Anyone testing just before Christmas?

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Quite upset as the smileys don't have their Santa hats on yet.

AF arrived 2 days ago so I will probably be testing around 21st December (cycles are about 24 days)

Anyone else???

Hello ladies,

mind if I jump on?
First cycle TTC #2. Not much hope as (except for a potentially unsuccessful withdrawal on Friday) we've only managed to dtd this morning. Positive OPK yesterday, negative this morning... Due on the 20th...

Hey! I'm pretty sure I ovulated yesterday through the night. Dtd on Wednesday, Thursday and twice yesterday so I'm hoping that's enough, and will probs go again tonight for a little extra 🤞 for us all!

Thanks @IslayBrigid! Yep started with the BBT so hoping that will give me some certainty along with the clearblue tests. No rise yet but hoping for it around Thursday, DTD already a couple of times this week and will keep going to try and catch the window! Fingers crossed for you that it times nicely and you see your peak today 😊 maybe DTD once more for good luck? Welcome @Peanutty86 and @Jessmary94! Sounds like you’ve done plenty to give yourself a chance jessmary

@Jessmary94 and @Jh2019 yay, I hope you both ovulate on the days expected and there are plenty of swimmers hanging around! Haha it's so funny the things we say/think while TTC.

Have you guys also noticed any EWCM? I had it yesterday but none today and none before. I'm hoping I still had a hospitable enough 'environment' haha.

My temp spiked this morning when I measured so I'm thinking hopefully that means O ovulated yesterday! Which is great as firmly within the 2 days since sex window. We couldn't DTD again last night, we were both so knackered! Lots going on atm and we have a long commute as well so Monday night just wasn't going to work. But I feel happy now that I know I probably ovulated yesterday. When I measure tomorrow and see if it's still high I'll be even more happy as that'll basically confirm it.

It's nice that we all get to test around Xmas.... it sounds like for a lot of us it is our first cycle TTC too. I am trying not to get my hopes up too much as I know it can take time. :)

Welcome @Peanutty86 x

@IslayBrigid yes I noticed EWCM quite a lot at the end of last week so good signs hopefully! Though I'm trying not to symptom spot so I don't get my hopes up for nothing 😔

Nice that a few of us are starting the TTC journey together, hopefully a short one for us all before we start preparing for baby 🤞

Hello everyone! I'm jumping on board with a festive AF due date of Christmas day if I ovulate on the day predicted that is . appropriate as I got my first ever period on Christmas day 19 years ago! What a gift! I can't beleive my period is old enough to go to university haha
Anyway, ttc since May. I was diagnosed with mild endometriosis years ago so was offered tests at 6 months instead of 1 year ttc. All clear so far, waiting on a HSG. DH semen alaysis is fine, with normal shape being a bit low so working on that with looser pants and supplements.
I can honestly say that each month is split into two halves. 2 weeks of positivity and hope, sanity, followed by 2 weeks of being a complete moron, glued to Google, having huge mood swings and honestly having no motivation to do anything, even get dressed some days. Last month I had such extreme symptoms, including 3 days of bad nausea and metallic taste, I couldn't even be around the smell of tinsel in shops, I really thought it was my month. But AF actually came early. It was the hardest month so far, I almost decided to not try this month to give my mental health a bit of a break. But here we are! I'm really desperately trying not to picture getting that bfp on Christmas day but it's very hard. We're told that positive thinking and visualisation can have a strong impact but it's too hard each time getting that bfn. I think this time I'm going to assume it's not our month, and if I get a surprise gift then that would be wonderful. I say this, but I'm currently in the sane half of the month. Fast forward to 10 days time and I'll be peeing on everything I can find!

I had my positive OPK today, very crampy and bloating so I’m hoping ovulation tomorrow and then dreaded two week wait. Typical it’s gonna fall right on Christmas

@ziggystarduck I literally could have written that, especially with all the symptoms last month! I was CERTAIN I was pregnant. So gutted when AF came, and it was a heavy and long one for me too. I think my cycles are still regulating a bit after my MC in July...
I am 5 days in to the 2ww now and trying SO hard not to symptom spot but the wet CM is taunting me! I wish I could hibernate for the next 10 days.
I also feel like the idea of a Christmas BFP is just too perfect and is making the hope worse so I fear there will be a big downer if its negative this month. Still staying hopeful and trying so hard to be realistic at the same time.

@Ziggystarduck I feel you. I thought I was pregnant last month and it’s brutal. I think I’m broken and grumpy now so don’t even think I’ll be pregnant this month which is not the attitude to have. I’m going to try so hard not to symptom spot this month, step away from google and just enjoy the festive season....

I'm really sorry to hear of your difficult experiences @Ziggystarduck @TunnocksTcake and @Goingbacktokansascity. I really hope this cycle is the one for you!

@TunnocksTcake what is your watery mucus like? I just had a look and I have some watery ish white creamy CM. But I'm only about a day after ovulation so I probably shouldn't start reading into things! Also sorry if I'm encouragin you to symptom spot by asking this... 😬🙈

I'm sure thinking positively can help even if to make us less stressed... I was so excited & nervous last night about testing today to see if I ovulated that I didn't manage to sleep well! Which of course may have thrown off the temperature anyway. And when I saw the spike, I felt happy for a couple hours then starting worrying about OH sperm health... Haha. Silly.

I'm hoping next couple weeks I can just not worry too much.

What is earliest you guys have tested, for those who have tried before ? Xx

Hi All, haven't posted on here in a week or so - I think I am due to OV tomorrow, with AF due on 22nd December - only have an 11 day LP.

Fingers crossed that we all get an amazing Christmas present.

How is everyone doing xx

@TunnocksTcake so sorry to hear of your MC, it just have been very hard, I can't even imagine.
Sometimes I wonder if the cycles where I have been 99% sure, if perhaps I had been pregnant for a very very short time. I've always been so in tune with my body, I knew I had a cyst on my ovary well before it was diagnosed, and even after the first surgery where the surgeon said there was no cyst there to remove, I knew he was wrong. A year later and a better surgeon, and there it was, the fecker. But then again maybe I just tell myself that as a sort of comfort that I can get pregnant, even if it's not lasting.
@IslayBrigid (not sure why it's not letting me tag you) thanks for the positivity 👍 I really underestimated how much help groups like this would be. It's so isolating this ttc business, it feels amazing to have a commutiy out there. Even if it is hard to see other people's bfps.
Oh I have tested to the point of insanity. When you've got a drawer full of IC you will literally pee on one of those at the drop of a hat. I have gotten to the point some cycles where I'm so used to doing them, that I pee on the thing and then forget to even check it! I've bought frers a couple of times when I've been so certain it would be a positive, and that the ICs were giving false negatives. And then been angry at myself for wasting the money. Also the idea of handing over a tiny bit of peed on card to DH to announce the bfp isn't very appealing 😂
This cycle I've only got one or two ic and a frer in the drawer, purposely to stop me from going pee crazy. I'll have family staying with me and the shops will be shut so hopefully the insane tww version of me will be able to take my mind off of peeing on things!

Thanks for the love ladies 
@Ziggystarduck I have had the same thought too... I try not to test too early because I'm so afraid of chemicals so it's possible!
@IslayBrigid I have had a mixture of EWCM yesterday and today there was loads of white creamy CM, quite wet iykwim
You are doing so well to be positive! I am generally pretty laid back about the whole thing but the 2ww and progesterone symptoms just drive me insane!
I don't really test early, I've seen lots of people get BFPS on 8/9dpo then realise they've had a chemical which is so much worse than not knowing! I don't think you're likely to get a realistic positive until 10dpo earliest

Quick question guys, can you get implantation bleeding 2dpo? I'm pretty sure I ovulated on Sunday, low cervix on Saturday, high Sunday morning when I got up into Monday and low again Monday afternoon. Had some very very light spotting tonight, brownish colour. Could this be possible or wishful thinking? Tia x

Hi can I join? I’ve only just joined this site and looking forward to learning from you all.
Decided last month that we would start trying for baby #1, although didn’t track anything so we missed the window. This month I have used the Flo app and also taken OPKs. I used the CB advanced digital. I’m ovulating today on CD15 and we DTD on CDs 11, 12 and 14 - hoping that’s enough as my OH is feeling quite stressed in between jobs at the mo. I think my period is due on Christmas Day and I would love to have a positive test to give my OH in his stocking

What a waiting game this is!!!

Ideally I want yo test on christmas day to surprise my partner, though I'm due on the 20th.

However last month my cycle was 25 days so in theory I could test on the 17th. Not sure how to NOT test until christmas day!

@Jessmary94 I don't think it's possible to get implantation after 2 days but maybe you are setting a record, who knows! The earliest recorded as far as I'm aware is 6 days but even that is very rare. It's more likely 9/10 days at least. I guess you could do a test to be sure, in a couple days!

I should probably get a test or two to have up my sleeve. What are the "IC" tests you speak of @Ziggystarduck ? Are these the cheap ones? A friend told me to use clear blue but Ive heard first response also good.

Interesting, thanks for the Intel on your CM @TunnocksTcake! I have white creamy CM today but not very much of it, so who knows if that's a good sign 🤷‍♀️ sounds like it could be but I'm only 1dpo.

All very exciting and I really hope we all get good results for Xmas ... Imagine that Christmas miracle! @debbs77 I'm not going to be able to wait till Christmas haha I think I'll test 10dpo.
Welcome @BoughsOfHolly. Sounds like you have it covered!

It is super nice having this thread as I haven't told many of my friends or anyone in my family about TTC but it's on my mind constantly so really nice to be able to chat to you all :) x

@Jessmary94 one thing I read today is that if pregnant the cervix stays soft kind of like texture of ones lips on ones mouth. So perhaps if you have been checking its position you accidentally made it bleed a little?? ... I mean this could still be a good sign as I think it's softer if you've conceived! 🙃🙃 Just a thought!

Also welcome back @ceebee21, sending you lots of luck for approaching ovulation!

@Jessmary94 it could be ovulation bleeding... that can take a couple of days to reach the toilet paper. Good luck!

Ah ok thanks guys!! Could have ovulated earlier than thought as I'm just off the pill so everything is still a bit messed up but I'm sure I didn't 🤔 will just have to see in a week or so 🤞

I'm so confused; yesterday I was feeling a bit sick. And since last night I've been having a dull sort of cramp in my lower abdomen. It's carried on today and it feels hot if that makes sense.
It doesn't feel like a period but I don't know what it is. I'm only 5dpo so it's too early for signs right?

@HerondaleDucks 5dpo is too early for implantation to have occurred, so it's very unlikely to have symptoms.
However I've felt exactly like you many months since starting ttc, and what I've come to realise through a lot of googling and research, is that your uterus is going through changes for the whole month. Its never really static, or not doing anything. Once you've ovulated, its busy building up a nice thick lining that will either support a growing embryo or will become AF. That means it has increased blood blow to the area, and is expanding a little in size. When you are hyper aware of everything happening in your body, you can feel the mild cramps and pulling of this. Your fallopian tubes are also working really hard, wafting that egg down towards the uterous.
Your ladybits are hard grafters, they never get a break for the whole month. Take comfort from the feeling of them doing their thing, you're body is doing all it can and frankly what happens in there is mind blowing 💪

@ziggystarduck
That makes a lot of sense. That's for that info. I didn't know what it was as it was too early. Just been really thrown by it today.

@HerondaleDucks don't worry, some days are like being in an emotional washing machine spin cycle. It's exhausting. I honestly think the only way to cope is mega distraction. Being around people as much as possible, especially those that don't know you're ttc seems to really help for me.

Hey all. How are you feeling?? We must all be into our TWW now?

I've been having the most horrible churning stomach ache the last couple days. It started yesterday when I was feeling a bit anxious about whether we have succeeded in conceiving and it's carried on today even though mentally I feel OK now. It's like my body is still full of anxiety and adrenaline even though my mind is not anxious anymore. It's horrible! I also worry if it continues it'll prevent implantation which if course just makes it worse as it is more worry.

I did some meditation, yoga and swimming and each time that helped a bit... distraction helps but it just comes back when I'm no longer distracted... it's weird.

I've also been very tired & hungry & bloated last couple days.

Anyone else had a similar experience with the anxiety tum? Recommendations for stuff that helps?

P.s. hope you all voted! xx