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Dragonfly: little joke I heard once: what do you call people who use the pull out method? Parents! Lol it's definitely not effective the way other birth control methods are but it's still a lower chance. You'd be shocked what the body can withstand. If it's in His plan, it'll happen, just like you said!

@southern. That's pretty funny. So, today I'm not noticing a lot of new symptoms. The creamy/lotion cm is not a lot and once it had a stringy effect to it. The last couple times that I went pee, my urine was bright yellow. My breasts do ache but i'm also still breastfeeding. I have this tightness feeling right under my ribcage and the sense of being full. The backaches isn't in my lower back but more across the hip bone area. Something weird happened today; my vagina (sorry) was throbbing a bit and slightly achy. Not sure what that means. This waiting game is horendous. Argh.

Southern: How are you feeling? I hope tge morning sickness is not treating you too bad.

Dragonfly: I've heard so many people get pregnant from the pull out method, so you never know! Your symptoms do sound positive. I had that hip bone ache and breast ache/tenderness when I was pregnant last time and had that weird feeling down below too. It was actually a really annoying sensation! Hope this tww for you goes fast!

Yesterday I got a positive on an opk, couldn't believe it. So relieved to have cycles returning to normal. I had assumed according to tracking apps that I ovulated last Mon and covered bases. Seeing that ovulation is alot later I assume this could be why we weren't having success in past cycles. I feel quite a bit hopeful this time round.

@melerinn. That's what i heard as well, even though he pulls out with plenty of time. Thank you, I hope it goes fast as well. My cycles have been all over the place as well with me ovulating on CD20 of a 28 day cycle my last cycle. My last two pregnancies, I had a short leuteal so I started taking progesterone cream. I'm not taking anything this cycle to up my chances. I hope you catch the egg and get your BFP. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Hey ladies!! It has been a long time!!

Excited for those of you who got your positives and anxiously optimistic for those of you in the tww!!

Hubby and I have decided to try for #2! Since I have PCOS we are using Clomid to help me ovulate. This is our first cycle with it and it looks like I did ovulate based on blood work. So now I am anxiously waiting!! I don’t know when I actually O’ed but hubby and I definitely got the fertile window several times. I am feeling pretty normal and not even really having any pms symptoms yet, but that is how it was with my son. It took us 20 months the first time around and using meds towards the end before we got pregnant with our son. I took a test yesterday with nothing and then this morning. The one this morning looks like there might be something but it could also be an evap as I didn’t see it right away. Going to wait till Monday or Tuesday to test again.

Good luck ladies!!

@shay. I totally see a line on your gallery. Do you know how many DPOs you are or when your period is due? Pray this is it for you.

AFM. Last night we had corn on the cob. The next day, the corn gets me loose (sorry tmi). But this morning, I was more constipated with the corn. So, that is a new one for me. No cramping, pinching or anything like that and cm is still lotiony with a stringy effect to it but not a lot of cm. I took a look at my symptoms with my last pregnancy and I dried up around this time. I did try to humour myself and took an expired strip; which was stark white but I am roughly 9-10dpo. I only have two FRERs and a few digitals. Holding off using my good ones until next week.

@dragonfly thanks! I do not know what dpo I am as we are not really tracking just doing blood work to make sure I O’ed.
I hope your symptoms are a good sign for you!! They sound promising!

@shay. Thank you. Hope you get good news soon.

AFM. I'm almost starting to think that I may be out as I checked my cervix and it is quite low and slightly hard. Just unsure if it is open or closed; I seem to think it may be closed but I know nothing about my cervix as I don't like to check it when I was pregnant with my other three. Also having some slight cervix pain and a full feeling in my tummy near my belly button. Not much other than that.

Dragonfly: you may not be out. The day before my bfp my cervix was low and firm!It's still low and about medium as far as firmness goes and I'm gonna be 8 weeks on Monday. So that's definitely not a sign of whether you are pregnant. I wish you best of luck as you get closer to the day af is due!

@southern. Thanks for giving me some hope. I need to be patient and not be obsessed with symptom spotting as I never did with my first pregnancy and just let nature run its course and just hope that AF doesn't show.