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[Jess1997]

I’m either 2 or 3DPO today! Normally I know for sure but I ran out of ovulation tests and they were delivered late 😭 I do have a lot of cramping on the right side tho but I’m not symptom spotting!

Hey @Jess1997 I am also 2/3DPO, How are you?

I’m feeling good! How are you feeling?

@Jess1997 Yes im good thank you. I always find the TWW soo difficult. Is this your first?

No! I honestly haven’t even counted cycles I wish I did! We started trying like last April then got pregnant in October, MC in December.. starter TTC again in February, then a CP in march so it’s been a wild ride lol. I did take a wee break in April too! How about you?

I'm sorry your TTC journey hasn't been plain sailing and I'm sorry to hear about your MC.

Well I'm TTC number 2 my DD is 21 Months old now. We have been trying since October 2022 with a chemical in January and a early loss in June this is my first cycle since my last MC. we had a couple of months off in between them too

I do have a little girl that will be 3 in September but I wasn’t even TTC with her it was just a happy accident, and now I look back and think how lucky I was 😂 I’m sorry you’ve had a rough time too!! How have you found everything since your MCs? I was fine in December, I had actually just stopped breastfeeding, but then the CP in march messed up with my hormones and my boobs started overly producing milk again and they kept getting blocked and even today they still get sore 😭

@Jess1997 We were also soo lucky with my daughter it only took us a couple of months and I thought that was long enough,

Im ok, I feel a bit deflated but I understand its something that is sooo common. I am still feeding my LO.

I breastfed for 27 months and I loved every second of it! The only reason I even stopped was because when I was pregnant my nipples were so sensitive and Everytime she had some milk I was in agony! Then a few weeks after I stopped I had the MC and I felt so incredibly selfish for stopping booby! I mean she stopped feeding 7/8 months ago and still has to play with my boobs to get to sleep 😂😂 I get really excited in the TWW and then spend the rest of the month being sad and feeling deflated!

Hiya! TTC #1 here and more of letting it go unplanned apart from DTD every few days in my fertile week so guestimating I’d be about 6dpo today and taking alll my strength to not test as it would obviously be a BFN at this point! AF due at the end of the month so may be ok to start testing mid end of next week.

Had said I would only buy a test if AF didn’t arrive but already cracked and bought cheapies, some early detection ones and a cb digital in the case AF doesn’t arrive 😂

good luck to all!

Symptom spotting is so hard not to do 🙈 either spotting for symptoms of pregnancy or symptoms of AF

Very true! I feel particularly lost as fortunately/unfortunately? I don’t get much symptoms at all for AF so much I totally forgot it was due last month until it literally came! 🤦‍♀️

I am the same, the only real symptom I get is tiredness before AF so every little twinge and change has had me convinced it's pregnancy in the past. Only just started trying this time so maybe I won't be as insane this time 🙈

I thought I didn’t get many symptoms before AF before I started TTC but then even last month I kept feeling really nauseous which never normally happens to me before AF!! I will say tho, I did an OPK today and my LH levels were reading as high, and my BBT has gone up a full degree but again I am only 3/4 dpo and this is my first month tracking BBT so I’m not 100% sure on how it works

If you have Amazon prime you should defo order some of the easy@home tests!! They’re super affordable and I’ve been using them for 3 years and have only ever had 1 indentation line and honestly I came up after the 10 mins

From memory, temp going up is a good thing isn't it? I haven't tracked with a BBT though since 2015 😬

I literally only just started checking my BBT! Unfortunately it arrived the day after I think I ovulated so I didn’t even really get to track it this month! Same as my ovulation tests I ran out and then the shipping took 4 days with prime 😭😭 I did buy some cheap Asda ones but they were rubbish honestly! Thankfully I get cramps when I ovulate so I was able to kinda track it by them!

Sort of similar to me then, I only removed my copper coil this cycle so I know roughly when I ovulated but I didn't bother tracking anything at all, other than having a feeling for when things happened based on CM and cramps etc.

Which OPKs do you use usually? The second AF arrives I'm going to order some again (although maybe she won't arrive - positivity!)

I use the east at home ones from Amazon! And they have an app to keep track of everything it’s great! You get a pack with 50 OPKS and 20 pregnancy tests for like £21

@Jess1997 i use those too and if you sign up for the app then they send you more tests 🙈🙈

What!!! I didn’t get free tests!!

@Jess1997 really!!! But did get the premium version I don’t know if that makes a difference?

No I didn’t get the premium version!! Don’t even know how much it costs 😂

£28 for 6 months 🙈🙈 but 25 tests 😂😂

I'm either 3 or 4 DPO (day 14 or day 15) of my first cycle TTC no. 1! Natural cycles says I ovulated on day 14 but my OPKs were positive on days 14 and 15. It was my first time using OPKs so I'm not 100% sure if I read them correctly.

My BBT rose significantly between 5am on day 15 (36.16) and 7.00am (36.59), so I wonder if that pinpoints anything? I don't usually take my temperature at 5am but happened to wake up and so I took it quickly before falling back to sleep!

DH and I DTD on day 13 and day 16. I wasn't expecting ovulation until about day 16-18 (which would be more usual for me) so was almost caught out, glad we DTD on day 13!

Had some cramps/headache the last couple of days but it must just be from starting the leutal phase. I have a short-ish leutal phase of 10-12 days so will test in about 8 days when AF is due. Kind of excited and also dreading my first 2WW. How do I distract myself?!

All the very best of luck to you all x

Hi ladies,
I’m already going crazy I’m trying to convince my 3rd and it’s so hard to not test.
I am also in the TTW and either 6 or 7 DPO.. when will you all test?
I have really sore boobs but not sure if I’m just overthinking everything
I have a Hendo tomorrow and I’m not sure if I should drink or not 🤔