We have been TTC for almost two years and are in our early 30s. We had a chemical pregnancy a year ago but I never got a BFP. I was overweight and dropped 60 pounds last year, and around a 30-pound loss, my cycles changed: I often had spotting that started a week after ovulation until AF, often had sore BBs from ovulation to AF (confusing when you're looking for signs!). After taking a break two months ago to go on vacation and just "get away from it all," the following month we had success!
My cycle is usually 27-28 days.
BD'd CD 8, 10, 13, 15, 16
1 DPO - light pink spotting
2 DPO - gums bleed while brushing teeth. Hmm...
3 DPO - light pink/brown spotting in CM. Had a dizzy/blackout spell once when stood up quickly that night.
4 DPO - light pink/light brown spotting in CM. HUNGRY! Dizzy/blackout spell during my normal workout class that night; that's never happened before.
5 DPO - creamy CM, had an odd pain down the length of my vaginal canal that only lasted a moment.
6 DPO - sharp pain briefly near right ovary when first woke up. Mild, moderate cramps and headache most of the day - almost like AF cramps but not quite as bad (mine are usually very bad), but bothersome enough that I would've taken something if I could. I knew it was too early for AF, so hoping it was IB - never had this before!!
7 DPO - very mild cramps, some brown spotting.
8 DPO - some brown spotting. Emotional - cried that night for no reason.
9 DPO - some brown spotting, one pink spot on TP. Have some dizzy feelings when stand. Very emotional.
10 DPO - some brown spotting, but less than the days before, and it mostly stopped by the afternoon. Mild headache at the end of the workday.
11 DPO - no spotting for most of the day. Slight dizzy feeling, had to eat breakfast slowly - wasn't nauseated, but had this sudden "no I don't want that!" feeling, so ate a few bites at a time.
12 DPO - woke up having to pee so did a test at 3 AM -- BFP!!!!
I wanted to share because my experience was opposite of many that I've heard: I didn't have the once-and-done spotting or the sore BBs, but because I usually have those things with every cycle, their absence cued me in that something was up! I also didn't have much creamy CM -- in fact it's been pretty dry ever since. The cramping was my surest sign!