TWW starting 12th October

[anotherscroller]

Anyone want to wait with me? I’m aiming to start testing at 9dpo.
cycle 9, baby 2
baby dust to all 🪄

Think today or poss tomorrow is ovulation day, so will be joining you in the tww very soon🤞🏻

Hello,

I'm on the dreaded two week wait as well. I'm currently 8dpo. Have you had any symptoms? Would love to have someone to chat too!

I’m a day behind you so will tag along to wait with you! Cycle 2(ish) ttc no 4!
I’m 31 but my children are at secondary school, one in 6th form actually, and keep asking myself why on earth I’m wanting to do this all over again 😂

Amazing! I'm so pleased I have someone to talk too 😂 I'm also 31 and I have a 2 year old. How long have you been trying to conceive? Have you got any symptoms?

Im only on 2nd cycle, but first cycle last month was the month DH finally convinced me about going for no4.
So we didn’t actually start trying until mid cycle!
My 3 children were conceived without really thinking about it, just decided to go for it with no tracking and now here I am testing with OPKs
But as I was a lot younger with them it’s probably lulled me into a false sense of security

You'll be fine, sending you lots of baby dust. This is my first month TTC. I've had some cramping from 2dpo and continue to have cramps now. My right breast felt tender yesterday. Have you had any symptoms?

I’m only on 2dpo so plenty of time to wait :)

I still have really high (not quite positive but almost) ovulation tests even though my positive one was three days ago — anyone else have this? Do you know why? Should I keep bd?

@anotherscroller definitely keep BD!
I’ve been reading so much on google (bad I know)
But one thing I’ve learnt is that only tracking bbt can confirm ov, and the OPK are just an indicator.
Another thing I’ve learnt, even though you can get a positive OPK, the hormones that control stress can override LH.
So that could potentially be why so many people that track and stress over Ovulation and BD at the right time end up not conceiving, the stress of it delays ovulation and once you’ve stopped stressing because you think you’ve done everything you can that’s when you finally actually ovulate, and that’s why AF is actually late, because LP is pretty much the same each month.
So if AF ever does turn up late, you can be almost certain that ovulation happened later than what you thought, and if it did, stressing could be why.
But it’s so hard to not think about something that you desperately want which makes it even harder to practice 🤷‍♀️

Something else I’ve read, chance of conception is only around 20% each cycle, but, successful conception happens mostly when ovulation occurs from the right ovary, and since it switches left to right every month then that obviously makes it even harder.

You probably know most of this and I’ve probably invested too much time reading articles on google so have probably waffled on too much 😂
🤞 and lots of babydust to you

2dpo today, joining for my first tww, thought I had cramps but probably from wearing tight trousers today 🤔

Ok we just got in another one for good measure!
I know, bbt is the only way. I got too obsessed with the temping though and we both hating hearing the beep beep first thing. Maybe I should try using a wearable? I hate wearable anythings but this seems like a special case…

omg! I’m in shock, so much so that I just typed up a whole message and somehow lost it.

AF arrived early for me last month, by about 3 days, so I never bothered testing.
anyway, AF was the usual 6 days long, but lighter than usual. I couldn’t tell by how much as it was the first time using period pants so just assumed they were super efficient.

Anyway, I threw up rather out of the blue this evening and for some reason instinctively took a test.
I’m in total shock, we only bd once last month and it was the time we decided to try for another one, so assumed we’d missed O anyway.
actually thought I was 2dpo today and counting down the days to test.

line came up instantly and I nearly fell off the toilet.
havent bothered with OPKs as they stress me out! Argggg I actually can’t believe it

That’s the test line that is a die stealer! I must be 6 weeks ish. I’m so bloody shocked, especially with the AF last month

@Mannymoomin Omg! Congratulations!!

Congratulations!!!🥳🥳🎉🎉

Hello I was wondering if I could join in? I am currently 16 dpo. We have been trying on and off for about 9 months. I have experienced 2 chemical pregnancies and a 5 week miscarriage at the very begging of September. I have just had bloods taken this month to look into fertility. I am 37 and have three children 7 and above but have dreamed of another for about 4 years. Unfortunately this month we were only able to DTD at day 12 of cycle on nothing since. This is similar to last month and no bFp. Are my chances pretty rubbish? X

Hi @Hopefulfor4!
most luteal phases are around 14 days and there’s not as much variation as the cycle as a whole (some people’s are 7 or 8 days long, but most are around 14). So if you’re getting a bfn on 16 DPO the most likely thing I’m afraid is that you ovulated later than you thought, in which case day 12 would be too early. So I would say there is not much hope for this cycle :( But there are exceptions of course! See the story above where she thought it was AF…

Can I join please 😁 thought I ovulated weeks ago but presumed I missed my peak, so was disappointed to not get a BFP… fast forward a week and I ovulated for sure (PCOS so cycles are a bit all over) and I’m now 2dpo. Managed to BD 2 days before peak, day of peak and day of ovulation so fingers crossed!
baby dust to you all ✨

Sorry I mad a mistake, i‘m not 16 dpo I’m day 16 of my cycle. DTD dat 12. Had ewcm day 14 and crazy bloating, boob and abdomen aches day 15. But Luke I say similar last month by missing the crucial day 14!!

@Hopeful1992fingers crossed for you. May I ask what symptoms you got at peak and ovulation day as I don’t measure for ovulation just look out for ewcm.

Can I join please 😁 we've been trying to concieve for 2.5 years. Recent diagnosis of PCOS, very irregular cycle. Attending a fertility specialist to stabilise insulin resistant. Currently 2 DPO, praying this is finally our month 🙏

I always get a bit of cramping usually on my left hand side, a bit like mild period pains. I also get weird little twinges in my middle back also on my left hand side. 1-2 days before I get more CM and then the days after I have really sensitive breasts. Oh on the day of actual ovulation I’m usually bloated as well

@Stayingpositive1992 i have PCOS and went to see a private gynaecologist, it was the best thing I did. He prescribed me metformin whcih has made a huge difference to my insulin resistance

Sorry @Hopefulfor4 forgot to tag you :)

thank you @anotherscroller & @Iwillstayhopeful

Genuinely can’t believe it yet, here I was stupidly counting my dpo and days to test and I’d already unknowingly conceived.

I had two positive OPKs last month, I had two test holders, so 2 static smileys exactly 24 hours apart, we only dtd the once and it was 36 hours after first static, so for anyone using the CB OPKs, keep dtd for a few days after first peak, just in case.

on another note, I have 3 frer tests left and probably a few CB OPKs and couple of test holders.
Happy to post them onto any of you ladies