2WW

[ANP2020]

Hello ladies!

I’ve been reading these threads (at all hours clearly!) I just wondered if anyone was currently in their 2WW and wanted to join me? It’s so long!! I’m ttc number 2, have a 4 year old son, fell first time with him luckily so certainly not expecting the same this time round. This is our first cycle. I’m only using an app not any ovulation sticks so not sure how many days po I am, but According to app fertile window ended yesterday. AF due 21st I only have 24/25 day cycles since coming off my pill.

Anywhoo no symptoms yet as too early! I’ve had ovulation cramps and a few nights of very intense dreams. I think the only symptoms I can remember pre bfp with my son was really really sore boobs, couldn’t bare a bra on!! And really tired.

Please people join me to symptom spot and keep each other company during the 2WW.

Hey everyone! Just wondered if anyone has tried the Ferti-Lily cup before? First time using it this cycle and thought I’d see if anyone has tried it or heard any success stories?

Hi @Hjudge56....I have used the Ferti-Lily for the first time this cycle so don't know if it's helped yet but I found it easy to use and definitely felt like it kept more in than when I didn't use it which can only be a good thing I guess...how did you find it?

@Shaker21 ah good luck to us both with the cup this cycle then haha! Where abouts are you in your cycle, did you use it much? I’m CD10 and using OPK. Haven’t hit ovulation yet but we DTD tonight and thought I’d trial run the Ferti-Lily even though I think I have another 3-5 days till peak or ovulation! I found it easy to use… just read a few posts saying how important it is to make sure it’s high up!

@Hjudge56 definitely a good idea to trial run it! I am 7DPO today and think I used it 3 times in fertile period, maybe 3 days before ovulation, day of peak and day of ovulation I think. Not feeling too much going on tbh, sore boobs which other than last cycle is normal for me after ovulation. Good luck to you also this cycle 🤞🏻✨️

Hello guys

how are we? @Annapolis35 @pinkpirlie any acupuncture update?

I’ve had my consultation today! Wow it was 80 minutes long and very thorough!! So I’m starting at the beginning of next cycle so I’m quite excited! Although she said they don’t expect to see any changes until 3 months! So we’ll see…

@ANP2020
I haven't taken the accupuncture forward yet. I want to give blood at Christmas and have to wait 4 months after non-NHS accupuncture so will perhaps make an appointment for the new year. Obviously if I am Pg before then I won't be able to give blood, but it's a bit of a Christmas tradition now to give on Xmas Eve.

I'm glad you've found to helpful and I'm excited for you to start next cycle.

I've managed to lose around 4-5kg in the past month now, but had pizza this week and a bit of a bad weekend as went to a Halloween party with all bad food everywhere that I can't resist.

I'm just coming into my fertile period, I'm CD 11. We DTD CD7 and today.
I'm going to aim for every 3 days this month as I have been finding having to go for it when I'm not particularly up for it quite difficult and I get fed up by CD15. I think perhaps we need to keep trying for more days. The month we conceived we did earlier and later than other months, so I'm not sure if that had any impact.

We have had lots of conversations recently and are putting more effort into trying to make it more fun and less of a chore. After 2 years it definitely has taken a toll on the enjoyment.

I hope @Annapolis35 is having a fab time in Thailand, I'm not expecting to hear as I imagine she's wanting to completely relax. Fingers crossed it's her (&all our) month(s)!

@Shaker21 how are you going?

Hi girls!

So AF arrived for me on Monday so I am CD4. I had my day 21 bloods come back last Tuesday after having them done Monday morning so was really quick. Doctor said everything was normal except for calcium being slightly low. Progesterone confirmed ovulation and doctor was happy with the number. I have now started taking some calcium vitamins to up this a bit. I have had my day 1-4 bloods done yesterday morning so expecting them back today or tomorrow. Doctor has said as soon as they are back she is able to refer us to the fertility clinic.

Hope you are enjoying Thailand @Annapolis35!

We struggle with the same thing @pinkpirlie, it becomes more and more less fun when it comes to BD. I am tempted to just cut out temping and OPK's this month and just have a really relaxed month and just try and BD every 2-3 days instead. It becomes so tiring.

Hope you are ok @ANP2020...80 minutes for a consultation sounds so long! Fingers crossed it really benefits you even if it is just for the relaxation side. I will be interested to hear how you get on with it.

How did you get on with the ferti-lily @Hjudge56? Where are are you now in your cycle?

@Shaker21 hey! I hope this cycle is the one for you!

I’ll be honest, it started off well and then I really struggled with it. I kept having issues with insertion and then leakage so I feel like I missed my chance this month. I don’t know if the pressure of inserting it got to me and I just kept messing it up and then having to pull it out and redo which pulled out the semen! So was a bit of a fail tbh.

Also didn’t manage to ‘catch’ my peak on OPK! So I’m just going to class as this month as a write off !

@Shaker21
Glad your bloods are all coming back good.
I had my 1-4 bloods via the fertility clinic the doctor never sent me for any when I contacted them, I never had any other than 1-4 either.

I don't temp or OPK and it is still hard on me I couldn't cope with the stress of doing that as well. I just try to BD between CD 12 and 18 and hope that's enough. It has definitely been more fun when doing before the fertile period.

@Hjudge56
We have tried the ferti-lilly yesterday for the first time. Think I completely destroyed my insides trying to get it in when practising. I hurt so much by the evening, just walking around I felt sore and uncomfortable even after I removed it. I will try again as it had caught quite a bit when I removed it - in spite of the leakage - so hopefully will keep it where it needs to go enough for some swimmers to get through. But if it's a fail this month I may go back to putting my hips on a pillow.

@pinkpirlie i think if you get it right it’s amaZing! Bur there’s also risk of meddling too much with what has actually gone ‘in’.. that’s what I experienced anyway! Think I ended up bringing much of it out when I was trying to get it in the right position!

Hey guys

so I’m officially back in the 2WW I think! I haven’t OPK or anything but had ewcm from cd-11 -16 all dried up now! Cycle day 18 today. Going to send day 21 bloods off this week to see if I have ovulated! I wo r be testing early or anything I’ll just be going with! My nipples are sore already so I’m hoping that’s the progesterone increase indicating I’ve ovulated!

im excited for the acupuncture although she gave lots of other handy tips! So I’d been taking myo Insitol in a supplement but not enough so she’s had me up that! She’s also suggest I get ubiquinol although that is quite expensive so I’ve held off that at the moment but will add it in! Also suggested a low GI diet which I’ve been doing anyway, but lots of spinach, legumes, berries some protein but not too much! Anyway we shall see!

@Shaker21 glad to see your bloods are all looking good! Fingers crossed it won’t be too long now! I know what you mean about it all becoming too tiring if you monitor. To be fair even without monitoring this month we only managed twice in between work etc!

@pinkpirlie congrats on the weightloss! I know it starts to get difficult now until Xmas! Lots of parties and chocolate everywhere!

Hello everyone! I am back from Thailand now, had the most wonderful time there and adjusting back to the cold! I ended up delaying the acupuncture to tomorrow as I just ran out of time before holiday so will see. Glad it has helped. I think I ovulated a few days ago but not sure, have just been going by ewcm and have dried up now. We dtd a lot over holiday so should have covered it. Was nice to be relaxed generally. Hope you are all doing well.

Welcome back @Annapolis35 glad you had a lovely relaxing time! Hope the acupuncture goes ok today! Tell us all about it! 🤞🤞 that the relaxing atmosphere helped!

so I’m cycle day 21 today so I’ve sent off my private progesterone blood test this am so I’m hoping it’s going to confirm I’ve ovulated this month after the weightloss! I had ewcm cd 11-16 then stopped completely which never happens I normally get some more later on in my cycle around cd19 so im wondering if that’s a good sign as I always wonder if the later ewcm is my body trying to ovulate again after failing the first time!

also from CD16 I’ve had sore nipples! Never had it this early so hoping that’s a sign of ovulation and increasing progesterone! Should have the results back Sunday/ Monday so we’ll see!!

AF is due on the 19th so we shall see! X

@ANP2020 Hello! The acupuncture was nice and relaxing. She didn’t really have a huge amount of advice for me, just thinks that I’m fertile as I’ve got preg previously. She thinks I should get my go to give me progesterone for whenever I get pregnant, so I will call them to see but suspect they’ll say no. She told me to avoid gluten and I do have an intolerance but have been a bit naughty on holiday. I enjoyed the experience and found it quite relaxing and nice. She said I have some heat in my body related to my gut probably because of the gluten so I will be really good with that now.

When do you get your tests back? I have to go to the gp for mine but I’m not sure when I ovulated this cycle so may wait until next month as it’s guesswork. I think I might’ve ovulated between this Monday to Tuesday but I also got ewcm on Thursday so we dtd again. So I’m also day 22 of cycle now and will dtd once today to just cover all bases as I think jet lag can mess things up. Good news about the ewcm for a few days! I think I’ll be due AF around same time as you but I am unsure as my cycles vary! Gonna guess next weekend or early week after.

What do we think ladies…

Honestly can’t tell you how many DPO but my cycle is usually 26-29 days. Admittedly last month was 30 days but today I am day 30, I’ve had AF-like cramps today but no AF as of yet. I thought I’d do a test this evening just to see but we didn’t time DTD well this month so I guessed it would be out. Tomorrow I will be ‘one day late’ officially but I’ve done a cheapie on fairly diluted wee and saw this. As always, it was so hard to get a picture because it’s so faint 😅 and there is a TOUCH more colour to it than appears on the image but not much.. please give me your honest answers- do we think this is a evap? My heart is saying it is because I think at this point I would have a strong line surely. Let me know your thoughts!!

@Hjudge56 oh that looks promising!! Maybe you ovulated later than you think? Try again tomorrow morning and let us know.

@Annapolis35 yeah ive actually just had a spot of blood so think AF is on her way! So never mind! Would have been darker at this point if it was positive

@Hjudge56 definitely can see something! Not sure if an evap though looks a bit thicker in the middle than other parts might be the way the pic looks tho! I have everything crossed it’s a bfp!

@Annapolis35 the acupuncture sound nice! That’s interesting about the gluten thing and that they knew!!

I doubt your GP will prescribe progesterone either but you never know! I think it’s the recurrent miscarriage clinic that do it or a gynaecologist.

im hoping for my test back today or tomorrow usually a 2 day turn around buts it’s been the weekend so maybe a bit longer! I’ve had loads of symptoms over the past few days the most prominent one been fatigue! I’ve been exhausted! Not even managed to stay up for im a celeb! all felt very pregnant!

My Nan is very poorly again looks like we’re end of life care now. So I’m having this crazy guilt about not been pregnant and just wanting her to know I was ok and it’d happened before she passes. So I broke my no early testing rule this morning with an FRER and BFN. Now kicking myself for testing because seeing AF is easier than a negative pregnancy test and I’ve set myself up for a miserable day! So I’m hoping I at least get the good news that I’ve ovulated from the tests.

Update: I did another two cheapies and there were still faint lines. I also did an OPK this morning out of curiosity and it was quite vivid strong line. The spot of blood turned out to be brown discharge and so overnight only had dark discharge again. Still such faint lines so I’m thinking if it is anything then it could be a chemical but I’m one day late now and I’ve never been 31 days in my cycle before so I guess we’ll see. Not sure implantation would happen this late as I’m over 13DPO.

the two bottom tests are yesterday (obv dried up!) the cheapie under the OPK is from 5 mins ago and the OPK is 5 mins too. Let me know your thoughts… again they is a touch more colour in person

Am I going mad or is something there!?

@Hjudge56 theres definitely something there. I find it difficult to tell from photos the colour, I hope it is positive for you

@Annapolis35 yeah I took a few this morning of the cheapie but couldn’t get a photo showing the slight pink as these photos make the line look grey! I think I’m going to buy an FRER I’m just scared to do so haha

@Hjudge56 its nerve racking! Try with the FRER and let us know. Fingers crossed for you. If you’ve had the lines on three tests now it would indicate good news!

Hi all

@Hjudge56 that definitely looks promising to me. It is so hard to not get your hopes up too much but I would say they are definite lines on multiple tests, so you just have to hope you have a sticky bean now! 😍

@Annapolis35 so glad you had a wonderful holiday in Thailand! It's been such a hard few months you needed a break.
The accupuncture sounds really good and they are giving lots of helpful advice.

@ANP2020
I have some Q10 and had forgotten how expensive it was until your post. I am absolutely useless at taking it though and probably remember about 1 day every 2 weeks 😭need to make more effort!!

I'm CD23 so due this weekend to very early next week. My boobs are killing me and my tummy has started feeling sore. So feels like AF on her way.
I didn't get any PMS symptoms last month so glad I'm back to my usual symptoms.

I'm going to message the accupuncturist with a view to starting in the new year. We can't afford it right now, but some regular savings matures in the next month so after that things will be a bit easier.

I have failed to lose any more weight. I feel like I'm eating soooooooo much better than before but it just isn't coming off. I haven't had a snack between meals in months now. It is really getting me down, not just because I can't lose anything but I am running out of time for NHS infertility support and the window to drop 15kg is getting smaller and smaller.

@Shaker21 how are you doing?