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Angela - looks like we'll be expecting AF at the same time...my fx'd for you and I that it doesn't show up!!! I think that's a good thing sometimes to not keep track - the stress of it all can really get to you, and I swear that messes up our systems. Keep us posted and good luck!!

Gds and Rebecca- thanks for tips about sleeplessness. I try to go to bed between 10- 10:30pm. I am up for work at 4:40 mon-fri so its a real pain when i only get 2/3 hours on a good night. I try to nap between midday and 2 (a few hours after work to wind down) and even they are fruitless now with having to get up after 45mins lying there for toilet!! I can't sleep past 7 on a weekend anymore. Not even the type to go out on a Fri and sat (even when i do im up at 7!) hopefully i will get good sleep soon.

Im cd24 on irregular cycles so af could be any time really. Very hopeful this month. Got a clearblue early test for Wednesday, really am so excited!! Just don't want to be heartbroken again. Only been trying si nce July so can't imagine what it feels like for the ladies who have been trying for years.

Ah sugar im sorry for your bfn :-(

I'm out, guys. AF showed up this morning...right on schedule. Good luck to those of you who are still in. BABY DUST!!! My fingers are crossed for you :)

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samantha: Welcome and baby dust! And you are not out until you are out.

floz: Do you temp to confirm you ovulated? When will you be testing?
Wow you had a bad night. I have trouble sleeping in my TWW every cycle with few days that I am just totally exhusted but just cannot shut off my brain and spend the whole night just laying there pretty pissed off, I think its the hormones....
But your symptoms do sound very promising, I hope you'll have a soon!
Funny your bf hates the site, my DH is just so happy that I stopped driving him crazy and now have people to share all this with who actually understand.
Lack of sleep in women can cause hormonal imbalances. Acupuncture helps better sleep and fix hormones and regulate cycles. I hope you get the cycles under control (mine are all over the place too, been trying to regulate with acupuncture and seed cycling).
Yeah are heartbreaking no matter what, I hope you won't see one again. for a for you!

rebecca: I understand your resistance to progesterone, its another things to add to the pile. I will be testing progesterone this week, but probably won't have results until I come back from Mexico.
But just think that this might be all you need for a little sticky bean. for that!
I read that u/s increases the chance of m/c and mental defects in babies, and that in many of cases the risks of u/s outweight the benefits (main benefits being knowing the sex which is really not worth brain damage, to estimate due date which is rarely accurate anyway, and to see if anything is wrong which in 50% of cases is not detectable in an u/s anyway and it is not that common that things are wrong and are good to know about during the 9 months anyway). Yeah, so unless I am in great pain or really bleeding or something u/s is not part of our plan.
I sure do hope stays away for nine months, but I feel so confused about having hope at this point... I am just confused.
You take progesterone pills or cream?

GB: Most people feel warmer during the LP because your temps go up right after ovulation and stay up until . This is more noticable when you are TTC because you start noticing everything and its timing.
As for implantation, many don't feel anything, some have little bleeding, some have little twinges or other feelings around the uterus, it is really not universal. But I have been TTC for about 12 months now, and I can tell you that almost everymonth I get these or other symptoms and not so far, so all you can do is just wait few more days to test. If you are really 7DPO you should be able to test with a FRER in 2-3 days.

GVMDL: Thank you for the wishes, I think the acupuncture and seed cycling are already working on my progesterone, but I will know more in a few days if I start spotting or not, I have a feeling I will not know the results of the progesterone until I get back from vacation at which point I will be in my next cycle (or very hopefully not in a cycle for 9 months ).
I hope you feel better today?
And I do so hope your stays away for a nice 9 months . I am just so full of hope and it scares me so much, I get butterflies in my chest from thinking about giving into the hope (that didn't end so well when it ended in and now I am before a family vacation and I didn't see my parents since May, don't want to ruin it).

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sugar: PMS symptoms, at least for me, changed once I started TTC and they change all the time. It is possible it is just PMS, or flu.
First change doctors, a doctor that thinks you are too paranoid after an EP is an idiot, of course you are paraoid, you have every right to be!
Wait few more days, see how you feel, if you still don't feel well go to a doctor, or better yet a hospital.
I hope it is just a flu and you feel better really fast!

Mrs.Tiddle: COMMON!!!! You are keeping us in crazy suspense, test please!
We're dying to visit NZ, say how is the summer weather and how long does it last?

gds: Yes it is totally normal just to have 1 day of +OPK. I hope you BD'd around your +OPK, temps will probably be up tomorrow if ovulation wasn't delayed.

baby crazy: You had a CP? You has a few days ago right? Sorry if I am confusing you with someone else.
Sorry gor you, that witch always ruins everything

AFM: I'm 4/6DPO today depending on the site you check (CTP or FF), I will be testing early on Saturday or Sunday morning before our vacation it will be 10/12DPO hope I know if to expect on my vacation or pray for a sticky bean.
Progesterone testing will be Thursday, unless my parent bring their laptop to the vacation I won't know the results until I am back on the 20th.
Other than that all is good, excited about vacation and really scared of the hope I have been feeling, that and a can make this a very depressing vacation....

Floz - I hope you get your when you test! Best of luck to you!!!

@baby crazy - I'm sorry AF showed up - better luck next cycle!!!

@Kotikd - thanks for the info, I'm kind of clueless about implantation and symptoms...and like you said everyone is different so it's hard. These twinges (almost feels like pulsing and then sometimes a little pain on my right side of lower abdomen) I'm feeling have only been going on today and I have never noticed/recognized having these before, so I'm really hoping this is a good sign! Hopefully it's not me looking for symptoms LOL.

These TWW's are the WORST! Trying to stay relaxed, been more relaxed this cycle than any other since starting to TTC in September...when do you think I should test if I would normally get my next AF btw the 14-16th? I was planning to try to wait til the 17th if no AF by then, but I might not be able to make it that long but don't want to waste my tests, I only have 2 left before I have to buy more, ha!

Hey ladies! I was supposed to go to the doctor tomorrow for my first appointment, but there's over a foot of snow outside, and they're ticketing people attempting to drive in this weather. It looks like I'm going to have to reschedule. I've been craving REAL foods like crazy! I could go for a steak or two right now :) My PMS-like symptoms are beginning to subside, but I've been getting bad indigestion lately. Today I'm officially 4 weeks along. Sending baby love and dust your way!

GB: I sure hope this is a good sign. It sounds like what I feel when I ovulate, you do temp right? Sorry, don't mean to bring doubt, just fishing for more information.
As for testing, I am not the best person to ask, I have like a million cheap little sticks and I test too early, but I would think anywhere from 12-14DPO would be good time to test but you might need to hold the test for a few hours, unless these are digital, if so maybe wait until 14DPO, if you can of course.
and let there be for 9 months!

hobbit: Sucks about the snow, but I am sure you'll have an appointment in no time. Congratulations on the and food cravings is a great sign. Except I live by food cravings all my life so that will not be a sign for me unless I start craving junk food or peanuts .

Koti - I don't take my temp. I use CBE digital opk's. And usually the day after I get the positive I get ovulation cramps. This feels similar to that but yet different. I have like a full feeling too even if I haven't eaten Ina few hours. Maybe I'm imagining these things or always had them but never noticed? I hope these are good signs leading to a BFP, but only time will tell. I'm going to use fFRER test on the 16/17 if I don't have AF by then.

GB: I hope this is a great sign!
Admire you for the will power, waiting until 17-18DPO, which is technically the right thing to do but I don't think I heard of many ladies who waited that long . for you!