Flight BFP2012 - passport ready it's our time!

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Hi Ladies - this flight is going on Auto - pilot !
Feeling good things for all still wanting to stay aboard our Flight BFP2012- Welcome one and all!
As we share this journey!

Hi All,
It's taken me a little while, but I've made it through all the chat. Loads going on....

Moo, I am still keeping all my fingers crossed for you, I'm so hoping it is just a delayed BFP!!

Festie, Dee - congratulations!!! Really great news, hope it's catching for the rest of us.

Lil - I'm glad I won't be the only one still waiting around for my BFP, and actually it will be kind of nice that everyone, BFP's or not (yet) will continue on the same thread.....

Counting the days (hours really! ) until Sunday. It's only my first cycle, so am trying to keep realistic. My sister is a huge believer in positive thinking and "making things happen". I'm not knocking it, but can you really just believe that you're pg, and make yourself so? (Saying that, I did decline the wine last night at dinner, telling myself I wouldn't be drinking if I was pg!).

No real symptons that might suggest I'm pg other than slight/light cramps (early AF?), bloating, being absolutely shattered etc. No sore boobs, but both my mother and sister said they never had them when they fell pg. Who knows.

Sunday should bring a better idea I hope!

CBD says I am 1-2 weeks pregnant! Still got a pretty weak line on my IC but hoping that will strengthen over the next few days.

Any news from you moo?

Hi Alex. Good luck for Sunday.

Eeeeeeeeek Dee great news; i told you not to give up hope.

I tested again (am completely fed up) and had a faint pink line on the IC but then read the instructions and it said not to use them if you have drank alcohol; i had a couple of glasses of wine last night to commiserate my bad luck. I am now wondering if the alcohol is making it seem that I am getting lines when i am clearly not. How the buggery fuck can alcohol influence whether you get a line or not???

The i took an FRER (which I collected from the post office) and I thought i saw something but it's too faint to be really there.

My conclusion is that I am not pg, that i should put the spotting down to a really weird period and try and get on with things this cycle. I am so concerned that I am spending so much time worrying about whats going on that if i do manage to lay another egg this cycle I will miss out completely. I am going to see my GP next week.

I really believed that we had done it this month, its heart wrenchingly gutting and i feel so deflated. But i just have to pick myself up and move on.

Alex hope we hear good news from you on Sunday :)

Well done Dee! Good news there.

Moo I'm sorry that you've concluded you're not pregnant. It does sound so weird though. Are your internet cheapies all from the same batch? Would it be worth ordering more IC to see if you still get positives with a new batch? I don't know, I can see why you want closure by saying to yourself 'not pregnant' but it's an odd set of evidence, some positive, some negative tests, no proper period...hmm. I guess just keep temping and see what happens. I'm sorry though, it must be so difficult for you at the moment.

Alex I hope your first cycle ends in a BFP, waiting around for one isn't fun!

Well I've just come back from the doctors where I'm being investigated for pre-menstrual spotting. The doctor took a high vaginal swab, an endo-cervical and a chlamydia swab (about the millionth time I've been tested for chlamydia, hopefully I still don't have it) and did a bit of an examination. There is nothing much to report - my cervix was very high up and difficult to see so he was 50/50 on whether I have another ectropion or not (I'm 99% sure I don't) and apparently I have a retroverted uterus. So, if the swabs come back positive, which I don't want to tempt fate but I have absolutely no signs of a infection, then I'll be treated and see if the spotting goes away. If they're negative, it'll be a gynae referral. And now it's time to go back to work - thought I deserved 20 minutes off after being prodded about so comprehensively!

Any early pregnancy symptoms yet Festie?

Woo hoo! Well done dee! I reckon you were right about your ov date being a bit later.

Sorry you're despondent moo - but you're right, any alcohol consumed has bugger all to do with a pg test measuring your hcg levels! God knows where that advice comes from! I can't see how you can have had +ve results unless you were pg at least for a bit. Glad you're going to the drs. Hopefully some light will be shed.

Hi disco! Glad you're getting looked at and hopefully you'll get some answers soon.

I am embracing my new super sense of smell - wasn't so welcome when I visited my mum in the care home she's staying in at the moment! And coffee now appears to taste of dirt, which has happened every time I've been pg, so can't say I'm surprised. Also ditched my jeans today - so bloated. Always been a heffalump when it comes to pregnancy, so obs starting as I mean to go on. Also did a CBD today for confirmation. Feeling more validly pg as a result!

Hope everyone's ok today! xxx

Hi all,

Congratulations Dee so glad to see it has been confirmed!!

Moo sorry that you are still no clearer on what your body is playing at! Hope the doctors can shed some light!

I have decided it is time I left this thread. Thanks for all the support and laughs. I will continue to lurk to see how everyone is getting on, but I need to stop being so focussed on TTC. I am going to try and find a new focus for my energies, and, if I end up with a BFP great, but its doing me no good putting so much emotional energy into it! I will miss you all though

Aw Kitchen. Sad to see you go :( I know what you mean about emotional energy though, it does sap you I think.

Please please come back if you change your mind in the future or to let us know you got that BFP!

Good luck x

I'm 9dpo now and have started spotting. Sigh. Knew it was too good to last! Having had a google though it doesn't mean I've got no chance of being pregnant though so will continue to be cautiously optimistic for testing on Tuesday. At least I didn't start spotting from 5 or 6 dpo like I have in the past.

Festie I will be very upset if a future pregnancy robs me of the appreciation of coffee! Still, glad the symptoms are kicking in if only to make it seem more real for you :)

Kitchen - wishing you all the very best, I hope you do get your BFP very soon!!
Disco - hopefully you'll have the answers you need soon, and will be well on your way to your own BFP. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as this stage sounds like it could be more positive?
Festie - so envious! Right now I feel so bloated, but not sure I have the excuse of being pg.

DH texted me today at work and said he was looking forward to Sunday. That threw me as I was wondering why he'd skipped Friday night and Saturday (both being part of the weekend too and I was counting down the hours until it started!) until he said that he was excited about finding out whether we'd have a new addition or not. As you can see, it's definitely the first cycle!!

Kitchen - i understand going through through the stress month to month is awful! and i also believe stepping back is keeping me sane!
sending all good wishes,babydust,prayers and all things positive that your BFP will be real soon!

10 dpo and I'm going a bit mental now. The spotting is so minimal it's barely there (very pale brown cm and only when I wipe), my boobs are sore and may look a bit veinier than usual, I feel quite up and happy and um, I've had a bit of diarrhoea for the last two days.

I'm probably just setting myself up for a fall but it's nice to imagine I'm pregnant if nothing else...

How is everyone else today?

Disco I say presume your pg until proven otherwise. My spotting was exactly like yours, nothing to see on my underwear or liners when I used them and only something barely there when I wiped. Only a turtle proved that something was going on. Five days of that and nothing. Breasts have started really hurting again too. In fact they were agony in bed last night.

21 dpo and still nothing!! I have heard of woman who got BFNs until 23 dpo then tested again at 29 dpo and BFP so there may be some fading faster than the speed of light hope!!

Aw Moo 21 dpo and neither a definite BFP or AF to show for it is just cruel. I really hope you are one of the rare breed of women who get their BFP after 18dpo. The sore boobs mean something's up though and that you did definitely ovulate in my opinion.

Yeah, the spotting isn't even there every time I wipe either. I'm sure that's to do with the way I touch the skirting board for luck everytime I sit on the loo Although as I'm sitting on a wooden toilet seat it could be overkill.

Another no doubt spurious 'symptom' is a temperature rise after a slight dip yesterday. But I had a similar rise last saturday (even though I temped at exactly the same time) so it's probably bollocks. Chart below for those as wants to see it.

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/discolite

Disco, that sounds exactly like my spotting which started at 10dpo! Fx very tightly crossed for you.

Moo my BFPs are still not very fat. Have you done a CBD yet?

Notinmy I understand how you're feeling. I seem to have finally hit the jackpot on Cycle 6 but was getting pretty fed up with the wait. I bet your turn is coming very soon. Take care and best of luck.

X post there Disco. Your chart looks very good. Loving the dip coiinciding with spotting and followed by a rise. Very positive.

Did a CBD t'other day (not FMU) and definite Not Pregnant. In all my anovultory cycles my boobs have never been sore. Temps are still high too. I'm going to explain everything to my GP next week and see if I can get a blood test.

Disco chart looking super good

My body has been rather too certian about what it's doing, AF arrived in the middle of the night :(
Hope you get a god result soon Moo

Oh no Eagle so sorry the hag whore got you :(

I actually wish she would make an appearance here!

In some ways sits good to know! Only drinking at weekends so at least I can have a drink tonight. Wheres the drinks trolley on this plane?!

OK I'm grasping at straws :)

Thanks for the positivity Moo and Dee! I'm definitely getting my hopes up too much I know. Still, only 60 hours until I can test...oh man, that seems like such a long time.

Oh Eagle that's very very annoying. And upsetting too no doubt :( And in the night too, she coulda let you sleep through...anyway, you enquired about a drinks trolley, here's a to get you started!

Disco, that sounds like such positive news so far - hopefully this will be it!! I know what you mean though - the waiting before you can test is a killer!

Eagle, sympathies over AF..... it has gotten me too. Spotting last night (was so hoping against hope it wasn't!!!) which was early..... I thought maybe my cycle would be longer this time (although for testing purposes I'd assumed a 28 day cycle) being the first one and needing time to settle down after years of contraception! But AF has come in force today, so no getting around that one.

I had a look back through the calendar and the shorter cycle means that I was probably out with our days of SWI - although we were on holiday in Oz, at that stage we were staying at my parents and being well behaved!! Doh!!

Oh well, now I have a bit more experience with it all..... from what I've calculated, we will be away again during my next fertile phase in February so hopefully the holiday mood will help!! I know it's very soon after just coming back from Oz but this is the holiday we were actually meant to have in October, it just got put back until next month. (After this holiday we won't be going anywhere for several months I think!!). We're going to Brazil to visit friends who have just moved over there - we're staying with them for two weeks, so whilst it won't the same as staying in a hotel (for SWI) I'm sure we'll find a way!!

Moo, I hope AF comes soon or the Dr is able to clear the mystery up for you!!

Will you join me in a Alex? Sorry AF has got you too. I'll be at Center Parcs when it's SWI time.

Thanks Disco, trying to relax and your gift helped. Still sad though, was asked to wait in the Anti Natal Clinic which had been turned into a waiting room at the out of hours DR today and refused as I thought I'd cry. DH has been diagnosed with gout, he now thinks he's too old to be a Dad!

Morning ladies! Well still no sign of AF or pg

Temps are still high, breasts are very sore and I'm cramping on and off. Really frustrated. Think I'm going to have to rule out next month as well until I can determine what's happening with my body which is not ideal but there is not really much more I can do.

Have got one more FRERs so might test with that in the morning. An not hopeful for a BFP though.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Alex sorry about the witch getting you. We were having such a good run of BFPs, but I suppose it couldn't last forever.

Hello,

Can I join you please? Just come from the WTTC thread as we have finally embarked on Mission-Baby (been waiting a loooong time). Got passport, ticket and ready for take off.

TTC #1 cycle 1 AF due 10/11 Feb (ish) - so right in the middle of SWI time right now.

Have been using the OV test sticks but so far they've been negative every day... even though I reckon surely it MUST be OV time (perhaps tomorrow...?). Has anyone else found that they don't work? Or maybe I'm doing them wrong (am using them first thing in the morning). We're SWI anyway, just in case.

Moo - keeping fingers crossed for you. What is FRER??
alex - sounds like we're in a similar boat. First cycle and I just got back from the US, apparently travel across timezones can mess with your cycle so fingers crossed next cycle all will be well and time for BFP.

Good luck ladies!

Sorry about AF Alex. It's especially disappointing on the first cycle TTC I found. I think unless you have totally regular periods or unless you use OPKs or temping it can be very difficult to calculate your fertile period. If you don't want to use OPKs or temping I'd suggest having sex every other day or at least every 3rd day so you've got all bases covered. For example, I've ovulated on days ranging from CD17 right through to CD25 so if I hadn't got my sex schedule sorted I'd've missed the boat. In fact, the first cycle TTC I did miss the boat and I'd last had sex 5 days before ovulation!

Moo oh gosh, I feel for you so much stuck in limbo land...I do hope it's a BFP for you tomorrow though...

Ok, here's what's going on with me. I'm 11 dpo, my temperature has risen again this morning, again with no reason to distrust the result. When I first wiped I had pink tinged CM which made me lose all reason (that and flipping fertility friend saying that 48% of positive tests are by 11 dpo). So I used an internet cheapie, not on FMU but on wee I managed to squeeze out after that but before I'd had a drink or eaten anything. I checked it after 5 minutes and i can see something...I have no idea if it's an evaporation line or what but everytime I look at the test I can still see something. After 9 mins it looked exactly the same. If it is there it is vanishingly faint. I've never had anything but a resounding negative before.

So, I am in no way convinced that this is real but my dilemma is this - should I go and buy a FRER or Clearblue digital (expensive, and I've only spent max of £1.50 on a PT before) and use it on the wee I've saved this morning? Or do I wait until the day I was supposed to test, Tuesday, and do another test then? I just don't know....