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This is the place to find your buddies. Did you be this cycle? I'm 20 do but. Been retesting every 3 days since 12th to watch hug progression. Bob's have been constantly sore to differing levels continuously. The two ww a hopeful but so slow time.

I'm 5dpo, too!

Been ttc almost 2 years had one miscarriage and 2 chemicals. Took a break for the last few months after the mc, but this is my second cycle at it again... I always say I won't let myself obsess in the tww but so hard! Would love to swap stories about your symptoms, etc.

I'm 5 dpo. (Well, fertility friend says I am, but another tracker says I am 3dpo, so not 100% sure.) I am choosing to believe it's 5dpo because that means I don't have to wait as long to test ;)

We've been trying 11 months and I am 41 years OLD... I think we BD'd on O day, O -1 and O -3. That's the best shot we've ever taken at it, as DH finds it difficult to perform on demand. I don't blame him. I have an FSH of 6.2 but almost undetectable amh. Husband has low motility and morphology.

"Symptoms" I am obsessing over so far are cramping almost every day. I've felt kind of full/heavy since 2 dpo and as if I am about to get AF. any second. I ALWAYS have sore breasts after ovulation, but this time I don't yet.

Baby dust to everyone. bring on the obsessing!
(Oh, and it's my birthday on 11dpo. I am really hoping for a positive for that day!)

Hello ladies! Good to hear from you all. I'm having the WORST TWW ever.......had food poisoning yesterday (diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, chills,stomach pain) and am admitted in the hospital wand am onIV fluids (PAINFUL :-()...they can't administer any antibiotics cause not advised in TWW ...so waiting for my own immunity to kick in fight the bacteria :-(....you may not hear from me next few days cause I'm fighting drowsiness.....but will def be back soon.....do keep updating me on how you all are doing! Love and luck to all you wonderful people...

oh no.. sorry to hear about the food poisoning.. that's terrible.

i don't really have a strong indication one way or the other... so many times i've been totally 'sure' and ended up with bfn's so definitely learning to be more cautious... i get ovulation and pms symptoms quite bad, so easy to confuse for possible pregnancy if i focus and obsess on it.

but i'm also having some 'heaviness' and slight bloating.. a bit gassy my boobs are just mildly uncomfortable but that's typical of me coming up to my period. but of course these things could all be explained away to other reasons! just counting down the days to when i can test.... why does this time always go sooooo slow!

@sh2015
Sorry about the food poisoning. How are you feeling? Hope you are back on your feet soon.

@a_is_for
What 'heaviness' are you experiencing? In your womb? Sorry to hear about your previous ttc stories.

@Franny16
Wow, happy early birthday! Crossing my fingers for you that you get your BPF on 11dpo. Do you think you will test then? Such an exciting time to do it (just bear in mind that sometime 11dpo may not show a detectable line but you still may be pregnant). I use Mydays and it changed my usual four day 'high fertility' days to six for some reason. Its really so difficult to know how these programs work. Best to cover all your bets.

I am 21dpo today and my hcg line on the home pregnancy tests registers as being equal to darker than the control now. Thinking of either switching to a brand that registers positive at higher levels now, or maybe I should stop testing. Im not sure. The point was to watch the progress. Know of any brands to swtich to - not First Respons

heaviness like similar to bloating - but not bloating, just uncomfortable yucky in my lower abdomen. I sometimes get ovary pain at different points of my cycle, but this is not on a side like ovary pain is, more generalised and in the centre. hope that makes sense!

Yes I think I know what you mean. Are you still experiencing it? If so, at least it can't have been dinner that day and may have some other cause... (fingers crossed it is!). I had that heaviness this time round and I am currently bfp at 23dpo.

That being said, I have had recent cycles where I also felt that heaviness and af arrived. But those are my experiences and so if you think you have never felt like you do right now in previous cycles then that's positive. Ive got my fingers crossed for you!

I'm insatiably hunger today, only 2 hours ago I had a big bowl of porridge followed 30mins later by a full serving of spaghetti. Really feel like a toasted cheese sandwich now.

@lucidity....congrats on your BFP :-) really happy for you! When is your first scan?
A_is_for ..... How are you doing today? How is your heaviness?
Franny16......wishing you a big fat BFP Birthday :-)

I'm back from the hospital....was there for 3 days....so now am at 9 dpo.....not experiencing any particular symptom as such except gas, bloating and nausea...which I'm attributing to recovering from the food poisoning.
Do you ladies have any idea if food poisoning and dehydration can affect implantation or conception in any way? That's my new found fear. This was a really good month for us...I ovulated on my own and we bd for 3 days before and 3 days after O....was really praying this was the month......but now am nervous.....

So glad you're out of hospital and doing better! I wouldn't stress about being sick and implantation. It's just impossible to say, so no point in stressing. Women have been managing to have babies through all kinds of difficult times such as wars and famines and illness - and no point in making yourself feel down when sounds like you did super well this cycle!

I am soooo gassy it's not even funny. I don't feel 'heavy' so much anymore, just kind of bloated and yucky and tired all the time. Just counting down the days until I can test!

@lucidity congrats on the pregnancy!! How is everything going?