At least we avoided Christmas babies!

[SureLook]

Hi all. Moving over from the Christmas due date thread to continue the chats and support x

I have been for 6 wees today!! I 8DPO, i had a shooting twinge all morning - trying not to imagine that its little baby egg getting itself nestled in the womb! Its so hard !!

@Adca oh, twins is even harder! I got myself a McDonald's there so that's helped 😂

@Onwardsandupwards2025 fingers crossed for you still. I know, it feels non stop at the moment.

@VanessaShanessaJenkins99 we interpret every little twinge during the TWW when normally you wouldn't give it a second thought.

I think I’m out already, bleeding lightly.

Ah, sorry @Clara202 how many dpo are you? Is AF due soon?

@SureLook 8dpo. App said I was due next monday. I’ve mostly been a few days later than what the app said. There was only one cycle that I bled at 10dpo, every other one was later than that.

@Clara202 aren't you only 8dpo? If it stays light then I wouldn't discount yourself yet. Or do you normally get your period around 8/9 dpo? If so you should definitely not wait to get that investigated.

Cross posted! One random 10dpo cycle wouldn't normally be cause for concern I don't think? If that's not your norm then I'd be inclined to lean towards implantation bleeding instead, if it stays light.

@GrizzlyTheBear my body hasn’t done the same thing in any month, but this is the earliest I’ve bled in a long time. The days below are the days where I started bleeding full flow in the past few cycles.

9dpo
9dpo
11dpo
17dpo
11dpo
14dpo
19 dpo

@Clara202 have you been checked for a luteal phase defect? I don't want to freak you out but I would see the GP about this if it was me. There are things they can do about it I believe.

@GrizzlyTheBear how would I get checked for something like that? I went for fertility testing recently, I had bloods, transvaginal ultrasound and I will be getting a hycosy.

@Clara202 start with the GP I reckon. Day 21 bloods on 7dpo to test progesterone levels are an obvious start, but I don't know much about it. Maybe see what happens this cycle and then go to GP and say your luteal phase is very variable in length.
You could search on here for threads for people with luteal phase defect, and maybe find out more.

I assume you do actually test for ovulation using OPKs or BBT? You're not just guessing with an app are you?

@Clara202 I agree with what @GrizzlyTheBear is saying. I'd definitely link in with the GP about your luteal phase. Have also heard great things about acupuncture helping to lengthen it.

@GrizzlyTheBear I’ve been using opks since September and I did bbt one month just to see if it lined up with the opks and it did. I’ve had bloods done 3 times now but funnily enough I don’t think progesterone was on the very long list of things that were checked.

@SureLook I think mine lengthened when I started on Proceive max. But it’s still not very predictable as you can see from my figures above!

@Clara202 definitely get it checked out then. If you do have low progesterone they can supplement it, and/or look into the cause. If you don't conceive this month I would get straight to the GP so hopefully you can get bloods arranged on 7dpo next cycle.

How is everyone?
@Clara202 did you get your period in the end?

@GrizzlyTheBear
I’m out, AF came today, I was actually a day late so I had tested but it was negative so I knew it was coming.
I’m not sure whether to try the next two cycles as we have a holiday in the summer, I don’t know if I would want to be in the first trimester.
How are you? How’s everyone doing in the 2ww?

@Onwardsandupwards2025 I'm sorry 😞 Tricky about the holiday too. I guess it depends how desperate you are for a child and what your timeframe is. How old you are, what age gap you want, how would you feel if you chose to skip months but then never got pregnant again, how much your mental health needs a good holiday 😆 Tough call!

I'm still in this month. I'm 16dpo, have missed my period now and temp still high, so I'm almost certainly pregnant I'd say. I will test tonight possibly although I don't want to waste my only Weeks test when it's not FMU so it would have to be an IC, which I never have much faith in! Or I could wait until tomorrow morning 🤔

Oh no :( sending hugs. I agree with @GrizzlyTheBear regarding the holiday - maybe take a more relaxed approach but i dont think i could stop trying :/ /

I am 11 DPO today - i am really trying hard to wait until next Wednesday when my period is due, but we will see. I also dont want to use all of my tests lol!

@GrizzlyTheBear other than temp and late period, have you any other symptoms? Some people seem to have loads really early on and others have none, I always find it interesting.
Period hasn’t fully began yet but it would be quite ‘normal’ for me to have a blood mixed with cm, then have a day or two with absolutely nothing, then for AF to start fully. So based on that I’d be expecting to get it any day now.

@Clara202 oh that's really annoying. That happens to me now too, since having babies. My period used to start with a bang but now it's definitely a whimper 😆 It's really annoying when you are waiting to see if it's a proper period or not, I really feel for you.
I do get 'symptoms' in the two week wait, but they are the same really whether I'm pregnant or not so they mean nothing. I don't get proper pregnancy symptoms until 6 weeks when the puking starts. Happy days.

@GrizzlyTheBearso exciting that this month could be it for you! 🤗

I’m 6 DPO today and the urge to start testing this weekend is so bad! However I’m feeling pretty “normal” at the moment. Other than having really deep sleeps the past 2/3 nights which unusual at this point in my cycle as my sleep is normally really disturbed, so hopefully that’s something…

@HopefulCove haha! Step awaaay from the tests!! 😆

@GrizzlyTheBear it’s certainly frustrating, it knowing when to call it Day 1 etc. I believe today is day 1 (I think), so I have called to try and book a hycosy for next week. They said they’ll call back and let me if they have space for me. Slightly terrified of that too.