Valentines, pancakes, BFPs etc thread 2

@RosyappleA peoples comments are so rude are t they! So insensitive it drives me insane!!

I have period cramps and AF is definitely on the way 😢

@Peonies94 sounds like you have ovulated to me I am about the same place as you and also got the thick cm. BFN at 9dpo i thought i was 10 but i am 10dpo today.

@Decaffe honestly this is the most draining thing I have ever been through I totally understand. I really hope you get the answers you need and deserve from those scans. I feel like my life is on hold and every week of every cycle is part of one big rollercoaster. @Natalie2304 absolutely agree AF is holiday week until I am back on the rollercoaster again.
I get really put down by people’s really insensitive comments too. Had a friend say oh if it was me I’d get pregnant straight away. I mean seriously. Then theres the hurry up you need to be on the next one. Honestly some people…

Thank you everyone! I’m just overthinking everything! Does it mean I have ovulated this month though? I think when I have long cycles I don’t ovulate and this is probably why I don’t see any CM!🙏

@Decaffe I completely understand your frustrations. I'm ever so sorry you're feeling this way today. And I too have the same cycle of emotions every months. It is all consuming. I personally think FW is the worst. I try and relax when on my period as it's the only time I'm not stressing over something.
Sending you lots of love and hope for your next cycle 😘💜

[quote Natalie2304]@Bundaberg84 I do. But I'd just had a massive drink and been to the toilet before I saw it so it's going to be a looong 4 hour wait! [/quote]
I see the line on the bottom test!

@Peonies94 yep pretty sure that’s norma discharge for second half of the cycle! Think caused by the progesterone. If you’re pregnant then it continues to be thick, otherwise it changes again after AF.

@Natalie2304 looks exactly the same as what I had with my last cycle, the next morning it was an obvious BFP! Fingers crossed for you xx

@Peonies94 I get the CM you describe the day before AF, but I've also read it could be an early sign of pregnancy. It's annoying AF and early pregnancy symptoms are so similar. Hope AF stays away for you xx

@Decaffe I can totally relate! A year for me also and it’s so disheartening- just waiting around wishing life away for AF to go, then eager for FW then stressing in TWW! Sending hugs! It’s so hard! Sorry your feeling so deflated!!

Sorry TMI but I am having some thick CM it’s white ish, I thought I had come on earlier in work, but when I wiped I had lots of thick CM on tissue! Is this normal before AF? Never noticed it before, but maybe I’ve just never paid attention before!!

@Decaffe ahh okay! Thanks for that!

@Decaffe I'm sorry, it's tough. I've also been feeling the same way, regarding work, as I seem to be very unproductive at the moment, and in life in general. TTC is all I seem to think about and base my life around it. It's too overwhelming. I think getting those tests done will help and you'll have an action plan. I'm also in the same position. I think my issue may be in my uterine lining which would explain why I've never implanted.

Spotting here, so that’s the end of that for this month. It’s so bloody galling. We had a perfect TTC month, timed it nicely, got DH’s much improved SA results back, we were relaxed… it’s infuriating. It’s also really made me panic that something is wrong with me.

My AF isn’t due to start until Sunday so once it arrives I’ll be booking my HSG, interior scan and antral follicle count so they may provide some answers.

It’s just so rubbish. This has taken over my thoughts for a year now. I can’t imagine how much more productive I’d have been at work over the past months if my headspace and attention hadn't been so tied up with TTC.

It’s draining. I spend the first week of my cycle disappointed, the second week or so ensuring we DTD enough, then the final two weeks just utterly consumed by what might be.

As the months go by, I can see each AF affecting DH a little more.

I just want what everyone else seems to have?

@kizzy97 glad you've finally had your peak. It'll probably take a couple of cycles to truly understand when your LH peak is, hopefully you won't need to as hope you'll get your BFP this month.

@BH1926 congratulations on the BFP! Such a lucky thread. Have you told your OH yet?

@Natalie2304 good luck you and hope you get your BFP later on today.

I had my ultrasound scan results yesterday and spoke to the GP this morning. Looks like I've got a fibroid and possible a thin lining. GP wasn't really helpful, and was just vague about it and said I'll have to discuss at the fertility clinic (which is another 6 month wait at least). So have booked to see a private consultant next month to see what this means for us.

@Natalie2304 I can see something (I think!) x

@Bundaberg84 I do. But I'd just had a massive drink and been to the toilet before I saw it so it's going to be a looong 4 hour wait!

Think I had my peak over the weekend as I'm back to very low OPKs as of today. I had right pelvic pain on Saturday which I tend to get around ovulation as I've figured out so think that's when I might have ovulated, just hope I covered all my bases in terms of DTD!

@Natalie2304 yes, I can see it! Do you have more tests at home?

So I completely counted myself out because of this spotting but my LP is short so I'm only actually 11DPO today.
I haven't tested today but I've just opened the book I've been saving my tests in and I'm sure yesterday mornings (the bottom one) looks darker than the rest. I may be completely loosing the plot here and clutching at straws but can anyone else see it?

So sorry @ShinyEyes33! Wishing you the best of luck for this next cycle xx

Well AF arrived with a vengeance today, great 😔
Roll on cycle 12... Or maybe it'll be cycle 14, I'm not even sure anymore😮‍💨

Congratulations everyone with BFPs xx

@RosyappleA me too I'm a strong believer in timings! If it does push me back a couple of years at least it's more time to save for baby and maybe get another holiday or 2 in. I will just try look at the positives! But still hoping this month is my month.

Hoping the lucky thread rubs off on me

Sorry to hear that @ElleBelleLou I really do believe in timings and that when something really has to be forced it isn’t meant to be. Fingers crossed for this cycle I hope you can try again soon enough if not. Time flies by when your not TTC anyway 😂😫.
Thats interesting I had jo idea frer is 6.3 @Decaffe.
I have no tests left I tested last night with the last free test that came with my preseed (despite swearing I wouldn’t ) BFN. Urine was very dilute as I was going 24/7 felt a UTI coming. Got tested for covid today but whatever cold is going around is worse than Covid for me. Started with DD shes never had a fever for 3 days ever before, then DP then me and now my brother says hes vomiting all day. For once I feel like I need to get through AF like it is some kind of reset button. Congrats BFP ladies please let us know when you start getting clear symptoms and good luck to the rest of us.

@DancinOnTheCeiling I know! Unfortunately not - it's an absolute last resort kind of thing but one of those that if it needs to be that one, it will be that medication. It's such a shame - I have to start birth control to be prescribed it too so that's likely to change my cycles or mess something up somewhere isn't it :(
I'm going to bring it up to my doctor anyway, but I think I need to be honest to myself and understand if that's what needs to happen and I don't fall pregnant this month then maybe it isn't my time yet xx