Ok so I am 37, no kids. The last time me and my bf had sex (we live quite far away from each other) was three days (!!) before ovulation. We spent a holiday week having sex twice a day (sorry if tmi) so nothing like those "every two days" schedules some people talk about when TTC. After that I flew across seven time zones, got a horrible jet lag... yet the little guys waited for so long for my egg, bless them :-* I've been on Fertility Blend and Wobenzym for a few months though due to our schedules we were never really trying. Here's my mental 2WW:
1DPO until now - sore throat - if you don't believe this is a symptom, google Early Pregnancy Factor, I don't understand why there is not more research on this... also got some crazy whole body itching, not sure if this is related to the lower immunity issue after conception. This whole time, since 1DPO, I kinda feel like a flu is just around the corner - tired, sore, no stamina for my usual exercise.
2DPO - ovulation "pain" (it's more a feeling than an actual pain) still lingers on, weird, but am charting so positive I've passed o.
3DPO - 7DPO - nothing during the day but every night before I fell asleep, I was "observing" things happening in my lower abdomen - just random weird pulling, occasional super mild sharp feeling; my abdomen also started to feel a bit full, tight and heavy, especially when lying on side, kinda like after a heavy lower abs exercise - this was just getting stronger and still is.
8DPO - the weirdest night ever - I am sure this was the apposition part of implantation - so weird! Constant activity in my lower abdomen. Could not fall asleep till 3am, I was just too excited. Various kinds of tension and pulling very low, sometimes on my pelvic bone, as if someone was pulling my pubic hair from the inside :-) Creamy cm, cervix medium but firm and closed. Temp rised a little.
9DPO - Spent the following day being 100% positive I was pg. When sitting down, my underwear and trousers felt tight around my groin. Creamy pinkish cm.
10 DPO - the worst day of 2WW!!! - got BFN, temp dropped, started spotting and woke up with typical af cramps - they continued on and off the whole day. I was 100% sure I was out. Except that... it was a bit too early for my usual pre-AF spotting and waaay too early for my AF cramps - I only get them the first day of my period. Super emotional, basically spent the day crying.
11 DPO - temp back up! Spotting is gone! AF cramps are gone and the weird tightness, heaviness in my lower abdomen has increased. Cervix high, firm and closed. No cm whatsoever but not feeling dry either, "lubed"? Exhausted, had to take a nap but so sure this is it - googled "Implantation Window" to understand the process of implantation a bit better and even though I got another BFN (and I mean blank white, not even an evap) I just knew.
12 DPO - got my BFP on ClearBlue Digital, abdomen super tight cannot even do my yoga. Creamy yellowish cm is back, now in greater qn.
13 DPO - pg confirmed by doctor, got a really annoying blurry vision for about an hour. Feeling tight around my abdomen, occasional very mild pain in ovaries... got a scan and should be ok though.
To sum up - for me it was the flu like feeling with sore throat that never got any worse or better and all those weird things happening in my lower abdomen, sometimes really really low - that I have never felt before in my life. The tightness, heaviness, all the pulling... In the beginning it was very subtle and I only felt it at night before I fell asleep, when I was paying attention to my body. Nothing like the typical af cramps, except for that one day when my temp dropped and prob the final stage of implantation took place. My cervix never really dropped after o and stayed pretty firm and closed.
Feeling very... I don't know. I am trying not to get too excited or too terrified. Just peacefull, fascinated by everything happening in my body. I wish you girls all the luck and happiness you all deserve! I spent my 20s and early 30s being treated for bad depression, and now my bf broke up with me and I've yet to tell him I am pregnant with his kid. But I'm feeling peaceful. And so very grateful. It's all gonna be ok :-)