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New thread..... let's get going!!

Thanks cave I had a peep on there and they do look lovely.

Really really hope you will be graduating to that thread too, and good luck whatever you decide to do this weekend. Sometimes it's easier to wait and see, and sometimes it's easier to get on and POAS :)

Hey Raspberry, Sorry been AWOL!

POAS today!

BFaintP!!!!!

Wow Fairy, congratulations! As they say, a line is a line

Not to confuse anyone - have had a slight name change! However, only just joined thread.

Congratulations Fairy - how exciting.

I know - done 2 tests now - both faint but there. Keep looking at them. Really can't believe it!!!!

Going to get a digital one today!!!

Congratulations, Fairy!

No news from me - AF not here as yet, temperature this morning is a slight improvement on yesterday, but both days have been significantly lower than the whole of last week so an extra day's grace isn't exciting me.

Hurrah for these BFP. Some work stuff for my future has been slightly resolved this week, so I'm feeling more positive. Despite being ill and tired most the time (2012 is rubbish!) we really need to get on with some of that swi or whatever you lot call it. I hate being too tired to consider the thought of a good shag!

Hooray fairy! Congrats on your bfaintp(lol)

Congratulations Fairy!!

Welcome to our newbies [waves]

Appt went well, first time I've left the clinic not feeling depressed! We both had to practice injecting into a fake bit of stomach fat then DH had to inject salt water into me so I knew how it felt. I was so terrified! We must have looked ridiculous! I was holding my stomach in one hand, DHs hand in the other so he only had one hand to inject with, I had my eyes squeezed shut, was wiggling my toes and blowing out my breath (helps me stay calm) . He said it was ok though and he can do it one handed until I'm brave enough not to need to hold his hand . It stung like crazy at first but was nowhere near as bad as I was anticipating. The needle is long but really really fine. I'm not as worried about Sunday as I was, although I still think the first few will be scary until I get used to it. I've got a teeny red pin prick on my stomach, I'll look like I've got a funny rash at the end of the three weeks

Hope you are all ok

Josie, just scanned back to see what your injections are for....glad it wasn't as scary as you thought. Sure you'll get used to it soon. Fingers crossed for you.

Morning all, a quick post from me to say I tested this morning and got a BFN .

I'm not as upset as I thought I'd be, the last two cycles have ended up with me in tears, so this is progress I guess.

Once AF shows up, which, knowing Sod's Law will be later today, it'll be Round 4 of Clomid here I come.

Hope everyone has a good day

Aww big hugs Cavemum
This was my 4th round & I honestly think my success was using OPKs! Thats the only thing we did differently & the last 4 1/2 years!

Thanks Fairy. I borrowed a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor for this cycle, but it didn't pick up on my peak. I think the extra hormones caused by the Clomid confused it!
I might double up and get some cheap Internet OPKs to use as well this time!

I also found out that I was ovulating later than I thought - day 18 for me & we DTD untill after the OPK didn't detect any more. Mine were ebay cheapies!

My ovulation has been all over the place. My PCOS meant I only had 4 periods in the space of 18 months! I had hoped that the Clomid would get me more regular, and I thought it had done until this cycle!

So far I've been:

Cycle 1 - ov'd on Day 16
Cycle 2 - ov'd on Day 14
Cycle 3 - ov'd on Day 26

Not much sign of a pattern there!

Are you on Metformin too? I used both. Metformin helped clear up the cysts. I was on clomid on it's own a few years ago & although I ovulated, it just didn't work on it's own!

Clomid only. Metaformin has never been mentioned. I've got 6 cycles on Clomid and if that doesn't work I'm being referred on for IVF.

thats what they told me but didn't mention my BMI was too high (still is really) so I asked for Metformin to help with weight loss. I lost 4 kgs over a year and the cysts went too! I was due to go back to Consultant in June & was gonna major crash diet to get my BMI down till BFP yesterday! IVF was for us next!

Hello ladies [waves hesitantly],

May I join your happy gang? I've been lurking here for a little while.

I'm a newbie to all this TTC lark. This is my first cycle off the pill so I'm waiting for my body to get used to life without all those hormones. At this stage my DP and I have agreed not to actively try to conceive, but just to stop trying not to that's what he thinks anyway. I think we are both a little concerned about losing the spontaneity from our sex life if we start using schedules, thermometers and OPKs.

In my head I'm thinking I'll give it 6 months then I'll unleash the crazy hormonal cowbag that lurks beneath!

BTW congratulations fairy!

Thanks Pickle

Hi pricklypickle,

I'm completely new too - still seems surreal after all these years of trying not to get pregnant.

I have only just come off the pill as well, some people say it takes months for your cycles to regulate/conceive while others have said they got pregnant the first month. I figure after 15 years of taking it, my body will take a while to sort itself out.

My husband thinks I'm mad to be even thinking about charting temps etc so I'm just going to be a bit sneaky about that!

Hey Lady

It sounds like we're in exactly the same situation. Its strange after spending most of your '20s doing everything you can to avoid getting pregnant, that now the reality is here it might not be that easy.

Its really hard to get a straight answer as to how long it takes your body to recover from taking the pill. I was on it for 10 years - is the recovery time linked to the length of time you took it for? For some people it seems to take months and months to settle down. I'm desperately hoping that this won't be me.

I'm not going to chart my temps yet, but I remember being able to feel when I ovulated before, so I'll try looking out for that. Have you bought yourself a special thermometer for that yet? They need to be really accurate don't they?

Have you had any side effects of coming off yet? A couple of days ago I had a bad back and what felt like quite bad period pains, although this would be about 10 days early, no AF as yet. Not sure if this was ovulation or something else. If I'm honest in my heart of hearts I'm hoping its implantation pains - although I think that's wildly optimistic.

Morning Ladies, POAS this am and got BFN. AF signs too, so seems not this month.

Sorry to her that Pippi

How long have you been trying for?