When is the earliest you would test?

[Sesamechick]

AF every month 27th
Last AF December 27th
positive ovulation test Jan 15th. DTD 14th & 15th. AF due Jan 27th.
When is the earliest you would test?
I'm definitely not imagining it but have more discharge than usual, stomach always rumbling even while eating. Gas, horrendous low back pain and cramps. Sorry if tmi.
I know alot is common AF signs....but you know how it is when you are hopeful.
Thanks x

[Giraffe888]

@Sesamechick any sign of AF yet?

@MaltyJones92 good idea to try a more laid back approach. Unfortunately I fail at that 😂

[Sesamechick]

@MaltyJones92
How u doing? I think very clever to take a laid back approach; honestly all of this gets a bit much. I'm definitely going to be more laid back!

@Giraffe888

Hey! How are you?
Nope. No AF. Haven't tested since Friday and today I am 6 days late. Driving me mad. 🤷🏻‍♀️😬

[MaltyJones92]

@Sesamechick Yes, I'm definitely more chilled out this month and feel a lot better for it. I'm viewing it as a month off 👌🏻 About to start my next TWW again and can't believe how quickly that's come around. Have hardly DTD this month so no high hopes!

How weird that your AF is so late - I hate it when that happens as you just want it to hurry up so you can concentrate on the next month. How many DPO are you now?

[Sesamechick]

@MaltyJones92

Fingers crossed this is your month!! Only takes once!

I'm absolutely baffled why my AF is so late!
I'm 19/20dpo and AF 7 days late. Also we DTD beginning of my fertile week so if I was preg surely I would be getting a BFP by now? So frustrating!

[MaltyJones92]

@Sesamechick How strange! Could you have ovulated later than usual? I find that makes my AF late sometimes. Hopefully you will find out either way soon!

I haven't tracked ovulation this month but assume it's either happened or just about to. Hoping I'll be a little less keen to POAS although I did order another four FRERs. I think I need to stop buying them as I won't be tempted if they aren't there 🤣

[imalmostthere]

@Sesamechick here's hoping you've just a late BFP like my two. Unfortunately AF has been and gone. I was utterly convinced and so disappointed I stepped away from the thread a few days.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you all xx

[Giraffe888]

Good afternoon.

How are you all doing?

@Sesamechick did AF turn up?

[Sesamechick]

Hey all.
Sorry been so quiet.
Today I'm 9 days late. Tested this morning and all BFN. Just before I had a little brown on the tp (sorry tmi) so looks like mother nature likes to play with my emotions. Feeling very disheartened and down. Going to start concentrating on my health and not obsess over ovulation and symptom spotting, its difficult not to but it isnt doing me any good. Fingers crossed for all of us.

How are you all holding up? Xxx

[MaltyJones92]

@Sesamechick Ah I'm so sorry to hear that. Super frustrating when Mother Nature plays tricks on us!

I know I've already said this, but I've taken a step back this month and have tried to be a bit healthier in terms of my diet (and drinking much less wine!) and I'm feeling more positive and chilled out than I have been since I started my TTC journey. That being said, I'm sure I'll be deflated again if AF shows up in a couple of weeks. While COVID is happening it's hard not to obsess over these things when you can't distract yourself in other ways.

I re-booked my wedding for June today and our honeymoon (albeit all on a much smaller scale than originally planned) so that's given me something to look forward to again.

[Giraffe888]

@Sesamechick how frustrating that you’re late and not fully arrived yet. Good idea to take a step back and try and not concentrate on it. I try to do that but I always know subconsciously when I’m fertile etc so I find it impossible to cut off 😞

@MaltyJones92 I keep saying I need to be healthier. I’ve got such a sweet tooth! I blame the fact that I’m up every 2 hours with DS so sugar keeps me going during the day 😂

[Giraffe888]

I’ve got a positive opk today in cd12. Earlier than last month as my positive was on cd16

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 I think I ovulated really late this month but I'm due next Tuesday so not long to go. I literally have no desire to POAS this
month but I'm sure that will change by the weekend. I've been quite unwell the last couple of weeks so will be really surprised if anything happens.

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 sorry to hear you’re feeling unwell. Hope you’re feeling better now?

I’m now in the wait! Had my positive opk on sat so should have ov’d on Sunday.

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 ah I'm glad I've got another TWW buddy! 🤣

I don't want to be doom and gloom as there's enough of that in the world at the moment, but this month I've been feeling super achy and in a lot of pain when moving. I'm convinced it's a virus but the doctor told me yesterday he thinks it could be a sign of arthritis. I'm only 28 and have always been fit and healthy up to now so that's a bit scary. It's certainly made DTD a bit challenging this month and I think it might have something to do with me ovulating late. I'll be totally shocked if this month is our month, because I've got so many other things on my mind at the moment!

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 you’re not being doom and gloom if you’re not feeling well.

That sounds painful and not nice to be dealing with either 😞 are you feeling any better today? X

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 Still feeling under the weather but hopefully it's just a virus that will go away soon.

I just realised you said you had a positive OPK last Saturday - I'm the same, although very strange this month as it's much later than normal for me. AF is due on Tuesday so would be a very short LP. I start to get very minor cramps/twinges around 5-6 days before AF and that's not happened yet, but could be because my cycle seems totally messed up this month.

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 my positive opk was 4 days earlier than last month.

My LP last month was only 11 days but mine has always been short.

FF says AF is due on 27th for me

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 I remember you saying before that your LP is short too and it's not caused problems in the past. That's given me a bit of
hope as I was worried about mine.

I'm due Monday/Tuesday but if this month's late ovulation has effected things I think I'll be due on Thursday instead. I've usually started having PMS symptoms by this point but nothing yet. However, I've been taking ibuprofen recently because of being ill, so I think that could be masking my usual symptoms.

[MaltyJones92]

@Sesamechick How are you getting on? Did AF show in the end? x

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 are you still feeling ill or are you feeling any better now?

I feel a bit more chilled about the TWW this month but that’s probably only because I’m only a week into it 😂

@Sesamechick hope you’re ok?

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 Today is the first day I've actually felt better in about three weeks! Thanks for asking. Hopefully I'll be getting better from here but I'm still booked to see a specialist just in case.

I also felt totally chill this time about the TWW but I'm getting a bit antsy now! Holding out until Monday to test when I think I'll be 8dpo which is early but around when AF is due this month.

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 I’m glad you’re starting to feel better. Definitely best to get checked out just in case!

DH asked me to do a test this morning 🙄 I said no as I’m only 6dpo so definitely no point 😂

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 Haha awww it's good he's being supportive at least! I think mine is sick to death of me talking about it non stop every month during the TWW 🤣

I'm 7DPO today so am also holding off. Would like to say I'll resist until Tuesday but I'll probably cave and do a test tomorrow 😬

[Giraffe888]

@MaltyJones92 did you poas this morning?!

[MaltyJones92]

@Giraffe888 I gave in yesterday evening and tested and got a BFN 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm 8DPO today but going to hold off until Wednesday at 10DPO if AF doesn't show before then.

How are you getting on?