Anyone else on the TWW and hoping for a Christmas miracle

[Amyc94]

Hi everyone,

This is our first cycle TTC, and whilst I promised myself I would stay calm and collected, truthfully I am the total opposite. I can't switch off from thinking about it.

It's taken my OH a while to come to terms with trying to start a family. Whilst we have been together since we were 15 (now 27) he always wanted to earn more, to have a bigger house etc but he's come to finally realise that it's never the right time and we just have to go for it. I was so so pleased he was finally ready but promised we would keep it relaxed and calm. If it happens, it happens,

But working from home and not having anything else to do, I just can't switch off from my mind wondering 🙈 wondered if there was anyone else in the same boat who just wants to chat really?

I'm due AF on Christmas Day so it would be such a Christmas miracle if she doesn't come.

@Amyc94 hey, I'm due on Xmas day too. Like you said its hard when you work from home not to think about it. I'm trying for my 2nd.

I'm on what feels like my gazillionth cycle and also due around Christmas, I think a few days before. I covered all bases this month with DTD for 10 days street before and during ovulation so this one will be a killer if I don't get a Christmas BFP!

@IndigoJam isn't it! 🙈 there's nothing else to do, I'm having a clear out and deep clean of a room a day this week to try and keep my mind occupied. How many cycles of trying for your 2nd are you on?
Fingers crossed for Xmas day for you! 🤞🏻

@ApplePie86 amazing that you covered all bases this month👏🏼 I have everything crossed for you!

@Amyc94 i had a miscarriage in July so this is my first time trying since then. I fell quite quickly early in the year. I'm not expecting it to be as quick this time.dont think I'm that lucky!

Hi ladies, I'm 5dpo and AF due 24th so also hoping for a Christmas miracle!!

18months of no contraception and just seeing what happens... First month of being on mumsnet, tracking CM and using OPKs. First baby!

Fingers crossed for you all 💕

Hi girls!
Is it ok if I join 😊?

I’m due AF anytime between 18th - Christmas Day too (slightly irregular cycles).

Trying for our first and have been off contraception for almost a year so would be a huge Christmas miracle.

Best of luck to you all trying for your BFP’s!! Xxx

Hey I am also due on 24th/25th and praying for a Christmas miracle! Good luck, hoping to see loads of BFPs on here over the next week and a half 🤞🏻🙏🏻

Hello, I'm 6dpo and first month ttc. I had my coil removed beginning of November and didn't get a period since. I went for a pelvic scan last Saturday to check what was going on after 2.5 years no period and she said recent ovulation which times in with my surge. Really hoping for a Christmas miracle, but not sure when to test as not even sure when I'm due on. Also WFH and trying to stay calm and collected but it's taking over my mind!

@ELBlack I’m also WFH it’s so hard to think of anything else isn’t it.

Does anyone have any symptoms? Can’t help but symptom spot but think I’m just making things up in my mind 🙈.

When’s everyone thinking of testing?

@Mariex1989 it's so hard!! I keep getting twinges, and I'm soooo tired, bad sleeping and waking up from 5 (which is probably why I'm tired). When I went for a private scan for pelvic exam, they said I ovulated from my right side recently and I keep feeling like I'm getting twinges there, but I'm sure I'm just making it up because I know that's where I ovulated from! X

@IndigoJam oh I'm so sorry 😔

@MaryJaxx hope you're we :) it's my first time on here and using opks too. How did you find it?

Keep us updated!

@Mariex1989 of course! How are you finding everything? It's such a crazy process isn't it, it's not actually as easy as you think when you're younger 🙈

@justwanttobemum eeek fingers crossed!
Have you been trying for long?

@Mariex1989 @ELBlack

I think my mind is just playing tricks on me and I'm finding symptoms in anything 🙈 I have dull aches but I get them after ovulation anyway

I think I'm going to test mid week next week. I know I will be disappointed if it's a BFN but my partner is having to work Christmas Day so I would love to try and know before the morning so I could surprise him before he goes to work. Maybe all just wishful thinking but I can't stop 🙈

What about you guys?

@Amyc94 @Mariex1989 I've never paid attention before, so it could all be completely normal for me at this time in my cycle, but just never noticed before. I can take a test from next Wednesday, but I think I might save it until Christmas eve because I'd rather a better line for peace of mind, than wondering am I, aren't I.

Good luck to you both!

@Amyc94 haha it’s so frustrating isn’t it! Last month I was adamant that I was having loads of symptoms but clearly was just imagining it. It would be so nice to surprise him on Christmas Day, but on the plus side at least we can drink if they’re BFN’s!!

@ELBlack completely agree. Could have always been having these “symptoms” just haven’t noticed, but you never know!

I’ve been taking the conceive plus capsules this month. I’ve tried them before and when I take them my cycles are shorter, so going off the past I’d be due on Friday but think I’ll try hold off testing.

Keep getting mild AF like twinges and really short of breath. Not sure if this is a symptom or just all the pre Christmas food I’ve been inhaling 🙈

@Mariex1989 haha yes that is very true! I'm going to my in-laws who don't know we are TTC and if I say I'm not having a drink they will be like 🤔🤔🤔 what the hell is wrong with you 😂

Haha same, I'm like OMG I'm getting out of breath walking up the stairs.. wait, there's no difference, that's normal 🙈 must get back into exercise!

@Amyc94 hahah promised myself I’d be back in the gym when they reopened but I’m yet to go back.

I’m the same, if I wasn’t to drink on Christmas everyone would immediately know something was amiss.

I haven’t been tracking or using OPK’s, but now it’s coming to the end of the cycle I wish I would have 🙈

Hi Ladies! Can I join also?

AF is due Christmas Day. My cycle is normally 26 days but last month it was 30 days and I reckon Mother Nature did that just so AF comes as a Christmas present for me! B@$*#! Lol!Obviously, hoping I get a BFP instead.

I've had a failed IVF, MMC and MC in the last 18 months and I'm trying for baby number 2. DD is 14.

This month I've used the OPK's and got my static smiley face on Friday morning so have been bd-ing according to the SMEP. I'm almost certain I ovulated on Friday/Saturday because my lower back was killing me and had twinges in my pelvic area. I'm now bloated and my boobs are feeling quite full.

Here's hoping we all get our Christmas BFP's and sticky beans! Baby dust to all!

@Mariex1989 yep me too, and then decided to cancel the gym membership and do workouts at home, that hasn't happened either haha 🙈

I wasn't going to use OKPs but then I thought I would just pick up the cheapies from wilko, I use one on fri and it was positive so was like ah quick to my OH 😂

I think you're doing the right thing though tbh, if you're trying to be calm, tracking O just stresses us out more and adds more pressure.

@Foundmyfeet your dates sound very similar to mine. Let's hope and wish 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Hey ladies!

1-2 dpo here (I think) got my static smiley Saturday-Sunday only dtd Sunday (early hours so almost Saturday evening I guess haha) af due 24th!

Finger crossed for you all! So happy to find a thread with lots of similar cycles.. let's hope Christmas Day 2020 isn't as bad after all with all the bfp's! Best of luck

Hi ladies, can I join too please? AF due christmas day - TTC for our first and this is our 6th cycle, really hoping for a christmas miracle! has anyone done anything different this month?xx

Hi all! TTC #1 and so far no luck. We got our fertility tests this year (massively delayed, thanks Covid!) and have a fertility consultation on 22nd. For some reason I'm hopeful this month tho...! Trying hard not to symptom spot but am 9DPO and can't sleep more than 5 hours a night with a weird taste in my mouth...
Fingers crossed! X

Hi, can I join too! Af due 22nd! This month I deleted all apps and didn’t take opks. Think I ovulated on cd12 which would make me 8dpo today. How I’d love to have a rainbow baby for Christmas 💔🌈🤞🏼

@Amyc94 are the wilkos ones alright? I might try them next month.
I’m going to have to go back onto contraception in a few months, which I really don’t want to, but I’m getting married mid 2022!

@Foundmyfeet hi! So sorry to hear about your last 18 months must be so hard but don’t give up!

@hopefully2021 I just DTD either every day or every other day both before and after my ‘fertile window’ (as I’m not exactly sure when it was). Given my partner a break from it now 😂.

@xana99 that sounds very promising! That’s great you have your fertility assessment soon if not through. Did you go through your gp? I’ve been looking into it and don’t exactly know what to do 🙈

I’m 8 months in TTC (we have a 4 year old who we conceived on the 3rd cycle with very little effort!) and it’s getting more disheartening each month. I’m due on the 27th December so I don’t think I’m going to test unless my period is late x

I agree about not having anything else to take your mind off it and thinking about it all the time! I deleted social media as it was getting me down seeing so many pregnancy announcements but it means every time I pick up my phone I’m just going on my fertility apps!