dressing table...)

I love that we are on the same crazy train @Bubble04. I detour into every chemists I pass to check if they have any offers on FRER's just so I can stock up.

Today I will mostly be googling when your blood volume starts to increase during pregnancy because there's got to be a reason I'm so dehydrated. Can't possibly be that I've just not been drinking enough. 😂

@EsmeGNU ooh blood volume increase causing dehydration... googling now 😉 To be fair I never drink enough so can't really symptom spot this one. Usually I make a cup of tea before morning register and forget about it till lunchtime. Must remember to buy a water bottle...

I'm still eating cake

No real symptoms apart from actually wanting to drink water for once. AF due 23rd, going to test on Friday as DH and I have a date night planned for Friday night so if negative I'm planning on getting shitfaced!

I'd live on tea if I could get away with it @Bubble04. I'm desperately trying to cut down but I also could do with out the stress! Argh!

Hope it's a bfp for you @GreggsSausageRolls even if it means hitting those tonic waters like it's only 10am 😂 FX for you.

Morning everyone! Just checking MN for any fmu posts and updating my temp on my chart... I need to stop this. It's driving me nuts.

I've got a bit of abdominal discomfort this morning. A few twinges. Its dpo 3. So it's either the core workout I did yesterday or too many onions in last night's dinner..............or is it...........😂

My random symptom is I keep bawling my eyes out. Dc who started school on Monday told me he knew the way to the hall from the toilets. I was wailing at the dinner table

Oh @GreggsSausageRolls bless your heart! Hope you've stocked up on the Kleenex. Hugs.

I'm finding it very difficult to concentrate on working from home knowing this is in my cupboard.... had purposefully not bought any but remembered this was here from my sister. Trying to tell myself Don't poas yet!!!!!

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Nooooo @Paragonian don't do it! Be strong! You can do it. waves pompoms

6dpo (I think) and WFH so couldn't resist temptation to test on an internet cheapy. BFN. Obviously. Because it's so early 🙄 Trying to tell myself that doesn't mean I'm out...

AF due next Thursday. Go on holiday next Wednesday... so I'll either be delighted to be pregnant or be drowning my sorrows on holiday.

First cycle after an early MC end of July. Not sure I will have timed it right with O but we will see...

So sorry about your MC @ScarlettOH FX crossed for you this month. BFN at 6 dpo is definitely not out yet! Can you procrastinate by writing packing lists instead of poas?

That is a good idea Esme - need to distract my mind a bit! I will pack this weekend and have a friends leaving party on Friday night so hopefully that will keep me busy and away from the cheapy tests...!

@GreggsSausageRolls I was doing this earlier too. Driving to work someone waved to let me know a bus was coming (very thin road with a corner), and I cried because it was so nice of him 😬

Just a question that someone might be able to answer. I've only started using opks this months. So not sure how it all works. If I ovulated on cd 16 would that mean that my period is due on calendar day 30 or 28? My period has been quite irregular since I came of my contraceptives, so not sure what to expect. My cycles have been 25/27/33 days so far.

@ScarlettOH @Paragonian nooo! Don't POAS yet!

1. It's horrible getting that feeling of disappointment when it's bfn
2. You'll start all of us doing it! Slippery slope... 😉

Sorry Bubble 😂
I'm going to try to stay away from them now... damn internet cheapies make it too easy!

Do you know what days you ovulated on previous cycles @mondray? The follicular stage can vary, but your lu real is usually the same amount of days. Mines 13 days.

In more phantom sign spotting news I've not finished a cup of tea in two days.......surely a sign?!?

Hi ladies; may I join? Cycle # I-don't-exactly-know because my cycles have been shitty since mmc in march. Feels like cycle 6 but in reality probably more like cycle 3 or 4 of proper ovulating months. I'm not hopeful at ALL for this month due to having had the mother of all fallings out with OH about 3 days pre-ovulation (falling out brought on by stress, most of which is about ttc and ALL of our friends announcing pregnancies recently 😞), so only BD a few times last week and probably not at the right times. So angry to have wasted a whole cycle over a shitty argument.
Anyway, I wanted to ask about ovary twinges. I've never (pre this mmc and the recovery from it) been all that aware of my own body so I can't say whether I've ever had ovulation pains previously, or if I ever got implantation pains or anything with my other pregnancies. So I don't really know if this is normal, but I've been getting very very definite twinges in my right ovary since yesterday. I am 5 or 6 dpo. Has anyone else had this and what on earth is it from? I'm pretty sure I've ovulated...temp went up and LH tests went stripey, so I don't think I'm ovulating now..so why would I be getting pains? And only on my RHS. Any thoughts very welcome!!

Thanks!

Hi all! I resisted! Didn't help concentration on work so looked on rightmove instead!! Now a night of report writing ahead... silly girl! Binned the test! 😫 only way to help me resist. 🤦‍♂️

I have no idea when my ovulation was in previous months as I wasn't tracking. @EsmeGNU
Wish I could just be put out of my misery. The weeks between ovulation and AF are dragging so much haha

Hey @rachelandthenoodle, welcome along. Sounds like it could be implantation pains, although it is a tad early. Alternatively it might be my body is a complete tricksy arsehole and is trying to give me a breakdown pains. FX it's the former though.

TTC can make everyday stresses so much worse. I feel your pain. I argued with DH last month and then immediately had what I thought were ovulation pains. Ended up dtd for five days in a row until I lost all enthusiasm and said we should have a break (much to his disappointment). I think that's is when I actually ovulated! Complete write off of a months.

I love house hunting @Paragonian. Are you looking for reals of is it just house porn. I was lusting after a converted church tower I Crystal Palace for a couple of months.

Tell me about it @mondray. How is it only dpo 4. I'm sure this week has been about a thousand years long already. I'd go with your luteal phase being 12-14 days until you establish otherwise. I feel your pain though.