After an "easy" bfp with DS 3 years ago we never imagined it would take so much time and effort for #2. Sure enough, after 12 months and 10 cycles I was shocked to see my Bfp :)
DS is 26 months and breastfed on demand, we co-sleep, and I wasn't interested in weaning to get pregnant. I read (and swear by!) Taking Charge of Your Fertility.
What I did this month: took Thorne Research Basic Prenatal vitamins 3x/day, drank a cup of nettle leaf tea/day, took fish oil vitamins 3x/day, did the seed protocol as advised by my naturopath, and 2 rounds of acupuncture.
I was shocked to get a positive opk on cd 9 - when it's usually not until cd 25 of my epic pp cycle. Many of the bfp stories I've read said they had "no symptoms!" Then went on to list a slew of symptoms, not for me! With DS I *knew* right when I conceived and wasn't remotely surprised by my bfp, not the case this time!
Here's my dpo story:
Cd7: dtd
Cd 8: positive opk, dtd
Cd 9: O day
2 dpo: acupuncture
6 dpo: thought I was getting thrush some pain when DS latched on left side only
10 dpo: driving home had a feeling I should stop to pick up tests, so I did and FRER 2 pack was on sale, score! I went home poured a glass of wine with DH but thought I may as well test first and totally shocked to see TWO lines!
12 dpo: tested again to be sure and sure enough the second line was darker and appeared right away.
Im now 5 weeks and really haven't had ANY symptoms until yesterday when fatigue, twinges and many more trips to pee started setting in.