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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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oh help, I'm going quietly mad

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 29/10/2011 14:17

I'm a regular in conception - kind of hoping old friends will come and hair stroke me. DH and I have been ttc for 22 months. DH has high prolactin levels which makes his sperm count low. Until we see a specialist next month we've been not trying but not, not trying iykwim.
My cycle is variable but typically 25-27 days. Today is cd29. I haven't had a 28 day cycle for over a year. Internet cheapies say bfn. Must assume it's only a matter of time before the witch comes. But I feel like crap. Anyone willing to sit and wait with me?

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 08:05

LisaJayneS?

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Northey · 30/10/2011 08:04

Oh bollocks. Sorry biscuits.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 08:01

biscuits was on isn't it annoying!
weren't you?! but changed names while she was there...

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Northey · 30/10/2011 07:50

Thanks biscuits. I've been here for years under various names but don't think I've ever posted with you (unless you have confused me by being a sneaky namechanger too!). But hello anyway :)

Biscuitsandtea · 30/10/2011 07:47

Good luck to both of you xx

Northey · 30/10/2011 07:47

Incidentally, the day before I got a bfp I had casually wandered off a London street into a church, just meaning to look at architecture etc and found myself praying the most massive pray of my adult life. I do connect the two.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 07:39

Well we have a House box set on.dvd to watch and church at 10.30 so I'll have some distractions!

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Northey · 30/10/2011 07:31

I had no nausea at all, so that needn't mean anything. I did have non typical af twinges though. THough you know perfectly well there's nothing to do but wait it out.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 07:19

You know I've got really good at not testing early but since af has been awol I've done seven!
I'm a bit crampy with low back pain. No nausea but I'm really hungry -didn't eat much yesterday - so I'll get some breakfast in a bit. The cramps aren't typical 'When I do a knicker check I know I'll find af', more like someone put a book on my belly.

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Northey · 30/10/2011 07:09

No, I try not to do that any more these days. It got a bit expensive. If I get sore nipples again (the thing that made me test last time) then I will POAS. In the meantime I shall just prod my breasts and google!

How are you feeling symptom-wise?

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 06:59

I dreamt about bfps too!! Grin
Well it ain't over til the evil witch arrives. Assuming she does though, that just means my cycles have gone squiffy again and I'd been quite regular Angry
Northey have you poas?

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Northey · 30/10/2011 06:54

Don't worry, you know it isn't a definite no. Just a prolongation of uncertainty until either your period shows up, or you get a glorious bfp. It's rotten though when you have persuaded yourself that this is the morning you will see two lines...

Biscuitsandtea · 30/10/2011 06:48

It's such a shame there isn't a definite way to test so that if you get a bfn you know it is a bfn iyswim, and so that a bfn isn't a possible future BFP. It is very Confused indeed.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 06:45

Thanks biscuits. I'm rather Confused

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Biscuitsandtea · 30/10/2011 06:41

I'm still brooking for you Have.

It ain't over til it's over...... Lots of people get bfn's for a few days before a BFP so I'm hoping that's you xxx

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 30/10/2011 06:31

Northey is just a pm away
Ok tested this morning - BFN! what's going on? Still can't see signs of af...no spotting even. though maybe abdo cramps have increased a bit. So maybe later? Now wondering if it's an anovulatory cycle hence the late af..

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Northey · 29/10/2011 23:23

Oh God, how nice would it be if we both managed it in the same month.

Northey · 29/10/2011 23:21

I am only a pm away if you ever want to raise me, you know!

Am fine, thanks. Just finished what might have been a period, but if it was it was very similar to what I think was an implantation bleed from the cycle when I got pregnant (albeit ectopically). So I am currently obsessively googling everything I can find about post-salpingectomy/post ovarian drilling extra light three day periods...

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 29/10/2011 23:17

Hey you secretly had hoped you might delurk! thank you :) it's very strange. Something unusual is afoot.
How are you feeling?

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Northey · 29/10/2011 23:14

Ooh faith, you have dragged me back out of post EP lurking to say I really hope this is it for you at last! My fingers are crossed so tightly I can barely type. Sleep well, sweetie.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 29/10/2011 23:06

no af.

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 29/10/2011 23:05

Thanks guys! Well I'm going to bed. Nu af at the end of cd29. Last time I had a 29 day cycle was August...2010!
I will try to sleep. Will piar and use the FR and let you know!

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GenericDietCola · 29/10/2011 23:03

Fingers crossed for you Have and I would be thrilled if you got your ironic BFP!

PieMistress · 29/10/2011 22:35

Keeping everything crossed for you have !! At least with the clocks going back morning will be here sooner (IYSWIM!) :)

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HaveALittleFaithBaby · 29/10/2011 22:01

Thanks :) I'd just like to know either way now.

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