Ho ho ho! We all want Santa to come (with loads of BFPs)! It's the December thread 🎅🌲🎁

[Squiff70]

I don't know. Not even a week into November and sadly some are out for this month.

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas and you're definitely on Santa's NAUGHTY list, this is the one for you. Not a December bus but a December SLEIGH!

So go Dasher, go Dancer, go Prancer and Vixen! We don't want you to bring us those toys. Please stuff our stockings full of BFP joy!

@Squiff70 My son's 2nd birthday is on 23rd - it would make a lovely memorable moment but trying not to get ahead of myself as I know coming off the pill can bring the oddest of symptoms.

I’ve tested the past three days and they’ve all been BFNs. AF is due today/ tomorrow xx

6DPO, but I am pretty sure I ovulated early in the morning so am reaching for reasons to count it as 7DPO 🤣🤦‍♀️...

Time is passing at a glacial pace. No symptoms other than: a) lots of creamy cm but that started right after ovulation and does happen sometimes normally, and b) yesterday afternoon I got all bunged up which - I know I'm recovering from covid but I'd had 2 days of feeling totally normal and also I'm stuck in my Plague Den so who tf have I caught a cold from?!?

Ah, sympom spotting, how I have missed thee... 🤣🤣🤣

@Shortmamashortcycles aww hope you feel better soon and out of the plague den! when is freedom day?
So frustrating as AF hasn't showed yet and getting BFNs every time I test. My cycles got screwed last month (I think down to supplements I started) so have no idea when AF should show. It's CD32 today, my cycles were usually 30 days pre mess up last month.

@Tinkerbell098 I'm in the same boat now! Had some bleeding/spotting on Sunday night at 11dpo which disappeared overnight. Got a bfn Monday and more spotting in the day so thought I must be out for sure this time but it's gone again!! Still a stark white bfn early test so not holding out much hope but want af to get a move on so I can get on to the next cycle!!

@BabyBird20 I hate being in limbo. I get my hopes up but then also feel deflated as I get BFNs. Yours sounds like it could be IB or was it too heavy to be that? If it is IB, it'll take a few days to show on a test I believe. What sensitivity tests are you using?

@Tinkerbell098 i did wonder about that as after it initially felt like the start of af it stopped v quickly but then had more like spotting the next day. The test I used is 10mlU so I assumed it would have a faint line after 24 hours if it was ib? I was due on yesterday according to one app and Thursday according to another so who knows!! Like you said it's the horrible limbo time!!

Morning ladies,

Sorry I had to abandon sleigh yesterday - DP was working and I was focussed on our little girl and didn't get internet time.

@FlyOnTheWall89 I'm hoping AF stays away on Christmas Day and comes back in roughly nine months! Do you think you'll test and if so, do you have a day in mind? I'm right here with you!

Welcome @JazzieJaz! It's perhaps important to point out that sperm can live in our bodies for UP TO five days, so although there was a 4-5 day gap between DTD and your positive OPKs, you're still in with a chance. If this isn't your month, next time I would recommend - if possible - having sex as close to that peak on the OPKs as possible. Remember you ovulate 12-36 hours AFTER that peak reading so you want to get as close to it as you can. You want your man's swimmers there ready and waiting for the egg to be released and not the other way around. Best of luck to you.

@AmberRH1993 you have a Christmas baby? How special! I'm still keeping everything crossed for you. Coming off the pill can confuse things but in 2019 I got pregnant the same month I came off the pill so who knows what the body is capable of!

@Shortmamashortcycles don't do it - don't symptom spot! A lot of pregnant women agree that when you conceive you MAY not get many or ANY symptoms until you get that BFP. My only tell-tale symptom was I felt bloated from 4 or 5 DPO, which I normally would anyway in the run up to AF but not that early on. Everyone is different obvs but I just throught I'd throw it out there. When do you plan to test? How long have you got left in your Plague Den? Hope you're soon free to go out and enjoy Christmas.

@BabyBird20 Spotting at 11 DPO could be a good sign - it's the perfect timing for IB. Usually it takes 48 hours or a bit more for it to show on a test after implantation has happened. I am praying for a Christmas BFP for you.

Hang in there @Tinkerbell098!

@Squiff70 Yes, we came home from the hospital on Christmas eve ❤️ Frer arriving in the post today so 🤞🏻 for tomorrow. Still no sign of AF so were not out yet 🙂

@AmberRH1993 that's pure Christmas magic! :)

@Squiff70 I don’t knowwwww, I might do as it stops the guessing. As I didn’t track though, I’m not sure how many DPO I am, but I am due AF on Christmas Day. Will keep you updated x

@FlyOnTheWall89 May I very gently recommend that you test this side of Christmas, just so you know where you stand with food/drink etc if you get a BFP and aren't too upset on Christmas Day if this isn't your lucky month? You never know though, might be the best news ever!

Anyone good with bbt charts? This is mine and I normally have 24-28 cycle but normally it’s started dropping by now and only normally have a 12 lutal phase and now on 13 and no sign Aunt Flo is on her way so confused did test 11dpo and was bfn

[quote AmberRH1993]@Squiff70 Yes, we came home from the hospital on Christmas eve ❤️ Frer arriving in the post today so 🤞🏻 for tomorrow. Still no sign of AF so were not out yet 🙂[/quote]
Someone please tell me if I've lost the plot... To the naked eye there's a v. Faint line on this strip (little arrow) but thinking the covid is making me crazy at this stage 😂

I can't really tell @AmberRH1993. Did you say you have FRERs coming today?

Yes they should arrive today - I'm 10/11 dpo based on when I think I ovulated so it's perhaps too early still 😩

@AmberRH1993, I'm afraid I can't see anything, love, but I'm not great for line eyes. Hope your FRERs arrive.

7DPO and time might literally be going backwards. How is it only Wednesday? I forgot how much I hate the last bit of the TWW.

Luckily DD is home tomorrow and I'm done with my Plague Den so I'll have lots of distraction from then on.

@Squiff70 AF has arrived, 3 days early - I had 29 day cycles earlier this year but have more recently had consistent 32 day cycles. 😭

On to cycle 9. 😢

Sorry to hear that 🙁

@Shortmamashortcycles
FRER has just arrived in the post but going to hold out until tomorrow morning with fmu

@AmberRH1993 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

@FlyOnTheWall89 so sorry AF has appeared 😔 I know it's not what you wanted but at least you're not spending Christmas in limbo.

@AmberRH1993 I'll be here in the morning awaiting your result and will have everything crossable crossed!

@Squiff70 thank you 👍🏼

@Shortmamashortcycles @Squiff70 there's been a development in the situation 😂 My partner intercepted the amazon man and opened the parcel containing the FRER not knowing I had ordered them or was even testing at this stage 🙈
He was excited and wanted to test so I did one and I'm sure I can see a faint line whereas his man eyes said its completely blank and I've lost the plot - coming from the same person who can't see things in front of him when looking for them.
I'm going to take a photo when DS goes down at 8 to see your opinions 😂

@AmberRH1993 🤞