2WW Support - Page 51

[firsttimettc]

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to all of this!  I'm 28, been off the birth control pill since May 2011, used condoms till January 2012 and then this month, February was the first real month my husband and I have started "trying" and even then I don't think we tried super hard.  I think I ovulated (I need to learn all the acronyms!) on feb. 4.  I was using those cheap ovulation sticks and I'm not sure if I used those right.  But my cycle is 29 days every month, so the 4th would've made sense.  My hubby and I only had sex 4 times during that week, is that even enough?  Anyways.....now I'm pretty sure I am not pregnant, but keeping hope at least till AF comes.  My symptoms are annoying too....mild cramps on and off since 4-5 DPO, and the past few days my boobs are pretty sore.  One night when I was sleeping, I felt a weird pain/twinge in my left nipple going inside through my chest!! it was super strange, but my nipples aren't sore since then, only sore boobs.  Anyways, since getting off the pill my PMS symptoms seem more than before I was on the pill, so it's really hard for me to know what is preg symptoms and what is not!!!  Any suggestions for a new time TTC?  Should I go the checking temp route as well?  I'm super scared I won't get pregnant at all....ahhh!!  I just did a test 9 DPO today, BFN.  Too early?  I have a lot of those cheap amazon preg tests, so I don't' mind wasting.  Support would be nice right about now!  My hubby just said "oh well" when I told him I thought I was getting AF

 

[firsttimettc]

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to all of this!  I'm 28, been off the birth control pill since May 2011, used condoms till January 2012 and then this month, February was the first real month my husband and I have started "trying" and even then I don't think we tried super hard.  I think I ovulated (I need to learn all the acronyms!) on feb. 4.  I was using those cheap ovulation sticks and I'm not sure if I used those right.  But my cycle is 29 days every month, so the 4th would've made sense.  My hubby and I only had sex 4 times during that week, is that even enough?  Anyways.....now I'm pretty sure I am not pregnant, but keeping hope at least till AF comes.  My symptoms are annoying too....mild cramps on and off since 4-5 DPO, and the past few days my boobs are pretty sore.  One night when I was sleeping, I felt a weird pain/twinge in my left nipple going inside through my chest!! it was super strange, but my nipples aren't sore since then, only sore boobs.  Anyways, since getting off the pill my PMS symptoms seem more than before I was on the pill, so it's really hard for me to know what is preg symptoms and what is not!!!  Any suggestions for a new time TTC?  Should I go the checking temp route as well?  I'm super scared I won't get pregnant at all....ahhh!!  I just did a test 9 DPO today, BFN.  Too early?  I have a lot of those cheap amazon preg tests, so I don't' mind wasting.  Support would be nice right about now!  My hubby just said "oh well" when I told him I thought I was getting AF

 

[ciga]

sherry- I was going to test today at 10dpo but I think I'll wait. I really didn't have this much willpower last month. I think I tested at like 6dpo or earlier.  But, my son fell into our woodstove yesterday and has a 2nd degree burn on his hand which we spent all yesterday tending and his doctor wants us to come in today, for good reason.  He's surprisingly unfazed by the injury but I want to cry every time I look at his bandaged arm.  So, testing just doesn't sound so fun. 

Maybe tomorrow or the next day. I keep imagining symptoms and then they disappear and I remember that I really didn't have any symptoms with my son until after I missed AF. The super sore boobs and exhaustion were well after.  That time I didn't test until 5 days after AF.  It didn't occur to me that I might even be pregnant until maybe a day before AF was due because it was the first month we stopped being careful and I hadn't even considered when I was ovulating.   

firsttimettc- welcome to the 2 week wait! It sounds like we are on the same schedule. I'm pretty sure I ovulated on the 4th too.  9dpo is pretty early to test and I wouldn't take the results to heart.

[sherryvhkb]

Ciga. I am so sorry. Thoughts of my kids bumps, scrapes, burns and stitches still make me cringe and queasy. They laugh at me about it now. My second- in college- decided to get her belly button pierced- i cant see it!! I think i'd faint- haha. Yeah its early and no sense adding stress. I never thought about testing before. I just always ended up pregnant. Alao i never had symptoms until a week or two after missed af. Good luck at the doctors.

Firsttime- don't learn the acronyms!!! Just get a quick bfp!!! Good luck!

[karen28]

Hi again everyone!  QUESTION ABOUT OPK'S...

DH and I are in our 2nd cycle of trying and I have been using OPKs for my first time since cycle day 13 (i'm on cycle day 19 right now).  On CD 16 I got my first + and have had a + every day since...  My CM was clear & slippery CD 16-18, so obvi my DH and I BD'd every night!  CD 17 I felt twinges in side like I typically do during O.  Today on CD19 by CM is drier...but why still a + OPK?  I'm fairly certain I O'd (I don't chart temps).  But, am confused as to why I might still have +OPK...  We'll have to see what tomorrow shows.  DH will keep BDing for a couple more days!

REALLY hoping for this month.

[Chloe'sMama]

Karen28... I don't know much about the OPK, but I think it stays positive until many hours after peak.  So, if your peak was on the 18th, CD19 would be understandable.  

I am at 5DPO and was feeling lots of symptoms before today, but I have felt pretty good most of the day.  I was feeling tons of cramping, headaches, nipple pain, insomnia, hot flashes and even a bit of nausea and heart burn.... today, just some headaches and nipple pain oh, and sweet aversion.... which is absolutely unheard of for me......

I got the super sensitive tests online and really want to test on 7DPO, but I think I will hold off until 10DPO when we get home from a big trip.

I am so anxious, it is killing me to wait.  

What do you guys do to pass the time?

[ciga]

I buckled and tested this morning at 11 DPO.  I thought if I did get an early BFP it would be a nice Valentine's Day surprise for us but I can't say I was particularly surprised by the BFN.  Its still early, right?  I'm officially not testing again unless AF doesn't show.  Since I have an irregular cycle I am going to say no testing til Sunday for me. It won't be to hard to do since I only have one test left in the house.

[sherryvhkb]

Hey everyone happy valentines day!!!!

Yeah ciga. It's early. I was wishing i was far enough along to test today too. Instead of a romantic valentines bfp- i'm hoping for a nice presidents day bfp.


Karen- what kind of opk? The regular one the test line has to be as dark ir darker than the control. I would bet you o'd about cd17. I know you can keep getting positives for a few days...those things were driving me crazy so i switched to the digitals and test twice a day. I also temp to confirm.

Chloe's mama. Hey! We are cycle buddies!!! Or pretty close. I think i'm a day ahead but as anxious to test as you are!!!! I'm trying to hold to 10dpo too- saturday- and what i do is weird- besides being here i read- and google- and obsess- i look up things like images for: conception, ultrasound, newbornsetc, and read birth stories to try to feel in the right state if mind for making that bean stick.

[Chloe'sMama]

Sherry-

Hurray for testing buddies.  I will be 10DPO on Saturday too.  I have tests that detect 10mIU.  I am dying to test, but we are doing a family vacation to Disneyland, so hopefully that will take my mind off of things for a few days.  I have also been obsessing and searching about pregnancy  symptoms.  DH keeps asking me what I am looking at.... I am embarrassed to say 'pregnancy stuff'.  

Lets keep each other on track to test on Sat!

[MindlessChrissy]

Wishing the best for the ladies testing soon!!

[heatherparker]

Hi everyone! I'm hoping that someone here has been through what I'm going through and can shed some light on the situation! I'm going crazy! DH and I have been ttc for 5 months. I've been charting CM since we started trying (wake up too much in the night to do temps) and normally I have a 28 day cycle with spotting 2-3 days before AF and cramps on the day of AF only. I am currently on CD29 with no spotting at all. I'm pretty sure I O'ed on CD18 since it was the only day with EWCM and everything dried up for a few days afterward. I had cramping all day on CD25 (7dpo, possibly implantation?) and on and off since then. Anyway, I've taken a bunch of tests but they are always negative! I usually try really hard not to notice any 'symptoms' because I'll probably just get my period and drive myself crazy trying to analyze every little thing...but now I can't help it! I have sore BBs and sensitive nipples (which I never get), I got a migraine today (also a first) and I just generally feel like hell. Do you think I could be pregnant and just not far enough along for a positive test? If I O'ed when I think I did, I'm only 11dpo today. The only other thing I can think of is that I started taking vitamins this month. Could that have changed my cycle? I know there is no way to know anything until I either get a positive test or my period, but I just can't stop obsessing over it! And DH is no help, he just says 'maybe you're getting sick' or 'wait a few days and take another test'...both totally reasonable, but a couple days seems like forever!!!

[karen28]

Thanks ladies.  I'm on CD21 right now and the +OPKs finally turned negative yesterday.  I'm 4DPO.  Yesterday I started feeling pulling twinges down in my pelvis and they have continued on/off today..they almost feel AF-like, but almost more precise feeling... does that make sense?  Usually my AF cramps feel much more bubbly and a little bit higher... I'm due for AF in 10 days, so this is too early for my normal cycle.  I also have very sore bbs & nipples.

Heather-  I also started taking prenatals earlier this month and have wondered if they may be causing some of these symptoms.  But, really hoping there's a baby a-brewing

Any ideas for this dreadful waiting period??

[heatherparker]

good luck karen, i hope this is the month for you!

i wish there was anything that made waiting easier! DH and i have been working on renovating an apartment, a lot of physical work, so that is distracting during the day. at night i'm thinking about taking up knitting or something...nothing else has distracted me much so far!

[ciga]

Hi ladies,

I'm at 13 dpo today and feel like I'm going to go crazy.  Yesterday was CD 28 and the first possible day for AF.  My cycle is anywhere from 28-31 days, which I've never minded until now. Anyway, 11-12dpo I had some mild but sharp cramping (if that makes sense) and woke up in the middle of the night super nauseated.  I don't want to convince myself of symptoms and then just have AF come tomorrow so I'm trying to tell myself it was just gas or something.  This morning I was sure I was having AF cramps and then they went away once I ate some breakfast.  Since my BFN at 11dpo I am using all my willpower to not use the last test in my house before Sunday.  Wow, I really feel like most of the 2WW kind of blew by for me but this last few days is making up for it and going SO SLOW!

Dang, if this isn't our month I am officially never testing again until after AF is due.  I sware.  I should probably also not allow myself to spend all my computer time pouring over pregnancy sites.  It really doesn't help.

[sherryvhkb]

Hey chrissy- thanks!! I hope all is going well with you!

CHLOE'S MAMA- we've made it to 8!!!!!

Ciga- you show great will power. I think i'm starting to agree about the not testing early. Next month perhaps this poas madness will be out if my system.

Heather, Karen, and all- i am internet Bad!! Last night i lay in bed reading birth stories...i can't help it- and only admit such things here! I thought of knitting, but i'm afraid of knitting a bunch of baby things i'll never get to use.

Afm 8dpo....i had a temp dip yesterday and was thinking implantation!!! But it stayed low today too. Hmmmm. I am geeling physically less convinced that this could be it. You know that familiar week before your period feeling....it's creeping in today...trying to stay somewhere in between optimistic and obsessed.

Have a great day everyone!!!

[Julieee]

Hi ladies! I'm here to support you all and receive some myself!  Wish I had enough time to read through everyone's posts.... but that's not going to happen! I have no idea when to test... I think I'm just going to test at CD30 which would mean 9 more days.  I have no idea if/when I ovulated since I'm still bfing my 10 month old and temping is next to impossible!  I have never successfully found my cervix (please tell me i'm not the only one!) and CM doesn't really ever get EW.  :)  So I'm in the dark this time TTC but I guess that's kind of fun (for now!) This is our first month TTC since DS was born.  It took us 3 months last time, 2 months of charting.  I really enjoyed charting.  Part of me just wants to take my temp anyway to see if it's high and stays high! 

Good luck to all of you, I will be thinking of you and hoping to celebrate with some of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cecelia7]

hi all,

going nuts myself as well. am 9/10 dpo, crampy, boobs extra sore, weird, very, very ewcm on 7/8 dpo, and almost positive opk last night. took another opk this morning and it looked the same as it always does during my LP. hpt was negative. i know..i know...torturing myself b/c in addition to the negative, my temp dropped this morning, but cervix is nowhere to be found and its too early for AF. I took my temp and retook it. again, my temps are erratic b/c we sleep with the windows open and the ambient temp here keeps dropping. i've done enough experiments to know that the outside temps can screw up your BBT, but it was a definite drop of .4 degrees....that combined with the a borderline progesterone of 10.3, am now concerned about my luteal phase.

i so want this to work. i turn 37 at the end of this week...

c. 

[ciga]

cecelia- happy almost birthday!

sherry- Within hours of saying that next month I wouldn't test at all until AF was due I went on Amazon and started scouting for cheapy tests.  If this isn't my month I might just buckle and order them. Even if I just test during these annoying 4 days of expecting AF.  So, basically this will be my last month of exerting any kind of willpower.

AFM- CD 30 and 14dpo and I'm still trying to hold out on testing until Sunday, CD32.  I was so sure AF was going to show this morning but... so,  I thought spending the morning at the library would keep my mind off it, and it did but as soon as we got home and I had some lunch in my son I'm right back on the internet obsessing. I've been having weird cramping for the past few days that doesn't feel like AF but honestly I think it may be stress induced from dreading AF.  I spent too much time last night looking at my calendar from last year counting and recounting all my cycle lengths only to relearn what I already knew...28-32 days.  My husband is convinced I'm pregnant.  Of course, he seemed convinced last month too.  He just has a hard time imagining that I wouldn't be. We'll see.  This is the longest week ever!

I'm crossing my fingers for all of us!

Now I'm going to go reread the accuracy rates for testing at 14dpo, just to drive myself crazy

[Pogo0685]

Hi Ladies! I am going to join in the fun here with you. I am in the 2WW myself right now, AF is not due til the 27th though, so I have a LONG time to wait and see. I am doubtful that I am actually pregnant but I asked on another thread and was told it IS possible so now my hopes are up again. We have been trying for 2 months now after 2 years and 11 months of trying to not have a baby. It feels strange to be on this side of it after so long. I really really want to have a baby before this year is up, so I have my fingers crossed. 

ciga- my husband is the same way, he is like if we DTD then how are you NOT going to get pregnant? So he is no help at all. I also am driving myself crazy looking at fabric to make diapers, and baby stuff that we got rid of that we would need again. And those dang due date calculators are driving me insane, I keep putting numbers in like ok if it was this month then my due date would be ____ and if not til next month then it will be ____ and then.... I gotta stay away from those sites. 

Luckily I have no tests in the house so I cant partake in the poas madness, but as soon as I can get to the store i will probably join you ladies, however I am going to try to not go buy them til the 25th.

Hoping time passes quickly for all of you!

[ciga]

Pogo- after I posted to you in that other thread I went back to make sure I wasn't giving you false hope. Mayo clinic says 5 days but a lot of other sites say that it can be up to 7. Obviously the chances are lower but like I said in the other post, you never know how tough those sperm were.  Though the 2ww totally blows, I feel like when your TTC its kind of better than just waiting for your next cycle. I say that as I am constantly complaining about this wait.  Anyway, good luck!