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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!

OP posts:
digitalgirl · 14/01/2008 23:08

oh bucky did all that unlucky stuff really happen? I hope you're getting really pissed right now, you bloody deserve a glass of wine.

OP posts:
coolkat · 15/01/2008 08:12

Picknmix. . . .Constipation seems to be a regular sign? Fingers crossed. X

ClairePO · 15/01/2008 08:51

Bucky I'm so sorry you had such a crap day. I completely agree with ScaryHairy it is so difficult to stop when you have started, those people thatsay they're going to take a break and relax this month amaze me becuase I wouldn't be able to switch off like that. I think the idea of booking a break sounds like a good one.

picknmix the constipation thing does sound good. If constipation can ever be good I have everything crossed for you.

JollyBear · 15/01/2008 09:40

Morning all,

Bucky I hope you feel a bit brighter today.

Looking good picknmix! Fingers crossed for you.

Hattyyellow Have you managed to hold out from testing? Fingers crossed for you too.

MTW you hit the nail on the head, I do just want AF to turn up and then I know where I am. I've been working it out and even if I hypothetically ovulated late CD19 or 20, a positive would have shown up yesterday wouldn't it? 15DPO?!!!

Any luck finding your AF MrsEi25? Fruitloop and DG and all those with long cycles, I take my hat off to you! It is sooo frustrating!!!!!

sarahnh · 15/01/2008 10:01

hello everyone,

Just popping on to say a massive congrats to Ditigal Girl!!! So Chuffed!!

Hope everyone else is doing well, i am so sorry that that TEW got mtw and Bucky... fingers crossed for both of you this month... it took me 11 cycles and i was all for giving up if you remember... try reflexology, it was my saving grace!!!

I am doing ok though no exact due date yet, getting fat already complaining tho i know i shouldn't be!!!

Baby dust to all ***

07mumstheword · 15/01/2008 10:19

JB I think at 15 dpo a PG should work so lets just hope AF shows her ugly face and you can get on again. (still secretly hope I'm wrong though)

Sarah I checked your ante-natal thread and saw you hadn't posted for a while because you were feeling sick, I was so pleased that things are going well not that you're so sick. I've got reflexology booked for Thurs so I hope it works for me too.

mibbes · 15/01/2008 10:37

Bucky so sorry TEW got you and that you are having a wee wobbly moment . I can't pretend to understand as relatively new to this but can cross my fingers for a BFP soon.
MTW sorry she got you too (or did she...?) - your job is to keep Bucky's chin up as you seem quite upbeat today - You have both landed lucky having each other as cycle buddies this month, I'm sure you'll give each other loads of support
Welcome PrePG - this is a lovely suppotive thread - good luck !
saranh good to hear all is going well . You left the thread not long after I joined.
PicknMix hope the constipation is going well... what a strange thing to say but you know what I mean after DG's pre-BFP blockage
Any sign of twinkling - how was the funeral ? hope you are ok.
Am going to test on Fri as I think I need a weekend to sort my head out either way - my hopes are way up so it BFN will be gutted but if BFP will be terrified...

07mumstheword · 15/01/2008 11:24

Good luck with the testing on Fri Mibbes I was trying to keep Bucky's spirits up but didn't want to cross the line of bullying her into being my cycle buddy

Bucky How are you feeling today? Will you join me back on the list? I'll creep in and do it for you if you like Hope you are doing ok.

TF How did it go yesterday? And how are you?

JollyBear · 15/01/2008 13:21

Thanks MTW I was just clutching at straws

My TTC parcel has arrived already!! I only ordered yesterday. Is it worth starting to temp tomorrow or do I need to be at the beginning of a cycle? I've never been desperate for AF to turn up before!!

Good luck testing mibbes

07mumstheword · 15/01/2008 13:36

Sorry JB but you can have fun with your TTC pack now . I've no idea when its best to start temping but I did it CD30 which turned out to be CD1. If you start now at least you will catch your CD1 and be in the routine already.

I've been getting to grips with the Persona Monitor this morning but looks like I'll have to "set" it to a more convenient time tomorrow morning, then come day 6 I can start peeing on sticks.

So this month I am all set for temping, using monitor, OPK's and reflexology. You can imagine how gutted I'll be if I get a BFN can't you? I'm reminding myself it may take a couple of months of using all this stuff before it works so when I'm getting all crazy by in 2ww it is up to you all to remind me and keep me sane!

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 14:53

hi girls
hope everyone is doin ok
AF still hasnt started back properly had a little bit of spotting this morning but nothin since the silly witch cant make her mind up
twinkling how did the funeral go?? hope you are ok and it wasnt too hard a day for you and your family {{{{{hugs}}}}}
ok i think its official i spend too much time on MN!!
its another (rather weird) installment in the mrsei dream saga!!... i was in a restaraunt and sat with a girl i went to school with she was about 8 months preg and i kept callin her 'mibbsey' she was blonde haired in school (and now i think) but we were talkin about MN and babies etc (i wasnt pg BTW so maybe i have got a wait on my hands...) but weird eh!!
lets hope i am psychic then cos i really could do with a career change!! either that or a new hobby
xx ei xx

JollyBear · 15/01/2008 14:59

Good thinking MTW I should get into the routine of doing it. Best of luck to you for your next cycle, you've certainly got lots of TTC goodies! We'll try our best to keep you level headed!!

I'm oddly looking forward to using the OPKs and temping in a geeky science experiment sort of way, ooops... I've just outed myself as a nerd

madoldbird · 15/01/2008 15:11

Good afternoon everyone

Bucky Hope you are feeling a bit better today. What you said yesterday rang a lot of bells with me. CD1 is absolutely horrible. This last time i was in a foul mood all day and in floods of tears by the evening. I too have been worried that everyone else will graduate and i'll be the only one left behind!! If only we could all magically get our BFP's together. I think the thought of another month of BDing does become unappealing. I'm sure the men feel it as well, however much they want a baby too. I have thought about "not trying" for a month or two, but DH was horrified at the thought, and i also felt that i would find it impossible "not" to try, i.e. i'd know when i was ovulating anyway, would end up BDing, and still obssess for 2 weeks... or i'd know that we'd NOT BDed at the right time, and be cross at a missed opportunity. TTC feels like a train journey that it's impossible to get off of, sometimes.
Anyway, i hope you are feeling brighter today, and that you had a jolly good drink last night!!

loubers and prePG welcome to you both.

scaryhairy I have got everything crossed for you (although i may need to uncross my legs briefly in a day or so to do the necessary )

coolkat hello, i hope you are ok and that the doctors appt goes ok later this week.

pistachio go for the extra BDing just in case!

picknmix does sound promising for you. Everything crossed for you as well!

sarahn nice to see you! Glad everything is going well.

DG How are you doing today? How is the tiny digibean?!

Hello to MrsEI hattyyellow shreksmissus MTW fruitloop jollybear (what's in your parcel then?) mibbes twinklingfairy and anyone else i have inadvertently missed.

Well yesterday i had the first lot of EWCM, and had some more today. My cervix is also AWOL, and although i have just done a OPK test and no smiley face, it can't be far away. I feel this time i'm almost afraid of doing some well timed BDing - as i know that i'll get all hopeful only to end up with a BFN again. However, DH likes to know when the smiley faces appear, and he'd be devastated if i don't tell him and we don't go for it. Just been to a long meeting at work, talking about things due to be happening over the next few months. All i could think was "I thought i'd be on maternity leave by then..." Oh well, hopefully we'll get there in the end!!

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 15:17

bucky MOB and anyone else who meantioned it i totally understand your fear of bein the last one on the tread not to graduate i was on the due in dec 2005 thread when having my DD and i was literally the last woman standing as all the others had given birth by the time i went into labour!! i WAS NOT amused i can tell ya!! but good news is at least there will be one person left and its prob goin to be me!! (or that might be bad news depending on whether you like me or not)
xx ei xx

madoldbird · 15/01/2008 15:22

Hi EI Well, we'll all have to keep each other company until the bitter end!!!! (or, alternatively, you can go and have a dream where we ALL graduate! (Am now secretly v excited for mibbes after your last one...

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 15:26

funnily enough though none of my dreams include me gettin a BFP!! so maybe my brain is tryin to tell me somethin not to worry there has got to be a last place in every race and that is usually me so i will back you all up if im here at the end of the thread...
xx ei xx

mibbes · 15/01/2008 15:31

OOOhhh MrsEi25 I feel so priveleged to have almost featured in a dream . You seem to have special powers so you have just added fuel to my already hopeful fire... Did you go to school in Scotland ? If not then the dream is slightly flawed, but apart from that let's hope it is accurate (apart from the bit where you're not pregnant - we'll just scrub that bit)

JollyBear · 15/01/2008 15:38

MOB You've put into words very well how TTC feels. I've not even been TTC for very long (heading into 4th cycle now) and feel a bit of a fraud expressing any level of misery or annoyance with the process because it feels insensitive to those who've been here for a while, but it is hard because it isn't like I can really DO anything to make it happen except BDing! It isn't like working towards an exam IYSWIM Anyway sounds like you are hatchng an egg there MOB - Hope your off on maternity leave soon

Oh and my parcel contains a thermometer, OPKs and some cheapies!

MrsE125 Maybe our AFs have gone off together somewhere? We need those girls back!!

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 15:40

no but my friends family was from dundee im all the way down here in rainy liverpool so no chance i might bump into you in a random restaraunt to discuss the finer points of MN
xx ei xx

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 15:43

JB maybe they are planning a surprise visit for us both!! wear your best white pants and leave the house armed with only a lipgloss (no sanitary items allowed) and she will soon join in the party!! i dont joke this has happened to me!!
xx ei xx

07mumstheword · 15/01/2008 15:44

MrsEi You said you were going to bed with the crystal ball, wow if mibbes gets a BFP it really will be spooky

MOB Good luck with the timmed BD'ing. I know what you mean about getting the timings spot on and then getting a BFN. We BD'd 7 out of 8 crucial days last month so I was sure I'd go it right. Hope yours works for you hun.

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 15:47

o yeah i forgot i said that MTW it must have been that that was diggin in my side all night and i was blaming DH and his big...elbow

xx ei xx

mibbes · 15/01/2008 16:15

Ok Ladies - the dream is just too much for me I need to know. After my steely resolve I can't take it any longer. Have told dp am testing tonight and he is ok with it...
I have promised that if BFN I'll meet him at the donor place and give blood...I will let you know as soon as I know ... should be posting at 6ish - yikes !

MrsEi25 · 15/01/2008 16:25

ooooo good luck mibbes hope you get the result you want xx you deserve a nice big BFP!!! big {{{{{{hugs}}}}} to you hun xxx
xx ei xx

madoldbird · 15/01/2008 16:27

Oooh! mibbes am excited!!!! Hope it goes well, and you get a BFP.

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