My first TWW 🙈

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Think I'm now in my TWW at 1DPO!
Anyone care to join me? 😁
I'm on 1st cycle TTC DC1 💕 Not done anything to track except apps this time but fairly convinced my Flo app was pretty accurate so 🤞

I had some spotting today which means my period will start in a few days (probably Tuesday) so looks like I’m out for this round!

Keeping fingers crossed for you all and sending lots of baby dust your way ✨✨✨✨

Aw did af show? I always feel a bit refreshed by time I get af and try focus on the next cycle... I hate the inbetweeny.

Well I don't know what is happening with me. I did another test and it's like the previous one so wife got a clear blue dye test however after i had dipped it and waited for it do its thing I read instructions saying it was a 25miu so I feel like i wasted it. It had what looked like a slight line but I now have actual line eyes. I took it apart to see better and put it so the line I'm looking at is in line with today's faint squinter on the other test 🥴

At this point I'm still completely expecting af in next 2 days esp as I have had period pain for like 4 or 5 days now. Arggg

This was today's right after but I had to edit to show up on here 😫

Thankyou @Lemonbell
I've had more faints but also a couple of stark negatives and I due on yesterday/today. Had pms symptoms for over a week now but keep going to check as keep thinking I am on but not. I have seen some people test negative on day they were due on and then a few days later get positives so I'm not throwing the towel in yet, as I've said to others it's not over till af arrives. I had a CP last cycle but didn't start getting the faints till closer to af but I am telling myself it's possible to be happening again. I have another clear blue but it's 25miu and don't think there is any point using it until 10miu get any stronger... even if that's a few cycles away. I keep looking at day 12s stick which was the strongest i had and the line is still there and I'm just so confused. I've added extra pressure to myself stupidly as after my 12 week loss in Feb I told myself I want to be at least pregnant by their due date in August and it is fast approaching. I'm just waiting for af at this point. I have 2 cheap sticks left and a clear blue and have a different brand of cheap sticks for next cycle so will use up the rest of these sticks over next 2 evenings and then if not on after another few days will use the clear blue. I tracked with opk and could feel I was ovulating so I'm just hoping if I am it was just taking the maximum time to implant but who knows. Its such a frustrating time lol

Sorry your af came... onto the next cycle and good luck to you. I always feel a bit refreshed and will treat myself to a beverage when I get mine lol xx

Well I am now cycle day 1

Boooo

But onwards and upwards... least I can blame the sticks now lol.
How is everyone else doing?
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Ahhh @DarkCrystal85 sorry to hear that lovely. Like you said, onwards and upwards!

I'm on 15dpo today and today AF was due. So far no sign. I last tested on 12dpo and had a BFN but I had yellow discharge on 11dpo and now I'm wondering if it was implantation bleeding mixed with the discharge... So then 12dpo would have potentially been too early to show up.
Today I've been really grumpy, my backache has continued, and I've got a splitting headache. These could all be AF symptoms so we will see in the morning when I test again 🤞

BFN this am so just waiting for af to show her face. At least now I have a long list of symptoms to not get too excited about next month!

Aw sorry about the bfn what a funny month for us all. I've got a different brand of sticks n amazon basket this next cycle but not going to order till later on as I can't be addicted to peeing on sticks if there are no sticks 😅 I'm still unsure whether I maybe had a chemical again or if I had 3 dodgy sticks... my period is quite heavy compared to usual and cramps are intense adding to that my 3 Yr old dd has had sickness bug for 2 days it's been a fun time for us here and our house looks like a laundrette with all our bedding and sofa cushions we have had to wash 🥴 had I been pregnant I would have been using a grab stick to support her haha

Here's hoping next cycle is the cycle for us 🙏

@DarkCrystal85 it's been a weird one hasn't it! Still no AF yet and I'm betting it'll start over our weekend away 🤦‍♀️ but oh well, at least we will be on to the next cycle!
You were so unlucky with those tests if they were dodgy! Hopefully the next cycle will be lucky for both of us x

And I hope your DD is better soon!

Thankyou we ended up at hospital with her as she had a temp and then a bad rash but she's OK it was just a post viral rash and nothing to worry about... which we did.

How's everyone doing?

I'm now day 5 of cycle and rather panicked cos our donor goes away on day 13 for 12 days so I'm pretty sure we are gonna miss it but seeing him day 10 and maybe day 12 if his plans finish early enough so hoping I either ovulate really early or really late haha 🥴

Hey @DarkCrystal85 how are you getting on now?
I'm approx 4dpo and doing much better at being chill this cycle. Just pootling along doing my thing 😅 going to try and wait for missed period this time and no early testing but we will see!

Haha that is the best way I find and woo 4dpo I was gonna say we should just keep coming back to this thread this cycle 😊

Well my donor is on hol this cycle from day 13 to day 25 so we managed to see him on day 10 and day 12... annoyingly according to my sticks which are usually spot on I've not had a peak yet and I'm now day 17 so I'm thinking I am probably out this cycle annoyingly... it was day 17 I got the peak last cycle... if I haven't peaked by his return will do a last shabang attempt on day 25 if he's not too jetlagged haha. Having chemicals on what feels like a monthly basis seems to be confusing my cycles as I used to have 27 day cycles and ov on day 13/14 for so many months. Even after my 12 week loss it went straight back to my normal pattern so I'm a tad annoyed with my body as the sperm would still have been there and able to do its thing from day 12 to today but meh lol. I gave myself the impossible task of being pregnant again by the time my babies due date was here which is 27th August but I think it may not happen and knowing my luck will be the cycle after 🤦‍♀️

I send lots of good look and baby dust to you and everyone else still in this thread. You never know I could have had a very quick peak I missed on the sticks but I usually have signs when i ov which I haven't yet. Hope youbare all well xx

Hey @DarkCrystal85 how are you getting on? Sorry I've been quiet on this thread 🙈 I'm 11dpo today and tested negative on FRER and cheapie today. I know I'm technically not out yet but I'm completely convinced that this is not my month. I feel exactly the same as last month with all the same symptoms so I'm just moving on to the next cycle now. Im going to go back to BBT charting next month and see if I can pinpoint things a bit more.

Aww bless you, it is often easier to just be more blasé with it.

Well I finally got a peak ov stick on day 19 of cycle meaning ovulation probably around day 20, as I saw donor on day 10 and 12 I know for a fact I'll be out this month, I know sperm can live up to 5 days at a push but 8 days is just not going to happen. I've had a random LH spike today and donor returned yesterday, I'm unsure whether to get in touch and just try one last time just in case. My cycles seem to be all over the place last couple of months after recurrent chemicals... I just don't know and now I have a massive cold coming I can't even breathe through my nose 😫 ill attach a pic of the sticks and the app I've started using. I can't do bbt as its never accurate as I am up with dd through the night alot and have issues falling asleep as it is it always told me I was spiking when I wasn't. But the sticks have usually been pretty accurate. I can't even say its cos I'm due on as they have been known to increase on the sticks but only ever so slightly and only like 2 or so days before period... which isn't due till day 34, in 9 days time (going by ovulation being on day 20 that is) I miss my very usual clockwork cycles 27 days ovulation day 14... arg lol. Feels endless. I am approaching my babies due date and just feel a bit emotional around the whole thing atm too its all just pants 🥴

Forgot to add pic lol

Ah it must be so frustrating having to try and time it with your donor 😭 could be worth one last hurrah for this month though? 🤞

I just feel like I need to do SOMETHING other than listen to what the app is telling me 😂 this month I had much more EWCM on like day 19 so I wasn't sure if I ovulated late or something!

The charts are interesting, I never understand how the apps turn the LH sticks into a number though 😂 but I agree that one on day 19 looks like the peak but your one today is dark too!

I've never used an app before to be honest apart from when I was pregnant I used one to be able to see what the baby looked like. This was cos i was sick of trying to look at each days stick and thought after seeing several people on here post pics of this app that I'll try it. I was shocked at is gauging the line number though haha. Yes today's line is dark... in the past it's got darker towards period but that's not meant to be for another 9 days going by day 19/20 for ovulation and even then its usually never as dark as that. Have arranged to see donor tomorrow so fingers crossed that last surge was fake and this was real haha. Yea having to track everything is frustrating but thankfully he isn't going abroad for another year now 🤣

Maybe you did ovulate later... I was gonna say try not to get too out with tests or worry but I do as soon as I'm in 2ww I'm sure everything and anything is I must be pregnant haha.

Yeah the app seems to work really well to be fair, much better than trying to compare them day to day I'd have thought!
Oh amazing you've got a meet up sorted, fingers crossed for you! 😂 Glad he's not going away again anytime soon!

Yeah I'm kinda just wanting to confirm ovulation as best I can 😂 if I do ovulate late then my luteal phase would be really short so hopefully I ovulate as expected 😂🤞

Fingers crossed for you I hope this is your month 🤞🤞

Well today's test is... 2 robots

Oh how weird! 😂

Thank you! I hope it is 🤞

@DarkCrystal85 af arrived eventually two days late! How are you getting on?

I am day 1 of cycle today. It was a strange cycle as i knew the chances of pregnancy were pretty much 0% as it was a week between insemination and ovulation but here's hoping next cycle is the cycle for all of us. It was my 3rd cycle trying that I caught on in nov/Dec last year so I have everything crossed for you. Was nice not having the tww filled with squinting and testing to be honest but we are going for a different approach this cycle and seeing the donor every 2 to 3 days from day 11 onwards so hopefully that will make a difference instead of waiting for the ovulation sticks to do their thing. I will still use the sticks just so I know when to expect my period. This was a 33 day long cycle which is the longest I've had yet and I'd have classed myself as nearly a week late from my usual 27 day cycles had I not been using the sticks lol.

Baby dust to all