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@Tashuurr. I am 7 dpo and having similar symptoms as you. I know this is tmi but what kind of "stuff" did you pull out as I pulled stuff out today and curious if it was similar or the same as you. My temp finally broke after having the same temps for 5 days (97.9) and today it was up to 98.3.

Been bloated and gassy since my lunch. I am not sure if that is the small choc milk I had today (lactose intolerant) or if this is a pregnancy symptom and then that glob I was mentioning to Tashuurr above. Could smell toast when I was walking down the hallway for lunch and some other smell hours later. I felt what is called "fire crotch". Those been pregnant knows this feeling. Its like a electric shock/pinching going through the vagina (tmi, sorry). I would so love to fast forward a week; this tww is horandious and more so for those that's been longer.

@dragonfly23 -- I understand your assessment. When I was younger, it was like I just didn't give a fig about cycles and it was like I would end my period, then all of a sudden it was upon me again. Strange how awareness makes you crazy. I did notice some strange smells today, but nothing super strong. When I came into the office today, I smelled acetone, but when I asked around, no one had recently painted their nails or anything. Thought that was odd.

So far today I have been really stupid hungry; but I'm not sure if I'm actually hungry, or just feeling some acid reflux, which I do get sometimes. Been peeing a lot, but not taking in anymore water than usual. I usually drink about 64 to 80 ounces of water a day and I do pee a lot, but not this much. Thought that was also odd. I dunno. Also, really tired today, on top of the headache, stuffy nose, and sneezing. Really, really hope I'm not getting sick.

6 days to go for me. Even if I don't end up with a bfp, I'll at least have a base to start with on the bbt stuff, since I've nothing really to go on this month. It's all new!

@Burn2Ash. I took a quick look at your chart and your temps look promising as there is the dip there and shot right back up again. I also noticed you too had flatline temp; shocking that you had one too. Maybe I will get my dip too in the next few days. Will see what the morning brings and how I sleep during the night. Off to bed.

@dragonfly it was a thick stringy blob of off white in colour mucous. Which was very strange as I'd never experienced that before.

Last night I had a mad dream that someone posted their bfp.... who's next then?

@Tashuurr. That is similar to what I had pulled out yesterday. Maybe it is the same as what you had. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hope things are going okay for you otherwise. Feeling okay?

Temp this morning and dropped to 98.1 from 98.3 but I think that should be okay but hard to say. Still having lower cramps like AF is on her way but she shouldn't be here till next week. Still have some breast tenderness but not as bad. Last night before bed, thought I had some dizzy spells and lots of gas; sorry tmi.

@dragonfly23 -- Thank you for taking a look and giving me a nudge of optimism. I'm not setting too much store by the temps on 4 dpo or 6 dpo, because those were the days that I forgot to temp before getting out of bed and did it after already being up for about 10 minutes. Therefore, they may not be accurate. I did, however, take may temp correctly this morning and noticed a .3 dip. Went from 97.6 to 97.3. Not sure what that means to be honest, if it means anything at all. My BBT chart thinks I O'd, which I confirmed is NOT the case. I don't think that chart is very accurate with that. If you're only a few days behind me, that would put you at 7 dpo, which means that the dip you had might just be implantation dip. And I noticed that we had a similar flatline as well. My temps are just usually stable in general. I rarely actually had a fever when I was a kid. If I had a fever, I had either a sinus or an ear infection and those temps rarely got about 98.5 (which is a fever for me).

I never have to get up to pee in the middle of the night, but boy did I have to last night. Didn't even drink any water or tea before bed and woke up feeling like my bladder was going to burst. Also, just stupid hungry again. Still have the headache (could be weather related), stuffy nose, and I haven't sneezed yet this morning, but I am sure I will at some point. Some little pokes on the lower left side of my abdomen and gas. And my skin flared up again. Just from the constant having to pee -- if I'm not pregnant, then I may need to see if I have a UTI. I've only had 2 in my life and both I KNEW I had one because of the pain. I have no pain; just have to pee a lot -- not just the urge like you do with a UTI, but actually full on peeing like a race horse each time and the urine (TMI) is almost clear.

9 DPO today!

@Burn2Ash. I had to adjust my temps on the weekends as those are the days (like everyone else) I like to sleep in as much as possible. I hope what you are saing is correct that I might have had a implantation dip, but I thought it would be a significant dip like you had at 4dpo and then shot right back up. I am going to Google Implantation Dip and see what it says. My chart tells me that there is not enough information and that I didn't ovulate. Which makes me think that as well as I didn't get post O pains like I did last month; which was unbearable. I'm having lower AF cramps and some minor backache as well. Also noticed that my neck muscles near the shoulder blades were tight which is unusual for me and had a massage on Sunday and it is still tight.

I'd be careful with the peeing thing. As there was a girl on here who had a UTI and she had no symptoms (not sure if you saw the post or not) but it spread to her kidneys.

Good morning! I am new here and on our first ttc cycle after our surprise baby 15months ago. I have 2 adopted kiddos and a bio baby. I am currently 5dpo today. I am pretty sure I ovulated. I tried the opk but I think I either missed it or they just don't read on me. I always seem to have 2 lines its just never as dark as the control. I check my cervix and cervical mucus. I noticed on 9/4, and 9/5 my cervix was in show and my mucus was egg white consistency. Then on 9/6 my cervix was closed and low. We had sex on 9/3, 9/4, 9/5. Not on 9/6 because we had already checked my cervix and it was low and closed. I am being optimistic that we will be good this month. I have been exhausted and sleepless along with headaches and joint and muscle pains. I don't remember what it was like when I got pregnant with my son because he was a surprise and I didn't find out until I was 14 weeks. I hoping its not just all in my mind. I am excited to meet others in this journey!
Julie

@JulieDR1981. Welcome to the tww. Keeping my fingers crossed that you and hubby catch the egg in time and you get your BFP. When is your expected AF?