We have 4 children and never had any problems getting or staying pregnant up to that point. (Although my husband had a vasectomy after our third and a reversal about 5 years later) After our 4th child though we had 5 heartbreaking losses. After the 5th loss, and by the advice of my doctor, I began taking daily a baby aspirin and 1000mcgs of Folic Acid. The first time I ovulated after taking those (for a couple of weeks) I was pregnant. I braced myself for our 6th early loss, especially because I had light spotting that would come and go, but thankfully we made it through the first trimester! While 4 of the losses we had before were around 5 weeks, one of them was at 12 weeks and so I was so thankful to get past the first trimester. I am now 7 weeks away from delivering our sweet baby girl and all has gone very well. I am still taking the baby aspirin; my doctor will have me stop in a few weeks. We are praising the Lord for another child and I hope that our story encourages others who have gone through multiple losses.

Hi as someone who obsessively read this forum as well as others all over the net just want to share my experience below

I had no symptoms as such and did a lot of looking into ttc before actually trying it. I used an opk a few months prior to detect ovulation - it was always different by a few days or so. I also noticed my cycles had changed since ttc from 28 days (with 4-5 days brown spotting) to about 25 days straight into af that was weird and I don't know how or why my body did that - I had read up in b vitamins for spotting and luteal phase defects but I had not used them.

I bd this month on cd2 and again when I got positive ov test and the day after that so I am sure my conception was on cd16 of a 25 day cycle and as we had been so spot on about ovulation date I didn't want to take a risk that inplantation wouldn't occur due to the 9 day luteal phase - so I started taking b50 complex from cd18.

From around 5-6 dpo - exhaustion and fatigue set in didn't see this a symptom at all just thought id been run down with busy schedules and stresses. I had all my normal pre menstrual symptoms hungry all the time, tender & full boobs & bloating and constipation nothing new didn't see that as a symptom either as I was looking for things that are different. Cd25 which is 10dpo comes no period I think the b50 is doing it's job and delaying af so let me not get too excited here. Checking every minute in the toilet looking for ad still not here by 13dpo wanted to test but had a big day ahead and didn't want to be in a bad mood if I got a bfn so waited till 14dpo first morning urine and got a super speedy bfp! Don't count yourself out if you have an absence of symptoms ladies x

I can't believe the journey it has been for baby #2. My husband and I have an almost 2 year old son that we concieved on the first try. Well almost. I got pregnant on the first try, positive tests and everything but ended up miscarrying very early. It was only 3 days after my period was due that I lost it. We didn't wait for another cycle to try again, we just jumped right in and sure enough I got pregnant again. With both of those pregnancies I had early symptoms that I'd never had before so I "just knew". I had sore boobs, twinges in the uterus area, fatigue. All things that were not normal for me.
So around the time my son turned 1 we decided to start trying again. I had not been on any bc because my husband deployed when my son was 2 months old and came home when he was 1. I had pretty normal periods while he was gone so when we started trying and they went wacky I went wacky right along with them. Every month, and I mean EVERY FREAKING MONTH I thought I was pregnant. I had extreme sore boobs, pulls and twinges in the uterus, backache, nausea. You name it I had it. I kept poas and they were STARK WHITE. The feeling you get when you see that is heart breaking, but nothing is worse than when you wake up and go to the bathroom and there AF is. Absolutely gut wrenching.
The worst part for me was that my periods were coming early! I usually had a normal 28 day cycle but I was starting anywhere from 1-6 days early. I would go crazy saying it was implantation bleeding for a few days until it got heavy and all my other symptoms went away. It was driving me nuts. Also I was ovulating late. Instead of getting the LH surge on day 14 I was getting mine 3-4 days later. So I'm thinking that I'm ovulating late and starting early so there is no way a little bean even has a chance!!
I tried vitex for 3 months and it did give me a normal 28 day cycle the first month but the next month I started early again and the following month too. I forgot the pills when we went on vacation so I just stopped after that. The only other thing I tried was PreSeed. We used it last month and this month. I'm not sure if that was the help we needed or not because I do produce ewcm on my own.
A few weeks ago I went to my OBGYN who just so happens to specialize in infertility. She took blood that day and sent me home with charts so I could write down my temps and show her the LH surge and intercrouse days. Then when AF comes I'm supposed to get blood work on day 2 or 3 and then go in a week after LH surge to check something else. (sorry I forget what) Well it looks like I don't have to go back!
I just wanted to share my story because it can be so frustrating when you know you can have babies and you can't figure out what is wrong with you! Maybe nothing was wrong, maybe it just wasn't the right time. But I am thankful I went through all that because it really opened my eyes. We can really take for granted the things that come easy to us, until... well they dont!
I didn't symptom spot specifically each day this month because I was just waiting for AF so I could start charting and get going on a plan. However I had all my normal pre AF symptoms. My boobs have been sore, but possibly in a different way? I am bloated. I was very gassy for a few days. My allergies have been acting up, meaning I still have to blow my nose even thought I've been taking claritin. Also the mucus was yellow/green and on a few days bloody. Sorry TMI! The thing that really had me wondering was the fatigue! I work from home and during my sons nap I had been taking naps too because I was sooooo tired. My coffee in the morning wasnt working either. It just couldn't wake me up.
Another side note. My OBGYN wanted me to ONLY use Clearblue digital ovulation tests. She said they were the most accurate so I did buy those this month and we BD the day I got the solid smiley and the day after. I honestly think it helps you remember to do it on those days instead of looking at those lines on the other tests. I think there were a few months that we missed it because I thought it was darker but it really wasn't and by the time it did get dark we were almost all BD'd out. A few times we only did it on the day of the solid line even thought I know it can take up to 72 hours to ovulate.
I tested yesterday with a internet cheapie and swore I saw the beginnings on a line but as it dried it went away. I ruined the test trying to look better, so as soon as my son woke up from his nap we went to the store and I bought FRER. STARK WHITE! I was bummed. Still no AF today except I did have a glob of mucus that was darker, not quite brown and then a teensy tiny pink streak in some cervical mucus. I don't think I would have noticed the pink streak if I hadn't been checking for AF every time I peed though. I tested a few hours ago on internet cheapie (not wanting to waste another expensive one) and there was another kind of there line so I waited an hour and used the FRER and sure enough there was a faint but very there beautiful pink line! I am 10DPO.
Thanks for listening and baby dust to all!!

So thankful that I finally get to post my BFP! I wanted to make sure that I did it because I know that when we were desperately ttc I scanned these stories looking for anyone who shared my symptoms. I always felt hope when I read symptoms that were similar to mine and I want to do the same for you.

After a year of ttc and a lot of heartache in the long process, we decided to seek fertility treatment this August. I went through all of the testing, blood work, and had an HSG done to see if my tubes were open. Everything came back completely normal and we were told that it was unexplained infertility and that we would begin treatment after I started my period the next month. I began spotting 3 days ago and called the reproductive clinic to let them know so we could begin treatment once I got full flow the next day. The only thing is, I never got full flow. Nothing. Not even a single drop. So this morning my husband talked me into taking a pregnancy test even though I protested thinking it would ruin our weekend together when it came back a bfn, but instead was truly shocked when it came back a BFP! We are overjoyed and owe it all to God. These past few weeks I had learned that I needed to not only trust God's plan, but trust God's perfect timing.

Here are my symptoms:
1 DPO: Very tender nipples, confirming ovulation.
2 DPO-6 DPO: Nothing
7 DPO: Very greasy hair and skin
8 DPO: Nothing
9 DPO: Cyst like pain on my left side, breasts slightly achy, and it feels a little like my period is about to start.
10 DPO: While working out in the morning, I was surprised how quickly I got worn out and out of breath. While teaching, I feel dizzy throughout the day. Breasts are tender and sore when I push on them.
11 DPO: Still getting worn out quickly, dizziness while teaching, breasts tender and sore. When I went to the bathroom in the afternoon, I noticed slight spotting. Assumed it was my period on its way and called the reproductive clinic.
12 DPO: Period never started and bbt takes a sudden spike up. Still fatigued, dizzy, and breasts are sore. Uterus feels achy and is cramping. My stomach was growling when I woke up this morning. Very confused.
13 DPO: BFP in the morning and again in the evening!

This is my 5th pregnancy, however, I have had 3 losses, I had one in 2011, then I got pregnant the next month in 2011 & gave birth to our son in July 2012, then I was pregnant again this year in April 2014, lost that one soon after my BFP & then lost another at 7 wks in July 2014. Now I'm pregnant again & I'm finally posting again, b/c I have seen the baby's heartbeat twice now & feel confident that this time we will be able to have a H&H 9 months! So good luck to the mamas/ladies who have experienced a lot of loss, we will have our rainbow babies! xx

I have to thank this pregnancy to BBT charting, it was our first & last month we were going to TTC, b/c we were starting testing for frequent miscarriages & our wedding was a year away, so we were going to wait til after the wedding if we didn't get a BFP this month & thanks to charting we got our BFP!! I ovulated 3 days late & one of those days was later than my usual!

For the ladies w/ lots of symptoms (I am very aware of minor changes in my body)..

0 dpo - swollen/painful ovaries, bloating, sore lower back, mild heartburn, swollen/sore lymph nodes under armpit (like my pregnancy w/ my son), sore nips while breastfeeding
1 dpo - heart palpitations, hot flashes, heavy uterus feeling
2 dpo - heavy uterus feeling continues, swollen/bleeding gums for the past few days (originally didn't think it was related, but had the same thing with my son), nausea, fatigue, increased cm
3 dpo - swollen/bleeding gums persisting, dizzy & lightheaded, sensitive to smell (I can smell rubber a mile away? & smelly shoes? YUCK!), beyond exhausted for the past few days, out of breathe, pulling & pinching cramps, bubble rumbles in my tummy (assuming gas related), low patience, low energy, backache, increased milk supply (partially out of control), TMI serious amount of creamy/ewcm all day (keep thinking its AF?), nips pain while breastfeeding, twinges.
4 dpo - frequent urination, heightened sense of smell (can smell my fiancé's salsa from a mile away & it repulses me), cramp on side of abdomen & back
5 dpo - pregnancy sinusitis? feeling stuffy..
6 dpo - abundance of breastmilk
7 dpo - EXHAUSTED (couldn't keep my eyes open all day & went to bed at 9), chills, severe backache, PMS kind of cramps (abdomen), very bloated all day, awful nausea & morning sickness
8 dpo - had gastro all day & night.. so didn't check symptoms, but very different from the morning sickness I was having the previous day.
9 dpo - lots of sticky cm & gassy
10 dpo - fatigue, lots of creamy cm, nausea on & off all day, full uterus feeling & constipated
11 dpo - pregnancy sinusitis last night? Low milk supply suddenly?
12 dpo - BFP!!!! cramps, pregnancy sinusitis last night again?, mild nausea. After my BFP in the afternoon, before going to bed i noticed some spotting..? Assumed it was implantation, but was worried b/c of previous early miscarriages around 4 weeks (often the same day I got a positive test)..
13 dpo - implantation bleeding persisting? Still have a BFP on my test..
14 dpo - gassy, nausea
15 dpo - frequent urination

Light bleeding persisted until 18 dpo, went to see my dr at 16 dpo & he put me on progesterone b/c of my history of miscarriages & he checked my HCG which was okay, the following week at 5 wks +2 they rechecked & my HCG was still going up well, the following week at 6 wks +2 my HCG was very high & we saw the heartbeat @ 150bpm!!

Now this week at 8 wks +1 we saw our baby & the heartbeating @ 150bpm again!
So I'm happy to say not to give up hope ladies, & be strong xx

I've loved reading all the BFP stories on this website while I was trying to conceive so thought I would share my experience with you all.

I'm 5 weeks pregnant today and got my BFP at 9DPO. My husband and I had been trying since the start of May, however I was still breastfeeding my 11 month old daughter at the time and had not had AF yet so thought our chances were going to be very slim. I stopped breastfeeding my little girl late June (a couple of weeks after her first birthday) and I got AF exactly 6 weeks later. I was using OPK's and got a positive OPK on my first cycle back which I was relieved about as I've heard it can take a few months for your cycles to regulate. No luck on the first cycle but we got our BFP on the next cycle. I had almost no early pregnancy symptoms with my first pregnancy however I had so many this time around. Here they are:

O day - cramps on my right hand side (positive OPK the day before)
1-6DPO - no symptoms I can think of. I got the flu the night before I ovulated so was feeling pretty awful for about 5 days so thought I was definitely out this month.
7DPO - I was exhausted. I had an afternoon nap while my daughter was sleeping which I haven't done in ages.
8DPO - Almost threw up half way through eating my breakfast then continued to feel nauseous all day. I just felt pregnant instantly, I can't explain it but I felt different. I told my husband that I thought I was pregnant. Still felt exhausted!
9DPO - Still felt nauseous in the morning then started spotting around lunchtime and getting my usual AF cramps. I was so upset because I was sure that I was pregnant and couldn't believe that AF was coming early. The spotting and cramps continued until I went to bed and I expected to wake up with AF.
10DPO - Woke up, went to the toilet and no period, just a bit more spotting. I started to get hopeful again because that never happens to me. If I get AF cramps I am certain to get AF within a few hours. The cramping had also stopped. I felt nauseous all day, starving, exhausted and I had to pee like every half hour (which is not like me at all). I knew by late afternoon I was definitely pregnant so I took a test even though I thought it was way too early and got a BFP. It was still faint but definitely a positive.
10-14DPO - Nauseous, frequent urination, bloating, spotting (only tiny bit when wiping). Darker line on pregnancy test and positive blood test from my doctor.
15DPO to today - Still feeling exhausted and starving all the time. The nausea has eased up for now but I'm expecting it back at about 8 weeks (that's when the morning sickness started with my first pregnancy). No more spotting (that stopped at 14DPO). And unfortunately still needing to pee every hour.

Good luck to all those trying, I hope you get your BFP's real soon.

So excited! Just got our BFP! A few background details - I'm 30, DH is 26. Been married 1 year, 9 months. I'm a teacher so we were trying for a June baby. Lord willing, we will have a June due date! I've had been training, and ran, the Chicago Marathon while TTC. So for anyone who thinks running too much will effect your chances, it didn't for me! I had been charting my BBT this month and my temps didn't match up with my ovulation date and had a really slow rise. I knew I was pregnant when I woke up this morning, two days after the marathon, still with a low grade fever. So don't put too much stock in your chart if that's stressing you out. We used Preseed every time we BD inserted vaginally, and I stayed laying down for a while after. A few nights I just went to sleep after. I hardly had any symptoms - of early pregnancy or PMS. Here are my symptoms by DPO:

Day of O: Spotting, positive OPK, cramping, hot flashes, BBT dropped

1DPO: Lots of EWCM, cramping, headache and backache

2DPO: Some EWCM, emotional, hot flashes

3DPO: Lots of EWCM

4DPO: Little Creamy CM, BBT slowly rising past few days, emotional

5DPO: No CM, BBT dipped, cramps, insomnia. I think this was my implantation day - while dozing on the couch in the early am because I couldn't sleep, I felt a sharp pinch a few inches in from my left hip.

6DPO: Still no CM, BBT hasn't risen, fatigue, cramps like I have AF, emotional (sobbing because I couldn't get into an OBGYN for a check up), 3 BM in one day (sorry if that's TMI)

7DPO: Some creamy CM (a large glob actually) - it's usually watery between O and AF, BBT back on the rise, fatigue, hot flashes, woke up with stuffy nose and dry throat.

8DPO: A little sticky CM - it was almost stringy from here on out. Looked kind of like a small lumpy rubber band if that makes any sense. Never seen that before! Fatigue, irritable, more hot flashes, still feel like a cold is coming on.

9DPO: Fatigue, cramping, still hot flashes - I'm always cold all the time so this was a telltale symptom. Emotional - Sobbing and told my husband I felt like a failure as a wife (oh the drama!)

10DPO: Fatigue, emotional, insomnia. Stomach not feeling settled. I thought this might have all been due to nerves and anxiety about the marathon the next day.

11DPO: Marathon Day! BBT spiked over a half degree, had some spotting while using the bathroom during the marathon (about a third of the way through the race), stopped at an aid station for a tampon but there was no more bleeding when I went to insert it. No blood on tampon when I took it out later either. Fatigue, cramping, and insomnia, but that all could have been from running 26 miles!

12DPO: Woke up with low grade fever, BFP, fatigue, insomnia, hot flashes, felt like I had a cold or the flu. Still thinking it's due to running a marathon as some runners have compromised immune systems after long distance runs. Increasing nausea as day progressed.

13DPO: Faint BFP with FMU on a Dollar Tree HPT!!! Some nausea, felt better after eating. Still have some cold symptoms. Had trouble sleeping again last night. Too excited to notice any other symptoms!

(I noticed the picture doesn't look like a faint positive. There's definitely a pink line in person!)

Hello :) I have spent literally the last entire year of my life Googling every possible infertility issue and every phantom early pregnancy symptom. It was really consuming my life. I was living in this constant 14 day limbo and month after month getting my hopes up during the two week wait only to be sadly disappointed when my period would come without fail.
About two years ago I started experiencing extreme pelvic pain not related to uterine cramps during my Period. Sometime after sex I would have trouble even standing due to the pain for any length of time lasting up to 3 days after. I am 26 years old, my husband is 36 with an off the charts sperm count and motility. At this point I expressed my concern to my OBGYN during a routine exam. She scheduled me with a RE to do a sonohistogram. He could tell something wasn't normal with at least one of my tubes so I was scheduled to have laproscopic surgery in December 2013. During the surgery, the doctors found tons of heavy abdominal adhesions and that my right tube was proximally blocked (at the uterus). The doctor said we were likely to be pregnant in 6 months with timed intercourse. Well 10 cycles passed and we decided to move forward with IUI. Two weeks later I was devastated with a negative pregnancy test. We really were facing the fact that the doctors wanted to move us to IVF and I really couldn't find much info online about successful IUIs with tubal infertility, even one blocked side and one open side. We decided we would finish our last IUI cycle before IVF and take time to decide if we really wanted to spend the $13000 it would have cost us for what felt like a huge gamble. Well yesterday at 10DPIUI I was not experiencing the usual spotting I have every month like clockwork on 9DPO, I was at work and just felt some heaviness in my breasts and decided to come home and test midday without holding urine for more than and hour... Just for the hell of it I guess. Well you can imagine my complete shock when a light pink second line showed up. I threw up I was so blown away! That was my instant reaction!! I took another test 24hrs later and it was still light, but darker than the day before! I mostly felt compelled to share my story for anyone feeling helpless from long term TTC and dealing with tubal factor infertility. As long as one tube is patent, IUI can work!! I am the living proof of this now. I never thought we would conceive without IVF! Good luck to anyone out there dealing with something similar. I wish you luck and happiness. Thanks for reading my journey :)

Hi there, Ladies!

I am super excited to share my symptoms with you!! DH and I have been trying for a long time for baby #1. We were really excited earlier this year when I had my first BFP. Sadly, that pregnancy ended with a MC at 5 weeks. We took a month off after, then got right back to trying. Several months later, and I have another BFP. I haven't told DH yet because my HCG numbers were a bit low (37 at 12 DPO), and I wanted to make sure they doubled before I got him all excited. Today, I got the results from my 14 DPO blood draw--146! My numbers are definitely doubling! I really hope that they doubled appropriately, and that they stay where they need to be. I am definitely nervous, scared, and excited. I definitely lost some of the blissful innocence of pregnancy with my MC. All around me, people are having babies, and we have been the couple silently trying for longer than most of those around us. We have been the subject of innocent jokes, casual conversation, intrusive prodding, etc. It can be really hurtful sometimes, but I thank God that I have been blessed with an incredible husband, who has been so loving, warm, and kind to me.

As far as the pregnancy, I literally knew from the day after O. I had different post O symptoms, and that really gave it away for me. Ok, here are the symptoms!! :)

CD 16 O: I definitely felt O. I am a total chart addict, so I knew exactly when we should O. I also use the Pearly Fertility Monitor. We BD on O night. We randomly decided to try the Shettle's Method--more as an experiment than anything. Gotta keep this baby-making interesting! ;)

1 DPO: Nothing--no nipple soreness that I normally have post O. HUGE sign to me. I ALWAYS have nipple soreness. It's how I know that I am post O, even before my chart shows crosshairs. The only thing that I had was a stuffy nose and some heart flutters in the late evening.

2 DPO: I felt crampy. I NEVER get cramps, even before AF--huge sign. I am gluten-intolerant (non-Celiac, blood diagnosed), and I felt like I had eaten a bunch of gluten.

3 DPO: I wanted bell peppers like they were the most amazingly delicious food to ever be grown. I also took a two-hour, dead-to-the-world-I-hope-the-house-doesn't-burn nap. Still no sore BBs. I had a really stuffy nose. Some cramps still. Very unusual. Definitely knew something was up. So tired. I also started getting super vivid dreams. I would wake up exhausted from how real they seemed.

4 DPO: During another crazy deep nap, I woke up hot and sweaty--kind of like what I imagine menopausal women have at night. My heart was also racing. It wasn't "that" kind of vivid dream, either. ;) I was also craving more strange food. Like, I had to have it. My hips were achey. I was dizzy, tired, and peed nonstop. I had a stuffy nose, but an increased sense of smell.

5 DPO: Slept in. I was really flushed, even DH noticed it. I was flushed even on my back and arms. More CM. Dizziness, frequent urination, STARVING, small cramp, could smell everything, and more vivid dreams.

6 DPO: More CM. I was taking a nap, and I had this freaky electric pain radiating all around my rib cage. It woke me up, and I freaked out and left the house (figuring, of course, I was about to die at home alone of some freaky heart thing or something). It lasted about 15 minutes. My heart was also racing. It made me really anxious. Still tired. Started feeling O pain again--odd. I also started to get the metallic taste in my mouth that we all hear about. My throat was sore and I could smell everything again, even with a stuffy nose. Vivd dreams again.

7 DPO: UTI--lame! Restless sleep, can't fall asleep. Lightly tender BBs. My dr. had me take a urine preg. test, and it wasn't positive or negative she said. She sent blood work out--negative. I KNEW it was wrong. I even told them on the phone that it was wrong, and I would be getting more done later. I felt pressure in my lower abdomen. I felt hot, my mouth felt hot, and I was flushed. I was super tired, had a headache/mild nausea. The metallic taste has continued. Vivd dreams, again. My teeth also were more sensitive.

8 DPO: So thirsty in the middle of the night...screwed up my temps! Lame. HUGE backache...all of my muscles locked up in my back for no reason. Really unusual. Only a slight right side cramp. Starting to feel out, but knowing I wasn't. Still tired. Frequent urination, assumed to be a UTI thing. Couldn't sleep. Stuffy nose.

9 DPO: Right side cramp. Feeling out. Felt TERRIBLE at workout. I couldn't get through it. I felt like I was going to have an asthma attack, but I don't have asthma. I usually rock this class, but I couldn't get through it. Even the instructor noticed, and took it easy on me. Took a test. Super faint, probably line eyed, line. I had heartburn (huge sign with BFP with last pregnancy).

10 DPO: BFP!!! Afternoon urine. Totally weird--I had this horrible zapping pain in the outside skin of my hoo-haw (lovely image, right?). I mean, it felt like a bug was biting me. It radiated in, but only to the pubic bone. I had more cramps. I cannot stress enough how unusual cramps are for me. I was also slightly gassy. I felt like I was ovulating again. More vivid dreams. I called my primary care doctor to get another blood test. They acted like I was crazy, and told me they were too full on the Saturday schedule to get me in for even three minutes to repeat the same orders as last time. I was super irritated. I told them that it was really anxiety-inducing to let someone who had a MC go through a weekend not knowing her HCG numbers were low/high or doubling. My MC had really low, non-doubling HCG.

11 DPO: Another BFP. Nothing but a little heartburn.

12 DPO: BFP. Light positive at the OB/GYN. I didn't even bother with my primary care Dr. I started to freak out because she said she had to wait for the whole time window to get a line. Take that as encouragement if it happens to you. FRER and Answer were WAYYY better than the Dr. test. I had an upset stomach, rotating O type pain, fatigue, heartburn, metallic taste in my mouth, and an increased sense of smell. Blood test for this day was 37 HCG with great progesterone. She told me to come back in two days for a follow up draw, because the number was low. Freaked out, figuring I was in for another MC.

13 DPO: BFP 1-2 on ClearBlue Digital. Really tired. Felt puffy in my face. No other symptoms. Feeling like I was going to have a MC. Pelvic pressure like period was going to start. Slight evening nausea. Light pink/creamy CM.

14 DPO: BFP 2-3 on ClearBlue Digital. Really encouraged by that!! Frequent urination, and really tired. Super light pink/creamy white CM. Praying it's just implantation bleeding.

15 DPO: BFP 2-3 on ClearBlue Digital again. HCG came back 146. Very excited! I can't wait to tell DH. I feel like my period is going to start, and really it has felt like that for a few days. I have that achey, dull pressure in my lower abdomen that is a sure AF sign. That kind of freaks me out, but I guess that's fairly normal? Slight nausea, and my BBs kind of feel sore today.

BTW, I take bio-active folate (methyltetrahydrafolate) and baby aspirin for MTHFR (a common cause of MC, apparently), along with a bio-active pre-natal (Emerald Labs).

Anyway, I would say that it really just feel SUPER tired and like my period is about to start. I really PRAY that my pregnancy sticks this time. I want this to be my take home baby, not another angel baby.

BTW, my Answer test had a faint line before my FRER--not by much, but definitely picked it up before anything else did. Same with my last pregnancy.

I was going to edit this to make sure I have no errors, and that it's lovely and beautiful--but really, I am tired and brain-foggy. Please forgive any errors. I probably can't spell my own name today. ;)

Lots of love to all of you ladies out there!! <3

This is our first round TTC, and I'm a newbie here, so forgive me if I don't get all the acronyms right! I have been obsessing over this site waiting for my own BFP so I thought I'd contribute since I had some strange symptoms and it was difficult for me to find other stories like mine. First of all, I didn't temp or anything, I just have an app that tracks my fertile window, so everything may not be perfectly accurate, but I'm assuming I O'ed on CD 14. I also did not start making specific notes until about 8 DPO. All that being said, here goes:

CD 10, 12,& 14 - BD
1 DPO - felt fluttery, all of a sudden feel like I'm pregnant feeling, although I'm sure it was in my head
2-7 DPO - sneezing a lot, lots of crampy pulling sensations in uterus, particularly left side. The first few days PO I felt extremely hungry when I first woke up, which is odd for me. Had to stop and get a breakfast sandwich, which I never do! The hunger passed after a couple of days and my appetite was back to normal, but nothing really tasted good. Not nauseous, just didn't hit the spot. Had vivid dreams.
8DPO - Had a BM in evening, when I wiped, had quite a bit of BRICK RED blood - thought AF had started way early. Everything I'd read about IB said it would be just a couple of drops, light brown or pink. If this was IB it was definitely not just a couple of drops. Put in a tampon and went to bed. Next morning there was just a bit of brown cm on tampon.
9 DPO - diarrhea :( No spotting today. Felt sore in my groin area, like glands were swollen or something. Thought I may be coming down with the flu. Vivid dream of BFP on test.
10 DPO - took FRER test w/ FMU - BFN. Started noticing shortness of breath today, along with CRAZY bloating - looked like I was 3 months pg already, some back pain, cramping, no noticeable soreness in boobs, a little watery red CM when wiping
11 DPO - woke up tired & hit snooze for first time in like 6 months, had feeling like I wasn't pg, just felt calm all day, no cramps, lots of energy as day progressed, watery brown/pink cm when wiping, when going to sleep felt shortness of breath and racy heart, that night had a vivid/scary dream
12 DPO - took FRER w/ FMU - BFN. Felt normal, energetic. Diarrhea (after eating my weight in Hibachi, so we may not want to chalk that one up to a symptom...), still ridiculously bloated (although, again, Hibachi...)
13 DPO - no major symptoms except another vivid dream/night terror (which I get fairly often anyway)
14 DPO - by now I'm convinced I'm not pg, attended a wedding, felt fine all day, had a couple of drinks, was able to stay up late no problem
15 DPO - By now should have seen signs of AF. Normally I spot a few days before, have at least one day of being horribly agitated, want to eat tons of chocolate. NONE of these PMS symptoms have shown up which has me thinking I could still be in. Take another FRER test in evening, still BFN.
16 DPO - still no sign of AF, start to notice boobs feeling SLIGHTLY sore today, nothing sounds good to eat, no spotting, just waiting around for AF all day. Decide to stop by Walgreens and get Walgreens brand EPT tests just to see what happens. 4 PM POAS - BFP! Sooooo shocked. Rush back to store to get digital - BFP 2-3 weeks. What?!?

So, to recap I NEVER had sore boobs until 16 DPO, then were just slightly tender, had BRICK RED IB, not light pink/brown like what I'd heard, and 3 BFN on FRER tests before I got my BFP on a cheapie. My biggest symptom has been shortness of breath - just feels like I can never get enough oxygen. So don't give up just because your symptoms are different from others. I guess every body is different. Good luck ladies and I hope my story helps someone!

After 3 years of trying and having gone through the tests for IVF we were told we just needed one final repeat check then would have IVF the next month or so. In an internal scan they spotted a mass on my ovary, looked like a cyst, after an MRI and CT scan it was confirmed as a 4.5cm ovarian tumor. To be brief, I had surgery in march 2014 to remove my right ovary and the tumor (confirmed as cancerous but all traces removed in surgery) then we were told we could go straight to IVF, but before we had chance we fell pregnant au naturel in June, just 3 months after surgery, amazing! 19 weeks now and still cant take it in. Here are my symptoms, had more symptoms other months (and im a pro symptom spotting after 3 yrs!) so had no clue.

1dpo onwards - sore side of breasts (normal)
8dpo some mild cramps at night, thought I brought them on by thinking about it
11dpo slight sore throat and slight stuffy nose, felt a bit achy but hard week so didn't think anything of it
12-14dpo v mild cramps, thought AF would come, woke up at 4.30am for no reason
16dpo took 3 tests, all positive, 2-3 wks

My advice is DON'T GIVE UP HOPE no matter how tough it gets, a huge sprinkling of baby dust to all xxxxx
Also if you have LOTs of spotting starting 8-10 days before ur period get it checked, this was my main symptom of the tumour but I didn't know it till after the surgery.

About to give birth to my baby girl.

Conceived naturally one month after I was told I would have to use a donor egg to conceive a child.

Had previously been diagnosed with Stage 4 Endo, Endometrioma removed from one ovary through a lap procedure
Was also diagnosed with Low AMH 0.34

3 failed IUIs and Failed IVF cycle which included two single embryo transfers.

UNBELIEVABLE! DON'T GIVE UP LADIES!

only thing I used was ACUPUNCTURE!!

I'm posting my experience here because while TTC I stalked this site reading all the stories/symptoms and found it very useful to see that there were people experiencing the same symptoms as me! My husband and I began trying right after getting married and got a BFP 3 months later! We were very lucky!

0-3 dpo: absolutely nothing
4 dpo: for a few minutes in the evening I felt my face flush and had slight cramps (not period cramps more like small pricks) and slight queasiness (not nausea but just that feeling where you're not in the mood to eat)
5 dpo: slight cramps, slight queasiness
6 dpo: slight queasiness
7 dpo: face flushed again, slight cramps, slight queasiness
8 dpo: dull cramps. Aversion to smell of someone heating food in the microwave
9 dpo: EXTREMELY sore boobs. My husband tried to lay his head on me and even that hurt really bad. Took a test BFN.
10 dpo: slightly sore boobs. Started spotting. Thought for sure AF was coming
11 dpo: nothing out of the ordinary except constipation. Maybe slightly sore boobs but nothing too bad.
12 dpo: dull cramps. Tested first thing in the morning and got a very very faint BFP!

I'm so excited to finally write my bfp story!!! we tried for a little over a year. After 7 months I went to a fertility clinic, they found I had low progesterone, and a slightly sluggish thyroid. I tried with herbs, fertilitea, fertil aid, had cycles with no coffee or drinking - nothing... After over a year then started trying clomid with an injectable and iui - our second IUI round finally worked!!! I gave up nothing during that 2ww and had quit acupuncture haha. If this hadn't worked I was prepared to have laparoscopy surgery to see if I had stage 1/2 endometriosis.

This cycle definitely tricked me because I spot EVERY SINGLE MONTH since coming off birth control, and it's always different - sometimes just brown spotting on 10dpo, other months red blood at 9dpo...and I learned to always associate it my period coming. Here's my symptoms...

Cd 13: iui
1-10 dpo no symptoms that stand out
11dpo: felt dizzy, like i had a sinus headache all day so I stayed home from work and laid around all day... But still no spotting! But I've spotted later before

12dpo: felt normal aside from a little cramping. Was getting hopeful since my temp went up a little bit...later that night I got a little bit of light pink spotting and I was pretty upset...went to see a movie, came home and I had bright red blood, it was fairly heavy, enough to keep dripping in the toilet (sorry if tmi). So i figured my period came early - was so sad.

13dpo: brown spotting, which has also been normal for me after red bleeding in the past, and my temp dropped to just above my coverline which was right on schedule. Went to a baby shower which was really hard!!!

That night I started feeling warm, when I took my night temp it was way high, and that usually isn't the case. Went to bed hopeful.

14dpo: woke up expecting my temp to have dropped and for period to start - but my temp went up!!! I called to schedule a blood test, they called that afternoon to say it came back POSITIVE - BFP!!!

I'm still 4 weeks now, feeling really warm all the time, some headaches and minor cramping and breast soreness, but nothing major.

I still can't believe my body tricked me! Absolutely nothing was different from other cycles, I'm so glad I was temping bc that was my only clue. This past year has definitely been an emotional struggle and I never knew it would be so hard to get pregnant, and how hard it would be to deal with all my friends getting pregnant. So I feel for anyone that has trouble conceiving!
My advice is to get tested before waiting a full year of trying! I'm glad I did, because you might as well know early if you have low progesterone or some other issue that can be worked with... And take your temperature! :)

I'm so happy we finally got pregnant and i pray for a healthy 9 months!

I became infertile due to high dose long term nsaid use for arthritis. Finally concieved after 3 months off nsaids!

I ovulate very early CD 9, but have sucessfully concieved!

1-7 DPO: nothing

8 DPO: felt like af had started af cramps and back ache, light brown cm just once on underwear and tp. Very light spotting after bd ( weird!)

9-13 DPO back ache, shooting pains in left bb 13dpo spotting after bd again.

14 DPO nothing tested with cheapie negative... definitely sure im out

15 DPO SEVERE af cramps and backache kept going to bathroom but nothing... i was miserable! Hurting for hours no af.... took FRER at 5 pm BFP! I was shocked I was cramping so bad all day never thought it could be pregnancy!

Felt just like terrible af!

I ovulate very early my cycles are 21 days pretty regular.

Cd 9 ovulation

1-4 dpo nothing

5-6 dpo af type backache, felt fluish, sore throat lasted one day, dizzy spell i went numb and tingly, glob of yellow cm on tp

7 dpo fluish, terrible dizzy spell went numb and tingly again

8 dpo af type cramping backache light brown cm on underwear and tp just once, very light pink spotting after bd (I never spot for any reason)

9 dpo backache

10 dpo very weird feeling in uterus it felt like a water balloon and tugging sharp pain in left bb like an electrical feeling several times

11 dpo mild cramping

12 dpo nothing tested with accu clear super negative

13 dpo spotting after bd again

14 dpo tested with accu clear another negative! Definitely sure im not pregnant and just feel like im going crazy

15 dpo bad af type cramps and af type backache all day i felt awful but no blood no spotting nothing just super watery cm test BFP! On FRER

I had NO bb changes at all no swelling soreness sensitive nipples nothing! And my cm stayed wet and watery somtimes a little stretchy yellow.

I am not tired or moody nothing.
I DONT "feel" pregnant, I feel just like im on AF.
I was driving my self crazy waiting for symptoms that I thought I "should have" because thats what the internet says.. lol, I never got any of those symptoms and I got a BFP!!!!
Its not over til AF shows... dont get discouraged!

I promised I’d post my TWW symptoms by DPO to try and help everyone out. Please note that all my symptoms were very mild and barely noticeable. I recorded everything though. Here’s what happened during my TWW that lead to my BFP on Halloween night. Warning: Some info is TMI! Sorry, it's also very lengthy. Some back story: I had an ectopic in February and my left tube was removed. If it wasn't for my husbands quick thinking, I would have died. Since then my body has been so unpredictable. Spotting mid-cycle, pregnancy symptoms when I'm not pregnant, etc. I came on here when we were ready to start trying again and I symptom spotted EVERY cycle. I thought I was out this cycle because of my LACK of symptoms! Anyways, here's the good stuff:

AF: Oct. 6th to Oct. 12th
+OPK on CD15 and 16
BD on CD 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, and 17
O day was CD18.

Now for the symptoms:

O Day: BBT 97.9. Felt a bit emotional today, but it has been a very emotional week for us Canadians. My body is eerily quiet. Dull right ovary pinch while walking. Gassy, but that's nothing new.

1DPO: Creamy EWCM, BBT spike (98.1) confirming O day yesterday, calm, happy, feeling positive. Noticed a lot of ladybugs around the house lately… Heard they were an omen of good luck.

2DPO: BBT 98.6, holy cow temp spike! Creamy EWCM, very very mild ‘empty’ feeling in stomach in the afternoon, and a mild lower backache (great, the witch is coming *shakes fist*), stepped outside and a ladybug landed on my leg immediately. Hmm. That was odd. Very dry throat today (think I slept with my mouth open all night and probably swallowed a spider or two, lol).

3DPO: Creamy EWCM, BBT 98.5, Mount Everest is on my forehead (acne) and it’s painful! Crazy allergy attack in the morning that made me have to lay down (looking back now, this may have been the start of implantation). Gurgles.

4DPO: Creamy EWCM, BBT 98.1 (temp dip! Woot!), slight sore/scratchy throat, mild empty feeling in stomach, left side chest pain in the morning, mild twinge in center uterus while walking (hmm… Last time I felt this I was pregnant with my son… GAH! Stop over-analyzing!). Ignore it but record it anyways. Uterus feels slightly achy after going to bed.

5DPO: BBT 98.2, Slight allergies in the morning, clear sticky CM all day, mild twinges in center uterus all day, slight achy uterus all day, yellow CM? Nah. Ignore it. Ew, what is that god-awful mildew stench in our bedroom and bathroom!?

6DPO: BBT 98.3, mild right ovary ache in the morning, on/off uterus ache all day (barely there though), mild lower back pain (really? Or is my brain playing tricks on me again?!), mild center uterus twinge in the afternoon. Feeling out this month.

7DPO: BBT 98.3, BD this evening (light pink spotting immediately after, but gone by the morning), sticky/creamy EWCM (undies are a mess at 8am already and I’m stuck at work!), slight nausea on/off all day (am I really feeling this though? Probably all in my head). Holy chapped lips! I feel like I’ve licked my lips in a wind storm!! Oh they burn. They burn BAD. One poke on my right side ovary at 12:30pm. Feeling out this month. So upset and disappointed because my body has changed so much since my ectopic in February. Cried a bit at my desk.

8DPO: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BBT 98.2, HPT is BFN. Ugh. So disappointed. Temps going down and I know AF will be riding in on her broomstick soon. My hands or my muffin taste soapy? Hmm. I just washed my hands though. Slight empty feeling again (ok seriously brain, stop screwing with me!). Getting pretty angry now. Left work early to get some Halloween stuff ready for the evening and thought I’d test again for sh!ts and giggles. Wait. Hold up- Is that what I think it is?? A faint BFP?!? Nah…. But if I hold the test in THIS light I can see something. Quick, post it to Baby and Bump forum… I take a Clear Blue digital and the test doesn’t work GAH! WTF!? Toss that one in the trash. Try the Walmart Digital brand: BFN. Hmm. Thought so. *sigh* I hate getting my hopes up! (get teary eyed). Still not convinced with the BFN’s, so I break out my FRER (even though I HATE these ones). Within 10 seconds a faint line. Could it?? Really?? OMG. The line gets darker. Holy poo balls, I’m pregnant! Try to tell hubby through my sobbing and snotty nose. He's very happy! Erotic dream about hubby and BDing in front of people.

9DPO: BBT 98.2, dry CM, HPT BFP on Clearblue digital, reads ‘Pregnant, 1-2wks’. I’m pooing. I’m POOING my pants. Other than the extreme happiness, I am feeling 100% normal. If it wasn’t for that BFP, I wouldn’t think I was pregnant. I’m not tired, crampy, no sore BBs, no diarrhea. Another erotic dream tonight about hubby.

10DPO: 98.6, dry CM, wow I'm a bitch today, light backaches, a few pokes here and there (very light), nausea that only feels better after eating (oh boy, here we go…). Another erotic dream about hubby. Ok, now I KNOW I'm pregnant. I only ever had erotic dreams when I'm pregnant. Weird, I know.

So that’s it. All my symptoms were so mild and normal for me that I didn’t think I was pregnant. In fact, the night before my BFP I cried to my hubby, saying how I felt like I was disappointing him because my body is not the same anymore after my ectopic. I lost my left tube and almost my life.

The only thing that was different this cycle (compared to other cycles) were the very mild twinges in my uterus. And even then, they were so mild that I questioned if they were even there. I know this was a LOOONG post, but I hope I gave someone some hope. Just because you have no symptoms, doesn't mean you're not pregnant!

I'm 34 he's 38 after six months with lots (and lots) of trying, was starting to think it wouldn't happen so easy again.

No temp charting or any other paraphernalia, (too scared of trying too hard) so i can only guess my dpo.

So in summary (I got a bit carried away typing) my symptoms were all identical to PMS plus a stinking cold. The only things out of the ordinary were occasional peeing festivals, wanting breakfast and that my breakout started to clear up before my period was due. So really nothing much at all.

If you got time to burn (ie. your at work) read on......

cd1-6 period

cd 8-17 sex at least once a day ( including a couple of nights in a nice hotel. I love hotel beds!)

dpo 1/cd16 - dpo 4/ cd19 nothing special, except odd shooting pains in breasts and start getting quite hungry in the morning (not a breakfast person).

dpo5/cd20 go out a club, not in a drinking mood (even though it's free?) have one beer and have to pee at least 7 times. Feel very smug the next morning when everyone else has stinking hangovers.

dpo6/cd21 - dpo8/cd23 nothing special, very thick white cm (noticed this last month too), boobs start to get sore (pms symptom)

dpo8/cd23 bloated and lots of pee breaks

dpo9/cd24 wake up with horrible cold:- violent coughing, nose bunged up, nasty breakout on face

dpo10/cd25 cold even worse, spend the day in bed, but can smell everything, strange

dpo11/cd26 cold still raging, sense of smell gone, coughing hard, notice pink spotting on toilet paper (often spot a few days before period)boobs really hurt. pms and a cold? so unfair!

dpo12/cd27 Lose temper at work and throw stuff on the floor, I'm normally cool as a cucumber, luckily nobody saw my tantrum. More pink spotting when I wipe, after a coughing/nose blowing fit. Now totally convinced that I'm a pmsing monster.

dpo13/cd28 cold is a little better, but now I have brain fog. Very stoopid at work, siesta for lunch. no more spotting but gigantic boobs and belly. period come on and put me out of my fat bloater misery! skin starts clearing up, unusual before period starts.

dpo14/cd29 cold is here to stay, boobs less sore on waking (they usually stop being sore right before period starts, due tomorrow)
want to start a bikram yoga 30 day challenge tomorrow, so buy a test. poas at 5pm while making dinner (oops unhygenic) looks like a bfn, but on second glance 5 mins later there's two fat pink lines.Control line is much darker, but there are def two lines! Big faint postive!!!

I've had identical symptoms plus lots more, and periods always arrived bang on time.
My EWCM has been AWOL since my D&C 7 months ago.
FX (toes too) that its a sticker!
Good luck ladies!

My fiance and I are in our early 30's. I have one child who is elementary age from a prior relationship. I was on trisprintec birth control pills for 2 years. I stopped taking the pill in June after completing the pack. Each and every month I thought I was pregnant. I had all the signs. Each month around 12dpo I would start spotting, usually sex triggered it. Then, two days later after wiping slimy brown or pink tinted blood, my period would arrive. All my periods were normal when I was on the pill and the years before when I wasnt on the pill. I was confused and frustrated. I thought it would be easy to conceive like my first pregnancy almost a decade ago. I used cheap opk strips for two months (from this site), preseed for two months and started prenatal vitamins back in June when I first started. I had sex very often, sometimes 3-4x per day because I love it!!! And because I wanted to catch the egg. The opk really helped pinpoint ovulation day. This cycle, I added B12 spray and vitamin D.

Last period was 10/7. 10/29 I started spotting but it went away. I tested on 11/2 and it was positive. I tested 15 more times lol.
My cycles were 26-28 days average.

Currently, I feel fat. My belly is tender and puffy. I feel slightly achy. My boobs as a whole feel a tiny heavy and tender. However, I felt these same symptoms in previous months.

I am nervous and scared because its still so early. I really hope and pray that the ladies trying over and over get their bfp. I pray that my pregnancy is a healthy one. Just keep enjoying your partner and keep it spicy!!

Pretty excited here! To start, this was the first month in a looooong time that I decided to no longer read these websites, I stopped tracking my temps and tried to focus on living my life and not symptom spot as much as possible. Also, I asked my DH to save the "liquid gold" for 3 days before ovulation. We BD 2 times the day I ovulated. I knew I was ovulating because of my EWCM followed by very minimal cramp .

1-5 dpo I had a nasty head cold
6 dpo very light spotting. Very different then AF. The beginning of a looooot of bathroom breaks.
7-8 dpo spotting, now rust/brown
9 dpo same spotting, just darker. Also blew my nose from the cold and had some blood in the snot. I normally get over colds very quickly. Tested: BFN
10 dpo no more bleeding at all.
11 dpo BD felt "stickier" and like the beginning of a yeast infection. Thought I may have started AF.
12 dpo felt like something was up by the end of the day because I should have started AF. I typically spot anywhere from 3-5 days before AF. Took an internet (wandfo) HCG test late Fri night and felt sad when I didn't see a line instantly . But within 3 minutes a very noticeable line popped up. DH and I BD out of celebration and there was very pink spotting.
13 dpo went to Dr ....confirmed! Yawned allll day then went to lay down and couldn't slee . Having bad acne that's painful.
14 dpo had to pee all day then took a 2 hr nap. Took another test and a little darker BFP.

I gave my struggles to the Lord this month and asked him to bless me with this gift when he found suitable. He is so good at making us stop trying to control everythin .