July Bus

Is a lot of CM a good sign of pregnancy?

2 pairs of pants down.

Just to add its white, creamy and odourless - so it's no infection etc

Never happened to me before. Keeps feeling like my period has started but it hasn't... its just all white

Oops forgot to attach chart

bertie your chart is really steady. Here's mine, it's so erratic, I take it with a pinch of salt. I'm pretty sure I'm out for this month but holding on to that 'not out til AF shows' thought. As you can see I'm a serial tester so I would have already tested by now

Aaah I'm so tempted to test!

Pros - If I'm pregnant at least I'll know?!

• Will have time to buy another test tomorrow or Saturday if it's a crap positive like last time - if I wait until Sunday, no shops til Monday.
• I have a couple in the house (both crap ones) so I wouldn't be using my last one.
• Could do some kind of creative/fun way of telling DH (in reality, probably won't)

Cons - DH might feel left out (we've tested together before)

• Likely to be inconclusive meaning I'll be more frustrated/obsessed than anything
• It's not the end of the day yet and I could still start this evening
• Should probably try to concentrate on driving and other stuff, and this would seriously distract me, whereas waiting for AF doesn't as much.

Just an update my end. I'm CMing everywhere - had to go out and by new knickers at lunch
also can't seem to find my cervix

that looks promising bertie

I gave up charting - i became obsessive - not healthy. Got me really upset

Here's my chart. Inconclusive but I am past what should be the end of my luteal phase.

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1ea3be

Fx for you ladies

Argh no AF today and no sign of AF. Now I'm wondering if I am pregnant after all?!

Eva I have no news
CD 32 (of 28) 17 dpo. No AF. No BFP. Pretty much symptomless

So confused

Thanks mim I think July is doing that to all of us!
littlesparkes what's the latest?

Thanks for the info Bertie
Sorry mrsg for af
Welcome have ,_good luck on the ttc journey.
Fx little katie and Eva .here is wishing the witch away and a clear bfp soon.
I'm on cd 39, almost two weeks late .got a bfn 2days ago. Have never missed a period except when I was pregnant. Now this cycle is driving me insane.

Baby dust to all. Hope July brings more bfps fx

Hey Katie
Exactly the same here. CD31 and nothing. No sign of AF. BFN this morning
Last hour I've been having some pinching sensations though
Fingers crossed for you.
Trying to wait till Saturday till I test again

Hi. I'm still (im)patiently waiting for either af or bfn. CD34 and no signs of anything... I've been and bought more pee sticks today so will try again in the morning. I haven't tracked ovulation so have no idea if/when it happened.

Thanks for welcomes...Sorry for BFN mrsg

Lol, I read too much :)

Wow bertie that gives me huge amounts of hope and smiles!

I keep running to the loo as I feel like my period keeps starting but is just CM.
So frustrating.
At least its adding steps to my fitbit thought

Thanks v much Bertie - you are a lot more clued up on this than I am!

11dpo is very early to test, Eve, I got a BFN at 11dpo before and then tested pregnant later.

In fact the same thing happened with DS except I can't remember what the gap was between the BFN and BFP as we weren't "trying" as such.

You're considered pregnant if your HCG is 5 or above, not 25. They just use 25 because the threshold isn't perfectly exact with these tests, so it's far enough away from 5 you don't get false positives.

Also, MrsG, it's not necessarily the case you'd have a positive at 16dpo. It depends what your starting HCG level is. It's common to have some HCG in your system about up to 5 mIU. Then it doubles over 48 or 72 hours. If you have a naturally low non-pregnant HCG level, say 2 at implantation, implantation happens on average, say 9dpo (if you have any idea when implantation was you can narrow this down) and your HCG is doubling in 72 hours, then the earliest you'd get a positive on a standard (25 mIU) test would be around 20dpo and that would be faint, you'd need to wait longer for it to be clear. (You can add/remove days if you know the probable implantation date)

If you're more lucky and you start at 6 with your HCG doubling every 48 hours, keep implantation at 9dpo for comparison,
you might actually be lucky enough to get a faint positive on a sensitive test at 11dpo but more likely you'd have to wait until 16/17dpo for one on a standard test.

Your luteal phase generally doesn't change length. So if you know 100% when you ovulated you can predict when your period will be, if it's more than a day or two late, it's highly probable that you're pregnant. If you don't know when you ovulated for sure, then this is a bit more tricky because of course late ovulation can result in a late period with no other cause.

Good luck everyone!

Feeling very crampy today - 12dpo - holding out to test until Friday, but these cramps feel like AF... littlesparkes fingers crossed for you!! I really hope it works out for you, but I had a really frustrating time last month with lots of BFNs - AF finally showed on CD37 (usually 28-30 day cycle). Have you been on holiday/travelled etc that might be delaying things?

I think I'm out this month as had pink spotting today, af due around Saturday. Off to book a doc appointment. Desperately trying not to let it get me down, as it makes DP sad too and then we're a sad little household :(

Sorry to ignore everyone else's situations - normal service will resume once af is fully underway.

I have everything crossed for both of us littlesparkes. Are you having any cramps?
God I hate waiting. For BFP, for AF, for FW etc etc!

EVA i'm CD 31 of a 28 Day cycle - 16 DPO. And I'm still showing negative. I truely think I will get a positive soon as I am never this late
FX

Sorry for AF mrsG
The strangest thing is happening. I was convinced I was out for this month (bfn yesterday 11dpo) but today I have got cramps but it's too early for PMS for me. AF isn't due until Sunday and I don't usually get them til the day before. Part of me has a glimmer of hope and part of me thinks AF is coming early. This is my first time TTC so have nothing to compare to, has anyone had BFN early on and gone on to have BFP?