1 dpo today - anyone with me??

[weathervane123]

Title says it all really! 1 dpo today and feeling a bit down and tired already! Not looking forward to the next two weeks. Have had three losses in six months this year so getting a bfp is only the first hurdle. Trying to stay positive but for some reason I feel like this month we didn’t have sex enough.

[Bell024]

I will give a try 3days later. I'm a testmanic 😁😁can't help myself 😅 just somehow have to wait till then 😞🥴

[Peonies94]

Ah it’s so hard isn’t it! I’m going to test Thursday I think, hopefully I can wait til then! I’ll be 9-10 DPO by then.

[MaybeBabyAli]

@Peonies94 we were lucky and had everything we planned which was great. Ours was fairly small too (60 guests) and i was mostly just happy to see all our friends and family after so long apart. This would be our first too 😁 We’ve been together nearly 10 years and have always spoken about having a family but there’s never a right time!

[Peonies94]

@MaybeBabyAli ahh that’s good! I’m glad it went as planned! 7 and a half years for us, but yes we’ve always been the same!

[Bell024]

@weathervane123@Cruz86 morning ladies! How are you today? Any symptoms?

[Cruz86]

Morning! Sorry I've been a bit awol, I've been bed bound with terrible fluey symptoms for the past 2 days. Feeling a bit better today but definitely not 100%. I guess the good thing is I haven't been able to symptom spot because I've just been so unwell!

Lots of weddings and long term relationships in here which is lovely! I've been with my husband for 8 years, married for 5. And we have a son. I'm 28 and this is our second cycle trying for number 2 :)

How is everyone this morning? X

[Peonies94]

Aw no! Glad your starting to feel a little better! Symptom spotting is so hard! I already feel like I’m out this time and only 6DPO! I hate the waiting! I have really long cycles too of around 50 days, so my next opportunity just feels so far away! I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but I’m just counting down the days to testing!

[MaybeBabyAli]

Morning ladies!

Glad you are feeling better @Cruz86. Hopefully your flu will clear up fully soon and you can get down to pregnancy symptom spotting!

@Peonies94 wow, that is quite a long cycle. What CD do you usually ovulate? I seem to be a boring 28 day cycle with ovulation on day 14.

My plan has been to keep busy this weekend and with a very hectic work schedule for the next two weeks I’m hoping I’ll be distracted. I’m not having any symptoms but I think I’m 5 DPO so I guess I wouldn’t expect any yet?!

[Peonies94]

This cycle it was 34, but it can be anything from 20-40 so I rely on opks so much! My cycles are irregular so 50 is a kind of average! Yeah I’m either 5 or 6 DP0 but not entirely sure!

[weathervane123]

Hi everyone and welcome to all the new posters! I'm 5dpo today but thankfully, I've been keeping busy as have a deadline to meet soon.

I don't tend to symptom spot this early as I keep telling myself it's pointless, and whatever I'm feeling is highly unlikely to be pregnancy-related (or I won't be able to tell if it is). Plus, atm I don't have any symptoms to spot!

I'll be testing on cd28, which is when I think my period is due. Thanks to the losses, my cycles have been a bit unreliable this year, and prior to trying I'd been on the implant with no periods at all, so I'm a bit unsure.

CD28 will be 12dpo for me though. I've tested early and it's driven me mad, and I've resisted and left it til late in the past, but neither way seems to change the outcome! I'm testing later this time as my partner genuinely prefers it. He doesn't want to know unless it's a result he can see clearly and trust. I do feel my own need to know isn't a strong this cycle (I was desperate to find out last month), but it's probably because I'm so over this part of it now, I just feel like whatever will be will be.

I feel sad the excitement has been sucked out of it to a certain extent, but also much more like I'm able to get on with my life and not let it consume me, so there's benefits to being a bit fed up, I guess, lol!

[weathervane123]

@Cruz86 I hope your cold clears up quickly! Sounds utterly rotten.

@Peonies94 50 is a long cycle! Have you spoken to your GP about it? I've definitely seen threads for women with long cycles on here that may be helpful.

[Firsttimetrier]

Hello,

Do you mind if I jump on this thread too? I’m roughly between DPO4-6 as I ran out of CB OPKs on Monday. I was getting flashy smileys and had some ovulation pain Monday night, but didn’t continue to test so not positive when ovulation was.

This is my first cycle TTC and it would be baby number 1. We DTD regularly on the lead up but not that much on my potential ovulation days. So not feeling too positive that I’ll get that BFP. We will see though.

[Peonies94]

@Firsttimetrier good luck! Baby number 1 for me too, and second cycle but first taking it really seriously! Around the same DPO as you too ☺️

@weathervane123i have spoken to GP but years ago, when I was around 16 and I had some test done and nothing come of it, however I wasn’t ttc then, so could be a whole different situation now. It’s only my second cycle, we’ll first one really trying, so I’ll see how things go the first few cycles but may get back in touch with them! Thank you, will take a look ☺️

[Peonies94]

@weathervane123 sorry to hear about your losses! Yes your right there, It’s such a stressful time And whenever you test won’t change the outcome! I’m just going to tell my husband when positive, and if negative just not say anything, to just try and reduce stress.
It’s my first proper month this month, so I am just constantly thinking about it, I’m hoping this will wear off as each cycle goes on, as I surely can’t keep this up! 🙈

[weathervane123]

@Firsttimetrier welcome! Baby Sperm can survive for about 5 days I think, so if you had sex in your fertile window you're in with a shot. Fingers crossed!

@Peonies94 good luck!

[weathervane123]

lol not baby sperm. I don't know why I wrote that! Babies on the brain contrary to what I've written.

@Peonies94 I haven't been trying long (since Feb) but I think ttc just finds its place in your life after a while, and my partner and I were both very clear from the outset that we didn't want it to take over everything. I think that's because we knew it might not be easy or even happen for us given my age; we have a good life that we're happy with just the two of us and that we will have to be happy with if we can't have a baby!

Obviously losses can really make sure ttc dominates, which is why I think I'm enjoying the quieter periods of not being forced to think about it so much. I was obsessed at first though so I totally know where you're coming from!

[Peonies94]

@weathervane123 your so right, it’s all new at the moment, but after this month I’m going to make sure it doesn’t consume me, as that will surely just make it more stressful!

[Firsttimetrier]

@weathervane123 I know you didn’t mean baby sperm but that made me giggle! I might start calling them that from now on 😂.

That’s what I’m hoping, hoping some were there waiting, ready to take action but we will see!

I’m weirdly calm about the TWW, I don’t feel too impatient, but this may all change by Wednesday!

[MaybeBabyAli]

I sped up my Sunday by batch cooking and housework. Suddenly tomorrow is 7 DPO and the TWW is moving along 😁

@weathervane123 I much prefer the term baby sperm to just sperm, it’s like they have actual purpose rather than swimming around aimlessly!! I love how you are approaching TTC. The two of us is enough but a baby would make it even better. I will try to think of it like that now 😀

@Firsttimetrier I think I’m around the same ovulation day as you ( most likely Tuesday for me) and we only managed to DTD Friday, Saturday and Monday as I literally fell asleep as soon as I got into bed on Tuesday and Wednesday!

@Peonies94 I’m with you on the slippery slope to being consumed by TTC after 1.5 cycles for me. It feels like I can’t share what we’re doing with anyone which makes it harder. I do sometimes wonder why the tendency is to keep TTC quiet amongst friends and family. Surely if we all started talking about it openly it would “normalise” issues around TTC and help women open up and have support in such a potentially life changing part of our lives. Maybe I’m thinking too much into it!!

Hope everyone is enjoying the last bit of the weekend! X

[Peonies94]

@MaybeBabyAli yes I totally agree! I haven’t discussed with anyone but people keep making comments since I recently got married in June! These threads are so useful for that very reason! I’m not sure when I’m due AF as I have irregular cycles, but I’m going to test Thursday!

[Firsttimetrier]

@MaybeBabyAli the same happened to me! DTD Friday, Saturday and Sunday too, so hoping some survived and were there ready and waiting!

[Cruz86]

Evening all, sorry I've been in and out of sleep today. Turns out the cold is Covid!!

Baby sperm is all I've taken from the messages today though 😂😂

I'm 6dpo and my usual spotting has happened so think I'm out this cycle and need to speak to a dr about it!

[Peonies94]

@Cruz86 ahh no! Hope you feel better soon!

[MaybeBabyAli]

Oh no @Cruz86 sorry to hear that. I hope you have a speedy recovery. How are you feeling this evening? I reckon it’s always good to get checked out if you have unexpected spotting.

@Firsttimetrier fingers crossed for us both!!! Glad it’s not just me who’s a little patchy. During the week I’m just too tired but I made the effort for my static smiley!

@Peonies94 luckily we’ve avoided comments on our baby choices since we’ve got married although my now MIL did ask if we were going to freeze my eggs a few years ago. My hubby’s reaction to that made sure we haven’t heard anything about that since!!

[Cruz86]

Thank you @Peonies94 and @MaybeBabyAli. I feel a lot better than I did on Friday, just very lethargic with an annoying cough and lots of body aches.

Yes I definitely will see my gp. This will be the 5th cycle with spotting around this time and it's just gutting because it means I'm now waiting 5/6 days for af to appear as I know it'll definitely come 😩