anyone due to be ovulating week starting 21st Jan?

[Explorers10]

Starting to gear up & hoping this will be a positive month! Anyone else in same cycle week as me?

@Paddypaws91 you have more self control than me... i applaud you x x

I think next month for my sanity and my bank balance's sake, I should stop the early testing. I might ask DH to change my amazon and eBay passwords so I can't buy any more FRERs.

It is heart breaking seeing negative tests and I'm wasting so much time and mental energy scrutinising them, Googling etc.

I should get the list going again. It might be updated now so pls let me know if you want your name adding / test day amending! I've updated yours PaddyPaws

Tues 5 -
Weds 6 -
Thu 7 - HMIB (10dpo)
Fri 8 - Katniss (12dpo), Ster (after AF due)
Sat 9 - PaddyPaws (after AF due)
Sun 10 -
Mon 11 - Explorers (AF), Caramel (AF)

Oh no @Chanel05 and @WildFlower2019. Hope next month is the month for both of you!
I am still symptom spotting like mad and eyeing up my packs of FRER...doesn't help DS is sick so I'm off work with him and have nothing to distract me....pretty sure it's not my month though, just a feeling.

I'm really sorry to hear ladies @WildFlower2019 @Chanel05 - we're overdue a BFP! 😩

I'm at 10dpo at the moment, with hardly any symptoms (ones that I can differentiate between PMS anyway) so will see what the next few days bring.

Good luck @Paddypaws91 for your weekend test! seems there's a few ladies due to test real soon so got my🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

Good luck everyone! I didn't have any symptoms that were any different to AF so don't count yourself out yet! Today was my expected AF day so many trips to the toilet checking, nothing as yet so hopefully I can soon celebrate my BFP will test again Sunday with digital just need to see it in black and white so to speak.

I'll be sticking around if that's ok after my miscarriage I am under no illusion this will be easy/result in a healthy pregnancy so not getting too excited just yet

@wildflower and @chanel05 so sorry to hear/read your updates. This ttc is not what they said it would be like when they teach about it at schools those many years ago.

I am 12dpo today, af due Thursday and I got some light yellow/brown in my cm today. Wouldn’t say it was spotting, and although I don’t think I’ve had it before, I’ve never really looked at my cm until this cycle so may be normal for me, or, as my overactive brain is thinking, it may be a sign of implantation?
I’m not going to test again until Friday (yesterday was rubbish to see the negative) xx

@wildflower2019 sorry about the frer. I find them the hardest when they are bfns.

@paddypaws91 keep holding out till the weekend! You can do it.

Sorry @chanel05 that your AF has arrived, that's so rubbish

@wildflower2019 sorry to see you BFN although wait to see if your AF arrives & no more testing if you can help it! Are you definitely going to ask your DH to change all your passwords so you order no more?!

Thanks guys - tempted to test....had the worst day at work and just want the biggest glass (or two) of wine 🍷

Must. stay. strong. 😂

@paddypaws91

Oh no that's awful you had a bad day at work! I was the same last week, my manager decides to tell me in a one to one everything I'm doing wrong. I just left work in a bit of shock thinking did that really just happen, it was like there was no shutting her up & picking up faults. I'm praying we both have BFP so we can go on mat leave!!!

@Explorers10 what an arse! Yeah absolutely agreed, bring it on! My manager is just a lazy, sexist pig. He's the type that frowns upon women on mat leave... tit!

Still testing Monday?

@paddypaws91

That’s awful he frowns on women going on mat leave! Yes testing on mon hoping I can make the weekend without testing! Going to be tough! Good luck for Saturday

@Explorers10 thanks, I do feel AF looming, but will check back Monday to see how you get on!

@paddypaws91 @Explorers10 - sorry to hear you're having a shit time. And wtf about that manager looking down on mat leave!! Bastard!

Anyway, woke up this morning spotting brown cm...is AF coming early to put me out of my misery? Pregnancy sign?? Or just another trick of the body to keep me guessing until AF invariably comes a day late giving me 24 hours of cruel hope???! Stay tuned to find out!

Can anyone see this absolute squinter or am I kidding myself? Yes I fail at sitting on my hands!

@KatnissKringle I think I can see something!!!

I also caved today at only 9dpo and I think I saw something. Like it's more than a squinter so can't even take a picture. Was with a really cheap one. Will be testing tomorrow with a clear blue!

I bet you you'll see more of a line tomorrow!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. X

@HMIB oooh exciting!!!!! I'm definitely testing tomorrow again too. DH says he can see it which is a good sign as he is usually quite dismissive of squinters (it's clearer irl)...hope it's not a dud! Good luck tomorrow - keep us updated!

Wellll I think I'm out.... 13dpo & BFN on a FRER with FMU. AF due either today or tomorrow.

Pretty convinced I'm spotting for my period and not an implantation bleed as I'd hoped... I'm still spotting a tiny, tiny, tiny amount (and nowhere as near much as before AF last month). But I now feel super crampy and I think my cervix is low (I think, I’ve never really checked it much before). So pretty convinced AF will be here in the next 24-36hrs. Plus the BFN... pretty convinced I'm out now.

Oh well, I’m not too sad - on to the next cycle! I hope everyone will stick around this thread? x

@KatnissKringle I can see a verrrry faint line too. Wooo! How exciting for both you and @HMIB - please let us know how you get on tomorrow!!!

@PaddyPaws91 Sorry you’ve had a terrible day at work. I hope you had that glass of wine! Professor Robert Winston (the fertility expert) says that the bad press given to alcohol in pregnancy is not truly justified. He used to give women a glass of wine at embryo transfer in his clinic and found the success rate was ever-so-slightly higher: genesisresearchtrust.com/askrobert-questions-and-answers/dietary-supplements-alcohol-acupuncture-and-ivf/ so I can’t see one or two glasses during the TWW hurting. PS) Your boss sounds like an absolute tosser and a tribunal waiting to happen!

@Explorers10 Your boss sounds like a tosser too. x

@Ster2019 got my fx that it’s implantation and not AF.

@2018isanewyear How are you getting on today? You’re officially a day late now? X

Good luck to everyone who is testing over the next few days & the weekend. We need some more BFPs in this group! Xx

Aww @WildFlower2019 sorry to hear that! FX for you, you're not out until you're out, let's hope the cramps are positive signs. Would love to keep everyone on this thread together.

You're right, he is a total tosser and I'm working on getting him out! He's already gone on a full blown rant today on women who are higher earners and female football players... he is just disgusting.

Absolutely love Pro. Robert Winston, will give that a read later, thanks!

Sorry to hear that @WildFlower2019 - I still have my fingers crossed for you, I've read a lot of stories of women who have tested after AF is due and then get a BFP!

@KatnissKringle I see a very faint line so have all my fingers crossed for you and hope we see some progression in the next few days, keep us posted!

I decided to test a bit earlier than intended, and got a faint line. Not celebrating just yet until I possibly see it in a digital, but won't do that until Friday if I can hold out. Haven't told my partner yet, as don't want to get his hopes up.

OMG CARAMEL THAT IS A BFP !!!!!! I understand you being cautious due to chemical pregnancies.... but that's quite a good line! I don't have to squint at all. With my last pregnancy, I got one like that at 11dpo as well. I then tested on the day of AF and it was a bit darker. Then I got 1-2 weeks on a digital.

I'm excited for you! Good luck!

@CaramelCluster that's positive!!! Huge congrats!!!!

Woo @CaramelCluster !!! Def a line - congrats!

Aw thanks ladies! I'm still a bit in shock at the moment tbh, really didn't expect that this morning.

@WildFlower2019 thank you so much for the advice, I indeed have concerns being so early but your words have made me feel better. I'm hoping for a stick bean, and many other sticky beans coming along soon in this thread!

@WildFlower2019 yes I'm now a day late and officially pregnant! I couldn't resist a digital last night and there it was in black and white. Saying 1-2 week so going to give it a rest for a couple of weeks now. Midwife booked for 22nd if I get that far (I know I sound down in the dumps honestly I'm over the moon)

It will be a year to the day since my last midwife appointment it feels very surreal, sadly started bleeding while in the waiting room last year which end up being the start of My miscarriage so expecting it to be a anxious day.

Fingers crossed for you and everyone else next month I know how hard it is 😔

I'll stick around and hopefully see lots of
BFP's won't be commenting on pregnancy though as I know it can be hard don't want to come across in the wrong way, just don't feel ready for the pregnancy boards yet

@2018isanewyear omg congrats girl! So sorry to hear about your previous MC ☹️ but very happy you now have a confirmed BFP on your digital!

Hopefully the good luck continues on this thread and we see some more BFPs coming through! ❤️