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Positive OPK today need a buddy 38-40s

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FlourishingMrs · 22/05/2015 19:44

Hi I am nearly 40, positive opk today,need a TWW buddy

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DareGreatly · 06/06/2015 22:36

Funnily enough, by random twist of events I actually AM drinking Prosecco tonight!

Had the most pathetic AF this cycle. Four days of spotting, one day of possibly a real period but not enough to merit a tampon. Followed by another day of barely there spotting. All 3 weeks after the last period.

Am 38 and been TTC and off the pill for six months now, but I have to say, I have reached the fed up stage. Have never had a child, so don't even know of I'm capable of one. But going by my full 5 day periods and previously abundant ewcm, I'd say maybe I was once but now, not so much.

Feeling a bit despondent Sad

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FlourishingMrs · 06/06/2015 00:03

Not yet will start tomorow

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reni1 · 05/06/2015 23:31

That would work, dare. Went for wine in the end. You plastered tipsy yet, flourishing?

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FlourishingMrs · 05/06/2015 22:46

Well, decided to throw a suprise cocktail party for DP, next weekend so will drink ...very lightly(lies)

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DareGreatly · 05/06/2015 19:03

Tequila slammer with a whisky chaser?

reni1 · 05/06/2015 15:48

Prosecco? I'm ready to hit the gin bottle, dare.

DareGreatly · 05/06/2015 12:43

Hi reni, sorry I missed your post from the other day.

Commiserations all.

I think this is my worst cycle yet since coming off the pill! Starting spotting on Day 21 (was supposed to have my Day 20 test the day before, but I couldn't make it to the hospital). I thought there was no point having the test on Day 21 after that, as I thought my period had come.

No proper AF yet, just four days of spotting. Dr Google says this is most probably low progesterone related.

sigh

Where's the Prosecco??

reni1 · 05/06/2015 09:56

Yep, AF is in town. CD2. Sorry she came to haunt you too, Flourishing. Back to a few days of grumping.

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FlourishingMrs · 04/06/2015 23:33

Hi team, the witch got me yesterday, 3 days early

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FlourishingMrs · 01/06/2015 07:50

Not testing is a good idea,I am the opposite, I think if I test early, see the negative then I don't get so annoyed when AF shows up.

Managed to resist this morning, used opk instead. Faint lh line on Internet cheapie.

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reni1 · 01/06/2015 01:38

I don't test anymore, flourishing, gives me more time to pretend this month is THE month. 11dpo here, still 4 to go. 1 week grumping, 1 week humping, 2 weeks waiting and hoping. Then AF, start again has been my routine for so long now.

Dare, you must be a week into the 2ww now?

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FlourishingMrs · 31/05/2015 23:32

Sorry auto, stay positive. I am sure the new regime will help.

Rene1, 8 days Dpo I am trying very hard not test or symptom spot. I have carried on with gym and occasional beverage.

I am mentally prepared for the witch. We did 3 morning from positive opk and no night time, so maybe not enough. Especially as I went to the gym after one of those. ah well...

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Augusthomotherium · 29/05/2015 14:25

Sorry that should have been "thanks guys" not "at" Hmm

Augusthomotherium · 29/05/2015 14:24

At guys. My AF is being weird so not sure if I'm coming or going.

Insufficient activity is rubbish. Sad I have no words of wisdom to share on that front alas. Except maybe you iced much earlier or later than you thought and caught an egg? clutching at straws

DareGreatly · 28/05/2015 18:17

Sorry about that auto. I'm only 2 dpo but v unlikely to have any luck this month due to insufficient 'activity'!

reni1 · 28/05/2015 15:22

Sorry about AF, auto. Wine, cake, start again, groundhog day. Good luck next month, maybe your LP will become longer with the progesterone pills now.

8dpo. Are we nearly there yet?

autonomousplum · 28/05/2015 07:25

Af here. Sorry I couldn't stick around to follow you guys through. Short lp. Sad

reni1 · 27/05/2015 23:52

Another 9 days to go until either bfp (unlikely) or some red wine (very likely).

DareGreatly · 26/05/2015 18:10

Arg, short not ahort. Bloomin iPhone.

DareGreatly · 26/05/2015 18:09

Been, not bed!

DareGreatly · 26/05/2015 18:09

Flourishing - yep, I distinctly remember getting so much ewcm once I thought to myself, what the heck was that?! Now it's like I need a magnifying glass, ho hum!

Auto did your GP prescribe the progesterone pills? I'm due to have my Day 21 test (except I've bed told to do Day 20 as my periods are ahort), but I'm suspecting a short LP too.

autonomousplum · 26/05/2015 08:00

Morning!
6dpo and a big temp drop. It was a really crappy night's sleep though thanks to I'll DC so I'm blaming that rather than the more obvious explanation which is that af is, in her usual short as shit fashion, on her way after another 5day lp. Sad Regardless of the progesterone.
and my temp three hours later was a whole degree higher anyway

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FlourishingMrs · 25/05/2015 20:34

Hi Fridged and all new arrivals, youth is indeed wasted on the young, I used to find the EWCM annoying, I always took a flannel to bed,so I could wipe off the excess.

Now it's so scarce I could pass DP swimmers as EWCM. Hence my opk preference. Useful info Reni, I thought the critical time was to BD the 48 hours after the LH surge/Solid Smiley. I hope we did not stop too early. Opk Friday Am, Bd Friday, Saturday, Sunday mornings only.

I did go to the gym on Friday, I promised myself not to change anything in the two week wait. Now I am stressing that I lost the Friday swimmers.

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DareGreatly · 25/05/2015 12:02

Yes, I remember noticing it when younger but no clue it had any biological significance whatsoever. Oh, how youth is wasted on the young! Grin

reni1 · 25/05/2015 11:23

Never noticed it before TTC this one, dare. Or maybe didn't know what it was. Oh the dignity of TTC.