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Symptom Spotting and TWW

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milkshakeandchips5 · 11/10/2023 13:23

I'm in a looonng and slow TWW, 3rd cycle trying to conceive our 2nd. It took 10 months to conceive our first so I'm trying to be patient but I'm not at all.

I was wondering if anyone has been actively trying, tracking ovulation etc and then had no noticeable symptoms before getting a BFP, even when you're looking for symptoms? I hear of lots of people who have no symptoms but wonder if that correlates with actively tracking?

I find it really hard not to overthink everything, even though the only slight symptom from my first was my nipples got bigger. I remember being adamant that it hadn't worked because my CM was dry but apart from that I felt completely normal.

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HRHXO · 11/10/2023 14:20

Hiya! I'm the same as you, ttc baby no2, first took 10 months to conceive. When ttc for baby no1 the month I got my bfp I was so frustrated with the whole process I stopped tracking as much as I had been and relaxed a bit more so I didn't notice and symptoms and didn't really get any until week 5 when I already knew I was pregnant.

This time, I am back to symptom spotting like mad it's only cycle 1 and I'm only 7dpo but I am sure my boobs feel different/full/achey and I've had the odd cramp, bloated belly etc. Probably imagining it all or just hyper in tune with my body but you never know!

I'm quite dry CM wise too and I think I was last time until a few weeks pregnant when I had almost constant watery CM every single day lol.

Confusedddddddd · 11/10/2023 14:48

I'm the same: 3rd cycle TTC 2nd child.

With my first we tried for 6 cycles, on the 6th cycle I "just knew" around 6dpo. I felt weird - like dizzy, the next day I was super sweaty, and they say after that I had super painful boobs so I took at test as 8dpo and got a faint line.

With my second pregnancy (unplanned & ectopic) other than bleeding from the day of ovulation which turned into an early period, I had nothing until when I would have been about 6.5 weeks and I started feeling nauseous.

I think I may have had a very early chemical/failed implantation on my first cycle this time as I had that weird dizziness around 5-6 dpo then vvvvvvvv faint lines at 7&8dpo then nothing and period came 3 days late.

But yeh symptom spotting is a bit of a killer... I'm 4dpo today and feeling a bit weird so I'm immediately thinking maybe this months my month?

milkshakeandchips5 · 11/10/2023 15:02

I think I'm trying to actively spot symptoms which makes me doubtful of being able to miss them. Last month I thought I started spotting on 12DPO which I said never happens but perhaps I've just never noticed before.

I'm so impatient!

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