Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1

Now I'm pretty sure we were promised some testing on Friday. Anybody? I want to start a Pregnant Elderberries thread soon.

Thanks lol.

I had the tiniest glimmer of hope that yesterday was a breakthrough bleed but no, Aunt Flo is living up to her name today.

Hope u feeling a tiny bit more positive today winkle. Having a cry and a moan are absolutely fine x

Winkle, we are a few months behind you! Month 13 this month. We have had bloods and SA and awaiting results. I am convinced there will be something wrong with one if us!

Yes have had bloods, pelvic scan and SA. They said hub has 1% morphology. But they said that shouldn't affect TTC.

Booked to see the docs again in a few weeks. I want them to refer us to a specialist.

Have you been to the doctors etc Winkle?

Roll on month 15 of trying :(

Winkle Sorry to hear that you're out.

As for methods of checking OV, I have tried most things. I have found temping to be useful to confirm ovulation, however I haven't done it this month and I feel better for it. I think that it made TTCing the first thing I thought of every morning.
I have a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor but I find I get on best with the cheap dip stick style tests. However it took me a while to get used to them.
I don't wait for the sample to come to room temperature but I have found that I need to test the second wee of the day. This is where the clearblue sticks can be an advantage, you test your first wee.

Rach DH is very proud that his boys can swim. Reading the pregnancy book and and asking me every 5 minutes if I'm ok.

Sounds like the way to go winkle. Was a bit of a faff trying to work out if the one line was as dark or darker than the other line on the cheapies! Do I buy the CB digital tester and then the strips to go in them separately? Is that the right one?

Happy lass I like the cb smileys. I'd def invest - you can get then cheaper from amazon.

happylass so sorry about AF. What a total bummer I got BFN last month (which was my first cycle TTC,) so I invested in the Clear Blue OV predictor, which I found very quick and easy to use, and I also bought a BBT thermometer to use alongside it. Yes the BBT tracking is more of a faff than the OV tests but I have found it quite informative and, had I not got lucky this time, I would know exactly what day next cycle would be OV day rather than waiting for the smiley face on the CB. MY BBT thermometer beeps when it reaches a steady temperature so I just stick it in my gob while i'm still dozing in the morning. Also it was the sudden increase in BBT which made me test yesterday

winkle

Hazle I'm feeling far too normal to be up the duff! I POAS stick again this morning just to be sure I didn't dream yesterday's BFP. AF is only due today so it is too early to feel real I think. DH is grinning all over his face, how is your DH?

janey I'm quite symptomless at the moment. Aside from a little tired and the occasional AF style pinch I feel completely normal. It just doesn't feel real at the moment, I think I am still in shock! I was in Dubai relaxing and DTD all the time when I OV last month and got a BFN, whereas this month I have had all kinds of shit going on at work and have felt really stressed out (not to mention all the stress-related wine i've glugged) and got BFP

Chuck sure. So TSH is actually not a thyroid hormone, but a thyroid stimulating hormone produced by pituitary gland. How it ideally should work is that if your hormone levels are low, the pituitary gland starts to produce more TSH, this stimulates your thyroid and that starts producing more hormones.

So if your TSH is high then it means your thyroid hormone levels (those are the T3 and T4) are too low. It's the easiest and cheapest to test, so often doctors test only TSH and if that's ok, declare everything fine.

However, it does not always work like this. Just checked some of my old tests, at some point my TSH was normal, but thyroid hormone levels way too low and later TSH was too low, but levels normal.

Long story short - if TSH comes back fine but you have all other hypo symptoms, press for more tests.

I'm out girls :(

Haze, had blood test today and they are just testing TSH, do you mind telling me what the other 2 tests are?

Sorry about af happylass. It is a bastard. Even if people say its your first month and u should be patient we still want it!
I used cheap amazon opk for last 2 months and if no result ill buy cb ones. Can't be bothered to temp either. Seems like a huge faf!

Sooooo just when I was contemplating POAS this morning AF reared her ugly head. That's me out for this month. Onwards and upwards. Still at least I've saved myself a fiver and I know know that my cycle is back to its regular self!! Didn't have periods when I was on the pill so had forgotten how bad it is. Feeling a little sorry for myself today! Have decided to be a bit more pro-active in cycle 2. Dabbledbwith some Tesco cheapie op sticks last time and got a positive on those but am thinking of using Clear Blue next time around. Think the fertility monitor may be a bit extravagant at this early stage but any thoughts on the digital opk? Be a bit more reassuring to see the I think! Any experience of temping? Seems a bit of a fuss to me!

Kitten if you have the cheap ones I find it better to use them when I'm back from work. They say you should not use fmu. I don't let the pee cool down either. It's been working fine. Used for 2 months and got one day clear positive on both. Not pregnant though so will reserve judgement on how accurate they are!

Nothing new, just sore boobs and a little backpain. Have got a couple of mild bouts of nausea. Proper morning sickness should kick in in a week or two, not exactly looking forward to that.

Got doc's appointment for Friday the 26th, will get an early scan, hopefully they can see something..

oops after 10am not 8am....

Hi captain, agree with the others, get yourself to the docs for some preliminary checks - can't hurt to be sure

My delivery of ov sticks arrived yesterday, not used them before so am ridiculously quite excited . How strict do I need to be about following the instructions? The leaflet says I should let the pee come to room temp for 20 mins before dipping....and that the best time to test is after 8am....not sure I can be leaving pots of wee dotted around the office!! Any suggestions?!

Sorry - posted too soon. Also want to know how our two ladies that are pregnant in real life are getting on... Just as many symptoms IRL?! Any new ones?

You're right hazle. I'm imagining that my boobs are VERY sore today... I am VERY good at making up symptoms!

So what's happening today? Everybody in their 2ww symptom spotting?
Rach, how are you feeling, getting used to the idea? And DH?