Hi ladies! I have waited two weeks to post on here because it still feels too good to be true. This board helped me this month because I really felt I was pregnant even though I got a BFN at first. It gave me hope that I needed after getting negatives for the last 9 cycles. Let me say prior that my hubby and I did nothing special except count out the days from my period. We put our faith in God and trusted that we would be blessed with a baby in His time. Don't get me wrong, it was not an easy 9 months, we had many trials, he had been tested and I was due for hormone testing 5 days after our BFP, but it just makes us appreciate this precious little nugget even more. So here are my symptoms the best I can remember them, because we did not use an OPK the dpo are an estimate based on ovulation pain and when we Bd'd.

1-4 dpo: I was VERY bloated and constipated. This was a new symptom for me, even with my period I typically don't get bloated
5-9 dpo: some fatigue but nothing extreme
10 dpo: fatigue, swollen gums, and AF like cramps on the right side of the abdomen
11 dpo: fatigue, cramps
12 dpo: cramps, gassy, and bad hives (I get hives prior to AF but not like this, but I was sure AF was on her way)
13 dpo: cramps, gassy, mentally "feeling" pregnant, gagged on a turkey sandwich, woke up at 4 am to pee - took a pregnancy test BFN this is two days before missed period. Hubby and I both really thought I was pregnant
14 dpo: cramps, gassy, woke up at 4 am to pee, VERY EMOTIONAL- cried a lot because of disappointment- thought it was PMS at this point
15 dpo: cramps, gassy, woke up at 4 am to pee, AF scheduled to arrive, but did not show. My hopes still aren't up because I am typically a 26 day cycle so I don't consider it missed until day 29
16 dpo: cramps, slight nausea around lunch, woke up at 4 am to pee; took a FRPT with FMU and negative, double checked an hour later and saw something so faint my sister still swears nothing was there. I thought it was an evap. line. I took THREE more tests that day all so faint I refused get excited.
17 dpo: woke up at 4 am to pee took two tests one negative one faint positive. cramps and lots of nausea after lunch, very tired
18 dpo: cramps, gassy, fatigue took a digital test with afternoon urine- PREGNANT finally overjoyed!

I am now six weeks pregnant and still having off and on cramps and stretching so for those of you who think that cramps are a definitive of AF don't throw in the towel just yet. Baby dust to all!

First I will like to say I haven't received my "official" bfp, but I know in my heart as I type this I'm pregnant! I have been ttc for MANY years... with no success! THIS TIME is different, GOD came in. What ever your heart desires, if you believe in GOD. He will bring in to you! My symptoms follow
-sore breast
-CONSTANTLY having to use the restroom
-woke up in the middle of the night and had to puke twice...(this has never happened to me before EVER)
-nausea not heavily
I know the struggle of wanting a child sooo bad and the feeling of it not happening, go to god! And BELIEVE! It's far from easy but give it a try and I promise your bfp will happen no doubt about it

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 :)

Hi ladies! Last year I suffered a miscarriage after getting pregnant on the third month. After that, it took us 9 LONG months to conceive, during which I was sure there was something wrong with me or hubby, and I wondered if I would ever be a mother. We went for some initial fertility testing but they told us we were all clear--I could tell the RE had no idea why we weren't getting pregnant. We didn't do much different this month, except that we'd been avoiding wheat and dairy per Dr. Mercola's suggestions and tried to stress less (not an easy task!).

Another strange thing that happened was that my mom had met with a person from church known for having "words" for people. She told him that we were trying and he thought for a moment and said, "Yes, she has some tissue by her left fallopian tube that's been making it difficult for her to maintain a pregnancy, but let's pray." He prayed, and then said, "It's gone now--she will carry a baby full-term." I was kind of just shocked when my mom told me (especially since I frequently had menstrual cramps that centered around my left fallopian tube), but even more so when at my next period, two big icky globs of tissue passed out of me with my period. And then this month I got my bfp!

This month I noticed a LOT of EWCM which actually lined up with ovulation (other months I would get it at the wrong times) so hubby and I did the deed every other day.

Symptoms:
-mild stomach cramping/fullness from about 6dpo-11dpo, then stopped
-stomach twinges in a very specific place right next to my belly button at 11dpo
-sore boobs on and off--actually less sore than my non-bfp months. Soreness is on the sides of my boobs and in armpits. One day the pain actually radiated to my upper arms as well.
-heightened sense of smell at about 15dpo--especially dog poo on walks and the cat's litter box
-VERY hungry and thirsty 10dpo-currently

And that's about it! I waited until I was 4 days late for my period before testing because I was too afraid of seeing the negative test, so I got a very strong positive today!

So I am 37 in 2 weeks, my husband is 39. We have a little girl Ella and she is 5yrs, she was conceived with no problems at all.

This time around I also thought it would be easy and quick. 1,2,3,4,5,6 months and nothing, all my friends either preg or with babies. I was so despite for a baby.

Due to my age I was told I needed to seek a specialist after 6mths of trying.

I had been using ovulation test, temping and I was an addict with testing for ovulation and HPT a real shocka, always being disappointed.

On Monday I took my referral letter and tests that I had done to the specialist and now I just had to wait my turn for an apt: a lot of money and a wait list. My husband had his semen checked I had just started getting all my tests done.

That night I got my BFP this was 2 days ago at 11DPO, it was negative in the morning and + at night.

The only symptoms I had was a gurgling lower tummy which always happened 2 days before my AF anyway.
My AF was due that day and felt like for sure it was coming I even saw one pin size dot of blood.

I had + ovulation tests from days 17-22 blazing, I thought I ovulated around day 17 as I felt O twinges we had sex days 8,12,14,16,17,19,20

I was so sure I was out this month and was so surprised. I was always on the forums and seeking all these BFP and was getting so depressed and down.

I was not uptight but I always trying to calculate the best timing so when people tell you to just relax, go ahead and slap them. lol
Do what ever makes you comfortable.

I just got a call prior to writing my story with my blood results. I AM HAVING ANOTHER BUBBA YIPEEEE.

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.

Now after 2 years same month and date I found out I am pregnant again…what are the odds of getting a second chance?
What I did different was stop taking prenatal vitamin and stop talking about getting pregnant because this was stressing my hubby out. I used the royal jelly from ebay in May and when I ovulated I usually have cramping on my left side, but that month using the royal jelly, I had sharp shooting pain up my v. then no ov in June and now in July same shooting pain and 7 hours after we did it, so I had a good feeling about this. We have been trying for a long time, but it got stressful. So my last period was May 26th, so I skipped months and blame royal jelly, but at the time I think it open up someone in me don’t know.
Here are my BFP symptoms after reading everyone…there was never enough for me, so here you go ladies:
OV – Sharp shooting pain about 4 a second apart, Dfing that night.
1DPO – Left over ewcm abit thicker, sore BB. Normal
2DPO – CM started drying up
3-4DPO – Nothing really. No cm at all weird I always have something there (same thing previous pregnancy)
5 DPO – Could not sleep all night was so irritated. Once that night I was screaming in my head IAM PREGANT! Then I thought to myself, what the hell
6 DPO – Dry to no cm still. Usually it starts to get creamier, but nothing yet. Sore throat
7 DPO – Runny nose, feverish warm to touch, but not high enough fever temp 98.1. thick white cm, with water
8 DPO - No cm hmmm. Cramping on left side ov side, started to spread to hip and wrap around to my bum. After 45 min it was gone. (that was implantation for me I guess) dream I wasn’t pregnant, where as I always dream that I am pregnant.
9 DPO – BLOATED!! Everyone notice and asked why your tummy so big…I am skinny so it shows right away (same with last pregnancy) now I am thinking, am I?
10 DPO - Bloated still, feel few twitched in the middle below my belly button. In other months they are on the ovaries, never in the center. Tried to get up from the coach full speed and had to stop…I keep pulling the sides of my groins (hmmm got me thinking this happened before)
11 DPO – Dream my BB are so viney and looked gross, but they are not in real life. Bloated more, heart burn mild, could smell weird stuff. Cookies didn’t taste good.
13 DPO – Stomach too tight, bloated bad heart burn, feels like BH feeling mildly…this was a big sign for me. You only experience this is you have been pregnant before. Tummy looks way too big, not normal pre AF. I feel I might be now but so scared to test. I felt very pregnant before and had more symptoms, but nothing. Evening couldn’t take it anymore, felt slight morning sickest, like the taste on your tongue when you eat it just settle there. I tested with IC faint BFP!!! OMG I was jumping around in the house telling my 4 year old you’re going be a big sister and she was laughing with me.
14 DPO – Still faint BPF with $ store brand, took out first respond “YES”. I am worried about the faint lines, ppl say they miscarried so keeping my fingers cross and praying baby will be healthy.
Pain around belly button, weird to get it this early and pain on the 2 sides. Stretching?
15DPO – No AF and still pressure in lower tummy, hunger, tired didn’t sleep half night last night…feeling crazy, still can’t believe it, thank you god for another chance.
16 DPO – Stiff tummy, blood work, scary ultra sound at 16dpo and they couldn’t see anything, still faint BFP. Diarrhea and nervous feeling inside that was worst from 5 dpo.
17 DPO – IC a bit brighter than before but still not as bright as the control line. I read up on it and so scared so many people had miscarriage with faint BFP. I am only about 2-3 days late as my cycle is usually 35 and LP is 14 days. I am so scared!! Diarrhea, nervous feeling.
18 DPO – Doc didn’t call yet, but I am starting with nausea this morning, nips are a bit bigger and areole is darker for sure now. Tired and very hungry. No cramping, just some pulling and few pinching slight pain. Stomach feels stiff. Diarrhea and nervous a bit shaky inside.
Doc called BHCG is 180 so I am 1-2 weeks
19 DPO- Very severe neck and shoulder pain, I am scare could be EP? Great energy, very itchy nips.
20 DPO- Worst neck and should pain like I slept wrong..in evening I put hot water bag and it the pain was less. Eating a lot.
21 DPO- Neck pain almost gone, feeling good, didn’t want anything to eat, but hungry, thirsty a lot but don’t like water, wake up to drink in night.
22 DPO – Neck pain finally gone, tired, weird taste in mouth, few bad waves of nausea. Pants tight, restless night, hungry. Depressed. Took a IC test in the afternoon with very diluted urine and right away the line came up before the control line and flaring red as the control line.
23 DPO – Not sleeping well. Hungry but don’t want to eat, Nausea, depressed. Pulling burning feeling around belly button. Thirsty
24 DPO- Very bad nausea today. Vomit in morning and feeling queasy and tired. Not sleeping well in the night.
29 DPO – Tired, nauseated all day and night, waking up at night at the slightest sound arrrggg. I look dull. Don’t want to eat anything, miserable. BB a bit sorer than before.
30 DPO – Nausea to the extreme, heart burn starting, still not sleeping well, hate food and have no cravings. I am trying to stay away from medication as long as possible. I know MS will get worse though  it will all worth it.
31 DPO – Went for ultrasound saw the heartbeat 120 bpm but couldn’t hear it, it was too far out it also depends on the tech. so I am 6 weeks 3 days due date is April 7th 2014 . Doc put me on diclectin and I slept well last night. Still feel nausea, but not with vomiting. I also have a cyst on my ovary. Everything looked well. I only gain one lb. no constipation this time – ladies use Jamieson prenatal multivitamins this make you use the wash room and eat 12 gain bread first thing in the morning with something hot like milk.
Good luck to everyone else. You time will come and hope this help someone one day.
No AF type pain, no super sore BB just mild at nips. Biggest symptoms were very big bloated belly, slight morning sickest during day from 11dpo and getting worse and no cm was weird I always had wet cm by AF not this time. I want you ladies to know about the fears and pain and faint test doesn’t mean anything…here is to a HH9.

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!

So just like everyone else, I swore I would write one of these things when I got my BFP bc they were so encouraging to read during the last few months. Honestly, I still feel like I'm dreaming. Got my BFP this morning at 12 dpo. DH and I have been TTC #1 since May of this year. Didn't temp or chart, just relied on opks and a calendar. Here's our BD schedule (cause I was always curious about that):
BD'd on CD 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 (2x), 15 & 16

Got a positive OPK on CD 15 so I consider CD 16 O DAY (Aug. 7)

What had worried me during this TWW is that we only had sex the days leading up to ovulation and the day of so I was worried if I might have ovulated later than it wouldn't have happened.

So for all you symptom spotters out there (including myself lol) here's what I had:
1-4 dpo- Slight bloating
5 dpo- What I thought was brown discharge but not sure (thought it was wishful thinking), watery cm, constipation
6 dpo- Excessive saliva (strangest thing!), vivid dreams, hot flashes, burping
7 dpo- Boobs feel full, cramping, leg/arm cramps, face broken out, BFN- definitely too soon :(
8 dpo- Same but add clumsiness
9 dpo- Preggo dreams, stuffy nose, moody, BFN
10 dpo- Cramps, nothing new, starting to think I'm out, BFN
11 dpo- More weird leg/arm cramps, nose has turned to runny instead of stuffy, nipples super sensitive (kinda burning feeling)
12 dpo- BFP!!!!

The symptoms I just couldn't get past were my nose going from stuffy to runny, weird aches in arms and legs (this was so strange, mainly when i was laying down, almost like I worked out too hard, but I hadn't worked out at all), and the burning nips. I knew those things were not all in my head.

So today is my DHs and mines anniversary. Any suggestions how I should tell him? He's been great throughout all of this but he never understood my POAS addiction, he always just said to wait til AF comes (yeah right! Lol). This past weekend we were both preparing ourselves to not be disappointed this month if it doesn't happen...so he's going to be super surprised.

I feel like I don't know where to go from here! I know it's still really early and many things could still happen so I kinda feel panicky. Any advice or suggestions? Do I call my Gyno and ask for blood work to confirm?

I'm so grateful for this website I stalked non-stop. All you ladies are so great and hang in there, I know it feels impossible sometimes but really try to avoid testing too early. You're just setting yourself up for unneccesary disappointment. Thanks and keep posting! Any questions/advice/suggestions welcome!!!

First of ll I wan to apologize for possible misspellings and grammar mistakes, but English is not my first language and I still make a lot of mistakes.

I just want to give testimony about the Lord's grace. My husband and I have been trying for about 7 months, and I never thought this could be our lucky month. But the Lord had plans for us that were better than mine, His time is always perfect.
My cycles are 27 days average, and I ovulated on my CD 13. What we did different this month was that my husband started to take Fertility blend for men and I took FertileCM. I rarely have EWCM, and this month I did not see it either, but I think the Fertile CM did something. We BD every other day as soon as my period was over up to 2 or 3 days past ovulation. we BDed during the night all the time and I tried to stay in bed until next day. We also use preseed one of the times

The most important thing was that I prayed God constantly for our baby, I also ask my family and my closest friends to pray for us, I also try to talk to our baby that is now coming, I let him/her know how much we wanted him/her to come and how much we love him or her already, I told him/her about my family and all the people that are waiting for him/her, I told him/her that he/should not be sacred to come.

Regarding the early symptoms so far I have not had anything, I know I am pregnant because I have done 3 hpt and they all have come positive, I did the first one yesterday 11DPO (first response) and it came positive right after, and I did 2 internet cheap ones today. I decided to test for a dream I had about one of my friends breastfeeding a baby. I am still waiting to go visit my doctor to confirm with blood test, but as for now I keep praying God for a healthy pregnancy.

Keep up your hopes and your prayers, God always listens, and he will answer when the time is best for us.

Am sorry this is long. I am 33 and hubby will be 37 on December 9th. My husband is a soldier with the British Army. We got married last year May and had only June last year to try for a baby before his holiday ends cos we live in different countries. I am in Africa and he is in Germany. As it didn't happen as planned, I took a leave from my job and visited him in Germany last year November for a lil over two months. Nothing happened again. I became so obsessed and started searching for every single information online that could help us conceive. By this time, I was already in Africa when I found out we didn't conceive the last month of my visit. I jotted everything down and started doing some of them. like change of diet, exercise, taking of vitamins, cleansed my body for any toxins etc. I did all that still in Africa just to get my body ready for my next visit. I called hubby and told him to stop spending hours in hot shower. My hubby loves hot baths. I also advised him to start wearing cotton and lose under wears. I was not with him so cannot tell if he did as advised. I also gave him a list of vitamins to buy for us. But I knew he would not take any vitamin without it being approved by a military doc. The vitamins I made him buy were; soy isoflavones, pregnacare conception for me and him, royal jelly pills, maca, Pre-Seed and evening premrose oil. I visited my husband again in May this year and we started trying asap. I started taking the vitamins the moment I arrived. He refused to take his and I became so angry but again, I understood him. It's cos of his job. I was so sure I would be pregnant in June cos I had read great success stories on the soy isoflavones and Pre-Seed. I was very devastated when my period came in June. I didn't use the soy isoflavones in my June circle and only used the Pre-Seed. I was disappointed again when I started my cycle on July 25th. I also started charting on fertility friend in July. All along, I had been praying and crying to God to blessed us with kids. I said to myself, let me give the soy isoflavones one last shot. This time, I increased the dose. (my cycles are pretty regular and I ovulate every month though). I took the soya 80, 80, 120, 120, 150 from cycle days 3 to 7. This time, I didn't feel the dreaded ovulation pain like I did the first time. But ovulation was confirmed on fertility friend. I ovulated on circle day 16. My opks showed positive on cycle days 13 and 14. We baby danced cycle days 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 16, and 17. My chart has been low since after ovulation as compared to my previous chart. On 9dpo, I cried in the morning cos my chart was lower than the previous days. I thought by now it should be rising. I now figure it was implantation. It went up on 10dpo and has been up. Yesterday, hubby was to go to UK on a three week exercise and I said to myself, let me take a test and see if I am pregnant so I can give him the news before he leaves. I couldn't believe my eyes when the second line showed in less than a minute. I was shivering. He was still sleeping and i didn't want to wake him up. I kept walking up and down from the bedroom to the bathroom to make show the line was still visible. I had already designed a writing which reads; 'Congratulations!! you are going to be a daddy'. But I wrote it in a funny way and upside down. It took him close to 5 minutes to figure out what that was when I handed him the paper. When he later did, I saw the sweetest smile ever on his face. We hugged and kissed. I had no any other symptoms apart from my usual sore boobs days leading up to AF. I was so sure I would be this month. I have been feeling mild cramps and heavy in my abdomen from last night. Baby dust to you all. Keep the faith, it'll surely happen. Good luck to those still trying.

Well, after months and 1 chemical pregnancy, were finally pregnant!!! For those who voted no, we're wrong!

I have been ttc for three years.. Was about to start my forth successful round of clomid when my doctor went on vacation so I had to sit out for a cycle. Ended up getting pregnant that cycle!! Other cycles I swore I had major symptoms.. This cycle nothing! Except sore boobs which is normal for me a week before af!

This site kept me sane (relatively ;) during my 2ww and I promised I'd share my experience when my wonderful day finally came! What I will say I learned, from my 2ww and reading about other people's experiences, is that anything before implantation is genuinely progesterone from ovulation - I knew I was truly having "early" symptoms when my O symptoms disappeared and I had a lull in symptoms for a day or two... and then they HIT me!

We didn't temp or use OPKs, just enjoyed marriage as we're meant to! ;) Lots of prayer, DH prayed over my tummy while I was sleeping and so did my sweet little 3.5 year old DS. He kissed my belly and said he was a big brother, and I just prayed not to disappoint him!

1 DPO: Felt very light twinge in lower abdomen, exhausted, starving

2 DPO: A very heavy pressure in my lower abdomen - not like AF cramps at all! CM reduced in amount, cloudier now. Insatiable appetite! Feeling very light headed

3 DPO: Still have a VERY heavy pressure, occassional twinges around ovaries. Feeling slightly bloated and have to urinate more frequently than normal. Also started getting a stuffy nose, which I didn't think twice about until I read that it's a sympotom! I don't feel sick at all, just a lot of sudden mucus!

4 DPO: Woke up with less pressure this morning, although I still felt uncomfortable sleeping on my belly. I'm still a bottemless pit, I can't stop eating! Not really congested this morning, but I do feel some build up in my throat. Have to urinate more than usual, it wakes me up early. New symptom today is sensitive nipples and slightly swollen boobs! A bra that was slightly too big yesterday is full today (yay!) and putting my bra on was a nightmare when I felt the bra hit my nipples at first. Woke up this morning to DH holding my tummy and praying over it...I hope we're blessed with being pregnant!!

5 DPO: Woke up with a strange headache, almost like I'm dehydrated - but I've been drinking more water than usual lately! Nipples still very sensitive. I feel exhausted even though I've been up for only an hour! Ate two waffles, and then 1.5 hours later was STARVING. I feel like I'm going to fall asleep at my desk. Increased CM today, have been pretty dry and suddenly it's increasing. Felt pinching cramps this morning. UPDATE: Fell asleep at my desk and in the car while DH was driving as to and from a family dinner. Ate three plates of chinese food, two pieces of cake and was hungry 30 min later. Fell asleep at 9:30 and slept all the way until my alarm at 7:30.

6 DPO: Bbs definitely bigger/fuller/heavier but not really sensitive now. And for the first time in my life, I'm constipated. Had to look it up to see what it was, but my BM was difficult, painful, and there was a little blood when I wiped. Other than that, felt like my symptoms disappeared. CM pretty much dry.

7 DPO: BD felt VERY different...like I had a new "spot" down there, which was great (lol) but almost too much to handle. Still exhausted, can't get full, bbs full. I still felt like a lot of my symptoms were mostly gone. CM dry.

8 DPO: BD stills feels very different, DH confirmed it on his own. Woke up after just walking to the kitchen my heart was racing like I'd just ran 3 miles, and I felt nauseous. Also had very vivid dreams last night that made me feel like I didn't sleep!

9 DPO: Bbs still very full, and today I experienced pinching cramps on and off for about 5 minutes - I was worried it was early AF, but hopeful for implantation cramping! Checked my cervix, no blood. CM started to increase suddenly to the point where I ran to the bathroom all day thinking it was AF. Vivid dreams again.

10 DPO: Not much to report besides exhausted, starving, and bigger bbs. Had vivid dreams that made me feel like I didn't sleep!

11 DPO: I have never been so exhausted - I took two naps, and STILL felt exhausted! Needed to eat constantly, and I felt so bad for DH because I was the GRUMPIEST! Biggest sign was a metallic taste in my mouth, I thought I started spontaneously bleeding. Another restless night of incredibly vivid dreams...

12 DPO: Starving, exhausted, bbs bigger, tummy "felt" pregnant NOT bloated - BFN around lunch with FRER, but I got my BFP before bed!!!!!!!

We are so blessed and thankful. Seeing DH so happy and tearing up over this was the sweetest moment.

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

Me 34 hubby 33. 10 DPO BFP First time in my life to try for kids. You can find my prior posts earlier in this thread.

OK, I'm so excited to be posting the "good news"!!! My hubby and I have tried to get prego since February of this year. (I've actually been trying since December wink...wink). Anyway, our first few cycles we a little rough with no luck. I was frustrated that it didn't happen. I was secretly hoping to be one of those ladies that gets pregnant right away. That was not the case for me. In March, I was starting to have some period like pain after my normal monthly cycle. I have a 28-30 day cycle and it usually lasts about 3-5 days. The month of march I was having spotting for an extra 4 days which is very abnormal for me along with shooting pains that would come on for about 3-4 hours at a time. This was very strange. In April the same thing happened and I knew something was wrong. I called my GYNO but could not get an appointment until early mid May. The pain woke me up a few nights in a row, it was a stabbing pain by my ovary. I decided to call my primary care DR. I came to see him a few days later. He tested me for a UTI and said he could send me the next day to a center to get a transvagional ultrasound and he was not able to do much else and recommended for me to try and get my OBGYN appointment bumped up. So 2 days later my husband and I went to the imaging place for the transvagional ultrasound. The technician uses a small wand and takes pictures up there. She was spending a long time on my right side. She told me to hold on and got another woman to take a look at what she was seeing. Unfortunately, they were talking in code and would only tell me it was on the right side. The technician and the DR. told me that they would send the images to my Primary care and he would call to review them with me. I was so scared of what it was, I was searching the internet for what could be wrong? Web MD is NOT your friend!!! lol. 2 days later my Primary care called me and told me I had a Large mass on my right ovary and it was SOLID .!!! Cysts are fluid filled, My heart sank, I was thinking worst case ovarian cancer and best case a demmoriod cyst. At this point I only needed to wait 3 more days till my OBGYN appointment. At my OBGYN my DR. had received the images from my earlier ultrasound she took a look and said the images were not very good and they had a specialist who would take more. I came back the next day and within the first 5 minutes of the transvagional the Dr. said, "oh wow, you have a huge pudunculated tumor " God is in your favor to have found this before you got pregnant because the fibriod would have caused tons of pain and complications". I was so relieved it was just a large fibroid!!! Because it was attached from a stalk to the outside of the uterus it appeared on the ovary during the first ultrasound.....wow! What a relief. I went in for laparoscopic surgery on June 4th. While the surgery was being performed my doctor saw about 10-13 tiny spots of endometrossis on the outside of the uterus and surrounding areas. He lasered off the endo and removed a large CANTELOPE sized fibroid. The fibroid was sitting towards the back of my pelvis pushing on my bladder. I have always peed all the time and I thought I just had a small bladder. After the operation I now pee like a normal person lol.

After recovery and during my follow-up the DR. explained that my case of endometrossis was extremely mild but even very mild endo could be the sole cause of us not conceiving yet. He gave us the green light to try the next month. (typically is the fibroid is inside the uterus or imbedded in the uterine wall the waiting period is longer).

I used pre-seed on cycle day 15 and forgot to use it the other days. I use the CBFM and did not get a peak in July. This month I did get a peak on cycle day 15&16 followed by a high. We BD on cycle day 8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17, Yeah pretty much every day. lol

1 -7 DPO nothing out of the ordinary

8 DPO During my combat class I had a moment of metallic taste in my mouth. I felt feverish that night and I had weird tailbone shooting twinges.

9 or 10 DPO My husband ate hard-boiled eggs this morning and the scent was so strong it was a really bad sulfur smell. I eat hard-boiled eggs all the time and never noticed such a strong scent. Been experiencing light cramping all day. I'm so used to the BFN's month after month that is has started to not bother me that much. Went to walgreens and bought a FER a very light line formed in the 3 minute window BFP!!!!. So excited!!!!! Trying to get pregnant it such a difficult and scary process. I have leaned on God for support during my difficult times. I know he has put in my heart to have children for a reason.

I was starting to think about going to a fertility clinic next month and starting that whole process. Ladies, I never ever would have thought I had endo. I know for certain that it was putting a damper on getting pregnant. If I would have never found the fibroid I would have never been diagnosed with endo. I'm so lucky to have found it and have it lasered off to restore my fertility. I would have never been found It could have taken years to get pregnant. My Mom and sisters have never had it. I know for certain that it was putting a damper on getting pregnant.

I promised myself that if I ever got a BFP, I would post it with the hope that it will help other women who are dreading their 2ww.

ME-39, unexplained infertility
DH-42, no issues

We've been TCC for 2.5 years... married later in life. We tried naturally for 6 months before seeking medical help. My RE found 2 polyps and they were removed without incidence. Hysteroscopy-normal. After three rounds of IUIs with no success, we moved ahead to our first round of IVF in May.

Was on BCP, Follistim and Menopur. I had a good response to the stims. I also went to weekly acupuncture visits.

21 eggs retrieved. 17 eggs ICSI. 14 eggs fertilized. 8 day 5 blasts! After much prayer and consideration, we decided to transfer 1 grade 5AA blast. Rested the day of but then went out to dinner with friends the night of the transfer. Didn't rest much the next couple of days and ran errands. No symptoms during 2ww. Ended up with BFN and was completely devastated.

July, started FET cycle. Was on BCP for 7 weeks. Lupron injections. Transferred two day 5 blasts, 5AA and 4AB. Both blasts survived 100% of thaw.

This time, I made an effort to rest.
1) Bed rest day of and the next day.
2) Starting day of transfer ate pineapple core for 5 days, brazil nuts, avocados.
3) Decreased stress level when returned to work.
4) Did not drink anything cold and tried to stay warm at all times.

4dp5dt - starting noticing cramps on left side
5dp5dt - cramps left side
6dp5dt - excessive thirst and dry mouth. no matter how much water I drank, could not quench my thirst. still having cramps on left side. starting getting night sweats.
7dp5dt - thirst and cramps and night sweats. No other symptoms.
8dp5dt - thirst and cramps and night sweats
9dp5dt - first beta HCG-311!!!!! Praise God!

This whole process is so emotionally and physically draining, I know. My advice is to try to decrease your stress as much as possible and rest after your transfer! And pray...God is faithful, He really is.

Well, after testing with Wondfo's for a couple of days, I feel like I have my confirmed answer after two positive FRERs.

At this point I'm just so shocked, I can hardly believe it's real. I stopped taking the pill in March, and this was our third month of actively TTC. I guess I had it in my head that since it was taking a few months, there must be something wrong; but now I know I was worrying myself to death over nothing! Just because you don't get pregnant RIGHT AWAY like some people are fortunate enough to have happen, it certainly does not mean there's a problem. Even if the sperm meets the egg at the perfect moment and there are no underlying issues, there is still only a 25% chance of conception in any given month. It WILL happen, whether it takes a month or two or several months of trying :) Don't ever lose hope.

Of course my worry about TTC has now shifted into worry about everything being okay and going smoothly. I'm trying not to be too crazy like I was while TTC, lol.

Symptoms:

I think I started noticing changes at around 6dpo. My nipples became unusually sensitive -- almost like a burning feeling. I also had a few dizzy spells around this time, and my struggle with insomnia became worse. I didn't really attribute any of this to pregnancy, and actually thought I was out for the month since I felt perfectly fine and normal except for those few things.

At 10dpo, I got my first positive test (very faint) on Wondfo test strips.

At 11dpo, the symptoms hit me like a ton of bricks. Very bloated, bad cramps, a tight "full" feeling in my stomach, pain in my hips and lower back, constipation, very sore boobs, more trouble getting comfortable and sleeping at night, slightly stronger sense of smell, and a burning sensation in my stomach and boobs--really weird and hard to explain. I got my first positive FRER at 11dpo. Right now I feel like I have a bad hangover, haha.

Things I did differently this month: I took an Agnus Castus Vitex supplement every morning for the first half of my cycle. I also took a B-complex that included B6 twice daily and stopped at ovulation. My DH took FertilAid, and we used Pre-Seed. And since I'm a workout-aholic, I decided to try majorly scaling back and cutting out running entirely.

I honestly think the biggest key to our success this month was BD'ing more, lol. We followed SMEP for the first time and actually BD'd a little more frequently than that. In our previous tries, I think we were BD'ing too late. Starting on CD8 and keeping it consistent definitely helped! Also, I used the CB Advanced Digital OPK's, and I credit them with accurately catching my LH surge--the cheap strips showed me O' ing a full week later, which I don't think could have been right.

I can't tell you how much being part of this site has helped me. I always loved reading the BFP stories, because they gave me so much hope. I still just can't believe I'm writing one. Thank you all for your inspiring stories and words of encouragement. Baby dust to all!!!!!!!

I hope this story will give some women a reason to speak their faith over their lives.

To give you some back story, I had an mc in June. Before that I was on BCPs and then when I came off my cycle was 24 days (12 day LP). After the mc I had a 38 day cycle with a 9 day LP according to Fertility Friend. I was very grateful for deciding to temp because if I had not I would have thought I was pregnant and been very dissapointed.

AF visted from 18 Jul - 21 Jul.
My DH I had learned all about OPKs so I tried them but got stressed trying to decide if they were positive or not and we were stressing about having sex every day, which as most of you know makes your bedroom time more like prison time. So, I took a breath and asked him if he just wanted to BD every other day until I got knocked up or AF showed. He agreed.

FF had me Oing on 8 Aug (cd22) and I really had no symptoms but my DH and got a little lacks about our BDing. Then FF moved my crosshairs to 15 Aug (cd29!). I was DEVISTATED! We had only BDed the day before and not for 3 days after. I knew FF was right because looking back the 15th is when my nipples started hurting.
I then got a reminder that what looks impossible in the natural is fine because we serve a supernatural God. I just started praying Hannah's prayer for her son Samuel (1 Samuel 1:11), and I got DH to start speaking as though I was already pregnant. I just kept talkig to my baby and praised God for the blessing inside me. I had no symptoms to back this up. Sore nipples, but not sore boobs, no nausea until 2 days before I tested and even then only for a brief moment, no headache, very minor cramping on the left side of my uterus, no stuffy nose, just one emotional moment, sleep was normal, no heighted sense of smell, or any of the other array of symptoms most women get.
DO NOT GIVE UP or lose hope for lack of symptoms!

I will say that my DH and I did use preseed when we BDed, I took vitex because my LP had been so short with my last cycle, a prenatal, fish oil, and calcium w/D (I lift weights so I take this to help ensure bone support).
I did a party dance when I made it past 9dpo (24 Aug), and then when I made it past 12dpo I was getting excited but too scared to test - hats off to you ladies who can POAS every day and not get discouraged by the BFNs - and then I cowgirled up and tested on Thursday, 27 Aug and saw that beautiful BFP (line just a little lighter than the control) immediately!!!!

I took another test today and the line is just as dark as the control line. This is the first child for my DH and me and the first grandchild for both sets of parents. It is made just that much sweeter that my DH and his folks are leaving for a week long beach vacation on Sunday!
I am telling you that it's to God be the Glory and Power and Honor forever and ever!
Rise up dear ladies! Claim the blessing God wants to give you because He put that desire in your hearts to be a mother. His plans may not be yours (it may take longer, involve IVI/F, be through adoption) but if you offer yourself AND your child up to Him, He will answer your prayers!

We were blessed with a BFP this morning and this website kept me sane and drove me crazy simultaneously. It is only right that I share our story.

My husband and I have been TTC since June. We missed my fertile period the first month. In July, we were not getting busy frequently enough. This month we had sex every fertile day.

My symptoms were a combo of AF like symptoms with a couple wild card symptoms mixed in. Sore boobs, not like aunt flow. They hurt on the sides and they felt like they were filled with stones. So weird. I also had brown spotting 12dpo. Not like me. I had moments of nausea but I talked myself out of that. I thought I was being ridiculous. My back hurt a little. Yesterday, the day AF was due my cervical position was high and soft. My temp was 98 degrees. My temp has been around that my whole two week wait. I had a lot of cm. It was wet, milky, slightly clumpy. I pray I don't have a yeast infection but that would be my luck. It may also be the walls of my uterus thickening.

This AM, 5AM to be exact, I broke down and tested. BFP instantly. I used First Response. I prayed a lot for that positive. Having a little faith went a long way. I woke my husband up and we hugged for a good 5 minutes. We can't believe it is our time.

Thank you all for reading my story.