2ww#3 - hope, hormones and help

Good luck @RhiBee29

@Sarah2209 - I mentioned clomid but was told that wouldn't be discussed til I had my tests done... x

DH just said he thinks we should take advantage of the ewcm and go for it I'm more than happy it was him that wanted to wait to TTC again. Excited yet apprehensive!

Oh Sarah I've been so hoping it wasn't AF. Always a very upsetting time of the month especially with the limit you've set. Just a thought, have you tried any positive affirmations or fertility meditations?

Katie no news here. AF is officially late but I'm so sure I'm not pregnant even though I've not tested. I had all the usual PMS symptoms, the main one being sore boobs from 7dpo which disappear like clockwork at 14dpo. I cried yesterday when I realised the sore boobs had gone as it's such a sure sign for me thatvAF is on her way. Still waiting tho! I'll give it another couple of days then test if no AF. It's probably just my age and my cycles going a bit weird.

Melody glad you're ok. Sounds like the same chat my GP gave me. Except I'm too chicken to get my results! She did say I'd be eligible for clomid tho.

Sorry to hear AF feels imminent Sarah :-(.

I've just had my letter through for my pelvic scan as part of fertility tests. It's mid-August. Things are moving forward and hoping it'll provide some insight.

Hello all.... thanks for all the best wishes.... I was secretly hoping it was implantation, but it was there yesterday every time I peed; then woke up with bad cramps and more brown cm. Think AF has come early..... so another failed month and now only 3 months left trying before we call it quits.

Melody ask about Clomid - can’t hurt. I just had to pay for the prescription and they were ok about doing the internal scans on the NHS? fingers crossed they may do the same for you?

Fx for you LittleMimosa and Katiegd - hope it is your month. Be good to have some good news in this group.

Hi Melody, glad it went ok. Good luck on all the tests.

Those are the exact tests we've been sent for I think. I won't get bloods done til next cycle now due to holidays.

Thanks everyone :)

Doctor was really nice although realistic...

I've been given a blood test to do on cd21, been referred for an ultrasound for something (missed what) and had an internal swab (fun - not) to make sure I haven't got any infections.

DH was also given a form to go and get his sperm checked!

I was warned that because we both already have children from previous relationships that we won't get very far with investigations/treatment on the NHS... time to win the lottery me thinks! 🙊🙉🙈

Melody - fx for your doctors visit, hope there is some help they can offer or tests they can do so you know where you stand.

Littlemimosa - any news? Every month I curse the fact that disappointment and PMS inevitably come at the same time! Any other time of month I could probably cope much better.

Sarah - hope it's not AF as that does sound very early.

Rhi - frustrating to have all the signs of ovulation and not try! But sounds like you've made a sensible decision waiting.

I'm 10/11dpo. Feeling the same as every previous month I.e. No different apart from being quite irritable and weepy. My cheapies arrived in post yesterday so I did one of them when I got home from work - BFN. Trying not to think that means anything as it was early to test and bad time of day.

Thinking of you Melody x

Morning! I need to throw the cheese away, I'm bridesmaid in 4 weeks, the dress is getting tight 

I think I'm ovulating, boobs are sore and loads of ewcm, gutted to be wasting it but sensibly I know that TTC is not wise until September.

Hope all goes well @Melodypond17.

Good luck everyone else x

@littlemimosa - I'm scared stiff to be honest :(x

Lisara good luck. Fingers crossed this is your cycle.

Ha ha I remember sneaking home from work to dtd once too when ttc DC1 Melody. So funny. You feel like a teenager again!
I'm so with you. My two are only 6&4 but yes it seemed so much easier then to conceive (early to mid 30s). It's kind of stating the obvious but then again it's hard to accept. How do you feel about your appointment? I've recently had blood tests for fertility but am too scared to phone for the results:( too scared they'll say 'whoa there, that horse has bolted':(

How are you doing @Sarah2209? Still in? x

@littlemimosa - smiley face this morning. Dh has the day off work today so snuck home from work in my break to dtd!

Really not feeling positive though. It seemed so easy 20 years ago! With dd's it took 3 months and I month of trying, and this time round we're on cycle 6! Dh impregnated first wife on first attempt so disillusionment is really settling in :(

Doctors in the morning to discuss fertility...

Sorry Rhi I forgot you!

How's things with you? Still comfort eating cheese?!

Sarah could it be implantation bleeding? I desperately hope so for you lovely. Thinking of you x

Lisara and Melody any smiley faces yet??

Katie any news?

I'm now 15dpo. Not tested but not hopeful. I just feel too PMSy. I also feel like I might need a miracle to conceive:( feeling very negative today about my age/my fertility. Ironically that's probably the PMS!

Hello all!

Sorry Shred..... I think i’m out too.... 10 dpo but have what looks like the start of AF! Maybe I ovulated earlier than I thought, though my temps definitely stated it was Sunday 9th July with Fertility Friend.... feeling really low today, just so fed up with the monthly disappointment when more and more of my friends and friends of friends are announcing pregnancies.....

Good luck to those still waiting and best of luck to those waiting to ovulate....

@katiegd this will be the first time and I'm bricking it that she'll say dh and I are too old, or that as we've both has kids in our first marriages that there's nothing they can do second time round finance wise...

Ah, thanks Shred, there is still hope for me this month!

Lisara - good luck for ovulation. I am totally with you on finding it difficult to cajole DP into it. Mine announced last night that he was so stressed right now he was glad we didn't have a baby to complicate things, and that is making him not want to try. Nice. At least we're not in fw.

Melody - have you been to doctors about it yet or will this be the first time (sorry if you've said this before)? We went last week for first time. Doctor was really nice and ordered loads of tests.

Fingers crossed for you @lisara79

I've never experienced the ewcm but thankfully my dh is pretty rampant so dtd isn't an issue... except sometimes I think we do it too much which could also be as much of a problem as not doing it enough! 🙈🙉🙊