February 2ww

U know what's strange?this is our 3rd cycle TTC & the whole 2ww i get cramping.its almost everyday.not horrible cramps but little ones & little twinges.when I'm not TTC I never get any of that.its weird

Leebug, I got all kinds of symptoms these past cycles and just knew they were pregnancy related but wasn't. I'm hoping yours will end in a bfp but it's just crazy how my body kept playing cruel jokes on me with the cramping, nausea, etc. I'm not looking forward to this 2ww coming this week for me. Its hard not to symptom spot like I always promise myself not to do.

When I got pg in November I had a clear positive @ 10dpo & with all my other pregnancies so I'm pretty sure I'm out this month

Leebug, I had the constant cramping my whole TWW my first cycle TTC. And like you Mika, I tell myself every time that I won't symptom spot but I can't help it!

How did I never notice all these things before? Am I just imagining them? I truly don't know.

I'm terrible for symptom spotting. It's like you say though you don't notice them when you're not ttc. When I got my bfp with ds2 I was already 3-4weeks pregnant and had no idea. I only took a test when I realised af hadn't been in a while.

BFN with a FRER today...not FMU but the darkest urine I've had today (my urine is usually lemonade at the darkest, I rarely have apple juice urine). Ugh!

It's a bfn here. :sad:

Sorry to hear that girls :( x


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CD1 today.this will be our last attempt as DH only agreed to 3 attempts.This month I got a free "attempt" pass because he was traveling & didn't know if he would be here.he actually planned his next trip for after I knew I would ovulate which I thought was really nice.sorry for the bfns.

Aw Maiden, me too! Another bfn today. It is so disheartening! But we're still only 10dpo so don't give up hope. I have no more tests and I think I just won't buy any until af is due (Monday), then I'll know for sure one way or the other. Now how to think about other things?!?!? Especially when I 'feel' pregnant. Nature can be cruel!!!!

Leebug, 3 months isn't really long enough to fall pg without swaying, but practically impossible with swaying as you are making it so much harder to fall pg! Is there any way he'll extend that for you. I'm in a similar boat as dh turns 40 in September and has a cut off around that time, maybe b4 if he freaks out! Could you speak to him? Its a lot of pressure to put yourself under too. Xx

Hugs to lyngostar and sisterplease. I will probably keep testing til AF comes.

Praying for BFPs!!!! Come ON sticky babies!!!!!

I'm not sure if I will test again. 18dpo and the app on my phone says I still have 6 days till af. My cycle was always 31 days until Nov/Dec when I had a weird 50 day cycle!! Typical that it would happen just before we planned to ttc. Last month it was 39 days.

A 24 day LP sounds crazy! Are you sure of when you Oed?

I got a +opk on cd16. I don't temp though so I guess I could have oed later. If I oed later then I think I'm out because we only bd'd at +opk and the day after.

Hey ladies! Dpo 12 now, and had very AF-like heavy cramps on dpo 6..
That is the only thing that may indicate pregnancy, because i know now my natural cycle gives me all kinds of aches and sores.
2 hands full of happy baby dust for us all!

Sorry for the bfns ladies but don't give up hope just yet! I agree sisterplease that Nature can indeed be so cruel! I should be 1dpo tomorrow and will probably start a March 2ww thread for the newbies.

I have seen people O 2-4 days after a positive OPK, sometimes even longer. If you did O later than CD17, you still have a good shot as sperm can live up to a week under the right conditions (copious EWCM). Did you keep testing with OPKs until you saw the second line fade/thr OPKs turn negative? I often see people have multiple days of positive OPKs in a row, most commonly 2 days, but 3-6 days isn't uncommon. If you have 3+ positive OPK days in a row, often O will happen on the day of the last positive, NOT the day after a first positive.

Another possibility is that your body geared up to O when you got your positive OPK but didn't actually do so. If that happened, your body would have tried again a few to several days later. Sometimes it takes several tries to O successfully, and then you would see 2 or more positive OPKs separated by days of negative OPKs. If you have longer cycles, it's more likely to happen, and the girl diet can cause O fake outs, too. But if you don't keep testing with OPKs and/or you don't temp, you wouldn't realize it. Something to consider if you don't get lucky this month, maybe?

I was usuing the cb digital opk and stopped testing once I got the smiley face. Lol. Will use the line tests next month. Thanks maidentomother. :)

That CAN be just fine for plenty of ladies especially ones with very regular cycles. But if you're not super regular or you have longer cycles, I really do recommend daily OPKs. Or if it's too much stress, BD every 4 days.

I have very regular cycles in terms of overall cycle length but when I O moves around quite a bit, just as an example. Thus why I will do BD every 4 days next month, after how much my poor quality OPKs upset me this month!

I wanted to try and bd every 4 days but it's just not possible with dhs work and my own work. I work till 8 at night and dh starts work early in the morning so goes straight to bed when I get in. He gets in from work and I go to mines. Will try my hardest to make time next cycle. My cycles were very regular but are all over the place now. Thanks so much for your advice. I really appreciate it.

Mrs I-it was a huge accomplishment just getting DH to go for 3 cycles.he really doesn't want anymore kids.I actually already was pg in Nov with one attempt O-1 but it just didn't stick.we also live @ my in laws now which BLOWS because we sold our home in 3 days back in Sept and have yet to find another one.DH just was diagnosed with Epilepsy since his last seizure on February 5th so with all that I'm surprised he hasn't backed out on the agreement.I'm gonna do a few accupressure sessions this month & some weight training so hopefully that will help.

Aww leebug, what a lot you had going on xx

Thx Mrs

Lyngo-u taking vitex? If not u should try it.sways pink & always made my cycle nice& regular.the one I used to get dd#1 was called Femaprin.it was vitex&B6.I think it took me 2 months 2 get pg after I started it.hth

Thanks Leebug. Will give it a try. :) hopefully I will get the same result.

Oh yeah lyngo, the diet sure messes up our cycles, doesn't it? But at least it's a good sign that we are successfully changing our bodies. I do recommend Vitex too, I just started it 2 weeks ago and I think it might already have started working as my LP is a bit longer this month.

Leebug, I'm so sorry you're dealing with multiple constraints and I hope things ease up for you. Not having your own place is awful, too. I'm in a temporary, crappy living conditions myself and it has a tremendously negative effect on my happiness. :( Maybe when DH is feeling better and you've moved out from your in laws he will change his mind...you never know!

Ladies, I had an AWFUL night...I developed a particularly bad crick in my neck/shoulder which led to extra back pain (muscles tightening and spasming), and I was also feeling burpy/nauseated due to an empty stomach. As a result I barely got any sleep and now I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Worst of all, I felt a gush in my panties late last night and it was light brown CM :( which doubtless means AF will arrive shortly. Then this morning my temp dropped to cover line. I did initially wake up with my mouth open due to congestion, but blew my nose then closed my mouth and slept for 30 more minutes before temping. Was that long enough to restore my normal oral temp, do you think? First time that's ever happened to me.

GM ladies - Leebug I am so sorry you have so much going on. I'm glad your dh is giving it another try though. I really hope things work out for you!

Maidentomother, sorry about all you have going on as well! Your temp was compromised when you got out of bed. I actually did a test to see if it made a difference by taking my temp regular time and then getting out of bed for a quick minute and retaking it. My temp dropped everytime I did that. So maybe that's the reason yours went down so far. I hope you you get a bfp!!

AF came this morning...as expected. :(

Mika, I didn't get out of bed before temping...just woke up, realized mouth was open, blew my nose while lying down, slept for 30 min more, then temped. Today my temp was exactly the same as yesterday so I think it was probably pretty accurate. Good to know, right? I temped vaginally as well as I'd like to try that this cycle.

Aw sorry Maiden :-(
I've resisted testing so far, only 12dpo, but might test in the morning, a day before expected af.
Really hope March is your month!!! Plus you'll be entering the peak months for conceiving girls :-)

Thanks sister, good luck when you test!

So af is here. Cd39 the same as last month. I feel we missed our chance this month completely. Next month we are going for bding every 4 days.

Sorry maidentomother. Next month will be our month.

Good luck everyone for next month! I'm definitely out too but won't be trying again until June...too many birthdays in Dec/Jan time already! Plus hubby works away so it makes it a little tricky to go for it each and every month. Hope I don't see you all in the June board though :-)

Oops forgot to come back on to post I was out but trying again.