Looking for TWW buddies....

[peaky297]

Hey! I'm on my first month of TTC baby number 2!
I'm now approx 7dpo (I think!) And in the two week wait.
Anyone else?

@LuckyStar511 sorry to hear AF has turned up - hope you're feeling OK.

@GemLou88 I am in the same boat as you -.AF due tomorrow and another negative test this morning. Think I'm likely out for this month 🙈

@GemLou88 that is unusual - I've heard some people using OPKs for pregnancy, so it may be worth another test tomorrow.
Are you 100% sure you ovulate earlier in the month / is your cycle usually regular? X

@peaky297 to be honest I have no idea. I only stopped the pill coming up 4 weeks ago. I’ve been on it since my little boy was 3 weeks old. Before him I had a MMC. I had an OPK similar on the 9th while on holiday, but couldn’t test anymore due to travelling. I just assumed I had my peak the next day

@GemLou88 you may not have actually ovulated when you got your surge on the 9th so maybe it’s trying again? Or like @peaky297 said I’ve seen that OPKs can detect pregnancy as well. Definitely worth testing again!

I haven’t tested this morning but had a tiny bit of pink spotting when I wiped so I guess that’s AF on her way 😥

I think this might actually be my ovulation. So I’m going to have to go through a tww again🤦‍♀️ hopefully it won’t take much to convince the OH to dtd tonight.

@May94x could it be implantation?

@GemLou88 so I did an OPK tonight - also very strongly positive, but HPT was negative. Apparently you can have an LH surge right before AF, so I've a feeling it may be that 🙈
Just want to know either way now!

@peaky297 it’s crazy isn’t it. Can really mess with your head sometimes. I didn’t realise you can get a LH surge before AF! I know what you mean by just wanting to know either way. At least if AF comes we can concentrate on the next cycle.
Im pretty sure I’ve ovulated. I did another LH test when I got home and confirmed with a clear blue digital and got the static smiley face. Also having typical ovulation pain on my left side. But I guess time will tell

AF is here in full force! So I’m out. Still got my fingers crossed for some BFPs on this thread🤞

@May94x so sorry to hear. Sending lots of love x

Oh no @May94x sorry to hear AF arrived. Sending hugs

@May94x really sorry to hear- at least you know now and can turn your attention to a new month.

@jem how are you getting on? I'm still in limbo... think AF on the way though as I feel pretty crampy today and it's due. Be glad to know and not think about it all for a bit 🙈

AF came today. See you all on the next TWW thread!

@Needtobuildabridge so sorry to hear x

@Needtobuildabridge sorry AF arrived. Sending hugs.

Has anyone on here got a BFP?

I’ve done some more OPK’s today and they are still pretty high. I’m sure I had ovulation pain yesterday on my left but still getting some twinges today. Dtd last night and might try again tonight and we will see.

@peaky297 when is AF due?

@GemLou88 AF due today and is so far a no show- that being said I have had some cramping today and feel kinda heavy down low, so maybe it's imminent. But then I usually have a couple of days light brown spotting before my period starts and haven't so god knows 🙈🤣
Still feeling a bit sicky and tired,but maybe that's me overthinking! Off to the gym shortly which may bring it on if it's on the brink!

How are you feeling?
Sorry to the ladies who have had AF - onwards to next month xx

@peaky297 do you think you will test again tomorrow if AF doesn’t show?
Im feeling a bit sicky but I think we’re all coming down with the flu. But I’ve also just wiped pink again so maybe AF is on the way. I have no idea. My own body is confusing me

@GemLou88 I think I'm gonna have to, though the bfn's are getting harder to stomach, not to mention costing a fortune! 😵‍💫
sorry for the TMI but just did a session in the gym and felt something going on downstairs so thought training had brought AF on, but instead it was milky cm. Like you my body is confusing the eff out of me! 🙈
With the spotting, is it much? X

@peaky297 any chance you could have ovulated later than you think? TTC definitely keeps us guessing.
not much spotting, just when I wiped earlier. Too early to be implantation, so maybe it’s like what you said before with a surge on the OPK before AF

@GemLou88 possibly- I'm on cycle day 32 so maybe 🤷‍♀️
Is your spotting def too early to be IB? How many DPO are you?

To top it off, the FRER tests that were meant to come today are now coming tomorrow so I suppose that means I have to wait a bit longer now 🤣

Aware that what I’m about to say will divide opinion. It’s only my experience.

I used OPKs each and every month for four years. Four. Long. Years. They became tortuous for so many reasons. I am now going through ivf and both the NHS and my private dr told me to ditch them.

they said to me “ have you ovulated every month that you’ve been using them?”

I confirmed I had.

“then stop using them. You know roughly within a weeks or so of when you ovulate each month, so have sex every other day for a ten day period. That will be sufficient if you’re ovulating monthly. Give yourself and your husband a break from them.”

we gave them a break. It did us the world of good. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not yet pregnant, although I am PUPO after having an egg transfer last week, but I really needed to hear the advice they gave me because my husband and I were really suffering with the OPKs.

this is just me. But the advice really helped. I spent so much money on OPKs over the years and for me personally, they almost ruined my sex life and my marriage. Every person is different. But stopping using them actually saved me in the end.

@peaky297 i only got my peak yesterday and felt what I thought was ovulation pain yesterday so would have only counted today as 1DPO so definitely too soon! Oh no! If AF isn’t here tomorrow definitely test Thursday

@CR7 I agree that can cause a lot more stress when ttc can be stressful enough as it is. They helped when I conceived my little boy because I ovulated a week later that I thought. And I’ve used them this month as I’ve not long come off the pill and haven’t had a regular cycle in years now. But once im regular again I don’t think I’ll use them. I can’t get my head around them and it just adds more questions than answers at the moment!

@peaky297 exactly!!!!! You hit the nail on the head far quicker than I managed with my ramble xx

@GemLou88 sorry got confused with my tags on here and tagged the wrong person

@CR7 😂 no problem. I get what you mean about almost ruining your sex life too. When I had my mmc it took a while for me to get a negative test (3 rounds of medical management then surgery to remove remaining products) to try again. I then obsessed over the OPK’s and the OH started saying I only wanted sex for a baby, which was partly true but I think if it took my longer to conceive then it really would have drove a wedge between us.

@GemLou88 exactly. I got to the point where I sometimes thought "I don't want to do it now. What's the point."

I never want to be back there again. But yes absolutely if you don't know where you're up to, it's vital. But for me it was clockwork within a few days, apart from after the vax etc where I was all skew wiff xx