POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

@Dex1521 thank you. I am consoling myself with the fact that it would have been worse if I was further along. I use the first response tests too, but I mighty buy one of the clearblue ones with the weeks indicator. Mostly I try to keep the FRER's as they ain't cheap, and use IC's to test out my need to check.

@Greeneyedfairynaw I’m sorry it wasn’t too be. I’ve only ever had negative pg tests up to now but I have been using FRER as apparently they’re the most sensitive. Superdrug had them on offer before Christmas down to about £8.50 so I stocked up then 😂

I bought a diary today, so that I can keep track of vitamins, water consumption, cycle day etc I'm a bit old school like that 😆 Cd1 feels I guess.

So which pregnancy tests do you prefer to use? Boots have them on offer at the moment, so I am going to stock up on some tomorrow.

@jessi60 congratulations! You must be over the moon. I tested on 10dpo a few days ago and I got a nice visible line... You know the kind of one that our OH can actually see... 😄 I think us ladies have super powers when it comes to seeing faint lines, well that's according to my DH Sadly it wasn't to be, but my point is that it's amazing how early the tests can detect a pregnancy.

@GreenApplesYo thank you for the warm welcome ☺️

Also hi @Greeneyedfairy welcome 😊

@jessi60 oh yay so pleased it's growing and the scan lady was positive.

DP and I were puzzling over how according to the dating scan ours was concieved 3 days before I ovulated haha! But we thought, if you are working with measurements smaller than a mm, then a slightly incorrect measurement taken on the screen could throw out the dating estimate quite a lot. Which is what you were saying too 🙂 I think at the point you're at, it doesn't matter too much as long as there is a heartbeat and it's growing?

Which means when I found out I was only 3 weeks pregnant. Two of which you add on so maybe I was literally 1 week pregnant 😂 cause my digital did say 1-2 weeks and then you add the two weeks on. So maybe I was having a longer cycle and then ovulated later so the 9 weeks from period wasn’t right. My heads batter with working it out. Think I just need to relax and trust what they said. Because in reality I shouldn’t of had these early scans but then would of ended putting myself for a 12 week scan far too early 🤷🏻‍♀️

Attached the little form which says everything was there xx

That’s the picture. Top one was my first scan and the bottom one was today. X

As far as I am aware the luteal phase pretty much stays the same length, but the follicular phase can vary on length month to month. Have you looked at your vitamin D levels, as I got mine checked last year and they were chronically low.

Hi guys
Sorry haven’t been on here much been busy with work!
@GreenApplesYo How lovely is your scan! Lovely to see everything is going okay!
@CardioQueen That is the best news!!! Amazing! Congratulations!
@Foxl2222 Another BFP how exciting!!! Congrats!!

So I had my scan again today. The last scan I there was just a gestational sac and yolk sac and measured 5 weeks (no heartbeat or embryo) so I went back this morning. And it’s grown, now an embryo and has a heart bearing. Measuring 6 weeks 1. Although it should of been 7 weeks 1 day. But the lady said I shouldn’t get too hung up on dates because it’s so hard to date things with it being that small. Even with 6 weeks 1 day it was only measuring 5.5mm which is still teeny tiny so she said you can see how it’s hard to be so exact. Which is why you normally get dated at your 12 week scan.

It’s crazy though because counting from
The first day of my last period I would be 9 weeks but the scan is only showing 6 weeks 1 day. But then again I only had one period between my implant removed and falling pregnant so I have no idea what my cycle length was going to be or if I was going to ovulate later.
She told me it’s nothing to worry about and it’s grown and progressed like it should. Still think it’s odd though 😂 xx

Thanks @GreenApplesYo I think that's a good point about the emotional investment, my mum would be the same so I think I will hold off for a while. She text me this morning saying "I had a dream you were pregnant" 🙈🙈 I just responded with laughing emojis! Lol

I think the advice now is if you have underlying health issues, the risk of covid is likely worse than the risks in of the vaccine so you should get the vaccine even if pregnant. If fully healthy then advice is not to get it. They have update the advice on TTC though, that you can get it. It's scary, I'll be intrigued to see what is said at the risk assessment as there's not a lot I could do at home or off the ward 🤷‍♀️

Booked GP appointment for 18th Jan! By my calculation I would be 5+4 then (I think) - I count from last period right? Can't really do anything between now and then can I?

Gosh I don't know what I'd do without this group!! 🙈🙈🙈

Do you take folic acid @GreenApplesYo ?

Hang in there @DrS44 !!🤞

I took strong dose of VitB6 as part of a B complex, it didn’t shorten my LP, have yet to see if it’s lengthened it! 😂
But it seriously delayed my ovulation! I didn’t know this before taking it, but when I researched it in the last week or so loads of people said it messed up their cycles and delayed their ovulation! 🤦🏼‍♀️
It works for some people tho so worth giving it a shot! 😃

Re luteal phase

Vitamin B6 is said to help. I also believe the body is just trying to readjust itself after being on BC.

@positivitytree2020 what did you take ? Did it shorten your LP? Ya I'll let you know how I get on xxxx

@DrS44 mine was around 10/11 days, always got spotting around then before full AF. Ya maybe just taking them after ovulation would be better. I feel like mine stayed in my system for a good week after I stopped taking them! 😅 interested to see how you get on though let me know coz I wouldn’t mind trying again! 🤞🏼

@positivitytree2020 it's been like 7/8 days! So super short! What had yours been?! I haven't taken anything this side of the cycle but I just thought it can't hurt to take anything the other side?? Hardly make it shorter 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Greeneyedfairy you'll get there! I've found AF quite light since coming off BC! One of the benefits 😅 xxx

@DrS44 haha no problem! 😃 how many days is your LP normally? Be careful taking things for it, totally messed me up this month! 😭😂

@DrS44 yeah, I try to do a pee hold when doing opks too. Wiggling a little by the time I get to the loo, but hey it's worth, it if it works!

Yes, Cd1 and it's only light at the moment. Just waiting for it to be over, so I can begin again.

@positivitytree2020 ya you're right it's just because I had it in my head it was going to be earlier 🤣 and I think symptoms started from CD15 so I was getting myself excited! Hopefully I see some progression tonight and in the morning and I'll temp too 🌟 Then I'm gonna down a load of tablets to lengthen my LP 🤣🤣 thanks for your help xxx

@DrS44 ya your OPKs still look low from your screenshot! I wouldn’t be worrying though sure you didn’t get a peak till CD19 last cycle? 😊 your peak looks very similar to mine, came out of nowhere and last approx 24 hours too! 👌🏼
I kept having symptoms this cycle from about CD17...and didn’t actually ovulate until somewhere between CD22-26! 😂

Defo start temping from tomorrow morning! 😊

@Greeneyedfairy oh I'm a true pee on a stick addict (POAS) 🤣🤣 it really bothers me as I just want to see it rise a bit because I tend to drink lots of water etc and I don't when I'm testing 😅

I came off the pill in October so I've had 3 months of trying (but officially two as first one was just after withdrawal bleed so not a real cycle!) Each time I've had a really short luteal phase but I do seem to be ovulating! I'm hoping to take some tablets to extend it this time around ☺️

I know it's so frustrating waiting 🙄 did you say you're CD1 now? X

@DrS44 thank you so much. How long have you been TTC? I hope you get a +opk soon! There is nothing worse than waiting and waiting, trying to do the maths bit, then questioning the calculations and readjusting them etc... Fx you catch the egg, you definitely get a A+ for effort

@Greeneyedfairy and sorry I only asked about BC as everyone here has just come off it recently! We have all only been trying a few months though, and there's been lots of success stories here! So it could be a lucky spot for you! Our "graduates" are full of knowledge too 😅 xx

@positivitytree2020 ya I might give him a break tonight and try again tomorrow 🤣🤣 maybe I'm just not going to peak til tomorrow or the next day! It's just ive had all the signs since CD15/16 so I thought I would be earlier this month! I only peaked at CD19 last month and it was rapid! I'm actually so impatient 🤣 I'm just worried about my stupid LP 🙄 xxx here's my tests from this month and last month xxx

@Greeneyedfairy that's so frustrating! Maybe it just wasn't a strong egg for you, next cycle will be better 💛🤞🏻💚