Hoping for BFP's in January! New year; new start! Who's with me!?

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Hi everyone. Hope you can join me!

@SimonSays87 hi there, i miscarried in October and although my periods returned to normal straight away and i just finished the third one, i had that pain in the first two cycles, i even thought it was maybe incomplete. I miscarried naturally and this third period seems to be normal and no more pain. A friend who had taken pills to have an abortion had the same thing but in her case it was an incomplete and she had the pain until they done the D&C. Did you have a D&C?

Afternoon ladies, I'm on CD 3 and just took an opk today to start a line progression and it's come back very dark... Is this normal for cd3??

@RosyappleA I MC naturally. But I did wonder if it was incomplete. It has only been since then. It comes and goes but since last week it has flared up again.
Perhaps that’s the reason for a slightly delayed AF?!
Sorry to hear about your MC also. Hope you’re doing ok xxx

[quote Sassy144]@Decaffe I'm finding temping really stressful too, I keep waking at odd hours so don't think it's so accurate at the moment, I'm hoping when I'm back at work after Xmas it will get better as I'll be back in a routine. It's helpful for me though as I keep having false alarms with ovulation, my body keeps trying and giving me all the signs but temp tells me otherwise - I'm not long off the pill so hoping things will calm down soon.[/quote]
I hear this! I started temping this month and my chart is looking wonky.

To the ladies who miscarried, do get yourself checked out if you think that it wasn't complete. I had a miscarriage in my first pregnancy and a scan revealed I still had some retained products of conception - how I hated that term! It made me cry so much! Once I had the scan my body seemed to acknowledge it needed to let go and the rest came away.

@PoleFairy hello cycle twin! We DTD on 23, 25, 27th. I'm hoping that will be enough. I'm trying to cast my mind back to when I had DD, I'm sure I had symptoms in the week leading up to by period due date but can't remember which day it started. Doesn't help when I'm desperately symptom spotting this time, my boobs feel sore from the constant poking!

I will do..@TotoAnnihiliation I would hate to think that would be the reason but at least once I know, I can move on.

Hi everyone, can I join you guys? :)

I've been reading all your posts and great to see a few positives!

We have a little boy who's just turned one and going to try and see how we get on with baby 2!

I did a clear blue ovulation that was positive on the 28th so we've done it on the 28, 29 and 30 and then randomly on the 26th which was just luck ha.

How often do you guys do it when you are fertile? Seems a bit of a chore 😬😮

Not sure the exact day I ovulated or when then I'll test but I guess about 10-12 days from now.

Hopefully the baby will keep me busy so it won't drag!

With our boy I had absolutely no symptoms, no implantation feelings, bleeding or anything lol so anyone with no symptoms don't worry either. That was me and I got our BFP! It took us 3 cycles but I was coming off the implant and never had a period so who knows ha.

Can't wait to get to know you all. I joined a thread with our little boy and we still message all daily! Xxx

@AmberRH1993

Afternoon ladies, I'm on CD 3 and just took an opk today to start a line progression and it's come back very dark... Is this normal for cd3??

I've had the same today on CD 4!

So I found a picture from when I was 10dpo in July and got my first positive test and todays test is so similar? I'm 9/10dpo today I want to say it's giving me hope but I'm so nervous and just can't believe it yet 😔 you think they look similar? ( Also I'm sorry to keep posting I just can't get my mind off it all 😞 ) the first one that you can see the hand in is from July?

There is definitely a line. I honestly would promise yourself to not test for 2 days and just resist the urge or you'll drive yourself mad!

@Diamondbabe Welcome and baby dust to you! I also still speak to some of my July 19 thread group and it's a great source of support.

@arianasky I think it's looking very positive for you atm. Both lines are so similar! My fingers are crossed for you.

I am just counting down the days until I can test. Hate this bit.

@arianasky post as much as you like! They are super similar...I've got a really good feeling about this! X

@arianasky I can definitely see a line there! Hold off on testing for a couple of days (painful I know!) Everything crossed for you!

@MyloC aww that's lovely, I know the 2 week wait seems sooo long, @claremc1983 I hope so I've had some weird symptoms today but I'm trying not to spot symptoms 😂 @Diamondbabe I really wish I could but I'm struggling haha

@kizzy97 I'm going to try but can't promise I'll hold out 🙈

Hi everyone, I’m new here, can I join?!

I’m 31 and TTC first baby. Started ‘trying’ in March but nothing yet.

My partner works away a lot of the year so it’s difficult sometimes to catch the right times. 😫

AF due 2nd Jan and I’ve taken easy@home HCG test today and stark white at 11DPO..not even sure when I ovulated as my LH strips were low when I first started testing! I just go by pre mom predicted and hope for the best 🙈 obviously not working though!

Sorry if this is a ramble, I just really hoped I’d be one of the lucky ones and have unprotected sex a few times and get pregnant 🙄

@oldermam thanks that helps 👍🏼 hopefully it just gets darker

@SimonSays87 Hope you are feeling ok, and glad you are thinking of making an appointment x

@AmberRH1993 are you using apps to monitor ovulation with the strips? I used premom which does a percentage check daily to see where you are ovulation wise. From eyeballing yours, i'd say it would pick up in the 25-30% range, which for me was my baseline reading. Two days before ovulation it would jump to 50-75% and then up to between 100-200% the day before when it was peaking, the rest of the cycle it would be between 20-40%. Everyone is different though with baselines and peaks though.

@arianasky I didn't realise that you tested so early, sorry this must be a horribly long wait. My 10dpo looked like yours, give it a day and see. I started screenshotting my tests daily but comparing vs 2 days before as that was when hormones should double, and that made me feel better to see any change. Fingers crossed for you!! I will say the easy at home pregnancy tests (very cheap off amazon) were the ones from 12 dpo that have shown consistency and progression of lines, while costing the same for a box of 20 or so as one FRER. If you think you are going to stalk the line progression then i'd suggest you get some :). GOOD LUCK!! x

@madeleine85 thank you! I have some easy@home arriving tomorrow after you mentioning them before, aww I know I'm an idiot 😂 I took a test at 7/8dpo because I thought it would definitely be negative and I could carry on until about 12/13dpo but no there was the faintest of faint lines

Hi girls. I got a static smiley yesterday afternoon. Dtd yesterday morning and this morning oh and also on the 27th. Do I need to dtd again? Or am I good? Lol

Hi everyone. I've just had my bfp. Really shocked but obvs very happy and feeling insanely lucky. I'm 13dpo. Obviously now moving to freak out that it won't stick!

I've also been with family for Xmas celebrations so have had a few glasses (2-3, usually with food) every night for the past 4 nights... slightly worried about that :/ :/

Wanted to come on here to share my (now confirmed) symptoms - fairly constant low level cramp/ache behind my pubic bone at 9and10dpo, occasional cramp/shooting pain in upper thigh at 10and11dpo, and an ache at the bottom of my back intermittently at 12dpo and all day at 13dpo, and that's it.

Wishing everyone in this group so, so much love and luck and babydust 💕❤️💓💗 I know I have been extremely lucky here, and obvs this is incredibly early days!! 😬

(This is baby #1 for me, am on ttc cycle #2, and am 33)

@Tor88 YAY!!! What great news to take you into 2022.
I wish you all the baby luck in the world 🥰

@SimonSays87 thank you so much!! I know such an exciting start to the year! Feeling so very grateful 🙏🥰

@SimonSays87 good luck, I'm sorry that you have had to go through this horrible experience.

@Tor88 OMG Amazing news! Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 don't worry too much about the alcohol the baby doesn't take any of it in until the placenta forms at about 8-10 weeks apparently. Aww i'm soo happy for you 🙌🏻🙌🏻