TTC First Baby Thread 22

@Absa eeek exciting! Are you going to hold off telling DH?

I don't think so as we actually only had sex once more after I thought I O'd as back from holiday / tired / back to work. And that time was 2 days before spotting started. So I think we must have caught it when I thought my fertile window was when we were away and perhaps this is just a bit of random spotting but hopefully nothing to worry about. Weirdly now it's pretty much completely stopped today. Have a panty liner on and nothing there all day. So I'll test again when I get home and see 🤞! But am going with the theory that this must be IT!

@Absa wow that's a definite positive, knowing your cycles do you think you ovulated later than you originally thought? That's the only way I can see it as being implantation bleeding.
Otherwise it's a positive with some spotting which I know can happen for some women.
Another forum I was on a woman said she had spotting for most of her first trimester, baby and her were completely fine but understandably she struggled to relax until the spotting stopped.

Although would like to say this is very much planned, it's just I told him 5 days ago I was upset because period was coming / had started as I had all my usual symptoms of spotting etc. So he'll probably have put this month out of his mind!

Right then! Now I just have to decide when to tell DH ... may wait a few more days just to be sure as still spotting so may wait until that stops / test again then tell him. Today we have to sort out solicitor and mortgage... think adding another big life change into the mix may be too much for him!!

Yeah it definitley could have been implantation @absa :D

Or could the spotting have been implantation?

Would it be possible to get a false positive due to the spotting?

@absa thats a positive in my eyes!!!! Congrats

@Absa can definitely see a line on both of those! Fingers crossed for you it's a sticky one!

Please help!

Still spotting 5 days later but it's very light and no sign of AF so just tested...
yesterday was DH birthday and we bought a house (has offer accepted) which has been incredibly stressful decision. Not entirely sure if I'm just going a bit mad? I have no symptoms at all.

@MIW01 sorry to hear AF fully arrived, because you've been ill maybe your body is just craving extra things for a short period to gain energy?
@Absa annoying spotting also. Some months I get spotting some I don't, sometimes it's for a day, sometimes for a whole week, although the Accupuncture has reduced it but I'm now into 3 days spotting.
Like you I just want bloody AF to arrive so can keep next months fertile window free for SMEP again 😆

Thank you @Lozzlepop oh no, norovirus awful as both ends! Oh Wave of Light sounds lovely, sorry I missed it this year. Will remember for next year. Sounds like a good plan.

So AF arrived last night, 2 days late! So I'm definitely out this month. The bug means I've gone off a lot of food I usually eat and I follow a low carb, whole food plan so I've started eating things I normally wouldn't like cereals and whole grains just so I don't feel so hungry all the time so think this is messing with my health and hormones.

@Lozzlepop it's such a nuisance isn't it?! it just leaves you constantly feeling like you have to check, it obviously means it will longer before we can try again etc. Grrrrr Mother Nature!

@Absa I don’t usually spot before AF but last time I had spotting for 6 days before AF 😒

@Kiza any sign of AF? I'm still only spotting 4 days later 🤨 No full blown AF. Normally spot for a day or two but that's maximum. Although am under stress this week - buying a house. Just want AF to get it over with and move on to next cycle!

@MIW01 Glad to hear you are on the mend, I have had the Norovirus before so know how rough a bad bug can be. Thank you, I am going to hold off until Friday, I have a day off so much easier to call from home than at work. Wave of light takes place at the end of Baby Loss Awareness week, you light a candle at 7pm and burn for at least an hour in memory of the babies who were too precious to be born and to signify the light they brought to our lives even for a short time ❤️When is AF due?

Thanks @Lozzlepop I think we're over it now! Fingers crossed you get the referral soon. Is ould give them a call Friday or Monday if you've not heard anything by then. Excuse my ignorance but wave of light?

And thank you @Kiza no sign of AF atm just slightly brown discolour discharge (sorry if TMI) and a migrained which is unusual cause the migraine usually comes with the bleeding not before it! Boobs feel full and hard, not sore which is also new but no colour or nipple changes that I've noticed! Just feel enormous and getting more in the way than usual! All very odd but I've said this before about other symptoms and then AF appears the next day!

No not at all, I know what its like though when the line is faint you wonder if you are imagining it! My camera is terrible too so I imagine the line is darker to you than its showing up. You probably should wait and test tomorrow, but if the line is showing on an IC it should show up on a FRER if you are testing today try and not drink to much and hold your pee for a few hours 🤞🏻

@lozzlepop I’m so glad someone else sees it. I thought I was seeing things. I do have a frer at home. Should I test tonight or tomorrow with FMU?

@XjustagirlX I see it, do you have a FRER to test with?

So I’m 10dpo today and I think I may be able to see the faintest of faint lines. What do you ladies think?

Morning ladies,

How are we all this week?

@ValidUser so are you allowed to start trying again and then when you get a bfp you start taking the innohep?

@MIW01 sorry to hear about the Campylobacter that sounds rough, are you feeling better now?

@Absa @Kiza sorry about impending AF she's a right bitch!

Well we are officially at the 6 week (+one day) wait for our referral so I really hope that it's coming soon, do you think its too early to chase up if I call them on Friday? I would just feign ignorance about knowing its a 6-8 weeks and see what they say? I just really want it to come so we can have a date in our minds that we are working towards. Apart from that OV is due in the next few days to staying away from DP 😹not bothered with OPKs this month but might do one tonight just to see where I am to ensure I can give the clinic accurate cycle dates etc.

Lit a candle last night for Wave of Light and I was surprised by how many people I know that posted too- its nice to know we are all in the journey together ❤️

@MIW01 fingers crossed for you, you never know....

@ValidUser I'm glad you have a plan and I do hope it works! Everything crossed

@orangeloo I think maybe I picked it up at a horse show but who knows! Glad it seems to have gone now

@Absa @Kiza AF due yesterday and no sign so tested today and BFN! This was expected due to illness this month but still incredibly disappointing. Just waiting for AF to arrive now