Af due around 26th July..anyone want to buddy up x

[Hopeful H]

My cycles are usually 30 days and this month I got a + OPK on July 9th (CD16). We BD'd (trying to pick up the lingo!) on July 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th to try and catch it.

Since July 15th (CD22) I've had funny little cramps and flutters, pulling and tugging sensations in my tummy, my back hurts, I'm shattered, I'm not sleeping great and I'm having mad dreams. It sounds like these are symptoms for alot of pregnancies so I started to get a bit excited. I get cramps on the first day of my period but never before.

I did a clearblue test (non digital) on July 17th which was negative, although there is a thin faint blue line which I've read could be an evap line. I then did a Predictor on July 18th and there was a faint positive line, although I've since read alot of reviews saying the same thing which then turned out to be negative. I did a First Response on the 18th and one today (the 19th) and they were both negative.

I don't know whether I was calculating my dpo wrong - 1 site said it was the day of your OPK (so July 9th which meant I was testing on 9, 10 & 11dpo), another said it was 2 days after the OPK (July 11th which meant I was testing on 7, 8 and 9dpo). Am I still testing too early or is that it for this month?

 

[wantbb2]

I know ilovepiano... why does this ttc malarky have to consume your every waking moment?!! it drive's you nuts!! I'm sure my OH must think i'm absolutely barking mad sometimes lmao soon as i temp in the morning im straight on to ff then bnb!! the joys eh?! xxxxx

 

[CaptainMummy]

Hope you dont mind me joining you ladies!

Im not actually sure what CD Im on... cant remember when AF came. This is my first month TTC so it has been a bit of a guessing game! I also dont know how many DPO I am... but Im pretty sure Im in my 2ww! I had ewcm for a week or so, and the last few days has been creamy (sorry tmi!). I also had very mild periodlike pains yesterday and today felt a wee wave of nausea which vanished quickly. I wont be too disappointed if AF comes this month, as it means I can start properly keeping track of things next cycle.

Good luck to all those to whom AF hasnt arrived! xxx

 

[wantbb2]

hi to the new gals welcome
hopeful h ... your defo not out maybe your just testing too early? ive read that implantation can happen up to 12dpo so a hpt wouldnt pick anything up until after that.. keep testing i hope you get your bfp

Hi mrsmurphy2be i was the same when i started but now im addicted to it all opk's temping charting the works!! lol you never know you may just have caught that eggy!! gl to you both and lots of babydust xxxxxx

 

[Hopeful H]

hi to the new gals welcome
hopeful h ... your defo not out maybe your just testing too early? ive read that implantation can happen up to 12dpo so a hpt wouldnt pick anything up until after that.. keep testing i hope you get your bfp

Hi mrsmurphy2be i was the same when i started but now im addicted to it all opk's temping charting the works!! lol you never know you may just have caught that eggy!! gl to you both and lots of babydust xxxxxx

Thanks wantbb2 - trying not to get my hopes up but it's impossible!

Can anybody tell me the right way to count dpo!!

 

[Steph82]

I know ilovepiano... why does this ttc malarky have to consume your every waking moment?!! it drive's you nuts!! I'm sure my OH must think i'm absolutely barking mad sometimes lmao soon as i temp in the morning im straight on to ff then bnb!! the joys eh?! xxxxx

Wantbb2, I am 100% with you... but i might be worse lol. I use the other bathroom, so the OH can sleep (since I get up at 4.30am to go to the gym) and I always take my phone with me, so I can enter my temp into ff from my phone

 

[twotogo]

Hopeful, do you know which day you O'd? If you do, then the next day would be 1 dpo, and so on...
If you don't, then I have no idea. LOL!

 

[Hopeful H]

Hi twotogo. I got a + OPK on July 16 and I didn't get another the day after. Does that mean that I ovulated on the 17 if the OPK tells you you'll ovulate over the next 12-24 hours making my 1dpo the 18th? So confusing!

 

[wantbb2]

LOL steph i keep my mobile by my bed and go on through that too!!

hopeful i had a positive opk on cycle day 10 and 11 and fertility friend put me as 1dpo after my pos opk on cycle day 11 it could be that you were 1dpo the day after your opk... i hope that helps you xxxx

 

[wantbb2]

hopeful i just checked fertility friend where it says you can usually expect ovulation the day AFTER your opk although some people ovulate on the same day as opk so cycle day 17/18 is roughy around 1/2dpo for you xxxx

 

[HWPG]

omg, you ladies are great! our bed is against a wall on my side so i've started sleeping with the thermometer under my pillow - no longer need to ask OH to pass it to me. then i'm off to my computer to input the number. bnb and ff ARE addicting!
hopeful, it sounds like you would count the day AFTER the pos opk as ov day (so the 10th) which would put you at 9dpo today.. and i think you prob did test too early. i'd give it at least 3 more days (12dpo, like wantbb said).
on another thread last night, i read where one woman posted about how sad and embarrassing it is for her to feel unhappy about attending baby showers - and i completely understood. i was invited to one tomorrow night and nope, not going. i hope the woman has a great pregnancy and healthy baby, but i just can't handle it emotionally. i'm still sending a gift though - that has to count for something! hope everyone has a great day.... will of course check in later

 

[CaptainMummy]

I dont even really want my OH knowing Im temping! I dont want to put him under any pressure! To him, we are just seeing what happens, but he says he cant wait for a new arrival... but I am going to TTC like crazy! I also keep my thermometer under my pillow beside my phone, but have stopped temping this cycle as I am going to wait till AF and start fresh next cycle.

I just went out and bought Sanatogen mother to be vitamins

 

[Wanna Bump]

Hi ladies,

I'd love to join this thread as am due AF on 25th I think. I think I O'd on 12th and have been tired and a bit headachey / crampy since.

4 cycle ttc. Fingers crossed!

 

[Wanna Bump]

I forgot - to all!

 

[Apple111]

thanks twotogo i have days when i feel hopeful and days where i think im totally out.. this tww is just not nice!! how are you feeling today? any symptoms?

what about all you other ladies? any1 got anything to share xxxxx

Hi wantbb2 I feel exactly the same some day think maybe.. Then others .. I'm out.. Praying we get some bfps soon xx

 

[wantbb2]

I know apple im constantly changing my mind lol fx all of us ladies get our bfps this month.. im so glad you started this thread apple, such a lovely bunch of gals on here thank you sticky babydust all around xxxxx

 

[Steph82]

I dont even really want my OH knowing Im temping! I dont want to put him under any pressure! To him, we are just seeing what happens, but he says he cant wait for a new arrival... but I am going to TTC like crazy! I also keep my thermometer under my pillow beside my phone, but have stopped temping this cycle as I am going to wait till AF and start fresh next cycle.

I just went out and bought Sanatogen mother to be vitamins

LMAO MrsMurphy I have the same situation. OH would rather wait another 3 months to start and therefore we are just letting things happen...or so he thinks ... I am too much of a control freak to not know, so I temp and do everything in my power to know whats going on and what the chances are.

 

[Hopeful H]

Thanks wantbb2 and HWPG, good to know I might still have a chance. Got quite bad cramp today - feel like I've got a UTI - so maybe thats another sign. Or maybe I'm just going nuts!

Does anybody else feel the need to take their negative HPTs apart?! I spent an hour this morning pulling mine apart and squinting for lines - I missed the bus and was late for work! I know that digital tests always have 2 control lines inside but is that the same for non-digital tests? I got 2 negative first responses but when I opened them up there were 2 lines next to the urine strip. The one on the right was pink (I think I've read thats the control line so it should be there) but the one right next to the strip was greyish. This was within the 10 minutes too...

 

[MeeShell]

omg, you ladies are great! our bed is against a wall on my side so i've started sleeping with the thermometer under my pillow - no longer need to ask OH to pass it to me. then i'm off to my computer to input the number. bnb and ff ARE addicting!
hopeful, it sounds like you would count the day AFTER the pos opk as ov day (so the 10th) which would put you at 9dpo today.. and i think you prob did test too early. i'd give it at least 3 more days (12dpo, like wantbb said).
on another thread last night, i read where one woman posted about how sad and embarrassing it is for her to feel unhappy about attending baby showers - and i completely understood. i was invited to one tomorrow night and nope, not going. i hope the woman has a great pregnancy and healthy baby, but i just can't handle it emotionally. i'm still sending a gift though - that has to count for something! hope everyone has a great day.... will of course check in later

I'm the same way! I wake up at 8:30 (more often than not anyway) and I sometimes feel like I'm supposed to be doing something, and then I remember I'm supposed to take my temp Then I take it (half asleep) and look at the temp with the light of my phone, open my FF app on my phone and put it in : )

 

[Apple111]

Hi gals,, hope ur all doing ok ..I've got to say my stomach has been giving me some jip... Ive had to undo trousers on work, It's really frustrating because I keep thinking my body still isn't right after mc in march.. I know they can mess u up but the sensations i get week after ovulation are very similiar to when I mc naturally.. I know I'm super sensitive to that area but just hope it's not messed me up.. I keep thinking ' what if my lining can't carry any more. ? me and oh went for a walk last night and I could feel stomach pulling..it really wasn't pleasant.

Me and oh both have children so we should be ok and have conceived together with little angel in march so hopefully will be ok. I def got some quite bad twinges in cervix today.. Only time I had them were when I mc.. I'm even wondering if last cycle was a chemical as I was couple of days early and was very heavy.. Maybe I'm just being bit fed up today
I know I def didn't feel anything last bfp in stomach but suppose mc does play
around with your system it's just so frustrating..

Sorry for the moan ..

Thank goodness for u girls xx

Baby dust n hugs to all..come on little beans.. Get comfy !!!