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Want to join me for my first 2ww? Testing 29th Jan (ish!)

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jennimoo · 16/01/2010 10:26

I have just started my first 2ww, expecting af on the 29th so going to try to wait til then to test.
Anyone testing around then want to share symtoms and help with my plan to not test til then?
Jenni x

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Original poster
jennimoo · 24/01/2010 15:29

Snap!

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Lorelai · 24/01/2010 19:17

Hi. Can I join in? I will probably be testing around the 29th/30th as well - AF is due on the 28th and I think I have had an implantation bleed over the last couple of days. Getting really impatient to test - am trying to hold out, but I keep wondering if it would be worth testing now - is there any chance of getting a BFP approx 10 dpo? (well, 11 by the time I would actually be able to buy a test!)

TeaFan · 24/01/2010 19:43

Hi, i'll be testing on 29 Jan if no AF too! Did a cheapy about 10 mins after drinking a cup of tea on 8 DPO Am really determined to hold out now though...

I am gasping for a glass of wine but am making myself wait as it will be one thing to be happy about if/when AF turns up

digitalgirl · 24/01/2010 21:20

Ooo a mass testathon! Law of averages means there's bound to be a few bfps.

lorelai have one of these

I have been cramping on and off all day. So will know soon enough.

Lorelai · 24/01/2010 21:25

Thanks digitalgirl. I have to say, I really getting quite desperate keen to test. I'll be really annoyed with myself if I don't wait for AF to test and then it does come, but at the same time I keep thinking 'well, the tests do come in packs of two, so if I do one now, I'll still have one for later in the week'....

Jennyrosity · 25/01/2010 12:18

I can't believe there's a thread for this, I thought I was all alone!

Am a week into my first 2ww, will test on 31st, and have, like so many others here, convinced myself I have all the symptons - I keep prodding my boobs to see if they're tender (which they will be if I keep prodding them, I suppose!) - and DH and I keep worrying ourselves sick about what I should and shouldn't be eating:

DH: "How was your cheesecake?"
Me: "Great. Wait...cheesecake...that's soft cheese...should I be eating that??!"

Cue frantic Google search on cheesecake and pregnancy!

Soooooo excited and nervous. Keep reminding myself how low the chances are of getting pregnant first time, especially in your 30s, - but then a little voice in my head points out that some people must manage it and there's no reason I can't be one of them!

digitalgirl · 25/01/2010 13:41

I'm pretty sure cheesecake's ok! Any cake product is surely a requirement during pregnancy.

Am convinced I am pregnant now. No spotting yet. Period due Thursday. Loads of cramping which late last night started feeling like those early abdominal twinges I had with ds. Even more so this morning. Have deveoped a right paranoia over drinking coffee (totally psychosomatic).

This morning I was leaning over and felt a boob twinge which was also familiar. My boobs didn't start to feel tender till about 6 weeks plus last time so am not reading into that (although I've mentioned it here so I clearly am).

Heaven help me if my period does turn up. I'll be a mess.

Lorelai · 25/01/2010 13:52

Snap, digitalgirl! I am also due Thurs and am sure I am pg. Had cramps yesterday but they have stopped now, and the spotting has slowed. Really really want to test now! Will be sooooo disappointed if AF comes

Vodkaontherocks · 25/01/2010 14:06

Can I join please??? I'm due 29th-31st. This is 3rd month using CBFM so now I'm getting really insane/desperate, spending hours googling all sorts of 2ww websites. I really really want it to be the month!
Good luck everyone xxxx

AutomatedAlice · 25/01/2010 14:08

Well, the PMS went away, so I'm also convinced I'm pregnant, even though it's pretty unlikely . I'm hanging on to the fact that my cycles have been pretty short recently (26/27 days) and hoping that I therefore ovulated quite early, because if I ovulated later than CD14 it's pretty impossible that I'm pregnant, IFSWIM.

I can't believe there are so many of us waiting to test at the same time - everyone decided the new year was a good time to ttc huh? Mind you, we've been half-heartedly 'trying' for a couple of months. If it doesn't happen this month I might have to get serious about it Haven't been looking forward to the hassle of temping etc.

Howhardcanitbe · 25/01/2010 14:43

Hello - can I join in too?

AF due around Saturday 30th and I am DETERMINED to wait until then to test (despite the hundreds of cheapo internet test strips calling to me from the back of the cupboard...).

This is first month of TTC*2 and I was doing ok until the weekend and now it's all I can think about! Have definitely got some achey twinges in my boobs, but that could be down to possibly impending AF I suppose.

Good luck everyone!

TeaFan · 25/01/2010 18:34

Argghhh!! This is agony is it not?! All i've been able to do all day is picture myself with a lovely big bump! Apart from having cramps at 8/9 DPO no real symptoms...have a stuffed up nose but a day in London will do that to a country bumpkin

Anyone cracked and done a sneaky test yet?

decafgirl · 25/01/2010 19:28

Still not cracked, Friday for me if the temps don't drop - it'll be the easiest I've found getting out of bed if my temp stays up. I can't wait. Just like you digitalgirl am sure i'm pregnant & have no idea what I'll do if its a BFN

digitalgirl · 25/01/2010 20:01

Oh bloody hell. We better all be pregnant or I think MN might implode under the weight of our deflated expectations.

No sneaky testing here but soooo tempted. But I keep thinking, the tests are shitey sainsbuggers own brand. Bound to give a false negative till I'm truly overdue.

So three days of cramping, boob twinges and lots of cm. Still, even if I have conceived and egg has implanted body might still reject it at period o'clock for quality control purposes. So waiting is best.

bet when Friday rolls round I'll be too scared to test.

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jennimoo · 25/01/2010 20:03

I've done two tests already, one 8dpo and one 10dpo! I'm going to be naughty and do one tomorrow 12dpo as well. I am rubbish. I am going to be seriously upset when AF inevitably arrives

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decafgirl · 25/01/2010 20:13

Hey jennimoo - I hope they're ebay cheapies or you'll be keeping boots in business on your own soon ! xx

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jennimoo · 25/01/2010 20:49

Yep, just the cheap sticks I bought online with my OPKs, I wouldn't be testing if I had to pay boots prices! Mine were about 25p!
X

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Pidgin · 26/01/2010 07:18

hello fellow testers, good to know there are so many others out there prodding their breasts this week (although I've stopped prodding mine as they are obviously no different from normal so I'm ignoring them instead).

Jennimoo I've also been early testing like a madwoman - 7DPO and 10DPO for me!!

Have discovered I'm like an alcoholic when it comes to pg tests - if it's in the house, I'll pee on it! Both BFN - I did them to try and convince myself I'm not pregnant, but it hasn't totally worked. I'm sure - in my head - that it's not my month, because I've now been spotting for 6 days, but a teeny tiny part of me is still hopeful ...

AF proper due any time between tomorrow or Fri so should get a clear sign soon. But my temps are still really high!

Good luck to all!

luciebrown · 26/01/2010 10:29

Me too! AF is due on the 29th ish for me too. 4th month ttc (first post on mumsnet). Every month so far I have convinced myself that I have loads of symptoms, this month have zilch, so trying to put it out of my mind. Not working very well as found my way here by googling cd25 ttc in the hope of finding someone saying how they had no symptons and lo an behold they were pregnant. You can find anything on the internet if you look hard enough!

TeaFan · 26/01/2010 10:47

Hi all, hope you all have better luck than me this month, just been to the loo and pink gunk which means AF is on her way...

On the up side, nice big glass of wine for me tonight!

Lorelai · 26/01/2010 11:02

Welcome luciebrown!

I really don't know whether to be optimistic or not. Spotting has stopped now - normally I would be getting my pre-AF spotting by now, so I guess that is a good sign, right? Aaarrrrgggghhhh I wanna test!!!!!!

digitalgirl · 26/01/2010 12:38

Forgive me ladies, my name is DigitalGirl and I have sinned. Woke up unable to think about anything else other than 'am i pg?' so convinced myself that poas was the only way to break the lunacy. Despite all rational thought till now.

BFN of course . Sensing impending onset of depression DS burst through the bathroom door with a huge grin on his face to remind me of my blessings.

So either AF is it's way or I have totally misread the signs this month and should have been boffing DH over the weekend (excessive CM, but not 'EeewW'CM).

Either way, am now convinced I Am Not Pregnant, so can now continue with my life as normal till the next 2ww turns me into a total fucking mentalist. Good Luck Everyone.

AutomatedAlice · 26/01/2010 15:16

Bloody hell, all I can say is - somebody on this thread had better be pregnant!

digitalgirl - sounds like you're trying a bit of reverse psychology on your body You're not abandoning us are you?

AutomatedAlice · 26/01/2010 15:16

oh, and welcome to mumsnet luciebrown!

lucielooo · 26/01/2010 15:35

Thanks Lorelai and Automated Alice! It's actually very nice to be here. Spent most of the day reading through the threads and hearing peoples stories. So far the only two people I know who have babies (that I know well enough to have discussed it with anyway!) had them by complete accident and it was a bit of a disaster. So there isn't really anyone in real life that I talk it through with. Don't really want to discuss it with DH too much as I desperate want it to happen, and I'm trying not to get obsessed, I think us discussing it too much would lead to mega-obsessional behaviour!!!