Half way through the 2WW and just feel deflated

[xxlannixx]

Hiya Ladies
Im 6DPO and just feel fed up. Sick of symptom spotting, sick of the voice in my head telling me this is the month only to have AF show up.
Last month took it out of me when I was 8 days late and convinced i was pregnant only for AF to show. Now this month i just feel like (as childish as it sounds) im never going to get those 2 lines. I have barely any symptoms this month other than sore boobs which i get every month.
Have any of you got tips on how to stay positive?
Also anyone else the same dpo as me and want to buddy up?

Thanks for the welcome @xxlannixx and @SaraVB. Feels good to be here with everyone! Sorry to those who are out this month, it's so frustrating isn't it?! Good luck to those still waiting! I'm 99% sure I'm out this month, feeling totally normal for this time of the month. This particular TWW has felt like the longest one yet

@tetebeche same for me.. I was having tons of AF symptoms earlier this week although nothing much in the last couple of days... AF due today according to my app and it's usually pretty reliable.

An emotional roller coaster today for 12 DPO. Almost stark white for the 5 ic this morning on fmu - all night hold. My heart literally sunk then I tried again with 2.5 hrs hold and to my surprise they were better but not blazing positive or anything. Again shortly after that -1.5hrs I thought screw it let’s try frer-v v faint line came up within 2-3 mins - much clearer after dry but faint. The IC I tried this time also had faint line (clearer than this morning). This was my first ever pos Frer, it was neg on wed 10DPO while IC had lines after lines. Just under 4hrs later, I decided to try cbd and to my surprised it came back with 1-2 weeks.
Currently in shock, still trying to digest the result but AF is due Sun/Mon.

Oh wow congratulations @Meomeomeo! That's really great news :)

Congrats @Meomeomeo that is such good news. How long had you been trying? Anything you did different to reccomend to the group?

Thank you. I’m hoping it’s everyone’s month or very soon.
I had a CP last cycle (wasn’t planned but we were not avoiding either) and started af on 9th (originally due 30/3 - first vvvvvf ic on 1/4). I used Flo and Natural Cycles (temping) and both apps have their disagreements on o date. I have been using Flo longer but only started to temp in March on NC. Around CD11 I started to use Clearblue digital opk and had 2 days of blank before a flashing smiley (all on fmu) Flo put my O to be CD18 so on CD16’s afternoon, I did another opk and got a solid smiley so I had a feeling O would be late Saturday eve to early Sunday morning. We dtd on CD14 & CD17 cos I told my OH I rather have quality 😅. I read somewhere that it takes 6hrs for sperms to get to where they need to be so I wanted to make sure they are there when O happened. We didn’t dtd on O date.
I Temped as well and NC thinks I O on CD19 but I think that’s incorrect (as it would be well over 48hrs since lh surge first detected - I used internet cheapies opk on CD17/18/19 and from afternoon of CD18 it started to get fainter). Either way I knew sth would be there if it happened anytime btw cd17-19. All I can recommend is try pin point o date to 24-48hrs and dtd before when you think o would be. You want them there ready to go when the egg drops. Sorry for going so technical 😅 This is our first month actually ttc. I was devastated from the previous cp so was determined 🤦‍♀️ It is possible that I’m more fertile this month (essentially every 3 days after af is gone we dtd till as close to o as possible)
Unfortunately like my friend said to me - it’s a number game. Just have to give it your best shot.
I started to test on 9dpo, negative.
10dpo - fmu such a faint line on IC that my friend n I couldn’t agree if it was evap. Tested multiple times during the day and got better but still faint positive
11 dpo fmu darker line on IC, neg free but faint line ic on smu
12 dpo fmu borderline stark white (my heart sank), later on 2hrs hold smu very faint line on frer- shocked was an understatement. CBD 1-2 weeks in the afternoon under 4hrs hold
today 13 dpo fmu darker IC but fainter FRER (compared to the day before and respective brands). Better IC on smu and 1-2 weeks on cbd in the afternoon.
AF due tmr or Monday - depends on if I’m looking at Flo or Natural Cycles. Fingers crossed & baby dust to everyone

@Meomeomeo Congratulations 😊

Does anyone mind if I join? Back TTC after a break of nearly 12 months due to losses within the family.

We only managed to BD once on the date I should have ovulated (only
Going by apps this month) so very unlikely but as there's a chance I'm now in the anxious 2 week wait at approx 6 DPO.

Thank you @Meomeomeo thats really useful to read. I agree with your friend that it is a numbers game. Some months us ladies do everything we can and still get that bfn then other times you see people thinking they are out because not DTD enough and boom, they get a bfp.
So happy for you and hoping you have a healthy pregnancy.

Welcome @lizzie198 half way through the 2ww for you, how are you feeling?

Congratulations @Meomeomeo that's such lovely news! Excited and happy for you!

Welcome @lizzie198 ✨ hope the anxiety lessens for you over the 2WW or you can distract yourself with something enjoyable.

AF due today... Looking forward to it in a way so I can start this fun process all over again 😁

@tetebeche thank you. I've been on holiday this week but back to work tomorrow WFH but will still be a good distraction I'm sure 😊

@xxlannixx I'm not really sure I feel a bit bloated and one boob is very veiny but neither are sore. The problem is I can't remember if that's normal for this point in
my cycle so I'm trying to make an effort to record everything in Flo this month so if it happens again next month I'm not second guessing it and will know it's not a symptom. From that you can probably gather I'm expecting bfn this month lol.

@tetebeche hope AF doesn't show for you x

How's everyone doing? I'm encountering a very frustrating situation where I've been spotting for a couple of days then nothing, but still feel very much like I'm due on so trying not to get my hopes up. I don't keep tests at home otherwise I go crazy, but I might have to get one when I go food shopping this week if it carries on! Why do our bodies play tricks on us like this 😂