Bringing in new year with a positive *january testing thread*

[MrsKatie]

Oh wow fx ladies!

 

[HalfricanMa]

Those look really good! My opks are starting to get darker but hubby will only be home on Friday. Please keep your fingers crossed for us that ovulation holds off until then.

Fingers crossed for you! My clearblue went from low to high 8 days before getting a peak reading. Now its been 10 days of “fertile window”. I hope you have similar rise in prep for ovulation Saturday or sunday!

Mine turned from dark negative to positive yesterday morning by 10am and i’ve kept testing. Last night today are strong dye stealers on the opk. Im sick with the same snotty head cold as the rest of the house now also. Some have said the added mucus + weakened immune really helps in the tww. Idk. I can hope. Hubby and i bd last night and i’ll pounce on him tonight too. Nice to get some chances while the opk is dye stealer!

 

[tdog]

Fingers crossed for you! My clearblue went from low to high 8 days before getting a peak reading. Now its been 10 days of “fertile window”. I hope you have similar rise in prep for ovulation Saturday or sunday!

Mine turned from dark negative to positive yesterday morning by 10am and i’ve kept testing. Last night today are strong dye stealers on the opk. Im sick with the same snotty head cold as the rest of the house now also. Some have said the added mucus + weakened immune really helps in the tww. Idk. I can hope. Hubby and i bd last night and i’ll pounce on him tonight too. Nice to get some chances while the opk is dye stealer!

Fingers so tightly crossed for you hun xx

 

[HalfricanMa]

Erm not really tbh I had heartburn a few days ago and when we have caught that was always my tell tale, but past couple cycles I've had heartburn so that wasn't helpful lol, I'm mildly cramping last cycle I cramped from 2dpo all the way through, it's now 12:42am so technically I'm 5dpo i felt my daughter implant but she was the only one I did and that was 7dpo xx

Oh yea you still have time then. Good luck!

 

[tdog]

I have really bad heartburn right now making me yukky I'm only 5dpo and itching to test but no there won't be nowt on it lmao I might make it tomorrow xx

 

[Beeka]

Hi, please can I join too? I’m 2-3 dpo. I think 2 but my temp went up a day earlier than I expected (day after positive OPK) normally temp goes up 2 days after positive OPK so not sure what’s happened.

I am sooo impatient so will be testing from 7 dpo.

So far tiny little crampy twinges that I would not notice if not TTC and my nipples are a bit sore.

Good luck to us all X

 

[tdog]

Hi, please can I join too? I’m 2-3 dpo. I think 2 but my temp went up a day earlier than I expected (day after positive OPK) normally temp goes up 2 days after positive OPK so not sure what’s happened.

I am sooo impatient so will be testing from 7 dpo.

So far tiny little crampy twinges that I would not notice if not TTC and my nipples are a bit sore.

Good luck to us all X

welcome what date do you want me to put down for you? We always notice stuff when we ttc than when we don't good luck hunni massive baby to all xx

 

[HalfricanMa]

Im having ovulation pains on my left side. I’ve read that the time of pain doesn’t necessarily mean thats when the ovulation happens. Regardless, my opks are screaming!! I’m anxious to test and im not even in my tww yet. Lmao!

 

[tdog]

No it doesn't mean ovulation but always found it to be tbh as when I was doing my temps they always spiked up, lmao I get like that around o time aswell lol xx

 

[tdog]

Of course i had to scratch that itch didnt i lmao and scrutinise the dam thing knowing full well its negative xx

 

[HalfricanMa]

@tdog Hahahaha! I feel ya on that! We all do it as much as we try not to! But you verified the batch is good for white negatives; any vfl you see in the coming days you’re good to go! Lol

 

[Beeka]

@tdog Hahahaha! I feel ya on that! We all do it as much as we try not to! But you verified the batch is good for white negatives; any vfl you see in the coming days you’re good to go! Lol

That is exactly the sort of rationale I have

This wait is such a killer!

How long have you guys been TTC? Do you have children already?

A bit about me - I am coming up to 38 in March so would be classed as a geriatric mother this time round this is my first month TTC for number 6. My children are 17, 10, 8, 6 and 3.

Please put me down as official testing on 8 Jan even though I will 100% be testing from the 3rd. I think by the 8th, I should know either way.

Another symptom that I probably get every month but don’t take any notice of is that I have creamy CM.

 

[tdog]

@HalfricanMa it had to be done but that was my logic aswell to see if this batch is good xx

@Beeka I'm 37 i have 7 children 20, 13, 10, 9, 5, 3 & 17month old i love a big family the chaos it brings also when/if we do fall I'm dreading the comments 'trying for a football team' or 'are you not done yet' got that with my last

I've put you down for that hunni xx

 

[ChibiLena]

Welcome @Beeka Lovely to have you!

Opks staying about the same (thankfully) so it's looking good for ovulation holding off until my husband is back. Sadly, I have gone and gotten sick. Hoping I'll get better soon and that I am able to enjoy dinner with the fam and the fireworks tonight.

 

[tdog]

Welcome @Beeka Lovely to have you!

Opks staying about the same (thankfully) so it's looking good for ovulation holding off until my husband is back. Sadly, I have gone and gotten sick. Hoping I'll get better soon and that I am able to enjoy dinner with the fam and the fireworks tonight.

That's great news about the opks fingers crossed they stay they way they are until dh back, crap about being sick tho hope you feel better soon nothing worse than being ill xx

 

[HalfricanMa]

Hope you feel better soon @ChibiLena. Glad your ovulation is holding off.

@Beeka great you could join us. I’m also a March birthday- 36 this coming yr. I think most of us on here are considered “geriatric” in the baby-producing world. Hahaha! I have two kids- 3 (b) and 13 months (g). Though hubby & I started wanting another in May/June and I’ve never been on birth control, this is my first postpartum cycle. I used progesterone to kickstart my period since breastfeeding always keeps my period away. So I guess technically it’s my first cycle ttc our third, though it’s been in our prayers and hearts much longer.

@tdog Those comments i’ve never had to contend with since we don’t have a large family, but Im not sure they would bother me. BUT- I hate hearing when the grandparents are negative about an added grandchild. When I married my husband, I told him i wanted 7 kids like you have. Seems like a sweet spot for a family. Haha! Hubby and I met at work and were secretly enamored by each other for 5 years before finally letting the other know! We both wonder how many kids we would have by now had we not both felt the other was entirely out of our league! haha

 

[tdog]

Hope you feel better soon @ChibiLena. Glad your ovulation is holding off.

@Beeka great you could join us. I’m also a March birthday- 36 this coming yr. I think most of us on here are considered “geriatric” in the baby-producing world. Hahaha! I have two kids- 3 (b) and 13 months (g). Though hubby & I started wanting another in May/June and I’ve never been on birth control, this is my first postpartum cycle. I used progesterone to kickstart my period since breastfeeding always keeps my period away. So I guess technically it’s my first cycle ttc our third, though it’s been in our prayers and hearts much longer.

@tdog Those comments i’ve never had to contend with since we don’t have a large family, but Im not sure they would bother me. BUT- I hate hearing when the grandparents are negative about an added grandchild. When I married my husband, I told him i wanted 7 kids like you have. Seems like a sweet spot for a family. Haha! Hubby and I met at work and were secretly enamored by each other for 5 years before finally letting the other know! We both wonder how many kids we would have by now had we not both felt the other was entirely out of our league! haha

Tbh they haven't bothered me as such they just getting old now I just laugh it off and go 'well is it you bringing them up is it you paying for them' they soon shush it lol xx

 

[autumnal]

Stuff everybody with their comments! People will say weird stuff whether you have no kids, or one, or two, or five.. People are just so odd.

Anywho happy new years everybody

 

[tdog]

@autumnal thanks hun I can't be arsed with listening to them now tbh I got use to it after my 4th xx

Happy new year to you also are we all doing much? I'm staying at home with my kiddies how's everyone feeling? Me I'm so darn tired really bad back ache which for me is another symptom of af but I'm only 6dpo so obviously nothing else to report ATM xx

 

[Beeka]

Those comments really get to me. However, I’d rather be offended for a brief moment than live a life with regret for not fulfilling my own dreams. No matter what you do in life - someone is judging you negatively. You might as well make yourself happy. You could do things to make others happy but they will just judge another part of your life. I get these comments a lot from family and friends as I am single mum (using a sperm donor). I know I would be more upset in years to come if I didn’t try for number 6 just because others thought I shouldn’t.

@ChibiLena hope you feel better soon and ovulation holds off a little bit longer.

@tdog another big family! It’s great isn’t it!!

@HalfricanMa oh the what if’s. You could have quite a few by now. Do you normally catch quite quickly?

My first was an accident (6 months ntnp)
Second was 2 years of trying with donor with 3 mc’s in that time
3rd, 4th and 5th all caught first time on first cycle after stopping breastfeeding so not sure what will happen this time.

I have taken donation a day earlier than normal to try to sway for a girl. Obviously if I get a boy it’s no problem but I do miss the girly baby stage. My girls are the 2 oldest, then 3 boys.

Very tried today….

Hurry up 2ww!!!!