January Snowdrops +*+* Testing Thread *+*+ Ring in the New Year with BFPs!

[Laurabub84]

I had that premonition only once with dd4. Straight after bd I thought to myself, “we’ve just made a baby”. Never felt that way before and didn’t with ds. Was so strange but it turned out to be true, lol.

god they weren’t kidding when they said the first af after a miscarriage would be heavier than normal. I usually only have 2 heavyish days and they aren’t as heavy as this, so I’m hoping it will start slowing down after today. Got my migraine with it also, plus I seem to be coming down with some chesty cough and feeling achey. Feeling like crap at the moment and really emotional. I would have been 20 weeks this Friday. Would have been finding out the gender. Dh just keeps telling me I can’t keep thinking like this. Men don’t understand Waiting on news from a friend who’s in having her baby right now. Feeling pretty sorry for myself at the moment and I’m sure it’s af making it worse. Praying it’s my normal 5/6 days because they also said it may last longer. I hope not. I want so desperately to get that peak opk. I need to find some distractions

Hope everyone else is doing ok

 

[Suggerhoney]

I had that premonition only once with dd4. Straight after bd I thought to myself, “we’ve just made a baby”. Never felt that way before and didn’t with ds. Was so strange but it turned out to be true, lol.

god they weren’t kidding when they said the first af after a miscarriage would be heavier than normal. I usually only have 2 heavyish days and they aren’t as heavy as this, so I’m hoping it will start slowing down after today. Got my migraine with it also, plus I seem to be coming down with some chesty cough and feeling achey. Feeling like crap at the moment and really emotional. I would have been 20 weeks this Friday. Would have been finding out the gender. Dh just keeps telling me I can’t keep thinking like this. Men don’t understand Waiting on news from a friend who’s in having her baby right now. Feeling pretty sorry for myself at the moment and I’m sure it’s af making it worse. Praying it’s my normal 5/6 days because they also said it may last longer. I hope not. I want so desperately to get that peak opk. I need to find some distractions

Hope everyone else is doing ok

Oh my love bless your heart, I’m so sorry it’s so brutal. Hope you have some good pain killers to take. Try and take it easy sweet,

men don’t get it,
My miscarriage was so early but I still keeping thinking I’d be about 36 weeks pregnant now and would of been induced around January 27th,
I was so so hoping I’d be pregnant again to ease the pain when that date comes around,
To go past that day not pregnant still is going to be awful,
My due date wasn’t until 22nd Feb, but I would of been induced around 37 weeks and that worked out the 27th January.

you have every right to feel the way you do, for still thinking how far you would of been, it’s so normal to feel that way,
I just want to give you a big hug love.

 

[Suggerhoney]

Cd11 and still a flashing smiley. Cheapie still faint too.
I have a smear test booked in for 1st February, but im praying I will have a BFP by then, and be pregnant with my rainbow, and cancelling that appointment.

 

[NDH]

I've always known I was pregnant before getting a positive test but only from implantation. I had that moment last month so it was discouraging to not be pregnant. But my husband is the one who always seems to "know" immediately. I can't remember if it's been every time, but it sure seems to happen a lot where he says "well that's it you're pregnant" (especially after oopses when we weren't trying) and sure enough 10-12 days later

It's not looking to be a promising month. Today is CD9 and we only BD CD6 so far. Early mornings usually work best for us and between AF and ovulation I'm normally naturally waking up at 5:30)6 to make that happen but for some reason I'm not waking up before 8 at which point kids are already getting up. I did wake up at 7:20 which would have been ok if there wasn't a child in our bed who woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep when I tried to move him. I could be ovulating as soon as the day after tomorrow, so we'd better manage to DTD at least once between now and then or we won't have any chance at all.

 

[NightFlower]

Sorry if tmi...Update: top test fmu and bottom just now could only hold for 2 hours as I've been having bathroom issues (diarrhea) since last night. Uggh. Ive got Stomach cramps from it. Trying to stay hydrated. As it's been so bad..

 

[PinkCupcakes]

Hey ladies, 3DPO today, ugh the wait is killing me lol!

 

[jellybeanxx]

@NightFlower fantastic lines!! Hope you’re feeling better soon though!

@PinkCupcakes time is different in the TWW! Hope you have some good distractions to get you through the next few days.

Still nothing happening here. CD38 and no ov and no sign of AF. Still poorly. Not having a great time to be honest!

 

[NightFlower]

@NightFlower fantastic lines!! Hope you’re feeling better soon though!

@PinkCupcakes time is different in the TWW! Hope you have some good distractions to get you through the next few days.

Still nothing happening here. CD38 and no ov and no sign of AF. Still poorly. Not having a great time to be honest!

Thanks ❤. Hope you feel better soon as well.

 

[NightFlower]

Again only little over 2 hours, just have to wait till fmu to do another think I'd be darker with a longer hold.
Both same test just different lighting because it's raining out.

Night test: 4:30pm

 

[littlewitch]

NightFlower --I am glad to see your tests are still positive. Hope you feel better soon and that your FMU tests are darker.

AFM, AF got me today. My plan is to try with manual OPK this cycle and buy a Mira device if this cycle is not fruitful.
And in his typical change of heart, my husband said to let him know when I am fertile and he will provide. Can't say I am not surprised! But I am happy to at least be guaranteed a chance this cycle.

 

[Pink.Rose]

Just curious, but has anyone felt implantation cramps on the opposite side of where you felt ovulation cramps?

I definitely felt ovulation cramps on the left side this cycle, but I'm 6 dpo today and am feeling a dull pinch on the right. I have no idea if this is implantation or of if I'm just hyper aware of something else right now.. trying not to get my hopes up incase it's nothing but figured I'd ask.

 

[MumwithPCOS]

Just curious, but has anyone felt implantation cramps on the opposite side of where you felt ovulation cramps?

I definitely felt ovulation cramps on the left side this cycle, but I'm 6 dpo today and am feeling a dull pinch on the right. I have no idea if this is implantation or of if I'm just hyper aware of something else right now.. trying not to get my hopes up incase it's nothing but figured I'd ask.

Hey yes you can implant either side doesn’t matter so hopefully it is implantation for you. I definitely felt it with my first!

 

[NightFlower]

NightFlower --I am glad to see your tests are still positive. Hope you feel better soon and that your FMU tests are darker.

AFM, AF got me today. My plan is to try with manual OPK this cycle and buy a Mira device if this cycle is not fruitful.
And in his typical change of heart, my husband said to let him know when I am fertile and he will provide. Can't say I am not surprised! But I am happy to at least be guaranteed a chance this cycle.

Thanks hope I feel better soon too so sick of being ill and glad your hubby is on board. Sorry af got you.
Hope you get a bfp this try.

 

[littlewitch]

Question for anyone who temps and uses OPK.
How long after your peak do you usually ovulate? I know
I am trying to make sense of my tracked cycles to figure out what I might be getting wrong with timing.
CD 1 for me. Trying to get a plan together for the near future. If this cycle is a bust, I may get more fertility blood work and some more invasive diagnostics to see exactly why we are struggling.

 

[NDH]

So sorry about AF littlewitch

I have super short LH surges - I have about a 6-8 hour window to see any sort of line, and then my temp the following day confirms ovulation.

 

[HalfricanMa]

Hi Littlewitch, Sorry af got you. I have the opposite from what NDH experiences: I get a peak and the hormones keep building up for a while before I ovulate. This month I went from low fertility one day to peak fertility the next on clearblue advanced, completely skipping high fertility. So it measured peak and the cheap opk also was darker than control line but my ovulation took its time. Those tests were Tuesday at 1pm. Thursday my temp dipped a tad and Friday was the temp rise due to ovulation.

 

[Bevziibubble]

@littlewitch sorry AF arrived. Good luck for this cycle

 

[Kiwiberry]

Just wanted to drop in and throw some around, also to say good luck to all you lovely ladies!! May 2023 bring the best kind of miracles into your lives!

 

[Laurabub84]

@littlewitch sorry af got you. Personally I think I ovulate the day of my peak. Glad dh is on board with trying again this cycle. Good luck

 

[Suggerhoney]

@littlewitch
Sorry about AF.
For me when I get my peak I can ovulate on the same day, like a few hours later, or I can ovulate the following day. It depends what time of day I get peak really, like if I get my peak in the morning or afternoon, I can ovulate later that evening. But if I get my peak later at night then I usually ovulate the following day. This is proved by temps and opks,
Hope that helps,
Im not temping this cycle, im trying to take a more relaxed approach. Hoping it will work

@Pink.Rose
Yes you can feel it on either side. I felt it with both my sons. Was a sharp stitch pain at 6dpo with my youngest and period cramps and sharp pains with my 3 year old, with the miscarriage I had real bad ibs and cramping at 8dpo.

but I’ve also had that sharp pain at 5 dpo and again 5 and 6dpo the last 2 cycles and felt for sure it was implantation but I wasn’t pregnant.
I really hope for you it is implantation tho. Not long now and you can test,


@jellybeanxx
I want to give you the biggest hug

@NightFlower
So happy you still have lines, hope todays is darker, those tests are shocking tho and take ages to get dark, still keeping everything crossed that this is finally it for you lovely,

@Kiwiberry
Thanks lovely. So good to see you back. Hope your doing ok


AFM cd12 still flashing smiley face, annoying because I have ewcm today so was hoping they would be peak,