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During your 2ww, what was your most prominent symptom(s)

  • Period pains

    Votes: 1,804 53%
  • Backache

    Votes: 978 29%
  • Large boobs

    Votes: 958 28%
  • Itchy nipples

    Votes: 340 10%
  • Nausea

    Votes: 711 21%
  • Vomiting

    Votes: 37 1.1%
  • Veiny boobs

    Votes: 425 12%
  • Spotting

    Votes: 433 13%
  • Tummy cramps (not AF type)

    Votes: 1,392 41%
  • Strong sense of smell

    Votes: 540 16%
  • Loss of appetite

    Votes: 332 9.8%
  • Increased appetite

    Votes: 753 22%
  • Emotions change

    Votes: 790 23%
  • Dizziness (room spinning)

    Votes: 667 20%
  • No symptoms

    Votes: 311 9.1%
  • Frequent peeing

    Votes: 1,053 31%
  • Other

    Votes: 234 6.9%
  • Night sweats

    Votes: 668 20%
  • extreme tiredness

    Votes: 947 28%
  • funny taste in mouth

    Votes: 406 12%
  • painful boobs

    Votes: 1,304 38%
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I got my  ^BFP^ this morning and I had no symptoms to speak of until 10dp5dt. Then I had stabbing pain in my (.)(.) and tummy heartburn lightheadedness sore back and very hot ( but weather has been warm). Good luck to everyone reading this. This thread helped me through some very dark days during 2ww(18 days in my case) xx
 
I am happy to be able to post here again, even though I have been on the fertility road for years, I still drove myself to the edge of madness during this 2ww and I read this thread over and over again! I think I knew I was pregnant as my symptoms were the same as last time, but I spent the 2ww trying to convince myself it had failed, to protect myself from false hope...the 2ww truly is evil! Here are my stand out symptoms:
-3dp3dt I had very obvious stretching feelings in my lower tummy, almost near my pubic bone. It felt like a stitch, or a piece of elastic being stretched, or a guitar string being played! This happened again on and off throughout my 2ww. Less so in the second week, the cramps were more period like at times, but the sharper pains were still there, I would feel them when I moved in bed.
-2nd week I had a few sickness feelings, I stopped eating meals at about 10dp3dt and just snacked on plain food.
-fairly strong af type cramps on and off in the second week.
-Brown discharge when I wiped around day 10. I had this until 9 weeks last time but this time it has just been the once so far

These are the symptoms that stood out to me.
 
Thank you to all the ladies who post on here and gave me something to look at during my 3 cycles. I can finally put some info on here myself :)

0dp3dt-4dp3dt: nothing much to report other than the usual sore boobs, irritability that I get on progesterone. I'm on cyclogest and injectable (Lubion) as well as Clexane (blood thinner) and Prednisolone (steroids) as 'belt and braces' more than because any immune or blood issues have been found.

4dp3dt-5dp3dt (7-8dpo): period pains. is when my period would be due on a natural cycle as 25 days from last period. or could be implantation but think it more likely to be body knowing it's time to have a period. too early for embryo to have started doing anything so try not to worry too much.

6dp3dt (9dpo): not a lot going on. spend day being driven around twisty mountain roads and don't really feel sick. bit disappointed!

7dp3dt (10dpo): no symptoms really apart from didn't sleep well the night before

8dp3dt (11dpo): pulling/bruised,heavy feeling in both ovaries starts in the afternoon, I struggle to work out what it is then realise feels exactly like when was stimming, feel relieved by this for some reason and decide I might be pregnant (read up on google that the HCG released in early pregnancy can reactivate the follicles from ovaries which were settling down after EC - I only had 7 follicles and 2 eggs collected so it's definitely not OHSS but I can definitely feel them again). poor sleep and restless legs when trying to fall asleep. earlier today felt strange and spaced out walking around airport and forgot my pincode, unusual but put it down to lack of sleep. creamy CM.

9dp3dt (12dpo): pulling/bruised feelings in both ovaries, exactly like when stimming; boobs sore, think more than before (sore since starting progesterone but feel bigger/sorer somehow); starving hungry at odd times (middle of night especially); v bad sleep (normally I am a great sleeper but just don't feel sleepy when going to bed, tossing and turning and eventually fall asleep in early hours). no particular CM. bit spacey and difficult to concentrate. feel convinced all day that I am pregnant, this is different to previous cycles and by this day I was usually feeling very negative, 'normal' and like period about to arrive.

10dp3dt (13dpo): BFP!! symptoms as above really. slightly sicky feeling eating breakfast but probably just because I know I'm pregnant!

I think it's just chance and pot luck that this cycle worked. I had 2x 8 and 9 cells put back on day 3 last cycle and BFN, and only had 2 eggs collected, 1 fertilised this time around and this is the BFP! Good luck ladies and keep trying!
 
Hi! I got me bfp today at 6dp5dt. This is the second bfp in my life and symptoms are quite different.
First time I was extremely tired from 10dpo, very sore bbs from early on and that's pretty much it. Also my balance got a bit off but I was not dizzy. The only reason I noticed is because at my salsa dance class I struggled with single spins when usually even triple were fine. I was not on cyclogest then, just chlomid cycle.

This time around I got some other symptoms but can't figure out whether these are meds or true.
D2pt - quite major cramps, not af like. Night sweat
D3pt - cramps continued every now and then but minor. AF type cramps too. Headache. Night sweat.
D4pt - felt normal overall, slightly nauseous but not even sure
D5pt - AF cramps, headache, brown cm
D6pt - mild constant nausea, minor cramps, brown cm

No bbs, no tiredness, no dizziness.
From all failed cycles I can say that in the past I felt much more preggo during 2ww.
 
Hi everyone

It's very difficult to distinguish between meds and true sysmotoms definitely,

The main thing I noticed was erect nipples! All the time! My boobs were not particular sore despite me constantly poking them. Even now they're not sore.
Heavy feeling in uterus, dull ache very bloated and that's about it!

Xxxx
 
Hi girls,

I am new here. I am trying to find some hope... I am 5dp5dt and have no symptoms at all. This is my 3rd FET (previous ones bfn). I don't feel anything not even sore boobs, no cramps, no stretching, no needles, no back pain...... have you had a BFP without symptoms?

I was taking 10mg prednisolone and now increased to 20 because of a sore throat, apart from that clexane, fish oil, aspirin, progesterone presaries and estradiol. I suspect that prednisolone could avoid sore boobs since it avoids inflammation?....

Good luck to everyone and thanks a lot

Chris
 
Chriskss me too!
I'm 7dp5dt and not one single symptom at all which made me really worried a few days ago but now I'm feeling more relaxed and positive. I did a google search of people who've had BFP with no symptoms and there are heaps of such stories... so I'm now really focusing on a good outcome!
 
Hi everyone

I got my bfp an found this thread so useful I thought I would put my own symptoms on!!

The main one for me was sore nipples!  They were cracked and errect all the time!  I was also tired, had some cramping, bloated and te strange thing was when I cleaned my teeth in the morning and leaned on the sink I felt pressure in my tummy!  Very strange!!
 
Hi Jojo, how did it go? Have you tested already? I tested bfn on frer on 6dp5dt and 7dp5dt, very bad decision I know but I couldn't wait. Since that test is so sensible I know that it is over for me.

All the best to you
Chris
 
HI Chris
So sorry to hear of your BFN, that's tough.

We tested yesterday and got a BFP which was a huge surprise since I still had not had any symptoms at all... perhaps one or two twinges here and there but I wasn't assuming that was actually anything...

sending lots of hugs your way

x

 
Hello ladies and good luck to you all!

This thread was so useful for me to put my nerves at ease during the 2ww wait. And I've got an OTD BFP 3 days ago, and still pregnant, can't believe it really. Anyway, want to share with you my symptoms to help anyone in the same boat.

So, I had no pregnancy symptoms, just my usual AF symptoms. This means:
- large an painful boobs, which after a week stopped to be painful, just large, and this was scary, as is any change from smth to almost nothing  ^idiot^
- cramps, I thought these were exactly the same as for AF, they became less painful closer to the OTD though.
- spotting, this was the scariest of all! This was a very regular sign of AF, as it is very usual for me. It started 5 days before OTD and continued to OTD and a day over, decreasing in intensity.

As a result of spotting, I must confess, I could not bear the uncertainty any longer and  and had a test 3 days before OTD. It was 12 days after EC. Luckily, for me it turned out positive. I was still worried that this my be a residue of the trigger shot, but I thought unlikely, as my dose was not too high and must have left the system already. The positive made the wait easier. I am not sure though how I would have felt if it was not positive... Hence everyone has to decide for themselves if to do an early test.

Good luck to you all!!!
 
I am hoping that my story helps anyone that like me was lurking every night and reading every page that Google displayed on symptoms on the 2ww.  I got a BFP yesterday and I didn't have a single symptom.  The day before I had a very low stomach ache which was identical to the grumbles that I get during my period.  In fact I said to my fiancée that the progesterone pessaries are the only things holding the period back as I felt it was imminent and I went out and bought some tampax!

Our BFP was a total surprise and in fact I was so sure it was negative I neatly tested the night before so I could drown my sorrows in the bottle of white wine I bought with the tampax.

Just wanted to reassure people that like me are on google every minute looking up symptoms. I honestly didn't have a thing and even, with the benefit of hindsight there is nothing that makes me go 'ahh that was a symptom.' I had a failed cycle in March and I was exactly the same then and honestly no difference in the 2ww between the negative and the positive.

Good luck everyone.

Xxx
 
Hi, many thanks for all your comments, they are helping me a lot and making this two weeks easier, but still tough! Lilica, I have similar symptoms to you and I am having all the thoughts you had. I am having OTD this Friday and I could not resist to test early, tested today after 12 days EC with Clear Blue digital and showed BFP 1-2 weeks, thought could be HGC left (even I had last injection 14 days ago), I will test Thursday again.

Good luck to everyone!!
 
I had mild af pains which led onto bfp.

my bb are not tender or enlarged.

We become obsessed during 2ww but the only way we know is peeing on that lovely stick.


good luck ladies Xxx
 
Positive OPK'S that got darker and darker each day. Bloated tummy and abdomen constantly needing a wee and just an unusual feeling within side of me.
 
So I keep getting little mild cramps and this morning I had a sharp pain on my left side I'm only 5dpo is it too early for implantation?? I now the norm is6-12 dpo but wondering if it could happen earlier? Xx
 
Keep fingers crossed it is!

 
Aaahhh I caved and did a test got a bfn but I know it's way to early as only 5dpo. I just couldn't stop the urge to pee on a stick lol xx
 
Aw i did that.......give it til nxt wknd......
^fairydust^
 
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