BFP by DPO

A little history... hubby and I have been married three weeks on Saturday. I am 35 and he is 42. I have a seven year old son from previous relationship and dh I knew we wanted a baby, but the clock wasn't on our side.

I am new to this and just found the site a couple of weeks ago. I've been stalking this site since! Lol I have been trying to figure out if what I was feeling was all in my head! As it turns out, it's not! BFP @ 16 dpo. :)

I did not take temps or anything because I was going to wait for my first full cycle after we got married. Here were/are some of the things I
experienced:

5/3 Noticed that I had EWCM (I hope I got that terminology right)
5/4 Wedding day dtd
5/5, 5/6, 5/7- dtd think I O on 5/7 felt sharp cramp.

3-5dpo Came home from short honeymoon and felt a lot of cramping at night. Tired a lot for no reason. I thought af was going to come early.

6-8 dpo Still tired, cramping has not gone away. It's a dull cramping. Really bloated. Bottom of belly feels full but still hungry. Had headaches all three days first thing in the morning.

9-11 dpo Still bloated, more gassy, having vivid dreams at night. Seems like I am smelling things more? Back is really sore and the constant crampy feeling is still there. Took an EPT at 11 dpo in the afternoon and it was BFN. Then again, it didn't turn positive right away so I didn't wait for it and quickly threw it away thinking I was crazy for testing. Lol

12dpo Notice a pink spot in my underwear. It was so small I had to make sure it wasn't lint or something. Still very bloated, tired, back ache, constant achy/cramping

13 dpo - AF due and did not show
14 dpo- Still no af
15 dpo- All the same symptoms and no af
16 dpo- Nausea in a.m. No af. Tested this morning and BFP!! Can't wait to tell dh when he gets home from work!
Also forgot to mention that BBS were sore the whole time...

Thank you to all the ladies who shared their stories. I'm sorry this was so long and I hope this made sense. Good luck and baby dust to all!!! :)

Took a test last night and got a very very faint BFP on an internet cheapie which seemed to almost fade away so I thought it was just a dud.
Got up this morning and decided to POAS again, this time with a Clearblue Digital. It straight away said 'pregnant 1-2' and I was so excited! But have heard people getting false positives with digital tests. So went straight down to the chemist and got FRER and omg it's a BFP!!!! I'm so excited!!

O-6dpo Nothing really. Little bit of pressure feeling in my lower belly. Just felt like I'd eaten too much!
7-9dpo Extremely tired. Had hardly any energy. Boobs started to ache a little bit and nipples a little sore.
10dpo Feeling quite nauseous and horrible headache. Still no energy! Decided to POAS. Very very faint BFP.
11dpo Woke up feeling nauseaus. Boobs really hurting. Nipples are so sensitive. Yay BFP on Clearblue digi and FRER!!

My partner have been TTC for almost 2 years! We've got a 4yr old and i had an ectopic pregnancy in 2011 and then an early miscarriage in 2012.

So I'm really hoping this little bean sticks!!! :)
Baby dust to all the other mummies TTC!!

I'm so so excited to write on this website!! I have been obsessing about the 2ww symptoms for the last few month. This is ttc cycle 4 for me and I must say I had less symptoms than all the other months!! Here they are!

1-9 DPO Nothing whatsoever! Was feeling 100% normal
10 DPO - Drop in BBT and felt cramps like AF was coming but slightly different... somewhat lighter. I had lots of creamy CM and sore boobs.
11 DPO - Creamy CM continues, temperature rises again.. hurray! Boobs sore and they feel like they're in the way. Couldn't sleep comfortably at night
12DPO - Creamy CM again, slight twinges. Stopped after work for a pregnancy test... disappointed at the result :( If BBT goes down tomorrow I'm done for this month!
13DPO - BBT still high; slight twinges and sore boobs. Constant feeling of being wet and getting gassy; nothing else though, no bleeding gums, no yellow pee no nausea, no vivid dreams, no nothing.
14DPO - No cramps at all just feeling bloated. Feeling wet all the time! lots of watery CM and gassy again with no change in diet. AF due today but did not show up! Yippie :)
15DPO - Creamy CM and boobs feeling better though still sore. Veins are showing on them. Still gassy and no AF. Went to purchase a pregnancy test again to test in the morning
16DPO - BFP!!! faint but still there!! I can't believe my eyes!!

What I did different this month? Well for starters I relaxed. I wasn't anxious every time I took my temperature and I listened to my body. Secondly I went for a visit to the doctor last month and he checked for my throid levels, to find out it was a little bit too high to conceive and I therefore started taking some pills to correct that. Voila! I got pregnant immediately... Please get your docs to check your thyroid levels ladies.. it could save you lots of waiting! Baby dust to all :)

Hi everyone!

I came across this site in March and it has been SUCH a source of inspiration to me, and I can't believe I'm posting my own BFP story on here now. Some background - tried with my first husband from 2003 till early 2012, had 6 M/C's in that time. Long unexplained gaps in between pregnancies, tests revealed nothing at all wrong with me and no reasons for the M/C's. Found issues with ex DH, a very abnormal sperm morphology issue (85% abnormal with 15% normal). Told our only hope was to try ICSI, was offered 2 cycles of this on the NHS. In February 2012, literally ten days before I was due to start injections, ex DH left me after 16 years of marriage. He was having an affair with my best friend, totally devastated, thought my chance to become a Mum was over at age 38.

Then got together with a close friend who I'd known for ten years, married him on April 6th but started to try last March. DH had a test and count etc all came back fine. NHS said if I needed it I was still entitled to 2 rounds of IVF/ICSI but I must access this before my 40th birthday this coming October. Hoped we would catch naturally without having to do this.

Started temping and charting again in March, BFN in March and April, convinced I was pregnant in April but the witch arrived a few days later than normal for me. So this month, this is what we did and my symptoms:

BD 3 days before OV and the day before OV. DH was then away with work on the day itself so we couldn't BD, and I was convinced I was out this time.
1-3 DPO - No symptoms.
4-9 DPO - Really tired, was in my office on a web training course and couldn't help closing my eyes and nodding off a bit, very unlike me. Sore BBS towards 7-8 DPO but usually get that anyway before AF due.
9 DPO - Creamy CM, again unusual for me, woke up twice in the night needing the loo - never usually do that.
10 DPO - Had two pink spots of blood when I wiped after going to the loo - thought that's it, I'm definitely out because I usually spot before AF appears, but AF can take up to 2 days or so to arrive from when I start to spot
11 DPO - Brown spotting, sore bbs, very tired, cramp like pains in my lower back and sides.
12 DPO - Sore bbs, cramp like pains in my lower back and sides.
13 DPO - Really tired, decided to have a glass of white wine to relax after getting back from my office and it went straight to my head, only had half - again unusual for me.
14 DPO - AF due, been a few days since the spotting, convinced that AF was still on the way.
15 DPO - Still convinced that AF was on the way but just a bit later than normal, sore BBS (very sore in fact), cramp like pains in my lower back and sides. Exhausted.
16 DPO - Went into town and bought 2 x packs HPT's, 1 digital pack and one normal pack. Said to myself I would NOT test until 18 DPO if AF doesn't show, but couldn't resist testing that evening at approximately 8.15pm, so I thought it would be completely the wrong time to test, but did it anyway. Used one of the digital tests, within seconds a BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A minute or so later it says "2-3 weeks". Woke up DH to tell him as he wasn't very well in bed with a flu virus, he thought he was dreaming!
17 DPO - Used second digital test first thing when I got up to get a second opinion - BFP again within seconds!! Booked doctors appointment and been referred to the EPU for initial consultation and scan next Tuesday due to my history of miscarriages, even though they were likely down to the issue my ex DH had.
18 DPO - Still can't believe it so use one of the normal tests, Superdrug own brand - strong pink BFP line within seconds again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Definitely pregnant!!
What I did differently this last month - I bought and used Pre-Seed without letting my DH know (ran into the bathroom before BD and used the inserting tube with it) and tried to relax although difficult knowing I only had till October to try and get pregnant naturally. I cut out alcohol for the most part from March 10th onwards this year and only had a bit at my wedding to DH, and the one the other night.

Don't ever give up ladies, I'm living proof it CAN happen!!!!!!! Obviously I have a long way to go yet, but praying that this one sticks!!!

Here's to happy and healthy BFP's and baby dust to all!!!

This is my 4th cycle TTC since AF returned in January after having my son a year ago. I was still nursing up till a week ago until I weaned so thought it would take a while longer. I will be 33 next month and DH is 36. We have a 13 month old son that was a provera and clomid baby after getting off BC and AF not returning. No medical issues just been dealing with low progesterone after having blood drawn last month and it was only 3.4 so I thought it would take a while. I am shocked to get my BFP this morning at 10 dpo. Here are my symptoms or lack there of. Looking back I did have them but didn't know better.
O day: cramping but that is normal, I had a pos opk the day before
1-8 dpo: constipation and that is not normal for me, very runny nose and sneezing (thought allergies) and stringy/lotiony/sticky CM which is not normal bc I have never even seem EWCM
8-10 dpo: red/brownish blood showed up that night and was determined it was AF, my lp has only been 9-10 days so didn't think twice it being IB (only had a few dots with son). Bleeding comes and goes still when I wipe but hoping for the best. Today I started have loose bowel. I started getting cramps and sore breasts (in armpit area) also. Tested this morning with FRER and BFP right away with faint line! I almost died!! Didn't expect it
Things I have been doing before O is Pre-Seed (Love It), robitussin, opks and ate pineapple after O. I prayed a lot to God for a baby and he delivered! I didn't raise my hips or anything, just didn't go to the bathroom afterwards. I have no CM ever so I needed Pre-Seed and will continue to use it as our new lube!! Good luck ladies and I pray this is a sticky bean!!!

Just wanted to share my story for those hoping to get their bfp! This was our 3rd month ttc..what we done differently this time was chart for the first time, raise my bum for 30 to 45 mins after we would bd, and PRAY! I didn't have any symptoms at all! So for those with no symptoms..STAY POSITIVE! At 9 dpo I had a temp dip and cramping started that evening and I was very very emotional about everything. At 10 dpo the cramping continued, but stopped that afternoon. Just didn't feel like AF cramps! (I now know that Implantation was occurring). This morning at 11 dpo I decided to test even though AF isn't due for another 4 days..sure enough my BFP popped right up! After about a minute or 2..For those ttc, stay positive!!!!!!!!!!!

I just wanted to post my symptoms incase someone else is Googling all kinds of questions like crazy.

God speaks to you when you are listening.

I have been tracking my BBT for 3 months, but we have not been actively trying. I got off BCP in January and bought a thermometer. I started tracking my temperature every morning when I woke up and didn’t think it made a big deal if I slept in a little. After about a month and a half of a crazy chart, I started waking up just to temp at the same time every day, even weekends. So, we had decided this last month that we weren’t going to prevent anymore. Everything was going good, and then he started doing the Texas Pullout (TPO) again. I was confused. After a couple of days of getting overly upset about why he was preventing, we had a heart to heart and decided he would not be doing that anymore. I thought we had already missed my OD so I cried and prayed. The Lord spoke a verse to me (1 Samuel 1:23). After reading through the story, I realized that was just what I needed. I had heard the scripture before, but I didn’t have the location in the Bible memorized, it truly came to me after prayer. It was the most vivid request to read a scripture I have ever felt. After my TWW, it is incredible to know I truly heard the Lord, our God.

CD 12 – BD
CD 13 – TPO
CD 14
CD 15 – TPO
CD 16 – TPO
Ovulation Day – according to my charts I ovulated early, CD 17, which for the two cycles I had previously tracked they were 31CD with me ovulating on CD18 for each of them. My EWCM was gone and it was like clear water in the evening by the time we got around to BD. I thought we had for sure missed my fertile period. Also, I was on top and I thought most of it fell out when I went to the bathroom afterwards.
1DPO – 5DPO – I had cramping (I thought these were just ovulation cramps and me imagining them too.) Dry, Creamy, and Sticky CM. Runny Nose, Congestion on 3DPO – 5DPO
6DPO – Low Cramps, Dry CM, Sleepy, Morning Headache, Bloated – couldn’t hold in my tummy
7DPO – Morning Cramps were more intense. Medium Cramps all day. Headache in the afternoon. Craved Sweets. Dry CM, Sleepy, Bloated
8DPO – Low Cramps, CM Felt Damp, Headache, Anxious, Bloated
9DPO – Just Mild Cramps. I ate a piece of toast before work (I eat breakfast at work), because I thought it might help with the cramps. Noticed increase in BB size, not sensitive.
10DPO – Morning Cramps were intense. Cramps all day, Dry CM, Angry
11DPO – Low Cramps, Dry CM, Happy
12DPO – Low Cramps, Mother’s Day – I was sad. Teared up at every baby I saw. Gave up thinking cramps meant pregnancy. I thought for sure AF was in my future.
13DPO – Low Cramps, Sleepy
14DPO – Low Cramps, Dry CM, High Cervix, Calm. Positive Pregnancy Test.
15DPO – Temperature Rise to 98.5, it had been like the Rocky Mountains between 97.9 and 98.3, I thought I was out because I didn’t see the Triphasic.

Throughout the TWW I had very vivid dreams. I convinced myself all the symptoms I was experiencing were made up and just signs of me being impatient and wanting to be pregnant oh so bad.

My Luteal phase was the same length for the 3 cycles I tracked.

Things I Googled: How long does it take for sperm to mature?, Cramping 3dpo, 4dpo, 5dpo?, Cramping 3 days before period?, Is Luteal phase always the same length?

Here is my chart, so for those of you who don't get the 7DPO dip or don't see the Triphasic until after you find out you are pregnant.

I have spent the last several days stalking this site. I am amazed that I am actually here posting.

Me: 29
Partner: 34

This was our first month trying. I have an almost 3 year old from a previous relationship. It took 3.5 years to conceive my 3 year old. I have an abnormal form of PCOS. Started with Letrazole days 3-7 of cycle.

-2 dpo trigger shot and BD
-1 dpo I was out of town no symptoms
0 dpo received positive OPT in the morning, BD that night
1 dpo emotional dry
2 dpo emotional dry
3 dpo very emotional dry
4 dpo I "knew" I was pregnant, started getting sore BB dry
5-6 dpo same as 4 dpo
7 dpo felt cramping, but not like af cramping, more like a pulling, that evening I had what I think was implant bleeding (4-5 drops of bright red blood almost like I had a cut)
8 dpo felt very sick in the afternoon (gagged 3 times, sorry tmi) pulling feeling continued
9 dpo no symptoms
10 dpo small amount of creamy cm, sore BB, felt sick again in the afternoon
11 dpo bfn in the morning, sore BB, felt a little sick, a little more creamy cm, bfp at 5pm!

So wow, this it what it feels like! Here's some info on me:
DH 37
Me 28
Married since April 2012
TTC for 5 mos
BFP May 14th, 2013 at 3am
This will be our first pregnancy!

So I'm still in shock! I loved reading these posts while trying so hopefully I help some of you ttc-ers. This is actually my first month since ttc that I didn't temp and believe it or not, I had given up.

I thought something was wrong with me and actually broke down a couple of days ago because I thougt AF was raring her ugly head, but it turns out that was IB! I kind of had a feeling that I was preggers for a few days but want to wait until after a missed period to test because I couldn't stomach another BFN (you know just in case). I even went out and bought tampons - just in case! Well I didn't need them! Here are my symptoms:

So I o'd around the end of April (which funnily is my anniversary!)
1-6 dpo Nothing. Just typical symptoms of ovulation - increased cm, fatigue, slightly sore Bb's like barely even noticeable.

7-10 dpo - Felt kind of fluish, tired, sneezing, coughing, needed medicine and lots of it. Couldn't sleep and had really weird vivid dreams about my cousin's daughter who is four months talking to me, weird right? At 10 dpo I checked with and expired HPT and got a BFN

11dpo - Cramps started in am. Pretty strong throughout the day. Thought Af soon here. But now I don't feel bad about the two beers I'm having right now ;) had a stressful day and almost passed out how tired I was!

12-13 dpo - No cramps or other symptoms.. Very very bloated. Nausea, all day. Very Annoying.

14 dpo - Wet feeling with slight nausea and mild headache. Could be from the strong air freshener scent at my office I thought. A little crampy and constipated. Hoping hard af stays away. Start getting the feeling that maybe I could be, but wait, I'm not sure. I'll wait a while before testing, couldn't bare another BFN. Massive headache at night.I was miserable.

15 dpo - AF is supposed to arrive. Light cramps and two pink spots when i wiped in the bathroom. Put a wad of tissue down there, got just a tiny bit of brown discharge and went out to buy tampons. Wore one all day, so when I went to change it later I was surprised that there was no blood. Nothing! Cramps got worse at night. I'm officially one day late.
Called DH (I'm visiting my mom for mothers day) and told him I'm late and he says "oh you've been late before, let's wait a while before testing" I say ok!

16dpo - No AF yet, will test tonight. Told DH he's excited but wants me to wait until tomorrow to test. Guess he just wants to be sure.
Cramps, sleepy, nauseous and Bb's feel tight. Took temp and it was high, like it normally is pre O.

Aaaaannnnnddddd later that night!

BFP!!! Holy sh!t I can't believe I'm gonna be a mom! Tested 3am two pink lines immediately! Ahhhhhh! Am I happy or scared?!?! Both!

Called DH ten times (he was deep in sleep). He finally answers after 8 crazy minutes and I tell him to check his phone. I sent a pic of the BFP HPT. He didn't even know that two lines meant pregnant! Lol! He's so happy and will book our first appointment with the doctor in the am! I'm so excited, hoping for a happy and healthy 9 months :)

Good luck to all of you ttc. It only took five months for us, but during that time I was very frustrated. So mad props to all of you soon to be moms who keep pushing. GL!