August - first month of TTC? Join me!

any news either way madkatz?

hiya, gruffalomama i am ok, this af has been unusaly heavy though. i am going to new york in just over 2 weeks and af will be due the day after we come home, so i am gutted that i wont be able to buy any nice baby things while im there. but cant be helped i spose.

Hi MadKatz - oh very frustrating for you. Are you temp charting? Hope you get a good BFP very very soon.

Lizandlulu sorry to hear about AF. How are you feeling now?

Eaglewings - boobs (and CM) were the first thing I noticed with my DS. Keeping everything crossed for you. (It won't be easy cycling home but I'll give it a go.)

I forgot to say, thanks for thinging of me

Hi Liz
I just bought the normal clearblue not the digital as they are loads of money. The ones I got just give a you a cross if you're PG or a line if you arent.
I'm just a bit fed up and a little bit concerned as well - if it isnt PG what is it?

its awful isnt it, the not knowing. all sinals sound good though!! (might not feel good, but you wouldnt mind if it was all FOR something)

which clear blues did you get? are they the ones which can tell you if you are pregnant and how many weeks? or do they do more than one sort?

i have been thinking of you all morning, but am at work so couldnt get to the computer

Today is CD29. Woke up at 1.30am with heart burn, cramping and a desperate need for the loo, so plenty of good signs!! But negative cheapy stick this morning (again)
If I get to Wednesday without a BFP or AF that will equal my longest cycle since coming off the pill........but I just want to know!!!!

let us know how you get on in the morning katz

hang in there Katz could still be possible!

I've 5 days to go until AF is due but already I'm filling the e cups that I'd slimmmed out of! Either I've put on weight or some hormones are in play, just which??

Will not buy any tests this month until I'm late, well maybe as I live so far from the shops that would mean an extra journey, so maybe I should......

Well, clearblue showed negative this morning. No AF and no change in symptoms

Oh lizandlulu so sorry to hear you got AF. Good luck for next month.
DH and I went to Asda tonight after work and bought clear blues. Gonna do one in the morning. Am feeling really crampy like AF but I normally only get it for one day a month - the day before my AF - but have been like this for 2 weeks now. Tired, nauseous, and dizzy so hoping its a BFP as I dont normally get those symptoms with my AF. Roll on tomorrow.

Hi Ladies,

MadKatz apparently you dont need to go to the doctor to get a confirmation of pregnancy, if the test says your pregnant, it's so accurate, you just need to book an appointment with the midwife instead.

Sorry to hear you got AF lizandlulu, maybe next month will be the month, just in time for christmas and then the interesting reasons you'll have to come up with for not drinking without letting people know that your pregnant too early!!!

I've been having weird sensations in my stomach for the last couple of days and a crampy sensation today, but wonder whether I am just not eating enough?!? Should be a couple of weeks to AF so will see what happens!

my af came this morning not happy.

OMG I am so crampy and nauseous today, don't even want coffee (and that's really not me)
Is this a sign of things to come?

lizandlulu I think when I get a bfp I will then be buying at least one more test to confirm it. I know it may sound a bit mad but I will definitely want it confirmed. Then I guess it will be a visit to my GP where I assume they will do blood tests to check?
Thursday is my due date according to FF - thats another thing I'm having to cope with: Fluctuating cycle lengths. Since coming off the pill end of May, my cycle lengths have been 28, 34, 25, 22 and the current one 27 days (including today). I have no idea how they work that out when I'm due so I am having to go by FF as I cant work it out myself

madkatz i have been feeling nauseous on and off for about a week, none today but all the rest of the week i have, and it has def not been all in my head. iam torn between buying a test from boots tomorrow as they are buy one get one free and will need one at somepoint anyway. i do have one in the cupboard tho, its not a fancy one, but not one of the cheapy ones either. its a proper pee on one. like you say, its a waste of money to keep buyng them but if i do get a pos on the test i already have, should i get another to doubly confirm it?

Thanks eaglewings - but honestly not feeling badly this month about it. I never got any preg symptoms so was pretty sure it hadn't happened. And it does mean that I won't be constantly guilt-tripping about forgetting the folic acid and knocking back tiramisu like it was going out of fashion...

Time to dust off the spangly shagging pants and cape...

Gruffalo thank you for the info, sorry to hear that you are spotting :(

It all sounds good MadKatz... Fingers crossed for you and Lizandlulu.

Eaglewings according to the taking charge of your fertility book the spotting isn't the start of your new cycle, it's only when you get the 'real thing' that you start on day one... ifyswim?

Spotting started today for me and moody as hell so suspect no luck this month. At least I feel less guilty about all the naughty things on hols!

How do you feel lizandlulu, any symptoms?
All I keep thinking is if I'm not what the hell is going on!!
Well I am using the cheapy sticks everyday just to use them up and so I feel like I'm doing something. But am determined not to splash out on a clearblue until at least saturday - a bit of both really, want to make sure I'm late before I test and don't have much spare money to keep on buying them.

ohh madkatz we are due the same day not sure if i can wait till the weekend though!

Hi everyone,
Finally back home ....and straight back to work :(
Still feeling slightly nauseous, going to the loo a lot and feeling generally odd. Cheapy sticks still showing a negative but I suppose at least Im using them up! Won't be buying them again, hwever much money they have saved me.
DH and I agreed that if AF didnt appear this week (due on Thursday) then we would do a clearblue at the weekend.

I'd say the 2 week wait is from time of ovulation.

Hope you managed to wait till the morning lizandlulu then its only 2 days early!

Good Luck

can someone come and talk me out of testing tonight please????? i have realised that today is monday, only 3 days till thursday (due thurs) and am sat here thinking i could test and it might be pos. but only have cheapy tests which mightn ot pick up hormones this early and dont want to be disappointed.

someone knock some sense in to me!!!

aaarrgggghhhhhh

what counts as 2 week wait? is it 2 weeks from the day your af is due? dont thini could hang on that long!