POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

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@GreenApplesYo
@positivitytree2020
@jessi60
@DrS44
@PowerOfFlowers
@Bells20
@Dex1521
@Emmgrem
@Foxl2222

@CardioQueen just so you know where we are

Here we go ladies! The last thread was a lucky one so let's keep up the success on this one!

Officially in the TWW! (From tomorrow) Pray for me😂🙈

@Dex1521 EPO is supposed to help with EWCM.
I take folic acid, DHA and Coq10 at the moment. But I do see your point about not messing around with your body too much @jessi60
It's funny how some people take forever to get a withdrawal bleed and others it's a few days.
I had mine 5 days after like clockwork. But then first cycle was 18 days and this one is 33 days and counting! My friend told me it took her 6 months off the pill to get regular cycles!

Any sign of AF yet Dex?

@Foxl2222 Yaaay someone else we can cheer on and symptom analyse with! Keeping everything crossed for you 🤞 which number cycle will this be again?

Look at that peak @Foxl2222 !! And welcome to your TWW! Hope this will be your lucky cycle 😀
Yes, it took me a similar amount of time for regular cycles @Emmgrem About 6 months. How are you today? Has AF arrived for you?

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!

@Dex1521 @Emmgrem is AF definitely here for the both of you now then? If so I hope she comes and goes fairly quickly so we can get onto the next (and hopefully very lucky!) cycle! Both of you had great luteal phases which is a really good sign! Of course it's disappointing too but defo sounds like there's lots of positives.

@Foxl2222 that peak looks excellent!!! Looking forward to symptom spotting with you in TWW haha.

@jessi60 @PowerOfFlowers hope you're both doing well!

I'm ok thanks @Bells20 😀 6 weeks today (or 7, depends which app I look at!). I feel fine until 4pm and then I'm just so exhausted and feel very nauseous. I eat little and often but i've lost 5lbs since finding out. How about you? How are you?

@PowerOfFlowers good to hear it. I'm good thank you, 7+1 today, I initially lost a few pounds too but probably gained those back the amount I ate Christmas Day haha. I had a bit of nausea last week but had nothing over Christmas. I'm feeling really tired and still having some insomnia but other than that wouldn't really know I was pregnant at the moment!

@Foxl2222 amazing! I have everything crossed for you 🤞✨🥰

@Emmgrem ah yeah I’m gonna just keep with the 7 seas folic acid for now as my cycle length seems to be regular just takes a month at a time to get a WD and first AF 😂 no sign of her yet FF predicting tomorrow so expecting it anytime soon but had 0 cramps or symptoms these past few days. Really hope it’s not late as I just want to get it over and done with

@Bells20 hope you had a nice day too! Ours was quite but lovely still. No AF yet but BBT is down to levels before ovulation so expecting her shortly. There is definitely positives as for me this is my first proper cycle (when AF arrived) technically as I’ve only had a withdrawal bleed so far so have a good length cycle is a bonus and it’s always advised to have a WD and first cycle before ttc so I wasn’t too upset when I saw a BFN the other day as I knew why

@Bells20 I’m fine thanks. I’ll be 6 weeks on Wednesday and then have my scan the week after so hoping I can see a heartbeat🤞🏼 I’ve just got sore boobs and tired all the time but no nausea or anything. But I’m not even six weeks yet so still time for all of that 😂 trying to distract myself from thinking about it all the time to be honest. Xx

Thank you ladies!!
I actually had a huge surge after this, like 2.57 ratio, so that changed my Ov day to today. Meaning TWW now from tomorrow instead.
This is cycle 3 for me so 🤞 for third time lucky.
Already dreading the symptom spotting..although I have a week off work this week so will be lots of family time to distract from it 😂
I'll keep you updated!
Hoping to hold off for 10dpo before testing...send me virtual willpower😬😁
Xx

Wow that’s amazing I’ve never had a peak over 0.9 and test strip is just about as dark as C line😢 I’m hoping after I get AF this month I’ll be back to normal and get a higher surge as I’ll have had my WD bleed and First AF after the minipill

Can’t wait to see your updates! You’ll be testing around the time I’ll be ovulating lol

AF has made her arrival 🤣 now to wait this out to get to the good part lol!

@Bells20 @PowerOfFlowers @Dex1521
No sign of AF here and no cramps now either which is weird as all leading up to testing I had pains in my right ovary and cramps 🤷🏻‍♀️ is that normal pms symptoms to start and then go away and come back??
It's been since I was a teenager that I had a natural one so I can't remember!

13dpo today- took a cheapie test this morning just incase but negative so just gotta hold out now, and like you said at least my luteal phase is a decent length! Just a 34+ cycle 🤔

@Emmgrem I noticed that I had cramps at the beginning of the 2nd week, they then eased off and then came back with a vengeance the day AF made her arrival. I'd then have really bad cramps for two days. But, once I started using a Mooncup, the cramps on the day of AF eased a lot. Hope AF stays away for you, but if it doesn't, then the positiveness is you've had a great LP and a 34 day cycle. I was also 34 days. 🤞🏻 for you

@Dex1521 Gentle hugs to you! Plenty of rest for you next few days. And then... a brand new cycle! You've got so much more knowledge going into this cycle now than you did the last one - it will help you. In the meantime, chocolate is your friend 😀

@Emmgrem I had cramps and a sharp pain on and off between 7dpo-10dpo (mostly on my left) then nothing after that and then AF just arrived tonight and I feel a bit achy from it. Hopefully she arrives for you soon then we can both get onto a new cycle 💃🏼✨ between coming off the pill and my WD it was 34 days and this second cycle was 27 days so bit of a difference and I hope it levels itself off to 28-30days

@DrS44 how are you? Haven’t heard from you recently - did your OH manage to get back. Hope you’re keeping well x

@PowerOfFlowers thank you - can’t wait to get this over with and into a new cycle and I’m definitely a lot more knowledgeable thanks to you girlies but still so much to learn 🤯 haha don’t I’ve eaten so much chocolate recently and actually planned to get back to slimming world healthy eating tomorrow but we will see how long that lasts this next week 😂

Oh @Dex1521 I've been half thinking about starting slimming world too, but then i keep telling myself hopefully I'll be pg soon so be a waste to lose weight 😂 what an excuse! There's probably people looking at me thinking I'm pg when really it's just carbs and chocolate lol
@Emmgrem when is AF due?

@Foxl2222 I’ve done it for a few years but thought I’m gonna keep going while ttc so that when I do get pg I’ll be eating a healthy diet and hopefully not out too much extra weight on lol. You can do slimming world whilst pregnant safely so if you’re wanting to join I’d go for it!

AF is here 👏 Day 34- 1 day before prediction.

Weirdly FF removed my crosshairs this morning when I added today's temp dip so I was wondering whether I ever ovulated in the first place. But now that I've confirmed AF it's added them back in 🤷🏻‍♀️ Not sure why..

Feeling grateful for my body today. Long luteal phase, no mood swings or as much pain as last month, no brown CM, and she decided to spare me Xmas day & Boxing Day - but will be over before the new year. Which means new year, new start, new cycle (cycle no.2) 🥳🤞

@Emmgrem glad she arrived swiftly for you. Mine was also a day early, not predicted to arrive until tomorrow. 34 days isn’t too bad for a cycle length I think between 25-35days is normal but I know personally I’d rather it be slightly longer than shorter as it’s heart breaking when you’re in the tww and AF shows early.

New cycle started for both of us - as last night was only spotting for me so recorded today as day 1 of AF

Hey everyone!

Good luck @Dex1521 and @emmgrem for your new cycles.

So... I broke the news to my parents today. Almost by accident haha. I was going to wait until after my scan next week. I met up with my Mum and Dad for a picnic (it was bloody cold for a picnic). My Mum had made the sandwiches. They were brie. She gave me one and I was like ooh brie, I love brie thanks! Was about to take a bite and then remembered oh shit I can't eat this! I sort of panicked and couldn't think of an excuse not to eat the sandwich, which was already half way to my mouth. Hahaha my poor Mum, hardly a cute reveal. It sounded so matter of fact 'oh, I can't eat this sandwich because I'm pregnant'. Then I had to keep saying please don't get too excited until we've had the all clear next week. They were pleased though 🙂 really bloody hope this scan is OK now!!

@GreenApplesYo aw that’s amazing glad they were pleased 😄 wishing you well next week at your scan.

I can’t wait for AF to leave it’s only been a day but I’m in agony 😂 going to go for a bath soon to see if it helps

@Dex1521 aww sorry it's so sore! Definitely one of the downsides of not being on the pill. Hope the bath helped 🙂

Fingers crossed for you @jessi60 and great news about TWW @Foxl2222

@Dex1521 @Emmgrem so sorry you didn't get your BFP for Christmas but as ye said at least you have long luteal phases!

I'm on CD 9, had a 4/5 day very light period! Really hoping I ovulate earlier to give me some sort of a chance this month. As a POAS addict I haven't even had the chance to squint at a test and imagine lines with my stupidly short LP. I'm thinking of not taking any tablets at all this month and let my body sort itself out. Likewise I'm only going to test for my OPK peak so I know around when I'll ovulate. Everything else I'm going to take in my stride and if it happens it happens. Feeling even more laid back this month again. Just feel everything happens for a reason and when it's my time and when it's right it will happen!

@Dex1521 no my OH didn't make it over unfortunately but I managed to get back. Spent most of Christmas booking and changing and getting refunds for flights! Nightmare! But we are back together now! Missed him loads 😅

Hope you all have had a nice Christmas xxxx

Oh and @GreenApplesYo that's too funny!! Love that story! I also love Brie and would have probably done the same 🤣👏🏻 hope your scan goes well xx

@DrS44 that's exactly what I did this month. Stopped taking any supplements and only tested for peak with opks. Try rd to just go with the flow a bit more. 🤞🤞for you this month.
@GreenApplesYo aww so lovely that you told your parents, now you can openly talk about it. Looking forward to hearing about your scan☺️ xx