Let's make some May babies

notnow that actually sounds promising, if you've got a bunch of cheapies then test FMU tomorrow and/or the day after, HCG concentration should increase quickly if you are pregnant.

Yeh. Good luck with that one . FX for you.

I am driving myself bonkers with all my ss, it is so bloody obsessive! I am like a possessed woman!!

I'm trying with all my might not to POAS, although the fact I haven't bought any helps!! I'm very quick tempered today, and lots of insignificant and petty situations are really pissing me off! My stomach is bloated, admittedly this could be because AF is due to make an appearance, I feel so tired, now this could be a symptom or it could be that DH and I walked 23.6 miles on Sat (training for cancer research walking marathon). My boobs are still achy.

Going to try with all my might not to POAS until at least the weekend!

Indeed - i am keeping my expensive tests until i get a definite positive (please let it be this month please let it be this month) - although after last months big fat failure, i now need to order some more of the internet, only have 1 cheap one left :( which i am going to use on Friday!!

Thank heavens for the cheap tests!

No worries notnow - that's what we are here for after all!! Be as crazy as you want!! probably all those hormones

I am a POAS addict so although the advice might seem sensible - i should maybe learn to follow what i dish out!! I have at least 9 days to wait and FF is telling me to test when I am 18dpo!! ARGH!!! That will kill me, so undoubtedly i am going to start seriously testing from 9dpo and everyday until, like you, i get the witch or a line :)

Thanks GTR. You are very sensible. I expect you realise I am going to ignore your advice and pee on at least 3 sticks a day until the witch arrives/I get a line that is visible to others! Not that I don't see the wisdom but I've got four more days to wait, I'm on holiday and have nothing much else to do. Appreciate the support - it's really nice to know someone is out there to soak up the crazy.

Wow i really really hope that this is your month!! I know some people who have tested at 10, 11 and 12 and have BFNs but at 14 or 15 they have had their BFPs - sometimes the hcg is just taking its sweet ass time to build up, you could have implanted later - say at 10dpo then the hcg needs a few days to build! If it was me, I would wait for another couple of days and then test again - if it was me, considering i am at 5 and i have just tested, maybe listening to my words of wisdom is not advisable .

Some women never produce enough hcg for a test to detect and have to have the pg confirmed with bloods!! If still bfns a week after af is due and no sign of the bitch witch then i would make an appointment!!!

11, I think. Oh fingers crossed! I has been 15 months including a miscarriage and I so much want it to be true. I am not going to pretend to myself that I'm not crazy excited because I am. I know I'm setting myself up for disappointment but I know from last time that pretending I'm cool about it doesn't make disappointment any easier. I'm not telling my DH though as he already thinks I'm mental after weeping for - I kid you not- an hour at 1am last night over a sad book. I hope I am pg just so I can write that sorry little episode off to hormones!

notnow how many DPO are you?? It could just be that there is not enough hcg in your urine for the test to detect!!

Aaarrrggh! I still don't know! I can see a line if I squint but it's so faint as to be practically invisible and too ages to appear (8mins on a 3 min test). Wishful thinking, probably.
Don't know don't know don't know don't know... Going mad I tell you!

WOOHOO!! You go notnow fingers crossed :)

Right, fuck it, I've got another stick and I'm going to use it. Back within 10 mins!

Wow - you leave this place for a couple of days and a whole new chapter emerges! Better than tele this :)

Sorry to all of those with BFNs, have still got everything crossed that we see some more good news on this board! notnow your M&B story did tickle me!!! And to answer your question, I think it should be read within the 10 mins to avoid any evap lines appearing as it dries out; my understanding is that a positive line should appear within these 10 mins if the hcg is present!

I am currently sitting here on 5dpo - am driving myself insane with SSing but for the first time ever, I have (TMI WARNING) copious amounts of creamy CM!! I hardly get any! And my cervix has moved into a medium and firm position and i am sure that it is now closed! Am trying not to read too much into this as it is still way to early to have pg symptoms, but i have been reading that creamy CM is a good sign; surely after ov i should start to become more dry, yes?? I still feel really wet down there!

Has anyone had a similar experience and turned out to be pg??

Oh bugger. That's what I thought. AF is due on Thursday and I've got amazon cheapo tests and superdrug early tests - did FMU this morning with both and nada at first, then faintest of all faint lines on the superdrug test came through. Don't know whether to hope or not. Still, I have 13 amazon tests, 3 superdrug tests and a sainsburys digital in my little drawer so can feed the obsession for a few more days at least.

I think you can get evaporation lines which could look like a faint positive ie a false positive

You know how it says on the pg test not to read it after 10 mins? Does anyone know why?

:) notnow
sorry to all those who are leaving the bus :(. AF due for me any day now, really want to get it over with at the beginning of the week as we're going to a festival at the weekend. It'll be our second weekend ever without the kids (first time was the same festival last year, it was bliss!), don't want to be faffing about in portaloos all weekend, and was hoping for some quality one on one time with DP (not that a tent is the best venue mind you).
I guess the alternative is to be pregnant, but am really not optimistic, no symptoms whatsoever, and had a BFN the other day. Still it ain't over til the fat lady witch sings eh?!
hope all the SWI-ers are enjoying yourselves? not too exhausted?

Sorry to read some of the sad news on here, hope things turn round for you in coming months.

I've failed to keep up my temp charts & ovpks this month as tending to sick dog (slowly on mend but taking a lot of emotional and physical energy). Dh and I have done some diligent swi even though neither of us have really felt like it, it's about the right time for ov but haven't noticed any ewcm (which I always think of as "ew! cm").

Wedding ann on Weds so would be a nice time to conceive. Then a couple of weeks of going crazy waiting... & definitely not poas early this month... definitely...

Love that, notnow.

I'm out but thinking positive.

I was so red in the face it had to be something bad!

Ah no Notnow - you poor thing! Trust your DH to not cover your blushes.

You should have said, "You know darling; the preseed we ordered for quickies"

But that would take some front, and I don't think I have it!

:o at your cover story though - Vampire and Cowboy M&B - Brilliant!!!!

Well, maybe this might cheer you up with schadenfreude at my ...
My order of pregnancy tests and pre-seed arrived in an amazon pack while we were away at my parents-in-law's. When we got back this afternoon we were having quite a nice chat with my (usually) horrid 17yr old stepdaughter and my DH asked what was in the box. I immediately floundered and blushed, at which point DH started pressing the point. All I could think of on the spot was 'a book', which of course led to 'what book?' etc on and on and on until in the end I came up with a story to cover my obvious embarrassment and squirming. My SD now thinks I am into vampire- and cowboy-themed Mills and Boon novels and has something new to despise me for.

Yeah, me too Kveta, enjoying a drink again while I can!

Enjoy the baking! x

hey, sorry to hear everyone elses woes :( it seems v. down (and angry) on this thread. I'm ok festiemum - very crampy, very bloody for 2 days now, and such a gut upset too. i'm delightful company... lots of ibuprofen and lots of sanitary towels... feeling a wee bit better this afternoon, so doing some baking to cheer myself up!

DH is being as understanding as he can be, but has said he doesn't quite 'get' it - although he did say that was more because it's not physically happening to him than anything else. he is v. sad about the actual miscarriage. he is also keen to get started again soon!
i plan to drink a lot of wine this week before we start TTC again, i haven't had a drink in months because i don't tend to drink much, but plan to make the most of the next few weeks/months!!