Trying for a Baby Part 7

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ikkle87 wrote: »

i'm an idiot.

I've been using OPK's but reading them straight away and binning them thinking the results are ready and there is only one line. Left one on the side earlier and just been back in bathroom and there are 2 lines, although still negative, so from now on i need to wait the full 5 minutes for results. Feel happier now as was worried I had bought duds lol.

Ikkle - in the first month I threw them away too. Someone on here recommended keeping them so you could compare.

It's up to you - I have found it useful to look at them over a period of time.

LittleMoog

MERFE wrote: »

Big momma I was on cerazette and stopped taking it about a week before Christmas - Still waiting for first AF and hasnt stopped us trying. I'm sure its just for dating purposes they tell you to wait. I expected AF to come straight away because if I missed one earlier on in taking them I'd get some bleeding - its frustrating but I guess its taking a while for the hormone to leave my system.

I stopped cerazette in August, had a light withdrawal bleed after a week and then a 56 day cycle. Since then I've had normal cycles of 30-32 days.

Temp down again this morning after 2 v high ones over the weekend. Think I'm going to need to discard them both! Do others that temp set an alarm at the weekend to get the reading at the same time?

tea_lover

Morning all - how does Monday come round so quickly??

Am determined to start this week with some PMA, after spending last week moaning about TTC, OH, work... and pretty much everything else. Am on CD11 so the plan is BD every other day for the foreseeable future... think OH should be ok with that lol. I really need to start temping as I have no idea when I ov and my cycle lengths vary massively.

Have a good day everyone xx.

rumfeeble

I have been a lurker on this forum and long time poster on the rest of the site for years, but I have created a new user name so that no one can work out who I really am, nobody really knows how I am feeling in RL as I have kept quiet, pretending that I am just fine.

We have been TTC for 6 months now and each month I have felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment when AF arrives. It really feels like everyone around me is getting pregnant without even trying. I know many have been trying for longer and I know I am putting undue pressure on myself, I just cant seem to help myself!

Both my sister and my sister in law are pregnant, the girl I work with is pregnant, my two best friends and my step sister all had babies last year. It doesnt help that since I got married 18 months ago everyone keeps saying things like.... ooooh when are you gonna have babies? and your not getting any younger ...tick tock! (I am 34) The only topic of conversation when I am around the rest of the family is babies and pregnancy and nobody seems to notice that I am struggling to cope with it all. They all know we are 'trying' but I dont think they realise quite how hard it is I have tried to explain that I'm finding all this baby talk hard and my mum and dad just keep saying oh your turn will come, be happy for your sister and sister in law.

This month AF was 4 days late and I was happily SS convinced that it was now 'my turn' sadly I was not. DH thinks I am getting obsessed, he works away alot and cant understand when I get upset if he is working away when I am OV.

I just wanted someone who understands to send me a virtual hug. I thought I could do this all on my own without needed support from someone else but I think perhaps its time to be honest even if it is only to you lovely people.

ok rant over... thanks for listening

Secretdebts

Sending hugs rumfeeble xx

Birdie85

Morning all, another one here feeling a little shellshocked by the too-quick arrival of Monday! And oh my word is it cold today! Brrrr.

Not much to report from my end, we haven't DTD since Wednesday OH was 'burnt out' after having to perform 3 times in one week (*rolls eyes*) and he's got man flu so has been good for nothing all weekend. At least he shows remorse about not being up or it but I really don't know how he thinks babies are made!

I was reading how you should expect to OV about 14 days before AF is due rather than 14 days after if you've got a long cycle (like I seem to be enjoying currently) so I hope that means I still haven't OV'd yet and we can still catch it once OH's up to it again... bad news is that would mean I'd OV on CD36 which just sounds like far too long! All I want a nice regular length cycle!

Oh and I had a bit of a close shave at the weekend, was buying some OPKs in Home Bargains and popped them on the conveyor with some other bits, then noticed that the woman in front of me was with a guy I work with, who then came over to help her pack and started talking to me, and they were taking ages, I was sending the cashier pyschic instructions to wait until they left before putting our stuff through the till, and I think she heard me thank God!

ETA: Big hugs Rumfeeble, come and join us, we'll give you all the support you need whenever you want a rant

sexymouse

rumfeeble - sending you big hugs. It can be very difficult for people who've conceived quickly to understand how hard it is if you don't. There are lots of ladies on this thread who have been trying for a while (myself included), so we know how you feel. It's very difficult not to become obsessed, and I know it seems to have taken over my life quite a lot. Try if you can to find other things that can keep you busy where possible - maybe a hobby or a gym class or something similar. Rant away - that's what this thread's all about, and everyone on here is really supportive. Welcome to the thread by the way. x

cleofish

morning all, cold one here as well and i saw the weather report yesterday and snow is forcasted for friday. I dont mind the cold so much as long as i can wrap up, its the wind and rain i find horrible.

Mintedby 30- hugs for cd1.


Rumfeeble- sorry to hear how you feeling, just had to add that I find these boards a big help, sometimes it is just good to be able to talk to someone who has gone through the same things, have the same thoughts and wont judge you for them either. Sending you a huge virtual hug and lots of Pma to you.


Birdie85- psychic instructions to cashier :rotfl:, that made me giggle can imagine you staying one end of the convey belt moving really slowly towards her until the other couple had gone. I must try the psychic instructions to OH to clean up, to make tea but somehow dont think it would work.:)


With me my af should have been due this weekend, i am usually 28 days, but nothing at all a few little twinges, but no spotting like its beginning or anything. Ive taken a test this morning and still a BFN.


I even felt (sorry for the TMI) wet down there yesterday evening like something was coming out, so i thought right af is here went to check but it was just lots of cm, when i was pregnant last time i got a lot of cm but i dont know if im just making things up. :mad: its just so annoying if im not pregnant which according to the hpt are saying fair enough can i have my af then and stop dragging the whole thing out.


I am never late with my af, unless its been a reason such as after mc or another procedure and i dont know if its because i am wondering if i am pregnant maybe stressing me out and having the effect of delaying my af or if something else is actually wrong with my body and perhpas my afs have stopped for good.:eek:



I had lots of pain on friday cramps which i thought were the start of af but could it have been implantation and perhpas i ov late? as this month with the opk's i couldnt really work out when i ov. Does implanatation pain really feel that painful though? and if it was implantation how long then would it take to show up on a hpt?


i dont know, i know it doesnt look good pregnancy wise, as still getting bfn so late into my cycle cant be right can it? it should have shown up by now, but the more af stays off the more it seems to tease me. I feel like i am in stale mate, i just want to know either way now

sexymouse

Sending hugs to you too cleofish - hope it's just that you ovulated later and therefore the hcg hasn't risen enough yet to be detected. Fingers crossed for you.

Sorry I missed that you were on CD1 minted - hugs for you too, and anyone else on CD1.

Nicki

I am 14dpo cleofish with AF due tomorrow, and had a very small amount of bleeding yesterday on TP, so have been frantically googling implantation last night. I was BFN yesterday at 13dpo but didn't test today. From what I have been able to glean, you should get a positive urine test 2-4 days after implantation. I am CD29 today on a usual 27/28 day cycle but I know, because of OPKs, that I ovulated at least 2 days later than usual this month. I was expecting to ovulate on New Years Eve but I didn't get a positive OPK until New Years Day so probably ovulated around 2/3 January.

I am trying hard not to get my hopes up, as this is our fifth cycle ttc after miscarrying in September with not a sniff of success yet, and we have previously had difficulties ttc so I know that it won't be easy for us. But while AF stays away it is hard not to!

I shall keep fxd for you.