24th June - 4th July Testing Buddies

[Littlebee1990]

New thread for those who were on the May/June thread and didn’t get a BFP, think we’re up to 14 people with a BFP 😍

Anyone who will be testing on above dates welcome, I’ll create a list of usernames and testing date and we will then support each other through the TWW, symptom spotting brain ache and AF arriving or celebrating a BFP. Great if everyone could give a little info about them too!

I’m 30, boyfriend is 27. TTC #1 Cycle 3. Tried SMEP last month and using OPK’s. Not even a hint of pregnancy yet for me but hoping for some baby dust my way this month!

@littlebee - 2nd July

Hi @Flittingabout hope this is your month! 🤞

Hi everyone 👋 Currently 6dpo and AF due on the 24th. TTC No 2 but DD took 20 months to conceive as I have quite long irregular cycles and this is only cycle 2 so I’ll be amazed if I fall so quickly this time! Fingers crossed for everyone testing soon!

@HellloBambinos 🤣 tmi coming.... I dont understand how to know whether its CM or C*M! 🤣
Do you monitor cervix too? That's a right ballache!

@Nottherealslimshady yep I've had the same thoughts this month... 🤣🤣 stupid of mother nature to make them so similar

I've started attempting to monitor my cervix for the first time this month but tbh I've not got a flipping clue if I'm doing it right. I've been thinking it feels high but I've got small hands so maybe it's not? Think I need a bit more practice at it 🤣

Thanks.

I think one is slippery and clear and like silk and the other is more globby and stretchy?

@HellloBambinos see, men have absolutely no idea all the stuff we have to think about to make this happen!
it absolutely gets easier with practise, once you've felt the position when its low and when it's high you know the difference. I find doing it in a squat position easiest.

I'm feeling nauseous as hell today 🤢🤞

@RoEP2018 @nottherealslimshady thanks, you've made me feel better that not dtd isn't such a bad thing! I've been in a mood with myself all day haha

@bookishEm thanks! Hopefully your Thursday and Friday dtd will get the job done!

I always think though, like all the millions of people who just fall pregnant accidently, surely they didn't just coincidently happen to have sex on ovulation day?!

@helllobambinos hahahh how funny. It would horrify my other half if he new CM checking was even a thing!!

@mamainmaking1 ahh yeah try and maybe test again in a few days.

@Whilstwewait my opks are the same, there's no real obvious increase in colour on the lead up. It goes like pale then paler then a bit darker then pale again then out of the blue really dark! Do you test the same time every day?

I know what everyone means about wanting to do a pregnancy test early but on the other hand I almost don't want to test because it confirms a BFN whereas not knowing and having hope and feeling like there is a chance is better than confirmation of a no. My other half last cycle when I was late had to persuade me to test.. I bought about 5 different brands of tests but just liked to stare at them rather than do them haha

@Flittingabout 😄 once it's like old though it goes waterier and pretty much like creamy CM ... or maybe that's just my experience 🙈

@Nottherealslimshady just tried it in the squat position and I cant reach the damm thing with my childlike hands. How low is low exactly, like able to reach it with the tip of your finger?

Hi everyone, hope it’s ok if I join you all. Cycle 4 TTC number 3, have DD16 and DS1 (14=months)
My story is similar to @mylittlebean2019 in that I’m still breastfeeding my son, who was a honeymoon baby! It was SO much easier finding time to DTD then than it is now with a teenager and toddler under lockdown! We managed 4 times during fertile week including the two days leading up to ovulation day which is our record 😂
My testing day will be 29/6 which is a couple of days after AF is due as my cycles aren’t exact due to breastfeeding and I’ve let myself get carried away before.

@HellloBambinos when mines high I can just about reach if I try. When its low it's about two finger sections in. It'll only be low for a short while during your fertile period, it'll be low and kinda spongy. Whereas the rest of the time it's high and hard.

Hi lovelies! Does anyone know if with the CB digital advanced that when you eject the test from the reader that you can go by that too? My lines are pretty dark with this one but not sure how accurate the lines alone are? I've had flashing smileys for 3 days! Hope everyone's doing ok🤞🏼x

@helllobambinos I'm actually howling at your comment haha! I've got wee teeny hands too so I've not even attempted to make sense I'm if what I can and can't reach in there...it didn't stop me trying a wee squat and prod around just now though to see if I could notice any difference haha!

@kate123cl I did not know that! If I don’t get my BFP this month 🤞🏼 Then I’ll be analysing this every day next month 😂

Evening everyone! This thread cracks me up!! I have started checking out my cervix yet but perhaps next cycle! 😂
I'm really trying to forget that I'm in the TWW, only 4 days in though! Argh!

@Whilstwewait Thats good, fingers crossed it's all ok too!
My monitor went from low to peak last month. This month I only had one high day before peak.

@BookishEm I was actually asking if reading it that way could work!! lol. I've been going by it so let's hope so anywayx

I'm not 100% sure (I really should just go full on OPK ASAP cos I'm a bloody nightmare trying to guess!) but I think I've ovulated between CD10-14 so I'm gonna go ahead and join you @fran2020 and count myself in for the wait at 2dpo today. Although I'm planning on fitting in another few attempts up til around CD21 just to make sure I'm covered if I'm reading my symptoms wrong 🤣
I actually feel a bit more relaxed about the wait this month again, I'm definitely not symptom spotting as badly as the first cycle. Or maybe the first cycle was just a hormonal riot, I remember I was almost 100% convinced I was pregnant, my boobs changed completely (and have stayed slightly fuller! yaaay for my tiny boobies!) I was exhausted, cramping like mad and so bloated that I looked about 4 months gone the entire two weeks!
It's strange but chatting with you lot is actually a really good distraction even though it's all we talk about! I think it's maybe because I'm thinking about how other girls are getting on now too and there's less focus on me. I don't really chat about any of my TTC stuff with anyone IRL (except my little pregnant sister who's as desperate as I am for us to get a BFP and poor hubby who I do try to conceal the full craziness from so it's never as deep a chat as we all get on here, ha!) so before this thread the TWW was very consuming, I felt really alone with it all.
Yay for @Littlebee1990 ✨ it's nice to not feel alone anymore ☺️

@mrswilso welcome to the group...which is full of us ladies overflowing with semen and unreachable cervixes 😂😂😂😂

Ahh ladies I am so pleased this thread is serving its purpose, I need to add a few more names to the list but I manage to balls it up every time so swerving until it has my full attention.

How are we all? I’m deciding if we need to / should DTD tonight.. I think we both need a rest, we’ve done it every day (one day twice!) from 9th-15th and I ovulated on 14th.. do we think I should seal the deal tonight or can we get away with leaving tonight (I’m 2DPO)..

@Littlebee1990 have a rest and get a bloody ice pack down there! Dont know how you've done it! 🤣

Thanks @motherofdinosau 🤣
Take a bow @littlebee1990 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 you have completed your mission with the highest dedication...you may now lower your legs from the wall and take some well deserved rest and relaxation time 🏆🏅🤣

@Nottherealslimshady @mrswilso I am laughing so much 🤣🤣 absolutely brilliant. I genuinely don’t know either, it was mainly him initiating too.. we’ve always had a pretty healthy sex life but I can confirm I have never had sex 7 days in a row before.

Oh I so hope some of us get our BFP.. I have visions of us all discussing lack of sleep in 10 months time and planning a mummy meet up 🤣

@Littlebee1990 have a rest!! You deserve it 😂

Ah fingers crossed! 🤞🏻✨
Would be lovely to meet you all someday and put faces to CM types/positions 😂😘

Aw I hope so! Will love to see some BFPs on here soon.
We should definitely stick together through all the personal pregnancy issues, theres not many people you can discuss CM and sperm ponds with