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@Mrs.Lilac: regarding the study: Yes, it is really encouraging. Especially since everyone is always talking about there only being a 20% chance you'll conceive each cycle. That statistic is really discouraging, let alone if you have fertility issues. This is the only thing I've ever read about how likely it is if you are actually trying. We'll hVe to keep our heads up!! Hopefully, we'll have a few more BFP in April!

@theotherstark: Aw I'm sorry , I didn't mean to worry you! There's still a big chance that you can be fertile and not conceive right away. Even if you weren't at the optimum fertility, chances are low that you are completely infertile. I'm confident that ALL of us will have our beautiful babies just when we are supposed to! Watch, you'll probably have a BFP this month.

@theotherstark: I've spoken to two doctors who said it's perfectly normal for healthy couples who are actively trying to have a baby to have it take 6 months to a year. That's why a doctor won't see you before that time...it just might not have been long enough! Try not to worry-you're doing everything you can, and your pretty plus sign will come (hopefully!) sooner rather than later. Hang in there.

@ChiCalGoBee: Thanks lady! I'm trying to think positively It's just tough not knowing when it will happen. Trying to keep my hopes up for this cycle! How are you feeling?? You still have another week to wait for your u/s, right? Too much waiting!!!

@snowjewelz: Yeah, it seems like we have a bit of a lull between testers! Hopefully FF will confirm O tomorrow!

@Mrs.Lilac: I feel the same way. In the back of my mind I'm always wondering if something's going on and we would've wasted so much time to try for 6 mos to a year before going to the doc. But then again, statistics don't lie either and sometimes it really just take a while even for perfectly healthy people. It doesn't help that women I know that are pregnant all seem to have gotten KU w/o even trying!

@Mrs.Lilac: I'm TWW too, testing next Wed at 10DPO. I was excited because I had "symptoms" but over this weekend I was either too busy to SS or just had none so now I don't think this is my month! I kinda just want to find out and get it over with asap!

@Mrs.Lilac: I've missed this thread Thanks for reviving it!

I got a fairly faint BFP this morning, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it sticks, and that my tests get darker!

Hope you all in the TWW aren't going too crazy. I'm hoping we get some more BFPs here!!

@theotherstark: That's good news! Fingers crossed for you!!

@Mrs.Lilac: yeah, I'm pretty chill this cycle. I think it's because if I don't get a BFP this cycle I won't be totally bummed because my estimated due date would be around 12-21-14. Really don't want a Christmas baby! But if I do get the BFP, I'll be super excited anyway.

@Mrs.Lilac: FX for you this cycle!!!!

@whenoceansrise: glad you are chilled. A friend just got KU after trying for so long. She said it was because she totally gave up on OPKs, temping etc and thought it wasn't meant to be and then she ended up pregnant that first cycle after 'giving up'. So I'm trying not to think about it too much!

I think an Xmas baby could be nice but my friend is getting married on the 27th December so if I get KU this cycle I will either be overdue or have a VERY tiny baby which wouldn't be ideal!

@theotherstark: woohoo!!! That is so exciting. So happy for you still. Hope it's nice and sticky xx

@ChiCalGoBee: thanks Hun. Like I've mentioned, I hold out very little hope this cycle but who knows... Hubby has a good feeling as I have been much less involved and obsessed! How are you? Hope you are well.

Since I obsessively stalked symptom threads, I thought I would add my own TWW symptoms here, in the hopes that it is helpful Sorry, it's a bit TMI, and really long. My bad.

1-8 dpo: I really didn't have many symptoms that couldn't also be attributed to regular PMS. There were a few things that made me think something was different this cycle, though. The first was that, starting about 5 dpo, I had BMs literally every day, with some days 2 to 3 times a day. This has NEVER happened to me. I am pretty, ahem, stopped up for the most part, and usually only have 2-3 BMs in a week. At the most. So on 5 dpo when I had to go 3 times, I started to wonder.

My boobs were sore, although they generally get sore in the TWW. They did feel a bit more full, and sort of more achy, but that's the only real difference, and I only noticed because I was really paying attention.

The only other random thing was that in the afternoon of 6 dpo, I had a weird metallic taste in my mouth for a bit. I went to the bathroom to spit, because I thought I might have bit my tongue, but there wasn't anything there. It was really strange, although possibly could have been nothing.

Honestly, though - everything up to 8 dpo could have been PMS!

8 dpo: Had some super, super low, very light cramps. I noted in FF that they felt weird and not like AF cramps. Got a BFN this afternoon (stupid! Why did I test?? Haha).

9 dpo: No spotting this morning! (The past two cycles, I had spotted very lightly on CD 8 and 9.) Had very light pinching all across my lower abdomen all afternoon. This was when I thought that I might be pregnant. (I had read about people feeling pinching, so I was expecting super sharp pains, but for me, it felt more like grabbing your skin really softly with two fingers, squeezing lightly and pulling up. Almost like a bubbling feeling. It was gentle, but definitely there, and was way different from any cramps I had before.)

10 dpo: My temp shot up today. Got a super light BFP this morning. Had very, VERY slightly pink tinged cm around noon. Wouldn't have even noticed it if I wasn't scrutinizing the TP Just that one time, then it was gone.

I'm now 12 dpo and keeping my fingers crossed soooo hard that it sticks! I've had tons of cramping the past few days, and my CM increased. I've also had little bouts of queasiness, and have gotten pretty tired.

I'm also attaching my chart, in case anyone wants to chart stalk. Last month during the TWW, my temps were all over the place. This month, they were pretty level for most of the time, which made me wonder as well.

GOOD LUCK to everyone!!! Would love to see more BFPs come out of this thread

@theotherstark: I'll probably read that a million times when I enter into the TWW! Happy for you dear!
Thanks for sharing!

@theotherstark: Yay! So happy for you!

@MrsHansen82: I'm probably the wrong person to ask as I have just changed my POAS date to the 4th April which will be 16dpo. I really want to wait as long as possible as I'm sick of seeing negative tests. I tested last month at 10dpo as I had a good feeling but not this month. If I was getting symptoms I may be tempted to test though

feeling a little bummed today. I've been off birth control since July- though we did NTNP for a few months- I feel like I should have gotten a BFP by now.

@HolisticMama: Thank you! It'll pass!

@HolisticMama: I am thinking about making an appointment for fertility testing. I just want to know! annnd I am hoping that you do get KU naturally!

@snowjewelz: That looks super promising! I am not familiar with blue dye tests and their false positives but I'm pretty sure congrats are in order!

@snowjewelz: I know the feeling. My first FRER positive with DD was so faint (and my husband was in denial) that it was this strange super hopeful buzz, but no way I would fully believe it. FX for an awesome line when you test again and enjoy the rest of your vacation!