The First Time Frolickers ride again - still trying to conceive their first child

I take it everyone is 'at it' as it's so quiet in here :)

I'm 9dpo and have no idea what's going on anymore. One minute I'm overwhelmed with symptoms and the next I feel nothing. Testing on Friday morning as I was planning on drinking Friday night.

Will keep you updated. My body is officially a pain in the ass!

FFS I said I wouldn't obsess this month!! I'm roughly 3dpo and feeling nauseous and fancying Vegemite. I hate Vegemite. I only ever like it if I'm pregnant. See if this is my body trolling me... As much as it's too early for symptoms I do kind of seem to 'know' very early if I am pregnant. We shall see. It could just be an off day where for some reason I crave something that I normally hate :-/ WTF body!!

Well done Fairy! Impressed :) its so nice when you can start to feel a difference isn't it

Sorry to hear about the BFN raspberry still holding out hope x

fairygodmother1 well done on the weight loss! I'm doing the same thing :)

33andTTC welcome! I hope you don't have to stay long on the thread (in a good way!) but don't worry if you do, I think there are a few of us been here a while. I'm in my 8th or 9th month I think (not tooo long). 1 missed miscarriage and 1 chemical pregnancy. I seem to be able to get pregnant relatively quickly but can't seem to hold on to it.

Think I'm ovulating at some point over the next 5 days or so (I don't keep proper track at the moment) so should be getting 'on it' at the weekend.

Thanks raspberry weighed myself this morning & 6lb off!!!
Still no AF

Well done fairy! It's surprising how many diet traps people fall in to when trying to lose weight. We primarily stick to the 'little and often' method, so snack (healthily) frequently and I mean every two hrs and make sure our main meals are purely either veg/salad and protein based, no carbs as in rice, pasta, potatoes, bread etc it's done us a world of good, DH has lost loads.Sorry about BFN. Did AF show up yet?

Hi 33 and hello!Fingers crossed for 5th September! Don't stress to much if it hasn't worked out first month though, it can take a while for your body to get back to normal after being on the pill. Ov sticks will be a good idea though, give you an idea what's going on!

Hi all

I'm a first time TTC'er and I am excited and scared at the same time! I came off Cerazette July 22nd, had (what I beleive was) AF Aug 8th so i'm in my first cycle. AF was very light and only lasted 2/3 days so...? Have started testing for OV with sticks this week and nothing yet. Hoping it will happen this weekend as me and the Fiance have no plans so could get to it if you know what I mean :) Good luck to all on here. Haven't had time in my lunch break to read entire post but will catch up later with all your stories.

My summary - hopefully due BFP Sep 5th (assuming is have 28 day cycle). Wishful thinking much??!!!

Hi Raspberry Going well. Found out I was actually under eating! So hope that it will show good resuts on Sat on the scaes.

BFN for me this morning but didn't think I was this month. Just wish AF would come! I agree the lap & dye had such success for me but 8 months on I'm still not pg!

BFN again today :( oh well, at least I can drink at my friends hen do this weekend.

Thanks Frankel I think I'm just frustrated as the whole lap & dye thing should have made me more regular - not made my cycles worse so now it just feels like one more thing to think about! Saying that, today is day 35 so technically it could arrive tomorrow and I'll be getting myself wound up unnecessarily. I shall have a mooch on the BESH!

Big hugs for you raspberry.

I have found the support of the BESH here on MNet invaluable. Any of you are more than welcome to come and join in our gin filled rantings at the world

I'm on Day 31 and no sign of ov as far as I can tell

Thanks Ratata, just feeling a bit sorry for myself. The whole 16 and Pregnant programmes bug me to, I've tried to stop watching them nowadays but sometimes I do end up having a peek and getting wound up. I am watching Midwives on Tuesday's though. It's a poor relative of One Born Every Minute but it'll do until that starts up again! How is being back at work?

Hows the start of the diet gone Fairy ?

So sorry you are feeling down raspberry Big Hugs xxx I can only imagine how it must feel after this long. I get angry when I watch programmes like 16 and Pregnant because they always manage to have their babies and obviously no problem getting pregnant (and often at the end say how much they regret it). Then there's folk like us who either have trouble getting pregnant or can't hold on to a pregnancy and we really want it! It makes no sense.

AF due tomorrow, starting to get stabby pains and the like which I've had on and off this month quite a lot and had BFN. Don't usually get that. Had a BFN yesterday first thing. We DTD regularly between CD8 and CD22, every time with me lying still afterwards. This TTC malarkey is really starting to get me down, how is it so simple for some and not for others. I've really lost hope now that it's ever going to happen, there's nothing wrong with me, or DH so why can't sperm meet egg? It really isn't that difficult. :(

I have my fingers and toes crossed for you raspberry

I've had a relaxing time as I've not been at work for a bit but back today. AF did indeed make an appearance but that's ok, I really didn't think I could have been pregnant considering we were using the pull out method for the last month (we were taking a rest for the month after chemical pregnancy) but I did feel the same symptoms that I had last time. It was a v heavy AF though so that may have been why. Finished now so back to SWI as of last night! DH and I will be out having a few drinks on Friday night, which is around ovulation time for me I believe. Or a day or 2 before it. The last 2 pregnancies happened when I was very 'relaxed' (read 'very drunk') haha.

I'm on 28 - noy preg symptoms but no period symptoms either that means. As I'm now only on metformin, I'm hoping that it will be a 'normal' cycle of 32 days!!!! Start my new diet tomorrow!

I didn't think golden said anything she shouldn't have at all. Just the general 'can i join/why do i test so damn early'. It's either a blip or something was said elsewhere so the profiles been removed?

I'm holding out fairy-so tempted but would be a waste of a test I fear so will wait til first thing tomorrow on first wee an all that

I'm lurking in the background.

What did Golden say???? I missed that bit!

Did you test yet raspberry?

Breaking talk guidelines? Golden's messages looked okay to me what are you doing, HQ?

Fingers crossed, raspberry!

Frankel - I'm in the same boat, horrendous work and barely any SWI = no chance this time!

I understand. Fingers crossed for you.

I'm still waiting on ov but due to work stress and the like if I do end up pregnant this cycle someone better phone the Vatican, if you follow my drift

Cycle day 33 today. Pretty sure I ovulated on 31st july given the amount of ECWM so will test properly tomorrow although realistically I know it's a bfn after three years. It was a cbfm opk stick, so one line for control, the other is the test and the test one was thinner but darker after five mins. My cycles can be anywhere between 29-35 days but last month it was 39 days so I haven't a clue what's going on. Will just have to wait and see!

Raspberry, what cycle day are you on? And what type of OPK is it? The ones I used had 2 lines, one for control and one for test.

Are you doing anything else to follow your cycle, temping, etc that might indicate you have already ov'd?

Welcome golden, we're a bit quiet in here these days but there's usually someone knocking about!

You are human and you want a baby, we all test early sometimes honestly so really don't beat yourself up about it. Don't be disheartened by the BFN either, 11 days is to early for anything to be picked up. So, I left the opk for 5 minutes because that's how long the cbfm usually takes and it was a dark think blue line. What on earth does that mean? An I only just about to ovulate? My cycle really is all over the place

I pee'd on an opk and there is a faint line :/ last month there wasn't at the same stage. I've now convinced myself this is my month. Lol, not. Although I did read up to see how reliable they are and they aren't so I don't need to feel guilty about my wine last night although it was only three small glasses anyhoo. I just like to have something to pee on sometimes :)

Hello goldengirl! Welcome in, hope your stay is a short one in the nicest possible way!!