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I'm out 😢

Absolutely devastated, can't stop crying, I really thought this was our month.

onto month / cycle 13,

The femometer ones sound good. I'm not sure the cb ones are worth the cost, unless you can only dtd once or twice during fw...i have one more box of them left, might try femometer next/if necessary 🤞🤞

Other people that should say 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Highlandmama I use the Femometer ones and put the pics in the app and it interprets for you. They’re super cheap and I’ve never had a problem with interpreting them. Mine go from low to one day of high then peak. But I’ve seen tiger people struggle with them

Thanks @Keepeas and @Hayley19835 will need to investigate cb ones. I’ve bought the cheapie boots ones! I’ve checked and it says start day 12 but might start tomorrow at day 11 anyway as I’m impatient (shock!) 😊

I use a mix of cb advanced fertility and cheap straps to try and reduce costs.
I test FMU from day 7 with cb until I get a flashing smiley face, then switch to cheap strips morning and evening till it looks positive, and switch back to cb to confirm peak with the static smiley face. I like the confirmation with cb and knowing that my oestrogen is rising to encourage dtd, buy my OH now appreciates its not going to happen quickly, so we basically dtd every other day now from day 8 to day 20ish, with an extra one around peak, so its probably a waste of money and I should just use the cheap ones 🤦‍♀️
My cycles have gone from regular 27-28, to between 22-34 days. Im assuming some very very early miscarriages in there are causing the mayhem with my hormones 🙄

@Rumi1 sorry to hear AF arrived. Take good care of yourself 🤍
@Highlandmama I'm using CB advanced ones, you use with first morning urine, pretty straight forward to use and easy to read. They tell you what day to start testing for your length of cycle xx

Hi ladies. Hope you are enjoying the sun! So now we have AF over and done with its back to trying again! Despite all our problems conceiving DS, I have never used the ovulation strips. My periods were wildly irregular before I had him, and I travelled a lot with work, And was a bit of a wreck at times if I’m honest. It didn’t seem like a good plan. So now cycles are 28 days, virtually to the hour!! So that’s changed things. Also I’m now working from home indefinitely. So I thought...that’s us 2 months into trying, why not get some? So tips...what day should I start, what time of day? Today is day...10?? Thanks 😊

Just catching up. @Rumi1 Im so sorry to read this. I have been there! It’s so tough. I hope you enjoy your time out and holiday/new house/car and break from work. Sometimes time out is exactly what you need. x

Hey @Rumi1! Sorry to hear about AF.

Sounds like you are making a good decision to prioritise your well-being.

Enjoy your house and take care of you! x

Afternoon Ladies,

Well I'm out this month

AF Arrived with a vengeance and I've never felt so let down

So I've made the conscience decision to stop trying as its making me mentally ill with worry that something is wrong

I'll still pop and in and out of the group - *I wanted to wish you ladies well and I'm routing for your BFP's
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The next few months I'm going to enjoy the children that we have , take a holiday , a break from work and just breathe

I haven't really enjoyed the house we bought a few months ago - it's time to get the kitchen with island and Mercedes Benz I promised myself

Good luck ladies , stay positive and enjoy your Sunday xxx

@claireb707 gosh 4 litres! You put me to shame!
Hope you feel a bit better later

[quote mouldygrapes]@claireb707 - could it be dehydration? I feel hungover today but didn’t drink alcohol yesterday. I was at work tho and know I didn’t drink enough fluids in the day so I’m putting mine down to dehydration.
Sorry you’re feeling rough.

Trying not to symptom spot here. I woke up at 3.30 needing a pee which is unusual but also the neighbours were being EXTREMELY noisy (yes at 3.30am 😡) so could have been that. Was busting again at 9am but think that could be cos I drank more in the evening to make up for not having much water in the day[/quote]
Not sure, I drink about 4litres most days, I did go out on my bike yesterday morning but had 1.5l with electrolytes in with me which I drank.

Sorry to hear you're feeling rough @claireb707 Hopefully you'll feel better as the day goes on.

@claireb707 - could it be dehydration? I feel hungover today but didn’t drink alcohol yesterday. I was at work tho and know I didn’t drink enough fluids in the day so I’m putting mine down to dehydration.
Sorry you’re feeling rough.

Trying not to symptom spot here. I woke up at 3.30 needing a pee which is unusual but also the neighbours were being EXTREMELY noisy (yes at 3.30am 😡) so could have been that. Was busting again at 9am but think that could be cos I drank more in the evening to make up for not having much water in the day

Hi @FridaKFangirl - that's really positive that you and your DH had a good chat about things. In makes such a difference to feel supported.

I'm 99.9% sure I'm totally out this month. Had much more 'period-y' cramps this morning and just been to the bathroom and there's some pinky stuff on the paper, so pretty sure AF will be with me this afternoon. I've been feeling quite sad. DP has been lovely though - he was really upset too. I think we both thought this was the month as my AF has never been this late, and we've not really had a stressful month at all.

I've woken up feeling rough, like I've got a massive hangover but barely drank last night (had one can of cherry hard seltzer (around 4%))

Temp dropped only very slightly, heart rate and breathing rate still going up.

Managed to get another 45 mins sleep after waking up initially at 6

But still feel bleugh and very hangover like, including the nausea.

14dpo but glaringly bfns on frer and ic

Thank you all! I did and DH was really supportive and we had a good chat about how we knew it might take time (I generally have anxiety around ‘achieving’). I’m feeling positive today.

Glad you had a good night out @LT103, sounds fun! :)

@Parsleyrose how are you getting on today?

@FridaKFangirl sorry to hear about af. Hope you enjoyed your beer!!!

I had a proper night out last night for the first time in ages!!!! Cd7 and Getting near fw so I’m being good from now on!! Haha

Enjoy your beer @FridaKFangirl! Every cloud has a silver lining....

My AF is being stubbornly absent. If it’s going to happen I wish it would just hurry up so I can have a coffee tomorrow morning!

Enjoy your beer! 🍻🍻

More seriously, I'm assuming that I shouldn't be concerned that my last three cycles have been 26, 25 and 23 days? I seem to get AF on DPO 15 each time and was on the pill for 20 years until these cycles so I assume it might take time level out.

Oh look 👀 Who just turned up to ruin my Saturday Afternoon...AF! Oh well... I can have a beer later!