Hey ladies! I have been stalking these boards and figured I NEEDED to share my story to give some of you a little bit of hope :)

Back story, I have PCOS (unmedicated but completely made a lifestyle change with eating and exercise) so I literally have no idea when/if I ovulate. My daughter is 19 months old so DH and I decided we would start trying for number 2, in case it took a while. Well here I am a day after my BFP in shock!

BD CD 8,11,13,15 (“o” cd 15 based on ovary pain!)

1 and 2 DPO- weird pinching on right side of uterus that only lasted seconds each time but took my breath away each time

3-6 DPO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

7 DPO- extreme back pain, couldn’t walk and had to use heating pad

8 DPO- woke up with painful pubic bone (like I had been hit in it)

9 DPO- same

10 DPO- sore pubic bone, cramps, achy hips more back pain but lower and slight nausea and none of these are PMS Symptoms so I thought, hmmmm maybe I am pregnant and test... BFN

11 DPO- I’m a stay at home mom so when my LO took a nap, I passed out for TWO HOURS!!! I never nap but thought it negative so I must be getting sick or trying to fight something bc I still felt nauseous on and off.
That night, had really weird pinching on the right side of my belly button

12 DPO- sleepless night. Can’t feel cervix, less crampy, lots of pinches in my uterus, still slightly nauseous

13 DPO- same exact symptoms. my brother was coming in from the Air Force and I wanted to have a drink with dinner so I tested. BFN

14 DPO- bright red spot and brown spotting and so crampy ( I definitely thought I was out bc I always spot a few days before every period) so I took Aleve and packed some maxi pads

15 DPO- no spotting only brown discharge when checking cervix which is weird bc I always get brown stuff in the toilet when peeing which spotting (sorry for the TMI but I always look for details when reading these posts!)

16 DPO- (BFP)SUPER CRAMPY. Back and hips but nothing in my from area where I normally would get cramps (thought ok, I know I’m getting my period, but if I don’t wake up with it I’ll test tomorrow) wellllll I had a cup of coffee at 2pm and by 3pm I thought I was gonna vomit everywhere. This was my first sign looking back when I was pregnant with my daughter. I went to the store, bought a test, used it in their bathroom, put it in my pocket and checked in the car. The blue dye was smudged and not even a control line showed. I went home and thought how if I were pregnant, I might not have to wait for FMU so I walked down to my local pharmacy, came home peed after only holding it for 1 hour and IMMEDIATELY BFP!!!!!!!! I was shaking and literally couldn’t believe it!

I wanted to share bc I SWORE I was getting my period. Yes I symptom spotted, but as a first timer I thought I was looking for things to feel, if that makes sense. I wrote all of this down so that next month when I tried, I would see it all happens every month.
When I fell pregnant with my daughter, we weren’t trying so I didn’t notice symptoms until I got a BFP and looked back at the two previous days and how coffee made me sick and my nipples hurt. So I thought for sure once my nipples hurt, then I would be pregnant. Wrong! Just crampy and slight nausea

Good luck to all if you ladies! Xxx

13 DPO-

Hey everyone, so happy to post I have my BFP!!
It was a funny month this month as I thought I was out (third month ttc) and previous months I was convinced! Also, I think I ovd earlier than I thought as regular 28 daycycle, but used CM as a guide.
Dh was away the day I got my strongest positive opk and lots of ewcm. He was back the next day and I still had a positive opk but not as strong as day before and some ewcm. We bd that day (5th) the 6th and the 8th. I'm not sure of my ov date but I had neg result 7th so I've been going by the 6th as a guide. I was concerned I'd missed the window as not as much BD leading up to ov. So the usual symptom spotting, though Id tried not to read into every little thing as previous months I'd become so caught up I was too stressed. I tracked using Ovia and also used pre conception vits this month.

2dpo- sore bbs. Similar to before af but earlier.
4dpo- sore nipples, like shooting pains never felt before.
7/8dpo- slight nausea, bbs still tender more so than before AF and this has continued since.
9dpo- back ache, tender bbs and nipples
10 dpo- back ache (everyday now, like a dull ache)dizzy, nausea, light veins bbs.
11 dpo- headache, BFN strip in evening.

This is where it got interesting. So I binned my neg strip test, but the next day Had the urge to look at it. There were two lines!! So frantically googled and read about evap lines , not waiting outside ten min window etc though some people said if it's coloured it could be bfp and mine was was pink. I tried to not get over excited and test with fmu. Next day tested, BFN! I kept looking at it all day and it didn't change. So I thought it's too early or I'm out. Did another that evening, faint BFP! Seems my fmu wasnt showing. This one came quicker too! So I thought I'd wait a few days and buy a FRER. Tested and there in less than a minute were two strong lines!! It's my DH bday tomorrow so I've wrapped it up as a suprise.
The reason I say I thought I was out was because I thought we'd missed the window, I had no CM After ov at all! And read so many people do get it! And the confusion with those strips.
My biggest symptoms which were unusual for me were sore bbs early, no CM, CONSTANT sneezing and frequent urination.

Sorry it's long winded but I know for me reading others stories in the past three months has kept me going and given hope.

Baby dust to all<3

YAY! I am so excited to share our story. This is my first post ever! These forums have been so helpful during the TWW! I must admit I have been a little obsessed with reading, searching, comparing hahaha and I am glad to give back and let you lovely ladies read, search, and compare to my cycle!

A little back story:
Me (27) DH (26)
We have not been TTC for long, we decided to go with the flow and see what would happen! Luckily we got pregnant right away but unfortunately...we had an early miscarriage in July 2017 (our first pregnancy & devastating) about 5 weeks along. After this we held off on trying right away. Christmas comes and goes, and then once again we decided to be open to the idea of pregnancy! We got pregnant again right away. Unfortunately, that pregnancy also ended in an early miscarriage (January 2018) about 4 weeks along. This was again devastating having our worst fears come true once again.

Fast forward to now, February 2018! I am PREGNANT! Yes one month later after an early miscarriage!

MY CYCLE & SYMPTOMS LEADING UP TO MY BFP!
*DISCLAIMER: I am very in tune with my body and emotions. Extra sensitive Sally over here! My ovulation date is not verified by OPKs or anything so sorry if that piece isn't helpful! I am a total POAS addict, I get the Clinical Guard HPT's on amazon and I love them! They show a line whenever FRER does for me! Oh also cycles have been ranging anywhere from 28-34 on average! I used to be a 28 day girl and I swear my late 20's have brought on this fun guessing game of cycle length!

OK here it goes!

CD 1-5 (Jan.21-24) Early loss & bleeding. Small clots. So so sad.
CD 8 (Jan.28) The love making ;)
CD 9 (Jan. 29) The love making ;)
CD 11 (Jan.31) Sensitive & irritable
CD 12 (Feb. 1) Slight brown discharge dried in underwear, and when wiping. I actually put a tampon in because I thought maybe my cycle was going to be weird after the early loss and perhaps I would bleed again. Took the tampon out a while later and there was a streak of pink on the tampon and some light tan cm. Interesting...The love making ;) happened that night too.
CD 13 (Feb. 2) Some anxiousness, crying, and exhausted.
CD 14 (Feb. 3) Some pinches in the uterus, lower back aches, exhausted, took a mid day nap. The love making ;) also happened today.
CD 15 (Feb. 4) Huge pimple on my forehead haha! This hadn't happened in a while!
CD 16 (Feb. 5) Sensitive, sad a little, low energy, extra stressed. No CM. Also.. BFN yep I tested very early haha!
CD 17 (Feb. 6) Low mood, a little sad, stressed, change in CM today very creamy lotion like discharge.
CD 18 (Feb. 7) Exhausted today.
CD 19 (Feb. 8) Nauseated, spike in anxiety/obsessiveness
CD 20 (Feb. 9) Achey uterus, achey legs, feeling very bloated and chubby haha! Sensitive mood today, and another big ol' pimple on my cheekbone, very random place!
CD 21 (Feb. 10) Creamy white discharge, and a little watery. I kept checking in bathroom because I felt so wet. A little irritable/emotional/ and sobbed at Cinderella movie which is not completely unusually for me lol, but it definitely was kicked up a notch or two on my sensitive scale.
CD 22 (Feb. 11) BFN today! More wet discharge. Achey uterus is back, some pinches, and some nauseated moments.
CD 23 (Feb. 12) BFN today! Right side pinches, continued achey uterus, full cramps. Craving pizza sooo much. I actually went to bed dreaming of pizza! Ha!
CD 24 (Feb. 13) BFN today! Dull cramps in uterus, feeling heavy & bloated, exhausted as well! Creamy white discharge.
CD 25 (Feb. 14) BFN today! Super happy, great mood, getting lots done! Dull cramps, creamy white discharge in morning and absolutely nothing at night! Lower back ache.
CD 26 (Feb. 15) BFN today! Slept in until 9. I felt like I needed that! Exhausted! Left side pinch, interesting since they have been on right! Easily teary eyed today. Light discharge today, not much.
CD 27 (Feb. 16) BFN today! Happy mood, right side pinches in uterus, creamy white discharge.
CD 28 (Feb. 17) BFN today! Lower back aches, dull cramps in uterus, slight nausea, and increase in acne. Creamy white discharge. BFN at night too haha!
CD 29 (Feb. 18) BFN today! Creamy white discharge, very very hungry, and eating a lot throughout the day. Feeling very bloated. Acne continued. Also, last night had major pregnancy dreams, of many many BFPS. Chalked it up to obsessive reading of these forums haha!
CD 30 (Feb. 19) BFN today! Sensitive emotions, truly felt that AF was on her way, dull cramps. Told DH I was going to stop testing because I was starting to get super sad after each BFN.
CD 31 (Feb. 20) Did not plan on testing, even woke up went to bathroom and did not catch FMU and went back to bed. Cuddled with DH, he got up for work, then I had a strong urge to test even with SMU...AND... BIG FAT POSITIVE TEST!!!!! What the!? It was stark white just yesterday. We celebrated with so much JOY! First BFP on clinical guard HPT, confirmed with FRER utilizing same urine!

Man oh Man! Praying this little bean sticks. 3 times a charm right? Thanks so much for your stories and insight! Love to you all!

Ky & Kei

This is my second time posting here, the first one was a chemical. After a second chemical and a few months later, here I am again!
I hope this may help people with long and irregular cycles: I've had cycles ranging from 29 to 61 days, completely unpredictable, a few anovulatory.

Vitex Agnus Castus made them 32-34 days long and regular! It did not work that well until I took the right dose, I needed 1000mg twice per day. I am not suggesting it's the right dose for everyone, but if Vitex's kinda working for you but not quite, then it may be a good idea to up the dose.

Main symptom was light cramps from 7dpo onwards. I had it with my chemical pregnancy too, but it lasted a lot longer this time. Also, very dry after ovulation which is unusual for me.

1-6 dpo - Sore boobs, but I always get them after ov, so not a symptom
7 dpo - Light cramps, different than AF cramps and very similar to the ones I had with my chemical.
8 dpo - Cramps, mild nausea (not sure if it was pregnancy related)
9/10 dpo - Cramps, stark white BFN, feeling low
11 dpo - An invisible line on a cheapie, tested with a FRER and the faintest line appeared! BFP
12 dpo - Fearing another chemical, IC BFN, FRER super faint line, clear BFP on a 20mUI test
13 dpo - Finally a good line on a FRER, digi says 1-2 weeks pregnant! Starting to believe it now.

As a side note, expensive test claiming to have high sensitivity are really not that reliable. I got a very good line on a 20mUI test, unknown brand, while 12.5mUI FRER was almost invisible and the 10mUI IC was stark white!

Hope this one sticks and good luck to everyone!

Hi everyone,

I had an early miscarriage last year where I started bleeding and cramping right in the middle of a friend's wedding we'd travelled to in Malaysia - traumatic was an understatement. I'm feeling really positive this time and hoping this one sticks. I'm just shy of 5 weeks now and it feels very different - way more symptoms and no bleeding at all so far. I know the 2ww can play havoc with your brain! So I hope this helps some of you ladies.

We BD (baby dance (sex)) on CD (cycle day) 4,6,8,10, 11, 13, 15.

Positive opk evening of CD (cycle day) 14.

1dpo - creamy cm, nothing much
2dpo - feel good, high sex drive, appetite up but want healthy food, v v tired, cold.
3dpo- tired, hungry.
4dpo - sharp little stabbing pains in uterus in morning.
5dpo - need to go to the loo way more, jelly like cm, runny nose, bumpy skin on face,hungry, cried at tv show.
6 dpo- v v tired when waking up, vivid dreams, slight pinching in lower right abdomen, creamy cm, cramps, gassy, need to go to the loo lots, v bloated, emotional, cried at tv show, cold and shivery.
7dpo (implantation?) - v sharp twinges overnight, v gassy, hot, couldn't sleep, woke up starving, burping (weird for me), almost sick this morn, napped for 3 hours (v unlike me), cold and shivery, need to wee lots, generally felt quite ill.
8dpo - nipples a bit sore, gassy, bloated, need to wee lots, vivid dreams, couldn't stomach wine (also unlike me...), hated the smell of cigarettes when I walked past someone smoking it made me gag, boiling at night.
9dpo - stomach rumbling at 6am and had to have some toast and then go back to bed, burpy, v creamy cm, need to wee lots, vivid deeams and very hot last night, dreamt of bfp, cervix has now gone high soft and closed, bloated, sore boobs, twinge of deep pain around lunchtime, tired, v hot at night.
10dpo - tired, sore boobs. Was very busy all day so didn't note many symptoms.
11dpo - tired and sore boobs. Very faint BFP (big fat positive (pregnancy test)) on ic!!!!!
12dpo - felt a bit sick, tired in morning, having to wee lots in night and day, sore boobs, darker nipples, another positive ic and CB digital (1-2 weeks) in morn, positive on FRER in pm
13dpo - woke up feeling sick, darker on FRER darker on ic, cramps.
14dpo - cramps, tired, sore boobs
15dpi - severe cramps, tired
16dpo - severe cramps
16 - bad cramps, tired
17 dpo - such a bad cold feel like death, lots creamy cm since bfp (increased a lot after 14dpo), cramps.
18dpo - FRER and ic tests gradually getting darker, v bad cramps in morning.
19dpo - very nauseous this morning, hungry, ic tests finally getting quite dark. CB digital still says 'pregnant', lots of white creamy cm.

For me the major symptoms this time were - the cramping (it felt like quick, sharp pinching before bfp and now it's like growing pains in my uterus - mainly in the evenings), lots of creamy cm, gassy, needing the loo more, cervix didn't drop and open as it usually does before AF (Aunt Flo - menstruation/period) - it went hardish and closed around 14dpo and now at 19dpo is high soft and closed. I never had any implantation bleeding.

With my chemical, I also had a bfp at 11dpo but it was very faint and gradually faded away by 14dpo. With this one, the lines are strong and getting darker. Never as dark as control line but def increasing. Also, with my chemical my only symptom was burning nibbles for 2 days and literally nothing else. This time I haven't had that at all. They do say every pregnancy is different!

I hope this helps someone and baby dust to you all! Keep your fingers crossed for a sticky bean for me xxx

Been here before a couple years ago when I was trying to conceive my first, I've always found this board so helpful and oddly calming during my tww! So here's the quick background, my post from November 2014: http://www.twoweekwait.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/bfp-13dpo-after-mmc-in-september

That pregnancy ended at 7 weeks after another miscarriage just two months before that. It would be 5 more months and 1 more miscarriage (a chemical and my third loss) before I conceived in early June of 2015. My daughter was born healthy, happy and perfect in February of 2016. We started ttc #2 in September of 2017 and have just conceived 6 cycles later in February. I was very surprised it took this long because I've always conceived relatively quickly, first ever try 3rd cycle, 2nd try 2nd cycle, 3rd try 4th cycle and 4th try 1st cycle (conceived my daughter immediately after I bled from the previous chemical pregnancy).

This round, we were "chill" but ttc'ing hard.

Symptoms (not many!) by dpo:

O'd early on cd13 (had a +opk the night before on cd12 as well and the morning of cd13)
BD'd cd 8, 11, 12, 13, 14
1dpo: couple twinges
2dpo: some more twinges and got full on sick w/ a fever
3dpo: still a bit sick but busy with my daughter's second birthday plans
4dpo: "
5dpo: "
6dpo: bit achey in the ovaries
7dpo: nothing
8dpo: slight left side ovarian twinges, crampy in pm?
9dpo: am slight nausea, pm POSSIBLY the faintest line on an hpt with a HARD tweak
10dpo: same thing, re: test -- basically a SHADOW, pm legit cramps i needed a hot water bottle for (this was a good sign for me, too far from AF for this kind of cramping)
11dpo: woke up, POAS, an actual (still faint) line i didn't need to tweak to see, yaaaaaas!

All the fingers and toes crossed for a sticky one!! Baby aspirin after a +HPT helped me carry my first baby full term so I'll be doing that again for sure.

Things I did differently this month: Amped up my acupuncture, my ND put me on a new supp to aid implantation: Wobenzym N (systemic enzymes), drank raspberry leaf tea cd3-ovulation

Full supplement list: prenatal, folate, methylated b12, vit d, zinc, fish oil, wobenzym n

GOOD LUCK !!

Hello everyone. Finally got my BFP!! Diagnosed with unexplained infertility. We have been trying 2.5 years which included 7 cycles of Femara (one miscarriage), 3 failed IUIs, 2 failed IVFs all costing well over $25,000 total...and we got pregnant naturally this cycle! I am 39 years old, baby will be due after I turn 40.

What I did different:
1. Quit my stressful job.
2. Added maca root everyday and evening primrose oil from CD 1 to ovulation. This really increased my fertile cervical mucous.
3. Did yoga everyday and tried to remain stress-free and positive.
My diet stayed the same, but wanted to mention no sugar and relatively healthy with a lot of vegetables, healthy fats and lean meats. Water only to drink besides a cup of coffee in the morning.

Ovulated CD 14 (positive opk on CD 13). We BD'd CD 12, 13, 14, 15
Everything felt different, like I had a very strong ovulation with high progesterone.

1 dpo - 8 dpo: SOOOOO hungry! I ate way more than normal. Constipated, tired, greasy hair, some acid reflux, slight bloody nose a few days, bloated
9 dpo - diarrhea, temporarily nauseous in the p.m., no more appetite (which is still the case), slight insomnia
10 dpo - tested - BFN. Tired, severe hot flash that lasted 10 minutes. Also, my boobs don't hurt at all (which on normal cycles they do since I have fibro-cystic breasts), slight insomnia.
11 dpo - tested - BFP - faint line on a FRER (6 days sooner kind)! Still tired, slight insomnia, no appetite, boobs do not hurt, slight cramping (felt more like pressure), bloating
12 dpo - line is darker, definitely a BFP, same symptoms as 11 dpo, took a 1.5 hour nap which I never do, my resting heart rate on fitbit is slowly increasing, 5 minute hot flash in the afternoon.

Hope this bean sticks!! Goodluck ladies!

BFP by DPO

0 dpo: TON of EWCM this morning. BD around midnight. Slept well. Feel good today. Sense of smell is up and increased need to pee (normal for my O). Retaining some water.

1 dpo: Some EWCM. Slept well and hard. Sense of smell is still way up. Retaining a lot of water. Or I gained 7 pounds overnight magically.

2 dpo: Sticky, cloudy CM. Water weight is down. Mild cramping low in pelvic area

3 dpo: Frisky feeling. BD. Some bloating. Mild nausea late at night.

4 dpo: Extremely nauseated, pretty sure I have a stomach flu or something. 100.4° fever, headache, can't eat, slept until noon. Breasts are a tad fuller, not particularly painful. Haven't been sick in ages.

5 dpo: Woke up at 5 am. I feel much better in comparison to yesterday. Giant glob of EWCM after BM. Massive amount of creamy CM, like a bottle of lotion was squeezed. More EWCM as well. Still pretty nauseated. Some mild cramping on left lower pelvic region. Breasts feel and look totally normal, which is strange (around here is when my breasts usually get super painful and start growing for PMS).

6 dpo: Lots of creamey lotioney CM, lots of EWCM, and sticky CM. Lots of it in my undies :/ in a very good mood today tho. Sun was out. Felt overwhelmingly nauseated at bfast, at lunch, and right when I started work. Feel OK now (8:30 pm). Think it's just residual sickness. Throat is all dry and scratchy.

7 dpo: Hard time staying asleep. Only got 5 hours or so. Laid there for a long time before making myself get up. Breasts feel fine, but they are definitely more full today. Gassy.

8 dpo : Nausea on and off today. Like real, not in your head nausea. Loose stools. Butt pimples??!? Haven't had bottom pimples in a looong time. Mild cramping. Slept well, had to take 1MG of maltonin. Tired. Breasts feel normal, is weird. I was wiping down a table, when suddenly I felt this sharp pain in my finger - like I had glass in it or something, but there was nothing. I stuck it in ice and it suddenly stopped. I thought it was a little swollen, then I forgot about it. Later in the day I suddenly noticed that my finger was turning purple, but just between my last two knuckles (on my ring finger). It doesn't hurt or anything, but the bruising is pretty intense. It freaked me out pretty badly. I've never had that happen before.. Nausea before bed.

9 dpo: Slept well. Feel fine and normal. Some creamy CM.

10 dpo: Kept waking up every 2 hours even tho I'm exausted. Had weird, intense dreams. DH woke me up once bc I was making sounds. Anyway, had some mild cramping - like super faint cramps in my uterus region. Nausea off and on. Mild headache off and on.

11 dpo: 630 AM Mild nausea. Slept well tho. Super mild burning/stretching sensation low in pelvis area - on the left side. Lots of creamy CM.. 9AM Mild pressure like sensations in uterus. (I think 10 and 11 dpo had signs of implantation, looking back)

12 dpo : Woke up at 430 AM, not able to go back to sleep. Got nauseated. Headaches. Drank tea and became extremely nauseated, until I finally ate. Showered and felt a little queezy. 930 AM mild brief cramping on left side. Fatigued. Breasts are fuller than usual, but not by much. Still no pain or sensitivity, which is just so wierd. Tired, napped before work. More mild cramping on left side. Intense dreams again. Dreamt I was pregnant! I ALWAYS dream about my period before it starts - first time I've ever had a pregnancy dream! The subconscious is amazing. 3 PM Just peed and it smelled a little sharp - like blood or my period or something.

13 dpo: Slept well. Strong cramping briefly - think it was gas, but maybe not. Queezy after bfast, stomach is pretty sour. Acne continues. Breasts were kind of burney and sensative for a minute, but now they're normal feeling again. Butt pimples continue. CM is thin and milky. Very tired today :( 7 PM legs and lower back are killing me. Sciatic nerve is all jacked up today. Mild cramping off and on. Sure AF is about to start. Boobs still feel fine tho.

14 dpo: 4AM woke up super hot, and nauseated, and wide awake. Feel anxious. Decided to go ahead and eat something, then go back to sleep :/ Nipples a wee bit sensitive. A bit fuller. Period due any time now. Pimples in weird places :( have one on my chest? Face is broken out bad. CM is thin and milky. 4PM more mild cramping in uterus - center lower abdomen. Dizzy spell. 6PM Stomach is really sour. Headaches, tired. Ingestion. Gassy. Weird feeling. 10PM Sharp, light pinch super close to right hip. Sensative teeth??

15 dpo: Woke up at 259AM but made my self go back to sleep. Breasts are sensitive, not really painful tho. Also still very small (I have AA's). Ingestion and nausea all day long. Sensitive teeth again?? Random lower back ache, dissapeared pretty quickly. Heartbuuuun. Looseish stools. Mild cramping off and on in the evening, pretty constant. AF about to show. Temper a little short today, nothing crazy though. Increased sense of smell again.. At work last night, I was washing my hands in the bathroom, and there was another woman in the first stall. I could literally smell her V odor. It was very sharp, like she was about to start her period. Ive never been able to do that before.

16 dpo: Breasts are a tad larger. Not painful or anything. CM is a little creamy, but very scant - not a lot when wiping. Stomach is a little off but better than it has been. Some cramping - feels like AF is about to start. Feel full down there. Checked cervix position - is meium (not high or low) and hard, but definitely closed. Wet feeling I think? Felt a little tender when I touched it. Felt like the tip of my nose. :) 1 PM increase in CM. Creamy. Some in panties. A little wet feeling down there. Fatigued. Taking a nap before work. Weird sensations on vagina. 7PM Tasted a sip of mead at work, and it turned my stomach over. Gassy.

17 dpo: Mild cramping in center of pelvic region. Gassy. Breasts larger, but not painful. Woke up a bunch of times, made myself go back to sleep. I had another dream that I was pregnant and gave birth to a baby. 10AM Cervix is too high for me to feel today. Near constant mild cramping, left lower pelvic region. There's a kind of stretching feeling. It doesn't hurt, but I can feel it. Still no AF.. Considering testing, but sure it'll be a waste of time.

18 dpo: Thin milky CM. Vagina very wet feeling. Will test tomorrow morning if I don't start today. I read that being sick and having a fever can mess with the bodies natural menstrual cycle, and I was definitely sick earlier this month. So there's a chance that that's why I'm running late. Sharp stomach cramping after taking Tylenol and my b12 vitamin. Breasts a little sore up near armpits, briefly. Still full, but not painful. Stomach is pretty sour. Cervix is high, soft, and still closed! I felt it! 10Pm sensative teeth again. Prickle mild pain feeling deep in vagina. Lots of creamy CM. Getting in undies :/

19 dpo: Breasts a little bigger. Kind of sore. Forgot to test, but I don't think I am. Gassy. Slept for 5.5 hours or there abouts. Cervix is high, soft, and closed still!! CM is creamy and kind of chunky, doesn't smell like anything, but tastes kind of metallic and bitter. Also had a bit of pale yellow CM, all of which is quite common for me when I'm about to start. No cramps today so far. 6PM BFP!!!!!!!! I only held it for an hour, and the second line showed almost immediately!!!! OMG. AHHH!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

So excited :) :) :) Hoping for my rainbow baby - miscarried 8 months ago.

What was different for me this cycle: breasts didn't hurt pretty much at all, which is very very weird for me as they typically go up a painful cup size before AF. Sensative teeth were weird. And the cramping - mild, near constant cramps for a few days without any spotting or anything.

I hope this helps someone else. I've been crawling all over these boards recently. I really didn't think I was preggars. Still can't believe it.

Cheers! ♥

I wanted to share my story because I was 100% positive I was not pregnant. I just didn't FEEL pregnant. I searched for stories that said "no symptoms," and they were very rare. Here is how it went for me. We conceived in Southeast Asia, and I assumed the wacky time changes messed up my cycle. I missed the positive OPK result because I never knew if I had even ovulated.

1-6dpo: zero symptoms
7-9dpo: restless sleep but I also had jet lag from the trip to Asia
8dpo: Egg white cervical mucus. Not much, but enough to notice. I considered implantation at this point, but I couldn't find much backing on the internet for this, so I assumed I was having an anovulatory or irregular cycle.
9dpo: woke with the certainty that I was NOT pregnant. My CM was wet though, and that was enough to keep me reading and guessing.
10dpo: super duper faint line on a test.
11dpo: BFP

Now that I have the BFP, I can feel twinges in my uterus. They're slight, but they're there. I seriously did not have any symptoms leading up to today though. I never felt pregnant. I was certain I was not. Just wanted to share to keep hope alive for some of you. <3

Now that it has begun to set in that I am really finally pregnant, I wanted to share my experience.

I am 30 and my OH is 38. We have been TTc for a year officially (14 months or so unofficially). We have no known hinderances. My cycle is between 28-30 days with spotting when doing a C.M. check a couple days before.

I ovulated around Feb 27, checking C.M. and 3 different apps that finally synced up after 10 or so cycles. We bd’ 2 days before and the day after. This cycle he upped his vitamin intake and make fertility from GNC (I thought he might od on them).

1-4 dpo I ate fresh pineapple. This first day o screwed up and ate 95% of the core only to read right after I finished I was supposed to eat the core with every piece the following days.

5/6 dpo nothing

7 dpo I had rumbling in my stomach and low pressure like under my pants line.

8 dpo I woke up with what I thought was allergies. In my mind I wanted to think I was sick with a cold but didn’t want to get my hopes up.

9-11dpo continued cold symptoms sneezing , runny nose, and just exhausted. Boobies started to become sore.

11dpo-14dpo I had a cough and still do but I couldn’t stop pooping (sorry but holy heck it was ridiculous). I had super mild cramping sensations and just stared at the tp the whole time waiting for af to show.

17 dpo St. Patrick’s Day I manned up and took a test. I was so tired of seeing Bfn’s. Almost instantly two pink lines!

I must say I am glad I waited to test as I had mildly prepared for it to be positive and at the same time being realistic I could just be 3 days late.

I'm still in shock and it doesn't even feel real.
I'm 37, going to be 38 this year. DH is 37, too.
We were loosely trying for #2 after a loss last year at 23 weeks, for 2 months. But our timing was always off as we weren't sure we really were ready. In Feb we decided we were ready to seriously try in the March cycle.
We used OPK's, Preseed, Femara 5mg (I ov naturally, but my FS recommended it to help with AMA), CoQ10, Zinc, Vitex (1dpo to BFP), EPO, baby aspirin, and the kitchen sink.

O day- Mar 10
1DPO-8 DPO no real symptoms, some pulling/pinching in my uterus but I sometimes get that before AF. Slightly sore boobs, but also a symptom of impending AF after I had my daughter last year. Convinced I'm out and I'm already planning the next cycle.
9DPO-bloating in a major way. I normally have bloating, but something felt different. With my first the bloating so bad I cant suck my stomach in, was one of the earliest signs I was pregnant along with the sore boobs. This day was when I started to think a BFP was possible.
10 DPO (9pm)-My boobs feel like they're on fire. Very tingly and painful under my armpits. I realize I felt the arm pit pain a bit on 9DPO as well From 9pm its getting increasingly more painful. I decide to POAS at 1030, realizing its very early and I'm not likely to see anything. i say a little prayer: 'Thy Will Be Done'. 3 min later I see the faintest BFP squinter.
11 DPO (730am)-I take a CB DIGI weeks predictor and indeed PREGNANT 1-2.

With my last pregnancy I took a blood test at 12 dpo and my betas were so low, under 20, so had I taken an HPT, it would have been negative. So I never thought it would be a possibility at 10 dpo. My lutetal length has gone from 14 before baby, to 12, so that could explain the early BFP.

We are thrilled to be having our rainbow baby! And shocked that we were successful with one month of actively trying. OH! Forgot to mention we last had sex 2 DAYS BEFORE O day!!

we will never forget our little flower that never got the chance to bloom. I firmly believe she has something to do with this. And I thank my Almighty God for always reminding me He is in control and to trust in Him, and only Him.

Good luck to those waiting for their BFP's!

I am your typical stalker and have miraculously gotten my FIRST ever true BFP. My journey has been epic and I want to open up about it because this site was where I spent so many years of TWW's.

Background: I am 31, my infertility journey started when I was 19 (2005) and trying to conceive with my then fiancee. I knew something wasn't right then and all the doctors I went to wouldn't listen to me. In 2010 I finally got a DR who would do what I wanted and had a laprascopy, hysteroscopy and chromatubation done. Found grade II endometriosis, my uterus was completely filled with polyps, and my right tube was blocked. He didn't try to open my right tube because I was "so young and would be fine," but he did remove all the polyps. Fast forward to 2016, I am still not getting pregnant. Tried some clomid and AI (using known donors) a few times with no luck. So in 2016 I have a HSG and both of my tubes are blocked and there is a large filling defect. Saline sonogram shows nothing that would cause a filling defect, so weird! guessing it was a cyst that burst? A few months later I have a fallopian tube recanalization done, which was successful, doctor got both tubes open! That was December 2016. Tried all of 2017, had another HSG that showed both tubes still open. Finally got referred to an RE in late 2017 (I am a veteran and working with the VA so it takes forever!). RE said that my left tube actually looks terrible and while technically patent, it doesn't look good. So we try one cycle of clomid and timed intercourse because my follicle was on the left side. She wanted to move to injectables, so while waiting for them to be ordered we did one natural + IUI cycle and no luck. Partner is 39 has 4% morphology, everything else good. Beginning of March I started Menopur injectables (2 bottles) for 9 days (CD 2-10) Triggered with Ovidrel 250mcg on CD 11 with three good looking follicles, two on left and one on right. Did IUI on CD 13 and lots of BD'ing around then so we don't know what worked ;)

1-6dpo nothing unusual - Refilled Menopur RX, just in case (so now I have a ton I don't know what to do with!)
7dpo- tested with FRER, very faint positive (then I remembered the trigger shot, so disappointing!!)
8dpo- tested with FRER very very faint positive, ok trigger is pretty much gone, but now I am out of tests! Order more on internet!!
9dpo- brief wave of nausea while cooking
10dpo- preggo tests arrive in am so I can use FMU - faint, but definite, positive on Wondfo. Now I don't know if it's trigger or real, but thinking real!
11dpo- test with FMU - faint positive - wave of mild nausea again in the evening.
12dpo- test with FMU- positive getting darker!
13dpo- test with FMU still positive! Beta test done = 98!
14dpo- test much darker now
I had big temp jumps at 8 and 9dpo, and it has stayed really high. I use the ava bracelet, which I don't actually recommend if you are doing medicated cycles, it really throws things off! It was totally off for when I ovulated this cycle and when I did my clomid cycle. Was great for the one natural cycle though! I typically have 10-11 day LP, I am taking progesterone suppositories (started 2 days after IUI) even though I didn't have low levels, don't know if it helped considering I must implanted around 6 or 7 dpo.

Because of my tube issues, I have an increased risk of ectopic, so all fingers and toes crossed that everything is where it should be and it sticks! I have been doing acupuncture almost every week for 11months, taking prenatals for years. I think a lack of symptoms and the few waves of nausea had me suspicious, I never get nauseous unless I have a migraine. No AF-like cramps at all, more like constant activity and sensations in my uterus/ovaries and I was really happy, not at all like when AF is due. Boobs are tender now but didn't start until after the BFP, that comes and goes with my typical cycles though. Also extreme tiredness, like taking naps tired, started after the first bfp. I am so thrilled, this has been such a long, emotional journey and just knowing my body can actually get pregnant, it's just the most wonderful feeling.

We have been trying to conceive for 7 months and I am so happy to say that we are finally expecting our baby!

I had the Mirena IUD for almost 5 years and had it removed in August of 17'. Each month we would use OPK's and BD at all the appropriate times but nothing was happening. We were also using preseed except the month we conceived! I was charting using Ovia and with this I realized that my LP is only 11 days which is on the shorter end of normal. I was feeling a lot of anxiety about it and was worrying that there was something else wrong. In Dec I met with my OB for a yearly physical and she said to let her know if a few months if nothing happened yet and she would start with some blood tests. She wasn't too concerned with my LP length. My husband was starting to take steps as well to make sure it wasn't something on his end. In Feb he met with a dr that specializes in male reproduction and had blood work and a SA. Everything came back good! This was a huge relief. His Dr recommended Fertilaid for both of us so we started taking this as well. About a week later we met again with my OB to discuss further testing for me. She ran a bunch of blood work and wanted to get me scheduled for an HSG and Follicle US. All my blood work came back great! I felt like all of stress was melting away! The day I scheduled my HSG is when I found out I was pregnant! I was 9DPO, no unusual symptoms other than some spotting which was implantation bleeding. I am now 4 weeks 2 days and praying that this is a sticky little bean! I've been having seriel HCG's drawn and my #'s have been increasing nicely!

I know it can be discouraging and how much anxiety can go with this process. I really think that by getting ourselves tested early on helped ease my anxiety about it all and helped us to conceive.

I got my BFP today!!!! I cannot believe I'm posting this!
I have been stalking this page since 2009! I thought I Od on CD 14, but then had ewcm on CD 18, so I'm not sure what day was Oday. So I will list both possible DPO days. Here are the symptoms a wrote down. Please excuse my bad grammar and short hand, I copied and pasted this straight from my app, so these are the notes I wrote to myself.
LMP 3/9. AF due 4/5
1dpo- little cramps. Trouble falling asleep.

2dpo or 6dpo- feeling a little wet. 2 pinches near belly button. Back cramps. Period like cramps.

3dpo or 7dpo- gums bled when flossing. Tingly breast 9 pm pinching near belly button BFN FRER

4dpo or 8dpo- breasts feel warm and fuzzy inside and tingly (never felt this before) tired today

5dpo or 9dpo- BAD headache. Little congested. Gums bled when flossing

6dpo or 10dpo- breasts burn (this is so weird)

7dpo or 11 dpo- breasts feel hot inside and tingle, hurts under boobs where bra band is. Localized cramping right side . BFN FRER. Feel achy like AF coming

8dpo or 12dpo- bfn fmu frer
boobs feel the same
DH and I argued last night and I got very emotional.
I am so tired of symptom spotting every month then getting bfns. it really is getting to me bad this month. I feel sad... every time i get my hopes up, bam! bfn
I feel like from now on never testing unless I'm late. I can't stand this excitement then immediate disappointment

am I really this depressed?... this is not good
bad gas bm loose 10pm
boobs still hurt and burn a lot

9dpo or 13dpo- achy back maybe af tomorrow 10 am
1030 feel crampy like af is coming
milky cm
diareah
6pm very faint second line on blue dye in time limit (don't trust blue dyes tho)
AF due tomorrow

10dpo or 14dpo- AF due did not show
no af yet 10am
cried this morning at work because coworker last day.
My hopes aren't up, probably will start soon
11am back a little achey. checked cm w finger, milky cm
135 checked cm milky.
No more achy back. boobies still feeling tingly and achy not too sore to touch
tummy was growling at 1045 even though I drank all my coffee this morning.
feeling slightly nauseous today
330 milky cm a little crampy after checking
diareah 10pm

11dpo or 15dpo- Still no AF.
Boobs don't really burn much, but are sore and huge! Checked CP and it was so high and far back I couldnt touch it! This has NEVER ever happened, so of course I Google like crazy. I wanted to test, but then figured i would see bfn and wanted to live in my fantasy world of possibly being pregnant for a littlw longer before getting crushed
Went to lunch w coworkers, couldn't finish my food because I felt queasy. Ok may be I'll test anyways... I've peed like 5 times this morning, so if it's negative I can blame it on diluted urine. Grab test, go back to work, pee on it and... OMG!!! BFP! FRER
I can't believe it! Told my boss I have to leave work early.
Bought a clear blue digi on way home.
Peed on FRER digi BFP
Clear blue /- BFP
Clear blue digi BFP!!!!!

I always read these stories a lot when I was in the TTW, it was such a nice way to pass time and get hopeful. I always told myself I would add mine when I got a BFP because I didn't with my first. I have long cycles and didn't ovulate until CD25! I changed it up a bit this month by using pre-seed and soy isoflavones and having sex every other day from the end of my period until confirmed ovulation. We should have done the day after ovulation as well, but we were too tired lol. Now for the good stuff!!

CD25(ovulation day) Strong cramps on the left side today and for the past few days, no other symptoms.

1dpo- Big temperature jump this morning, .70! CM is dry/sticky, cervix feels hard and closed and at a weird angle, loose stools, slight nausea (I always get loose stools and a little bit of nausea the day after O, nothing new for me. I assume its from the sudden spike in progesterone) Lower left back pain the evening. These signs tell me that I'm 1dpo.

2dpo- More loose stools, no other symptoms

3dpo- Nothing. Got my crosshairs on the Fertility Friend app today, ovulation confirmed!

4dpo- Nothing

5dpo- Another temp jump. I had bad dreams that was husband was having an affair. I NEVER remember my dreams upon waking and the only other time I had those nightmares was when I was pregnant with my daughter. This was my first inking that we may have caught it this month.

6dpo- TMI alert for this one; My cervix was VERY LOW. It felt almost like a uterine prolapse. It was not even a full fingertip into the vagina and the entrance felt swollen. It was honestly pretty alarming, but I remember having a very low cervix a few days before I got a BFP with my DD. This was the second sign that made me hopeful. I also had creamy EWCM. I always have this in the luteal phase, but this time it was slightly yellow. I *think* this was implantation day.

7dpo- Still had the same really low cervix and swollen feeling. More yellow tinted creamy EWCM

8dpo- Cervix is now back to normal and CM is drier. I took an Easy@home dipstick pregnancy test with FMU and it was stark white. I felt I was out, but reminded myself that it was still really early. No symptoms or signs other than feeling moody/weepy. I cried watching while Watching Moana.

9dpo- Faint positive with an Easy@home pregnancy test with FMU! It was sooooo light, but I knew any line within the time frame was probably a positive. Started getting excited. Tested with a Walmart First Signal test using the same urine and got a much more obvious line! I love these test! I now wonder if the First Signal one would have been positive yesterday. Still feeling moody, my husband commented that I was being short and rude with him. Oops..

10dpo- Darker lines on both brands of test. OMG, its real! I'm pregnant! My daughter is going to a big sister! Baby number 2 is on the way, due the end of December.

I'm now 18dpo (4w4d) and symptoms still aren't bad. Sore boobs every so often. My DD doesn't want to nurse anymore, either due to my milk drying up or a change in taste(does that happen this early on?) Lack of appetite, I only want Mexican food and buffalo chicken dip, but no real nausea yet. Still feeling moody and I have a complete lack of sex drive.

Keep cooking little one, we can't wait to meet you.

I stalked this site pretty hard during my tww and wanted to return the favor to others TTC. DH and I talked about ttc, so I never started a new BCP pack after my last WB (21/3-26/3). We BD'd as usual, but I did do a few OPKs to get an idea of when O would be, which turned out not to be helpful.

CD1-CD6: WB
CD9: BD
CD11: EWCM, BD, -OPK
CD12: temp drop, -OPK, double-over gas pains (with no gas); suspected O
CD13: 0.5 degree temp rise
CD14: oily skin, cervix remained open, creamy CM
CD15: open cervix, creamy CM, BD
No crosshairs on FF at this point, just the dotted line on CD12
This is where things started getting weird. I started feeling AWFUL. I was nauseous, very pale, no appetite. I could barely stand without passing out. I work out every day and could barely do anything at the gym without fainting. Very strong metallic taste. This lasted from CD16 to CD19. At the time, I thought that maybe I had ovulated much earlier and was experiencing very early symptoms. In retrospect, I believe my body tried to ovulated on CD12, but was unsuccessful. I felt awful due to the rapid fluctuations in hormones during this week. I started getting EWCM again on CD17, which continued through CD21. I brushed this off because I thought I surely had already O'd (I didn't even do any OPKs even though I had them). We BDd on CD18 just by chance (99% positive this is when we caught the egg). Anyways..
CD17: EWCM, bad headache
CD18: (tmi) huge glob of EWCM after workout, BD, Quick pinching sensations in pelvis
CD19: temp 96.9, woke up with sore right armpit/side BB, more EWCM, very mild cramps and a bit moody later in the day (I think I actually O'd this day)
1DPO: Felt out this cycle because any "symptoms" I had disappeared, quit temping, watery CM
2DPO: (tmi) a lot of white-ish stretchy CM-- similar to EWCM in consistency but white (had never before experienced this), Good skin, boobs not sore but slightly bigger (they had literally shrunk after stopping my BCPs).
3DPO: pressure in pelvic region (similar to the sensation of my inguinal hernia), feel like a UTI or yeast infection is coming
4DPO: decided to take my temp this am 97.6! This is what initially made me realize when I had truly O'd.
5DPO: temp 97.6, very HOT all day- was sweaty at work all day, left pelvic twinges, nipples looked different
6DPO: cervix very sensitive- felt bruised or something (never experienced it to this extent), skin good, very mild cramping, nipples take on a more cone-shaped appearance and BBs heavier, skin more oily
7DPO: very mild cramping, cervix hurt while BDing- shock like feeling, creamy CM, very emotional which is very unlike me
8DPO: LIGHTNING CROTCH- holy crap. Happened while I was at work and stopped me in the middle of a sentence! Never had experienced this before. Started getting a warm feeling in my stomach- sorry I don't know how else to explain it (probably from progesterone) At this point, I knew I was pregnant. I just felt different. I took a FRER stark white BFN, which didn't even upset me because I knew it was wrong
9DPO: Nothing in the am, tried to wait until 10DPO to test but caved in the afternoon and vvvv faint positive- was not remotely surprised. Full feeling in pelvic region and just feeling different. Very emotional, nauseous, tired and bloated later in the day.
10DPO: Tested with FRER- BFP, still emotional
11DPO (today): Had to cut my workout short due to very mild cramping and fatigue.

Since I'm not sure when exactly I O'd, my DPO timeline could be off by a couple days.

At this point, my BBs look the same as they were 6DPO and and feel 10x better in general than I did CD16-19. Something I noticed is I feel like I spent way more time symptom spotting before I could have possibly had symptoms. Sometime around 5DPO I quit looking up symptoms, etc because I just felt different and started experiencing things that were totally unfamiliar to me. I feel like everyone is different and someone else might experience a pregnancy symptom that is a normal PMS symptom for you, and vise versa. The things that tipped me off were things that were new to me (sore cervix, lighting crotch, nipples). I wouldn't completely rely on any single means of determining O. However, cervical mucous was the single best predictor of fertility in my case. In the future I will invest in digital OPKs as the cheap ones are impossible to interpret. I hope this helps!

Ps. Although I wasn't shocked when I got my BFP, I am extremely surprised that we got pregnant the first cycle. My heart goes out to those that aren't as lucky. I will have my fingers crossed for you. GL!

DPO 1: Nothing yet
DPO 2: Very emotional
DPO 3: Nothing
DPO 4: Breaking out, Breasts and back start to ache
DPO 5: Very tired, breasts hurting more
DPO 6: Slight nausea, acne, breasts more tender, very tired and somewhat dizzy
DPO 7: Very Sore breasts, felt like they were on fire, raised BBT over cover line
DPO 8: Confirmed BFP!

I always read these stories a lot when I was in the TTW, it was such a nice way to pass time and get hopeful. I always told myself I would add mine when I got a BFP because I didn't with my first. I have long cycles and didn't ovulate until CD25! I changed it up a bit this month by using pre-seed and soy isoflavones and having sex every other day from the end of my period until confirmed ovulation. We should have done the day after ovulation as well, but we were too tired lol. Now for the good stuff!!

CD25(ovulation day) Strong cramps on the left side today and for the past few days, no other symptoms.

1dpo- Big temperature jump this morning, .70! CM is dry/sticky, cervix feels hard and closed and at a weird angle, loose stools, slight nausea (I always get loose stools and a little bit of nausea the day after O, nothing new for me. I assume its from the sudden spike in progesterone) Lower left back pain the evening. These signs tell me that I'm 1dpo.

2dpo- More loose stools, no other symptoms

3dpo- Nothing. Got my crosshairs on the Fertility Friend app today, ovulation confirmed!

4dpo- Nothing

5dpo- Another temp jump. I had bad dreams that was husband was having an affair. I NEVER remember my dreams upon waking and the only other time I had those nightmares was when I was pregnant with my daughter. This was my first inking that we may have caught it this month.

6dpo- TMI alert for this one; My cervix was VERY LOW. It felt almost like a uterine prolapse. It was not even a full fingertip into the vagina and the entrance felt swollen. It was honestly pretty alarming, but I remember having a very low cervix a few days before I got a BFP with my DD. This was the second sign that made me hopeful. I also had creamy EWCM. I always have this in the luteal phase, but this time it was slightly yellow. I *think* this was implantation day.

7dpo- Still had the same really low cervix and swollen feeling. More yellow tinted creamy EWCM

8dpo- Cervix is now back to normal and CM is drier. I took an Easy@home dipstick pregnancy test with FMU and it was stark white. I felt I was out, but reminded myself that it was still really early. No symptoms or signs other than feeling moody/weepy. I cried watching while Watching Moana.

9dpo- Faint positive with an Easy@home pregnancy test with FMU! It was sooooo light, but I knew any line within the time frame was probably a positive. Started getting excited. Tested with a Walmart First Signal test using the same urine and got a much more obvious line! I love these test! I now wonder if the First Signal one would have been positive yesterday. Still feeling moody, my husband commented that I was being short and rude with him. Oops..

10dpo- Darker lines on both brands of test. OMG, its real! I'm pregnant! My daughter is going to a big sister! Baby number 2 is on the way, due the end of December.

I'm now 18dpo (4w4d) and symptoms still aren't bad. Sore boobs every so often. My DD doesn't want to nurse anymore, either due to my milk drying up or a change in taste(does that happen this early on?) Lack of appetite, I only want Mexican food and buffalo chicken dip, but no real nausea yet. Still feeling moody and I have a complete lack of sex drive.

Keep cooking little one, we can't wait to meet you.

I can't believe I am writing my BFP story. It's super early (I just found out this morning) but I knew I wanted to share on this site. Like most, I've been stalking these stories during my TWW for some hope!

It's gonna be long..but hopefully this helps someone else!

Background - DH had one testicle removed in 2014 due to a cancer scare (we were together at this point). Just as a precaution, he wanted to freeze a sample before surgery in case we ended up having issues later on..long story short we found out he had 0 sperm. Zilch, nada, nothing. It was devastating. We weren't ready for children at this point but we knew then we would have issues conceiving. He had a second SA done and the results were the same, he was actually missing a crucial part of the system needed to produce them. Our only option would be donor sperm.

Fast forward 1.5 years which included me thinking I would have a miracle baby anyway..it didn't happen. Queue lots of tears and money spent on OPK's and HPT's that were always negative.

We were finally ready to take the next step and so we had our consult with a fertility clinic. I had all of testing done and I have no issues. I ovulate on my own every month so we were cleared for 4 natural, unmedicated/unmonitored IUI's (so no ultrasounds, no trigger shot, no meds)..I was only going to be taking progesterone 1 day past IUI through the entire TWW.

I swore up and down I was pregnant the first time around. The progesterone gave me vivid dreams, stabs/twinges, a lower backache, kept my cervix high and soft and I had horrible headaches! They truly mess with your head..

For round 2, I had a positive OPK on CD 12 around 7am and I went in at 11:30am the next day for the IUI. The sperm numbers were actually lower than the first IUI...they were 19.8 million with only 28% motility..so only around 5.5 million motile!! We had 13 million motile for the first one so I was bummed.

Here are my symptoms by DPO/DPIUI (same)

IUI Day: EWCM. That night I came down with a sore throat, it severely progressed and I was super congested by the time I went to bed.

1DPO: Big glob of EWCM, was super worried I had the O day wrong and we missed it. I was still super sick and I was beginning to think it was a sinus infection. Had to work from home. By the end of the night I had developed a headache in relation to said sickness.

2DPO: Woke up at 2am with the WORST headache, definitely sinus related although I've never had a sinus infection before. Sore throat is gone and I'm still half congested/half runny nose. I really don't know if this was at all related to any changes in my body..I feel like it may have been funny timing. Still worth noting.

3DPO: Sickness has converted in allergies. This makes sense as I always have seasonal allergies. Nothing Else

4DPO: Progesterone twinges. I say this because I had these almost my entire TWW of my failed IUI and its definitely too early for implantation. Allergies.

5DPO: Stronger twinges. Allergies getting better but still there. My throat is super dry/scratchy feeling at night and I had gas.

6DPO: More twinges but on both sides and center (again why I blame the progesterone, can't even keep it consistent). Brief wave of nausea..not even like full on, just kinda felt off-putting for a minute or two. Dry/scratchy throat again

7DPO: No allergies but I start noticing I have a ton of post-nasal drip..just like excess mucus at the back of my throat constantly. I have read this can be caused by estrogen. My nipples are a little sensitive, just a little tho and maybe a little more hard. Big wave of fatigue at night before bed. Horrible gas at night..I mean just horrible..poor hubby.

8DPO: I had a few sharp pains today but they felt like they were at the back of my uterus and would stem down to my anal gland. No noticeable cramps. Still phlegmy..its very annoying actually. The disgustingly smelly night gas is back, it's weird to me that its only at night?

9DPO: This had to be implantation day. Dull headache. I had full on AF cramps, like the ones where you literally think it's coming at any moment. These turned into a lower backache and then stopped. Had a few more at night. This day I started getting excited..I had LIGHTNING CROTCH at night. Just once, it literally felt like someone stuck a taser to my V and it shot up my cervix. I jumped out of the recliner it was so intense. Also you guessed it....Gas at night, just awful.

10DPO: Wanted to test today but was too afraid of a negative. I was very weepy and negative this day. I didn't have much going on, my lower back still hurt but that happened throughout my entire 1st TWW so I was worried it would be the same outcome. The one glimmer was that I was super excited (as usual) for my morning cup of coffee (I did not give up coffee during my TWW, still had one cup). When I started drinking it..it tasted awful, SUPER bitter. It didn't make me sick or anything, it just did not taste good. I also had a weird dull pain in my left thigh, right towards the top. Sometimes it felt like it was pulsing. What do you know..GAS AGAIN at night, except it wasn't as bad as the previous 3 days.

11DPO: Woke up at 2:30am..could NOT fall back asleep. I was wide awake. This happens to me once in a blue moon so I wasn't really thinking prego sign but then I started thinking about it which probably contributed to being awake. I finally fell back asleep around 5am and I had a dream that I took a test and it was positive. This is a weird but in both TWW I had super vivid (and weird) dreams however as MUCH as I thought about pregnancy and the IUI's..they were never about pregnancy though. So when I woke up and realized I finally had one..I knew I had to test!

Hubby was in the bathroom too and I did the test and set it down..I said "ugh I just know it's going to be negative"..the second line started showing up and I was just jumping up and down and he was like "there is no second line" and I was like "omg yes there is how do you not see it" - well he finally did, it's clear as day (included) and it was just the most surreal moment. I have never seen two lines on a test. I can't even describe it!

Like I said it is super early but I'm so happy to even have this opportunity. Hoping for a sticky little poppy seed that we get to meet in less than 9 months!

IUI's can work!! I realize that because we used a donor and I have no issues, the odds were in our favor. But don't give up! Like I mentioned before, I didn't give up coffee in the TWW. I did do pineapple core from days 1-5dpo and I ate brazil nuts on those days and then like forgot to keep eating them after that. I did not drink any alcohol in the TWW - however I will say...Ariel non-alcoholic Cabernet Sauvignon is a super good alternative :)

Baby Dust!!!

Hello. This will be baby #2 if all goes well. For comparison, you can read my first pregnancy BFP story here (I waited a LONG time to test last time).

First, I do not know my ovulation date. I do not temp or use OPK; I track with the Ovia App and with cervical mucous. My husband is a go with the flow kind of guy and trying to conceive is stressful enough. With that said, I began have EWCM on April 19th. We tried on the 17th and the 22nd. On the 23rd, I felt pain in my right pelvic region and had more EWCM, so I *think* ovulation was on the 23rd.

I will also note that most of the ‘symptoms’ I had were pretty in line with other months when I haven’t been pregnant: tender boobs (not HOLY CRAP DON’T TOUCH ME tender, but slight aches), nausea, fatigue, headaches, and even tugging in my pelvic region.

My noticeable differences? A crazy amount of gas (and this is coming from someone with IBS!), acne (I usually get one pimple in the same place above my eyebrow but this month I got a big pimple on the side of my nose, my cheeks, my chin, and my butt!), mood swings toward my sweet little boy (every single thing he did was driving me up a wall), and frequent urination that felt like a UTI without the pain - just a sense of urgency to go. That was all early on. Yesterday I had a few feelings like I was pregnant, but I wasn’t letting myself get hooked on them because I didn’t think I was pregnant plus I had already had 2 negative tests.

It wasn’t until last night that I had an inkling I might be and had tested too early. I started making dinner - broccoli and beef stir fry - and two things occurred. 1) The meat smelled so terrible I couldn’t continue cooking and 2) I cried because nothing was turning out the way I wanted to.

When I told my husband, he confided that he knew I was last night because of the meat - he could not smell a thing!

For those of you who really like the DPO + symptoms, here you go, but organized by cycle day (CD) followed by DPO (indicated by +1, +2, etc.):

CD14: egg white crevical mucous (EWCM), had sex!

CD15 / ovulation ?: EWCM, pain in right ovary

CD16 (+1): pressure in pelvis, gas, headache, insomnia, chills, altered taste (realized that it was my prenatals causing this)

CD17 (+2): tons of belching, terrible gas (smell, sound), impatient, headache, felt ‘wet,’ large cyst-like zit on side of nose, cervix was high and soft, frequent urination at night

CD18 (+3): irritable, tugging on right side of pelvis, lotion like discharge (not abnormal for this point of my cycle), energetic, more awful gas, more frequent urination, nipple and breast pain (shooting sensations, but not abnormal), cervix still high and soft

CD19 (+4): more belching, more gas, tiredness with small bursts of energy, waves of nausea, bloated, absolutely no cervical mucous, cervix was high and soft

CD20 (+5): increased appetite, tired, frequent urination, cervix was somewhat high and soft, no cervical mucous

CD21 (+6): emotional, a bit depressed, headache, congestion, mood swings, some nausea, cervix was somewhat high and soft, no cervical mucous

CD22 (+7): more mood swings, first bout of real cravings (I NEEDED chips and salsa from Taco Bell - should have been a clue as the same was my first craving during my first pregnancy), felt a cold coming on - scratchy throat and cough, cervical mucous was watery and cervix was medium-high and soft. Negative blue dye pregnancy test.

CD23 (+8): Cold was stronger. Throat was irritated and I felt HOT. We live in Okinawa, Japan, which is subtropical so in the Spring and Summer, humidity stays around 85-95%. I was miserable with chills and bodyaches and felt feverish but did not have an elevated temperature. I had another negative test - this time a First Response Early Result (FRER). Began to think I was pregnant due to brief feelings similar to last pregnancy - I can’t explain, but if you have been pregnant before you may understand. Also, this is when I got so upset and sickened by dinner. Cervical mucous was watery, did not check position.

CD24 (+9): I had planned to save my other pregnancy test for this weekend but I have zero self control. I took a test with first morning urine and expected a result right away (because with my son, it showed immediately. After 30 seconds and only one line, I tossed it in the trash. A minute or two later, something in me said check again. So I did, and there was a faint second line. I wasn’t sure if it was real or not. You never believe the first test. My sister-in-law and best friend convinced me to do another, Clearblue Digital, which I did, and an agonizing 3-minutes later ‘pregnant’ popped up.

Husband and I are a bit in shock. I’m waiting until I officially miss my period to make an appointment with the OBGYN clinic. We have told a few people but will wait to tell our son and the world (facebook), until after the first ultrasound.