Anyone using Persona to Conceive this month ?

Men, they're so sensitive bless them! I they think it's us who are over emotional I think we started too early last month and as I oved late we had run out of steam by the right moment!Hope to pace proceedings a little more this month, although what with it being the party season, they'll be a few drunk swimmers I should think.

I'm going to try accupucture this month. There's a company near me called Mr China but I'm not sure if I should go to a medically regognised one or not?

CD 4.

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Thanks Mojosmummy & Eldestgirl unfortunatly
didn't get to bd last night either. I'm a little bit too stubborn for my own good. I wanted DH to understand why i was upset but he said he feels like like he has to perform on demand! I can understand how he feels but its never going to happen if we don't do at the right time & using the Persona will be a waste of time & money. Of course then i told him not to worry i won't ever bother him for sex again & we spent the night on opposite sides of the bed. He keeps asking me now if i'm still in a mood.

Sorry for going on will just have to hope that what we did before might work but don't hold out much hope.

Not long for you now Mojomummy sending you lots of positive thoughts.

And a rest for 24 hours means the swimmers replenish their numbers!

Hi All

Bit fed up got the egg sign yesterday & wouldn't you just know DH decided he couldn't possibly manage 3 days in a row. I didn't really feel like it but needed to feel like had given it a real shot this month. Got an egg today too but the second line was quiet faint. Do you think its worth trying tonight or has the chance passed? Does Persona always give 2 days of egg sign?

Hope Everyone else is ok
J

Sounds like a good idea Eldest. Just when you make plans to do something about it, it will all fall into place I'm sure.

How's everyone else doing. Anyone close to testing yet?

I am going on holiday on Sunday for 2 weeks. If I get AF during this time, I will book in to see my doctor for some blood tests before Christmas to make sure everything is functioning properly.
I go through ups and downs. Sometimes I am OK about letting nature take its course, but then someone else gets pregnant and I feel a bit panicky and down. I know I am very lucky to have two boys, but even today when one of their friends popped around to play, I watched three children running around the garden and it gave me a pang, wondering if there would be another child in our family.

Well AF picked up a bit yesterday so I got to press the M button this morning! Think I might try accupucture this month to see if it helps relax me more than anything.

Eldest, have you asked your doctor for any blood tests to find out why you haven't concieved yet? Or are you happy to wait and see? I found it quite reassuring know that I'm ovulating at least sometimes! So now I feel happier to just sit back and wait for it to happen.

I can sympathise. Before DS1, my cycle was anything between 35 and 51 days. Since DS2 it is between 29-35, so from previous experience, there is no point testing before day 35. Makes it all a bit more drawn out though. I am hopeful I am in for a shorter cycle this month as from CM, my fertile period seemed to be from CD11-16.
A bit of yoga can bring AF on for me. Last cycle was particularly cruel as I had a slight bleed at the right time for it to be an implantation bleed, and I never normally get that, but yet again, it was my body playing tricks on me.
I feel old. I didn't have any problems conceiving DS1 and DS2, which I did based purely on CM. I have evidently lost the knack or my eggs aren't as fresh as they were!

Hi All

Sorry about AF Strike. Same thing happened to me last month was a couple of days late & then started very light spotting brown blood (sorry TMI ) was convinced that i could be pg then came on properly the next day although still quite light. I think that our bodies can be very cruel at times.

On CD13 & got my egg sign so that is spot on to the ov sticks used previously. BD again last night & going to try & really go for it for the next few. Hope its true what they say that this is a good way to burn off calories!

Good Luck with your 1st attempt Amandeep i'm a first timer with Persona as well.

Take Care All
J

Opps crossed threads there amandeep. Good luck with this first cycle, Just remember to enjoy the bding as well I think I was a bit manic last month. Poor DH, thinks I pay more attention to Persona and MN than him!

Thanks eledest, that's good to know. My cycle can be a bit all over the place! AF still hasn't picked up, despite a trip to the gym to getting things going! I wish it would hurry up, cause till it does my mind with keep thinking about implantation bleeds or anything that might still hold hope! I wish I could control my wishful thinking Oh well maybe I'll be in for a Christmas Surprise!

CD 19, so when would af be due? How long do you have to keep ignoring the tricks your body plays, before you can test!? I know what you mean about feeling a bit cheated. I sometimes feel I want to have a real go a my body and tell it to buck it's ideas up. We'll all get there I'm sure, it's just unfair that some people can do it so quickly and easily and others can't. I guess the world would be boring if we were all the same

I'm on day 2 on my Persona & am starting to get the hang of it. It's not as difficult as i first thought. can't wait for day 6 to do the test.
I want to say thank you to all of you for your help !

Strike, Persona lets you press the M button up to CD99 (that's what mine was flashing when I dug it out 3 months ago). If you are using it as contraception, a cycle of more than 35 days will result in a lot of red days, as it is harder to gauge when you are fertile. However, if you are using it to measure ovulation, it doesn't matter so much, although obviously you may not have enough test sticks to catch the ovulation day if your cycle is very long.
Sorry about AF. I am stuck on CD19 and trying not to think about sore boobs, as this has happened for the last 4 months.
Was in a down mood today as one of my friends has conceived no 3 whilst taking the pill! Feeling a tad hard done by as have been off the pill since 2001.

Well I think af has started but (tmi coming up) It was just light brown last night and is still the same this morning. I expect it'll pick up in a few hours, but then I've missed my 35 day window with Persona. Does it let you press the M button on cd 36? Oh now I just want af to get going.

When will you test again?

No problem Jag, only kidding Still no af. I keep going to the loo to check, almost willing it to start!

Sorry Strike didn't me to add pressure we put enough pressure on ourselves without others doing it. I just hope it does work for you this month.

No pressure then Jag!! I agree Eldest, thinking about it does seem to delay it, but then, my doctor said that the amount of time from ov to af stays the same, so maybe you can delay ov by thinking about it too much? Who knows, just wish I could get the whole thing up and running and stop worrying so much, but after 1 m/c and no childen yet, getting the bfp will be the start of the major worry I think!

know what you mean Eldestgirl my cycle has always been 26 days on the dot but the last few months when we have really tried at 'right times' my cycle is sometimes cd28/29 & you get your hopes up just to be let down again.
oh well hopefully one day soon it will be for real.

It's all a bit confusing. I think I ov'd around CD14/15 based on CM. BD on those days so I am hopeful...as usual.
You know I really do think that you can lengthen your cycle just by wondering whether you are pg. When I have little or no hope, it's 29 days, but any hope and I am up to 33 days with sore boobs! Last month, I did the test and literally as the BFN showed up, AF started. Mind over matter?