Official Trying to Conceive - Thread 13

I've got the usual pre-AF symptoms...
we go on holiday on Thursday for 10days and AF is due right at the start of it! Hubby was hoping for a "holiday baby" (J was one!!) but I don't think that's likely!
Just want to get this month out of the way now!

Rambosmum wrote: »

Hi everyone. I'm back with you. DD is almost 7 months old. We've decided to go for a third eek! I'm breastfeeding and my periods haven't returned and I'm pretty sure I'm not yet fertile, so this one is likely to be long in the making!

:wave: fancy seeing you back here so soon too. I thought I was mad thinking of number 2 now!

I'm in almost the same boat as Rambosmum, but wanting number 2. I'm still breastfeeding and have been tracking ovulation since May. I got a positive in early July, but started bleeding at 9DPO. This cycle I got my positive on the 8th Aug which was CD19 but again started spotting on CD28 (9DPO). I planned to test tomorrow but I'm not hopeful. I'd class this bleeding as heavy spotting, but it's not quite AF level.

So I'm currently in the TWW on CD31 but I might switch it to an earlier CD if this does turn into AF but who knows!

Thanks Skimper! I have my fingers crossed that you get good news this week.

Spotting has turned into AF for me today, so I'm saying CD1 and onto September!

Snowbird - Has she been diagnosed by the doctor as having PCOS?
Diagnosing and making sure she has regular periods shouldn't come under assisted conception but i'm not 100% sure on that.

Hop hop - sorry to see that AF has turned up.

I'm on day 27, still no sign of AF, feeling less sick today, though I've had terrible cramping all morning and a sore back! Been sat sweating all morning with a hot water bottle. I've only ever had mild period cramps once, so fingers crossed its good cramping.
The analyst in me couldn't help to spreadsheet my cycle data (#Geek), out of the last 11 cycles, 7 of them have been spotting day 26 or less, 3 on day 27 & once on day 28.

I'm going to test again tomorrow when AF is due.

Clomid alone isn't always the answer Snowbird. I have PCOS and before I was given clomid my partner (husband) had to have a sperm assessment as there was no point treating me if there was no chance of pregnancy. I also had to have a test to check that my fallopian tubes were clear.

Only 6 cycles of clomid are usually allowed for health reasons. I conceived on cycles 2 and 4 but there is a higher than normal chance of miscarriage with PCOS and I m/c both pregnancies. After cycle 6 it was decided that rather than move on to further treatment I would be allowed one more cycle because I had previously conceived. On cycle 7 I was given extra hormone treatment from the date of ovulation in order to help my egg to mature and to support any possible pregnancy. Cycle 7 worked and I had a successful pregnancy.

There are a lot of reasons why a person can't just get clomid pills and take them. They don't always work anyway because PCOS is a complex disorder. It sounds as though the person that you are helping needs to start assisted conception with a private specialist who will decide the correct treatment and monitor your friend properly.