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

Rahhh just typed a message and it disappeared.

Well did a test on DH orders and got a BFN[SAD]

Just want next month to come so I can plan and track better, feel so fed up and don't know why, not had a good weekend, had an argument with DM and not managed to BD once! Very jealous of your twice pixie.

PMSL at you Bucky, Finn picked his moment!!

Anyway sorry for a rant off to open large bar of galaxy... anyone want some?

hello hello - I'm back from lovely night away. DH took me to Windsor. Didn't see the queen, but we did kick leaves in the autumn sunshine in Windsor Great Park, which was brilliant and the hotel was lovely. If any of you ladies ever want a night away with your DH/DP, I'd recommend it!

penguinmum - congratulations !!!!! So pleased for you !!

well, I am CD25 today so getting near the time. Symptoms are:

sore (.)(.)
ravenous hunger (still! )
really, really tired (but that might be to do with having a...erm...late night with DH in our hotel room )

I did an early test (slap me!) and it was BFN [sad}, but it was early and as everyone always says it's not over until the AF lady appears!

Anyway, I have decided to stretch out my being spoiled weekend I am off for a warm bath with candles and a copy of Hello!

GG glad you had a nice weekend, we are the same here tested early got a BFN and holding out hope for that vital BFP next weekend.

Lets hope this week goes fast

I have broken my CBD Opk thingy. I still had two sticks left too...arghhhh.

Now I will have to go back to the old fashioned way as am too poor to buy more this month unless I get cheapy web ones...

Your weekend sounds lovely GG glad your DH went some way to making things up, although hold out for the jewellery I say

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Penguinmum Congratulations! Wonderful news.

Superblastofflips I had the runs when I was out with friends for a meal and the following day I got a BFP! They say you are likely to get constipation but I think I go the other way. Fingers crossed it is a symptom for you.

GG Your DH came up trumps then? He still has a little more grovelling (sp?) to do.

DG I started on the grapefruit juice today, yuk is it an aquired taste?

Bucky lol at Finn's grand entrance! Sounds like he is taking your mind off TTC in more ways than one!

Hello to everyone else

I'm CD8 and started bd'ing every other day until nearer 'O' day when we will try every day, can't do more than that! . I've had unusual CM but think it's mixed with DH's you know what. Sorry tmi! I'm going to start OPK tomorrow or Tuesday I think. I know I'm not really on the right thread for this but hey ho I feel I can tell you lot anything here!

Good morning ladies,

I'm not sure how many DPO I am as I'm not sure when I OV'd as I spent a whole week trying to (I think) but I am starting the shamless symptom spotting anyway....

Symptoms today are

Constipation
Bloatedness
Mild cramping (possibly to do with constipation)
still some less frequent OV type pain
Sore sensetive nips (could be post OV sore nips tho)

God this 2ww is going to be a long one.

Morning Pixie, the waiting room list shows you are CD27 so do you really have 2 weeks to go? The symptoms sound good! Fingers crossed.

Well if I OV'd at the start of last week then no I just have 1 ww left but if I didn't OV till the end of last week then I've got almost the full 2ww. I have very irregular long cycles the last one was 35 days and the one before that was 71 days. I think this one will be between 35 - 40 days. (says me after consulting the crystal ball) its a pain in the arse though because its hard to work out when AF is acctually late.

good morning ladies, well its monday again yeck! just thought i would give you an update of my funny body!! On cd32 today and still no AF! did pgt over the weekend and surprise surprise BFN. i am getting very frustrated becasue i really don't seem to be understanding my body at all. As you know i had a bfp on my opk kit on cd13 so techncially speaking AF should be here.. so question is how heavily should you rely on these opks?? still have really sore nips, pains in my tummy,back, cm, so i am truly at a loss!! And also how can i have 8 months of 29/31 day cycles and then start to have really long ones? i came off the pill in dec so it cannot still be that can it?? Sorry for the long post but sarahnh is one confused lady and needs the lovely mn ladies help!x

shreksmissus and starlight - I agree! This is the longest most paaaaiiiiinfully dull 2WW ever. CD26 today for me and so I am getting pretty close to when I can test with a usual 28 (approx) cycle, so I am like a cat on a hot tin roof today. I want to be like sleeping beauty - can i go to sleep about CD14 and DH can wake me up with a kiss when I am either in possession of a big fat BFP or back at CD1 ??

The thing is that the longer this TTC lark goes on (cycle 10/11 for me) the less I want to put my life on hold, like not drinking and being super careful with diet. I thought I'd get more desperate and more committed to doing every little last thing as time marched on, but to be honest I have gone the other direction . Grapefruit juice (which I actually like) and folic acid are no big sacrifice, but it does get tedious, or is that just nasty impatient me ??

07MTW - pink grapefruit juice is much nicer than the really sour yellow stuff, if you don't like the teste.

Bucky - if you have broken your OPK, does that mean you are back to playing cervical persuits?

hello to DG coolkat and pixie.

I am off to do soem work today before I am sacked. Three ladie sin my office have announced they are PG and they all sit in my section of the office, so I hope that it is catching!

morning ladies

firstly big congrats to all those who have got BFP we will be joining you soon (i hope)

well im now 10dpo and the only symptoms i have is loads of cm and wanting to sleep all day, one strange thing is i always get vvv sore (.)(.) a week before af due and currently have nothing(af due wed pm/thur am) so fingers crossed that the evil witch doesnt show herself and i get bfp on friday. Im purposley NOT leaving the house today coz i know i will end up in chemists spending a fortune on pg tests, i will resist them till af is late

sarahnh you poor thing I hate not knowing what's going on with my cycles so I can sympathise. I think your symptoms sound great though.

If I were you I would do another pregnancy test tomorrow AM with morning wee. If it's another BFN then I think you may not have ovulated after your got your OPK. Sometimes you get the surge but no egg (although I think you must be PG because of your symptoms). I got three positive OPK's last week, had a weeks worth of OV pains and my cervix was high, soft and open for about ten days. I am pretty sure I ovulated over the last week but I have not got a clue when so I could be due on next Monday or it could be the Monday after. Pain in the arse hey!

Do your best to relax because if you aren't PG and you haven't ovulated yet stress will only delay it further.

thanks pixie, it is just so frustrating!!! that you think i might be pregnant but i am going to continue to bd just incase cos you never know!! have your cycles alwasy been eratic?? is it just stress that makes that happen? as i said i have always been pretty regular, even after coming off the pill after 8 years to concieve dd1, they just clicked straight back into 28 days days!!

morning ladies

went to the docs for my gynae referral today (to get to the root of my long cycles). she was remarkably helpful, just went straight to it, no stalling or anything. have picked the hospital closest to me where it's a lot more chilled out than the main A&E hospital.

DH has also booked me an appointment with a fertility acupuncturist for next monday. am hoping they can help balance my hormones, they certainly helped to get my friend's lesbian sister pregnant with her second IVF treatment! pixie will let you know how it goes, maybe it's something you can do too.

Am feeling very positive today. CD9 and my temps are still low, much lower than pre-AF so that should mean that my 15/16 day luteal phase was working as normal.
Have also adjusted to the fact that it may take a few more months to get PG, if I'm honest with myself I was hoping it would happen immediately. I've now accepted that I'm going to have to be very patient and keep on having lots of great sex. We've been saving up for my time off, so the longer it takes the more money we'll have and the longer I can have off.

Saying that, I'm hoping I ov within the next 10-12 days. Would be nice to have a relatively normal length cycle for once!

MLE looking very good for you.
GG glad you had a lovely weekend. you testing day AF is due or waiting till the weekend?
sarah I got a positive opk on CD20 then didn't get AF till after CD50. If your cycles are irregular then it's best not to trust the opks.
mtw even though we're cycle buddies I think you'll be racing ahead and ov'ing much before I do! Good luck chasing the egg!

hi to bucky, starlight, shreksm, lips and coolkat!

DG did the docs say why you might be having long cycles? i have resigned myself not to buy any more okp kits, i figure they just don't work for me and i end up obsessing! officially if my last cycle is anything to go by AF should be here by friday, but seem to get AF still cramps from about cd16 so i guess i start to obsess very early. having said that i am now having dragging pains on both sides so maybe AF is making an appearance!

It's since comming off the pill I think. I had been on it so long I can't remember how long they were but do know what they were regular as clockwork. I came off the pill in Feb so they should be getting more regular by now.

I have more symptoms:

Hungover feeling sickness (without being sick)
excesive weeing (three bloody times in two hours!)

well pixie if its any consolation i have those symptoms too.. i've been feeling hungover for days and not had a drop of alcohol and lots of weeing, although i'm trying to drink lots of water so it might just be that too

sarah no, the doc doesn't know which is why I've asked for a referral to a gynaecologist. I'm hoping it's just a hormonal imbalance that I can sort out with acupuncture and/or dietary changes.

pixie those are good symptoms!

sarahnh - late AF, sickness and weeing a lot, sore (.)(.) and tummy and back cramps... do you need to do a test? sometimes it can take a little longer for the HCG to reach your urine so if I were you do that test in the morning and see what result you get.

DG how ya doing?

DG - am really at your lovely DH arranging an appointment at a fertility accupuncturist. So pleased that the appointment with the doc went well and the gynae appointment is just aroudn the corner. It sounds like you are very close to finding the reason for your long cycles and a way to manage them. Fingers crossed for OV. I am going to test on Thursday if AF hasn't arrived and assuming I can hold out against the tension of not knowing until then

pixie - they sound like excelent symptoms!! I have been feeling a little hungover/dopey myself recently, but not sure I could blame PG symptoms for that as it is my usual state of mind . I have had another couple of amusing symptoms which I'll throw into the mix to give you ladies a laugh:

1 bursting into tears when discussing the plot of "To Kill A Mockingbird" with DH yesterday. It's one of our favourite books, so we were discussing the ending and I went "especially when they get to meet Boo Radley, it's brilliant" and then howled. DH looked extremely alarmed.

2 extremem tiredness. I went to bed at 8.20pm last night, was asleep by 9pm and still couldn't get out of bed this morning .

If it isn't a BFP this month, then you have to slap me for being a hypochondriac with an over active imagination

i wish pixie i wish, will wait and see but seriously think its just my body playing trick with me.. maybe its a phantom pregnancy?!!