Thread 4: Ttc without ease, loopy length cycles, post pill poas and everything in between!

Thanks all! Hmmm I guess it must have been implantation bleeding. It was heavy for 3 days then a couple of lighter days so def felt like a real AF. It would explain all the positive opk's I got this month though as they must have been picking up the hcg!

Will try and forget about all the wine/soft cheese/pate I ate in my hols!

If I am 5 weeks that will be great as less time until I can tell people. I don't know how I'm meant to keep it quiet! Will the GP be able to work out how far I am or will I have to wait for a scan?

Wow so many bfps lately!! Congratulations all! . Keep them coming! CD 70 for me now cycle 3, 9 months post pill but on a positive note i am off on my holidays and theres not going to be a pill/vitamins/ pee stick in sight! Going to try and go free style for a few weeks and see what happend, wish me luck lol x

Congratulations, grow! Your AF must have been an implantation bleed. These can be heavy enough to look like a normal AF, or it could have been old blood your cervix was getting rid of to make way for the baby. Congratulations! x

Congratulations, grow! Your AF must have been an implantation bleed. These can be heavy enough to look like a normal AF, or it could have been old blood your cervix was getting rid of to make way for the baby. Congratulations! x

Congratulations Grow !!!
AF could've been implantation bleeding ?? If you read the back of the pregnancy tests it says 3+ actually means 5+ weeks pregnant! X

Congratulations grow!

Congratulations Grow 😁 Xxx

Ahhhh congrats grow!!! That is very odd though, maybe it's twins haha extra hcg! Or maybe af wasn't af? How heavy was it?

Congrats grow!!!! Xxx

Oh wow congratulations!!! What a lovely way to start your day! Bet your glad you didn't wait now! So exciting! 3+ too, that's slightly confusing isn't it! Xx

So I caved this morning and tested.

BFP!!

You should have seen DHs face when I showed him the stick. Strangely it's saying 3+ weeks. 3 weeks exactly was the start of my last period. Do you think it's saying I conceived last cycle? I definitely had what I thought was a 'normal' AF.

You're doing so well to resist grow! I'm at a very similar stage, cd24 tomorrow of a normally 25 day cycle. I've held out so far! Since my mad symptom spotting couple of days I've been much better and work has been good to keep my mind off it. When I really think about it though Ive had no symptoms at all for the last couple of days - not even my usual af related ones! Who knows what's going on!

I'll prob end up doing 1 every day from 8dpo... I'm too weak and obsessed! Well done you! What date Is af due?

I honestly don't know! Work has definitely taken my mind off things. We also had friends staying last weekend so had to just carry on as normal. My resolve is definitely weakening now. I might make it until Thursday

I've been doing that with water too. I make sure I drink 2 litres of water at work.

Grow, how have you lasted this long without testing! I wouldn't have been able to! When are you going to test?

Thanks grow that's what I have been doing and stopping drinking at 3, testing after work about 6 (today's was about 5.45) but I just needed the caffeine today! And then after testing I drink a pint to try and hydrate!

Thanks luci I've just had a pint of water with tea so I don't think it's worth doing another later? How long do you hold for and go without drinking first? I'm trying to drink loads of water being healthy and attempting promoting ewcm so it's so hard+

Sorry to hear your news highhopes. Sounds like this AF could be just the thing your body needs.

Moonlight I seem to get clearer results if I test around 6pm. Usually try not to drink or go to the loo from 2pm then test when I get home.

I think I'm about 12 dpo (although I had so many positive opk's I can't be sure). So I'm trying to hold off another few days before I test!

Looks like you are getting there moonlight! Do another one about 8pm and see what that's like. Mine changed really quickly on Sunday and then got the positive on Monday morning. This is a pic of my positive one.

Keep us updated! You'll be just behind me of you O in the next couple of days.

Italian?! That was *it's not as dark!

Glad you're feeling good about the heavy af highhopes, whoever thought we would be happy for af but sounds like things are sorting themselves out in there!

So this is my first month doing opks and so far they've all been really super faint. Did one at 1pm today and still faint and then just retested and here it is. Italian not as dark as some I've seen but I think it's almost there, what do you guys think? Also I had a large coffee at 4pm as was struggling with last hour at work lol and I was bursting for a wee so maybe that's made it fainter than would be if I'd not drank and held it in for an hour or so longer? Or shall I retest in the morning to compare (and dtd tonight just in case)?

Thanks BoBo, will count tomorrow as 1dpo then. And the wait begins! Boobs feel fuller and painful still today, guessing that's just ovulation. Thought I would have had cramps but I haven't so far.

I'm going to be a nightmare waiting now I'm the most impatient person in the world lol.

My AC came yesterday, but I haven't started taking it. I thought you were meant to take it up until ov? And thought if I have just ov'd I didn't want to ruin it! Lol.

I might give it 2 weeks and see if af shows up and if not I will start taking it.

Can't believe it worked so quickly for you, brilliant isn't it! If it's real heavy fingers crossed its clearing everything out for you. Wonder how long it will last? Xx