Long Cycle girls TTC #2

You came over @TheDaydreamBelievers :) welcome!

@Pol96 omg I can't even cope 😭😭😭 beautiful beautiful beautiful. I'm genuinely so over the moon for you 💖 you have a tiny human in your belly! Here's to a happy and healthy pregnancy x

Oh @Pol96 that's fab news, thank you for the update, it gives us hope ♥️

@Newbie0818
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3968708-12-week-scan-Boy-or-girl

Hey everyone, I'm wondering if I could join?

I'm 31 years old, TTC first child. Currently CD119 post pill withdrawal bleed with no period. Only positive OPK was day 60-something. Though to be honest I'm pretty bad at doing them now.

GP has run bloods and said the hormones, androgens etc look fine, although I've been googling specific values today and I think some are a bit off...

Aww do you have a link to that? I would love to see x

Thanks @Newbie0818 😊 I don't want to upset anyone by putting the pic on here but if you wanna see/guess sex I've done a thread on the pregnancy board x

Yay @justlonelystars that's great :)

@Rosegold3112 I hope something happens for you. I hate testing too. And pcos gets so easily missed and often people actually don't get diagnosed until much later on, so it's worth mentioning to your gp. To give you a diagnosis they say you have to have 2/3 of the criteria (found this out when I got diagnosed a few weeks ago). The criteria they base it on are a blood test, irregular periods and scans of your ovaries. But often women have it but struggle to get the diagnosis as it's so different for everyone!

@Pol96 oh I'm so happy to hear that ❤️💖😍💕 congratulations! You can relax and enjoy it all now xx

Hi everyone.. So I had my scan today.. I'm very pleased to say all went well and I have a healthy wriggly waving baby!! Thank you all for all your support ❤️❤️

Hey all! I've been fairly absent here since I ovulated. I was feeling pretty positive and relieved it had happened! Think I coped pretty well with the tww but now I'm anxious for af. I'm 13dpo and cd45. That's 4 days longer than my previous 2 long cycles although I wasn't tracking ovulation then. I've been spotting on and off since 10dpo and last night I really thought af would be here today. My temp has dropped below the coverline so I'm hopeful she'll be here tomorrow but have that niggling feeling that she might not come and then I'll be questioning why that is.
Also not sure I've got it in me emotionally right now to do the whole testing when I've no idea when or if I'll ovulate again 😔 I really don't know what could have brought this on. I'm starting to think I may have PCOS but I thought it normally gets diagnosed in your early 20s? I'm 30 now. I've always been on the heavier side, but my periods were always regular 30/31 day cycles. I don't think I've put on THAT much weight in lockdown. I have no scales, and it is likely I have gained some but my clothes still fit etc
I've got pregnacare and the male equivalent to take next cycle. I've read mixed things but I'm really hoping it can help to regulate my cycles. Would anyone recommend anything else? Should I wait until cd1 before I start taking them?

Great news @justlonelystars! Charting is a pain but definitely helps with long / irregular cycles I find. I'm trying Soy Isoflavones this month to try and bring forward O, really hoping they work 🤞🏻

Think I’m ovulating today as my temperature has increased a little! I’m on CD25 (normally a 39/40 day cycle) and my LH test was really high last night too. This is the first time I’ve charted anything so it’s really interesting to me

@xoJellyBean that's good! I wish I could do that 😭

@duckii this one

@J0202 hope it works out for you :) yes I got my diagnosis a few weeks ago

@Newbie0818 definitely a good thing to know early on! Everytime I have any sort of ‘stress’ in my life no matter how ‘minor’ it seems AF goes AWOL for at least 2 months, frustratingly each time it does this I look back and they look like they’re settling into some sort of pattern until this point. Hoping now I’m back in the office most of the week and in a better routine my body might start co-operating and at least be regular if not I might book a DRs appointment later in the year and see if they can see if anything is up, they’ve been like this for at least 18 months (didn’t track before that)!

Have you found out about the PCOS recently?(apologies if this is already covered earlier on!)

Good luck to you too! X

@J0202 totally! It's weird, I have always thought I would struggle but without any evidence to back it up. And low and behold pcos, I'm glad I found out now as I'm very aware that for some ladies it can take years if tests.
Good luck!

You definitely did the right thing! I’d known for about a year I’d be starting in March but I just didn’t have any idea it was this complex haha! I don’t think I really realised my cycles were longer than average till I discovered this thread hahaha! It’s definitely a learning curve!

@J0202 there really is. We weren't actually going to try until this summer but I just had a feeling it would take me a long time and thought, why not

@Newbie0818 there’s so many things to remember or think about. I should really have done the research last year before starting this journey haha!

@Suki2020 no but it’s next on my list of ‘things to do’ 🤣 I’ve just downloaded every app going started with clue 2 years ago, then Flo in January then this week just thought why not have them all so also using Femometer and Fertility Friend. It’s probably a terrible idea as already I’ve realised how different the predictions all are but I’m sure it won’t hurt!

I’ll put an order in tonight for a thermometer and hopefully then have a better idea of what’s going on with my body than winging every day 🤪

Do you temp? If so how do you find it?

I don't want to get my hopes up, but my opk's seem to be getting darker... I do hope the inositol helps!

@Newbie0818 let’s hope both our cycles maybe a little shorter this time.

Welcome @J0202 do you temp at all?

@justlonelystars I've found taking my temp at the same time during lockdown impossible so use this website to adjust it: www.whenmybaby.com/basalbodytemperature.php - I'm sure it's not best practice but my charts were starting to look crazy!

@Pol96 thanks! So excited to start this journey :) I know it may take a while to get there but I’m trying to learn everything I can