October TTC and 2ww Thread

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Originally Posted by RaisingGentlemen3

The son you had after your 2nd mc, did you get pregnant before the first af? Or a cycle or 2 after mc? Thank you for sharing with me. I am worried about swaying and mc too

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I'm sorry. I cant remember exactly. It was very hard after the first MC, for my body and my emotional state to get back. But I'm fairly certain it was pretty close. The second MC to my son... um. I think the d&c was August. I think I concieved September cuz he was born June full term. I am very hesitant about aspartame. For me especially. I normally would never have it. I know atomic says there is no connection between swaying and MC, but I have been part of forums ttc before and know lots of people. I hear of more MC in these swaying forums than anywhere else. Obviously this is not an educated observation and Atomic has lots of science backing her. But I know I had 3 healthy pregnancies and then swayed twice and lost both in a row. Stopped swaying and had two more, thankfully. So I am scared, but I didn't do anything crazy this time. Just LE and exercise and fiber. And 2 attempts. So I wasnt doing anything crazy. I'm praying it goes well. I hope whatever you decide, is the means to a healthy baby. We are here to listen and support.

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

I think I'm out this month [emoji24] I was so sure i ovulated perfectly and even had spotting right after..ive been still doing opks to see if i missed anything but they are negative...and donor is out of state this week so that was our only donationhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0c7c547498.jpg

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I hope it’s sorts itself out in the next couple of days, not all is lost just yet x


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Originally Posted by Heart desires pink LP

Holy Molly! That's amazing mom25boys. It's no squinter. It's a big fat happy positive. And a great looking one for 9dpo. Looks like this little sticky bean is off to a great strong start. Congratulations!!! :-) cheers!

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I know. It wasnt fmu and I thought it was way too light of a sample to work. I am hoping it gets darker. Will test on Sunday and hope for the best.

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Originally Posted by Hopeful77

Yeah I did [emoji3525] Negative [emoji107]


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Omg. I'm so sorry. Did you ask atomic about the other test and what she thinks?

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Originally Posted by RaisingGentlemen3

Hey ladies. I might be joining you this month if we decide to try again this early or if I even o. I had a mc 2 days ago at 7 wks. It was horrible to say the least but I feel like I want to try again and have read it's better sooner than later and even cut mc chances down quite a bit. We are taking at least a week or so to wait to decide or even talk about it. Although I am sure we will bc I think this made my dh realize he really wanted #4 more than he thought.

Have any of you tracked O after a mc and know about when you ovulated? Was it way later or about on time? My Dr gave me the go ahead whenever we want (after 2 week pelvic rest of course) since I passed it naturally and (probably) won't need a d&c. Have any of you gotten pregnant before your first af after a mc?

Also, congrats mom25boys! Hope all goes well and stays healthy!

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Oh I’m so sorry to hear that raising [emoji20][emoji20][emoji20][emoji22][emoji22][emoji22]


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Mom25boys- congratulations that is a great positive! So happy for you.

I am having lots of cramping today so I think AF might be coming soon and I am pretty upset. I won't test for a few more days but I don't feel good about it. It is going to be a long weekend waiting... Why is it hard to get pregnant if you had sex at the right time?

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Originally Posted by GirlieCat

Mom25boys- congratulations that is a great positive! So happy for you.

I am having lots of cramping today so I think AF might be coming soon and I am pretty upset. I won't test for a few more days but I don't feel good about it. It is going to be a long weekend waiting... Why is it hard to get pregnant if you had sex at the right time?

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Ty. I don't know. I don't understand it. It's weird how you can BD a million times before and during ovulation and still it doesn't happen. I think the diet and exercise changes the way you concieve. As it can be more difficult because of the hostile environment we are making. This time I made changes with big O and ditched immediate J&D. I think a lot of things I was doing were making me chances of conception slimmer. Fx you still have your chance this cycle.

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Something weird is going on, I’ve either ovulated later or I’m getting sick, my temp went back up, and there’s no sign of AF ... just going to go back and double check my charts [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]


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Originally Posted by GirlieCat

Mom25boys- congratulations that is a great positive! So happy for you.

I am having lots of cramping today so I think AF might be coming soon and I am pretty upset. I won't test for a few more days but I don't feel good about it. It is going to be a long weekend waiting... Why is it hard to get pregnant if you had sex at the right time?

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It’s frustrating isn’t it ?? [emoji19][emoji19]
Hang in there, you never know . When is AF due?


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Does this look right? This cycle is so confusinghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5b0a540371.jpg

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Think of u Hopeful and pray u find bfp:pray::heart:

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

Does this look right? This cycle is so confusinghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5b0a540371.jpg

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Looks good! Your attempt is right on ov day. What were your concerns ?


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Originally Posted by Noemi2017

Think of u Hopeful and pray u find bfp:pray::heart:

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Thanks Noemi, AF arrived today [emoji20]
Here’s on to a new month x


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Sorry Hopeful.

I think I am out too. CD30, 11dpo and I decided to test and got a BFN. Now I wait for AF to arrive but I decided that I am going to take clomid this next cycle. I have PCOS, I am on Metformin and I did one month of clomid in 2016 when we were going for baby#1. I didn't conceive the cycle I took it in 2016 but I did conceive the very next cycle which I still think had something to do with clomid because it helped my hormones or whatever. I am older and my doctor knows my history so we talked about doing clomid again when I was ready. I know I can only take it 5 more times in my life so I was trying to see if I can conceive without it but I am impatient and am going to go for it again.

Anyone else using clomid. The first time I did 50mg CD3-7. I am not sure what the instructions will be this time. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by GirlieCat

Sorry Hopeful.

I think I am out too. CD30, 11dpo and I decided to test and got a BFN. Now I wait for AF to arrive but I decided that I am going to take clomid this next cycle. I have PCOS, I am on Metformin and I did one month of clomid in 2016 when we were going for baby#1. I didn't conceive the cycle I took it in 2016 but I did conceive the very next cycle which I still think had something to do with clomid because it helped my hormones or whatever. I am older and my doctor knows my history so we talked about doing clomid again when I was ready. I know I can only take it 5 more times in my life so I was trying to see if I can conceive without it but I am impatient and am going to go for it again.

Anyone else using clomid. The first time I did 50mg CD3-7. I am not sure what the instructions will be this time. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks.

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I am on my fourth round of clomid, and my OB said he will let me do 2 more rounds before sending me to a specialist. I am currently in 50mg cd3-7 as well! I have very little side affects to the clomid this time, thankfully. Last time I was crazy moody and had the worst night sweats! Why are you only allowed to have it 6 times? I did 3 rounds with my previous pregnancy and became pregnant on the 3rd round, same script. So I guess this is my 7th round so far?! Should I be worried?


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Originally Posted by Hopeful77

Thanks Noemi, AF arrived today [emoji20]
Here’s on to a new month x


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Hugs. I know how confusing this is. I hope it turns up for you very soon. I know how hard it is to see people join forums and leave to have their babies and you are still waiting for a BFP. I hope it will happen for you soon. I saw women try for a long time and sit in the 2ww over and over and it happened for them at some point. I hope that point comes for you so soon. Fx this will be the cycle.

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Originally Posted by Mom25boys

Hugs. I know how confusing this is. I hope it turns up for you very soon. I know how hard it is to see people join forums and leave to have their babies and you are still waiting for a BFP. I hope it will happen for you soon. I saw women try for a long time and sit in the 2ww over and over and it happened for them at some point. I hope that point comes for you so soon. Fx this will be the cycle.

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Thanks for your kind words, She turned up this morning , that’s ok, i know my chances are getting more and more slim each month, but I’ll keep plodding . And happy to hang around and offer support for everyone here .

How are you going? You testing again soon? So excited for you ❤️❤️


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Originally Posted by GirlieCat

Sorry Hopeful.

I think I am out too. CD30, 11dpo and I decided to test and got a BFN. Now I wait for AF to arrive but I decided that I am going to take clomid this next cycle. I have PCOS, I am on Metformin and I did one month of clomid in 2016 when we were going for baby#1. I didn't conceive the cycle I took it in 2016 but I did conceive the very next cycle which I still think had something to do with clomid because it helped my hormones or whatever. I am older and my doctor knows my history so we talked about doing clomid again when I was ready. I know I can only take it 5 more times in my life so I was trying to see if I can conceive without it but I am impatient and am going to go for it again.

Anyone else using clomid. The first time I did 50mg CD3-7. I am not sure what the instructions will be this time. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks.

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Oh boo! Hope she comes quickly if she’s on her way [emoji8]
I don’t know much about clomid but I’ve started Femara because of my age, and I take it CD 3-7 I’m upping up the dose this month .
I think there is a thread especially for clomid/Femara I’ll see if I can find a link x


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New 2018 Clomid AND Femara support threads!
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Just in case you didn’t know about this.
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Originally Posted by Boymom287

I am on my fourth round of clomid, and my OB said he will let me do 2 more rounds before sending me to a specialist. I am currently in 50mg cd3-7 as well! I have very little side affects to the clomid this time, thankfully. Last time I was crazy moody and had the worst night sweats! Why are you only allowed to have it 6 times? I did 3 rounds with my previous pregnancy and became pregnant on the 3rd round, same script. So I guess this is my 7th round so far?! Should I be worried?


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Is your OB monitoring you?
I’m not sure, but were you supposed to have a break from it at some stage?
I don’t know enough about it sorry [emoji20]


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I'm feeling quite lost and confused. I'm so grateful for my positive, but I took the relaxed chilled out route this time and now I don't know where I am up to. I'm hoping someone can take a guess and help me figure this out. Not complaining, but my FRER seemed a bit dark for an afternoon poas in 9dpo. So I am wondering if I miscalculated.

I can't afford more FRERs and I had only one, so I wanted to double check on a test that came with my ovulation pack. Didn't want to check till Sunday morning but tonight I just caved, duh. I got a faint line. So the hcg hopefully got a bit higher. It was negative on friday. Maybe a shadow.

Heres the information I have. Maybe you can guess for me. Generally I get AF 16 days after my +OPK. Generally, I have a dip in temps the day before my positive, next morning it goes up a bit but still under the coverline, next day it goes way up over the line.

Sunday, September 23, BD
Tuesday, Sept. 25th, + OPK,
Wednesday, Sept. 26th, 96.76°, -OPK, BD
Sore ovarian pain
Thursday, Sept. 27th, 97.34°

I'm not due for AF until Thursday or Friday. So it seems too early to be true. And I'm scared to stop all the swaying. I started eating more and didn't exercise because my left ovary is swollen and has a cyst. My abdomen is inflamed and I am starting to get anxiety.

I'm going to see if fmu is darker and am I supposed to take my temps and poas more to watch it? Or do I just wait until Friday to see a missed AF.

By my other kids I didn't watch everything. Eventually I missed AF for a while, I wasn't regular, so eventually I felt as little off and tested and it was bfp before control lines. This is scary early for me. I feel like I should have waited....

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Sorry about AF hopeful.
Mom 25 boys - just take it easy!. Don't drive yourself crazy by over analyzing the tests. It looks like a good positive to me. Keep testing with the cheapies for the next few days. Once you've missed your AF date, try a CB digital test. You can also go to your family doc and have them run the test in a week or so for your peace of mind.
Take it easy, don't stress, don't carry anything heavy for a while!! You are going to be fine :)

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Originally Posted by Boymom287

I am on my fourth round of clomid, and my OB said he will let me do 2 more rounds before sending me to a specialist. I am currently in 50mg cd3-7 as well! I have very little side affects to the clomid this time, thankfully. Last time I was crazy moody and had the worst night sweats! Why are you only allowed to have it 6 times? I did 3 rounds with my previous pregnancy and became pregnant on the 3rd round, same script. So I guess this is my 7th round so far?! Should I be worried?


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Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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Hopeful im sorry:(, next month must be succesful:LotsofLove:

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Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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Oh boy. Yeah my OB mentioned something about that but said it was disproven yet still raises question, so he would like to proceed with caution. Thank you so much for this.


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Originally Posted by GirlieCat

Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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This isn't quite correct. It is 6 consecutive months and 18 months total over the course of your life.

The reason it's 6 consecutive months is NOT risk of cancer. It's because after that amount of time on Clomid, you will render yourself functionally infertile (temporarily) due to the cumulative effects of the Clomid on your uterine lining and cervical mucus.

This is why you guys MUST try every month you have taken Clomid and why you MUST ease off swaying tactics that cut odds of conception.

Now, the past year I've seen several docs have switched over to 3 months before requiring a break. This is new though. Up til 2017 people were regularly being given 6 months before a break and this was the norm since I started paying attention to Clomid back in 2009 or thereabouts. So it may be they've decided on a new guideline for that but I've seen tons of people conceive in months 4,5,6 on Clomid so I think that may be a bit overly conservative.

Anyone who has been on Clomid more than one month you need to gradually stop dropping sway tactics to get pregnant. Please start your own, dedicated thread in the forums so I can help you do that - it's very difficult to answer those type of individualized questions in these support threads where lots of people are posting.

I'm starting to get excited. My dollar test came out positive and I got a smiley on my opk test. Lol. In case you wondered if that worked. Perfectly reliable for hcg apparently. Af is due Thursday or Friday, so I'm still waiting to be really excited.... I have 15 day luteal phase, 16th day i get AF usually.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

This isn't quite correct. It is 6 consecutive months and 18 months total over the course of your life.

The reason it's 6 consecutive months is NOT risk of cancer. It's because after that amount of time on Clomid, you will render yourself functionally infertile (temporarily) due to the cumulative effects of the Clomid on your uterine lining and cervical mucus.

This is why you guys MUST try every month you have taken Clomid and why you MUST ease off swaying tactics that cut odds of conception.

Now, the past year I've seen several docs have switched over to 3 months before requiring a break. This is new though. Up til 2017 people were regularly being given 6 months before a break and this was the norm since I started paying attention to Clomid back in 2009 or thereabouts. So it may be they've decided on a new guideline for that but I've seen tons of people conceive in months 4,5,6 on Clomid so I think that may be a bit overly conservative.

Anyone who has been on Clomid more than one month you need to gradually stop dropping sway tactics to get pregnant. Please start your own, dedicated thread in the forums so I can help you do that - it's very difficult to answer those type of individualized questions in these support threads where lots of people are posting.

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Thank you for this! That makes sense with what my doc has been saying now. I did the math and am fairly certain I am on my 4th consecutive month on clomid now, with 2 more scripts ordered after this. If nothing happens we are going to meet with a specialist to discuss IUI. Praying this is my month! Thank you again


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Originally Posted by Mom25boys

I'm starting to get excited. My dollar test came out positive and I got a smiley on my opk test. Lol. In case you wondered if that worked. Perfectly reliable for hcg apparently. Af is due Thursday or Friday, so I'm still waiting to be really excited.... I have 15 day luteal phase, 16th day i get AF usually.

Freaking out cuz I didn't tell anyone besides DH.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0407cbee6a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2fc86b60b5.jpg

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AMAZING!! Those are dark lines! And I feel like when you get a positive digital it becomes so much more real! Yay!!!


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Originally Posted by Boymom287

AMAZING!! Those are dark lines! And I feel like when you get a positive digital it becomes so much more real! Yay!!!


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Which tests are digital? That would be cool

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Heres my chart so far! I have no idea how many dpo I really am. If I listen to ff I'm 6 dpo!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9c95890c26.jpg

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

Heres my chart so far! I have no idea how many dpo I really am. If I listen to ff I'm 6 dpo!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9c95890c26.jpg

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I agree. 6 dpo. Do you always have such high temps??? I have high 97 after confirmed O. This is the first time I got higher at 98° which is why i tested. Chart looks great. Fx you get your bfp this month. When will you start testing? Or do you wait till AF?

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Originally Posted by Mom25boys

I agree. 6 dpo. Do you always have such high temps??? I have high 97 after confirmed O. This is the first time I got higher at 98° which is why i tested. Chart looks great. Fx you get your bfp this month. When will you start testing? Or do you wait till AF?

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Last month i did! But usually high 97. I never make it to af so I'm thinking ill start Wednesday [emoji23]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a4cdab1b0d.jpg

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Mom25boys the smiley face test is digital. That’s a great sign!! [emoji16]


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Originally Posted by Mom25boys

I'm starting to get excited. My dollar test came out positive and I got a smiley on my opk test. Lol. In case you wondered if that worked. Perfectly reliable for hcg apparently. Af is due Thursday or Friday, so I'm still waiting to be really excited.... I have 15 day luteal phase, 16th day i get AF usually.

Freaking out cuz I didn't tell anyone besides DH.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0407cbee6a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2fc86b60b5.jpg

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Looking good!!! Nice lines ❤️




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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

Heres my chart so far! I have no idea how many dpo I really am. If I listen to ff I'm 6 dpo!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9c95890c26.jpg

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Yeah 6dpo looks right. [emoji847][emoji847]


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Originally Posted by Hopeful77

Yeah 6dpo looks right. [emoji847][emoji847]


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So ill probably start testing with cheapies tomorrow [emoji23]

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4dpo and can't wait to start testing. I feel lucky this month. Just a random feeling! But time is going too slowly! Good Luck and baby dust to all the girls waiting to test.

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Good luck Hdp:luck::heart:

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Originally Posted by strawberrybella89

So ill probably start testing with cheapies tomorrow [emoji23]

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Yes, yay! Can’t wait [emoji4]


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