Finally received our BFP and at 2:30 pm!!! My husband & I were skeptical of taking another test, considering I tested 4 times up to 9 dpo and all four were BFN :( Though I knew that was early, I was curious to see how early I could get a BFP. So after those BFN'S I just knew I was out for the month. BUT with symptoms like the following I really just did not know.
My breasts were filled with blue veins, my nips were darker and swollen. My cm was clear unless I checked and it was like ewcm but cloudy. My cervix was high and hard, so that "fact" about being soft if pregnant hard if af is coming doesn't always hold true ;)
My lower abdomen felt just like af was coming any minute and has progressively gotten worse. I am feeling a lot of pressure being 5 weeks, 3 days according to my LMP. I just kept thinking okay if my menstrual doesn't start today I know and about 4 days of doing that I broke down and bought two First Response. At 2:30 pm the 2nd line was faint and of course when seeing any line faint or not you're going to freak. I was 4 days late at this time & last test was at 9dpo & was negative.
My husband said he needed something more concrete then that faint blue line so I went and bought 2 clearblue and there you have it!! PREGNANT!!! We couldn't be any happier and these blogs especially tww has kept me sane through our journey, considering this has been 5 months in the making and before that I miscarried at 8 weeks after TTC for 8 months. *Praying this lil guy/girl keeps*

I received very faint BFPs since a day before my missed period (last Thursday.). Now, this morning I noticed brownish colors throughout my CM (sorry TMI). I have mild cramping. Am I miscarrying? What the heck is going on?

Hopefully not, and hopefully there are people out there who carried full term with these symptoms.

So here I am! I have never posted on any trying to conceive forum before but I've been reading these boards since before I miscarried in December and they've been a comfort. I also really wanted to share my BFP story because I haven't seen any quite like mine. The spotting that lead up to my BFP both in this pregnancy and my last one was longer and I think a bit heavier than how implantation bleeding is typically described (if that's what it was). This was our third month trying to conceive after our miscarriage. With our miscarriage we conceived on our first try (yay)! We saw the heartbeat at 6.5 weeks and then at 8 weeks there was no heartbeat anymore and our darling angel had not grown really beyond the last ultrasound. It was devastating and very traumatic. I miscarried at home naturally and found out what labour must feel like. I'm glad I did that though because it helped my grieving process. So there's the background, here's the story:

The first two months I was checking my temperature in the morning but this month I stopped because I was obsessing enough as it was. So this month, just going by CM we Bd'd on CD 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

9 DPO: Did an at home yoga practice (I'm a yoga teacher, teaching pre-natal and regular yoga). Did a very light practice (for me) and noticed afterwards I had just the tiniest bit of brown spotting and then a streak of red on TP. I pretty much figured AF was coming because since the miscarriage I have been spotting starting around 7-8 DPO until AF BUT I did have IB for 5-7 days with my first pregnancy so I hadn't completely given up hope at this point.

10 DPO: When I woke up in the morning to pee I found there was LOTS of bright, watered down, pink spotting on tp when I wiped. Way more than I would usually get from spotting before AF. It was enough that it filled up (not soaked) the whole tp. Still, I didn't remember seeing that much on the tp in my first pregnancy (but I wasn't keeping track then so didn't really remember). A few hours later the toilet was full of bright pink with a BMm (sorry TMI). See a bit of pink spotting on pantyliner, which quickly turns brown, throughout the day. Really started to believe chances of being pregnant were very low.

11 DPO: Again I wake up to pee and wipe and there's pink spotting on tp, not as much as yesterday but still a lot. Spotting continues throughout the day, really just a few drops on pantyliner and seeing it when I wipe. I've pretty much lost all hope at this point but decide to take a an HPT (FRER that I had already) just to put it out of my mind. HPT is negative. I cry but then start to get over it.

12 DPO: I pee in the middle of the night and there's lots of fresh, pink and red blood in the toilet and when I wipe. I think I am FOR SURE out. Then funnily enough I have an OB-GYN appointment that morning that I made about a month ago, so I could speak to my OB about my cycle going from 31-28 days since my miscarriage and the spotting from 7 DPO to AF. They ask me to take a pregnancy test just as part of their policy. It's negative. My OB says that what's happened with my cycles since I mc'd is completely normal. She doesn't know why this happens but says it sounds in line with what happens to many woman. She has three children and has had three miscarriages and gives me some hope that yes, I will be pregnant again. Suggests using OPKs and then I go home feeling a bit more optimistic about the future and next cycle. I'm still spotting just a little throughout the day, still pink and very light. Figure AF will be here tomorrow or next day (I usually get it on 13 DPO).

13 DPO: I'm expecting cramps today (I get bad cramps about an hour before AF comes every month, just for the first few hours usually for the first day, sometimes on the second). No cramps. No bright pink in the toilet in the morning. I do spot a little with a BM (sorry TMI) and then there is a few drops in my pantyliner throughout the day but spotting is lighter than yesterday. That's weird, I think. But I wasn't taking my temperature this month so maybe I ovulated a day later than I thought?

14 DPO: No spotting all day. No sign of usual cramps. I've got no discernible symptoms that would make me think I'm pregnant, but I do think it's weird that the spotting has gotten lighter instead of heavier, as it would with AF. That's what happened the last time I got a BFP. I decide to wait another four days to take an HPT mostly as a gesture of staying calm about the whole thing. I was once eight days late, I tell myself.

15 DPO: No spotting all day AND my boobs are sore? They feel heavy and hurt on the sides, which is unusual for me before AF. Usually my boobs get a little sore but that's about a week before AF and gone by time it arrives, not the other way around? At around 12:30 at night I wake up feeling a bit nauseous. It's light, almost like I feel nervous about something. I tell myself I must have had a bad dream or I'm just imagining this and I go back to bed.

16 DPO: No spotting, boobs are still sore. I notice my fridge really smells and I just cleaned it? I have the worst sense of smell and for me to smell anything is unusual. Okay, tomorrow's the day to take a BFP.

17 DPO: BFP with FMUR!!! Right away too!! I wasn't surprised at this point, just happy my suspicions from the last day or two are confirmed. I bring the HPT (FRER) back to bed to show DH and we smile and cuddle a bit. I'm much less jump-up-and-down excited and less nervous this time. I'm super happy don't get me wrong but I've learned anything can happen, so I'm just trying to take it easy and put my faith in the universe.

One last thing I just want to share, that I've learned from my miscarriage and trying again. I know this is a long post and I apologize for those who may not want all this but I would read every detail of these things and it's the details that gave me hope. So what did I learn from my first pregnancy that didn't stick? I can't control the outcome of how this goes from here.

Sure, I can eat healthy and take care of myself and get rest when I need it, but beyond that it's not up to me. With my first BFP and pregnancy I was worried about everything. Was my body working properly? Was the baby healthy? Were my symptoms/lack of symptoms normal? All that worrying made no difference in the end.

I know it won't make a difference this time either. It doesn't mean I won't worry. I'm human and I forgive myself for being one! I can already feel that the days and moments leading up to my first ultrasounds (if I make it that far) will be a challenge after my first experience was so devastating. But at the end of the day I've learned I did what I could do to to increase my chances of getting pregnant, but if or when I did was out of my hands. Now that I am pregnant, staying that way is mostly out of my hands also.

Everyday I will send blessings and love to my little rainbow bean and I will pray and take care of myself and love myself and hope for the best. That's it. That's all I can do.

Sending love and baby dust to all of you trying, just pregnant and beyond!

So here I am! I have never posted on any trying to conceive forum before but I've been reading these boards since before I miscarried in December and they've been a comfort. I also really wanted to share my BFP story because I haven't seen any quite like mine. The spotting that lead up to my BFP both in this pregnancy and my last one was longer and I think a bit heavier than how implantation bleeding is typically described (if that's what it was). This was our third month trying to conceive after our miscarriage. With our miscarriage we conceived on our first try (yay)! We saw the heartbeat at 6.5 weeks and then at 8 weeks there was no heartbeat anymore and our darling angel had not grown really beyond the last ultrasound. It was devastating and very traumatic. I miscarried at home naturally and found out what labour must feel like. I'm glad I did that though because it helped my grieving process. So there's the background, here's the story:

The first two months I was checking my temperature in the morning but this month I stopped because I was obsessing enough as it was. So this month, just going by CM we Bd'd on CD 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

9 DPO: Did an at home yoga practice (I'm a yoga teacher, teaching pre-natal and regular yoga). Did a very light practice (for me) and noticed afterwards I had just the tiniest bit of brown spotting and then a streak of red on TP. I pretty much figured AF was coming because since the miscarriage I have been spotting starting around 7-8 DPO until AF BUT I did have IB for 5-7 days with my first pregnancy so I hadn't completely given up hope at this point.

10 DPO: When I woke up in the morning to pee I found there was LOTS of bright, watered down, pink spotting on tp when I wiped. Way more than I would usually get from spotting before AF. It was enough that it filled up (not soaked) the whole tp. Still, I didn't remember seeing that much on the tp in my first pregnancy (but I wasn't keeping track then so didn't really remember). A few hours later the toilet was full of bright pink with a BMm (sorry TMI). See a bit of pink spotting on pantyliner, which quickly turns brown, throughout the day. Really started to believe chances of being pregnant were very low.

11 DPO: Again I wake up to pee and wipe and there's pink spotting on tp, not as much as yesterday but still a lot. Spotting continues throughout the day, really just a few drops on pantyliner and seeing it when I wipe. I've pretty much lost all hope at this point but decide to take a an HPT (FRER that I had already) just to put it out of my mind. HPT is negative. I cry but then start to get over it.

12 DPO: I pee in the middle of the night and there's lots of fresh, pink and red blood in the toilet and when I wipe. I think I am FOR SURE out. Then funnily enough I have an OB-GYN appointment that morning that I made about a month ago, so I could speak to my OB about my cycle going from 31-28 days since my miscarriage and the spotting from 7 DPO to AF. They ask me to take a pregnancy test just as part of their policy. It's negative. My OB says that what's happened with my cycles since I mc'd is completely normal. She doesn't know why this happens but says it sounds in line with what happens to many woman. She has three children and has had three miscarriages and gives me some hope that yes, I will be pregnant again. Suggests using OPKs and then I go home feeling a bit more optimistic about the future and next cycle. I'm still spotting just a little throughout the day, still pink and very light. Figure AF will be here tomorrow or next day (I usually get it on 13 DPO).

13 DPO: I'm expecting cramps today (I get bad cramps about an hour before AF comes every month, just for the first few hours usually for the first day, sometimes on the second). No cramps. No bright pink in the toilet in the morning. I do spot a little with a BM (sorry TMI) and then there is a few drops in my pantyliner throughout the day but spotting is lighter than yesterday. That's weird, I think. But I wasn't taking my temperature this month so maybe I ovulated a day later than I thought?

14 DPO: No spotting all day. No sign of usual cramps. I've got no discernible symptoms that would make me think I'm pregnant, but I do think it's weird that the spotting has gotten lighter instead of heavier, as it would with AF. That's what happened the last time I got a BFP. I decide to wait another four days to take an HPT mostly as a gesture of staying calm about the whole thing. I was once eight days late, I tell myself.

15 DPO: No spotting all day AND my boobs are sore? They feel heavy and hurt on the sides, which is unusual for me before AF. Usually my boobs get a little sore but that's about a week before AF and gone by time it arrives, not the other way around? At around 12:30 at night I wake up feeling a bit nauseous. It's light, almost like I feel nervous about something. I tell myself I must have had a bad dream or I'm just imagining this and I go back to bed.

16 DPO: No spotting, boobs are still sore. I notice my fridge really smells and I just cleaned it? I have the worst sense of smell and for me to smell anything is unusual. Okay, tomorrow's the day to take a BFP.

17 DPO: BFP with FMUR!!! Right away too!! I wasn't surprised at this point, just happy my suspicions from the last day or two are confirmed. I bring the HPT (FRER) back to bed to show DH and we smile and cuddle a bit. I'm much less jump-up-and-down excited and less nervous this time. I'm super happy don't get me wrong but I've learned anything can happen, so I'm just trying to take it easy and put my faith in the universe.

One last thing I just want to share, that I've learned from my miscarriage and trying again. I know this is a long post and I apologize for those who may not want all this but I would read every detail of these things and it's the details that gave me hope. So what did I learn from my first pregnancy that didn't stick? I can't control the outcome of how this goes from here.

Sure, I can eat healthy and take care of myself and get rest when I need it, but beyond that it's not up to me. With my first BFP and pregnancy I was worried about everything. Was my body working properly? Was the baby healthy? Were my symptoms/lack of symptoms normal? All that worrying made no difference in the end.

I know it won't make a difference this time either. It doesn't mean I won't worry. I'm human and I forgive myself for being one! I can already feel that the days and moments leading up to my first ultrasounds (if I make it that far) will be a challenge after my first experience was so devastating. But at the end of the day I've learned I did what I could do to to increase my chances of getting pregnant, but if or when I did was out of my hands. Now that I am pregnant, staying that way is mostly out of my hands also.

Everyday I will send blessings and love to my little rainbow bean and I will pray and take care of myself and love myself and hope for the best. That's it. That's all I can do.

Sending love and baby dust to all of you trying, just pregnant and beyond!

I've been stalking the site for months and needed to contribute my own story to give everyone hope!

This was our 3rd month TTC but first cycle using ovulation tests and Pre-Seed (I was getting a little antsy trying to go au naturale).

I started using the OPK from CD11 to CD18 and never got a positive result so I definitely thought something was up however we BD'd on a regular basis (every day during what I thought was ovulation week). We also started using Pre-Seed although the hubby did not like it because he said it made him feel kind of numb so we only successfully used it twice.

Then I started spotting brown on CD20 (which I think was 6 DPO) for 6 days. 6 WHOLE days and it was not the light "just when you wipe" kind. It required multiple panty liners for most of those days - sorry if TMI. I am a regular spotter from about 3-5 days before AF so this was kinda weird and definitely made me throw in the towel for this month. Oddly, the spotting stopped on CD25 and did not return so I decided to test today which is CD27 and always the day AF comes. Guess it was implantation bleeding because I got a very definite BFP! Hope the bean sticks and baby dust to all!

Hi ladies!! I'm finally posting my BFP story after getting it on the 6th of July!! I feel awful that I haven't posted it yet but just been on absolute cloud 9. I was diagnosed with pcos in February 2013 after ttc with no joy and very irregular cycles since coming off the pill in June 2012...

I was absolutely distraught month after month when my period cried and read all the BFP stories on here every day which gave me so much hope so want to thank Everyone for their stories! I loved reading them.

I left my job at the end of June to a very stressful environment with a dis-organised and compulsive liar boss (who often lied about being pregnant when her stress of business was too much to give everyone a guilt trip - disgusting!) it really hurt me that she always rubbed it in my face when she knew what I was going through, anyway it all turned out to be lies but that's a totally different story ... I fell pregnant immediately after leaving the salon where I worked to go off on my own doing mobile hairdressing .

Like I say I have pcos and I would say I'm a bigger girl, not huge, but curvy in all the right places as my other half says ;-) lol. We baby danced regularly every other day, not to try, just because we wanted to!!

I went to a party on the Thursday night and had one glass of vodka and coke (thinking there's no way I would be pregnant, it's not happened every other month so what the hell!!) and I felt unbelievably drunk off one small vodka!! I left the party early and went home, when I got in I had a crazy urge to pee on a stick, which I did, and saw a super super faint line, took a photo, and shrugged it off till the morning, I rushed straight out to get a cb digital the next day "PREGNANT" OH MY GOD! My whole body was shaking and I was crying with absolute happiness, I phoned the doctors and told them, went to my appointment had blogs done, confirmed pregnancy! Absolutely over the moon, I've since had 2 midwife appointments and still feel in an absolute daze that I have a little part of me and the love of my life growing inside of me

I'm 20 years old so was quite nervous to tell my parents, I passed out with nerves when I went round as I'd worked myself up so much thinking they wouldn't be happy, to my total surprise they was shocked but are now extremely happy and we all can't wait for March next year. My due date is 7th of March 2014 an I am now 8 weeks & 4 days pregnant :-) :-)

As for symptoms I didn't really have that many apart from tingly boobs, and lots of burping, I had implanting bleeding the week before my period was due which *TMI* was like a big blob of egg white CM with like a grains of rice blood spec, followed by 2 days of brown spotting ,

I had a little bleed at 6 weeks, red but very very light and no pains, but midwife isn't worried as she took my blood 2 times since and levels are increasing at a good rate. ( wasn't told exact numbers but she has told me not to worry its very common )

I've recently received my scan date through which is for 29th of Aug when I'll be 13 weeks.

Thank you so much for all your positive stories that gave me so much hope throughout my ttc journey!!

All the baby dust in the world to those still ttc, it WILL happen for you !!!

Photo attached of my very very faint positive !!

Lots of love, Rachelle & jelly bean <3

We’ve been TTC no 4 for a while now- well technically since DD3 was born in May 2012, although I BF her for 6 months then weaned to resume my cycle and TTC again. I’m aged 38.5 and DH is 49.5.
We mucked around for 4 months trying a ‘boy sway’ from Shettles’ method (basically one shot on ovulation) and it didn’t work. Then I stopped for 2 cycles as didn’t want to be due in Nov/Dec due to a work course I need to do then (plus the expense of a Christmas baby on top of having 4 kids for Santa to visit!)
We’re now on cycle 3 of no messing. Opk’s, conceive plus, pillow under bum for 20 mins, and this cycle used soft cups twice (both before ov) and not on the one time just after ov. Also I start baby aspirin from 1dpo until AF/BFP due to antiphospholipid syndrome (2 mc before DD1 caused by this)
We dtd 48 hrs and 24 hrs before ovulation, then approx 19 hours after I felt ovulation (and btw I got a pos opk 26 hrs before I felt ovulation – I don’t temp).
Here are my day by day notes.
1dpo – Cramping, couple of bouts of ewcm then watery cm, big spot on chin
2dpo - Spot on chin still, thick/dry cm
3dpo - Spotty face sore BB’s on pressing down the sides.
9am -Brown cm on wiping a few times this morning (not normal for me- ? implant) Then thick /dry cm again, brown tinged
1pm- Bout of nausea, and consider not having a drink tonight (out for a meal with friends).
4dpo – Less spotty, feel sick but did end up drinking alcohol last night lol. Dry sticky cm white. BB’s sore at sides. Faint line on IC’s but since I get that almost every cycle just ignore it. Craved lettuce and blue cheese dressing this afternoon (again not normal for me). Low left cramps then central cramps.
5dpo – Thick and creamy cm, occasion EWCM mixed in, still spotty and sore BB’s, mild cramping, and craving fruit. Remember a really vivid dream from last night. Heartburn during the night, had to get up and drink Gaviscon Advance.
6dpo – Brown tinged cm on toilet paper in the afternoon again, slight craps earlier, very tired. Thick creamy cm the rest of the time. Super faint line on IC.
7dpo – Still superfaint line on IC but within the time limit with FMU, test was still wet so not evap. Creamy sparse cm. Pinky brown cm again in the afternoon Bout of nausea having not eaten much all day
8dpo – Vivid dreams again, thick n creamy cm, slept really well, dizzy on standing up each time today, super energetic, running at work all day (I’m a nurse) and when had finished 10 hr shift came home got daughters 1,2 and 3 to bed then went and swum ½ a mile in the local pool (whilst hubby babysat). Got a ramdom bfn on ic this afternoon so assumed the others were’nt right.
9dpo – Superfaint bfp on ic’s x 3, the complete squinter on FRER (not one of the dodgy batch numbered ones) with SMU, then faint superdrug bfp, then this afternoon faint tesco bfp. Digi still says bfn but I know they pick up at a higher level.
10dpo – Laid awake for 3 hrs in the night unable to sleep, and wondering if a CB digi would work this morning, or if it’d all be BFN again and be a chemical pregnancy. FMU FRER much darker than yesterday but still very light. Visable to normal human beings now though lol. Decide to do the digital test and...
Pregnant 1-2 yipeeeee such a great feeling

I put it in DH’s lunchbox this morning to take to work he’s going to love his lunchtime today!

Throughout the last two months I've been scouring the BFP stories on this site, totally obsessing over correlating dates of my temperature, spotting, etc, and now I get to write my own for other people to compare theirs to too! So here we go.

CDs 9&11 BD'd

CD12 Ovulated (I figured this out by keeping BBT chart - sorry girls but it's on paper)

CD19-7 DPO Experienced extreme BBT temperature dip (a 2nd surge of estrogen, so I've read)

CD21-9DPO Started spotting, which I thought at the time was the usual pre-menstrual spotting I get for the 1-4 days leading up to AF.

CD24-12DPO Stopped spotting. No AF.

CD28-16 DPO Started experiencing pre-menstrual like cramps. Totally convinced AF was on the way as I've never had a cycle longer than 28 days.

CD29-17 DPO BBT still high. Still experiencing cramps but CM clear, and a bit stretchy! Bought clearblue test.

CD30-18 DPO BBT still high. Weed into a cup and 'enceinte 2-3' came up on the screen within seconds! (am in France atm)

I put the test on the pillow next to my partner to wake up to. Am shaking slightly, but because I feel nervous!

Anyway, baby dust to you all!

Hi all,
We have been trying to conceive for 3 years. My results were ok, but my hubby's morphology was not great (3% normal forms). At the beginning his motility was low as well, but we managed to increase it with supplements, no caffeine, no alcohol, loads of fruit etc. Although his results were getting better (anything between 4-13% morphology), I wasn't getting pregnant.
We had 3x failed IUIs...the last one in June. I was devastated that it didn't work. I didn't have much hope, but I decided to try something different. We went to this Chinese Medicine place and after the assessment, we were signed up for 10 sessions of acupuncture each, and we were given some strange Chinese herbs to cook and drink as a tea twice daily. They smelled and tasted strange, but we got used to them. I stopped supplements, as I simply ran out of them in June and I was too angry to buy another bottle. I didn't even take folic acid - which I know I should have taken! Terrible!

We had 2 sessions of acupuncture each last month and we drank those herbs for about 3 weeks...and last week I got my first ever BFP!!! It was a shocker! I had no symptoms at all, apart from light spotting which lasted 3 days starting from my period due date.
I'm starting my 6 weeks tomorrow and I feel amazing! I will continue my acupuncture for the first 3 months to keep the baby in shape and prevent miscarriage.

I would really like to recommend acupuncture to ANYONE. I was skeptical and so was my family, but we are believers now! I don't know how it works but it WORKS! Please don't give up trying just pray and think what's best for you. If you are considering IVF, please go and see Chinese practitioner first. The treatment is cheaper than IVF and as far as I'm concerned, it does wonders!

Baby dust to you all! If you have any questions please let me know :)

Last night and this morning, I got my BFP. It was our third cycle trying after coming off the BC Pill. My best friend just found out that she was pregnant, and I thought it would be so awesome to be pregnant at the same time with our first babies! DH and I ere at Walmart last night, buying new sheets (I had actually spotted a bit, because I have been due for my AF!). I said well, do you think I should get another test? He said sure. So, I got a two pack of the clear blue digital. I took one when we got home, because I had to pee anyway. I was standing in the bathroom, just waiting for the hour glass icon to stop blinking, and I started cleaning up the sink, throwing away the wrapper, etc. I glanced up, to basically confirm the 'not pregnant' and low and behold there was 'pregnant' instead. I said 'Um....what?' DH came into the bathroom, and said what? I said...I'm pregnant. He said not uh...he thought I was joking! Took another one this morning, and yep, another BFP. :)

I am still in shock! We had been trying for about six months now. I am 37 and have two children ages 6 and 3 with one loss in between at 16 weeks. I recently had an appointment with the OB to check out my irregular cycles. He attributed it to a "mid-thirties hormonal hiccup". Anyway, my FSH came back at 6 and my ultrasound was all clear. My last two cycles had been pretty normal considering months past.

This month we didn't really try as we were going on vacation soon and I wanted to feel good. I think we only BD twice the whole month and I got up right away and went to the bathroom! I just didn't think it would happen. On CD 29 I had very very scant brown spotting so figured AF was on her way. I always spot now before AF. The next day nothing! Weird I think. The following day scant very scant brown spotting in the morning. I Qtipped to check things out. Clean as a whistle. Cervix seems low and firm. Hmmm. I decide to wait the rest of the day. Getting ready to leave for vacation the next day. By afternoon still nothing. It's CD 31 by now and nothing by late afternoon. Text DH to get test. He brings home an EPT early result. POAS with very diluted urine late afternoon. Immediate + I could not believe it!!! I retested the following AM with FMU and blazing +. So excited! Really not to many symptoms except sore boobs, fatigue, and emotional.

I am now 5 weeks and 4 days and so thrilled!

I wasn't expecting to see the positive on the FRER. But I was cautiously happy because the past 4 out of 5 cycles I spotted.... And only one of them I tested positive with HPT, but AF came.

LMP- 7-7-13
Bd on cd 15 & 17.
Positive opk cd 15 (my last clear blue digital)
CD 22 / 6 DPO- Very dark spotting begins. It almost looks chalky/grainy as it disperses into toilet. (Only occurs when I use the loo).
CD 23 / 7DPO to CD 27/ 11DPO Occasional spotting.
CD 26 / 10DPO - I buy B6. (I hear it can be good) and start taking it. 100mg 1x day with prenatal.

CD 28 / 12 DPO - Faint positive test- not using FMU.
CD 29 / 13 DPO - No sign of AF. (And she's usually very timely. Bringing symptoms and everything with her). Positive FRER.
CD 30 / 14 DPO - Another positive test - make dr appt.
CD 31. / 15 DPO - Pos blood test
The tests keep getting stronger. 8/21 will be my first OB appt.
I'm 5w2d.... No symptoms other than thirsty, mild leg cramps, sensitive nipples. I'm hoping things are developing well in there!!!

So it seems like every month, even when I'm not trying, I think I have some weird symptom and have found this board very helpful so I want to pay it forward. This is my second pregnancy and was very different from my first in terms of early symptoms. I'll give symptoms for both for you ladies wondering about differences. My First Pregnancy: we got pregnant on the first try, I wasn't tracking much. After natural family planning for years I knew my cycles and ovulation well without tracking.

7 -8 DPO - Spotting mostly brown off and on when I wiped. Very obvious, but only when wiping
8 DPO - Woke up drenched in sweat
9-18 DPO - My boobs, and more specifically my nipples hurt so bad that I KNEW I had to be pregnant. I used to get sore boobs before Af, but not like this, this was like just wearing a bra was horribly painful. I finally tested on 18 DPO with a very dark BFP. Between the spotting and boobs I had no doubt

This pregnancy:

1 DPO: Scratchy throat at night, trouble sleeping
2 DPO: Woke up unable to breathe, terrible allergies, throat hurt all day, can't tell if I'm getting sick, or allergies or what. Thirsty, dry mouth, canker sore.
3 DPO: Vivid dreams, very tired, throat still hurting
4 DPO: Hungry, cramps, gassy, irritable, (should probably mention that at this point I was packing, getting ready to move in a few days, some symptoms may have been related to the stress of the mood.) Slept really soundly.
5 DPO: Lots of cm, more then usually for this point in cycle. Pain in lower abdomen (felt like uterus area), pain continued and got worse at night. Shortly after the cramping got worse I noticed a tiny speck of blood when I wiped. It was definitely there but I would never have noticed if not examining the toilet paper. During the evening I also had indigestion. Even though this is early for implantation, it definitely was this day.
6 DPO: Back killing me, but probably from packing all day. Thirsty, dry mouth.
7 DPO: Face flushed, minor cramping and pain in both ovary areas. Brief mild nausea.
8 DPO: Same as yesterday + major allergies, starving, chest is sore on the outsides. Constantly feel the need to pee, but sometimes it won't come out. Moving weekend, on my feet all day.
9 DPO: Chest not hurting any more. Nose stopped up, lower back killing me, probably from moving/packing. Insomnia, couldn't breathe, nose totally stopped up, could not fall asleep.
10 DPO: Sleepy, hungry, still having allergies. Move is done today, long nap.
11 DPO: Peeing tons, starving. I do my long run on Mondays, usually 15-16 miles, but this run felt weird. Something felt off. Had to keep stopping to blow nose. Ended at 12 miles, came home and took a test. Had only held my pee 2.5 hours, and drank loads of water and still got a clear BFP (probably because I implanted so early). There was no symptoms other then a speck of blood that made me think I was pregnant. I only tested because after praying I felt in my spirit I needed to test. Normally I would wait until after a missed period because I don't want to know if I have a chemical pregnancy.
12-20 DPO: Surprisingly great mood and energy. Minor pain in boobs, and minor AF like cramps. And STARVING! Also, I have energy during the day and practically pass out when my head hits the pillow which is unusual for me.

Hope this helps someone.

I can't believe this is happening! We have been trying since April 2013, after 6 years of marriage and 13 years of dating we both suddenly wanted to create a beautiful family together. This is my second pregnancy but I had a m/c at 6.5 weeks fall of 2011, which was an unexpected pregnancy, we were sad but we still weren't ready for kids at the time, but now we are soooooo ready!

DH and I are both 29. I stopped BC 6 years ago since we got married, we used other methods for prevention. I track O by checking CM and felt twinges of ovulation on CD 15 and my luteal phase is 16 days long. I consistently have 31 day cycles. We DTD at least 3 times during the fertile window, but we still BD every few days outside of the window. I have a tipped uterus, but have read that it does not make that much of a difference. The TWW is both fascinating to me and sometimes frustrating when I really get my hopes up, and every month seems to be slightly different but this month there was a big change that told me something special was happening!

This month we both cut back on alcohol, I laid down after and propped my hips up during the fertile window and relaxed, we both have been dieting and watching our calories (with help of an awesome app- calorie king) eating lots of veggies, fruits, lean proteins, drinking water, and exercising. Since before ovulation I have lost 4lbs, I was borderline almost overweight according to BMI calculation in July.

0-3 dpo Nothing out of the ordinary, maybe felt some cramping on and off, hard to know if this was in my head. Some headaches. Achy throat with sinus congestion... Could have been allergies or summer cold.
4-7 dpo Bbs are sore and nipples very sensitive, things felt like sandpaper and bras were uncomfortable. Bending over even made them ache. Slightly bloated and some twinges and cramps below the belly button.
8 dpo Boobs not as sensitive, on and off cramping. During my workout everything just felt heavy, bbs and lower abdomen but I think some of that is in my head???
9 dpo (today) Mildly sensitive bbs - they seem to be fading in discomfort but they still feel heavy, on and off very mild cramping but major painless twinges below belly button. Bleeding gums when flossing, thought that was weird! Out of the norm.
10dpo - BFP tested because we are going to a party this evening and was dying to know! No drinking For me! Cramps, gassy, have had spotting this AM only when I wipe, bbs have calmed down, not painful but still feel full and heavy. Queasy- could be from being excited!

The earliest my boobs have ever started bothering me is 5 days before AF, and when that happened I thought maybe it was a sign, but the norm is for them to start 2-3 days before AF and then stop on first day of AF.

Cant wait for DH to come home so i can tell him. It's still early, AF not due for another 6 days but Praying for a healthy pregnancy! Thank you for reading and I hope this helps many of you sweet ladies out there!

Like many of you, I have stalked this site for a long time now and never thought I would ever be posting myself. We have been trying for over 2 years and I have low AMH so the prognosis was not good and we were told to try IVF. However, we weren’t ready to go down that route so a year ago I started seeing an acupuncturist/TCM and also started taking DHEA last August but still nothing. On the positive side, my AMH improved from 2.6 to 4 over the last year.

As we had a holiday booked to Cuba and Mexico for late July/August I decided to take a break from serious charting (OPK’s etc) and not really try until after the holiday and was looking at booking in for IVF upon our return. Therefore I don’t have a decent breakdown as I would every other month, but completely unexpected on holiday is when I got my first ever BFP! However, I will try and detail what I can:

CD1-CD3 AF but much lighter and shorter than normal
CD9 watery CM (BD)
CD10 watery CM
CD11 watery CM and strong O pains (BD – this is the time I think – also was in a different position to normal; him on side with me on back with legs draped over his, sorry if TMI)
CD12 This is when I think I O’d but as hadn’t been religious about temping I am not sure but let’s call it O day
6DPO Creamy CM which is unusual for me in the 2WW
9DPO Boobs feeling heavy
17DPO Creamy CM when I would normally be pre-AF spotting. Boobs in extreme pain from the shower pressure. Take test with late afternoon urine – faint BFP
18DPO Late afternoon urine – faint BFP
20DPO FMU – strong BFP

In my 2WW I didn’t really notice any symptoms other than the creamy CM. Every other month I have lots of IPS but this month nothing. Since the first BFP the only symptoms I have had are extreme fatigue but have also been traveling which probably doesn’t help. I have had two very slight twinges of nausea only lasting a few seconds each. My boobs feel back to normal now. The other giveaway has been the creamy CM which has become more and more over the past few days. I am currently 7 weeks and have a scan booked for next week. Am being cautious and realistic but just hoping this little bean decides to stick around.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share with those especially who have low AMH to show there is some hope. I honestly never thought this would ever happen to me. Oh, and I have also been taking CoQ10, DHEA, royal jelly, pre-conception vitamins, various TCM herbs, superfood powder drink for the past year or so. I truly believe they have helped.

I am 30 and DH is 28. We have been TTC since May 2013. I last got AF July 18 (with a 26-29 day cycle) and decided I needed to try new things. I used OPK strips and got a positive result on cycle day 12 (July 29). We BD that cycle on July 26, 29 and 30 and then again on August 2.

On CD 21 (9 dpo) I was tired and yawning earlier than normal and had a headache that lasted for a few days. I started testing on CD 23 (11 dpo) and all were BFN. On CD 27 AF came (August 13). It was medium but pretty normal seeming. However, there were no cramps. AF lasted until August 19. For about 4 days it was pretty light and at the end it was like mucus slimy AF.

On what I thought was CD 8 of a new cycle (August 20) but I suppose is really CD 34 of last cycle...I did my new Clearblue OPK and it was a smily (solid) right away. I also took a OPK strip and it was a for sure positive result. I thought wow, how can I have ovulation this early??? I was feeling weird about it so I decided to take a pg test last night, or 10 tests lol. They all showed a positive result - all different brands and types.

I didn't have much in the way of symptoms except those headaches and being tired and having nausea waves... but I was attributing all of any symptoms to AF... so I wasn't paying much attention. This is SO odd for me. Nothing like this happened with my first two. I surely missed my AF with the first two.

I finally have my BFP!!! This will be #3 and we couldn't be happier.

I'm super nervous that I was bleeding last week (but right on time like AF). My doctor appointment is at the end of September (ah!) but the nurse was going to talk to the doctor to see if they wanted blood work done to check levels because of the bleeding that occurred - she also said it's normal to have an AF while pg... so who knows... but I'm so nervous.

Let's hope it's a sticky bean that we get to meet in April! Baby dust to all of you!

Delighted to be telling my story as it's been a strange 8 months with my cycles since stopping breast feeding my first bundle of joy for 6mnths. I was having very long, irregular cycles (37-43days) but what worried me the most was that every cycle I spotted from 3-5dpo and then I would have a small bleed 6-9dpo and them my period would arrive at 12days. During my July cycle I missed a period all together so I don't think I ovulated however i had lots of random spotting! Even so I still got a BFP the next cycle which was the shortest one yet at 34 days. It's a miracle as I conceived with my first baby also after missing a period the previous cycle!

Whilst trying to conceive the 2nd baby I had been for blood tests and a gynae scan but everything came back normal but I thought something was wrong with my body because of the spotting & bleeds. I just want to give hope to those of you out there who have long cycles, have PCOS and maybe spot continuously after ovulation....I thought there was something wrong with my body. It must have been my hormones trying to balance back out since my first baby and also the breast feeding.

These we're my symptoms:

O - negative ovulation strip in the morning but EW mucus during the day so BD in the afternoon anyway just in case. Positive ovulation test that evening. Cervix high, soft & open & cramps on right side

1dpo - mucus EW, very bloated (I always am the day after ovulation), bad cramps, thirsty, windy, mild headache & loss of appetite

2-3dpo - mucus dry, cramps, hot flashes, thirsty and windy

4dpo - pink/brown spotting, diarrhea, hot flashes, mild cramps (thought I was out again because of spotting!)

5dpo - bleed after sex in the morning (very upset), pink spotting in afternoon, hungry, mild cramps

6dpo - bleed with mucus, period like cramps, hot flashes, a few dizzy spells when standing up, hungry

7dpo - Dark brown mucus & some pink when wiped, mild cramps/pressure, windy, hot flashes, face glowing, very tired, dizzy spells when standing up, hungry, BFN

8dpo - pink/brown spotting, dress feels tight, bloated, down in the dumps, mild cramps, BFN

9dpo - pink/brown spotting, windy, cramps, mild back ache, tired & hungry, bubbles in tummy, BFN

10dpo - pink/brown spotting, diarrhea, mild back ache, hot flashes

11dpo - pink/brown spotting, light bleed when wiped (thought period is on its way!), diarrhea, belly ache, bloated, mild cramps, hot flashes

12dpo - brown spotting, bad headache all day, hot flashes, cramps, veins appeared around my nipples, tired, windy

13dpo - small amount of brown spotting other than that dry, cramps, very itchy nostrils (strange!), hot flashes, hungry, nipples appear darker and more prominent, bubbles in tummy, faint BFP in the morning :o)

I hope this helps and gives hopes to you ladies out there..... I know what an emotional journey it can be praying that this cycle is the one. I'm sending lots of baby dust your way!

After seeing most of my friends get pregnant, have their kid, get pregnant again and have their second kid- Infertility wore me down. I'm 32 yrs old and never been pregnant. For the first year of trying, me and my husband were so excited every month at the possibility of a BFP and every month our hopes were crushed. The second year, we started seeing a fertility specialist. I tracked my BBT and used ovulation prediction kits. I found out I had a short luteal phase. I would start spotting 8-10 days after I ovulated, which was usually on day 17-18. My REI saw an endometrioma on both my ovaries and given my family history of endometriosis, said that I likely had that too. I was crushed. I was in residency working 80 hours a week, so I didn't really have the time or energy to keep following up every month with my REI, so after trying one round of femara with a trigger shot (which failed), I started following an endometriosis diet.

I read about it on the internet and I saw an acupuncturist once (yes, I even tried that!) who suggested the same diet to me. It was hard to follow! But I did it for three months, and managed to get my first BFP! Just google it=) Anyways- my advice is to eat healthy and pray. I'm not overly religious, but the one thing that was made clear to me was that things happen not when we want them to, but when it's supposed to. This is something that's hard to see when you are going through it, but is clear when looking back. I don't think the "Relax and let it happen technique" is for everyone either. I was studying for my board exam and was my most stressed when I got my BFP!

As for the details: We BD'd 4 times that cycle: CD 10,12,17,18. On CD18, my husband and I went to listen to some live music and I had one too many chocolate martinis- we drunk BD'd and I ovulated on Day 19=)

I really had no different symptoms except that I did not spot like normal. And trust me- I have had 3 years experience at symptom spotting! I had less than a drop of dark brown blood on 9 dpo and noticed some gum bleeding that same day. But that was it. I normally start spotting then and it doesn't stop until AF. I tested on 15 dpo and it was positive=)

I'm 6 months preggo now and having a boy!! Good luck ladies and don't lose faith=)

Ladies,

I wanted to stop in and tell you a little bit about what lead me to my BFP.

Last period was Aug 3
Ovulation day 13th cd11
BD the night of the 11th with Pre-Seed, morning of 13th with Pre-Seed and had ewcm, and night of the 14th with Pre-Seed and a Softcup
AF due 30th

DH and I have been ttc #1 for the last 2 months. I have been using the Ovacue monitor and really love it. It's a little pricey at about $300, but I think it's worth it since it pretty much told me that I have been calculating wrong for years! I have been going along with the the whole 28 day cycle with day 14 being O day for as long as I could remember. I found out I was very wrong. The two months DH and I 'tried' to conceive (I say tried loosely because we just let fate be our guide and used nothing), I found out that I was missing the window every time. Fast forward 2 months, and Ovacue tells me I am actually O'ing on CD11... no wonder why I didn't get pregnant... I was missing my fertile window!

Thought I was pregnant last month since I had a ton of 'symptoms'. Nope. AF came and went, and then ...I. Got. Serious....

I told myself, I am 34 years old, and I need to give this the old college try before they close the school, and don't offer anymore classes.

I bought FertileCM and FertilAid along with Pre-Seed and Softcups. I took the FertileCM and FertilAid up until and a little after O, but I didn't like it. Instead of increasing my CM, it kind of dried me up, so I stopped taking it. Hubby was out of town the week just before my O day, and I was bummed out because I thought that I would miss my window. He got home Sunday night, and was tired and really didn't want to 'preform'. So whats a fertile gal to do? I made him have sex with me, thats what! Yup, I sure did. I couldn't miss this! Poor guy. Needless to say, we both didn't see stars that night, but you get the idea. ;) We skipped the next day since hubby was sick and got down to business the next morning, or 'ovulation day'. We had used Pre-Seed both times. We BD'd one last time during the window the day after O at night also using Pre-Seed. Along with the Pre-Seed, I popped in a Softcup to keep the spermies up near my cervix.

I really thought I was out this month. No joke. I was a desert down there, and thought I didn't get enough BD time in to really count. Que the sad trombone.

So I am laying in bed and reading all the twoweekwait.com stories and I get up to go to the bathroom. I found brown discharge, much like the last days of af, in my underwear. I had no cramping with this, and it was rather a surprised to find. Was this remnants of implantation bleeding? Could I be starting my period? Gosh I hope not. It was way to early at 11dpo (cd22) for that monster. I told my husband that I was probably going to start my period tomorrow, and that it was back to the drawing board. Que more sad trombones.

Waiting.....no af. The next day I took a Dollar Store pregnancy test. Shows a VERY faint line. I take one the next day. Same thing. Very faint. I don't really believe that I am pregnant, so I call DH in to take a look. With his dude eye (not one of our sophisticated, 'I can spot that almost non existent line from across the room', eye), he says he doesn't really see anything. He thinks it could be the test. I show him the 4 tests i've taken, all with faint lines. Oh really? Its the test huh? I ask him to pee in a cup so I can give HIM a pregnancy test just to prove to him that its me making that line and not the test. I don't think I've ever secretly prayed that my husband wasn't pregnant, but I did that day. His came up stark white. Okay, so I'm pregnant. Whats next?

The tests have been getting darker every day, and I am getting more and more excited! My sister and a few close friends have had miscarriages, so I have my 'lets pick out baby furniture' on reserve. I am excited, nervous and terrified all at the same time. This is quite a leap into the unknown! Other than the brown discharge, I really didn't have any symptoms. Here's to a healthy 9 months!

K

I'm so happy that it’s finally my turn to write my BFP story. I am 26 and DH is 36 with no fertility issues. We started ttc in February 2012, the month I have been promoted at a high position at work. Conception was not my priority at that point but it happened that I conceived from first try and it was an ectopic pregnancy. Pregnancy ended at 5 weeks with medication and tube saved. We have been advised to wait 6 months and then try again. With the ectopic, the symptoms were: BFN at 16 DPO with hpt; increased appetite, frequent urination, sore breasts, spotting till bleeding and right side pain, so practically these were what I expected to feel when becoming pregnant again (except the two last ones).

August 2012 – we had officially started ttc. I was sure I would get pregnant again from first try but nope, months went by and I kept receiving BFN every month. We had 2 unsuccessful IUIs, we tried the hcg trigger shots because I couldn't ovulate by myself sometimes, I had hsg done which showed tubes were clear - no success. So, due to my husband’s age we agreed that we would go for IVF in August. AF came 10 days earlier than “expected” and we decided just to give one more chance to natural conceiving. Here are the details:

Clomid helped me produce follies: 23, 17, 14.
CD 13 – hcg trigger shot
CD 14 – IUI in the morning
CD 15 – No ovulation pains (what???)
CD 16 – Doc confirmed I did not ovulate and I had a 30mm cyst and a good follicle of 18 mm; I was so disappointed that we lost our last chance in such a stupid way.
Second trigger shot in order to get rid of the “cysts”. I finally felt ovulation pain and DH and I bd that evening, just in case. We were sure it was in vain because it takes more time for the sperm to reach to the egg.

1-5 DPO – Nothing
6-7 DPO – Left side pain
8-9 DPO – Left side pain, heavy and full breasts, sensitive/sore nipples, fatigue, yellow discharge, frequent urination, crazy dreams; tested the trigger with a internet strip and it showed a shadow line (sure it was a hcg trace)
10 DPO - Heavy/sore breasts&nipples, fatigue, crazy dreams, spotting brown (I was TERRIFIED I had an ectopic again and I cried and read all the ectopic forums on the internet, pls DON’T DO THAT!). Ectopic survivors know how hard is not to focus on that. Tested with internet strip: same shadow line BFN.
11 DPO – Heavy/sore breasts&nipples; fatigue, spotting is less and brighter, no more side pain. Tested with internet strip: same shadow line BFN
12 DPO - Heavy/sore breasts&nipples; spotting is definitely less and almost like a very light brown discharge…what??? Tested with an internet strip with diluted urine: wait, does the shadow line has some color in it?
13 DPO – No more spotting; heavy/sore breasts&nipples; fatigue, increased cervical fluid; AF cramps and backache…oh noo!!!
14 DPO – AF due.Tested with FMU: Faint BFP appeared within a minute. I rushed into the bedroom and told DH that I think I’m pregnant. He was happy but when he saw the hpt said: “Hm…so where’s the second line?” I showed it to him and he was very skeptical; he admitted there was a light pink line but he refused to believe it. I thought I look foolish and I took it at work where my colleague said it’s definitely positive. I was very upset about my DH attitude.
15 DPO – Tested again with FMU and got darker BFP. I left the hpt on the washer for DH to see it. He looked at me somehow guilty and said “I think it’s really darker and we should go to a doctor”. Finally!!!
16 DPO – Super early morning: DH left for a 2 week business travel. I was so scared that I might have an ectopic pregnancy again. I felt so alone and cried a lot to DH (hormones). I told him before leaving that I hoped I would be still pregnant when he comes back. Standard BFP few hours later.
I kept having AF pains since about 12 DPO so don't get disappointed if you have them too, AF may never appear!

What I did different this cycle? I took Evening Primrose Oil (second cycle) and I prayed to God. I highly recommend EPO to those women who have less cm. After the ectopic, I hardly discovered any cm even during ovulation but EPO helped me to release more cm and it eased the PMS symptoms. I must say I was less stressed this cycle because I knew if I don't get pg now I will get in fall, with IVF.

I am currently 7 weeks and I felt very relieved to see my first baby ever in the right place and to listen to his/her heartbeat. I attribute all the glory to God! I want to thank everybody who shared their story here and gave me courage when I was so down. I spent HOURS on this site and so many stories made me tear up of joy for you! I'm still reading them! In my country you can see lots of pregnant women on the street, it seemed like everybody gets pregnant so easy but not me. It has been a stressing journey and it took me one year to conceive! It will happen for you too! You might be the next one!

Tips: OPKs do detect hcg hormone. During my tww I tested with OPKs too and they got darker and darker every day (just like the hpt)