The 2ww Symptom Spotting continues....

[Bucky2007]

Hey girls as we are about to get thrown out of our thread I have started a new one so we can continue manically looking for EWCM, sore (.)(.)s and orange feet whilst chanting 'in with love, out with BFNs'.

Come on over/in

Hi guys, may I join? I haven't been on your original thread but was just reading this and it is so fun! I brought some bubbly - to go with the cake~

I had an MC in late August and a D&C on Sept. 13 (yeah, I'm not superstitious, or anything). DH and I are NOT waiting for anything - we're right on TTC.

Today I took a pg test to make sure that all my hormones are out and down and got a nasty "positive." For a second it was like a warm wave all over me... but then my fellow MNers told me that it takes 4 wks for hormones to get down. YUK!

So I'm not sure what day I'm on or what's going on but I've been known as a Queen of Obsessions at times... so I'm glad to jump right on this band wagon!

Welcome Katendmom sorry anout your mc, nut you sound like you're going to fit right in here.

Deb

welcome katendmom sorry to hear of your mc, but feel free to join in with tales of strange and delightful symptoms you may or may not have.

well...[dg wheels in massive tub of chocolate icecream and a huge spoon just for herself]...i am officially a nutcase . last night i rushed home all excited. dh was late picking me up from the station. i flew off the handle and fell into a massive strop. it was late so i went straight to bed fell asleep crying. he came up and fell asleep. i woke up, feeling totally let down that he hadn't even tried to have sex with me. Left the room, sobbed. Came back, sobbed. Went downstairs to try and have a large glass of wine to calm my nerves...couldn't. Woke him up to pick a fight, he couldn't say anythign to make me feel better. So I cried myself back to sleep and had dreams where i told people how upset i was because dh wouldn't have sex with me on the one day that mattered. He got up a 5am today, so i woke up too and cried some more. Now I have to give a massive presentation today with puffy eyes, thinking we've missed the egg boat and i'm going to get my period in two weeks time and will blame him (even though it my fault for being an emotional wreck).

Why oh why did i get so upset in the first place? We haven't bd'ed since monday night. if i ov today - there might not be any of the little swimmers left in me, i've probably cried them all out.

right - sorry for such a long post. i just had to get it all out before going into work, i won't be able to talk to anyone about this today.

Oh DG, You deserved the chocolate ice-cream.

Hope the presentation goes well today , they won't notice puffy eyes, and if they do they'll think you've been extra diligent working until the early hours on the presentation.

Back to last night, your hormones were raging as you've been waiting and waiting for that sign of ovulation, so anything that stood in your way was bound to get in trouble. If you bd tonight you still stand a chance, how's the CM? Or there could be some v slow girl sperms swimming along from Monday - you know the sort - they're doing breaststroke with their heads above the water so they don't spoil their hair!! Advice if you're trying for a girl is to bd 2 days before OV so that the strong girl sperms are left to fertilise the egg, so you never know.

Take care and enjoy the ice cream

Deb

thank you so much deb thank you thank you thank you the thought of strong girl swimmers taking their time will get me through the day. hope you have a good day too!
dg xxxx

aww DG it's not uncommon to feel the way you do you wait all month for an egg to hatch then your DP won't co-operate. I think a make up BD is on the cards tonight. My CBD monitor says to BD anytime in the 48 hours after getting your smiley face to maximise your chances so you've not missed the boat yet,

pmsl at the girl swimmers, yes the boys set off fast, don't ask for directions and end up lost around our kidneys, the girls take it easy and get there in the end, taking a pit stop for the shops as well now I am going mad!

digitalgirl I have often had to suffer dh being late picking me up from the station and its horrid, i tell myself i am not going to angry with him, but then it just happens..i feel bad, he feels bad

i dont think i have ever been this tired, pretty sure its down to tube and train delays this week..but secretly hoping...!!

x

Really sorry I haven't read all the posts yet but I got a BFP on my OPK last night! Now this was deffinatley a BFP the test line was as dark and the control line and it came up within 60 seconds. Also Yesterday and today I've been getting a pain in my side and I've got tender nips. Haven't noticed EWCM though

The only issue I have is that after the other night antics I couldn't persaude DP into bed last night

My question today is how long after you've ovulated do you stay fertile? I'm going to try again tonight. What do you think is it too late?

OMG just skimmed through the posts. Digitalgirl Are you ovulating too? Yay if I manage to seduce DP we could be Test buddies!

Hi pixie,
I've just had the same problem. I think I got a positive on the Boots OPK. But it didn't come up quickly, it came up after an hour, and then when I went home to test on a CB digital, there was no smiley face. No idea if it was a false positive or a short surge. Will be taking another Boots test today and see if it does the same thing after an hour, so i'll definitely know. Also had trouble persuading DH to bd (seeing as i shouted at him then ignored him then cried myself to sleep then woke him up to shout at him some more). Hoping we make up by tonight. Also hoping for girl swimmers.

It's spooky how we're going through similar things!

lockets tiredness...yay!

sk thanks, will do my very best to initiate a make-up bd tonight.

Hi DG I've been getting faint lines all month that take about 15 minutes to come up. But this one came up within 60 seconds and was really strong. I'm just hoping I haven't missed it because I couldn't bed DP. Men they are so frustrating aren't they.

OH NO! I just read that once you've hatched an egg it only survives for six to tweleve hours normally sometimes up to twenty four but thats a stretch.

I'm just hoping now that DP accidently let a few of his swimmers go when we didn't finish the job the night before last otherwise I think I've missed it.

I want to cry

Hello girls. Can I join in?

Brief history, for those who haven't met me before. 41, four miscarriages in a row in the past two years, last one in March, all after 10 weeks. All awful, as you'd imagine. No cause found, so advised to 'keep going'.

So, the usual 2ww symptom-spotting madness is compounded by the anxiety that even if I do get pregnant, I may well lose it again and have to be locked up in an asylum.

Oh, and my younger sis has just announced her third pregnancy, conceived on first or second try. wail

To symptoms. CD 26 of 28-day cycle, feel really odd in the head, v tired and muzzy, just like I did when last pg. Cramps on and off all month. But I get cramps on off anyway. Mildly large boobs, but, as ever, another PMT symptom. You know the score.

To add to the mix, AF is due on Saturday, when I'll be away, staying with a friend, and I'm bound to bawl my eyes out. Embarrassing.

Any sanity tips?

Pixie and DG hope you get your men into bed tonight , with you, at the same time, awake and ready for duty!! Or you could disguise it by seduction!

Herbaceous Welcome. I think you sound a very strong woman - 4 mc - I am so sorry. I really hope that this month is the month for you and it's a really sticky one.
No advice about the weekend - will your friend be sympathetic? It might be better being away fromhome, more things to distract you.

Deb

Welcome and hello to herbaceous and katendmom ! lots of lovely symptoms spotters here. I'm so sorry to hear of your mc's herbaceous. You sound so positive and strong.

Pixie - don't cry , . I think an egg survives for 12-24 hours. That's what most of the websites say. I have been BD-ing like mad just before the middle of my cycle (i am not using the OPKs at the moment) because the little swimmers survive longer -up to three days inside you and sometimes as long as five - so I figured that if we BD'ed early, they should be lying in wait ready to pounce on my little hatchling!

digital - hope youare ok today and the puffy eyes are subsiding. I think we are all going off on one at the DH/Dp's. I know DH has been feeling the pressure.

Abbeymeg - thinking of you. We'll all be here and you must pop in form time to time to say hello wther you are tTC or not. Sometimes it's not a break from TTC you need, but a break from MN. I stayed away for a while when everything was getting too much (lots and lots of BFP's on other threads, everyone falling like ninepins and I felt jealous, which I am not very proud of). It was getting me down and we stopped TTC for a month or two and it did me the world of good .

hello everyone else.

sweetkitty - are you a fellow Jock ? use of the word "wee" hints that you might be

pixie - I thought it was LH surge THEN egg was released 12-24 hours later so all is not lost for you. Don't stress too much about it ((((hugs))))

Herb - welcome to the thread although unfortunately I "know" you from the mc thread but heres hoping we both get a nice BFP soon that sticks

anniemac - thats so annoying for you, I knwo you just want AF to turn up so you can start another cycle

Gryffingirl - yes I reside in sunny (but cold) Scotland whereabouts are you?

Welcome new people.

I am being brief today, because I am out of the office at meetings.

Just wanted to send virtual to pixie and digitalgirl. I was having the same worries last month, and then as soon as mid month went I thought maybe I ov later...and I had missed it anyway. It must be even more stressful when you are monitoring the hatching process!

Thinking of you. Hope you get lots of BD action later .

So much to catch up on.....

Abby I can't believe your leaving us (even if temporary). I understand though, I am tempted sometimes to just go back on the pill and forget about it all as I'm so stressed. I always end up thinking maybe next month and of course never do it. Hope some time out helps you, as the others have said maybe don't prevent anything from happening eg using contraceptives just stop watching you CD and stuff and let what happens happens. Hope this works out for you. ((((HUGS)))))

anniemac are you okay, your post are really short, what else is it that you have to worry about this month? I'm the same I get so excited about getting a + OPK because now I know what a + HPT should look like hehehehe.

Hello Newbies! Hello everyone else who I have missed because of my self absorbedness and a special wave to cbcb

Thanks for all your support about my ovulation issue. As I do an OPK every night last night was my first + so now I'm thinking I may just be on my way to ovulating so will do my best to make up with DP tonight!

I don't know where I'd be without this thread, crying at my desk at work I think

Oh you poor thing that's awful (((HUGS))) for you. I'm so sorry it really is a horrible thing to be dealing with.

anniemac that's so sad, hope you and your dh are ok.

abbymeg totally understand, we'll all be waiting for you when you're back on the TTC game. (I'm sure I'll be here when you're all TTC'ing the next one!)

today's presentation went well. am thoroughly exhausted. might go home now. have not done my boots opk test yet, as i've not had a chance to hold my wee for 4 hours.

dg x

DG well done on the presentation. I don't hold my wee for four hours I've never been able to do that. I try and not drink anything for the last hour that I'm in work and then do a test about and hour after I get home.

New symptom: smelly wee.