Clearblue Fertility Monitor Support Group Buddies Vol 4!!

Rosie!!! Congrats!!!

Evening All, been offline for a while as I've been back with the folks.

Congrats Rosie!

I have my HSG tomorrow ... feeling a bit nervous about it.

Boba, sorry you're feeling down again. I have no tips as I have really bad swings from being totally pessimistic to being quite optimistic. All I can say is that it's a rocky journey but your PMA will come back.

Hi boba - glad holiday good and you have that wee netbook.

PMA? I find I always dip low after a hol, no matter what so recognising it helps me. Do you know what your next step forward is? For me having it on the calender (even if rough date etc) helps. x

Congrats ~Rosie

Ah! I'm on the eastern side of the Surrey hills near Reigate :)

Right - DH has banished me and DS to my parents' for lunch whilst he paints the kitchen so I think I'd best get ready!

Hope you all have a good day!

Lol essence - I was in guildford and the surrey hills are gorgeous. I'm just bias about wilts because I live here now :)

rosie - I'm in Surrey

Hello ljg and fedup

Congratulations Rosiex

Ah thank you so much. I still don't believe it because I have no symptoms - just waiting for the sore boobs to kick in, I know its early but I had sore boobs at this stage with ds so will be a bit more relieved to get some actual symptoms.

Essence it is lovely here :) I lived in surrey before here and whilst surrey has some very pretty bits we are right on the doorstep of the Cotswolds and there is always somewhere pretty to visit.

Rosie: many congratulations, fingers crossed that you have a happy uneventful nine months xxx

Was just checking in on my phone and saw your news Rosie so had to do a quick post and say congrats :) My BFP with DS was 9dpo so dont worry too much that it's still early. Hope it's a sticky one for you and a lovely smooth pregnancy :)
Btw, Wiltshire is a beautiful part of the country :)

Ok, deep breath - lines on all the tests i did this morning so cautiously optimistic - only 11dpo but think that its safe to say it worked this month, next few days will tell for sure but im nervous as had a really horrid ms at 11 weeks at exactly this time three years ago. Fingers crossed though.

How is everyones weekend going? Lgj are you ok? Hope you are resting up and taking it easy.

I dont know about anyone else but its bloody freezing here at the moment, i refuse to put the heating on this year till October but my teens are moaning at me, I usually have it on when its cold and sod the cost but we are trying to cut back this year and last year our gas and electric was 200 per month which is pretty pricey so i dont think we can do that this year - its jumpers and cardigans all the way!

Last night i had a look at what time the moon was rising online (7.06) and took the girls, DH and DS to see it on the highest point outside of the town we live in in Wiltshire - at this time of year its all big and orange so it was truly beautiful to behold - it was such a clear night, if its clear again tonight might take them up there again. It wasnt quite dark so the sky was bright red in the west and the moon was rising in the north east. Lol i sound like a closet hippy but this really is my favourite time of year, i enjoy Halloween, Bonfire night and Christmas so much.

Well hope your all having nice weekends and that its nice and restful, im off to start prepping a roast - yum!

Starlet each PCT has their own rules... where I am no funding for unexplained until 3yrs after first start testing. With a problem it is one cycle only. Don't like postcode lotteries - same everywhere would be helpful!

It went ok thanks, we have a problem with DH's sperm, as we knew about and my progesterone is a bit low so we need ICSI due to dh's problem with semen... our cycle is for Nov, so one more natural cycle eek. Went well thanks, but only after 9mths of testing.

Starlet - have you had a transvaginal scan also? My HSG was ok, they do get busy as it depends on yoour cycle as it can only be done days 6-10 of cycle - I had to wait 2 cycles for mine, but worth it!! All the best.x

Ah Izzy you made me smile :) had another look at the FR i did from this morning and i know you arent supposed to after the allotted time but i couldnt resist and there is the faintest of faint pink lines on that too - its a few hours old and i didnt see that earlier so its probably an evap however they cant all be so im going to try and do what you say, relax, think positive and enjoy it :)

Right well I'm viewing them on my iPhone which while it is wonderful in many ways, does not have the best resolution for viewing posted pics. And I can def see some lines. So it looks pretty good from where I'm sitting

I'm guessing you'll be going mad over the weekend wondering "am I, aren't I?" so will keep my fx for you on Monday. In my view, a line is a line, doesn't matter how light it is. Try to relax, think positive, and enjoy it!

I would think that if you dont see a change in temperature then you probably havent ovulated - i have heard of women ovulating without thermal shifts though, its rare but it does happen.

If you are getting highs then its detecting the hormone you secrete before LH which probably means you are going to ovulate but just late - two months ago i got a positive opk (smiley face ones) on day 23 of my cycle whereas normally i get it on day 15/16 - that was a very long cycle that month as sure enough i still had a 14 day luetal phase once i actually did ovulate.

I think that because you are getting highs its a good sign and hopefully you will ovulate soon - the thermal shift is the thing to watch out for.

I took those photos off from yesterday as i got three positives (and one negative) from some internet cheapies i dipped a couple of hours ago. First Response was negative too but i suppose its a bit hit and miss at the moment - have a look at the first pic on my profile and please tell me they dont look like evap lines, im trying hard to convince myself that they arent ...

Wish it was Monday already so i knew for sure.

rosie - thank you for explaining it again, I have yet to see the magic thermal shift but if I do (please please!) I might try your tactics next month. It's a bit trickier to test in the afternoon as have to fit around work, school run etc, but worth making the effort if I get some sense out of it!

What if I don't see a change in temperature? Would it be possible that I'm not actually ovulating and still getting lots of highs?

Anyway sorry for the mememe, onto the important business - very exciting for you to be getting lines, however faint! Will be keeping my fingers crossed that they start to get darker - after all it is very early days so bound to be a bit hit and miss as to whether they show for you x

Sorry for the mammoth post!

Morning, just need to update my stats Izzy I obviously have such short surges there is no way the monitor catches mine in the morning. LH metabolises into my system by the afternoon and combined with the usual day of EWCM i know its coming so i test around 2ish.

This cycle i got my high on the day i thought i would so im definately sticking to the 3pm setting of the M button. The advice with opks is to test in the afternoon so ive just applied it to the monitor too. I have tested positive for a surge at 2pm and its gone by 6pm so im not surprised the CBFM cant pick it up firt thing in the morning. Izzy perhaps if you dont get a high this cycle (but you do get a thermal shift) then try the afternoon setting? I got a definate thermal shift this cycle coninciding with the monitor.

lgj im so sorry you are going through this, i had a ms before DS (it was three years ago around now) at 11 weeks and omg it hurt so much so im really feeling so bad for you :( Usually though if it smells that signifies infection? Im surprised that the nurse said that was normal - keep an eye on things and if you get a temperature or anything dont hesitate to phone the doctors. Be good to yourself and rest up if you can, you need time to recover physically as well as emotionally xx

Vnewmummy i hope you are ok - i know your not but just to say i am thinking of you.

Starlet hope your test results come back with something definitive - its annoying when they have to repeat something but it will give you some answers - good luck.

Im 10dpo today and as im the worlds worst (or probably mumsnets worst) poas addict i started testing on 8dpo (i know i know!) anyway i had a nice strong sample yesterday afternoon (held on for 7 hours) and i dipped a test and got a faint positive, dipped another three in the same sample, but one of them was a superdrug hpt, the superdrug one came up negative but the other two which were the same as the one i got the line from also came up with a line ... so im thinking that all three cant be evaps,i have some rotten luck with evaps so never believe it till i see more than one. Took a photo and put it on my profile - its a bit crap though and you have to squint to see them! They are more obvious in RL.

Dipped again this morning hoping for a line but i couldnt see anything after 5 mins however after 10 there was the faintest of faint lines (much fainter than yesterday) but i dont think that the sample was as strong as yesterdays so im really about it all, maybe its a chemical pg which would explain why its not stronger this morning but i am only 10dpo today so i guess ill know more tomorrow or the day after. Im not getting my hopes up though, like i said in my last post mother nature is fickle and a little bit cruel sometimes :(

Right, just updating my stats as im actually a day behind.

FlyingCat TTC#1, cycle 26, CBFM cycle 2, age 30, UCL 28-29, CD95
Rach879 TTC#1 cycle 7, CBFM cycle 1, age 30, UCL 30-34, CD62
BabyHoping TTC#1, CBM cycle 4, age 33, ucl 31-38, CD 60
Emmylou30 TTC #1, Cycle 2, CBFM cycle 1, age 30 UCL 35 CD52
Jenni4 TTC#2, cycle 5 CBFM cycle 2, age 36, UCL 26 CD42
ljg TTC#3 Cycle 5, CBFM cycle 4 age 38 UCL 28-30 CD2
wantbaby TTC#1, cycle 9, CBFM cycle 3, age 38, UCL 30, CD 30
Hairytriangle TTC#1 cycle 10, CBFM cycle 1, age 42, UCL 28/29, CD28
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 2, age 38, ucl 29-3, CD27
Keziah TTC#1, cycle25, CBFM cycle 13, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD 26
Missyraines TTC1, Cycle 11, CBFM cycle 6, age 33, UCL 32, CD26
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle 12, CBFM cycle 1, age 31, UCL 28, CD24
PinkCustard TTC#2 Cycle9 CBFM Cycle4 age 33 UCL 30-35 CD 24
Stormbird TTC #1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle #4, age 28, UCL 28 CD20
TangoTime TTC #1, Cycle #6, CBFM Cycle #2, age 32, UCL 28 CD19
Boba82 TTC#1 cycle 16, CBFM cycle 3, age 28, UCL ?, CD19
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy, TTC#3 Cycle 2, CBFM cycle 2, age 34, UCL 28-29, CD15
Ses TTC#2, cycle 3 CBFM cycle 5, age 37, UCL 30 CD11
chocciechip TTC#1 cycle 8, CBFM cycle 8, age 39, UCL29, CD7
Lychees TTC #2, Cycle 12, CBFM cycle 8, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD6
Starlet22 TTC#1; cycle 14; CBFM cycle 8; age 34; ucl 25; CD5
Headbanger TTC #1, Cycle #9, CBFM cycle #2, Aged 30

ljg so sorry to hear your news. Hope you're ok

starlet fx the tests start to give you some answers!

Am looking for some words of advice on the monitor and hoping you guys might be able to help. Last month (1st cycle) I got 13 highs (day 12-23) and no peaks, which I put down to the monitor "getting to know" me. I'm now in day 16 of my second cycle and 6th high so far. Again, no peak. I'd like to think it's just missing my surges (I think rosie posted on thus?) but have been temping too this cycle and seeing no rise yet, if anything it's gone down slightly over the last few days!

Any idea what's going on? Is it possible that I'm just not ovulating [panic emoticon]? and if so, why is the monitor going to high?

FlyingCat TTC#1, cycle 26, CBFM cycle 2, age 30, UCL 28-29, CD95
Rach879 TTC#1 cycle 7, CBFM cycle 1, age 30, UCL 30-34, CD62
BabyHoping TTC#1, CBM cycle 4, age 33, ucl 31-38, CD 60
Emmylou30 TTC #1, Cycle 2, CBFM cycle 1, age 30 UCL 35 CD52
Jenni4 TTC#2, cycle 5 CBFM cycle 2, age 36, UCL 26 CD42
ljg TTC#3 Cycle 5, CBFM cycle 4 age 38 UCL 28-30 CD2
wantbaby TTC#1, cycle 9, CBFM cycle 3, age 38, UCL 30, CD 30
Hairytriangle TTC#1 cycle 10, CBFM cycle 1, age 42, UCL 28/29, CD28
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 2, age 38, ucl 29-3, CD27
Keziah TTC#1, cycle25, CBFM cycle 13, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD 26
Missyraines TTC1, Cycle 11, CBFM cycle 6, age 33, UCL 32, CD26
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle 12, CBFM cycle 1, age 31, UCL 28, CD24
PinkCustard TTC#2 Cycle9 CBFM Cycle4 age 33 UCL 30-35 CD 24
Stormbird TTC #1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle #4, age 28, UCL 28 CD20
TangoTime TTC #1, Cycle #6, CBFM Cycle #2, age 32, UCL 28 CD19
Boba82 TTC#1 cycle 16, CBFM cycle 3, age 28, UCL ?, CD19
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy, TTC#3 Cycle 2, CBFM cycle 2, age 34, UCL 28-29, CD15
Ses TTC#2, cycle 3 CBFM cycle 5, age 37, UCL 30 CD11
chocciechip TTC#1 cycle 8, CBFM cycle 8, age 39, UCL29, CD7
Lychees TTC #2, Cycle 12, CBFM cycle 8, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD6
Starlet22 TTC#1; cycle 14; CBFM cycle 8; age 34; ucl 25; CD5
Headbanger TTC #1, Cycle #9, CBFM cycle #2, Aged 30

Just updating my stats :)

Jenni - cycle buddy, where are you!!??

fedup - hello! It did take a while (18mo) to conceive DS so perseverance is important! In the end I was using OPKs and temping.

ljg - take it easy. Hope the pain starts to ease. If the bleeding is still heavy and yucky smelling after the weekend, may be worth seeing GP.

Starlet - hope the tests help and you don't have to worry about the possibility of IVF anyway.

Missyraines - yay for "sensible job"!

Boba - your holiday sounds lovely. Hope you find a nice cheap netbook!

Hello everyone else - hope you've got lovely relaxing weekends planned :)

ljg - as if the emotional pain wasn't hard enough.....hope the pain and everything else eases up soon. Take it easy this weekend X

Hello Starlet I'm ok thanks but the pain is alot worse than last time? and alot more blood is coming away? TMI alert! and it smells really yucky?.

Had to go to Dr's as had blood tests already booked, so asked the nurse regarding my symptoms and she said it's quite normal?.
Will get results next week, being checked for antibodies, as I'm rhesus negative.

Hope you ok? hope everybody else is too!X

ljg - how are you, hun?? X