TWW feels like forever

[Bubs94]

WHY does the TWW feel like forever?! I thought I was 7dpo then I actually hit my peak late, and now I’m 3dpo and just want to test😂 fertile window being 28th-2nd with ovulation on 3rd and BD every other day so really hoping it’s done the trick. Had a chemical on Nov 10th. Did anyone fall pregnant the cycle after a chemical?

@Bassbeh17 yep I can totally relate. I want to feel excited and positive every month but the let down feeling when you are not successful is so horrible.

Did you hear back from your GP at all? x

Thank you so much! I was so anxious about it, I think it’s the being out of control and then thinking that we have left it too late. I now have another set of anxieties but for now we are past the first hurdle. I’m so pleased that you are encouraged and sending luck your way! ❤️

Thank you so much and I really hope so! Hope you are feeling a bit better too ❤️

No news from my GP but feeling a LOT better just super exhausted but it’s January, there’s no sun, I have a 5 year old and work is mental so 🤷🏽‍♀️
I am thinking it’s something to do with my cycle that’s becoming more prominent the longer I’m off the pill though so I will keep an eye x

@SKLM im 8dpo again and feel the same as you. I’ve just convinced myself I’m out already this cycle. I hope it’s not the case for either of us.
I have had the ACHIEST lower back ache for the past 2 days and my god it’s horrible! I never suffer with it with pms so hoping it’s something, but who knows! Have you tested today at all! As soon as I get to 8dpo I’m always so tempted even though I know it will be negative x

@Bubs94 yep tbh I have already tested today. In the full knowledge it would be negative and guess what it was 😂 I have cramps and a bit of an achy back too which I don't usually get. I'm allowing myself to symptom spot for a tiny bit every day and the rest of the time am telling myself to get on with it! I have endometriosis so cramping isn't unusual for me but I usually get it more around ovulation. We will see! Good luck to all of us.

Btw ladies I am awful for testing early as you may have noticed, I just can't help myself!

@Bassbeh17 I had all sorts of weird aches and pains and a slightly irregular cycle when I came off the mini pill, I think that's normal especially if you had been on it for a long time. So it may get better on its own with a bit of time 😊

@SKLM thanks this is super helpful to know. I have adhd so I can hyperfixate on things so I get stuck on it for a long time so reassurance from you all is more helpful than you realise!

I have noticed today I have a very high cervix today which I hope is a good sign 🤞🏼

How’s everyone’s sanity hanging on in the tww? 😂 just me?

also, saw my test results on the app and they say borderline no further action 🤷🏽‍♀️ I do feel a LOT better except for utter exhaustion so I am
thinking this is cycle based!

@Bassbeh17 glad you’re feeling better :)

I have had every symptom under the sun this month, worse than last. Yet today I’m still showing negative. If I was pregnant, I’m pretty sure it’d show now. It’s been 2 weeks. It’s disappointing. Just a case of waiting for af to start now then try again. I’m going to buy ovulation strips and also monitor my temperature. I think a big issue for me is not knowing exactly when and if I’m ovulating. Although, I’m tempted to wait until April to begin tracking it properly and I might avoid fertile windows prior to then because we have lambing to get through. If I were to get pregnant earlier this year, we’d have just worked around it. But as it hasn’t happened yet and lambing is close, it would be preferable for me not to get pregnant. That way I can actively help and not leave my poor husband to do it all himself 🙈

@PandaLife i wasn’t going to use ovulation strips but found them really helpful. I saw a really clear rise then dip on the tests which meant I knew when it was happening. If I had just followed the app or my body signals I think I’d of been out by a couple of days. I just got cheap ones off Amazon.
I mean, hopefully you’re just testing a bit early, not out yet!

Is this an indent? I’m 12dpo took it at night. Had bad period cramps today but no period came ??

@Plumchumm ooooh! I would be cautiously optimistic about that if it came up in the time frame. I was looking back at pics I took of my easy at home positives from my son and my 12 dpo looked like this. Have you got any early tests like frer or clear blue? Fingers crossed for you 😊

Ooooo @Plumchumm definitely take another one this morning and see what shows! I have taken a million of those tests and never seen an indent shadow on them 😬

@Plumchumm @PandaLife I agree with Panda! Never had an indent on those! Sending you positive vibes xx

My AF has started. I knew it was coming today as I’ve had that heavy impending doom feeling down there 😂 never mind. Still part of the tww club.

@Plumchumm did you take another one this morning?
I have never had an indent on those either!
super impatient over here at 5dpo, sore boobs on and off, high cervix, constipated and random twinging but nothing else to report.

@PandaLife think I’m going to be in the same boat as you in the next few days. I just feel like my period is going to come. Another negative test today at 10dpo soooo yeah. We shall see! 😭
I’ve been disappointed of the negative tests each cycle but I think I generally may cry this cycle because I just feel like trying to have a baby is so consuming in every possible way. Why is it not just…have sex in your fertile window, if you do you MOST definitely will have a baby. Not maybe, not no, but yes, every time. So cruel

@Bubs94 I hear you... Feeling the same here. I tested this morning which should be 11dpo and I got the most white test window I have ever had. It was a miserable start to the day. I know there are a few days left where it could turn round but it just feels so unlikely. I tested positive with my son by this point. I don't feel any different at all, apart from those cramps I had the other day. Have you tested?

How is everyone doing?

It is very consuming. Telling ourselves to just stay busy or try not to think about it .. or not test religiously every day, is practically impossible. It’s such a difficult thing to go through. Although, like last month, I did feel a slight sense of relief again when my period started because I came out of that ‘what if’ cycle. I can let my mind rest.

I feel pretty meh at the minute. I had gastroenteritis for 5 days, felt okay for a day then woke up the following day full of cold. Now it’s on my chest and keeping me awake at night 🙈 so yes.. that and a heavy period .. I feel sorry for myself 😂

Hope everyone else is okay? Xx

@PandaLife Ahh poor you, you have been in the wars. We all have a nasty head cold at home and are on day 5 of it. So like you I have been doing the tww plus illness. My son has also had an ear infection over the last 10 days so we have been up every morning at 4am with him, he refuses to go back to bed due to not feeling well so the day has been starting then 😂add to that all the 'am I pregnant' uncertainty. It is all very consuming. Part of me actually wants to ditch the ovulation testing and just have sex every other day from day 12-20 and see if we do it that way. But then you convince yourself that if you track and obsesses over some parameter like opk or bbt you will be in more control of the outcome. I don't know if there are studies comparing not tracking Vs tracking for overall success. Meanwhile my husband is blissfully unaware of my inner turmoil 😂

Ah sod it, i'm off to POAS and obsesses over the imaginary line it will produce 😅

@SKLM did you POAS??

it’s total torture but thank goodness we aren’t in it alone!!
im 6dpo today and haven’t POAS because what’s the point. I have literally no idea what is going on for me, sometimes I have symptoms and sometimes nothing, I had extreme exhaustion yday like bed at 8pm kind of tired!!
trying to just push through to like weds to POAS as that will be 10dpo!

@Bassbeh17 you are right, talking to you guys is really helping me because I don't feel alone and no one is telling me off for testing early 😂 0ordered some FRER which have arrived, i'm going to do one in the morning. Fingers crossed!

@SKLM ditto. 11dpo too and like you, I don’t really feel any different apart from a bit Crampy which makes me feel I’m going to come on.
I also tested positive before now for my son so haven’t got much home. Been out all day so going to test when I get home but not expecting anything x