Anyone testing around April 19th? My 2ww is just starting.

[GoT1904]

Hi all! I'm currently 1dpo.. so officially in the last stage of this cycle! I should be due AF around April 19th, which happens to be my birthday! So I'm going to try really hard not to test until then. Anyone else around the same?!

@ArcEnCiel2022 aw I'm glad you feel as though you have hope. Hope is so important. Its kept me going through the darkest times ever. Eeeee so would we be due around the same time??

I managed to not waste a FRER! But it took some restraint.

I'm feeling a little deflated right now. My son, who has ASC, had an awful incident happen to him at school a few months ago. His dad (who I am civil with, but who I do not respect as a parent), jumped in on this and tried to push my boy to go and move with him 40 mins away. It was a very stressful time as his dad was calling me several times a day and pressuring my son to make a decision re: moving. Thankfully my son agreed to give his school another shot and it's done him the world of good being around his friends. He was just back on a part timetable, gradually increasing his time there. My DP wanted to wait to try until DS was settled, which Thankfully happened. However today was his first day back doing lunchtimes again, it was lunch he was afraid of as socially he just struggles to relate to things. It's not gone well like I'd hoped :( so now I'm preparing for DP to want to hold of TTC. It might be right, it might be wrong, but I don't want to. My boy is going to have autism for life and probably have more challenges than other children, but we always deal with them. DP is due home from work shortly so I guess I'll see how it goes. But once DS's dad gets a sniff that he's had a bad day, he will try to uproot him once again I'm sure. Nightmare! It had been going so well up until this point. Xx

@GoT1904 yes my due date would be Christmas Eve or Christmas day 😊

Aw I'm so sorry to read about your son, how old is he? I hope everything will get better. And I really hope that your DP won't want to hold of TTC if that's not what you want 😔 I actually really hope that you're already pregnant! 😉
Sending you love, and I hope your conversation with your DP will go well.

@GoT1904 I would be due Christmas Eve! I absolutely love Christmas time, I'd be most concerned about missing Christmas dinner!! 🤣

Sorry to hear about your son, sounds like a tricky situation and I know how it feels having a child from a previous relationship and juggling joint parenting. Me and my son's dad don't always see eye to eye, his very stubborn and it can be so hard sometimes. Surely uprooting him would be the last thing he needs right now. I hope you and your DP can talk it through and ease your mind 😘

I am feeling exhausted this afternoon, few nights of crap sleep have caught up with me. I have also stocked up, just bought some clear blue normal tests and one Digi. Will only use these if anything happens on my cheapie tests tho!.. Hope it does happen soon or I might just go bankrupt 🤣

@ArcEnCiel2022 aw that's super sweet of you! Thank you. I think DP wants everything to be just right, but there is always one thing or another that pops up. I'm confident we could deal with anything really.

@Graceybaby he's 13 in June! He's finding high school hard. Academically he's great, but socially not so much. He dislikes change, so to me it's obvious that moving him house and away from me and his sisters would distress him further.. in addition to moving school. But hey ho. We will see what happens.

Aw bless you, has your LO been keeping you up?? I'm so nervous about the lack of sleep my future may hold haha xx

@GoT1904 Oo bless him. Highschool is so hard, socially its even harder now with modern technology etc.. I feel for him. I hope his dad sees sense and just supports him rather then making it harder.

The lack of sleep is the worst.. I can't say I'm looking forward to that bit! My son was such a good sleeper too which makes me think surely I won't get that lucky twice! 😂

He sleeps great most of the time still now unless his ill, his had abit of a cold lately and has had a few bad nights.. But my OH is so supportive, he helps as much as he can with my LO and often takes him out for a few hours so I can get some rest if I haven't slept well. I'm very lucky ❤️

Went for a work lunch today and all my colleagues love a glass a wine.. hate how awkward I feel trying to make an excuse to not have even a small glass! I don't like to drink whilst TTC but I always treat myself to a glass when AF makes an appearance 🙈😅

@Graceybaby I never drink big quantities, but I have to admit I like a glass of wine with my meal the weekend, or a beer in the sun... I try to avoid during the TWW, but tonight we have some friends coming and they will stay with us until Tuesday, so I don't know how I will manage to avoid drinking as I'm sure they will assume I'm pregnant if they see me with soft drinks all the time, and I really don't want them to think that! I will have to find some tricks 😅 But it will be good to have them, it will give me some distraction to don't get obsessed!

@ArcEnCiel2022 That sounds like a lovely weekend 😊 Maybe get some non alcoholic wine and see if anyone notices. 🤣 I am missing my wine.. I'm the same I do like a glass or two at the weekend or when we go out for dinner... I wasn't a big drinker when I was TTC my son.. suddenly I like a glass or two, maybe that's what kids do to you 😅🤣🤣

Side note - Anyone else get really frustrated with some of the stupid threads on Mumsnet? I can't stand the 'is this positive?' posts when there's two blazing pink lines!.. I mean if you can't tell that's positive you really shouldn't be having a child!

Another side note - I just kept getting pinching pains! Very much like how I felt when I felt my implantation the first time! I'm only 4DPO so it's impossible 🤦🏼‍♀️ Why does our body torture us 😅

Aww @ArcEnCiel2022 have such a nice time! Just pour yourself a spritzer?! Less wine, more lemonade lol. If its white wine they won't know how much is (or isn't) in the glass ;)

@Graceybaby ooo I hope it is implantation related though! Is it impossible at 4dpo or just really unlikely? I've no symptoms apart from tender nips, which is just from me coming off the pill lol.

Yea I do get cross at some of the chats on here. I don't mind the test eyes ones lol. I've found that people can be really judgemental and quite horrid to each other. I was going through the active threads earlier, and whilst I saw the different points of view, the nastiness is just unwarranted imo. Xxx

@GoT1904 it's very unlikely! I've just written it off as me just overthinking things! 🙈

Yeah they really can. Glad we have a nice little supportive group 💓

Roll on 5DPO tomorrow.. the sooner this TWW wait is over the better 🙈😅

Thanks both for the suggestions about the drinks, that's good ideas!
@Graceybaby I'm getting pinching pains too!
But yes it's too early for implantation... You said you have felt implantation with previous pregnancy? How was that? Was it just a brief moment or did it last a bit?

Every day when I wake up my first thought is "one day closer to testing" 😂

Hi ladies, is it ok if I join? 3dpo and need a safe place to drive myself crazy. I recognise a couple of names @Graceybaby are u in the December thread?

@ArcEnCiel2022 Yes, it was a few sharp stabbing pains, kind of like how it feels when you get a jab, could feel exactly where it was, it wasn't like an all over cramp if you know what I mean! It was very brief, felt absolutely fine after but I was walking my dog at the time and it made me stop in my tracks as it actually quite hurt!! Two days later BFP 😊 I tested at 9DPO so that would have happened 7DPO.

I know, everyday is just dragging!
5DPO today.. I really had forgotten how hard these TWW are, I'm only on cycle 1 and it's already driving me insane 😅

Hey @MrsGrealish yes I am! Although this is the only thread I'm particularly active on 😊 Of course you can join us! How you feeling so far? What cycle is this for you? Is it baby #1 for you? Sorry millions of questions 🤣

@Graceybaby I'm glad for our little group too. :) it's actually making this 2ww more tolerable for me haha. This is only cycle 1 for me too and I am OBSESSED.

@ArcEnCiel2022 Hahaha mines similar! I wake up and check how many dpo I'm on, even though I know.

Welcome @MrsGrealish :)

Starting to have a freak out this morning and doubting our chances at all.. keep wondered if we DTD at the right time? Think it's because I saw a post about when ovulation happens in relation to EWCM and a positive OPK could mean you've already ovulated?!

I had EWCM on Friday but Saturday was when I had the most EWCM and also first thing that morning I got my first positive opk.. we didn't DTD at all in my 'fertile week' leading upto that, we only DTD that Saturday evening and the Sunday morning.. What If I ovulated on Saturday and we DTD too late?

Ughh.. why do we torture ourselves... Guess I'm just starting to try and prepare myself for the disappointment.

Ughh.. my minds

@Graceybaby that's interesting, I don't think I've felt that I when I've been pregnant!

@GoT1904 yes I open my app every morning to check my dpo too, but I perfectly know without that as it's all I'm thinking about at the moment 😂 5dpo today!

Hi @MrsGrealish ! You would have a due date around Christmas like us I guess?!

@Graceybaby I think the ovulation is happening only after the peak opk? And then the egg stays something like 24 hours, so I think you're fine even if you ovaluted on Saturday!

I'm 4dpo today... I know looking for symptoms is never a good idea but I can't help it. Well, I feel absolutely nothing apart from Pms cramps, although earlier than usually. This is so emotionally difficult 🙁

Thanks for letting me join!

@ArcEnCiel2022 IF I conceived my due date would be 29 December but I usually go early..

@Graceybaby cycle 4 baby number 4 and I'm freaking out a little because I had an early peak on CD10/11. So I didn't DTD much before. Im just feeling really tired atm not much else. No stabbing pains . Just exhaustion.

@Graceybaby there's a very real chance you've caught your egg!! Don't forget that after your OPK the egg isn't released for something like 12-48 hours.

@AmyD54321 I know!! My nipples are still really sore and I was cramping last night after DTD.. but I think it's still pill withdrawal symptoms as I'm only 4dpo. 6 days till I can test! Wooooo.

How are we all today? DP and I have a childfree night tonight and I'm so excited for it.

Thanks @ArcEnCiel2022 That's what I've been telling myself, the egg would have still been around either way so I'm sure it was fine! Hopefully I can be more prepared next cycle.. I was unsure of when/if I'd ovulate so we weren't really focusing on when we DTD!

x

@MrsGrealish mine is no. 4 too! Dp has 2 already so some days we have 5 kids haha. Manic but lots of fun.

Hoping with this being #4 they'll just fly out hahaha

Thanks @GoT1904.. I hope so!

I have no real symptoms, boobs are slightly tender again but probably just the fluctuating hormones!

We also have a childfree night tonight! Off out for a nice meal, be nice to take my mind off TTC for a little while, although we'll probably just talk babies still ! My OH is more broody then me! :))

@GoT1904 it's like such an age gap for me between 3 and 4 mind I hope baby does just fly out 😅 DS2 flew out DD (number 3) labour was just horrible. I'm 39 so hoping reproductive system remembers what to do 😊

@GoT1904 are you planning something nice for your childfree night?
I don't have any symptoms at the moment, just really tired, but I'm always tired on Friday anyway!
I want to believe I'm 5dpo because I don't want to test too early, but a part of my brain keeps thinking, maybe I'm actually 6dpo if I've ovulated on Saturday when I had the pain, and not on Sunday, and in that case I could test 1 day before I planned 😅

@ArcEnCiel2022 you sound exactly like me! Premom app says 5 dpo but I'm saying 3/4 dpo. Lying to myself so I don't early test😂