I have been stalking the forums for the past two weeks, so today when I got a BFP I thought I'd share my symptoms in case it helps anyone else!
My husband and I were very lucky to get a BFP on our second month TTC.
I used a calendar app as soon as I came of the pill to try to track my cycle. On that note, all DPO, etc are my best estimates based on the app.
I had a bit of spotting 2 days before I was estimated to ovulate, which I'm assuming was ovulation bleeding. It was only there for one evening, only showed up when I used the restroom (not enough to show in my undies), and was bright red. I've never had this before, even in the times that I've been off the pill for several months in the past. We took it as a good sign to dtd. We dtd 3 times in the days surrounding my ovulation peak (Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with ovulation est on Sunday, spotting was on Friday night).
At 8 DPO I started getting brown DC when I wiped. I crossed my fingers that it was implantation bleeding and not a very early AF. This continued for several days (today is DPO 11 and I'm still having a tiny bit). I wasn't sure it was implantation because it was quite a bit heavier than a few spots and once it was bright red, just for one bathroom visit. For the most part it was dark brown, VERY obvious when I wiped (no wondering "is that a dot of blood?") and had some darker stringy mucous mixed in. It only actually spotted in my undies a tiny bit at 10 DPO, was mostly just present on the toilet paper.
Last night (10 DPO) is when I started feeling really sure I was probably headed for a BFP. The veins in my chest were much darker than usual, with dark blue veins especially around/leading toward the nipple area. I also had a skin reaction to my normal face washing routine, with bright red blotches on my forehead and nose.
Other slight signs but not 100% sure they were signs: I had maybe a slightly enhanced sense of smell - I was out with friends at 7 DPO and could smell orange from a drink that was being made at the bar several tables away. I don't know if that was super unusual, but no one else got the same whiff of it that I did. I had a wave of nausea yesterday, but didn't actually get sick.
That's all, I mostly wanted to share about my implantation bleeding because I was very unsure if that's what it was until I got my faint BFP on FRER this morning. A lot of articles described it as few spots that you might not even notice, and mine seemed much heavier than that.
Good luck to everyone!