Back in March I thought I was pregnant. I got a very positive hpt on a couple of blue-dye hpts. Those things should be outlawed.

I kind of knew I may have been pregnant. The doctor did a BT that came back negative when I was 7dpo.
The very next day I started having very painful AF type cramps that are still there now. Everything I read online said 7dpo was even too early for a bt to show positive. Anyways I got my first BFP today @ 12dpo!! YAY
1-8dpo - Nothing really out of the ordinary except I notice my CM has become very dry. I also start developing headaches and bb's feel very full and heavy, but my nipples don't really hurt.
9dpo - Get shooting pain on right side of my uterus (feels like it's literally in my down there parts) that keeps me up all night. Light AF type cramps.
10dpo - Start to notice I have been in an extremely great mood for the past week and I should be feeling b!tchy as I do every month before AF shows. Lots of energy and just a general feeling of well being
11dpo - BBs start to ache and tingle like they did when I was pregnant before, so I'm extremely positive about being prego again. Also my legs have been very achy as they do when I'm on my period.
12dpo - BFP on Answer brand hpt! Pink line showed up within 30 seconds. It's not even faint either.

This is baby number 6 for me.I have 5 healthy boys.I know I am extremely blessed.My heart goes out to those TTC and I pray all of you get your BFP soon. xx

I had posted two AIP posts on here and got 'no' on both of them, but turned up pregnant at the end of the month! After resigning myself to wait for a few more months to TTC, our Squishy burst into life with these symptoms:

Cd 8: EWCM for the first time in my life.

Cd 12-14: Oed harder than ever before. Constant cramping!

1-6dpo: Nothing.
8dpo: Tender breasts, BFN on First Signal (88 cents). Feel distinctly pregnant and not even bothered by the BFN.
9-13dpo: Two more BFNS on frers. bbs still sore, bloating and starved. Also very constipated and craving buttered cornbread.
14dpo: Faintest of faint BFP on frer! Take another that night, still faint. Heavy, sore bbs, drank a half gallon of milk. So tired! Seriously thinking about cornbread. Started to worry about it being a chemical or something gong wrong.
15dpo: Two more BFPs. Cramping and spotting.... afraid of early MC. All same symptoms plus nausea.
16dpo: No testing today. Still cramping and light spotting. Peanut butter makes me wretch at the slightest smell.
17dpo: Doctor said urine test was negative. Heart sinks, but she continues asking about my symptoms....she looks confused and says she's going to make sure the lab tested the right urine....comes back in embarrassed and practically hysterical wailing ' it's positive! I'm so sorry, they didn't wait long enough for the test to work!' whew! I burst into tears and laughed hysterically as she apologized for the emotional roller coaster ride.

Strange things about this month:
I talked to the Little Bean at random times without realizing it...even before my BFN at 8dpo.
I quit smoking at the beginning of October because it just felt like it was the right time for me.
I stopped drinking coffee every morning...just once a week or so as a treat...just because.
I have had a terrible cold...and just felt like not taking any more medicine.
I kept hearing and seeing babies and pregnant women everywhere!

Whew! After everyone I know (and don't know) telling me I wasn't, I am! We are expecting our first Nugget on July 17th, 2013! These stories have kept me sane for months of NOT ttc....think I must have caught a whiff of baby dust! Good luck! Sticky baby dust to you all!

This is hubby and my second time TTC and it wasn't easy like the first. We have been trying and on our sixth month, BFP 15 DPO. It is 3:30am on the west coast (yes I'm posting to this site at this hour). FYI I am not proficient in abbreviations so bear with me. I got discouraged from so many negatives that I tried not to test much, every month I thought I had symptoms it was negative. Looking back on my chart I have had minor symptoms.
9 DPO: dry heaved at work when a pt had a stinky diaper (my friend was shocked bc nothing makes me queasy)
11-15 DPO: vag secretions did not dry up. Randomly woke up between 1-3 am bc I had heartburn.
14 DPO: cramping last night, remember thinking great here comes Aunt Flo.

But that's it!! No breast tenderness nada!!!
This site kept me sane throughout the multiple tww's.
Baby dust to all!!!

Hubby and I started trying last cycle and did everything by the book, I worried and wrote down every symptom, took 5 tests and swear I saw lines lol, all to no avail. So this month I said I'm not even going to try at all, and so we just did it when we felt like it which was only like 3 times spread out (since we already have 3 kiddos, we're tired) and during the two week wait I barely thought about it and just relaxed.
Here are my symptoms generalized since I didn't write them down by dpo this time:

Got severe acne all over face!! looked terrible! (thought it was pms)
SEVERELY irritable..... everything was annoying me and I showed it (my poor husband)
Had an emotional breakdown/crying spell one night (normal for me pms week)
Right breast hurt a little behind the nipple only when I bent over (not normal)
Really hungry between meals but then couldn't eat a lot
Couple of sharp headaches
A day before BFP had 2 hour nap mid-day and could not get up, felt like a brick (usually normal for pms)
Have no pre-af cramps (should have them by now)
Sharp twinges in right side
Got two throat infections and one sinus infection (weakened immune system?)
Felt achy and miserable
Lips extremely dry, sore and chapped (from the sickness?)
Felt dizzy when stood up fast
Night before BFP had restless leg syndrome before bed (had this only in prev. preg)
Night before BFP had dream my boobs hurt and were being squeezed so hard lol (my bbs never hurt)
Day of BFP have light cramping and increased cm

After months and months of using this site, obsessing and reading about every single symptom, I have to share my BFP story! YAY!

About my cycle: Average length: 31 days. Usually Ovulate on day 18-19 and have a 12-13 day Luteal Phase

This month, I ovulated on CD 14: 5 days earlier than last month. I monitor my BBT (basal body temperature) daily at 6:30 am, use OPK (Ovulation Predictor Kits) to check for ovulation, monitor cervical position and cervical mucus, and chart everything on Fertility Friend. I take daily prenatal vitamins, baby aspirin, and this cycle I drank 2-3 cups of green tea daily, used Robitussin to increase cervical mucus, and visualization exercises as described in the book Making Babies. This has been, by far, my most involved month yet.

Symptoms and charting information listed on DPO:

Leading up to O: BD twice on CD 12, 1X on CD 13, and 1X on CD 14

CD 15/1 DPO: BBT: 97.6
I have been drinking green tea daily 2X a day, continued this, some breast tenderness, some mild cramping (post O), some EWCM, cervix still high, soft, but not open. Increased appetite (normal post ovulation)

CD 16/2 DPO: BBT: 97.58
Nipples tender; some residual CM but yesterdays OPK was negative. Strange, fretful dreams. Very tired upon awakening. Lots of sniffly-ness last night. 2 cups of green tea to keep hydration up, going to have some pineapple. Nothing much out of the norm. Not any bad cramping today. Cervix still high, but closed.

CD 17/3DPO: BBT: 98.04
A little on the tired side today. some sniffles. Really sensitive nipples. Wild dreams last tonight– including one where I was stuck in a dinosaur elevator (WTH?). Woke up in the middle of the night burning up.
Midday temp: 98.8!! — (Note, I start checking midday temp around CD 3 to see where my progesterone levels are going. I normally don’t have temps above 98.5 before CD 9/10) Pineapple in pm, green tea X2 I was bloated, had cramps, and really hungry all day.

CD 18/4 DPo: BBT: 98.29
Excited about the temp rise. CM has switched to being creamy, cervix is in the medium position and soft.
Very intense dreams (again). Woke up pretty warm. Kind of a pulling feeling in uterus but it might be gas and very creamy cm that is in clumps. Afternoon temp 98.89! Crazy sore breasts and nipples by end of the day. Gassy, hungry, skin broken out.

CD 18/ 5 DPO: BBT: 98.1
Some mildly odd dreams. Tired then wide awake then tired. Cramps in am kind of a pinching in front of stomach. Deep tissue pain in breasts– especially on the left. They seem far more firm. They feel bruised. Midday temp 99.2; nagging headache late in the day. Cervix still medium position, still have gassy issues, still bloated.

CD 19/ 6 DPO: BBT: 98.28
Happy to see the temp back up. Pineapple in the morning. Wave of dizziness with standing. Some interesting, story time like dreams. I am a big dreamer, though, so this seems normal– nothing really nightmarish. Breasts continue to be very sore, firm feeling. Cramping continues, low and dull in my lower uterus. Creamy CM, cervix back high. Later day temp is 99.2. Some gas and headache later in the day. Had a hard time falling asleep last night.

CD 20/7 DPO: BBT: 97.9
Temp dip– implantation? Or waning levels of progesterone (womp, womp). Tender breasts continue, gassy, headache in the am. Had some vivid, confusing dreams that did include babies. Symptoms for the day: some cramping that was more of a low, dull pressure in the evening and a dull nagging cramp with some “twinges” earlier in the day (hope this was implantation). Felt like my belly was full. Really hungry all day and munched a lot— and I had waves of off and on grumpiness. Creamy cm, headache, very thirsty (especially at night). Went to bed early.

CD 21/8DPO: BBT 98.34
So relieved to see the temp go back up today– felt like that was a positive sign (but then noticed it was in the same range the last month on CD 8). Cervix is high, soft, and closed. Had some really disturbing dreams about friends going crazy and places where I had an issue counting out change and keeping track of things. Tired in the morning. Biggest symptom of the day: really sore legs in my thighs. I felt like I’d run a marathon! It happened yesterday at the end of the day too, weird because I didn’t wake up with leg pain. Mild dull cramps, mild dull headache. Appetite a lot weaker. Took temp in early evening: 99.17. Toward 9 pm got some dull stabbing pains in my boobs. Weird.

CD 22/9 DPO BBT 98.34
Bummed temp is the same. Cervix back to medium position, soft and closed. CM creamy. Headache in am, sore boobs. Broken out on my chest, which is uncommon. Tissue around nipple of right boob is extremely firm.

CD 23/10 DPO BBT 98.34
Temp the same again. Vivid dreams last night. Cm mildly creamy, kind of sticky. Feel like I may be getting a cold. Boobs really sore!!! Lots of weird stabbing pains. Moody and impatient. Crazy hungry… PMS? Sore and tired all over at end of the day… Thinking about early bed. Some mild cramps in am. Headache in am.

CD 24/11 DPO BBT: 98.42
Temp a little higher. More vivid dreams. Cramping on and off. Incessant Hunger. Feel still like I may be getting a cold– boobs are sore, firm, and I have all these little bumps around my nipples. Really irritable, Feel pms-y. I was super tired and was feeling like AF was coming. Was crazy sleepy so I took a three hour nap before having to go back to work, then came back home and took another nap. Headache, super thirsty. Starting to feel out this month.

CD 25/ 12 DPO: 98.20
Temp dip this am makes me want to cry. I woke up with a terrible headache, super thirsty. Took temp, Tylenol, went back to bed. I was feeling pretty low. Checked CP: so high I couldn’t feel it. CM seems kind of watery– makes me think AF is coming, the bitch. Some pinchy like cramps, dull and low. Feeling pretty sad so I take a First Response Early Response (FRER) and I get… a POSITIVE (also positive on wondfo) What? I am in total shock. Metallic taste in mouth.

Positive opk 28th, 29th and 30th of October

0ved - 29th Oct

1 DPO - Nothing
2 DPO - Nothing
3 DPO - Nothing
4 DPO - Put unleaded petrol in my diesel car and broke down :-/ was very forgetful
5 DPO - Tired, clumsy
6 DPO - Tired
7 DPO - Felt drunk and headache
8 DPO - Tired, stabbing pain in left boob, stabbing pain in pelvis
9 DPO - Tired, nausea, lightheaded pain in pelvis
10 DPO - Temp rise 36.84, tired, nausea, pelvis pain, hungry after a big meal, BFN with FRER
11 DPO - Temp still high 36.82, tired, nausea, veins in boobs, hungry, BFN with FRER woke up in middle of the night with sharp pains in my pelvic area and felt sick
12 DPO - Temp stayed the same 36.82, tested in the AM and BFP!!!!!!! Very faint so broke out the digital Pregnant 1 -2 Yaaaaaay over the moon my son's going to have a little brother or sister!
13 DPO - Nausea, hunger pangs, period like pains, darker BFP
14DPO - Temp 36.84, hunger pangs, lots of period pains in the PM, even darker BFP

So happy, just praying for a healthy baby. We used clearblue digital ov sticks and just relaxed and enjoyed BD- ing. This site is amazing, loved comparing signs everyday! Spreading lots of baby dust and hoping you all get your BFP'S ASAP XX

Back story: we lost our daughter at 21 weeks 12 weeks ago. We decided not to wait. The first two months I was very upset when AF showed. So this cycle I paid no attention to ovulation or timing sex. I picked up a 2nd job and tried to deal with our loss and continue with our life. Well Wednesday, I went to hospital for my gall bladder and was crushed (even though I'd decided I would start bc with my upcoming period) when he said test was negative. That night I made a bowl of lucky charms and dumped it bcuz it tasted like metal. Then the next 3 days I threw up.. a lot!! Well yesterday I went back to the ER cuz I was feeling awful. They ran all the tests again. Doc came in and said the only thing different in the past 5days is your pregnancy test is POSITIVE! We are so excited (and nervous)! Praying this one is healthy.

Hello all you lovely ladies. Like many of you, I've stalked this website for months looking for clues and finding community. Like many of the BFP posters, this month was one month that I wrote off from almost the very beginning because I had so few symptoms. Then again, there were a few things that had me wondering.

I am 35, my husband is 38. We knew that it would take us a while to conceive at our age, but it's still so hard to go through the TWW every month and hope and hope and hope and still be disappointed. We've been trying since this summer and (again, like many of you) I thought I was pregnant every month only to feel that sinking feeling when AF arrived right on time.

This month we tried to take a relaxed approach to BD--previous months of trying and not succeeding had certainly led to some performance anxiety for my poor DH. So we lit candles and had fun (of course I still used OPKs to pinpoint when exactly ovulation was occurring). We used Pre-Seed each time, mostly because I read on this site how much it helped. :) I took pre-natals and used FertiliTea for the past 4 months. I have a regular 30-day cycle, but my luteal phase is 17 days long--this means that I ovulate around day 12, and then wait...and wait...and wait. The TWW is more like a two and a half week wait for me. Here are my symptoms by DPO:

CD 12: +OPK, BD (we had also BD'd the day before just cause we felt like it). I also had acupuncture on this day, just by coincidence. She did a special treatment right on my ovaries and uterus.
CD 13: -OPK, BD (pretty sure this was O day)
1 dpo: BD, prayed with my husband for our baby to come
2 dpo: nothing out of the ordinary, prayed
3 dpo: gassy (was this a coincidence? It seems to be a trend for BFP stories...) :)
4 dpo: gassy
6-11 dpo: NO SYMPTOMS. This was *very* different from past cycles where I had sore bbs, nausea, the whole nine yards. In fact this is when I began to write off this cycle because "we didn't try hard enough." I still obsessed, don't get me wrong, but I was feeling dismayed to have no symptoms whatsoever. The one thing I noticed was some twinging in my ovaries and uterus. But as you all know, twinges happen all the time if you are looking for them. I still prayed everyday and asked my child to join us when he or she is ready. Because I had no symptoms and had seen so many BFNs in previous months, I didn't test. I was scared to see another BFN.
12 dpo: I felt some unusual achiness in my left ovary. Very different from "cramps"--like a strong burning or pressure feeling in the left ovary and tube. Again, this was odd and different from the "twinges" of previous months of trying.
13-16 dpo: NO SYMPTOMS. In fact I felt like a million bucks, which is not the norm for me when AF is approaching. I felt high energy and happy. One thing that did not make me happy is that my face broke out like crazy--like 3 times worse than it ever does. But I figured it was just PMS and tried to deal with it. I did have a teensy bit of brownish CM once when wiping, but AF was due the next day, so I didn't dare get my hopes up. I stocked up on pads and prepared myself for another month of trying. Continued to pray that our baby would come at the right time. Really tried to find trust in God's timing.
17 dpo: AF due. Usually I start to spot a day before, then bleed heavily right on time. Not a spot.
18 dpo: Not a spot. Felt a little strange. Like a "full" feeling after eating--not nausea, but fullness.
19 dpo: Had to test when I woke up without a spot. Snuck out of bed before my DH and used a CB Digital test (left over from previous month). Pregnant!!! I brought it back to DH in bed and handed it to him. He was so sleepy he didn't know what was going on! We just held each other and prayed.

I wish all of you baby dust, and lots of love for you and your family while you are trying. It's not easy, and it's so wonderful to find communities like this online where people support each other. I encourage you to try acupuncture if you haven't before--it is clinically proven to help with the ever-elusive "relaxation" that can be so hard to find when you are TTC. God bless.

It seems too good to believe, we're still wrapping our heads around it! Here's the journey:
Since trying to BD all days around CD14 wasn't working, I started using OPK's. I would get a positive around CD 10, negative CD 11, positive CD 15, etc. So I tried the digital.... same thing. It worked better to OPK and bbt chart so that my chart could weed out the outlying +OPKs.
To try to lengthen my LP I put Vitex in my water every morning until O (I think it worked!). Also, made DH and I shakes with maca root, probiotics, royal jelly, flax oil, and superfood. Drank pomegranate juice, and DH started vitamins. Last MP was 10/10 and I had an u/s on CD 13 where we could see a huge follicle. +OPKs CD14-16 and chart shows O on 15. CD 15 I woke up in the early early morning with the WORST O pains. This has never happened to me before. It was like terrible PMS/AF pains that lasted for what felt like an hour or more. We BD on CD 13, 14, 15 and early on 17 and 19. There was scarce CM so we used a lot of Pre-Seed.
CD 14 - 15 dpo - headaches!
4-7 dpo: slightly sore bbs, high energy, good mood, high energy, slight cramps that I could be making up and a little gas
7 dpo: temp drop! TMI ALERT: BD and the clean up had a little pink blood color in it
6-17 dpo: very little appetite
9 dpo: bloated, + all of the above, BFN
11dpo: bloated, slight cramps, headaches, big and sore bbs BFP! light line with FRER and cheapie
confirmed with a digital next morning!
On and off for the past two weeks I've also been waking up at like 4:30 in the morning WIDE awake. No stress or running mind, just awake.
To all who are trying, I wish you positive thoughts. Your body is strong and healthy. Remind yourself of that daily. You CAN get pregnant, sometimes you just need some medical pushes, extra prayers and sprinkles of baby dust!
Good luck!

Hi,
DH (36) and I (37) have been trying for 10 months. Each month seemed so long and I was so disappointed when af came. These boards were encouraging to read so I am posting my story. My sisters both conceived very quickly like the first month they tried for 3/4 of their kids so I assumed I would also be quick.

I temped each day, checked my cervix and took folic acid. At the beginning I drank grapefruit juice took vitB and evening primrose for the first two weeks but then recently I decided to stop to see if it made a difference. For me I don't think these things did make any difference, but then I don't have a cm problem. I think it was still good to take them early on as it felt like I was doing something.

We bded at least every other day from day 10 to one day after ovulation, which was normally day 17. I lay on my back until I fell asleep.

I had a miscarriage at 5 weeks a few months ago. It was devastating.

This month we were in France. I was exhausted, I had just started a new job and our friends gave us huge 5 course French dinners, which end after midnight. I was not very hopeful this month. I wasn't really looking for symptoms and I didn't notice any.

Day 27 I had some brown cm. (11 days past o)
Day 29 I thought my period was arriving. Light bleeding.
Day 30 Little brown spotting
Day 31 Little brown spotting. Normally I have cramping, a restless sleep and a heavy af so I searched the Internet. Turns out some women have light bleeding as a false af when pregnant.
Day 32 3am I woke too excited to wait so I took a test. Positive! The rest of the morning dh and I talked about babies. Because I had had miscarriage at 5 weeks we decided to wait until that milestone had past.
Day 33 I got a sniffly cold.
Day 35 Sore throat. I read that your immune system tends to reduce to avoid rejecting the embryo. Normally I am very healthy. The other big symptom I have is a decreased libido. We bd most nights after ovulation but since I guess implantation I have not been interested. Dh thinks it’s hilarious because he is not tired but I am still exhausted in the morning.

Now it's day 37. My breasts are huge, heavy and sore. Today I have a good sense of smell but not much taste due to my sore throat. I have a few twinges in my abdomen. I feel bloated. It's still hard to believe I am pregnant, or that we are going to have a baby. I feel like I have lost my innocence after the miscarriage. However, my symptoms are strong and each day reduces the odds of loss.

So sticky baby dust to you all.

BFP here... this our first baby together! Reading all of your stories was so helpful, so I want to share what I experienced...

I'm 25, been off and on BC for 8 years now. This last round I was on it for over two years. My first cycle off BC I'm not even sure I ovulated, although I had crazy symptoms! Very emotional, sore nipples, lots of CM, cramping. Yet, no BFP. That cycle actually ended up lasting 35 days - I normally have a pretty regular 28 day cycle. So ladies - expect anything those first few months that you go off BC!

We ended up getting pregnant on my second cycle off BC. We did nothing special. This time I had NO symptoms. Absolutely no CM that indicated I ovulated (which I normally get!). This is the second day past my missed period (on a 28 day cycle...) so I decided to take a test just to rule anything out. BFP on a dollar store cheapo! I have seriously had absolutely ZERO symptoms. Don't over analyze it! And don't think just because you feel totally normal means that you aren't pregnant. ;)

Best of luck to all of you wonderful ladies out there! I hope my story has helped some of you.

Hi ladies! I have been on here reading everyone's BFP stories to give me hope and I want to say I can finally share mine and give some of you hope :) Well first off I want to say that I was 95% sure that I was NOT pregnant! I had no symptoms at all! One thing that made me wonder was I was having on and off cramping the last 6 days. So I was thinking with only having that I'm probably not pregnant. This is my third pregnancy, so I know what the "feeling" is like, and I feel great! No sore boobs/nips, no color change in the nipple, no sick nauseated feeling, I don't feel any more tired then normal. I have been a little emotional when I watch tv, but I cry easily even when I'm not pregnant lol. I have been praying hard for God to bless us with another child and he has! I can't thank him or praise him enough :) I know how discouraging it can be TTC, but hang in there ladies. It will happen! You have to believe that.

The only thing I used this month was OPK's. The walmart brand, First signal. Highly recommend them! I got a total obvious positive on those. So this is my month.....
Got my period on Oct. 18th and on CD5 it ended. Got a positive OPK On CD 15 and another positive on CD 16. So I figured I O'ed on CD 16. My husband and I BD' on CD 15,16, and 17.

4 dpo- had AF like cramps, I was gassy 4,5, and 6 dpo, but I thought it was something I ate.
5 dpo- mild cramping
6 dpo- nothing
7 dpo- strong cramping in the evening (I wonder if this is when implantation happened?)
8 dpo- mild cramping
9 dpo- mild cramping
10 dpo- on and off twinges of pains on either side of my ovaries. Later on in the evening had some strong cramping and lower back pain. By this time I was convinced AF was coming soon.
11 dpo- nothing
12 dpo- More twinges of pain on my right ovary, on and off all morning/afternoon. Took a test a 2 this afternoon and BFP! I couldn't believe it! I bawled my eyes out for a half an hour, and took 3 more and got positives on 3! Tomorrow is when I was expecting AF, but not now! This is really happening and I cant be more thankful! Hang in there ladies! Praying you all get your BFP's SOON!

Hi,

My fiance and I have been ttc since about June of this year. We had been talking about it and finally decided to go for it. I knew it might take time because since I was a teenager I have dealt with irregular periods. I'm not always irregular but anything can throw off my period. So we started trying and for a couple months we didn't use opks we just tried BDing every other day. Well nothing happened so I switched to opks. I use the ones with the 2 lines at first but those are confusing!! Threw those out and got the smiley face ones :) totally worth the extra money. During this time I started to deal with really bad anxiety and I've had that since I was a kid. It comes and goes. Well let me tell you ladies stress can have a huge impact on TTC!! Try not to stress, that's what I had to do and now I got my bfp!! I got a positive opk on Oct 29th and we BD for the next few days. Right away I noticed my boobs got a tiny bit sore. Oh btw my boobs never get sore. I didn't think much of it though and I didn't want to get my hopes up. Then I noticed some cramping but only at night or in the morning. Around a week DPO I noticed I was getting chills all over my body. My boobs started getting even more sore and were extremely sore in the morning as soon as I woke up. Two weeks DPO, no AF and I had a trip to Vegas coming up so I decided to go to target and buy a test. I bought the ones that say pregnant or not pregnant. It was the middle of the evening and I thought what the heck I'm just gonna pee on it, there was 2 tests in there anyway and I could test in the morning again if I needed to. I peed on the stick and set the test on the counter and I waited until I saw PREGNANT! Good luck to all of you TTC. Please try not to worry or stress about TTC. It'll happen. Hope this helps.

Hi, I am 31 and DH is 40 and this is our second child. We have been trying on and off for about 8 months. DH felt the pressure and his reaction was to sometimes pull back due to his insecurity. We really flet the emotional tention and didn't want to have to try too hard if that makes any sense. This made it difficult to catch ovulation although I can usually feel it.

CD 14 Bd on the 27th while on a trip away with the family. Didn't get up after and slept 'til the morning.
CD 15 Woke up next day with light cramping l went for a long walk in the woods and had a sharp pain in the left ovary. (possibly ovulation)
1DPO Another sharp pain.
3 DPO - 11 DPO Light cramping usually felt more in the morning and evening. Some days I also had slight headaches. Was very gassy which is not like me. Towards the latter I started sweating as soon as I would wake up. (Temperature rise.)
12 DPO Woke up with a blocked nose and a sore throat. The beginning of slightly sore breasts. Thought I was definitely out due to PMS symptoms. Took a test and got BFN (12 DPO - Present day) Frequent urination. Waking up at 4.30 every morning to pee and can't go back to sleep. Stopped smoking and was surprised how easy it was.
16 DPO Went out with hubby and dramk my usual amount. Smoked 5 cigarettes. Got sick and woke up feeling drunk the next day. Threw up and couldn't go to work.
18DPO Had sudden urge to go to gyno and have a scan. We did a blood test and I couldn't believe that I finally got my BFP.
Doctor put me on cyclogest (progesterone) so that we can do everything to ensure a sticky bean.
4 weeks 5 days pregnant today and feeling slightly short of breath.

Good luck to all you lovely ladies. Hang in there. It will happen for you too. Thanks for all the support. Have been a stalker over the past 2weeks.

DH (29) and I (27) have been TTC baby #2 since June of 2012. We have a sweet little boy who turns 20 months old on the 19th so the timing is great! I was starting to feel it would never happen as the last few months we timed it well as I track my BBT and use OPK's. In retrospect, five months is nothing compared to what some couples have to endure, but you do start to question yourself all the same.

Anyways, in terms of symptoms this month has been one of the fewest for me. I did break out on my face a lot more around ovulation, and at 9 dpo I had a low grade fever and was feeling pretty tired. Though two things that made me wonder was a longer luteal phase (usually ovulate later - 15-17 dpo with a clockwork 27/28 day cycle) as my temperature stayed high past its normal length, though my temp is only due tomorrow/Monday. And for the past five nights, I wake up wide awake at 5am no matter when I go to bed. Today on the day of my bfp's (confirmed with fmu on a cheap Kroger hpt and later in the day a Clear Blue Digital) I have had the worst headache. I'm hoping it means my HCG levels are steadily increasing.

Sure hoping for sticky baby dust and a healthy pregnancy. I'm such a worry wart when I'm pregnant. Worrying about every single thing. One thing that has been nice is that this time around I've been so calm. It definitely helps having a little one already and knowing that it will happen at the right time.

Much baby dust for everyone TTC!!!

My DH and I decided to stop preventing so I stopped using the Nuva Ring at the beginning of September. I had been on birth control for years so I knew nothing about my cycle or how to predict ovulation. From my period date I guessed I would ovulate mid month some time. We baby danced pretty frequently (every day or every other day) around the time I thought I would ovulate. By the end of September my breasts were sore, I had no appetite, and I had spotting one day that I thought was implantation bleeding. I took a test on 10/3 and BFN. I took another test on 10/10 and still BFN. I decided to give it up and quit testing. I had no period in October, noticed that I was more tired, and my lower back was hurting, and more frequent urination. I decided to test on 11/1 and BFP! I went to the dr. And he said we conceived on 9/26! I was 5 weeks and a few days already. I must have taken the other tests too early. Good luck ladies! Best wishes!

Thanks you to all the ladies on this site for being brutally honest about emotional states and tww symptoms. Every time I thought I was going crazy because I felt or thought something, I did a search on this site and was calmed down by the fact that I was never the only one going crazy :)

My DH and I (both 38) have been ttc for 6 months. This was the first month that we used OPK and tada... BFP!! I tested on 9, 10 and 11 DPO and nothing. First thing on the morning of 12DPO, before my DH woke up, I poas and there was a faint line with a dollar store cheapie. I felt good, but wanted to test with FRER. When DH woke up we tested and there it was.... 2 dark lines!! We are so thrilled, although I don't think it has sunk in yet.

I didn't have any strong symptoms, but just enough that I had a "feeling". Here is my journey so far:

1-4 dpo - Sore nipples, gas, low back pain (always have this)
5 dpo - Had a crazy emotional day, lots of gas, sore nipples
6-9 dpo - No more sore nipples, a lot of gas, a bit of nausea, low back pain
9-10 dpo - SO much gas, a bit of nausea, leg pain
11 dpo - Monster cold sore, GAS, GAS, GAS! Had a dream that my bbs were huge and I knew I was preggo!
12 dpo - same as 11 dpo but just happier about it :)

I am going to call and cancel my appointment with the fertility clinic for Dec. 4th. Hope the sticky ben sticks!!

Good luck ladies. Baby dust to each and every one of you

Hello,
My name is Shannon and I'm 24 years old. I am expecting my first child with my husband Ryan July 14th. I am currently 6 weeks pregnant and we were ttc for almost a year. I had almost given up hope at the time I got pregnant and I'm so glad I didn't. After several months of TTC, lifting my legs above my head, and having more sex that our bodies could handle. I was shocked when each month my pregnancy test was a big fat NEGATIVE! I was tracking my ovulation and periods, and having sex multiple times a week and even a day and still....no baby. Finaly, my aunt caught wind of my many failed attempts at trying to get prego and sat me down for a little pep talk. She explained to me I had to relax and de-stress myself, and it would happen all on it own. She explained to me how several of her friends got pregnant the moment they just relaxed and stopped trying so hard. I kid you not I got prenant within that month. Me and my husband even cut back on sex that month even!!!!! And I kid you not, took a test and within seconds popped up a BIG FAT POSITIVE. So ladies, I promise you i was so discouraged and depressed and was even on the verge of going to a fertility clinic. The second you just relax, and stop worrying...things have a way of happening. Also, trying to hard and having to much sex can lower your mans sperm count!

I'm so glad I get to post my experience since it was always great to read other people's symptoms during those two weeks. I am 7 weeks pregnant. I had an ectopic pregnancy earlier so it was extra great to see the little babe in the uterus! I have very regular 27/28 day periods and I got my positive pregnancy test a little late so I was surprised.

1-9DPO - No real symptoms
10DPO - Felt tingles in my breast and was tired.
11-13DPO - More tingling in the breast. POAS on 13DPO on dollar tree stick and got a negative.
12DPO - I felt cramps down there and felt like AF was approaching any second. Lots of clear CM.
16DPO - Took my second pregnancy test and saw a faint line on FRER!! Was bummed that it was faint and thought perhaps this was not going to stick. Went to doctor and HCG was 75... weird that the line was faint on FRER but I didn't use FMU. Became very bloated instantly and am still bloated!

I wish all of you the lots and lots of baby dust! I pray to God every day this baby sticks with us.

I have really enjoyed reading everyone's stories over the past two months. This is the first official month that I TTC. My cycle is 30 days. I believe I O'd on Nov. 10th which means my AF would have come this coming Sunday. We did the BD on the 7th and 10th of Nov. I honestly haven't had any symptoms other than a few cramps over this past weekend. This story is for all those ladies that don't seem to have any symptoms and are ready to give up.

AF Oct 26th
O'd - Nov. 10th
BD - Nov. 7th & 10th
1-3 DPO - Nothing
3-5 DPO - Nothing other than a few cramps and a very light headache
5-7 DPO - Very Cranky, mild cramps
7-10 DPO - Very Cranky, mild cramps, icky feeling when my pants were resting on my belly
10DPO - BFP!!!! This is #4 so mixed feeling of excitement and what in the world were we thinking!!!! :)

I hope someone finds this posting helpful and encourages you not to give up if you don't have any symptoms!

Baby dust to all!!!!