Anyone using Persona to Conceive this month ?

Sorry to hear AF arrived Jag don't give up. x

Thanks will fill you in with what happens tomorrow.

Hi ladies

Sorry about BFN 3Cats. I hope its just too early for you.

Natty I hope you get sorted so that you can start your clomid. It would be lovely if you tested & got a BFP but things never seem to work out like that do they. Still i will send positive thoughts your way.

Well after really getting my hopes up again AF arrived late Sat night. It got to me again this month as i got those nausea & sore boob symptoms back & no period pains. I'm starting to lose hope now its been a long time trying. Perhaps its just not meant to be & i'm very lucky to be blessed with a beautiful DD.
On the plus side my face is much better Thanks.

Take Care
J

Still no AF Natty, how frustrating.
Fingers crossed that you get what you need tomorrow.

Hi 3cats

Sorry to hear about the BFN maybe it is too early.

Had a good ish weekend we went to watch the red bull air race but it was cancelled as it was too windy so spent most of Saturday in the car.

Hows the face Jag?

I have doctors tomorrow to hopefully get drug to bring on AF but will be testing before i go as you have too but i know it will be a BFN, just really hope they don't try and fob me off. The fertility nurse did tell me to do this on CD42 so i am only following what she said but i am not seeing my normal gp as he is on holiday.

Well I have confirmed by thoughts and put DH's mind at rest.
Call me impatient - I agree. I ordered some tests on Access Diagnostics. I did one this morning, CD 26, hopefully not too early, and it was BFN. for me but for DH.

Do you think that is a relible test on CD 26?
I've had all the symptoms that I get in the week before AF so am sure it will arrive this week.
I was so hoping that I was wrong.

Anyway how are you all doing? Did you all have a good weekend?

All the best.
at lie in til lunchtime ! Good for you.

Fingers crossed this is your month.

Morning all. How we all doing? It's the weekend!! Woooooo!
AF arrived this morning. CD 30. Will be starting to TTC from this cycle as blood sugars are pretty much controlled now. Had appt with docs first thing this morning for a fasting blood test requested by the pre-conception clinic. Made sure I pressed m button at 10am, as I didn't press it til midday last month and it was a real pain if I needed to go before 9am (with DD almost 8mths who wakes between 7.30 and 8.30 I really struggled some days!) 10am is just right coz it also means on a Saturday when DH gets up with DD and I get to lie in til lunchtime I'm ok for testing up til 1!

Hope that cream works fast then.
Strange for something to effect your face like that though.
Although DD2 had an allargic reaction to raspberries and her face was covered, more like blotches though.

Seems silly but I can't remember much about how I felt. I was about 6 weeks when I tested all 3 times. Only with DD2 I felt tired very early on but didn't put 2 and 2 together.
I have started getting some pre AF symptoms this evening though. The dreaded thrush. I get it every cycle a week before AF arrives. But I seemed to have it permanently during all of my pregnancies.
It's so easy to see things that are not there, IYSWIM.

The Toni Welscher book is great, IMO. It's stuff you may know already. I didn't know that sperm can last for 5 days. I thought it was 3 days no matter what. The book says that they can only survive if there is sufficient CM to keep them going. Plus they can survive for 5 days. She makes the point a few times that you can BD on Monday and still conceive on Friday.

The reason that I don't think I am pg is that I had no CM until after 'the event'. But I wasn't doing an internal examination so it could have started I guess.
Sorry that was probably far TMI.

AF should, in theory, arrive late next week. So I'll let you know.

Take care.

The book is excellent it should be compulary read for every female it is very informative about things you should really know about but don't.

Thanks for your positive vibes, i really hope clomid works for me.

That is a long cycle Natty I really hope the Clomid sorts it out. Will be keeping everything crossed for you.

I hope that someone can help you out re Croydon 3Cats. You never know re the pg front. Do you feel the same as you did with your other pgs?
Is the Toni Weschler book any good?
My DD is 5 also she goes into year 1 on Tuesday. Can't believe its gone so fast.

The Doc gave me some steroid cream for my face. I told him about ttc, but he said it would be ok for short term use & i can only apply twice a day. It does seem to have helped a little but i still have no clue what i am allergic to. My friends at work think its hilarious.

J

Not sure what happened to my typing on that last post. Trying to type too fast. I'd make a lousy secretary.

Thanks that's really nice of you.

Will keep you posted

I have spots too ! We must all be going through the teenage phase again !

I ahve started a thread about places to live nr Croydon. People have been really helpful.

Hope the Clomid works for oyu.

i know it's a right pain, hopefully this clomid will shorten them and make them regular.

What CD are you on?

Yes that rash sounds horrid, i have got spots at the moment that never seem to go away just move around my face - lovely!!! give me the pill back for clear skin. x

Maybe someone on here lives near or in surrey and can tell you the nice and not so nice areas to look at.

Wow that's a long cycle Natty. I don't envy you, you poor thing.

We are a right bunch, you're right Jag !
The rash sounds nasty I hope you manage to sort it out soon. Has the doc given you anything or suggested a natural cream?

We may move to Surrey or West Sussex. DH is changing jobs within the company and so will be working from Croydon instead of London. We are looking for somewhere with good rail links to both.
The stressful bit is that it takes us 2 hours to get there so we can't just go at the drop of a hat. We haven't looked at any houses yet. Only looked them up on rightmove.
It's also an area that we don't know.
The sooner we get our house on the market and buy another the better. I hate this bit beforehand, it's so unsettling.
DH made the mistake of telling the children at the weekend because we were visiting Surrey.
DD1 was in tears saying that she doesn't want to move and doesn't want to change schools. She's only 5 and doesn't have close bonds with the girls at school so I was surprised. I was annoyed with DH for telling them. We haven't told our neighbours. WE thought it would be better to do that once we know it's definately happening but before the for sale sign goes up.

In the meantime DH is convinced that I am pg because of his 'moment of madness'. I have been so tired but I am cerytain it's this cold/bug that I have. Of course he's reading too much into it. I'm 100% certain that I'm not pg. Having read the Toni Welscher book from cover to cover (minus the irrelevant bits) over the past 3 days I am sure it was too early for anything to come of it. It's a good book though.
I will try temping next cycle, just to check out my cycle rather than anything else.

Anyway, I must go and clean as my parents are here for the weekend. That makes me sound awful. I do clean but I do a more thorough job (wash down skirting boards and doors) when my Mum is coming. It's a good thing she comes really!

BBW - I hope the next few weeks go well for you.
That sounds very time consuming - but worth it in the end.

yeah cycles have varied from 35 - 70 days.

Hi

Glad you are feeling a bit better 3Cats. Hope you get the housing situation sorted soon. It can be so stressful moving can't it.

Natty - Do you usually have long cycles?

Bbwbabelisa - Glad your appointment went well. Sounds complicated. Hope it all works out ok for you.

Think my symptoms were def imaginary as they seem to have disappeared now. Except for this horrific rash. My whole face is completely covered & its burning & itching like mad. Been to Docs he said it looks like an allergic reaction. Don't know what to though haven't used anything different.

What a right bunch we are.

Take Care

J

Good luck with the drugs Natty, and fingers crossed and lots of baby dust for you Jag.

My appointment went OK. They decided not to put me straight onto the insulin but to take me off my tablets and keep close eye on my sugars (testing at least 6 times per day) for 2 weeks. I've to go for blood tests this Friday, then back to the clinic next Wednesday. My sugars haven't been too bad so hopefully I'll get by with just a little insulin pre-conception, and should be able to start trying from this next cycle (CD 27 today, got the OV symbol days 19 & 20 so green light now).
We haven't BD'd (at all - since well before DD was born 8 mths ago!) partially coz we had been so severely warned about making sure I didn't become pregnant again while my sugars were high. Apparently the state of your blood sugar at the moment of conception is the most crucial part of a diabetic pregnancy, so by the time you find out your preg it's too late to try and prevent any birth defects it could cause. I didn't know that last time and didn't see specialists til I was almost 6 wks preg last time. Thankfully DD came out perfect, but I was terrified thru the whole preg and anxious not to repeat that. Got to admit I'm a wee bit anxious about getting back on the horse so to speak after so long.

Where you moving to? I love looking at houses but it is so stressful.

CD35 for me and no sign of AF so have made an appoinment at the doctors for next Tuesday to hopefully get the drug that will make you bleed and then i can start taking clomid.

Glad your feeling a bit better there is a lot going round at the moment.

Jag, lets hope your symptoms are not imaginery.

Natty, has AF arrived yet?

Feeling a bit better today but had a rotten cold over the weekend. Still had to go in search of a new place to live though. DH and I just can't decide. With schools in the equation it's so hard.
Staying put is not an option.

Take care

i agree its all about waiting.

Feeling better 3cats?

Hi

3Cats Sorry you haven't been feeling too good. Hope you get better soon.

Natty - Hope your AF arrives soon so you can get started. This ttc larks seems to be about waiting all of the time doesn't it. It can be so frustrating.

I'm going through the imagining all sorts of symptons stage at the moment. A sore boob, nausea and now i've got a rash on the lower part of my cheek. I've had them for a few days now but i know its too early to be experiencing pg signs. I hate the 2ww. 3Cats i've just done my blood tests, dh has got his sperm test on 15th Sept & then we go back for the results on 5th Oct. More waiting.

J

Sorry to hear your feeling ill.

CD31 for me today.