Period cramps way before period due? Implantation?

@Tally89 I'm so sorry to read this. What a horrible experience you've gone through. Hope you're ok x

Omg OP I'm so sorry, I just read your update further down 😩 so so sorry, I hope you are okay and get another BFP in the future

So sorry to see this @Tally89 that must have been very traumatic. Take time for yourself and give yourself a lot of patience and TLC. Do you have some support around you at home?

No update from me, sadly. I'm 99% sure I'm having another anovulatory cycle. I'm booked in for blood tests on Monday. I don't know if my cycle will ever go back to normal.

@KittyFantastica I just use the easy at home ones, I conceived first time with my successful pregnancy and the miscarriage pregnancy which is why I'm worried it's not happened yet. Can only assume hormones haven't fully settled maybe? Monitoring temp won't work for me because of my shifts otherwise I would do that too.

@jellyfish2 As far as I understand it, BBT is the only way to actually confirm ovulation (other than falling pregnant!) but it can obviously only be confirmed after it's happened. Whereas OPKs can help indicate as and when it's happening.

I suspect I've had a dummy run! My ClearBlue monitor still says 'High' and it's usually really good at detecting the peak. so I recon it's all gearing up and I'll either ovulate in a few days, or it will be an anovulatory cycle and AF will arrive early again.

Highly recommend the monitor btw. They're pricey and the sticks for it are ridiculously expensive, but I've conceived both times I've used it when my cycle was my 'normal.' I bought mine second hand off eBay for half the price with a load of unused sticks. Well worth it.

@KittyFantastica I don't do the temping thing because I work shifts but does that mean you definitely haven't ovulated? It's so stressful isn't it.

I had two positive OPKs yesterday, but BBT is baseline and actually went slightly lower than yesterday, so haven't confirmed ovulation. The MMC is messing with my cycle so much still 3 months on :(

HI, mind if I join?

Congratulations @Tally89 !! The rest, hopefully we can get our BFP vv soon.

I have a long menstrual cycle (40-44 days). But last cycle was 27 days. Today is my CD35. I had a few symptoms on and off however no EWCM. Thought I had my ovulation on CD16 but when i tested on CD31, the test was negative.

I need to wait till 10 June for 1 day after AF due to check again.

Those tests are looking really good OP!

What day is your scan?

Oh that's great your lines are progressing well and that you're getting a scan. Hopefully all will be fine and it's just general early pregnancy aches and twinges.

Looks like early ovulation and another super short cycle for me @jellyfish2
My surge has started already and it's only CD9 😭

Fingers crossed for you!

Great progression @Tally89, glad to see it :)

@Tally89 how are you getting on?

@KittyFantastica I hope you don't ovulate early. I'm on cd 3, period has been non existent today it's so annoying.

I think I'll be nightshift on the run up to ovulation which isn't ideal but will somehow try to dtd.

@jellyfish2 If FF was correct, and some LH strips I did just before AF on 4th May, my luteal phase is now only 3/4 days 😭. It's so hard, isn't it? There don't seem to be ably concrete answers, it's always such a 'wait and see', but the waiting is driving my mental health through the floor.

What CD are you now? I'm CD7 now and my husband is going away Friday - Tuesday, so if I ovulate early that's it for another month. The frustration is real!

@Tally89 that's great! You maybe did ovulate late and that's why it's still faint. Have you been using fmu? I'm ok thanks, just need to get on with it I guess. Just sad I'm not able to able to get pregnant quickly like before.

@KittyFantastica my luteal phase has went from 12 to 11 now and I'm not sure why. My period definitely isn't the same, there was nothing on the pad this morning so it's like it stopped overnight and has resumed a bit again today, it was never like that before.
Yeah let's stick together! Hopefully it is just our bodies taking a bit of extra time, it's so frustrating and worrying though isn't it.

@Tally89 it’s a really strange feeling! I feel like heavy if that makes sense as if I’m going to go to the toilet and will have come on

Glad I found this thread!
I fell pregnant in December 2023, but our baby boy was seriously unwell and we had to end the pregnancy in March of this year.
We started TTC straight away really and this is our second cycle.
I’m between 6-10 DPO (unsure exactly how far as had some weird ovulation test readings this month). But my period is not due for around another 5 or 6 days and today I’ve got light cramping and the feeling like I’m going to come on.
I don’t normally get cramping this early but unsure if it’s just my cycle not back to normal yet. But it’s nice to have a bit of hope haha

It’s definitely getting darker! (Tentative) congratulations!