8dpo and going insane

[KatyKey]

Need someone to stop me from symptom spotting and compulsively testing 😅 I'm 8dpo and tested today and yesterday both bfn. Constantly looking for symptoms but i know full well it could be pms! Dont want to talk to DH about it amd get his hopes up if its not my month!

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Hey OP,

I know the feeling. I have had such positive symptoms all month and have been spotting for a couple of days and the tonight it got heavier out of nowhere and I was gutted but I have put a ST on and it's gone back to spotting but I am cramping really badly in my lower back, hips and I have really achy boobs tonight. So I am wondering if it could be implantation bleeding.
Sorry if tmi but I have attached a couple of pics below to show what it's like when I wipe and it's not enough to show on underwear or pads.
Am here if you want somebody to chat to about everything. As I know the feeling as all I want to do is test but I am trying to refrain from testing as AF is due Wednesday. I am currently 11DPO

Hello both, I'm 8dpo today as well!! TTC #1. I've had some twinges here and there but I've definitely had those with PMS before too, it's just impossible to tell isn't it 😭 When are you both planning to test? Or will you wait for AF?

@Gillseybear Your symptoms sound really promising!!

@Gillseybear that does sound like a good sign for 11dpo, implantation can happen anywhere between 6-12dpo! Fingers crossed!
@Catlady93 I'm really crampy and nauseous which i know can both be pms but ive got another 6 days before af due and normally dont start with these pms symptoms until about 2-3 days before.
Although! Just went outside and cos its freezing i got dagger pains in my nipples which I've only had when i was pregnant before (ended in mmc at 11 weeks)
Think I'll probs try to hold off a few more days and test 12dpo on Wednesday and again on Friday if no bfp and no sign of af.

Thank you @CatLady93 and @KatyKey, a couple of other people I have spoken to have said that but I really do not want to get my hopes up this month to much.

@KatyKey
I have agreed with myself that I am not going to test until the day after AF is due.

I tell myself, every time I even contemplate it, that knowing whether I am pregnant or not (and likely with an inconclusive BFN), isn't actually going to change the outcome of whether I am pregnant or not.
This morning, c9dpo, I had a moment where I contemplated it and I just repeated that mantra to myself.

I have found that having a firm date when I would first test, enables me to be strong.

Now if only I could be as strong with not snacking

@Gillseybear that looks really promising - fingers crossed it is your BFP.

@CatLady93 hey! I'm also TTC#1. Good luck X

I’m 9dpo and have peed on about 1,000 sticks already with no luck. Have absolutely no self control but I’ve made my peace with that and have a bulk-buy of useless one step strips to cheaply satisfy my urge.

Did a frer this morning because i also have no self control and bfn. But i know 9dpo is too early and i may not have even implanted yet.
Lower back pain and cramps today, but again could be pms. Towing the fine line of not getting my hopes up and not getting disheartened. Gonna have a cleaning blitz this afternoon to take my mind off it all.

@KatyKey

Did a frer this morning because i also have no self control and bfn. But i know 9dpo is too early and i may not have even implanted yet. Lower back pain and cramps today, but again could be pms. Towing the fine line of not getting my hopes up and not getting disheartened. Gonna have a cleaning blitz this afternoon to take my mind off it all.

@KatyKey I know that feeling and have been feeling exactly the same over the past couple of days.

10dpo today. Yesterday the one step I fished out of the bin, as you do, had the insanest evap I’ve ever seen: like a positive at first glance. This morning’s I swear I see a faint line. Can I confirm it with FRER or at least put myself out of my misery and realise it truly is an evap? No because I used my FRER in the evening on 7dpo 🤦🏻‍♀️

My local shops only sell terrible blue dye tests that are a bigger waste of money than me using a FRER at 7dpo. Gah!

Morning!! How's everyone getting on?

@stuntbubbles I know the feeling with the evaps!! I had a pack of FRERs once that already had faint lines on them before I'd even done the test. Torture as I only noticed after I'd done one test and got really excited 😞

I had some spotting at 9dpo (yesterday), literally just a bit of pink when I wiped and have had nothing since. Hoping that's a positive sign?!

Also @stuntbubbles keep testing!! Fingers tightly crossed for you 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@CatLady93 Sometimes I enjoy an evap, just to ring the changes from stark white BFNs – spices up the obsession!

And spotting at 9dpo is a fantastic sigh, I’d basically be booking my birthing suite already – 🤞🏻

Morning, feel rubbish today. Got diarrhoea (sorry if tmi) which is more than likely to do with my crohn's disease. Also got a horrible bruised feeling on the left side of my groin. Just trying to focus on work and not get too swept up in it all. But also keep having the same thought of how nice it would be to get a bfp before mothers day on sunday. As AF is due saturday I'll either be very happy or very mardy on sunday 😅

Sorry to hear you're feeling rubbish @KatyKey 😞 I'm due on Friday/Saturday too and have had the same thoughts about how lovely it would be! And a Christmas/December baby too 🥲 It's so hard to keep distracted during these last few days isn't it!! My spotting at 9dpo hasn't helped matters 😂

@stuntbubbles Haha I feel you!! 😂 Yes the 9dpo spotting is a new thing for me. Especially as it has stopped entirely even if I check internally 👀 But as I've learned, anything can mean something but also absolutely nothing 😩😂

@KatyKey Sorry you’re feeling rubbish. My Clearblue was whiter than whiter than white this morning at 10dpo, which theoretically is early but online in the world of blaring BFPs practically during the pillow talk, feels shite. I’m beginning to think conception is imaginary, pregnancy tests are a myth, surely no one has ever got pregnant from sex around ovulation because I’m sure not.

@stuntbubbles I did a frer this morning and it was also painfully white. Just keep telling myself that I'm not out yet, and any positive this early might not even be sticky.
Officially out of frers now though so going to try on Wednesday with a boots and if not and no AF then again on saturday.
Also figured out my bruise-like groin pain is probs a pulled muscle from cleaning too vigorously yesterday so not gonna read into that one too much 😂

Hi everyone. Can I join?

Im 8dpo (I think!)

I had my 1st 7 years ago so I'm out of practise!

We put off trying for our 2nd for the past few years due to covid and various other things but we thought we would now just see what happens.

My cycles have been all over the place since I came off the pill so I have been trying to track ovulation.

I've really tried not to symptom spot but I swear I've felt every little twinge this past week!

Slightly sore boobs and awful lower back ache since around 4dpo.
Will try to hold out until 11dpo to test as that's when I got my bfp with my 1st!

Morning all, how we doing today? Nothing to report symptom-wise so far today. Which is probably for the best as I'd just over-analyse it 😂 Looks like i wont be testing tomorrow as i have to go into the office and i normally just get up and go cos its a 2 hour commute 😅

Morning 😊 I'm feeling really mixed. Last night in the bath I looked down and noticed I had new really red stretch marks on my boobs. Obviously felt that was quite a positive sign as they felt bigger too. But then this morning I've had more spotting. So I don't know what to think 😔 I feel like AF will just turn up in a couple of days. Then I think we might take a little break as I find the disappointment each cycle harder and harder to cope with. I've got a fantastic career but all I've ever wanted is to have a family and it feels so hard to struggle to make that happen when it should be the most natural thing in the world. 😰

@CatLady93 I know that feeling. We were ttc a few months after my MMC in 2020 and getting negatives (plus grief) was soul crushing so we stopped to focus on our careers. This is our first cycle this time round so we're going continue if nothing this month

Update! Because i have zero self control and can't test tomorrow i thought sod it 😅 got a vfl on an easy@home ic (although idk how much to trust it cos ive heard mixed reviews on this brand). Gonna retest thurs and fingers crossed it improves!

@KatyKey !!! It's faint but it's pink and it's definitely there. Tentative congratulations.. please keep us updated 😀