9 days late for AF but 2 x BFN. Anyone else been through this?

Thanks mrsstewpot for the positive story. Funnily enough my OV pain wasn't as strong as it normally is the weekend I thought I ovulated and I was getting a lot of OV symptoms 2 weeks ago, so hoping I ovulated late (even if not PG) as late ovulation is better than none at all.

I tested last night and another BFN. Still getting random lower back pain and intermittantly burning nipples, though, which I've never had before and aren't normal for me pre-AF. Still, trying to set my hopes aside now as I don't want more disappointment.

Girafferama, I know what you mean about OV kits. I've heard good things about the fertility monitor but I just don't want TTC taking over our whole life.

Or rather WE hope to try - can't take all the credit!

I think the cycle prior to conceiving was normal. The stress at work was pretty much the duration of 3 weeks after that last AF.

Can really sympathise with you all - I too spent a fortune on tests and convinced myself I was having a phantom pg!

I remember eventually coming home from work one day and my nipples were really chaffed and sore! That was when I knew without the a test that I was pg. I went and bought an expensive digital test and saved it for the next morning when I finally got BFP!

Good luck everyone! I hope to try for DC2 later in the year - hope I don't experience the waiting game again!

Hi all - in some way it's great to hear that this happens often, at least we're not alone! purple still no AF and no symptoms and I tested again last week, just out of curiosity really cos I received my Internet cheapie inte post! Have resigned myself to the fact it's not coming and I'm not pg.. The annoying thing is that I've no idea if and when I'll ovulate. Thinking about buying an ov kit, but I really didn't want to go down that road so early in to TTC as I'm worried I'll get obsessive about it!

Good luck to you all who are waiting anxiously!

Thanks mrsstewpot, I'm sure I'm in that boat too, after a MC who knows what my cycles are doing!

Looking back it's hard to tell of any real symptoms. I was going crazy and over thinking any twinge or cramp. I was very emotional but that could have been the stress of not knowing what the hell was going on!
When I went for my 12 week scan it turned out that I was only around 10 weeks which accounted for the very late BFP. The midwife later explained that I must have ovulated very late in my cycle, close to when my period would have been due. She said that could have been due to stress. Now I don't now if I'm a late ovulater (just 1 pregnancy) but I do know I'd had an extremely stressful month at work so perhaps that delayed ovulation.
Hope that makes sense!

Looking back it's hard to tell of any real symptoms. I was going crazy and over thinking any twinge or cramp. I was very emotional but that could have been the stress of not knowing what the hell was going on!
When I went for my 12 week scan it turned out that I was only around 10 weeks which accounted for the very late BFP. The midwife later explained that I must have ovulated very late in my cycle, close to when my period would have been due. She said that could have been due to stress. Now I don't now if I'm a late ovulater (just 1 pregnancy) but I do know I'd had an extremely stressful month at work so perhaps that delayed ovulation.
Hope that makes sense!

Just wanted to put my tuppence worth in as I can completely relate to your frustrations!
2 years ago, period 10 days late and despite clockwork cycles no BFP! Doctor gave me a phone consultation and told me that I "probably" wasn't pregnant. 9 months later same doctor was giving my son his newborn checkup!
I didn't get a positive until a good 17 days after period was due.
The only thing that got me through those 2 weeks+ of not knowing either way was googling and reading all threads relating to this phenonomen!
Good luck to you all - it sucks having to be patient!

good plan & good luck :)

hehe - my fav colour, though someone told me once that its the colour of sexual frustration!!!

yep definately fingers crossed... completely agree - I'm the same - so sure I'm pregnant but DH is trying to stop me getting my hopes up, which he is of course right to do so I'm less upset if/when AF appears.

I've been testing with First response since NYE as my symptoms started on the 29th and I was sure I had implatation spotting on Christmas Day. The other day I thought there was a faint line but DH told me I was seeing things - seriously, this can drive you mad & broke! /must buy some internet cheapy tests!

Same situation with me. I came off the pill in May 2012 and have had regular 31-34 day cycles ever since. Fairly confident I have been ovulating as I get quite marked OV pain and CM consistent with OV.

Was due AF on New Year's Eve, tested on Jan 3rd and BFN :( This is now CD 42. No AF symptoms, but also lots of CM (including a lot of jelly-like CM - sorry - last week) and odd cramping in my lower back (which I've never had before and don't get with AF). Also feeling light-headed and dizzy, although this wears off in the course of the day.

Glad to see others are in the same position, but it's really frustrating, isn't it? I've been "sure" I was pregnant twice before and it came to nothing, so trying hard not to focus too much on it. I really hope it isn't the start of upset cycles though. I was really pleased with my regular cycles coming off the pill and thought that would be a good sign.

May test again first thing tomorrow morning but know I'll be so frustrated if it's another BFN. I had a dream last June that I would be due in September 2013 and have always wondered if there was something in it - but I also have a really vivid imagination and sometimes I wonder if my "symptoms" are half-imagined.

Fingers crossed we are all pregnant!!!!

ps. Blue I'm keeping fingers crossed for you

Girra - has your AF arrived? When I came off the Pill at 20 I didn't have any cycles at all in 6 months, at which point I wanted to go back on the pill as I was at Uni - at the time dr wasn't remotely worried and just told me to go straight back on it! I would definately keep an eye though and if anything seems odd, go back to the dr as I have ended up with gynae issues from about age 21 - am 31 now.

Hi, sorry for not reporting back sooner - I've wasted the entire morning at the hospital for a 20 min appointment. Stupid nurse insisted that I didn't need to take my big clompy boots off for weigh in and then put me at a BMI of 26 when I'm clearly a size 10-12, I know it's not that bad, but it annoys me as it's the first time it's been over 25 and it will stay on my records! Then after the appointment, a 90 min wait at the pharmacy and the poor woman on reception was run off her feet when there were receptionists everywhere else doing very little - argh I hate the NHS!

On the question re. this thread - at the end of my appointment I asked about my current symptoms & lack of a BFP and he basically said there is nothing else any dr can or really needs do in the first few weeks after AF was meant to show up as the home tests are very sensitive & accurate! I asked about if nothing happens in a week etc and he said that I just have to wait it out as either I'll eventually get a BFP or AF will arrive and there's no point stressing about it until that happens! I will let you decide if you want to take that advice as tbh I'll probably still go and ask the doctor for a blood test if this carries on after all I went through with my last rather eventful but short-lived pregnancy!

Oh no blitzy, so sorry to hear that, that's rubbish

We'll all get there eventually and when we do we'll appreciate it even more for the challenges we've been through.