5DPO - anybody want to keep each other company..?

[jessicarolfe]

Hey everyone!

So I'm currently 5DPO - this is my 8th cycle TTC and I've had two chemical pregnancies.

Since these, I've promised myself I won't test early to try and avoid disappointment.. 🥴

Anybody fancy keeping me company?

Hi @jessicarolfe 🖐 I'm 5 DPO today too. Sorry to hear about your chemicals 😞. I'm on my third cycle (first baby).
Month 1 I had loads of symptoms that I don't usually get with PMS and month 2 I AF was 4 days late and I had some mean evap lines! So now I'm not paying attention to symptoms or AF being late!!
How long are your cycles usually?

Hi ladies I’m going to hop on, I’m only 3dpo but it’ll be nice to TWW wait together and hopefully get some lovely BFP’s 🤞🏽

Sorry to hear about your chemicals, fingers crossed this is your lucky cycle and end up with a very sticky bean ❤️

Hey! @Daisyrobin123 🤍
We are TTC our first, too! My cycles are a little bit irregular.. not by a lot but a few days here and there! X

@extrababydust123 welcome! Will be lovely to hopefully get some BFP's 🥰❤️ it's nice to be able to talk openly on here, too as i haven't told anybody I know that we are TTC.

I really hope this is our month. I really tried to time DTD around ovulation perfectly. I've got my fingers crossed!

@jessicarolfe I agree! It’s lovely actually to see so many people going through the same as you and being able to relate, as we haven’t told anyone else either.

We dtd every other day before ovulation, and on the day of so hopefully that was enough.. sending lots of lucky baby dust to you lovely 💖

@extrababydust123 it's lovely isn't it! I hope you get a lovely BFP this month!
I am at the stage now, where seeing a clear and blazing BFP just seems so far fetched to me.. I just can't for the life of me imagine it!

🥴🙈🤷‍♀️

@extrababydust123 Hi! 🖐 yes definitely, let's hope so! What cycle are you on? 🙂

@Daisyrobin123 Ahh exciting! I'm guessing you've been tracking ovulation if you've been trying to time it really well this month. We managed to DTD lots this time as my fertile window timed perfectly with the Easter holidays 😅

How do you both cope with the two week wait? I'm usually pretty chilled the first week but it makes me loopy the second week. I'm sure I never learned about a 2ww in school - I was so naive before we started ttc! 🙈

@Daisyrobin123 It’s my first proper cycle! Which makes me feel even crazier for being so obsessed 😫 but honestly reading these threads has made me realise how hard it actually is to conceive and is nothing like we are told when we’re younger, that you’ll dtd once and end up pregnant!

This is my first TWW and I’m already symptom spotting (which I know is impossible as I wouldn’t of even implanted yet) and wanting to test. Hoping you ladies can keep me sane 🤞🏽🤣

This is our 8th cycle, so it's been a fairly long process but not compared to many..
I think the fact that in these 8 months I've had two chemical pregnancies has hit me hard.. especially the last one being on Christmas Day and having to break the news to my DP..

I don't think I've really dealt with the pain of that yet.

But anyway!!!! Positive vibes for all of our BFP's 🙈🥰

Oh angel I’m so sorry to hear about that 😢 I can’t imagine how hard that was to deal with. Just think of how lovely it will be to finally get your strong BFP and a lovely sticky bean ❤️

@extrababydust123 it's okay. It was awful at the time snd still is super painful to think back to, but it's make me grow as a person strangely enough.. it's helped me to keep sane in the TWW's that I've had following the chemical and I've not been so tempted to test early in fear that I might put myself through another chemical pregnancy..

As awful as it was to have the positives and then have it ripped away from us, apparently chemicals are super common it's just we don't pick up on them as we don't typically test so early.
So I've kept that in mind! Xx

I'm around 4 or 5 dpo. Decided not to track this month with opks and bbt, just used all my apps and body signs. 5th month trying. Really don't want to test before my period is due but I always do!

That sounds a good plan, definitely refused the stress and pressure when you don't track! @Arghlife x

reduces the stress and pressure **

@extrababydust123 I thought that too when I first started coming on here. They definitely don't tell you any of this stuff at school! I think the symptom spotting is totally normal. You start picking up on everything! Hopefully itll happen quickly and you won't have a long journey to get there🌷🥰

@jessicarolfe That must have been so tough, I can't even imagine 😞🌷 and completely understand why you don't want to test early. I'm only on my third cycle, which is absolutley nothing, but it's amazing how disheartened you can get so quickly. I admire your positivity. You got this 💪🥰

How old are you both if you dont mind me asking? 🙂

So good you’re taking the positives from it as hard as that may be ❤️ I think with it being my first cycle, I’m more aware of little twitches and pains than I usually am and I’ll find it hard not to test early when I’m fully symptom spotting in a few days 🙈

@Daisyrobin123 absolutely, just feel like I’m being ridiculous at 3dpo but I’m so impatient I’m finding it quite hard already. And I’m 26, how about you? 🥰

@jessicarolfe thanks, that was what I was thinking as it can get quite obsessive....but now I wish I had been tracking 😕 atleast with bbt I could confirm ovulation. No reason not to think I ovulated but I can't help thinking it 😬🙈

@Arghlife Hi 🖐 completely understand you not wanting to track, I was the same last month. Decided to go back to tracking with OPKs this month as my AF ended up being 4 days late which put my ovulation date four days later than predicted. This meant we only actually DTD once on the lead up to ovulation 😞.
Fingers crossed for you! 🌷

That was last month I mean. This month we made the most of my fertile window being in the easter holidays so 🤞🙈🙈

@Daisyrobin123 aww no, that's a pain, how many days before ovulation? We managed to did everything other day in the fertile week so I think it was fine.

Ah cross post!

@extrababydust123 I'm sure we can all relate! I would say relax but I know how annoying it is when someone says that 😂🙈. I'm 28 🙂

@Daisyrobin123 I’m honestly just more excited than anything, but you’re totally right and I do need to relax! Probably doing more harm than good! X

@Arghlife Ha ha bound to happen, you lot type so fast I'm trying to keep up 😂
I think it was 3 days before last month (we'd done it lots before that though - when I thought I was ovulating) 🤦‍♀️

This month we decided to go for everyday of my fertile window... 😴🙈 Totally unlike me and like I said, he was lucky that it was the school holidays. I've read a lot that says every other day is more than enough but thought we would go for it. I'm still recovering 😂😂