Anybody in their 2WW?

[MMama18]

Pretty sure I ovulated yesterday (hopefully!), due AF on 13th May, anybody else starting their 2WW?

(Warning: I am a serial symptom spotter and POAS addict, I have zero willpower 😂)

@mmama18 sorry to hear that :-( I’m hoping it’s just 2 weeks to wait - last cycle I didn’t ovulate until day 43 😖

@Kiskacsa she’s come in full force too, I usually have a light day first but she’s making herself known this month 😫 pomegranate juice to blame maybe?! I’m using OPKs for certain this time, looking into preconception vitamins too, I was taking Seven Seas with DD but have just been taking supermarket folic acid and vitamin D so might give them a go

@MMama18 sorry for the radio silence, in Italy now ☺️ so sorry AF has come this month, however, like you say, at least she has come on time and you haven't had to wait ages not knowing, so you can move on fresh with the new month and new opportunity x

Morning lovely ladies, how are we all? Now at 12dpo and just collected my FRER from Superdrug. To POAS or not POAS???..... 😖

@MrsG3 I think I’d wait with the frers and use the cheapos if you’ve got some. Unless you’re “feeling it”... good luck!
For me af is due today and clearly on her way so I guess I’m out for this month 😔

By the way, how do you ladies approach each 2ww, especially towards the end of it? Do you try to convince yourselves that “most probably it’s not my month” so that the disappointment of af is less painful, or do you genuinely stay positive and keep your hopes up until the af comes? What helps you most to get through this 2ww over and over again? I’ve had a conversation with my friend about it this weekend and our approaches are sooo very different...

Sorry @MMama18, but I will be joining you on the June bus. AF arrived right on cue (00:06) today.

Thank you all for your support

Not sure if my eyes are deceiving me! 🤔 Af due tomorrow. Can definitely see a second line... No more frers left and I used the last one on Sunday! 😂🙄

@Bananapalm - I'm inherently pessimistic (I prefer realistic) about everything but that's just me. I'm only technically on cycle one and I'm thinking how to deal with it going forward. If I expect Af and she doesn't turn up that's better for me than being all positive. I both envy and get annoyed by positive people.

@Roo3125 - I see something faint but on camera it looks a bit grey (even though it is probably not irl). How is your bank balance and can you stand the hit of another frer? Also can your sanity take it.

Im 14dpo today. Crampy as anything so will test Thursday if I'm not out by then!

@Roo3125 - I see it more clearly on the inverted image. Nerve wracking stuff!!

@TryingVeryHard2015 I was considering whether it was an evap too, but it was within the time and looks quite purple/pink in real life.

If I've still no af by tomorrow then I'll buy another frer. Really thought I was out too! 🤦‍♀️ 14dpo today too!

Good luck @Roo3125 I think I can see a faint line but don't want to get your hopes up! Do you have a FRER? x

@BananaPalm I definitely convinced myself it wasn't my month every month. Think it's easier to take it when it's bad news that way. But I am more of a realist than an optimist!

🤞🏻@Roo3125

Not sure if I'm optimistic or pessimistic this morning...13dpo and my frer is blankety blank! We're talking daz white. Aside from the odd dizzy spell, a tiny bit of heartburn and a few odd tummy cramps last night...nothing 😖 AF due tomorrow (I think!)

@RudyRoo I don't have any frers left but will pick one up tomorrow if af still hasn't shown!

I've been feeling weird for a few days - dry mouth, really tired, sore boobs etc but bfn on Sunday there. I don't want to get my hopes up but I'm sure I can see colour in it!

@BananaPalm I am annoyingly (according to friends and family! 😂) optimistic about everything, I get excited about even little things like a kid at Christmas! I tend to have a panic/off day when anything bad happens or goes wrong and then get my positive head back on and push on forward. It’s a lovely way to be MOST of the time, but with things like TTC in can be crushing, but I don’t know how else to be!
🤞 for you @Roo3125 I can definitely see something on the inverted but agree it looks a little grey in the colour pic. Hope AF stays away!

@TryingVeryHard2015 @RudyRoo I’m the same, definitely a realist...
@Mmama18 Wow, that’s amazing... I really admire optimists. You must be getting lots of endorphins which is fantastic for your health...

@TryingVeryHard2015 I’m also quite new to this, this was our third month which just ended in af. I still haven’t learnt how not to get my hopes up. This month was better than the last but I still had that flicker of a hope that...perhaps those cramps meant implantation or... that being bothered by certain smells meant I was pg... oh well. Now it will be even more “fun” as my pregnant co-worker is coming back from her several-week long holiday so I’ll have to deal with her as a daily reminder of my another failed month. I really like her and I’m genuinely happy for her but she talks a lot (!) and now she’s obviously talking about nothing but her pregnancy. It’s going to be so tough...

@Roo3125 I can definitely see a line on the inverted photo. 🤞🏻Great idea to check it like that!

@MMama18 looks like we're close! I think I've just had a positive opk (or very close to it) so excited my body seems to be back on track after the pill!

@MMama18
Ignore that comment I changed the comments to most recent but it mustn't have changed from your original post 😂
What cd are you on now? I haven't managed to keep up with the messages the last few days

Hi @Abi58 AF arrived for me on Sunday so I’m CD3 now xx

@BananaPalm Thank you! I have everything crossed! 🤞💕

after a bit of help ladies.... new to this feed.

I came off cerezette last month and started using opk tests when my cf was looking fertile and caught when I was ovulating but as I haven't had a period yet from coming off the pill should i presume it will be about 2 weeks after ovulation? And how many days post ovulation can I take a test as we dtd around ovulation. Thanks x

Andddd af just reared her ugly head. On towards next month 😔

Hi @josprout it can take a few months for your body to get back to normal after coming off the pill, you could have irregular ovulation and periods for a little bit but everyone is different. Implantation happens on average 6-10 days after ovulation and then it takes a few days until there’s enough hormones to show on a pregnancy test, most ladies test 12DPO onwards but it’s possible to get positives earlier, same thing really, everyone is different!
@Roo3125 ah that damn AF! We’ll be symptom spotting buddies again this cycle then! 😂

@MMama18 thanks for your help x

For those that are out, any new tactics anyone’s trying this cycle?

I’ve switched to pre conception vitamins rather than just folic acid and vitamin D
DH is now on multi vitamins - zinc, folic acid and vitamins C and E are particularly important for male fertility, who knew!
Pomegranate juice in smoothies starting from the day AF finishes, pineapple (including core) in smoothie every other day (another implantation tip I’ve come across)
Staying away from the OPKs again, my fertile week begins next Tuesday according to my app so planning to DTD every other day until CM has passed EW and gone back to sticky/dry (it’s a novelty, before my operation earlier in the year we hadn’t DTD in over a year!)
You all may laugh 😂 but I don’t want to know ovulation day so I can’t symptom spot and count DPO again! I will not buy or take a test until the morning AF is due, and I will ignore all tummy twinges that I think may be ovulation or implantation... I swear 🙄😂