How to manage the TWW?

[cooch]

Well every single month I analyse every single twinge and cramp and it always means AF.

Is there any way to get through TWW without thinking AF is on her way? Visualisation!?? Ladies help please, even if AF arrives I would like to have hope!!!!!!!

If you have any thought on how to prevent the craziness, please let me know. xx

 

[tonibzac]

No way to prevent the craziness so we may as well indulge in it during 2ww lol

This is what I do during 2ww.....

Symptom spot and not it down in my journal
Calculate my due date
Adjust my 'maternity pay' spreadsheet which works out how much I will get for each week on maternity leave
Browse the Internet for clothes etc to suit the season I will need maternity clothes
Look at pics of nurseries
Price up baby stuff and see if I can get it cheaper online

Soooo much time wasting to be done in 2ww hebe!!!! Ever the optimist and every time AF shows it just kills me but it doesn't stop me doing all of the above all over again next time

 

[wannabemummyb]

No way to prevent the craziness so we may as well indulge in it during 2ww lol

This is what I do during 2ww.....

Symptom spot and not it down in my journal
Calculate my due date
Adjust my 'maternity pay' spreadsheet which works out how much I will get for each week on maternity leave
Browse the Internet for clothes etc to suit the season I will need maternity clothes
Look at pics of nurseries
Price up baby stuff and see if I can get it cheaper online

Soooo much time wasting to be done in 2ww hebe!!!! Ever the optimist and every time AF shows it just kills me but it doesn't stop me doing all of the above all over again next time

I pretty much do the same, as well as research the early symptoms of pregnancy. Normally look at countdown to pregnancy and look at the dpo symptoms!

The only cycle i did not start doing this was this cycle and now on cd100 with no idea if i even ov'd - did not bbt this cycle as wanted to "relax"

 

[sjbno1]

I used to be obsessed with every symptom but now to drive me bonkers some more I SS to the extreme - with izzie my only symptom was tiredness and hunger so I purposefully look for them and find myself suddenly yawning when i'm not even tired

I'm getting better in the 2ww now i try not to think about it but i've stopped counting my cycle days as that has helped oh and i'm addicted to pinterest lol

 

[sugarpuff]

i am constantly comparing my charts on FF with my one pregnancy chart and giving my boobs a good poke just to see if they are sore (they usually are cos i poke them so much !)

my name is sugarpuff and i am a chronic poas addict

i have no idea how to be rid of the crazies !

 

[cooch]

Ha ha, I do pretty much all of that too. I have made up a gift list for 'baby' on Mamas and Papas. I will be testing out my HCG shots so that I don't think it is a BFP when it isn't.

Its funny how every AF thing is just like BFP, I could literally have been pregnant every month, lol x

 

[StorkStalker]

OMG Cooch, I wish I could stop signal spotting on the TWW too!! And the craziness.. Not the best advice, but what seems to help me cope the most is just test, test test.. I´m crazy that way I know.. I bought the 100 pack of cheap HPT and I test from day 9 after Ov, I google my life away trying to find people who tested positive earlier... 6 is the earliest I have found that it worked for anyone... So I test my 2weekwait away.. And somehow, when of course by 12DPO it´s still neg, I begin to prepare myself that it is not happening and I find it easier to kind of be "expecting" AF than be "surprised" when she comes ... Still I keep testing untill she comes.. And if it where for my accuracy in symptom spotting I would be happily pregnant at the end of each cycle too...Sometimes I swear my boobs can´t fit in my bra anymore.. And then AF...

 

[Lisa92881]

My plan for this TWW is to have my husband lock up my pregnancy tests in the safe, and keep the key on him and not let me POAS! I told him, "You can give me one cheap one next Sunday, after that, make me wait until the 14th"....he said, "I think I'll just make you wait until the end of the month"....NOOOOOOO!

 

[Sizzles]

Tonibzac - you made me laugh!
No way to avoid driving yourself mad in my experience. I usually manage the first week ok, then week 2 I'm symptom spotting and doing 'am I pg?' quizzes online. I sometimes look at baby clothes/paraphernalia and mat clothes online. Defo work out my due date and 12 week date to link to how to tell people (e.g. is it around a significant date that bump could send a card etc.) and work out the date I'd go on mat leave. I don't usually poas until 12dpo and then not every month.

 

[sugarpuff]

OMG Cooch, I wish I could stop signal spotting on the TWW too!! And the craziness.. Not the best advice, but what seems to help me cope the most is just test, test test.. I´m crazy that way I know.. I bought the 100 pack of cheap HPT and I test from day 9 after Ov, I google my life away trying to find people who tested positive earlier... 6 is the earliest I have found that it worked for anyone... So I test my 2weekwait away.. And somehow, when of course by 12DPO it´s still neg, I begin to prepare myself that it is not happening and I find it easier to kind of be "expecting" AF than be "surprised" when she comes ... Still I keep testing untill she comes.. And if it where for my accuracy in symptom spotting I would be happily pregnant at the end of each cycle too...Sometimes I swear my boobs can´t fit in my bra anymore.. And then AF...

haha this is me ! i just bought another lot of 100 ic tests, except i start at 6dpo....

 

[uwa_amanda]

i am constantly comparing my charts on FF with my one pregnancy chart and giving my boobs a good poke just to see if they are sore (they usually are cos i poke them so much !)

my name is sugarpuff and i am a chronic poas addict

i have no idea how to be rid of the crazies !

Hi sugar puff (this is like a POAS addicts anonymous here)

I try to test every month on the day arrives but sometimes I cave in to the voices in my head lol.

 

[peachy905]

Hi there,
I am 10 dpo and so far I have googled all of the early preg symptoms at 10 days, done a bunch of online quizzes, and looked at nice maternity clothes at 3 months because that is when I plan on sharing the good news. Dh is always urging me not to do this because I get so disappointed when AF arrives... but I just cannot help it. *Baby dust to all*!

 

[Lisa92881]

Ok ok, you girls have inspired me to look online at maternity clothes. What are some good stores in the US? The only one I can think of is motherhood maternity. I know most stores have maternity sections too.

 

[peachy905]

Some of the stuff here is a bit expensive... though they have a nice sale going on now!

https://www.apeainthepod.com

 

[PrincessTaz]

Oh god I do nearly all of this stuff too.

* Every cycle I work out when I'd be 12 weeks preggo to see if they are any special events/family occasions I could announce at.
* I work out my EDD
* I already have my pram and nursery picked out
* I have One Born Every Minute on record for when I get my BFP
* I plan when I'll take my hols at work so it doesn't effect my maternity leave
* I only drink decaf just in case
* The list goes on an on

I don't really symptom spot because I never get any but I must analyze my chart at least 50 times a day.

I asked my OH to hide all my IC's and my 7 frer this cycle but now I'm regretting it, I can't find them anywhere so tonight I used an opk! I'm only 7dpo, not even a hint of a line!

EDIT: Oh yeah and I forget to say I am always poking and prodding boobs and nipples because that was a symptom when I got my 1st BFP. Never get anthing though, since the m/c they don't even get tender before af like they used to. I'd kill for sore boobs in the 2ww, at least I could feel a little bit still in the game! lol

 

[wonderstars]

I tend to spot a few days before my period so my TWW is never that long. I have slowly gotten used to not getting my hopes up in the 2WW but do give my boobs a good poke and squeeze everyday. Oh and I recently read that the nipple area becomes more sensitive so lately, sigh, I've been giving myself nipple flicks. omg, I can't believe I just typed that.

 

[Lisa92881]

Absolutely love that you just used the phrase "nipple flicks" hahahaha.

 

[wonderstars]

I was trying to phrase it another way but the only other things I could think of were "tweak my nipples" "squeezer and turn my nipples". Well, this all gives a picture of the weird things I do while in the TWW.

 

[cooch]

Love the nipple flicks, ha ha ha ha ha xxx

 

[peachy905]

Lol love the honesty here. I am 11 dpo. Who is on the same cycle and has anyone caved and poas?