**August 2020 Lucky Testers: 49 Testers - 16 BFPs**

[tdog]

Just popping on to say good luck you lovely ladies sending loads of baby your way xx

 

[MrsKatie]

@tbfromlv it’s crazy that anyone is even talking about opening schools... when we decided to close them all in March and the only thing that’s different now is that Covid has gotten WORSE, not better! We just got the email that school will be virtual until at least November 4 (my son is entering kindergarten and my daughter is entering 3rd grade), and I’m certain it’ll be longer (until January at least but likely the whole year). This pandemic can suck it. It’s absolutely relentless and so stressful. My husband is a bar manager and the place was pretty much the most successful, popular place in the city and now it’s been closed since March 17. No hope of reopening any time soon. And I get the reasoning but even with unemployment there’s only so long we can go without income. It’s terrible, it just is going on and on and on isn’t it. However I have loved having my husband home (don’t know what I’ll do when he finally does go back to work, I’ll miss him horribly!) and I do love having the opportunity to homeschool the kids because I love having the whole family home. Avoiding head lice and cold and flu season will be a major bonus, too!!

Sorry I won’t be able to respond to everyone a lot, we are finally visiting family in California that we haven’t seen since Christmas. And who knows when we’ll see them again!

I think I am ovulating earlier than I have been which is great. CD13 today and getting tons of ewcm, which I’ve been getting since cd10. Hoping to get in some time with dh tonight, it’s tricky staying with family but we’re on a mission haha.

good luck everyone!

 

[MrsKatie]

Oh and I didn’t bring any OPKs or HPTs with me... just kind of needed to step back from obsessing over those. For just 2 weeks haha. So just going on ewcm for now.

 

[Danizzychar]

Am 4dpo and no symptoms at all I've got a huge feeling am going to need clomid for baby no 3

 

[topazicatzbet]

I ll join you ladies but as an unknown. I had surgical management for retained products 6 days ago which took me out of the running this month. Waiting for af now. I only had an 8 day lp last month so unsure when she is due as the left over hcg probably messed it up. Then I didnt ov til cd 19 so could put me in the September testing but I'd like to cheer you girls on.

 

[doggylover]

Hi ladies,

hope everyone is well!

I’m 4dpo today and no symptoms yet I don’t think except I am soooo tired! I didn’t wake up til 9.30am today which is really unlike me

I’ve also decided to stop temping because all though my chart looks textbook I’m starting to obsess over it and I’m terrified of seeing temp drops and misinterpreting what I’m seeing etc it’s just stressing me out so I’m future I’ll temp to confirm O along with OPKs and leave it from there and see what happens!

baby dust to all

Seems like a lot of people are wanting to take a step back from monitoring at the minute. Honestly I wonder if, with the world so crazy at the moment, we just have room in our brains for it all. Whatever the reason I hope stopping temping makes things less stressful for you.

This period seems to be very heavy? I’m guessing it’s normal first period after a miscarriage? x

Yes I remember similar. As if the loss isn’t bad enough, you have to deal with a second heavy bleed. Hope it ends soon for you.

@doggylover im butting into this conversation- I’m a teacher in the US. Most every district is giving families an online option if they aren’t fully virtual. My district is going full time in person but with the virtual option for parents to choose. I’m really upset about this because our area is getting significantly worse. I am not comfortable being a guinea pig in this COVID experiment of fully opening schools. I was hoping to be pregnant by the time school started back up so I could maybe convince them that I need to be a virtual teacher. Ha!

Thanks for the info! That’s terrible things are getting worse in your area, I would hate to have to go back to teaching in those circumstances. So will you have kids in front of you but also be live streaming the lesson for kids at home? It sounds like a logistical NIGHTMARE.

Covid has us stressed. My dad's an over the road trucker and won't see us, my sister in law contracted it working at a nursing home and currently in hospital, my friend's who son does our yardwork & hung out this weekend had his football team suspended because the boy who gives him rides tested positive. My friend had a 4 week old and pulling her hair out. I'm so over this pandemic.

Sorry, I have kept that bottled up in RL because I've been terrified of the pandemic since early days and everyone around me is anti-mask/refuse to social distance.

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I slept like crap, tossed and turned all night. I expected my temp to be high, but it actually dropped...? It's hovering my coverline.

Sorry that the current situation is so rough on you and loved ones. I don’t think any of us expected it would be like this for so long. It’s so hard

@tbfromlv it’s crazy that anyone is even talking about opening schools... when we decided to close them all in March and the only thing that’s different now is that Covid has gotten WORSE, not better! We just got the email that school will be virtual until at least November 4 (my son is entering kindergarten and my daughter is entering 3rd grade), and I’m certain it’ll be longer (until January at least but likely the whole year). This pandemic can suck it. It’s absolutely relentless and so stressful. My husband is a bar manager and the place was pretty much the most successful, popular place in the city and now it’s been closed since March 17. No hope of reopening any time soon. And I get the reasoning but even with unemployment there’s only so long we can go without income. It’s terrible, it just is going on and on and on isn’t it. However I have loved having my husband home (don’t know what I’ll do when he finally does go back to work, I’ll miss him horribly!) and I do love having the opportunity to homeschool the kids because I love having the whole family home. Avoiding head lice and cold and flu season will be a major bonus, too!!

Sorry I won’t be able to respond to everyone a lot, we are finally visiting family in California that we haven’t seen since Christmas. And who knows when we’ll see them again!

I think I am ovulating earlier than I have been which is great. CD13 today and getting tons of ewcm, which I’ve been getting since cd10. Hoping to get in some time with dh tonight, it’s tricky staying with family but we’re on a mission haha.

good luck everyone!

Enjoy your time with family!

 

[MrsKatie]

@drudai that is so stressful. It’s bizarre how different the response is everywhere. Where I live people are SO so so so strict with distancing/mask rules, it’s crazy to hear about people behaving otherwise.

 

[Deethehippy]

Have a great time MrsKatie visiting your family, hope the relaxing time does you good

Topaz - welcome and I'm sorry for your loss. Wishing you much luck for the near future.

 

[Alligator]

They’ve just made masks mandatory here as of Saturday. Our city did it, not our province (our provincial government is the actual worst). I think it’s a good thing. It’s awful and I hate masks but if it’ll stop the spread I’m all for it! they plan to reopen schools in September here, it’s so hard because for so many families they can’t have kiddos home and go back to work but it’s not necessarily safe to send kids back either. But you need a paycheque too. It’s just the worst!

 

[Bevziibubble]

We have to wear them in shops and at church

 

[tdog]

Yea we have to wear masks to go in places now, I'm so scared to send kids back to school in September tbh and I honestly think there's going to a second wave of it people just don't go by the rules I'm just so scared for my kids if I'm honest aswell, I no everyone is vulnerable especially to this xx

 

[Alligator]

@Alligator Our state is mandated, but I live in a rural area that thinks Trump is doing a good job. Chicago blue but rest of IL isn't. I've seen a lot more complying than I did several weeks ago, but local news FB comments are a train wreck of anti mask/vax.
Every time I want to scream that it's not the sniffles, it's not the flu, it's nothing you've ever witnessed before... SIL has kidney failure and pneumonia from it.

USA has zero unity.

Oh no your SIL had it? How scary, I hope she’s ok.

such a scary time!

I’m going crazy in this TWW! Yesterday I was confident and felt this feeling that I was pregnant and today I’m feeling slightly less sure and like I’m trying to temper my expectations so I don’t get a massive letdown again!

 

[Alligator]

I also have basically no symptoms so far today after a couple days of minor symptoms so who knows! I’m just getting in my own head too much I think.

 

[doggylover]

@drudai that is so stressful. It’s bizarre how different the response is everywhere. Where I live people are SO so so so strict with distancing/mask rules, it’s crazy to hear about people behaving otherwise.

I’m in the UK, not England though, and here we have very few cases. Masks aren’t mandatory yet but they’ve asked people to wear them so they don’t have to make it mandatory. But seems like nobody else is listening...

I also have basically no symptoms so far today after a couple days of minor symptoms so who knows! I’m just getting in my own head too much I think.

I can honestly say that I’ve never once has a proper symptom of pregnancy before a bfp other than my son, and I was 8 weeks by then!! Other pregnancies it was 10dpo, 13dpo and 5 weeks. And no symptoms in any of them! So don’t rule yourself out because of it.

 

[Alligator]

I’m in the UK, not England though, and here we have very few cases. Masks aren’t mandatory yet but they’ve asked people to wear them so they don’t have to make it mandatory. But seems like nobody else is listening...




I can honestly say that I’ve never once has a proper symptom of pregnancy before a bfp other than my son, and I was 8 weeks by then!! Other pregnancies it was 10dpo, 13dpo and 5 weeks. And no symptoms in any of them! So don’t rule yourself out because of it.

I know you’re right, logically! I’m still so early either way. I think I’m just trying to temper my expectations since yesterday and earlier in the cycle I just had this gut feeling I’m pregnant and will get that positive test. I don’t want to be extra let down lol!

 

[Deethehippy]

Often we have every symptom in the book on the months we are not pregnant and hardly any or none when we actually are or at least that seems to be the case when you read about ladies BFP stories. Symptom spotting is kinda pointless really because progesterone is always high in the TWW wether pregnant or not but I know it’s impossible not to do it!
When are you going to test?

 

[Alligator]

Often we have every symptom in the book on the months we are not pregnant and hardly any or none when we actually are or at least that seems to be the case when you read about ladies BFP stories. Symptom spotting is kinda pointless really because progesterone is always high in the TWW wether pregnant or not but I know it’s impossible not to do it!
When are you going to test?

You’re so right! Hard to rely on symptoms but we all do it don’t we heheh.

I Want to wait until Saturday (8/9dpo) but I might cave tomorrow, however it would be 7/8dpo and almost surely bfn!

 

[doggylover]

I know you’re right, logically! I’m still so early either way. I think I’m just trying to temper my expectations since yesterday and earlier in the cycle I just had this gut feeling I’m pregnant and will get that positive test. I don’t want to be extra let down lol!

I know exactly what you mean. Your logical mind says don’t get excited, but your heart is screaming “IM PREGNANT!!!”

 

[3 girlies]

9dpo for me today. It's really dragging. More cheapies should come today but I'm not feeling hopeful anymore im miserable. My kids all had a late night last night so I'm sat in bed with a cup of tea & buttery toast enjoying the peace

 

[Bevziibubble]

9dpo for me today. It's really dragging. More cheapies should come today but I'm not feeling hopeful anymore im miserable. My kids all had a late night last night so I'm sat in bed with a cup of tea & buttery toast enjoying the peace

Sounds like bliss!
Good luck for when you test