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 😂

Yea I didn’t even suspect I was pregnant with my daughter until nearly 7 weeks! I wasn’t tracking periods or ttc so it was only when I thought I was dying or pregnant I took a test 😂

@allgoodthings84 🤣🤣🤣 we are all different and so it's normal to have or not to have symptoms so I guess we just shouldn't overthink as hard as that is 🙈🤪 says me sitting here overthinking!!!

@allgoodthings84 @Angie2018 @Cdoc thank you, it’s hard to know what to do for the best isn’t it!

ahh ladies I feel like s**t is getting real, 7DPO is like the start of counting down to testing while implantation could happen. We all know that the early part of the TWW is pointless to symptom spot, but next week is the game changer 😬 x

@OCM19 I totally agree! The first week is just painful.... the second week I either get my normal PMS symptoms or not. Kinda gives it away but right now at 3dpo I am bored 😫

@OCM19 its so true! I am 8dpo today and honestly every single twinge or anything I’m convinced. Countdown is definitely on now!
How will we get through the weekend 🤣🤞🏼

@Angie2018 I know, and no matter how busy you are in your life your mind is still consumed by this TTC journey!

my DH came for a walk with me at lunch (we were both wfh today) and he said it’s on his mind a lot too and he’s really sad it’s not happened yet. I don’t know why but I didn’t think he was thinking about it that much so it was a shock to hear it’s affecting him too (obviously for support of each other). How are your other DH’s doing? Often the focus is on the mum only and not the partner!

@Cdoc haha for me…chocolate 🍫 🤣

@OCM19 chocolate sounds about right 😍and ice cream, plenty of that please!

Ah bless your DH, it’s good that he opened up and told you that. You are so right, there isn’t really much focus at all on the dad. It must be hard on them too though. Is that the first time he’s said anything like it?
DH doesn’t talk about it much, but he did after our mmc. I try not to talk to him too much about it and make jokes when I’m ovulating in the hope he says something, but he stays very silent!

Hi! I’m new here!

we are officially actively TTCing from July’s cycle, but stopped protection this month.

I have a longer cycle (average 34 days), and out of curiosity did OPKs in April and May, and ovulated on CD22&CD23.
this month I run out of my CB Digital tests, and felt like they are too much money for me to just play around with, so I bought cheap ones from Home Bargains.

I only tested in the evenings with the cheap ones cause I forgot, so with the least concentrated wee, but all OPKs were negative. I’ve had very sore nipples and bloating, so going from that i think we DTD before and after ovulation day. 🤷‍♀️

planning to test around the 5th of July, that’s when my next AF is due, but not putting much hopes on it.

I’ve been watching so many YouTube videos and reading statistics about TTC in late 20s, that are giving me such mixed feelings.
i keep counting months - like if there’s a 50% chance we will be pregnant within 6 months, that means there’s a 50% chance I’ll be pregnant in November. 🤦‍♀️
anyone else getting ahead of themselves? Ugh 😩

Morning ladies…last weekend before we test!

@WannabeeMummy321 It’s totally normal to get ahead of yourself in the early days. When we started to TTC my son, we fell on the first active cycle (2nd cycle after coming off the pill) so I guess I had some high expectations this time round. We’re now month 6 so it really depends. It’s hard because everyone says ‘relax it will happen when it’s meant to’ but it honestly takes over your brain. You’re not alone, we’re all in this journey together.

@Cdoc thats the first time he’s truly said how he is feeling. I guess men don’t talk about it as much but hopefully we will all be able to share some good news with them 🤞 x

This is why it’s so good chatting to you ladies, we all know what each other are feeling etc

@OCM19 I guess the fact he's thinking about it is a good thing because he wants it as much as you and he's invested in each cycle like you but its sad it's bothering him too. My OH is a lot more invested now too. I think to start with he thought it would happen within a month or two but now it hasn't I think he's realised it doesn't work like that. Fingers crossed for us all this month x

@Angie2018 same, he really thought it would have happened by now! I hope your OH is ok too. xx

@OCM19 ah thanks! And likewise. I think men just don't really get it, and then when it takes a while they kinda start to get on board more. I just pray I get this March baby. To have a baby due on my brothers birthday 13 days before my 34th birthday would be my absolute dream right now. Always wanted a spring baby & one before I turned 34 as I want two and unfortunately met my life partner later in life at almost 29 xx

Morning everyone and welcome @WannabeeMummy321 😊
I’m 7dpo today and woken up feeling a bit rough, got stuffy nose and drowsy. I thinks it’s allergies/cold though as DH is similar!! Doesn’t help with my symptom spotting though. Got really dry sore lips this morning too and started overthinking that, the reality is I just need more lip balm on 😂

@vitahelp 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can see your logic!! However feeling groggy just after implantation last month was a sigh for me x

@Angie2018 I’ll try and keep hopeful! To be fair when I got pregnant with DD I had a bad cold in the 2WW but I’m sure DH had it too so I sort of ignored it. But maybe there is some link to a lowered immune system around implantation.. goes to Google it 😂

@vitahelp 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 seriously I love that I am not the only mad woman that Google's EVERY SINGLE THING!!! I've been Googling "what's happening at 4dpo" this morning.... roll on next week!!

@Angie2018 My Google search history is an embarrassment! Sometimes I’ll search something so ridiculous I’m laughing at myself while typing it, but still can’t resist reading the results!!

@vitahelp mine too! I'm constantly deleting my history just incase someone sees how mental I am 🤣🤣🤣

Morning ladies. How are you all feeling today?

9dpo for me today and I’m nervous as last month I started spotting on and off very lightly (only when wiping nothing in knickers) at 9dpo - 5 days before AF came. I often spot before but only a day or so it’s never been that long until last cycle so I’m really hoping it was all to do with my late ovulation etc so just a messed up cycle. The next few days are going to be worrying I’m going to be checking every time I wipe praying for no tint of colour

@allgoodthings84 morning lovely! Don't panic too much, as the spotting is normal for a cycle, is there any chance that could have been implantation at all? Because that's a symptom. I had it last month at 9/10dpo and it was a chemical in the end but was not AF related. Don't panic if the spotting starts. Do you feel like AF could be on her way? X

@Angie2018 the spotting lasted 5 days so don’t think implantation as that’s usually only up to 2 days?

I don’t feel anything at the moment. I don’t normally get cramps until just before AF though so doesn’t mean anything really. I don’t think I’m really someone who gets symptoms for things generally and I can’t remember the last time I was actually poorly as in more than a sniffle. If I’ve even had covid it’s been asymptotic during a time when testing wasn’t a thing. I do get horrific period pains on first day of AF and the spotting sometimes day before but that’s it’s usually.

I’ve never thought about it or been concerned about the spotting right before AF until now when I’m ttc especially after last cycle. I just worry that if I start spotting every day until AF that means I’m definitely out

@allgoodthings84 I used to spot about 4/5 days before AF and got checked out and I had a cervical erosion. Had it treated with silver nitrate and not had it since. Have you had a check for that? Doesn't affect fertility at all, just cells get irritated. I've read so many girls on here get that with erosions. It isn't abnormal as such to have spotting before AF though it isn't uncommon. And don't rule yourself out if you do get it. Implantation can last for 3 days but some women have it for up to 7. Was it your first time of spotting at 9dpo? Because 9dpo is the most likely day for implantation x

@Angie2018 not been checked out as it was only last cycle it’s ever happened that much before AF. It’s usually just a day or so. Last cycle was my first month using OPK so not sure how many dpo I usually am when spot but it would be DPO 13 ish I imagine as it’s usually right before AF. Maybe I did have a chemical last month without realising but AF was normal when it came and came the right amount of days after ovulation (5 days later than usual). So basically last cycle I started to spot when I normally would have been having AF but I ovulated late so AF came late

so basically any spotting now will make me think I’m out like last cycle 😂