Ahhh thatās amazing news, good luck for the next few days!! 
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[name_m]Ah[/name_m] dang it @minxtruck - sending you love for next cycle!
@Kibby sounds promising! Get busy! 
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Digital test this morning was positive! [name_m]Feel[/name_m] like I can be a liiiiittle excited now 
[name_u]Will[/name_u] hop over to the Due Apr-Jun 22 thread I guess, hope to see more of you over there real soon 
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Ahh congrats!!
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Congratulations. [name_u]Happy[/name_u], healthy pregnancy 
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Congratulations!!
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So currently on CD15 of my first cycle back and although I told myself I wouldnāt use OPKās I couldnāt resist today, as I knew I must be nearing my fertile windowā¦ but it was super super faint.
So of course now Iām feeling deflated. Especially as you hear so many stories of women being most fertile the cycle after their miscarriage.
Hereās hoping Iām just ovulating late this month and [name_u]September[/name_u] isnāt out for me.
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Donāt lose hope! It is my understanding that there seems to be two types of women with regards to these.
- Women who get a steady rise over a few days and then peak.
- Women who have faint lines and then suddenly wham bam, peak.
I am the latter, you could be too! It also makes it harder to catch the peak with an OPK. ( Annoyingly)
Also, I do feel like OPKs can cause a lot of anxiety. They did me. I have actually just thrown mine out and not used them. I figured when I had the boys I wasnāt doing any of this stuff and they were concieved first month. I just read my bodily signs instead and worked out my fertile days from my cycle length. Based from my cycle length I feel like my peak day is CD 17.
Not advocating for you to do this, as some women feel very happy doing OPKs. I just feel like OPKs can already be another stressor added to a TTC journey.
Fingers crossed youāve not peaked yet and youāll see it real soon 
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Back in the tww wait again, approx 2dpo (estimating from OPKs). Itās funny how your emotions can change across the course of ttc. Been trying since January so in cycle 9 and some cycles Iāve felt optimistic, some pretty pessimistic, and this cycle I feel nervous!
Even though weāve been trying for a little while and had a CP the other month, now all of a sudden Iām like, wow, what if we get pregnant this cycle?? Maybe Iāve kind of felt like itās not going to happen so I havenāt been thinking about it too much, and now Iām completely back on the baby train, building my hope fortress so to speak. Not sure if thatās a good thing but trying to stay positive this month haha. Or maybe having the chemical has made me realised how much anxiety I had when I was briefly pregnant.
Work has been so busy lately and Iāve had a few days off so maybe I just have more time to actually think about it.
Whatās everyone else doing to keep busy during ttc or while waiting to try?
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Sorry I am only just reading and replying to this now- we have all been wiped out by a vomiting bug and Iām very glad to be on the other side of it.
I think Iām definitely the same as you. When Iāve used them previously it felt like I would go from faint to dark within a day and then back down again. A very quick peak! It definitely adds to the anxiety and pressure of wanting to conceive and seeing the faint lines just leaves me deflated.
I think I unfortunately have missed my window with sickness this week, although maybe it delayed it who knows. But I think Iām gonna do the same and leave them be next month. Take the pressure off!
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Perhaps the nervous energy is a good sign that this month is your month! I really hope so.
Itās so hard to distract yourself during the 2ww, I honestly have no tips here other than to keep positive.
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Iām back, it wasnāt a sticky bean 
I guess weāll try again when I figure out where I am in my cycle now.
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@Jesabel I feel like I go through a lot of emotions - different ones each month, too! Sometimes Iām like āI donāt care if this works or notā other times I feel like crying every day because I feel Iāll NEVER get pregnant, other times I just KNOW Iām pregnant (spoiler alert: wrong!). I also feel like where Iām at in my cycle affects my mood. I wish I could take my mind off of it, but staying busy and positive is all Iāve got!
@georgiegeorgie oh no I hope you all are feeling better! I agree, my OPKās are low until peak day when they shoot up. I may be in your boat, too - supposed to ovulate on [name_m]Friday[/name_m] and DH is having some health stuff going on that is preventing us from BDing, so I may not even get a chance to try this month. Which is a bummer because I was really hoping this would be the month. Oh wellā¦thereās always next month!
Oh gosh @sabrielschild I hate that youāre back. I mean weāre glad to have you but Iām sorry. How are you feeling? Hugs to you, sweet friend.
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Thank you @meyera4. Iām okay. Disappointed and frustrated, but itās just one of those things. I think I was spoiled with my first pregnancy, it happened quickly and I had no complications. Itās just so hard to stay pregnant this time around for some reason, I donāt get it. Iām very aware of the age gap between my daughter and a future sibling getting bigger and bigger (she just turned 3). I didnāt really want a gap bigger than 4 years.
@sabrielschild Iām sure youāre feelng a lot of things right nowā¦itās so hard. I hope you are taking care of yourself and giving yourself grace. I totally understand the age gap fear. I ended up having a 4.5 year age gap between my middle and youngest when I only wanted a 2 year gap. So that was frustrating, but it is working out really well now
After my miscarriage, when I got pregnant again, my doctor prescribed Progesterone for me right away until I think 12 weeks to help prevent miscarriage and promote a healthy first trimester. Maybe thatās an option? Thinking of you!!
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Oh no Iām sorry about the vomiting bug. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] you recover quickly. Yes it canāt hurt to have a break from them. 
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Both my boys are in school now and I thought Iād have a real empty nest kind of feeling and some hours of the day I do and I think about my youngest and miss him
But most of the time I am busy with my editing business that I do part time and I also like to decorate. So there is always a piece of furniture that I could upcycle. [name_u]Or[/name_u] tidy up my garden ready for the winter. So I definitely know how to keep myself busy.
I am currently in my 2ww now. I am 10 DPO but I will just be waiting for my period to arrive I think. I am one of these who gets really bad PMT so I think Iāll know whether I am pregnant or not.
That first trimester is a precious one and I understand the need for wanting to keep busy.
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Iām so sorry ! 
We are all here for you if you need a soundboard.
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Youāre all so kind, thank you, I really appreciate it 
Really sorry to hear this. Really hope you are doing ok.
And I totally empathise with you, having had a straightforward first pregnancy too.
Hopefully next month will be our months.
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