Symptom Spotters Anonymous (egg spotting or implantation spotting let's have your symptoms)

[digitalgirl]

New 2ww thread, have brought over mince pies and mulled wine and put up some fairylights

Come in, take your heels off and get cosy!

Will definitely give it a shot tonight but think its another month lost - plus my luteal phase is about 16 days (I think!) so this means its another long cycle (should be about 42 days). But this is all elementary as I know that my body never quite does what I think it will....

DG I too am working from home today and am still in my pj's! Have even gone all out and put on my Uggs (I know, I know, but got them cheap in Oz and when in Rome etc...) so am looking particularly slovenly today. Have added a sparkly cardi to get me in the festive spirit tho!

Bucky - promo?! Woohoo!!! Congrats, superb news, esp just before Christmas, well done you!

mtw I still have a good feeling for you this month - who knows whats real and whats in our head! I can convince myself of all sorts of things just by thinking too much!!

GG am with DG on this one - enjy Christmas and wait til you get back from your hols

Congratulations on your promotion Bucky!!! Brilliant news . And a pay rise to blow in the sales too

DG - what is happening with you, you poor thing . Body playing tricks on you. Not good.

twinkling - I kept my own name, but not through any particular reason other than I like my name and it is "me" IYKWIM. DH has a nice name, but he didn;t care if I took his or not. But by keeping my name, I did expect an element of confusion and to be called "Mrs DH Name" rather than Ms GryffinGirl. I don't get on my high horse about it if someone addresses a Christmas card to me with my married name, even if technically it is not my name. There are other things to get worked up about - i don;t get offended, but there are lots of threads about this point on here and people do get steamed up about it.

Well, I know that she likes to be called by her maiden name, but find it silly, myself,shrug of shoulders at lack of understanding>. So we put them down as mr & mrs.
Should have known there would be a reaction but did not expect it to be publicly posted on the web!! Just typical SIL behaviour.

S'not fair, I want some symptoms!
I think we defo missed the egg this month.
I read, on fertility friend, that the egg can die off in as little as 6 hours
We were about 22hrs after I felt ov pains.
Still, only 5dpo, so there is time for symptom spotting yet.

Afternoon all!

My odd spotting yesterday has turned into AF. I'm disappointed but not as much as I was last month oddly I feel rather upbeat today and have already been planning BDing time for next month. The best time happily coincides with the festive break and both DH and I are off work between Christmas and New Year .

scary I can't believe someone would steal bits from your car!

Bucky Congrats! That is great news.

I struggled with the whole changing name thing but decided to change it in the end mainly because when (note my optimism!) we have children I want us to all have the same name. Plus I'm doing a PhD and soon we will be Mr and Dr --- ... I like that a lot!!!

Hello to everyone else.

Phd! Very impressive. I want to be a Dr. too . Maybe I should try harder in life .

On the subject of names, I am divorced and still have my ex husband's name! So if/when I have dc, if I don't change it, I will have one man's children and another man's name. Not good . However, my maiden name sucked so I shall have to either adopt DPs name by deed poll or make one up. I quite fancy Bucky McConaughey (after the actor) although it's a bit of a mouthful (bet he is too lol...sorry that was a bit mucky but couldn't help myself )Or maybe I could make up something exotic like Bucky Delagrange (said in a sophisticated French accent).

Hmm, note to self, must sort that out.

Feel very weird today, like breathless and faint...Hope I am not coming down with something in time for Chrimbo.

All children were back safe and sound (as far as I know - haven't had any angry calls that I'm aware of, touch wood!) [frelief emoticon].

Bucky and Mums - have had cramps on and off all month, am "womb aware" all the time. Boobs are sore - tho it has been bloody freezing today. I'm secretly convinced I'm pg. Every time someone talks to me about work next year, I'm thinking I'll be off or on maternity leave. This is why AF is bound to turn up next week as expected. Shall we all test on Sunday and see?

I don't know what I'll do next month if I'm not. I'm finding it quite hard not to get completely wrapped up in ttc. People say relax, but once you've started, and failed, it becomes harder and harder to do.

Bucky - congratulations on Finn's win!

DG - I hope you're feeling a bit better .

Scary - hard labour! Zero tolerance! I find it amazing that some people are that bold. I hope the police get them. I know that your insurance probably covers the damage, but it's the time, and the worry, and 10 days before Christmas. What s*s. .

So, the theatre. In order to make The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe into a musical, they create songs about nothing in particular with dodgy lyrics. Particular favourites last night include "turkish delight, chewy and chunky, blah blah (forgotten that bit), I've never tasted anything so turkish before." This was made especially hysterical by one of the snow queen's reindeers giving a kinky wink whilst singing the last line.

Whilst I'm typing, the dispatches advert for a programme about faulty Christmas toys is on, showing a little boy on a drip in festive pjs. This follows the ad last week for Christmas credit crisis with a Christmas tree in a nice room, that suddenly turns barren. I know that they're both important messages, but does anyone else find them really depressing? Channel 4 are grinches .

Bucky - it sounds like you are getting some very good symptoms! Do you recognise any from last time and think it could mean that you are packing away your tampax for the next year or so or are you coming down with a cold? . Make sure you carry around smelling salts in case you do faint dramatically

twinklingfairy There are lots of threads on here about people getitng their knickers in a twist about their names. I absolutely agree it's off posting her miffed-ness on the web . Over reaction.

Ooooh DrJollybear - hail resident clever person . Quite fancy going back to uni and being a student again, but a PhD sounds like WORK. It's only because I still hanker after going to the Friday night MegaBop at the Union for £2 entry and £1 a pint . I spent 5 years as a student, so did better than average anyway.

Bucky - you could always change your surname in RL to.... Bucky or maybe Finn?

Somebody take this tin of Roses off me. Blummin festive treats...

Bucky Clever you getting a lovely promotion with pay rise to match. I think Pigley got faint and dizzy at the Gym and hey presto got a BFP. Also promotion should mean a little sods law in that perhaps a BFP will come now? Here's hoping.

Abby I've got the Roses and eaten far too many now as usual.

Hello all can I join you again. I deliberately stayed away in the 2ww because I wasn't going to symptom spot and stress myself out but I did anyway so here am I on CD2 with nothing whatsoever to spot but what the hell.

This month I am not testing until I get to CD31 with no AF. That is my new years resolution.

Bucky congrats on the promotion

Abby you can give the roses to me if you like!

So - who is due to test for a Christmas BFP?

hi i am sorry to gatecrash when i have'nt been on for a while but do any of you know if you can just generally feel like c**p if pg i not due for af till next week and it our 1st month of ttc and since monday i have felt lousy i ache all over have no energy have felt a little sick at times and now and again it feels like a kind of tugging in my nipples anybody got any answers????

ooh! I am so excited for you bambam! When are you testing, how many dpo are you?.
Will be posting this on teh sypmtoms spotters thread too!!

Good evening everyone x Congrats Bucky, more money and less stress? Best of luck to Bambam.
DH kindly pointed out that in order to get pg I need to stop lurking and reading about symptons and maybe do some BDing...hmmm he may have hit the nail on the head to my infertility problem
What do you teach Abby? I teach English in secondary school and love it for the most part. Tough inner city school but the kids are big softies really....
7 days to af... I'm not too obsessed or counting the days... It's a hard merry go round to get off....

Hi everyone

Thanks for the sympathy. I'm not too fussed about the car (it's only a bit of metal) but I did feel quite vulnerable (DH is away from home a lot) and that will take some time to forget. And I have good insurance, so that's a blessing. Also as it is my first car I did not have any no claims bonus to lose!! The police have not been great and I doubt they will find these fellows unless they catch them in the act.

Well done at work, Bucky.

9dpo here and I foolishly did a test (BFN, naturally). Temps are still up and I have been feeling sick and crampy, but with all of the hassle I have had lately that is no surprise. Roll on Christmas, and 2 weeks off work!

Anyone eating? If not I have a bizarre sympton...of something not quite being right.....WARNING TMI will be needed and it's not pleasant x

er, not eating here (and fairly strong stomached), so go ahead...

ok.....when i had a bowel movement i began spotting - af not due for a week. Now am terrified to go to the loo.No pain, this has happened before, in September when I found out I was pregnant - went on to miscarry though...

haha! thank goodness I've had my dinner.

that'll be all that pelvic floor movement sandies - that has to be one of the strangest symptoms ever.

seeing as we're sharing, I'm definitely on CD2 (as opposed to CD47) as AF is now 'medium flow' and (tmi) black. gross huh?

you may all be glad to know that I managed to change out of my dressing gown about 2pm today, but due to my addiction to MN 'active convos' I still haven't finished work and it is gone 10PM. dammit.

OK, I am a freak of nature. Not the usual thing you bring up in conversation with friends or in the staff room at work....or in fact anywhere where there are are people.

yes but sandies you are a FERTILE freak of nature and that's what counts.

I have had the black curse...see, you at least have a normal (if gross) symptom!!! Well done for leaving the dressing gown comfort zone. I have to dress 'professionally' myself - although attitude is optional...
How long have you been TTC?

Making them stick is a bit of a problem DG but at this age being fertile is excellent...

DG - I am still at work, if it is any comfort but still manging to sneak on to MN for a peek at the threads to wake myself up

sandies - same as DG. I don't even know if i am fertile

sorry, no gross symptoms to share, only CD9 or so, but my turn will come soon enough