Late October/early November Superbus!!!

Hmmm 4dpo and had spotting today and kind of ongoing mild cramps since ov. Do we think this is A Good Sign?

Leige sounds like we're in the same boat. In my case I'd rather deal with the not knowing for a few more days than get a BFN followed by a period & me feeling foolish (if it's a BFP which will actually turn into a baby it'll still be there in a week!) , but it all depends how you feel about it!

Stickle & Primal That sounds awful, to be stuck in limbo for absolutely ages! I hope things resolve themselves soon.

Hi Ladies, I've been lurking here a bit.. not quite daring to step on board. We've been more or less trying since October (though without temping/charting or anything organised like that) AF was due today though for the last few months she has been storming in a bit earlier than expected so optimistically I could say she is almost 2 days late..

I am afraid to POAS 1/2 because I'd be too sad if it was a BFN and 1/2 because I'm v afraid of a false positive.. Should I do it?? Or should I wait until Monday?

Stickle and Primal I don't know how you do it.. I have been a wreck all day... can't imagine how you two feel after a week or more

Ahhh Primal What is going on with us?! I have been wearing a pantyliner for 2 bloody weeks now expecting AF to show up, and also keep nipping to the loo even when I don't really need it to see if there's any clue as to what is going on! I would also like a bucket a glass of wine this weekend. I am sat at my desk all day today and cannot keep away from Dr Google who has a mix of stories along the lines of "My BFP didn't show up til I was 6 weeks / 12 weeks / 6 months pregnant" and "I was two weeks / four weeks / fifteen million weeks late and then it came". So basically I'm no further on, apart from in the madness stakes. I just wanna KNOW you know?! Keep me updated, and fingers crossed for us both to get an answer one way or the other before too long!

stickle I have the same symptoms as you, really bloated a few days ago, had cramps around the same time. Now nothing, 6 BFNs, no mood changes and no AF. You're a few days ahead of me. Ill give it until Monday but then book a doctors appointment if AF isn't here. So frustrating!! I'm fed up of rushing to the loo to see if AF is here. And I have a 30th birthday party to go to tomorrow. If we aren't successful again this month, I'd kinda like to wallow in some wine!

Quick update on me ladies as you have all bee a great help to me through this Ttc malarkey! Well I'm now 8 days late and all tests are a BFN. I'm slowly going a bit mad. I've booked a docs appointment for next Wednesday which I'll keep if I get a BFP before then and cancel if AF comes to town. This is what the Doc advised. I had cramping on cd 21-24 and again on cd 27-29 so I'm now wondering if I ovulated late (not tracking ov as we were supposed to be "just seeing what happens" pfft so wish I had now!). I have had mad bloating which has gone now and a dull back ache, which helpfully could be AF or early symptoms. How nice of them to be exactly the same. Boobs normal but then I've never had sore boobs in my entire life ever. No idea if they're bigger as they're pretty big anyways iykwim! It's just bloody weird and I'd like to know what's going on so I can either get excited about being pg or crack on with a new cycle. Has anyone got any similar stories with either outcome? Am still a bit panicky that this means something is drastically wrong. Dreamed last night I don't have a womb which surely I would know this by now if it was true?!!! Arrrrrggggghhhhh!

Hmmm 5 days late for the first time in nearly 2 years. I think all that CM last week was a very late ovulation. How frustrating!! At this rate AF won't be due for another week so I think I'll save my tests and my money for next round... Bloomin' cycles!

lotus you have amazing will power!

Well I'm off the bus, af arrived very early today, and no mistaking for anything else dh asked me on the way to work when I could poas he was hopeful. Ah well, holiday in two weeks so plenty of chance then to make a baby

lotus I need some of your will power. Am still in early tester mode!!

So advice needed fellow mumsnetters pls-

thought I was out this month, BFN yesterday 12dpo.

Went to bed early last night and thought af was coming for sure. Anyhow this morn my temp is still above cover line, did a cheeky IC test with fmu and got in the shower.

There is a pink line but it's just above the test area - sensible head says this is just void. Fmu had already been tossed so I can't do another.... Has anyone had this on an ic test? This is my first sign of any line ever - hence the optimism.
could cells be lower in my duff but working pg test? Not clutching at straws too much!!!! ??

Needless to say now I have just spotted a few more symptoms!!! :)

Was really expecting AF to arrive overnight, but nothing. Hmm. My boobs are still sore, I am slightly nauseous, and I got a random cold sore this morning.

Not going to get my hopes up. I've been stressed this week, which could easily explain the cold sore. But I can't help but wonder ..

Pip, never mind. I'll have a read back through and see if I can find it. About EWCM and fertile stages. I worded it very clunkily though!

Primal, I think if I got pg straight away (living in hope) then I'd at least be able to get SMP, which is what I survived on after DD. As long as I'd been working there for 26 weeks during the SMP qualifying week (wk25 IIRC). Probably wouldn't be able to join any company scheme that soon though. But having a baby is more important than the amount I'll get paid for the leave.

Tuesday, exactly! We wanted another baby on the way when DH was 40. He's still 40 for six months, but the thought of waiting that long makes me want to weep!

Lotus, you can do it I was 6 days late when I tested with DD! At the time I had a 32 day cycle, but my longest had been 40 days. I wanted to wait until 40 days had passed before I could confidently say I was late. But I was being really horrible to DH, truly awful PMT, so he made me POAS.

Really don't want to catch any of you up on a future bus, but I will be glad of a friendly face if things don't go to plan for everyone.

Much cheaper too lotus. Also if you are pg then there is much less chance of an ambiguous is-it isn't-it line.

I'm not saying I will actually make it a full week! :o

But I've definitely fallen off the 'test early test often' wagon- I used to do that when we first started TTC (over 2 yrs ago, we tried for 5 cycles then took a long break due to my health issues) but the repeated disappointment is so awful. Of course the TWW anxiety is also awful! I'm going to try my best to wait as long as possible though.

A week late? Lotus, that takes nerves of steel!!

Aw Stetson it will fly by! I am TTC without job prospects, as my fixed term contract finishes in 4 weeks. We just decided that life won't wait for me to get a permanent steady job, so we're just seeing what happens. The thought of being jobless and pregnant is scary, but the thought of not holding a babe in my arms in the next year or so is too! :-/ stupid recession!

Hope you can get back on the bus soon, Stetsons!

Twiddling my thumbs at CD30/14DPO, AF is expected imminently as boobs have deflated somewhat (oddly they're still a bit sore.) If my period doesn't arrive in the next 12 hours I'll start considering myself late. Determined not to test until I'm a week late. We'll see how long I can/have to hold out.

stetsons can you get pg so soon? That's great! I had to wait at least 6 months to start trying to be eligible for maternity pay. Hmmm no such thing as gold plated maternity packages in the public sector any more!

Another BFN this morning, boob groping results in no pain, no more cramps. Thats 6 tests this minth, don't tell the husband...

The thing is Stetson that I sat around and waited for the ethical thing to do and I regret it bitterly now.
You have to worry about yourself.

tmi cm identifier? Don't think that was me.

It's probably going to be April now

I've got a couple of irons in job fires, so if I can start a new job in March, then I should be ok to start ttc in April and get Mat leave/pay. Although it's not exactly the ethical thing to do to brand new employers.

Getting ov pains today, just to ram the message home. Thanks for that, body.

Pip, was it you who linked to the tmi cm identifier?

I know how you feel Stetson. How soon until you can get back on the bus?

Hi all. Just a quick look in to see how you're all doing.

It's been really hard to look in on you all, knowing that I should have been right there with you. I'm bang in the middle of my fertile stage, and it's absolutely killing me to not be able to do anything about it this month. I should be furiously SWI but instead I'm just sitting here wasting an egg

Congrats to those with BFPs already, here's to a happy and healthy 9 months.

Hoping happy things come to those still waiting. And everybody else, I look forward to catching up with you on another bus. Hopefully I'll be working again soon and I won't be far behind you, save me a seat!

Primal I am as bad, last night we went out and I knew I'd really want all the bad stuff on the menu, so tested twice yesterday just to make me feel less evil in doing so. Thank god for internet cheapies or I'd be bankrupting myself lol. Oh and your letter... pure gold!! me and DH may have been giggling like idiots reading that.

we haven't been using OPK's so carrying on with the "trying" even on the 2ww or would be if not for MIL. Ah the blissfulness of her on holiday with all the symptoms and thinking this is nice and all calm. She calls from france at 11pm while we are attempting to make her a grandparent to ask how her cat is.. we arent even looking after it and we are obviously supposed to know psychically!? Now I'm distracting myself from symptom spotting by remembering how much she infuriates me, and wondering how long I can keep it from her versus the joy of stopping being diplomatic and blaming on the hormones evil gleeful gin I'm a bad bad person.

On my third double pack of superdrug tests this month. I feel like the voice over from big brother "Day 16 post ovulation and Primal is on her fifth BFN. Aunt Flo is hiding in the diary room with BFP, who goes? You decide."

ok I think I need some

I'm loving the motility in pants :)

I bought a double pack of the clear blue digital tests on Tuesday and because I am weak I used on that night - it was negative but tbh it was 4 days before AF due so dust really expect it to be anything else.

However tonight, I have put my pjs on and they have an appliqué thing across the chest - MY GOD my nipples are hurting brushing against the inside of the appliqué! I'm going to have to change my top. I've also had slight pains in my back and stomach all day... It's probably wind but I can't help symptom spotting like mad now.

I will not use the other test until af is one day late.
I will not use the other test until af is one day late.
I will not use the other test until af is one day late.

Primal I still have my fingers crossed for you when will you next be testing.

DH is on nights this week so the swi mission is going very slow.