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

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digitalgirl · 04/12/2007 19:38

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!

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ScaryHairy · 08/01/2008 22:12

Really? I have little idea what day I am on myself... Fertilityfriend thinks CD2. Is that where you are?
I am on for (I think) a 33 day cycle, so you may be ahead of me in real terms.

ScaryHairy · 08/01/2008 22:17

Ha ha - that should have said CD22
Am now certain it is time for bed.
Goodnight ladies.

LuckyBucky · 08/01/2008 22:18

No, I am on CD22....Did you just get AF? Actually, just checked it again and somebody has corrected you and put you back to CD22 so you are the same as PicknMix and I again, but wrong if you are on CD2!

LuckyBucky · 08/01/2008 22:19

duh...that was you who corrected it .

MrsEi25 · 09/01/2008 02:38

hi ladies
im still waitin for AF here and i am officially 4 days late!! i did a test on sunday and BFN so i thought i would leave it a few days and did one this morn and it was a weird one i can tell ya!! i was wonderin if anyone has had this kind of problem?? the test had a diagonal dark pink line to the left of the pos/neg window but nothing further towards the middle like it would usually be. what dya make of that then?? DH reckons its not a BFP unless its in the middle but i dont no what to think!! i dont even get paid til tomorrow so i cant even buy another test til then an its totally doin my head in!
i am never this late either so there has to be somethin amiss in there!!
how is everyone holdin up waitin to test??
sorry to those who have got BFN's
xx ei xx

ScaryHairy · 09/01/2008 08:09

It sounds to me like your test was faulty Ei. Call up the manufacturer and complain. They'll send you another. Or, if you can, take it into the chemist where you bought it and ask them to interpret it! Then they might give you another one...
What make was the test?

JollyBear · 09/01/2008 10:02

MrsEi25 I wondered where you'd got to! I agree with SH it sounds like a faulty test to me, complain though and they should send you another one.

Someone was saying on a thread the other day about cheap reliable tests that they do 2 tests for £3 at Tesco or that Poundland do tests. If you want a brand name one you'll probably have to wait till tomorrow (why are they SOOO expensive?!), but it might be worth getting a cheap one if you can't wait. Good luck!

twinklingfairy · 09/01/2008 10:25

HI all,, thought I would share the bad news that my granddad passed away last night
He had a minor heart attack on the 2nd and a few more turns since. He was on quite strong drugs to help with the pain and the anxiety when he became breathless.
He was ready to go and was making quips about that being the case why coudl he not get stronger drugs and that morphin was not all he had heard it to be
But he was the last of true gentlemen and he will be mised sorely by us all.
I believe he went peacefully and accepting the decision of God.
His family were around him and he had said his goodbyes, though not literaly, he wouldn't want to frighten.
I am feeling a bit numb about it all. My mum phoned me this morning, waking me at 9am ( I know, shame on me, I really should have been up) and I took the news calmly. She told me that both my brothers and sister had cried immediately. Am I heartless??
I think I was expecting it every day since he went into hospital and part of me was hoping for it, as I didn't want him to have to continue his life stripped if his dignity and independance which he was rapidly losing. And he made us all aware, for a few years now, that he was ready o go and was tiring of this life, so keen to see his wife again.

I have had a little cry, my sister will be in pieces and I am surprised by both my brothers reactions.

Sorry, rambling, again.

JollyBear · 09/01/2008 10:44

I'm so sorry TF

Sometimes grief doesn't make you react like you'd expect to. My older brother died almost three years ago now and I didn't cry for ages, I just felt really numb. He'd been ill for a while, like your Grandad but I was just really shocked I suppose that he'd actually died. Obviously I don't want to presume to know how you feel but I thought I'd share my experience (hope tha's ok). Maybe it just hasn't sunk in for you yet.

Look after yourself

mibbes · 09/01/2008 10:48

So sorry to hear your news twinklingfairy - sounds like you are dealing with your grief admirably given your grandfather's wishes. Thinking of you.

MrsEi25 take that cr@ppy test back and get a proper one so we know the true result - fingers crossed...

witchandchips · 09/01/2008 10:51

sorry to hear your news TF. When my grandad died a few years ago, i did not cry until my sisters and i made our selves gins + tonic in memory of him. Then we all wept buckets. Your reaction is perfectly normal and right

digitalgirl · 09/01/2008 11:37

sorry to hear your news fairy

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witchandchips · 09/01/2008 12:30

af still not arrived now beginning to hope

JollyBear · 09/01/2008 12:37

That's encouraging news witchandchips Are you usually very regular?

No AF here either but I'm not very regular so no cause for excitment yet... if there is still no sign of AF by the weekend, that will be another story

SazzaK · 09/01/2008 12:46

Hello, am new here, just hoping to spot some symptoms myself, on CD26 but only 9DPO so a bit early to test! Grr! Noticed the post about temping and I got a thermometer that looks identical to the access diagnostics one for about £4 incl postage on eBay, have been chuffed to bits with it so far.

hattyyellow · 09/01/2008 13:50

twinklingfairy so sorry to hear about your grandfather

I don't think there is a standard reaction to grief, we all react in our own way..please don't feel bad...he sounds like an amazing man, you must feel glad to have known him and shared some of his life, I'm sure you all brought him lots of happiness..

hattyyellow · 09/01/2008 13:51

No news from me, except I am eating for England..but that always seems to happen at the end of the month!

Have been having twinges and sore bloated feeling in my uterus but am very sceptical about symptom spotting now - think it could just be things happening with my normal menstrual cycle..

JollyBear · 09/01/2008 14:20

Hattyyellow I agree, the trouble is TCC does make you more aware of what is going on... down there The first month of TTC I felt I MUST be pregnant because I had soooo many symptoms!

It is rubbish that so many pregnancy symptoms are the same as PMT. It should be more obvious... like flashing blue toes or something

MrsEi25 · 09/01/2008 15:25

haha hattyyellow at least you said toes and not nose as that would be hard to keep quiet!!lol
still no sign of AF here despite the constant operation knicker watch!!ah well i dont know why i am botherinig as i seem to 'know' when AF is on her way and i have got no idea this time around!!
i will be buyin a new test tomorrow although i might get a different brand rather than asda cheapo ones due to the fact that they are obviously poo!!
xx ei xx

MrsEi25 · 09/01/2008 15:26

sorry meant jollybear didnt read it properly duh!!
xx ei xx

hattyyellow · 09/01/2008 15:28

MrsEi25 I'd be perfectly happy with a flashing blue nose or toes...if it just brought an end to my 2ww tedium! ;)

MrsEi25 · 09/01/2008 15:37

ye me too but hey ho its just the symptom spotting that keeps us from keeling over with boredom of the wait!! i find myself gettin impatient from about 1dpo i think!! i should get a different hobby i think than 'guess the symptom' which has been my personal fave of late
xx ei xx

hattyyellow · 09/01/2008 15:49

How about taking up "symptom googling"..that wastes many a happy hour!

Newsflash...I have very very sore boobs, in fact I think I am experiencing "windy nips" as well documented on this thread - even if I am not pregnant in the slightest, I now feel part of the clan...

twinklingfairy · 09/01/2008 17:50

Thank you all for your lovey words, you made me cry!!
Yes, he was a wonderful man and I am so lucky that, during my pregnancy with DD, I was able to spend quite a lot of time with him. He told me how he met my granny and it all seemed so romantic with the backdrop of the war. I feel awful cos some details are hazy but I was pregnant and lost a few brain cells along the way

On a lighter note, my sister thinks I am becoming obsessed with ttc. Though she was loathed to use the word, that was what she said in the end.

She is 23 and is not thinking of children any time in the future and often comes out with,'oh well, if it were me.......'

I am not so sure I am being obsessed just interested and excited by the prospect.
I like taking my temp and seeing my body do what it ought to. She reckons we should just BD when we feel like it rather than on these specific days and it will happen when it ought to. I told her if DH and I didn't have dates, we mighten't bother BDing at all Life would take over. At least being aware means we are giving it our best shot.

She is just so self righteous, she drives me insane!! Particularily when she feels she knows best about something she knows absolutely nothing about!!
Everyone feels they know best before the have children, her time will come

Sorry about that, she spent the afternoon with DD and I, and the 3rd in row, we can only spend so much time together before fireworks.

07mumstheword · 09/01/2008 17:51

Sorry to hear your news TF

Sounds like there are a few promising symptoms out there, fingers crossed for all of you.

CD25 and I'm sure TEW on her way

I've been hoping for a little feed back to my question last night but never mind as I had a very good heart to heart with DH last night (in between my tears must be PMT!) and he thinks its a good idea to just go and have a chat with the doctor and find out if tests can't be done yet when would be acceptable to go back.

I've been feeling really down about not falling PG after 9 months and just having a talk to DH helped and doing something proactive like seeing the doctor makes me feel a little more positive.

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