**December SnowFlakes Testing Group**(praying for Christmas BFPs)

[NDH]

Bummer I was hopeful for you that you ovulated later than your chart shows too, but yeah it does seem like that's your usual pattern.

I'm still holding out hope for you.



S_Dowd I don't have any tests and Amazon is taking 3+ weeks to get orders here currently, so I won't be testing til I'm for sure late when I'd see a line that doesn't leave any margin for scrutiny.

 

[S_Dowd]

Bummer I was hopeful for you that you ovulated later than your chart shows too, but yeah it does seem like that's your usual pattern.

I'm still holding out hope for you.



S_Dowd I don't have any tests and Amazon is taking 3+ weeks to get orders here currently, so I won't be testing til I'm for sure late when I'd see a line that doesn't leave any margin for scrutiny.

Oh no!!!!! Stupid Amazon!

 

[josephine3]

@NHD where are you?! Amazon fine here in the UK!
@S_Dowd I'm 6dpo today I snuck in a test this am lol I did post it x

 

[Suggerhoney]

It’s all I wanted for Christmas but won’t be getting. But I hope it will happen soon. Maybe New years

 

[S_Dowd]

Oh no!!!!! Stupid Amazon!

@NHD where are you?! Amazon fine here in the UK!
@S_Dowd I'm 6dpo today I snuck in a test this am lol I did post it x

Oh I don't know how I missed it! I don't see anything on the first test, but I think I see maybe a tiny shadow on the second one, but I have the worst line eye in the world lol. I can almost always see the antibody strips on those cheapies, so I have to look for color... I can't see color on yours, yet, but it's still early days for you. Your symptoms are so promising!

 

[S_Dowd]

It’s all I wanted for Christmas but won’t be getting. But I hope it will happen soon. Maybe New years
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That picture really says it all Suggerhoney.

My symptoms have faded so much since yesterday. I had one dizzy spell first thing this morning, but since then it had vanished. I feel more like myself today. Less emotional and more irritable which is typically how I am when PMSing. I'm also feeling crampy like AF is about to show up.

I'm trying to look on the bright side that I won't be puking through Christmas, but honestly I'd rather puke through Christmas if it means I'd get a baby. Sorry to bring the board down... Just feeling so disappointed.

 

[Ellybean]

@S_Dowd @NDH Thank you guys. I’m so mad right now too. I’ve started bleeding but not heavily. Though it is a couple days early I’m pretty sure it is my period - I’m not cramping at all just bloated as heck. I’m officially no longer going to use frer. I’ve been burned by this brand too many times.

 

[NDH]

@NHD where are you?! Amazon fine here in the UK!
@S_Dowd I'm 6dpo today I snuck in a test this am lol I did post it x

Im in a bit of a remote area of Canada . At the best of times Amazon prime takes a week to get here amd with Christmas it's now taking three weeks. I ordered the last of my kids Christmas presents on Monday and was told it wouldn't come til the 28th! (It's since amended the shipping time to the 24th...)

 

[S_Dowd]

@S_Dowd @NDH Thank you guys. I’m so mad right now too. I’ve started bleeding but not heavily. Though it is a couple days early I’m pretty sure it is my period - I’m not cramping at all just bloated as heck. I’m officially no longer going to use frer. I’ve been burned by this brand too many times.

I'm so so sorry Elly. I feel just sick for you. FRER used to be the gold standard. They almost never gave evaps. I swear they changed them so we would buy more of them, and they would make more money. I am filled with so much anger on your behalf. Because I know that they got your hopes up, and I know how sad and utterly disappointed you must be feeling right now, and that just makes me so angry and upset because it is their fault for making us trust their brand and then changing their tests.

 

[Suggerhoney]

@S_Dowd
Babe this is a 2ww thread. Ok testing tread but you have every right to feel utterly sad right now and express on here how your feeling. That’s exactly what these groups are for.
You rant away love.
TTC sucks arse and I absolutely hate it. I hate the constant wishful thinking and hoping when ovulation comes around, only to be totally pushed off your happy place and come down with a huge bump when it’s another shitty (excuse my language) BF shitty N.
It sucks.
I don’t feel as low today as what I was like at 10 11 and 12dpo. My heads gotten used to the fact I am not pregnant. But I know as soon as I see bleeding and cd1 I’ll be all down and sad again and then start to lift after a few days and then when I see that peak, that little teeny bit of excitement and hope starts setting in again.
The first half of the 2ww is great, but the last part when your out is absolutely the absolute pits.
I would definitely rather be throwing up daily with a baby in my belly over Christmas then feeling empty and sad. I get ya babe.
It’s definitely better than no baby.
Infact if I do fall. That’s a huge IF, I want ALL the symptoms way b4 a BFP. All of them.
I had NONE with my miscarriage.
So I want all the symptoms to know I have a healthy baby.

@Ellybean
Did you get them off Amazon love? Im gonna go on there and put something shitty about them in the reviews section.
They have done this to too many women and it’s not on.
They have definitely definitely changed them. There is no way there as sensitive as they once were. Still says there 6mlu which is crap because I had darker lines at 10dpo on 10mlU test strips when pregnant with my son and my miscarriage.
With the miscarriage it was a babyplan test strip that gave me a faint pink line at 10dpo. Frer was so so faint I had to take it apart and even then it was a real stand on one foot and
Blink with one eye squinty line.
Was a clear line at 11dpo tho. But still. They have changed them so we keep having to buy more so they make money. Buggers.

 

[jellybeanxx]

@S_Dowd as @Suggerhoney said, this is somewhere you can come and rant! Never apologise for feeling down and venting to us. We all do it, I’ve done my fair share of it, including today! This TTC thing is hard and you’ve been through more than most but are always here to cheer us on so the least we can do is be here when you’re struggling

@Ellybean sorry about the bleeding, that’s so unfair! Your lines were so convincing! Any chance it’s implantation?

@NDH that’s a long wait for Prime! Hope your kids presents arrive on time! I’ve always fancied living somewhere remote, I bet there are some lovely things about it but having to wait that long for anything isn’t one of them!

I’ve been feeling proper sorry for myself today, I always struggle with my mental health just before AF. I get irritable, very low and feel a bit like I’m losing my mind. It’s so much worse when TTC as I have to deal with the negative tests and the thought of yet another month (or longer if I don’t ovulate because that’s so unpredictable) of trying. I’m going to try and pick myself up once this cycle is definitely over but for now I’m just going to let myself feel the sadness! I have a lot to be grateful for but right now I’m just gutted I’m not pregnant for Christmas.

 

[ehjmorris]

Bfn fmu 10dpo and lighter smu than yesterday.
I’m going to try leave the tests now as I’m just so sad getting my hopes up for nothing

 

[Ellybean]

@S_Dowd as @Suggerhoney said, this is somewhere you can come and rant! Never apologise for feeling down and venting to us. We all do it, I’ve done my fair share of it, including today! This TTC thing is hard and you’ve been through more than most but are always here to cheer us on so the least we can do is be here when you’re struggling

@Ellybean sorry about the bleeding, that’s so unfair! Your lines were so convincing! Any chance it’s implantation?

@NDH that’s a long wait for Prime! Hope your kids presents arrive on time! I’ve always fancied living somewhere remote, I bet there are some lovely things about it but having to wait that long for anything isn’t one of them!

I’ve been feeling proper sorry for myself today, I always struggle with my mental health just before AF. I get irritable, very low and feel a bit like I’m losing my mind. It’s so much worse when TTC as I have to deal with the negative tests and the thought of yet another month (or longer if I don’t ovulate because that’s so unpredictable) of trying. I’m going to try and pick myself up once this cycle is definitely over but for now I’m just going to let myself feel the sadness! I have a lot to be grateful for but right now I’m just gutted I’m not pregnant for Christmas.

I mean, I suppose there is a chance because it was a light red this morning and now it is a pale brown. I’m gonna test with pregmate until the bleeding picks up. I’ll say my prayers that it’s implantation but prepare for my period.

 

[S_Dowd]

Thank you @Suggerhoney and @jellybeanxx for the reminder that it's okay to feel sad and vent here. I'm generally a very happy and positive person, but ever since the chemical in September, it has been so hard to be my normal happy self. It really got my hopes up that I may finally get a baby after all these years. Add the higher pregnant for Christmas hopes on top of it, and I'm just a hot mess right now. Poor DH. He has been absolutely amazing through this. I am so grateful for him, and even if we never have a baby together, I know I am so lucky to have him as my best friend and love of my life. The spotting had stopped for now, but I just know AF is going to show her ugly face tomorrow.

@jellybeanxx I'm so so sorry you are feeling down too. It seems like so much bad news all around. I think a little wallowing is healthy from time to time.

@NDH Fingers crossed your kids presents get there on time. I would love to live somewhere remote like you do. I love this YouTube Channel about a couple who lives on Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole in a cabin. It's beautiful there. I can imagine northern Canada would be similarly gorgeous.

@ehjmorris Oh no I'm so sorry. Maybe taking a break is for the best if it's just stressing you out. It's just so disheartening to not get the results we are wanting.

@Ellybean Oh I hope it's implantation, but I think your plan to mentally prepare for the worst is good. It makes it hurt less if the worst comes true. But I hope it doesn't

 

[josephine3]

@ehjmorris oh no I'm so sorry about the bfn, I was so convinced by your last tests
I've had loads of cramping this evening fxd it's a good sign x

 

[Suggerhoney]

@S_Dowd
I’m with @jellybeanxx, you are one very kind hearted and sweet lady. You have really gone through it and still here you are cheering us all on. You truly a angel.

I really hope the spotting was implantation and you get a lovely surprise BFP. I hope AF don’t show.
will be here to comfort you if she does.
I’d love us all to get our forever take home babe BFPs and all be In the same due date group. Wouldn’t that be something.
Sending you loads of love ans hugs and keeping everything crossed AF stays away.


@ehjmorris
Oh no I’m so sorry love. I want to jump through the screen and give you a huge hug.


@Ellybean
I really hope it’s implantation bleeding and not AF love.

 

[Suggerhoney]

Mega headache for me tonight and I’m cramping so bad a my lower back is hurting. Would like to think AF is gonna show a bit earlier, but I can have cramps a good few days b4 and then they stop the next day and then I start cramping again just b4 she shows or after she has already made her wonderful appearance.
That’s me trying to be sarcastic. Lol I’m so bad at it,
Oh and here’s a big to all the BFNs and lines that didn’t progress.
And hugs to all that need them right now

 

[Ellybean]

@Suggerhoney @S_Dowd
Thanks guys. I hope it’s implantation too. I’m so bloated that I have to unbutton my pants when I sit down for a long period of time.

 

[josephine3]

Aww @Suggerhoney sorry you're cramping so bad I hope af doesn't keep you waiting too long x
Sorry to everyone who's feeling so low right now.
@NDH hope your parcels arrive in time for Xmas!
I'm feeling very hopeful here right now, my boobs are feeling huge and sore, cramping tonight and an odd one but extra watery mouth?? Not sure if thats a symptom!! I shouldn't get my hopes up but I can't help it!

 

[TTCaredhead]

Hi ladies sorry to just jump in out of nowhere I’ve been taking a break from Ttc until this month I could really use y’all’s opinions.

I’ve been having crazy symptoms an I know I’m still super early but I’m y’all’s honest opinion do y’all see the faintest line ? I’m only 8dpo I’ve had a severe headache today and have been getting sick. All the weird symptoms are I think tricking me I’m probably just super crazy about this but that’s okay lol.
Thank you all who reply.