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Re: Can We?

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Posted by MammaPajama
my thoughts exactly, if you don't want to read up on 2ww symptoms than skip the post...at least it's clearly labeled for everyone who wants to read and/or add to it. I don’t understand why it’s a big deal to have a post about it, isn’t this the TTC board? What else should we write about on here? it’s not all BFP’s and rainbows people….before a BFP there is naturally anxiety about what’s going on w/ your body and you’d be lying if you said you never experienced that feeling yourself during the 2ww. I can understand why there are so many lurkers on this board, no one wants to feel silly for asking a question or bringing up symptoms. Maybe I’ll start the thread since it seems some are interested

Hey if you girls want to do it, more power to you. Maybe you'll all learn something. Maybe you'll learn what me and a ton of other girls have tried to convey on this board all along, that symptoms mean absolutely nothing when TTC. I've had months where I was pregnant, and months where I was not and there is no way I could tell you that the symptoms were different.

The hormones that come into play during your 2WW, specifically progesterone and estrogen (i think it's estrogen?) are the culprits for your symptoms- swelling boobs, fatigue, nausea, etc. HCG doesnt even come into play until around 8 DPO and still, those symptoms wont manifest until later and can easily be confused with the other hormones.

So, I just want to put it out there. Analyzing symptoms is fun and we all do it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with creating a thread like that, but you girls need to understand how your bodies work realistically! The 2ww is no fun at all!! And, yes to echo Gina, what happend to the pact to not analyze symptoms?

OK, go ahead, crucify me, call me a party pooper, I just wanted to convey that message!

I completely agree with this. Not to get up on my high infertile horse here or anything... but I've been pregnant quite a few times AND been through mannnnny cycles.. and trust me. No 'sign' is reliable!! There were time I said I was definitely going to be pregnant because I felt everything I read about on boards just like this one... and then I wasn't. Then there were times I said I definitely wasn't and I was.. You just NEVER know.. Anything that becomes a sign is pure coincidence.

Having said that.. if you think it will help entertain you during the 2ww to read into things and give you hope, then go ahead.. but seriously.. it should be purely for entertainment purposes because I'd feel bad if anyone actually read into these signs and got overly emotional to find out they are in fact not pregnant, after really being sure they were going to be.

For what it's worth, for my last pregnancy, I was pretty sure I was getting AF up until the moment I tested. I had everything down to horrible cramps at 12dpo (yea, go get that one to your list ) and my boobs weren't at all sore. What it comes down to is, you just NEVER know and my signs before all of my pregnancies AND failed cycles were all different.

ETA: Lastly... I just want to add, if you started a thread and called it "2ww AF symptoms" it would have the EXACT same signs...........

I started that post b/c Retrochick suggested it and people posted on here that they were interested. I did not start the thread b/c I want to analyze every single symptom (even though we know people will do it anyway, but really, anyone can do that just by googling!! they don't need to come to this site just to compare BFP symptoms!). It's not something I need to entertain myself in the 2ww, I honestly think it should be something where everyone can keep updating as they go along, I think it's nice for TTCer's to have something they can participate in without creating individual posts. We can all keep up on each others cycles as they progress. Yes there is the "January 2012 thread" and monthly threads and such, but those are only updated with an AF or BFP update....I don't know why people are assuming a 2ww thread is meant to psych everyone out. It's not about the signs, it's about just following along w/ each TTCer's journey, at least that's why I'm interested. I can obsess over symptoms without having that thread! Chat Icon

best of luck to you!!! Chat Icon

Edited for typo!

Message edited 1/5/2012 9:05:36 PM.

Posted 1/5/12 8:59 PM

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