Hi Ladies,

My purpose of writing this isn't to brag. I feel like everything in my life I can control and be successful in except for my TTC journey. God has humbled me, taught me patience and how to fully trust him in him through the process of TTC. I learned that it's okay to be vulnerable and it's okay to cry or feel like I'm a defect. The purpose of me writing this is to help other women get through this crazy TWW and TTC journey. I read through so many stories and it kept me sane so I really hope that my story will help you too.

***Please listen to the song "Who You Are" by Jessie J. It helped me through my hard times and frustration.

About Me

I'm turning 33 in a week
Healthy weight
Have not been diagnosed with PCOS although my cycles can be anywhere from 30-40+ days
Carried a healthy baby to full term already
Have a desk job so not physically demanding
Love sweets and drink coffee

My Crazy Cycles/LH Surges

In the 8 months that I was TTC, I only ovulated 5 times because one cycle was over 50 days long and I believe it was an Anovulatory cycle (where you don't ovulate but have break-through bleeding/spotting). In the other 6 months, only 1 month was 30 days long; the others were around 36 days long. I always get a ALMOST or even Positive OPK 7 days before the REAL Positive OPK. For ex: I'll get 1 positive OPK on CD 18, but it's only one, then the rest are negative. I test 5 am and 5 pm from CD 11-AF. Then on CD 25 I'll get the real deal. How do I know it's the real deal? Because my OPK stays positive for 36 hrs, not 12 hours, and my BBT chart in Fertility Friend confirms my ovulation. I normally ovulate 1 day after my first Positive OPK (the real one). So CD 25 (positive in am and pm), CD 26 (positive am and pm, I ovulate this day), CD 27 (positive am only, negative by pm). We would BD on these 3 days. Note: I know people say to test with 2nd morning urine, but that's not accurate for me. It sometimes turn positive even when I'm not ovulating yet. My advice is to play around with the OPKs and learn about your body. My CM is really hard to read so I can't go by that. I also sometimes get a blazing positive OPK right before AF arrives. My Luteal Phase is anywhere from 10 - 13 days long.

What I did differently in my BPF Cycle

Honestly not much because by this time I'm frustrated. I was taking Fertilaid and Fertil CM for 30 days. I quit coffee from CD 1 to CD 35, but because I believed I was not going to ovulate anyway I started drinking it again. I was supposed to ovulate around CD 28 but I was traveling. I think the stress of traveling, refinancing my house, preparing the house for appraisal, crazy busy at work and helping my in laws purchase a house really delayed my ovulation. I convinced myself to take my temperature and continue using OPKs. On CD 38 I got a blazing positive OPK. I noted that AF is finally going to show up! My LH stayed positive for 36 hours... but AF never arrived.

Wonfo, First Response, ClearBlue Digital, ClearBlue and $1 Cheapie Reviews (My very first BFP)

1 DPO - 5 DPO: Nothing

6 and 7 DPO: For the first time in my life I'm getting heartburn BEFORE eating or drinking anything in the morning. I told my friend maybe I'm getting too fat!

On 8 DPO I decided to take a Wonfo for fun in the am. There was a line but it looked like an indent, but the line was more definite than a regular indent. I didn't believe it so I took a First Response. FRER was stark white - Big fat negative.

On 9 DPO, I felt like my left ovary was swollen. That feeling like your heart is sticking out when it's racing. Hard to explain, so I took a Wonfo at 10 pm. Looks like a indent.... or a BFP! I decided to use a Wonfo to test urine again, and use the 3rd Wonfo to test water. The water Wonfo came out stark white while the 2 urine ones had "indent" lines. After 30 minutes of looking at them under several lights I decided that it's probably 75% a BFP. But I didn't let myself get excited yet.

On 10 DPO, I tested with Wonfo with first morning urine. I see another "indent" or.... BFP! I took out my blue dye ClearBlue Easy. Faint cross (positive). I tested with the $1 cheapie. Faint line again. Then I took out the Digital ClearBlue Advance that I stashed away. At 2 minutes; BAM, "Pregnant, 1-2)!!!!! Okay, I finally believe it. LOL. Please note that the last cycle I got a bad batch of Wonfos that gave me 7 false positives out of 25. I also got a false positive with FRER in that cycle as well. Symptoms: Light backache on left side. Ovary feels swollen/sore.

On 11 DPO, My Wonfo HPTs are coming out darker now! My OPKs are turning positive immediately! Just testing the theory that the OPK can turn positive in early pregnancy; turns out it's true! I was very tired right after lunch; felt like a zombie. The most obvious sign was the ache in my left ovary. Even if I didn't take a pregnancy test I would have known just from this that I was pregnant. It's not like AF cramps. First it feels swollen, I can envision my little ovary swollen just from that feeling. Then, for hours it felt like someone left a tiny twisted metal coil beside my ovary and it kept rubbing up against it. Other times it would feel like a poking and pulling feeling at my ovary. I hope I was able to explain that correctly. LOL.

Well, I'm thrilled and feel blessed beyond words. I'm going to give my husband a extra special present on Father's day (6 days from now) in front of my family. My little girl will be 4 next month and has been asking for a sibling since she was 2.5 years old so i'm just so excited to share the news with everyone. I hope this helps you all. Keep your head up and I know it's so hard to believe when you've been ttc for a long time, but maybe your BFP is just right around the corner!!!

Thanks for reading.

Hello lovelies.
I am so excited to share my story leading up to my BFP!!! It all started in March when my fiance and I decided to start our family. I got home in early April from visiting my mom in Florida for a month. We started trying but we had just missed my ovulation date which falls around the 31st or 1st each month. I actually got a yeast infection for the first time. I thought for sure that we had a little bun in the oven but I was disappointed when AF showed up anyway =P . The only reason I thought that we had gotten lucky was because I was reading that a lot of women don't get a YI until they get pregnant for the first time, or that is when it is most common. So we were pretty much out during April.

When May rolled around we started trying again. We are both young and healthy, I am 22 and he is 23, so I thought that we would conceive the first month we tried. I know that many take longer to get their BFP and I am blessed that we were able to get pregnant so fast. During May's TWW I thought for sure I was pregnant and having symptoms but they were just from PMS as usual. That month my period actually came a little late. When it did come I almost thought that I was pregnant but had heavy implantation. [Yes I know I read too many stories on TWW]. It was all in my head.

Anywho.. This month came around and we did our usual routine. I had been using the app Ovia to keep track of when I ovulated. Since my period was late last month I did not know for sure when I would ovulate. I actually stopped documenting everything in the app because I wanted to just let nature take her course, and I am glad we did.

When we started to baby dance again after AF was gone we did it around my ovulation days and I actually remember one day he said I was really wet. [sorry tmi]. He was wondering if I got it ready for him ;-) and I said no. That was when I realized I was ovulating and we actually caught it right on time. We baby danced a few more times around that day and some more after that.

During June's TWW here are some of the things I experienced: Swollen ankles, headaches, moodiness, loss of appetite, fatigue, thirsty, dizzy, very dizzy, creamy white CM, feeling warmer, nausea (not throwing up), metallic taste, and my nipples stopped hurting a week before my period.

The last symptom gave it away for me because my nipples always hurt from my ovulation date until the day my period starts. This time around they just stopped and I knew I had to test.

First tested with WalMart 88cent cheapie
Tested on 8dpo and got a BFN! Stark white test strip.
Tested again on 12dpo got a faint faint BFP! (has never happened before)
Tested again on 13dpo got another faint BFP!

The line was so faint I had a feeling we were pregnant but I just wanted to be sure. If not for the fact that the faint showed up within 5 mins I would have thought it was an evap line. So 14dpo I went and bought a Clear Blue Digital test that tells you the weeks. After the 3 mins of waiting for the results it said Pregnant 1-2 weeks!!!!!

I am super super excited to be pregnant with my first baby. I am hoping for a safe delivery and pregnancy. I still don't know how we will tell the family but I know for sure I want to wait a little longer and get closer to the end of my first trimester. I am currently 4 weeks and 1 day along if you count from the first day of my last period which was the 16th of May. I had to post here because I can't tell anyone else yet.

I hope this has helped relieve someone as all of these stories have done for me and that your TWW is short in your brain lol. To all the mama's to be I hope you also have a safe and healthy pregnancy that results in a beautiful healthy baby(s).

Hi ladies,

I remember coming to this website every day of the month for at least a year. Now, I am 35 weeks pregnant. But I remembered how supportive it was to me to read about the BFP stories and what I could look for and any advice provided.

I was TTC for 2 years with my husband - I used ovulation calculators and checked my CM every day for the perfect EWCM but to no avail. The last time I had gotten pregnant, it was a surprise so I had no idea how stressful trying to become pregnant could be.

At last, despite my husband saying it took the romance out of it, I invested in ovulation sticks. I was convinced we were just missing the window and that by using them it would help. And boy did it ever. I got pregnant with 2 months of using the sticks and the best part is you get a ton in a package so you can test multiple times a day if you are obsessed like I was.

Day 1-7: Nothing, no symptoms
Day 8: Tired, mild nausea.
Day 9: Same
Day 10: Same
Day 11: Back ache, tired
Day 12-14: Feeling tired and not hungry at all.
Day 15: Light BFP
Day 16: Dark BFP
Day 18: Confirmed at doctor's office with blood test.

So here is my advice:
Get the ovulation sticks -they really do help take the guesswork out of when you are ovulating.
Do not stress if your symptoms are not overly obvious - I got my positive blood test and still didn't really feel pregnant until about 12 weeks along.
Don't rely on counting the days of your cycle - mine were regular but I still missed the mark for over a year on when I usually ovulate.

Sending happy thoughts your way! Thank you to this community for keeping me hopeful during those late nights on the computer wondering why it wasn't happening.

So we've been actively trying for about 4 months. This month, we changed a few things up... and I just wanted to share my story.
In previous months, we would BD a lot BEFORE ovulation (since I read that this was most effective), but this month, we only BD about every other day during fertile week. Once I got the positive OPK, we BD every night for 3 days straight.

This was also my first cycle using Preseed (used applicator, but used less than the recommended amount). I used that throughout the entire fertile week, but never two days in a row because I didn't want to get an infection from messing with my PH.
This month, I also asked DH to take his vitamins consistently and lay off the caffeine (which he did, surprisingly).

Additionally, I read that taking a baby aspirin once a day helps with implantation (helps blood flow), so after ovulation, I began taking a baby aspirin each morning. (DH is a nurse practitioner, and approved of this... but I recommend you do your own research/ask doc. etc.)

*Note about prayer -- this was the first cycle that I turned to the Lord consistently. After sex, I prayed (in bed with legs elevated). Before sex, I prayed. During my 2ww, I prayed. I asked a few close friends to pray. If you're spiritual, I highly recommend prayer, meditation, etc. We are spiritual beings!

Signs/symptoms:
I really didn't have many this cycle... I tried not to get my hopes up, but there were some noticeable differences.

3-4DPO - tender breasts at certain points in the day. (Nothing excruciating, just hurt to jog, lay on my stomach); CM - medium amount, cervix closed, medium hard, medium-high

5 DPO - tender breasts in morning - weird cramps after sex. (This happened again while I was browsing around in the store... they were not menstrual cramps or lower abdomen cramps, it was up high.... never felt anything like this before); CM - drying up, tacky, cervix is same
6-8 DPO - tender breasts (again, not TOO bad), MOODY... not the average "I'm just in a bad mood," but more like "You used the wrong tone with me in the store and now I'm crying so hard I can't catch my breath". -- frequently felt like I wanted to strangle my husband for small things (no worries - he's not in danger =) ). I'm usually not like this with him, even before AF. CM - dry, cervix closed, coming down lower?, harder
*Took a New Choice (Dollar Tree) pregnancy test on 8DP0 (shame, I know) - negative, came back 2 hours later, showed positive. Thought was an evap line. Did one again later in the day, negative, 2 hours later, positive. WTH?
9DPO - lower abdomen feels heavy, not painful, but a deeper, softer cramp. Thought it might be AF, but was confused since these aren't normal-type cramps. CM - dry, cervix medium-high again, but a bit softer today... still harder than when I O.
10DPO - lower abdomen still heavy (crampy, but no PAIN). I think my areolas are getting a bit darker? Definitely still sore to lay on. Took FRER - VVVVVFL!! New Choice preg. test - FL! BFP!!!
11DPO - heavy abdomen... so hard to explain. It's like I have a 1 pound weight attached to my lower abdomen.

**NO SPOTTING - and I was paying close attention. I also never felt a moment of implantation.

Weirdest sign that I noticed --> my urine was SUPER light yellow since 2DPO... this is NOT normal for me, and I did not increase my water intake.
I read on some site that "back in the day" doctors had recorded that pregnant women had lighter urine... hmmm.
Even my pee in the morning wasn't very dark. I talked to DH - (being the NP and all), and he said "it just means you're more hydrated... it doesn't mean you're pregnant.) But sure enough, I am pregnant! This was the only VISIBLE change I saw.... but I knew something was up.

Biggest sign husband noticed --> Moodiness ("You were just super emotional, freaking out about small things that you usually don't freak out about.) I'm pretty emotional all the time, so this must have been pretty bad, ha!

Hello everyone,

I'm so happy and excited to be here finally able to share my story. On June 12th last year my husband and I decided to start trying for a baby. We BD a couple of times and I was sure I was pregnant....then came the reality. Coming off the pill after 10 years I had forgotten my periods used to be non-existent. My hormones were no longer regulated and they were all over the place - I was all over the place.

It has been such a tough year, I've had to wake up and take responsibility for my own body. My diet has done a 360' I no longer smoke and I exercise daily....the weight dropped off and this month my BFP finally happened!

By DPO is my favourite sort of story so here goes:

CD33 I ovulated

DPO1 no EWCM today, after 8 continuous days.! BBT also raised, and mood dipped slightly so figured I had finally ovulated

DPO2-5 really bad periodic cramping and gas along with - TMI alert - snot like CM. Slightly anxious and paranoid (hormones)

DPO6 boobs start to get sore and I worry I'm out, isn't it too early for sore boobs?! But feeling very happy & balanced

DPO8 more snot like CM and cramping in the night (hoping it's a good sign!)

DPO9-10 Mega thirsty. More yellowy discharge with tinges of brown.

DPO11 Now mega hungry! Getting lower backache, again worry I might be out...nipples still sore and is it my imagine or appear bigger...?

DPO12 Positive on FRER the line was so beautifully pink I was so happy!

DPO13 tested again on Clearblue get a 'pregnant 1-2'

Good luck to everybody reading this, these stories are what kept me going through the lonely, dark times, I'm glad to be able to share my experience oxoxox

So I've never posted on a forum....just searched and read them for what feels like almost daily for the past 2 years and 1 month. I told myself (and I even made a promise to God and I'm not very religious) that if I get a positive I will share my story.

I have had PCOS since I was 24 (probably longer but that's when I began treatment) so I knew getting pregnant would be hard. I suffered with horrible cystic acne and was on bc and Spironolactone for like 5 years until after I got married at the age of 30. (I'm 32 now DH is too) We started trying for a baby around May 2014. My cycle was immediately out of whack after stopping bc and my skin was too. Let me add I also have Hashimotos (hypothyroid) I started researching foods and diet and decided to go Paleo. I was very strict in the beginning, eating very low card,absolutely no dairy and all grass fed meat. My period and skin improved almost immediately. My face was more clear than when I was on the pill. Let me add by saying I have Lean PCOS so I'm not overweight which actually makes things more difficult. It was very difficult to be strict but I kept with it as much as I could. I let more things into my diet but stuck with dairy free and gluten free because that kept my skin clear and cycle somewhat normal. After a while my cycle settled around 36 days being the average length, sometimes 42 days sometimes 32 days. It was difficult to track my ovulation if I didn't pee on an opk. Which was expensive month after month because I could only interpret the digital ones. After a year or so of trying my husband was tested and it came back that he had low morphology. 1% to be exact. He tested again and it went up to 3%. His counts and all other numbers were fine. Tested neg for vericicole. I tried charting, my temps were all over. We would bd everyday in the fertile week, sometimes every other day...we gave it our all every month. My obgyn told me there is nothing more she could do for me. Finally we went to a fertility specialist who told us that because of the morphology we would most likely need to do IVF. She sent us home, gave my husband some supplements which included L Carnitine Fumarite 500mg 2 pills twice a day, acetyl L carnitine 1 pill twice a day, and a pouch of emergen c each day. After 3 months he was supposed to retest his semen, and after my next period I was to begin a million tests. A month before our apt I fell pregnant. I just found out last night. I truly believe that morphology means nothing and there is hope just keep trying. This cycle I was desperate and I pulled out all the stops. I tried everything I had ever read in a forum. I used the digital opk, mucinex during my fertile week, preseed during intercourse, andI bought soft cups to insert after intercourse to keep the sperm in (which was a nightmare and I couldn't get it out for a while. We didn't get a chance to bd the day after ov but did 2 days before, the day of and two days after. I didn't think I was pregnant. I had stopped drinking coffee two months prior and my boobs didn't seem to get as sore each month anymore so sometimes they did sometimes they didn't. Leading up to now every month I felt pregnancy symptoms so I didn't even want to bother testing. What I did notice was my boobs hurt again, they hurt earlier on and never tapered off. my nipples tingled. I felt very hot and very cold. I had cold sweats at night. I felt twinges in my abdomen. I finally tested at 18dpo and received a strong two blue lines immediately. I'm Still in shock.

If I had to give any advice it would be change your diet, if you have PCOS you probably shouldn't be eating Dairy. Cut out gluten and eat low carb, sugar wreaks havoc on your ovaries. I love coffee but when I stopped drinking it my PMS symptoms all went away, and also weird pimples I would get on my neck/lower jawline. If your husband has sperm issues tell him to take the supplements listed above. And don't lose hope!!!!!!

Hello to all!!
This is my first post here on TWW. First and foremost, thank you to all of you who have kept me sane during these painful days of anxiety and doubt. All your stories are so beautiful in their own unique ways. My partner and I are TTC. This is our second cycle trying. This is the first time using known donor. I am 25, donor 27, and currently 9dpo. I have had some major signs of pregnancy for these last few days. Of course, I couldn't wait the full two weeks so I decided to break down and buy a FRER test. These were my results. My wife thinks I'm crazy and I need to wait. She might be correct but I know the rest of you can relate to my temporary insanity during these looonng days of waiting. Baby dust and blessings to you all on your journey.
PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE tell me I'm not going insane and that you see this very faint line? I listed my symptoms below too:

Pos OPK @ 11am on 6/9 - Thursday
AI @ home @ 9:00pm
Cramps on left side
AI @ home @4:30 pm on 6/10-Friday
Groin pain and twinges
Cramps on right and left
Notice on Clue that I ovulate on 6/11-Saturday
Break out on chin
Sore
Bloating/constipation
Tired
SOOOO irritated with Sarah (DW)
Gassy on 6/12-Sunday- 1DPO
Still annoyed with DW
Bloating in the evening
Gassy on 6/13-Monday- 2DPO
Bloating in the morning
Extremely emotional (Orlando Shooting just happened Sunday)
Borderline feverish but did get wet in cold on Sunday evening
Sore but maybe from waterslide (I know...silly/careless of me)
Twinges in groin and lower abdomen
Pulls and twinges behind belly button.
Mando (our dog) attached to me. Sits at my side.
Food made me nauseous.
Really tired on 6/14- Tuesday- 3DPO
Peeing every 20 minutes (not exaggerated )
ADDICTED To spicy food this week
Bloating and gassy
Mando being affectionate again
Pulls and twinges behind belly button again
Almost period cramp feelings right before bed
Very "arroused" on 6/15-Wednesday- 4DPO
Hungry all day
Worked late, got home, went to bed@ 8pm, woke up at 11pm and fell back asleep til 5:40am
Noticed my skin getting dry- 6/16-Thursday-5DPO
Cramps again on right side of lower abdomen
Cramps continued on and off again all day
Still fatigued
Sneezing all day-6/17-Friday-6DPO
Cramps subsiding
Had an itch to deep clean the house-6/18-Saturday 7DPO
Succeeded and had a rather large breakfast
When Sarah got home, had a WHOLE pizza to myself. INSANE!
Relaxed rest of the day and stayed up til 1am
Woke up starving-6/19-Sunday-8DPO
Ate everything in sight and started to feel constipated mid afternoon.
Took a FRER pregnancy test...slight line. (See pic)
Light activity in my lower abdomen
Woke up easily for work-6/20-Monday-9DPO
Feel slightly bloated
DYING to test again. Might just wait til tomorrow morning.
Thought of cute idea to tell DW....Starbucks drink with Mom-To-Be 2017 (She works for Sbux ;))
Getting SO anxious.
Feeling CM a lot more. My lower abdomen feels harder, tighter...so strange.
PLEASE HELP?!!!

If you have read this all the way through, you must be just as obsessed as me. Love you all! <3

I really thought I was out this month. Apart from a slight feeling of wetness on dpo 9&10 and a few lower abdomen twinges that reminded me of my last pregnancy on dpo 9&10 also, I had no early signs of pregnancy (last pregnancy I had white cm, strange dreams and sleeplessness before AF was due and got my first very faint Bfp at dpo 7! Crazy early, I know). Then last night (dpo 10/11) I was extremely wakeful and thought I was coming down w gastro due to extreme nausea and stomach pains (gastro type ones, not AF type ones). lo and behold I tested this morning (dpo 11) and got my Bfp! Have had some dizziness on standing today and nausea has toned down but not gone away.
You should have seen the smile on my face when I saw the two lines on my POS!

This website has been my place of solace, peace, and hope. And now I want to give back. This was our second IUI with Clomid cycle. We have been ttc for 2 years with no intervention and no luck and now finally I am pregnant! Here are my symptoms by dpo:

CD 13- positive OPK (wondfo and Clearblue advanced) around 4pm - confirmed with LH blood work at RE. No trigger needed. HR:75

CD 14 -Day of IUI- cramping from catheter- cramping in colon, uterus, and a little in left ovary. Gassy. Husband's sperm count 6.8million after wash. HR:76

1dpo- very sore nipples, little twinges on left side ovary. HR: 77

2dpo-very sore nipples, twinges of small pain in uterus. HR: 78

3dpo- sore nipples, congested (most likely sinus infection or bad allergies) HR:78

4dpo- sore nipples. Twinges in uterus and ovary

5dpo- sore nipples. Forgot to take synthroid yesterday and this morning--extremely tired by 4:00pm. Like I hit a brick wall. Boobs a tiny bit tender. Twinges and cramps in cervix and right above pubic bone. Gassy. Lots of creamy lotiony cm.

6dpo- sore boobs. Twinges in uterus. Creamy cm. nausea, gassy, diarrhea, acid reflux. Boobs a little sore.

7dpo-diarrhea bad all day. felt like there was a brick in my upper abdomen. Temp of 100.4. Maybe got a stomach bug. Acid reflux. Sore boobs and nipples. Dizzy at night while sitting on couch watching television.

8dpo- stomach a little bit better today. Some ovary twinges. Sore boobs and nipples. Progesterone blood work today. HR:80

9dpo- sore boobs. Little bit of uterine cramping. Tired. HR:78

10dpo- sore boobs and nipples. Little bit of cramping. Super gassy

11dpo- went to pee in the morning and wiped and there was a little reddish blood with a tiny little clot. Cried to my husband--totally figured I was out. Afternoon, I went to check if I was still bleeding and there was just a little bit of brownish stuff when I wiped. So, I decided to take a test to know either way. I tested with an Internet cheapie and all of a sudden a line came up. Faint, but clear as day! I ran to my husband to make sure. He confirmed that it was most definitely a line. Went to drug store and bought a FRER and a digital FRER. BOTH CAME BACK POSITIVE! I was shocked. But also worried. What was that bleeding this morning??

12dpo- went into RE office to get my first beta and also a progesterone test. Still so early, but needed to know if I was progressing. Low and behold my beta came back at 34 and progesterone at 30 and I'm still 2 days before my period is due! The doctor said the little bleeding I was experiencing was implantation. So it DOES happen, ladies!

My husband and I are over the moon, but cautiously optimistic. We are going to take this day by day. But seeing those 2 lines for the first time ever was the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. Good luck and baby dust to all the ladies out there!

About me:
I'm 27 years old and had been on birth control since 19 (Mirena for 4 years, the pill for 4 years). I came off the pill in November 2015. I started "trying" in January of this year and just so happened to ovulate 2+ weeks late and had a 50 day cycle during which I took about a billion urine tests AND a blood test and wasn't pregnant. After that I had very regular cycles (30-31 days) and always have strong right sided pain during ovulation which CD 16 or 17 and 14 day luteal phase. But THIS month I ovulated a week late on CD23 had strong LEFT sided pain. I just knew I'd get pregnant this month because my left ovary got in the game! Lol!

1 day before ovulation: Moderate left sided ovarian cramps all day, EWCM, high fertile ovulation test, BD using preseed.
O day: EWCM, positive ovulation test, excruciating left side cramp, bloating, BD once with preseed.
1 DPO: ovarian cramps gone, thank God!
2-5 DPO: nothing
5-10 DPO: Urinating way more often without increased fluid intake. Urine is lighter in color than usual. Waking up hungry and having to eat cereal bars on the way to work. Eating lunch on 8DPO and became very nauseous and couldn't swallow the food in my mouth! Spit it into the trash can and drank some sprite and was ok.
10 DPO: Cramps at night like AF is coming. Checks cervix, med softness and would normally be really firm this late in the cycle. I wanted to take a test but decided to wait until at least 12 dpo.
11 DPO: wakes up and cramps are still present. Finally caved and took clinical guard HCG test with 3rd or 4th urine of the day and BAM! BFP! Ran into room and showed DH two lines and of course he didn't know what it meant lol. But now we are ecstatic. So excited for our first baby!
If you're expecting, congrats! If you're trying, the best thing to do is RELAXXXXXX.

This is our 4th month TTC and the first month we used preseed. My symptoms this month that made me suspect pregnancy was that I actually felt fine. Normally a few days before aunt flow I get cramps and mood swings. The only thing I found odd was that all through the TWW I found myself getting a bit carsick when I was behind the wheel. I also got a heat rash between my BB's 2 days before a positive pregnancy test after going for a 2 mile walk. I have never had a heat rash before so that made me a bit suspicious. Today was my first BFP so i took 3 tests and all had clear positives. Period isn't late until Wednesday, so I am going to test each morning to make sure the line still shows up.

Finally after 9 Months TTC I have gotten my BFP!!!!

Hubby and I are 27 & 26 respectively. We have been actively trying since we were married last year.
Here's what we did differently this month:

- I got a new job and was quite stressed.
- We went on vacation the week before my new job starts (I was supposed to ovulate on vacation and I DID NOT! I ovulated late)
- I kept drinking coffee/wine whenever I wanted (obviously up until BFP)
- NOTHING ELSE!

My husband and I have tried every trick in the book: Pre-Seed, the StorkOTC, Mucinex, special diets, fertility tea, no caffeine, no wine, ovulation kits, legs in the air after sex... everything. You name it, we have done it.

This month, we assumed I would ovulate right at the end of our vacation so we made sure to BD lots right near then. I didn't bring my thermometer on vacation so I had no clue whether or not I truly ovulated as this was the only tracking I was doing. When we got back, I started temping again. Then, a week AFTER I was suppose to ovulate I had a major temp dip into the mid 96s which is classic ovulation temp dip for me. Hubby and I BD that morning before work (I don't lie in bed after, but rather, get up and work out for an hour!) Now, here we are 10 days later with a BFP!!!

DPO:
1-4: Nothing out of the ordinary

5: A rather significant temp dip (thinking this was implantation dip)

6: Bad Headache all Day.. took Advil in the am and pm

7: Wake up to a nose bleed and high temps. Typical PMS symptoms of sore boobs and back ache set in. Also Dizzy, Exhausted, Cramps on and off all day and night, and the weirdest one: FREEEEEEZING cold feet (literally wore wool socks all day AND slippers and my feet were still Freezing cold).

8: Nose bleed again in the morning. Backache, bloating, sore boobs. Went to a wedding and had to leave early because I felt nauseous.

9: Nose bleed again, backache, bloating, sore nipples only now, cramps, severe fatigue, thirsty more than normal and EXTREMELY grumpy/moody

10: BFP with FMU then held until 1pm and ANOTHER BFP. Temps keep spiking up vs prior mornings. Also stuffy/runny nose and sneezing has now started and it is CONSTANT.

Hubby came home for lunch today and I surprised him with the Positive Test through a scavenger hunt around the house :) We are both over the moon excited and hope this little one sticks!

Good luck to everyone trying and don't give up hope it will happen when it is meant to happen!

I am so happy to be here! I read all of these, all the time obsessing over symptoms! I realized something though, when you are pregnant, you will know, there's no questions. So here's my DPO journal!! BTW, i used OVIA to track my ovulation and symptoms, i have gotten pregnant three times in one cycle just using this app!

Ovulated on Day 15

1 DPO - Nothing
2 DPO - Nothing
3 DPO - Headache, twinges, bloating, indigestion, metallic taste in mouth.
4 DPO - Tired tired tired
5 DPO - BFN test {i know i know, if i have it i pee on it} uterus twinges, Snot white/green CM looked like straight mucus.
6 DPO - Bloating, gas, pelvic pain, side of breasts were tender
7 DPO - BFN Test, Right and left twinges with ovaries and uterus, felt like bubbles in uterus, sticky CM with little chunks of white
8 DPO - Nausea, Tender breast, bloating, gas, indigestion, diarreha, cramps, sticky CM
9 DPO - Same as day before - Fustrated at this point, thinking i'm not pregnant, just going to get my period.
10 DPO - Woke up feeling like i was going to get my period, put a tampon in. Tender breast, gas, cramps, Snot green/white Mucus on tampon with spots of brown. No period or bleeding. Later in the evening, SUPER Nauseated. Hot Flashes.
11 DPO - BFP!!!!!!!! Felt like my period was coming, put a tampon in again, took it out later and there was nothing. Was so nauseated i couldn't sleep the night before.
12 DPO - Blood test confirmed pregnancy! I've just been having mild cramping since, feels like things are stretching, pressure in my uterus, officially missed my period. Breast are stinging, nipples feel fine. Feeling really tired. I'm hungry but having waves of nausea.

I also, just had my Mirena removed 2 months ago, and i have PCOS.

Good luck everyone!!

I'm going to try to keep this short, but... we'll see how that goes. Scroll to the bottom for symptoms by DPO.

I took Clomiphene (50mg) days 5-9 this cycle. This was my 6th time taking Clomiphene and have had a chemical pregnancy, a "missed miscarriage" at 7w5d and a loss after seeing a heartbeat at around 11w. Our most recent loss was a baby girl with Trisomy 8.
I also use Preseed lubricant internally, but I ran out on O day this cycle. We had sex every other day up until O and had sex the day before, day of, and the day after my positive OPK. I use Wondfo OPKS and they always stay positive for at least 2 days.

O day- CD 16, hardly any CM at all (worried)
DPO 1- crampy, crazy vivid dreams
2- more vivid dreams, EWCM?
3- vivid dreams
4-
5- mild cramping starts
6-mild cramping, backache, was pretty sure I was pregnant because of the backache, very tired
7- mildly crampy, backache, diarrhea in AM (big clue), very tired
8- weird green CM, tired
9-BFN, thought I was out, BAD gas
10- very faint positive in am on Wondfo, showed my husband and he saw it too, took 3 more tests including 2 Wondfos and a FRER around noon-- all positive! Never have gotten a positive this early.
11-13 more positives
14- Confirmed pregnancy at OBs office

The dead giveaways this cycle were the mild cramping and backache, although my cramping was much more severe last time I got pregnant. Also, I was exhausted! Luckily I was on vacation that whole week and I took naps or went to bed early during the last part of my TWW.

Good luck to everyone TTC and my heart goes out to everyone seeking their rainbow. I am terrified of another miscarriage, but I'm trying to take it day by day and just be thankful for another chance. We are praying for a healthy baby in early March.

So happy to be able to say DH and I are expecting baby no.1 after 3 years of TTC and 2 miscarriages.
DH was diagnosed with a grade 3 varicocele in February, had embolism surgery in April and here we are 2 months later with our BFP.
Wanted to leave my story for anyone out there who might be struggling with infertility or who might have suffered a loss, hope is still there!
So here is my dpo info for you.
Day before O day and O day we BD, my first 2 pregnancies happened by doing this.
Ovulation was particularly 'strong' this cycle, cramps and EWCM abundant.
1-6dpo - I usually feel hopeful every cycle but this time I felt something had happened as my nipples were only sore on O day and usually they stay sore until at least 5-8dpo.
7dpo - Mild twingy cramps started.
8dpo - I decided to test as I had had some funny twingy cramps low down 7dpo and 8dpo and up popped a faint positive! My previous two BFPs didn't show up until 10dpo and we're much fainter. The cramps carried on until about 9/10dpo and then stopped. Now my uterus just feels a little bit strained when I stretch.
11dpo - Took the test I have pictured.
12dpo - Boobs started to hurt a little.
Praying for a sticky baby!
Good luck ladies.

Hi everyone!

I used to stalk these boards DAILY looking for symptoms and similar stories. I had been TTC for two years, was diagnosed with Endo, and finally conceived after 3 IUIs (with injectibles). The main tell-tale symptom I had was the implantation pain around 8-9DPO, with a faint positive pregnancy test on 11DPO. Struggling with infertility was such a difficult journey, and I want to connect with other women who are going through this now, or who may have questions. I created a little video documenting my journey - please feel free to comment any TTC questions you have underneath the video! I hope this helps other women feel not as alone: https://youtu.be/V1SgGqGDM74

We fell easily on our honeymoon only to find out in November at our 12week scan that our baby's heart had spotted beating 1-2 weeks prior. I had no symptoms of misscarriage. We were devastated and the sense of loss was profound. Going to the hospital knowing I would go to sleep and wake up without a baby inside me was probably one of the most gut wrenching things I have been through.

I had a D&C which I later found out was not completed properly. With ongoing HCG recorded and passing of more tissue 5-6 weeks after D&C.

Our HCG levels finally got to 0 in February.

March-cycle 1 chemical pregnancy
April-cycle 2 no success
May-cycle 3 no success

We decided we didn't want to/couldn't wait any longer. Our baby's due date had come and gone, it was much too painful and we wanted to find out if there was anything contributing.

Female testing came back will nil concerns. My cycles are long average 35 days so it meant longer between chances.
My husbands sperm count and motility were both really high but morphology was <1%. Our doctor suggested we start fsh injections, with trigger and IUI.
DPO 0 (going with day post trigger but with following day symptoms also could have occurred next day) -no symptoms
DPO 1- increased libido, large, achey full breasts
DPO 2- breasts large, achey, full
DPO 3-mild cramps
DPO 4- left side uterus cramps mild
DPO 5- heart racing in am, emotional
DPO 6-very emotional and moody
DPO 7- symptoms as above. Cervix low and hard
DPO 8- symptoms as above.
DPO 9- breasts extra full, heavy, achey, hard which is unusual. Emotional ++. Runny nose, generally feeling like I'm getting sick. First response early detection digital in an negative
DPO 10- came home from work early. Runny nose, sore throat, fatigued-cold symptoms. Decide to test late at night with clear blue digital and BFP!!! Cervix higher but still firm.

Also DPO 2-current have had sharp cramps in uterus when moving quickly, standing up,coughing.

The different things for me were being so emotional, getting sick (probably a coincidence!) and the firmness of my breasts.

Crossing every part of me that this little one stays around! Exciting but really nervous at the same time.

Dpo 1-3: sore bbs, lower back pain (bad), stomach cramps (pulling, twinges), SHO CP, white lotion like cm
Dpo 3-4: weird dreams (could be my thinking patterns before bed) sore bbs, lower back pain, face broke out, CP & Cm same as dpo 1-3.
(Cp isn't a good indicator, but my cervix usually drops low day after O)
5- dreams, back, sharp pain @ work, bbs, diff smelling cm, cp dropped a little
6- watery cm, back,medium cp closed, dreams
7- same. Cp a little lower, tired
8- back, twinges under belly button left, bbs, tired (I worked out though) cp was medium this morning high around 4, dreams
9- watery/lotion cm, sore bbs in am, high cp in am (9) higher @ 1, tired, dreams
10- couldn't sleep last night. 8 cp was low @ 9 am cp was high. Watery cm. back, bbs(4:30 pm) feeling normal though. Period bumps on chin
11- dreams last night. Cp high @ 9. No sore bbs or back. (july 1) took a test, faint line but it was after 10 minutes so i ignored it.
14- creamy light pink discharge. period cramps early in morning and throughout the day. cp low and hard. bbs hurt when i wake up
15- bfp. period like cramps. cp low and hard, white creamy cm

reflection: i wouldn’t rely too heavily on cp, probably wouldn’t even check it. back pain is normal before my period, but this pain was way too consistent and it was different, more sore than achy. strong sense of smell, blessing and a curse i must say.. urine was very light even when i had been drinking soda, that was odd to me. also I’ve had itchy legs, arms, and stomach since about 8 dpo. before my period comes i get super tired and the only thing that quenches my thirst is water, this time was the same but worse, i was waking up in the middle of the night for water.

first appointment tuesday the 12th

Hi everyone!

I am so happy to say that I got my BFP this morning at 11 DPO!! DH and I are so excited to have our first! I read these stories everyday and was so obsessed with every little symptom. To be honest, I did not expect this to happen so quickly! This was our first month using OPKs and charting, so I guess we got the timing just right the first time around! We also used Pre-seed every time we BD. Here were my symptoms:

O day- ovulation pains on left side
1-4 DPO- slight cramping on left side intermittenly
5 DPO- HUNGRY, slight cramping continues, backache, break out on chin
6 DPO- HUNGRY, cramps have finally calmed down,back ache, vivid dream
7-8 DPO - One sided cramps are back,backache, more break outs. Burping ALOT
9 DPO - Big temp drop, shooting pains on my left side (implantation maybe?) So hungry, VERY vivid dream.
10 DPO - BFN ( I couldn't resist), could have sworn I saw a shadow though! Cramping continues. Temps back up!
11 DPO - BFP!!! Naseau in the morning, cold-like symptoms

I am so excited to start this journey, and I know all of you will be joining me shortly!!! Baby dust to everyone :)

I had my Nexplanon implant removed Dec 31st 2015. We've been ttc since. 7 months now. My cycles were 50 days until my June cycle came which was 31 days. I also stopped breastfeeding June 16 during my last period. I follow two apps but Fertility Friend was the accurate one. I started taking ovulation test at 12 days past my last cycle and on July 1st it was positive. I even had ovulation cramps and the ideal discharge. Here are my daily DPO symptoms:

1DPO-5DPO none
6DPO- extreme fatigue and cramps in the evening. BFN wondfo
7DPO-extreme fatigue, cramps still, zero appetite
8DPO- still fatigued but cramps stopped mid morning and BFN wondfo. All night I had terrible dreams and super dizzy
9DPO-same symptoms so I took 2 wondfos and they both were super faint so I thought what the heck. Why not take a digital. It comes with 3 test so if it's negative I'll take more later on. Well I got a BFP. Best feeling ever. I used afternoon urine too. Like I had just peed and then had to push hard to pee enough for the clearblue digital lol.

All I can say is if you have an implant removed it def takes 6 months to become regular. I also think not breastfeeding helped a lot. I'm 25 and this is my second. Hoping it sticks!!! This site helped me stay positive this whole time. Thank you to everyone.