TTC with #2, looking for a buddy! LO is 14.5 months.

[txbiscuit]

I had a pity party for myself this weekend. I had excess caffeine, runny eggs, hot baths, sugary foods - it was kind of lovely. Today I'm sipping green tea, both to have less caffeine than my normal coffee and to hopefully increase EWCM. I guess you're supposed to stop drinking it after ovulation. I'll report back if it seems to work.

Holly - I thought about all the money the manufacturers of FRER have made off me. I'm sure I've funded at least one fancy vacation. I hope the spots are a good sign for you! Ibiza and/or a BFP - sounds like you win either way!

Jackie - I'm so glad you're feeling better. I know I have a hard time coping when I have a sore neck or back. I know how you feel about being lazy about DTD. I'll probably buy a fertility monitor if I don't get pregnant this month - I'm too lazy to keep up every-other-day.

Aliko - Hope you're doing well!

 

[ALiKO]

txbiscuit- hey girly nice to meet you too! im sorry AF showed. can't stand her but can't live without her. and thanks so much! your little one is such a cutie patootie herself. im hoping this incoming cycle brings you your little bun!

babytobe- thanks for the warm welcome. we seem to be a few days apart in our cycles im currently cd11. hoping to do dtd tonight (sorry tmi) waiting for hubby to get home but im on the verge of falling asleep as its pretty late at the moment.

hopeful h- sorry for the late reply im still here just been a little overwhelmed with unpacking and housework as we just recently moved. spotting eh? hoping its implatation spotting! and yay for Ibiza! i hope u enjoy

afm my current plan is to wean dd to just 2 breastfeedings a day (not going so good). take vitex to hopefully shorten my cycles (currently 50 days). and bd like a mad woman (if my husband is'nt broke down tired from work and im not already passed out in bed). hopefully all goes according to plan

 

[eg4983]

Hi everyone!
Hubby and I are currently trying for #2. We DTD on 8/28. I have a short cycle so I believe I ovulated on 9/1, last period was 8/20 which puts me at 7 dpo today. Next period due 9/15. One thing to note though is that we did try last Spring which ended in miscarriage at 5 wks and chemo for what dr's called Gestational Trophoblastic Disease. I'm 7 months off chemo and HCG was 0 prior to TTC this time.

Here are my sx:

4 dpo: Noticeably cramps, similar to AF coming on, backache and cravings

5 dpo: backache, bb's hurt and more cramps, also very emotional

6 dpo: Backache, cramps, cravings

7 dpo: acne, bb's hurt, a little dizzy and nauseous, hot flashes, a little crampy


trying to hold off on testing as I don't want to get my hopes up. Any thoughts?? Could I be preggo??

 

[txbiscuit]

]trying to hold off on testing as I don't want to get my hopes up. Any thoughts?? Could I be preggo??

Maybe! It's hard to tell anything for sure at 7dpo. I'd wait at least a day before testing. Good luck, and keep us posted.

Aliko - I hope you can stay up to BD tonight. It's hard to have energy for TTC levels of BD with a toddler running around. I can only imagine what it would be like after a move!

 

[Hopeful H]

Haha Aliko, spots on my face!!

Hi eg4983! I'm 8dpo today and I feel like I want to test as well. I don't know why as I really don't need the disappointment!

 

[Hopeful H]

I need you all to give me a virtual slap around the face for wanting to test at 8dpo and being obsessive about symptoms! I knew this would happen! I've got a FRER in my bedside drawer at home and I can hear it calling to me...

The only symptoms I have (which I think are all in my head anyway!) are pinchy crampy twingey full feelings (worse yesterday but still there a bit today) and wind!!! I've got pretty bad lower back pain which is also pinchy and crampy but I've got some muscle damage down there so I'm not adding that to my made up list!

I don't want to buy a load of cheap tests because they might not pick anything up anyway so I don't think that would help.

In my head I know that I'm not pregnant - it's only cycle 2 and I'm not that lucky! I'm going crackers!

 

[Hopeful H]

Got this from Countdown to Pregnancy - this makes me feel a bit better about not testing. Fingers crossed my crampy feelings are implantation!

Ovulation Date: Sept. 1, 2015
Probability of Implantation
6 DPO Sept. 7, 2015 Less Common
7 DPO Sept. 8, 2015 Common
8 DPO Sept. 9, 2015 Common
9 DPO Sept. 10, 2015 Most Common
10 DPO Sept. 11, 2015 Common
11 DPO Sept. 12, 2015 Common
12 DPO Sept. 13, 2015 Less Common
13 DPO Sept. 14, 2015 Less Common

If implantation were to occur on the most common day (9 DPO - Sept. 10, 2015) the earliest an early pregnancy test is likely to show a positive result would be: Sept. 12, 2015 to Sept. 14, 2015

 

[Hopeful H]

Me again!!!

Just found this on the Clearblue website about how to use the fertility monitor:

"The two most fertile days are known as peak fertility days. These peak fertile days are the day prior to ovulation and the day that ovulation takes place."

I've been counting the first peak day as ovulation when it should be the second peak day, so that means I'm still only 7dpo!

I'm even boring myself now...sorry

 

[txbiscuit]

You are not boring me at all! I am going to be referring back to this page in a few weeks, I'm sure. I hope you get lucky and get pregnant this cycle. We need some BFPs in here!

I hope you can hold out for another couple of days before testing. I understand if you break down and test, though. By the time I'm 6-7 dpo, HPTs start calling to me like sirens. I just can't resist! I got rid of all my tests last month, but I ordered some OPKs and they sent me a few HPTs in the package as a bonus. I was like, "Noooooooooooo!"

 

[Hopeful H]

8dpo on a cheap 99p test - I can definitely see a line but it came and went. Evap?

I bought 20 tests for £10. I am definitely going mental.

 

[txbiscuit]

I think that's a BFP!!! I've never gotten an evap that dark. Are you going to test again tomorrow?

 

[Hopeful H]

It looks darker in that picture than in real life, and I think that was a shadow! It totally disappeared after a few minutes but it came up in the time frame. Weird. I'll put some more on for us to analyse!

 

[Hopeful H]

White as a sheet!!

 

[txbiscuit]

Boo!

You say you have 18 more? Do you think you'll test tomorrow, or wait until Saturday?

 

[Hopeful H]

I've got 19 more!! I'm going to do one or two a day - I cant handle doing nothing!

 

[txbiscuit]

Oh man, I know the feeling. It's hard for me not to test every time I have to pee. I will be living vicariously through you this week!

 

[Hopeful H]

Read those tests are supposed to be used the day after AF is due and as I'm only 8dpo (I got my last bfp at 16dpo), I obviously did another one - I'm mad!! All definitely negative. I feel a bit down but I feel like I'd rather feel down every day then get my hopes up and then feel REALLY down when AF comes. Still feeling quite crampy and windy at 8dpo.

 

[babytobe]

Sorry I haven't been checking in. So busy and tired!

Holly, that first test totally looked like a positive! That's so annoying that the line came and went! Boo! I'll be stalking this thread like Sandra to hear if you get a bfp in the next week. I feel like it's impossible to stop testing once you've started! Your symptoms sound promising too.

Aliko, yes we are close to the same place in our cycles! Your cycles are twice as long as mine though (mine are 26 days). I took vitex begore my first baby and I think it did help. All the best!

I'm on cd 11 now. We only dtd once so far because I've been working opposite hours to my DH and we've both been so tired. Maybe we can dtd tonight, but I'm not too motivated....
I already feel pregnant. I know that's crazy.... I'm crazy. I feel like last month my body was trying to be pregnant and it didn't quite happen. Maybe it will happen this month. That's what happened with my first. Tons of symptoms both months we tcc but I didn't get a bfp until the second month. I don't even know how it's possible to have symptoms now (before ovulation still I think), but my body is definitely working on something. So this is why I need this forum...because I need to vent my impossible symptoms with someone lol. Anyhow, almost into the tww. I'll try to dtd tonight. So much work lol.

 

[not_so_easy]

Hi ladies,

Mind if I join a bit late? I haven read all the posts but saw babytobe has a LO that turned 2 in May, as do I.

Unfortunately I am on cd3000...jk..cd47 or so still waiting to ovulate. I think it may have happened on Monday but waiting for the temp to stay consistent another day or so. I got off bcp and my temps are super low.

Any of you have that problem?

 

[Hopeful H]

Negative FRER this morning. I am mental!! Surely a FRER would pick something up if AF is due in 4 or 5 days? I'm definitely out.

Hi not_so_easy - welcome!! My little boy was 2 in May as well. My cycles are pretty regular at 29/30 days so I can't imagine how hard this must be for you.