2WW - 10dpo - CD 23.. looking for others to unload on!

[BessieBye]

I’m 25 and got my implant out in February this year
We didn’t decide to actively TTC but decided what happens will happen
I promised myself I would NOT get obsessed, but here I am, fifth cycle in obsessed every cycle 2 weeks before AF!!

We dtd twice in my predicted fertile period. Sitting stewing over could I be?? ‘Surely I can’t be, twice isn’t enough blah blah blah’

I am an over thinker and someone that latches onto an idea and needs to do it ASAP, but after a month or so the idea normally disappears. The idea of being a Mammy has not disappeared. I’ve wanted this for over a year now.. I feel ready. Don’t want to put pressure on my partner though, he wants kids but not desperate so I’m compromising with just seeing what happens!

AF due in 3 days... wish my brain would switch off. Can anyone tell me I’m not bat s* crazy???!! Xx

You're not crazy! I think most of us on here are a certain personality type haha. It's hard not to obsess when you're so in tune to the changes in your body each month!

Have you been using OPKs? 😊

Hey leopardlover!

I bought some cheap ones last month, started doing them a couple days after AF finished but they all came out negativeI then told myself I was getting a bit too obsessed so I stopped haha. Do you recommend taking them? What days/times would you do them?

So much goes thru my mind.. when I first met my OH he said to me he was worried he couldnt have kids and think that’s always stuck in my mind. Which might be why I’m getting a bit obsessive. I just wanna know it’s possible!!!

Keep telling myself ‘I’m only 25’ but when you see all those people you grew up with starting families, it’s hard not to feel jealous.

So I only just starting using the Clear Blue Digital Advanced OPK this month but it gives such peace of mind! I recommend using it because then you know you're getting busy at the right time, and you can feel confident you've done your best. I didn't find it made me feel obsessed, it just made me feel like we were giving ourselves the best shot possible.

It's not confusing, you just look for flashing smilies and static smilies. 😊 The pack tells you what day to start testing according to your cycle length. So I started cycle day 7 (had a 27 day cycle last month), I got a flashing smiley days 10-13, then peak static smiley on cycle day 14!

Then unfortunately it's just the waiting game... Zzzz....

Hello! Sorry For the delayed response. I really hope you get some good news!!!

This morning I took a test, one day before period due and I have the thinnest faintest line. OH said yep I can see a line (can see it against the light of a window or shining a torch). I know they say ‘a line is a line’ but I’ve just took a first response and got negative :(

Do you think it’s because when you test early you should use first urine of the day? I am trying so hard not to get my hopes up. Xx

Oooh

Sorry, that sent early! You definitely should use FMU with those, so try again tomorrow? It might be darker too! Fingers crossed for you! X

Ah thanks.. definitely will try again in the morning. This will be a long night. Read too much on Evap lines so I am going to ban myself from the internet for now hahah xx

I'm the same kind of person , we also agreed to come off contraception and let it happen. I lasted a month before downloading an app and this cycle I've used OPKs and time DTD perfectly. I'm 4dpo and really hoping I've nailed it! I'm so ready and planned everything already!

Finger crossed your line gets darker 🤞 I'd try again 48hrs later with your first pee.

Hey Nottherealslimshady

Glad we’re not alone in our crazy baby brains :) it’s mad isn’t it how it consumes you? I really hope you get your BFP :)

I am a little bit taken back and in denial. I keep telling myself ‘I’m not that lucky’. Maybe it’s just a defence mechanism to not get my hopes up.

My period due tomorrow so can imagine I still have really low levels of hCG if I am actually pregnant. This is my test from this morning.

Sending baby dust!!!

It absolutely does consume you. I spend so much time on my fertility app, testing LH, checking CM, and on this forum, I dont know how I'll cope if it takes years!

Have you edited the image at all? I'm a little worried about the colour of that line, I thought all lines should be blue like the one on the right but that horizontal one looks dark grey to me

Me too.. I have been exactly the same. And when AF has started I start off a little upset but then just think well I can try again

And no I haven’t edited it, but I know what you mean. I have googled sainsburys pregnancy tests and they all look the same as mine, bluesy/grey in the result window and light blue in the control window.

I also read a lot of false positives, which is why I think I’m best to wait til the morning! X

I will also mention that faint line appeared after about 90 seconds x

That's good then :) fingers crossed its darker in the morning :)

Woke up to pee so thought I’d poas.... negative... nothing at all! Not even a smudge.
Guess I’m out this month.. the wait for AF resumes. Xx

@BessieBye Sorry to hear about your negative test! Has AF arrived?

Hello @LeopardLover! It hasn’t arrived!
My app has recalculated based on me entering some more data and now said AF was due yesterday. So I am only a day late today.

I had one more test and couldn’t NOT do it ha ha (impatient) and this was the outcome... think it’s the same again - evap 🤷🏻‍♀️

@BessieBye I hope AF hasn't arrived and you get that BFP! 😊