Clearblue Fertility Monitor Support Group Buddies Vol 6!!

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Welcome ladies to our new home yet again!! I hope this one will be as lucky as the last one was!

Good luck far hope you get to DTD this evening! Fx for jaye on the dreaded wait, hope AF stats away.

Sorry to hear you're down SBC Fx AF stays away.

Have looked back at charts and seen that my LP is usually 11 or 12 days so will expect AF on Wednesday otherwise i'll be POAS with a passion....

SBC - am joining you in feeling glum as pretty sure af is on it's way. Sigh.

At least I've got a blood test scheduled for next week so fx af stays away long enough so that test is still within day 5. On that, does anyone know if day five is still ok for blood test? - gp said needs to be day 2-5 but have read elsewhere that needs to be no later than day 3. My surgery only seems to do blood tests on one day though (which is ridiculous as the chances of that being the right time is pretty slim!)

MiniH I don't know if it has to be day 3 but I have a similar question because my day 21 test falls on a Saturday when the surgery isn't open, so the receptionist has booked me in on the Friday morning i.e. day 20. Not sure that's any good? Any thoughts, anyone?

Have a peak at last!!! Only problem is I'm on a work conference in Marrakech... Not back until Sunday.... Grrrrrr

Hi all, feeling a little better today - CBFM is flashing m today and AF not arrived (prob due monday) so back to being hopeful - may fold and test tomorrow morning!

Re the test dates - one day either side won't really make much difference, especially if it is just the gp looking at them, if anything it may help you get a referral to gynae! All my bloods came back 'fine' except my prolactin every time, despite the fact I was mostly ovulating on day 20/21 so they are not the be all and end all of diagnosis.

If you get to see a gynae and they look through the results, be sure to tell them what days you get your peaks/lh surge and what cycle day you had the tests done. The day 21 should be 7 days after ov/lh surge, which all gps seem to think will happen on day 14 hence the day 21 test, so the results would be misleading anyway. My advice is keep a diary so you can tell the gynae everything at the start - mine wasn't particularly interested in much I said, but became concerned when I told him I ov'd around 18-21. (I now ov around day 14 and am now normal - this has only come about by the gynae sorting my hormones in conjunction with an endocrinologist - I simply would never stand a chance of getting pg otherwise -damn those slightly polycystic ovaries and stressful job/constitution!!!)

HTH

is day 18-21 too late then SBC sorry if being stupid..? I usually O on days 22-24 but this month was 17.

MiniH - I have had those tests three times and each time it had to be day 3 ... and day 20 sounds too early, so why not see where else you can have blood done and take the test form with you. We can't go to the hospital for blood but there are 2 gp surgeries that have open sessions for blood each am and one other place that does 3 times a week, your gp centre should tell you where else to go. Getting the dates right is important otherwise tests no use - the gynaecologist said it had to be day 3, the day 21 is never day 21 but 7 days after ovulation so if you ovulate day 13 then day 20 is ok for you otherwise is no use. Or get gp to do bloods next month as well so you can compare - that is what I did.

Yay to SBC - can't wait to see nice positive post on Monday from you. Have you tested yet?

Kezia thanks for the info. If this month's cycle is anything like last month, then day 20 and day 21 will be too early for me.

I know I've asked this before but based on the CBFM readings, when do you calculate ov happens? I don't get any noticeable symptoms (ov pain etc), so I can't really judge using my own body.

If I get a peak reading on, say, days 16 and 17, would I count 7 days from the first peak or the second, or sometime later, to calculate when my day '21' bloods should be taken?

Agh, why don't GPs tell you this stuff????

elm, im pretty sure i ovulate the day of the second peak, when i had a very early scan with this pregnancy (which is far more accurate on dates that the 12 week scan as growth more uniform at that stage) it confirmed the date of conception as the second peak day. i would probably assume 7 days from peak day 2 for 7 DPO. good luck xxx

Thanks Ilovekittyelise. I'll work it out and change the date of the day 21 test with the GP.

Oh, to just get a BFP this month and skip all this palaver!

Elm - I get no symptoms either and both Gp and my Gynaecologist (well all the junior dr's doing their 6mth placements!!) .. either way day 20 will be no use to you nor day 5!! Hope you get blood taken at right time.

Hello all - sorry for going AWOL but gave up a bit on CBFM as my cycle was pretty regular. Anyway, I have news as I got a BFP!!! I'm (cautiously) 5+4 but pretty worried as I had 2mmc before DS.

Anyway, after nearly a year of ttc, I hope this brings you all hope and I look forward to hearing your (positive!) news.

SES congratulations hun what fab news!!!

(you've changed your name but definately recognise the SES bit).

We've got a grads thread here is you fancy joining us as some point???

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1155831-The-CBFM-Graduates-Vol-1/AllOnOnePage#25348961

XXX

hey all been away for a few days well im on CD8 of my first month using CBFM still low reading but im a 28/29 cycle so not due for peak yet i really hope this is my month i feel like i going slightly mad it seems everyone around me is getting pregnant having babies with no issues at all its driving my bonkers :o im trying so hard not to get hope up but its so harddddd CONGRATS SES you given me hope im nearly at that year mark

Baby crazed - hope you get a good result fingers crossed :o

Hi all, not been on for a couple of days as been on anti-social shifts at work! I did fold and test yesterday FMU, but BFN - not too down about that, but am day 28 today and expecting AF sometime overnight :(
If not, I will be testing again tomorrow! Only got internet cheapies, so considering they may not be very reliable and will pop down shops and get whatever ones are considered the best by the gurus that are the MNers!

SES that is good news - congratulations!

FX everyone else, no matter where you are in the cycle x

:( SBC im sorry to hear AF may arrive i have spent a fortune on PT and have always got BFN but hey next month is another and ill have my fingers and toes crossed for all of us xxx
:o

Todays stats

Jayebird TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 32 CD19
OlisMum TTC#2, Cycle #1, CBFM Cycle 1, age 26, UCL 30-31, CD60
Tilly TTC#1, 3years, CBFM Cycle 10, age 36, UCL 28-34, CD54
aMuminwaiting CD49
Mollydefoe TTC#1, Cycle #2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 31, UCL 32-33, CD 46
Littlefan TTC#1, Cycle #13, CBFM Cycle 6 , age 32, UCL 28-38, CD34
SlightlyBabyCrazed TTC#1, Cycle #26, CBFM Cycle 4, age 35, UCL 28-32, CD28
Karbea TTC#1, Cycle #7, CBFM Cycle 2, age 37, UCL 22-26, CD27
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle #20, CBFM Cycle 9, age 32, UCL 28, CD27
Loup TTC#1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 4, age 31, UCL33-35, CD26
Jayebird TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 32 CD24
Farfallarocks TTC1, Cycle #2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 31, UCL 22-24, CD16
Keziah TTC#1, Cycle #33, CBFM Cycle 21, age 36, ucl 28-31, CD 12
ElmMum TTC#2, Cycle 5, CBFM Cycle 3, age 39, UCL 30-31, CD8
Scoobielou TTC #1, Cycle #1, CBFM Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 31, CD??
Buggerlugs TTC?, Cycle ?, CBFM Cycle ?, age ?, UCL ?, CD ?
Jazzy283 TTC1, Cycle 8, CBfm Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 28-30, CD8

Graduates:
Emmylou30 BFP 22/10/10
MissLolita BFP 30/10/20
Notnearly BFP 6/11/10
StormBird BFP 10/11/10
AnytimeNow BFP 20/11/10
IloveKittyElise BFP 30/12/10
Boba BFP 07/01/11
Chocciechip BFP 11/01/11
MissyRaines BFP 19/03/11
Frootbat BFP ??/05/11
SES BFP ??/04/11

Congratulations SES - so glad to hear.... really encouraging that although it may take longer than we wish for it can happen naturally! Let us know how it goes .

Hello all,

I am nearly on cycle 7 and am considering using the monitor do you have to start on cd1 and what does it actually entail?

many thanks

Weimy :)

SBC am so surprised as your syptoms all sound spot on. Glad youre feeling OK about it, I know I sometimes have had a strange feeling of relief when AF arrives as its a new month and a new start.

Still having 'high' readings, every day since I started POAS this month. MC was back at the beginning of April and feel fully recovered. Its strange that hormones could still be affecting my system and am trying to work out how this all works. Am wondering what to do next month- reset the machine or just carry on???

Weimy - the machine requests you to start on CD1 its really really easy CBFM tells you when to test you pop the test stick in and wait for the reading simples :o i was unsure about using one as i felt i was turning into a pee on stick mad woman but i say go for it !! every little helps right fx

Thanks jazzy, hopefully af will stay away till tue and I will have time to pic one up :)

hello gals, hope you all had nice weekends.
We were away this weekend and managed to DTD on Thurs night (peak) and Saturday morning (high). Soooo we shall see.
We were at a wedding and about 20 people were pregnant, very much hoping to join them some time soon!
How - what to do. Have a glass of wine tonight or not???

congrats ses thats wonderful news im keeping my fingers crossed that it all works out as you deserve.

SBC don't want to give you false hope but test could still be negative now. when i had first BFP i was in such a foul mood - i felt so pre-menstrual, crampy, moody, etc and thought 'great, know im not pregnant even before my period is late'. don't give up hope til the fat lady sings.

Thanks all for your congrats :) I really hope you will all be joining the upduffed club soon.

weimy - hello!! Don't worry if AF arrives a few days before you get your CBFM. IIRC, you have the first 5 days of each cycle to let it know when CD1 was. Instruction leaflet is all pretty clear but failing that, the girls on here are very knowledgeable!