Anyone else due to test around 30th June/1st July?

[allgoodthings84]

I’m now 3dpo and trying to feel positive. My OPK peak times up with when I had EWCM and I’m sure I had some ovulation pain on Thursday. I’ve never realised it before now but I nearly always have a pain for a few hours in between AF’s so guess I nearly always have it but never paid any attention to what is was or why. Even though the timings all line up I still have a fear that I ovulated much later and missed dtd at the right time. I know it’s irrational 😂

@pongom ah ok I understand now! I think it is just time then if there are potential issues but you are both still so young. Are you both taking the correct vitamins? X

@Angie2018 how much is this TWW dragging!! The temptation to test is too much, but just trying to tell myself there isn’t any point as it will be negative anyway. Let’s see how long I listen to myself for!

Ah I’m sorry to hear covid screwed with your cycles, that’s absolutely typical isn’t it. We’re actually only on cycle 2, we were lucky to fall pregnant first cycle (on our wedding night!) but just wasn’t meant to be. We also caught covid at our wedding and I can’t help but think that could be part of the reason we miscarried, but I guess we will never know. We postponed our wedding 3 times due to covid so we were desperate to get trying as soon as we were married!

I’m so sorry your first good cycle after all that was a chemical. I’ve got so much hope for you you have much better luck this time 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Now just to make it through the next 10 days test free 🤣we can do it 😊♥️

@OCM19 @Norfolk1983 @CinderellaFant @pongom sending you lots of baby dust too! Let’s hope for lots of positives in this group xx

how are you all?

I’ve been stopping myself from looking up symptoms for each day 😂 not for today as 4dpo is way too early and I know me feeling nauseous in the late morning yesterday and today is either in my head or to do with progesterone rising so happens whether pregnant or not as I know full well it’s too early for any actual pregnancy symptoms as I can’t be pregnant yet anyway as too early for implantation. I can’t even think if I normally feel like this and ignore it as means nothing etc. I’m feeling absolutely nothing now though 😂

@Cdoc haha omg I totally get you!! I am due to ovulate Wednesday and had my static smiley today so hit peak this PM and I am already excited to test 🤣🤣

That's rubbish you miscarried it really is. I guess sometimes things just aren't meant to be - I keep telling myself the right egg will come along eh!!

I also have so much hope for you too! 💜💜

@allgoodthings84 hey! Haha I do this every cycle then get sad as I don't feel "pregnant" at like 5dpo then have to tell myself off 🤣🤣

I knew last month when I had a chemical because I had zero symptoms when I always get sore boobs after ovulation. I still told myself I was out that month even before implantation was possible 🤣🤣

I got my peak today so due to ovulate sometime over the next day or so. Hoping Wednesday so we get to BD again three more times!!

Had my temp dip today... first time tracking BBT so very interesting 🥰

@Angie2018 yea it’s funny as I fully know implantation can’t happen yet so nothing would be pregnancy symptoms and I didn’t get any at all with my daughter until I was nearly 7 weeks which is what made me test as thought it was that or I was dying 😂 I wasn’t tracking my AF at that time (or tracking anything or ttc) so didn’t realise I was very late

i was thinking of bbt but don’t think it would work for me as I wake up A LOT in the night and all different times so it wouldn’t be accurate or reliable data. No one wakes me my daughter doesn’t wake until the alarm goes off I have just always woken a lot but not realised how much until my Fitbit

@allgoodthings84 it's strange how we do this to ourselves isn't it!! I worry every cycle that I won't ovulate, then I do, that the egg isn't a good one, that I haven't had sex enough even though it's 3-4 times in my fertile period every time, that the sperm wasn't a good one, that I have no symptoms at 3dpo etc etc etc 🤣🤣

I think on the basis I had a chemical last month and I 100% had text book implantation symptoms, squishy high cervix, high temp & no sore boobs, I think il worry that if I get sore boobs that will be me done for the month 🤣 always get sore boobs after ovulation and the one month I caught I didn't!

I have started temping this month and I also wake up in the night sometimes and my data has been pretty spot on. My temp started dipping yday & I got my peak opk yesterday evening, another low temp today & I suspect ovulation will happen tomorrow or later today.... so I would say you could always try it? It's helped me for sure x

@allgoodthings84 i’m 3DPO so a day behind you. I’m determined not to symptom spot as like PP said, every month I over analyse! I bet I will though 🙄 the next few weeks are really going to drag! Xx

I have no idea about implantation symptoms whether I would feel anything or not. I obviously didn’t with my daughter 😂 or if I did it was so insignificant that I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. My boobs are only ever sore if I really squeeze them although they got massive when I was pregnant. The day before or morning of AF I get period cramps really bad ones but that’s it. The only way I will know is definitely a pregnancy test which is why I’m going to wait as I don’t think I’ll “feel” pregnant before that anyway. I’m also always tired (rubbish sleeper) and always hungry 😂 so the only thing out of the ordinary for me would be the missed period

the thing that worries me is if this takes say a year that will be 26 weeks of tww! 26 weeks of wondering and time dragging

@allgoodthings84 I agree, the TWW is actual torture isn't it! How on earth do people relax and forget about it 🤣

Yeah I won't lie, I am always tired because I am a rubbish sleeper too, I love my food, always get sore boobs after ovulation & I get cramps only on the day I start bleeding. But I do get cervix aches a few days running up to AF.

The lack of sore boobs & cervix pains were my signs.

But I think I've learnt over the last 5 months is that some symptoms can be something and some may not. I thought implantation was the start of a very early period and got really sad for a day until I realised it lasted two wipes, cramps were so mild, had headaches and bloated stomach for two days and then realised oh ok that's not period 🤣

@Angie2018 it’s going to drive me mad! This is only my first month actually properly ttc 😂 I’m hoping it doesn’t take too long for my own sanity.

I keep thinking what if I’m infertile and can’t have any more children now I’m 37 but I have no reason to think that other than the fact I’m 37. My partner is 32 though so it’s younger sperm 🤣

In some ways I hope I do get implantation bleeding so it gives me a clue but I also hope not as I’ll then whittle that AF is coming early as I do spot the day before usually

why can’t this be as easy as we are led to believe when we are teenagers 😂

@allgoodthings84 you are definitely not too old at 37 especially knowing your partner is younger and you have a child already!!

My friend came off the pill at 37 and the next month she was pregnant so first try 😊

I agree, I actually think the waiting is the worst and I am now like come on cycle 6 give me that BFP!

That and I'd quite like sex to go back to how it was and not on schedule 🤣🤣🤣

It's so annoying we are all taught how easy it is to get pregnant because if I had have known I would have started trying last year 🤣🙈

@Angie2018 i hope you get your bfp this cycle! The worst thing is having to plan the sex. Whether it’s SMEP or every other day or whatever it’s still planned with a goal in mind. It’s definitely not the same. I think my partner finds that more difficult than me as he feels like he has to perform even when he’s tired etc. I’ve told him that he doesn’t and if we only get one or two days at the right time it’s better than none.

I don’t know why I keep worrying about my age. I know lots of people get pregnant older than me even and I’ve had 1 child although it was 7 years ago. I had a strong peak on OPK and my heart rate goes up at ovulation (apparently a sign) so it’s all whether I have good or bad eggs now I guess

TTC deffo is one of the most stressful things isn't it!

I'm 6DPO and had some cramps this morning and felt like AF was about to start which was odd but I've been pregnant twice before and never had that so could literally be anything.

I'm planning on testing on Saturday at 10DPO- I'll be with my best friend for the night so would kinda like to test with her 🤞🏼

@allgoodthings84 ah thank you! And I hope you do too!!

Yeah I get that, it is planned and I do miss the spontaneous times of it being super passionate and exciting. Not that it's not good now it's just that doing it so much on schedule just isn't the same!

Exactly a couple of times is better than none!

Exactly you are not too old at all. I'm 33 and worry though so I totally get it!!

Hi everyone! I’m currently 3dpo, first cycle trying (already have a daughter age 4).
I’m already obsessing but not felt any symptoms yet (which is impossible before implantation anyway) and just wishing the days away now!

Welcome @vitahelp ! Sending you lots of baby dust!

The days are absolutely dragging, this tww is going so slowly?! Just keep telling myself early testing is a waste of money (as well as disheartening) but the temptation won’t go away!

I hope this doesn’t fuel any obsessiveness but I did get what could have been an implantation dip at 8dpo when I was pregnant with my daughter 5 years ago. I’ve attached my chart below.
So for anyone who is charting and notices similar (at 6-12 dpo) it could be a good sign.

Forgot to attach the chart, here it is.

@Cdoc yes it is dragging so much! I can’t believe I’m already like this on the first cycle!

5 days PO and I'm obsessing over every twinge and symptom 😭😭 every month I tell myself I'm not going to do it anymore as I just get my hopes up and be disappointed but here I am googling 'early pregnancy symptoms' 🙄🙄

When's everyone going to test 🫣

Thanks for this! I am chatting this month!

@vitahelp charting rather 🤣

@CinderellaFant It’s difficult isn’t it. I can’t seem to accept that there is no way I could have symptoms before implantation (currently 3DPO) and keep searching in the hope of finding another opinion! I’ve got a week left before I can test. With my DD I got a bfp on 11dpo but it was very faint. No doubt I’ll still test earlier than that this time though, 9 dpo earliest (6days from now)

@Angie2018 I hope it helps in some way. I’m glad to have that past data even though it was 5 years ago but it also makes me a bit obsessive comparing that cycle to my current one.