TTC APRIL 2007 Thread Ctnd.....

Congrats beckle

Hi everyone. AF arrived this morning. I'm still holding on to a very small hope that it isn't, as the bleeding isn't quite as strong as usual and temp is still high (I thought it dropped when AF arrived).

Will keep checking, but will probably join TTC May...sigh. Well, Mum, brother and I all conceived in May so maybe next month's supposed to be the one.

Looking forward to a glass of chilled white this evening!

am pretty scared of m/c again TBH

tigerschick clearblue says to dip for 5 secs, ebay cheapies say 10 secs. You can congratulate now! Only going to tell a couple of v close friends in RL as lost last one - missed m/c at 5 weeks but didn't know until 11.
Plummy poor you with an awful AF, only thing I can say is that mine are usually always the same but every now and again I do get a strange one. The other thing is that I had a lot of bleeding through my pgs (esp with DS1) - if you are pg it is not always bad news.
I think I will prob sneak out and buy another test later (without telling DH ) and I have 1 more ebay cheapy left.

This period is quite cruel because symptoms are unlike usual ones. Blood not usual bright red - sort of rasperry mixed with brown (sorry if tmi)and I have what looks like colustrum in my nipples. No cramps so far. I suppose it could be just late starting. I don't see how it could be anything other than a period though as the brown/pink discharge is too excessive I think to be an implantation bleed.

Hope it's good news beckle. Maybe test again just to be sure? Fingers crossed

Well, Beckle, I didn't believe the tests either. When you dip, don't you have to leave it in for longer anyway? Are we allowed to congratulate you yet?

Morning all, sorry bout the BFN Lexie but you know what they say - it's not over til the fat lady arrives...
Waiting4Bambino - keep trying just in case hun, it might be late ov. I had cramps at the beginning of the week and niggles at the end of last week and my AF was due today or tomorrow
BUT
I did another ebay cheapy test this morning - line still took a couple of minutes to appear and was still very faint. So (naughty me) did the clearblue I have been saving too - and got BFP!!! I must still be very early as it took a minute to appear but it was definitely there before the line in the control window and it was nice and fat! (dipped it rather than peed on it though so don't know if that makes a difference? Had to dip it for 10 secs too as nothing happened after 5 - you can usually see the pee creeping across can't you). Apart from the thrush (which I only ever get when first pg or after AF) and sore boobs I don't feel pg but then don't usually get any sickness or anything til 8 weeks or so. Is it daft to still worry the tests are wrong???

Morning Ladies.

W4B - I'd go for it over the next couple of days if I were you. The egg will live for a little while and, well, what have you go tto lose?

Lexi - Sorry about your bfn. Hope you get something soon, even your af would be better than limbo, surely

All others - morning, hope you have a good day

I'm no expert but i think it means you have 24-48 hours to have as much BD as possible . Check on the instruction leaflet as mine did tell me but forgotton.

LMP 28th March
OV 7th April
DPO 14 (4 days longer than ever)
CD 25
AF 4 days late

Still got BFN this am.

I'm going to be in a really BAD mood till AF arrives. I'll test again on monday if she's still not here.

Hope there is some good news out there today.

Hi all, having posted in a while, but having been reading every night as a catch up. AF due in 5 days, got strange niggly pains in my belly today and heavy feeling where ovaries are etc, so i think she's on the way. I'm gutted , this was the most effort this month that i've ever put in!
A final question before i wallow in my misery, when you get a + on the opk, does that mean you should do it from then, and that you are going to ovulate a few days later, or does it mean you are ovulating at that time? Thanks all....

Just read this wich might explain why people with short DPO keep getting BFN and then get a BFP

"hCG can first be detected by a normal blood test about 11 days after conception and about 12 - 14 days by a urine test".

Well my DPO will be 14 tomorrow. Might explain a few things.

Hi Jhyesmum - how goes it? Did you know that stress can cause delayed ov? That could be what's going on for you at the mo, you have had a lot on your plate. How is everything?
I just had to read your bit twice, "I think you are chick" - kept thinking "who is chick?" Duh! do hope so though!
Hope everyone else okay - have a fab time out tonight with your bag Scorpio

CD55 today........nothing, nowt, bugger all. No symptoms. no nothing.

Good luck lexie and beckle.

Beckle, i think you are chick!

Have a lovely time tonight with your bag scorpio!

or near a glass of red wine.....

or near anything for that matter

Oh Scorpio have fun tonight. Don't let the bag out of your sight .

I'm going to have a glass or two as no idea if PG or not till tomorrow. I haven't slept for the past couple of nights just thinking about it all so it might be classd as medicinal!

You see - there is a brightside to AF showing up - Beautifully demostrated by Scorpio going on the raz tonight!

good luck lexie

(the bag is coming out with me tonight on its first adventure )

im going to the pub.it is CD1 after all

So sorry to hear about AF's.

Mine still not here . will test tomorrow. Have back ache on and off which i never get. Hungry - well a need to eat every few hours and loads of trips to the loo. Oh I can't stand the suspence. Roll on tomorrow.

Hey Becklespeckle, you and I really are on the same boat. I use fertilityfriend to chart and I've got a coverline to prove ov, also a +OPK, the longest LP so far too.

I'm going to hold out to Monday to test. 13dpo has got to be a good sign, if I make it to then. I left the house to walk to the part yesterday and didn't even get to the end of the road before feeling the need for the loo. I didn't get this until later on with DS. My periods back then were so unpredictable that I only took a test when I couldn't lie on my stomach from BBs hurthing so much! This time round, I've really tuned into my body and it's fascinating learning about all those changes in a month.

Might try and drop in to Mumsnet over the weekend to see how you are, hun. Take it easy, x

Strangely I feel fine, but thanks for all the sympathy anyway. Off to calculate when my fertile days will be . Good luck everybody

sorry plummy - x posts!

See you on the May thread

Gosh - at this rate this thread won't last out the month with all these bfps and afs! Not that I can talk as I'm already posting on the May thread as well as here

Good luck to those still waiting to test.

Cheechy - With having to hide not drinking - just had a thought: do you like G+T or another spirit and mixer drink? If so you could just drink the mixer, in a nice glass with ice etc and no one would think it was odd. I did that a lot when pg, not to hide it just as it felt a bit more special. (Mine's a rum and coke btw)
Oh, and STOP OBSESSING!!!!!!

and talk about previous but I am going out next Sat to celebrate my birthday - lots of friends coming - how do I explain it if I don't drink? I just know most of them will guess as they are always asking if am pg again yet (cos m/c last year)

Plummy - sorry bout AF - you were so hopeful earlier.
Cheechy - I have been to the loo loads last few days too, and tired (although I go to bed late). I know I am obsessing as I am sure I ov'd this month and have never felt it happen before. Keeping fingers very crossed for you hun (and myself). When are you testing? I will test again tomorrow morning (48 hours should mean a much darker line). Does anyone know if there is a point in your cycle where you produce a bit of HCG even if you are not pg? Lots of people seem to get these very faint positives and then AF arrives so was just wondering?