Anyone else trying to get pregnant ? 3

Hi there ttcvers,
Why is it that when you are ttc the two weeks leading up to your period (if you are regular as clockwork like me) can seem the longest ever. I'm finding it pretty hard this month as I think that my body is too stressed to conceive. I work part time am studying too with exams looming in 2 weeks and have ds at that hard working age of 3.5 yrs. I have a week to go till my period and am really taking a battering with PMT (or hopefully pregga symtoms) I am particulary ill tempered and pathetically emotional and am feeling sick. I have put this down to stress as I do not want to get my hopes up. I am not a regular on this thread have only been on once before but would be nice to hear from anyone. Only 5 days to go but I don't think that it is looking likely that I will be preggas. Sorry don't mean to sound depressive but I think I am seriously PMTEED!

Lots & lots of luck to everyone trying - I can't wait for my period to end!!!!

Jane101 lots of luck,hope it all works out for you next month, fingers crossed.

LucieB and dino55 - congratulations. bunny2 - good luck with the clomid. I needed chocolate today, too. It hasn't worked again this month, unfortunately, but I've already rung the clinic and arranged to try again next month. We're not giving up yet.

Don't mean to be paranoid but be careful of the nuts. I was doing a high zinc diet, including nuts 2-3 times day for nausea when I miscarried. DS's allergy consultant said he couldn't rule out that it had caused the miscarriage if new "baby" was also allergic. Chances are pretty slim I know but will be avoiding nuts when get pregnant next time. Am trying to pin DH down to try again this month, think he is feeling the pressure and keeps disappearing!!! If not pregnant this month may give it a rest for a few months and come back to UK for Septmeber. Gives me something else to look forward to.
Good luck everybody

Well spotted HD!! Never even heard of it! Will look out from now on!!!! Due on in two days and the next cycle can;t come quick enough!
Good luck bunny 2 it's the oppportunity you've been waiting for!!!
xxx

BigBird, thanks for the info. I've looked up what foods selenium occurs in naturally: meat, fish, cereals, eggs, cheese, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, garlic, mushrooms, onions, asparagus, spinach, tea, brewers yeast, sesame and sunflower seeds, brazil and cashew nuts.

Brill news Bunny2. Good luck with the clomid - keep us posted with how you get on. Want to know all the details! I dont have facial hair either, nor am overweight, but do have polycystic ovaries, so it could be that that is your reason for lack of ovulation too. Anyway, it doesnt matter cos its the clomid way either way! Good luck.

hewlettsdaughter, just read a post from you below about staying pregnant, and I don't know much about anything but just read recently about selenium levels being low in women who miscarry and it's also good for fertility. I have just gotten myself a jar of 50microgram capsules. Here is a website with more info (HTH)
www.marilynglenville.com

Bunny2 and Eygpt - best of luck with the Chlomid. How are everyone else - Dot, Jane, Bayleaf etc etc....

Good woman! I'll have to cut back on the vino now, I got my period so treatment can commence. I should be ovulating in about 2 weeks time so fingers crossed (but definately not legs). I dont have polycystic ovaries apparently (a very rapid diagnosis made by my gp as I dont have a facial hair problem!). I have irregular periods and my fertility doc seems to think this in itsefl suggests I probably dont ovulate. If I do, then it is so irregular that I dont know where I am. The Clomid should sort me out in no time at all. Re the spotting .. me too... dont know if it is related to fertility problems though.

How's everyone else?? Any more news?

by the way - have just finished a bottle vino and is def a help!!

Hi Bunny. have been trying to wirte back for ages but my computer is being a pain. have been ttc since christmas, not long, but came off pill a year ago and periods have been weird and infrequent since. so went to the docs about that really. have you have strange brown spotting at all between periods? mine has stopped now but then i have had 2 consequetive periods - hooray! docs dont seem to think i ovulated though. have you polycystic ovaries? or just infrequent periods?

Hi Egypt, I'm still patiently waiting for a period ... I am so excited about Clomid and sooo fed up with waitng to start the treatment. TO relieve the stress I can happily recommend chocolate and vino (the latter only in large quantities when the latest cycle is blown ifywim). HOw long have you been ttc? We have (that's dh and me) for around 15 months.

Hope you don;t mind me joining this thread. Been reading your threads for a while and with my annoying polycystic ovaries - which means i dont have periods or even ovulate regularly - I am due to start a course of Clomid. So - it sounds like Bunny2 and myself have something in common! I'm due to go back to the docs to get a final blood test result in 3 and a half weeks, then will start the clomid treatment - IF and when i get my next period. Love to chat Bunny2, need to relieve some stress!

thats Egg White - apparantly!

The chocolate and wine were great. I still have symptoms though, I am overwhelmingly tired today, normally I dont run out of enery till ds is in bed but I swear I could have got into bed and slept all afternoon. The only time I have experienced this is when pregnant so I bought some more tests today, I will not be defeated and can still hope cant I??. Dh thinks my symptoms are psychosymatic and he's probably right.

Bunny2 - chocolate and wine sound like a fine idea

Dino55 - great news! Bigbird - CM - is that cervical mucus? (and what's EWCM?).

My period seems to be starting today which is a) good because it means my cycle seems to have gone back to normal after an early m/c but b) bad because we were ttc straightaway

There is a lot of good news here

For fellow ttcers I found this on another site :
Guaifenesin (however its spelt) is an expectorant. It does not increase your CM but it does make it more lubricated and stretchy/watery which is the most fertile type of CM. Its great if you never notice the very wet CM or EWCM but you do get creamy or miky CM, it makes it more fertile....

This is found in cough medicine for chesty coughs and a lot of people swear by taking it from your period to ovulation. Anyone here ever done that ??

Thanks for that bunny2! Bestof luck! Sounds good to me!
xx

Dino - I am fine thanks! No real symptoms yet...but did a Sainsburys test this morning which was also positive so looks like this could be it!

Congratulations Dino55!!

Well done..... my goodness there is a population explosion happening on Mumsnet!