Posifrickentivity all round, with a good healthy dash of project desperate. New thread, new luck, new BFPs! TTC after MC

[alyant79]

Come one, come all and join our rollicking new thread with slightly updated brand new rules

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

[fedupofrainydays]

Oh no jbrd. So sorry to hear that. Hopefully the doctors can find out what's going on and can help you.

aly this af is really painful for me too, didnt sleep last night it was so bad. Feeling tired and very low this morning.

Hope af doesn't arrive for you

[triplespin]

Boo to AFs arrived this weekend. Oh aly sorry about the temp drop. Hope it's by AF.
omama I have really stopped trusting opks. So many stories here of strange highs. 2 day lute all phase doesn't make sense, so I would think the opk is wrong. In any case as I now understand opk just only signals rise in LH but does not mean ovulation has actually taken place.

[triplespin]

aly weird autocorrect. I meant "hope it's NOT AF"

[Sal1977]

AF due here today but nothing yet. Found a bunch if IC tests and broke the rules, sadly it was a BFN. Balls. Had a bit of spotting day before yesterday and a bit this morning so she's on her way I reckon. Bumhug!

[Bezza2508]

My AF has arrived too. Not as painful as I had feared.

[Penguinita]

Seems like there is a big group of us that all got AF this weekend. So I reckon that means there wil be a Bumper BFP Friday in about 4 weeks time! BFPs for everyone!

[triplespin]

Lovely thought penguin! That should get me through the next 4 wks :)

[Sundance2007]

So sorry evil af has got to some of you, I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you all this month.

jbrd - I'm so sorry to hear your news, big hugs, you poor thing. Hopefully the docs can at least help with some investigations and find a solution.

I've been having more pains today and yesterday, I haven't had any pg symptoms yet - last time the boobs started aching practically straight away. If I'm honest I don't feel very confident, and guess I won't until I have a healthy baby in my arms. At the docs tomorrow for results if my 21 day bloods.

[Bezza2508]

I like that thought penguin.

sundance I have everything crossed that it will work out for you this time. What are day 21 blood tests for? I have heard of them but just can't remember what they're for. Is it to check the level of progesterone?

[omama]

penguin - lets hope so!!!

sundance - fx'd all will go well this time around. I barely had any symptoms first time & everything worked out fine so it can happen. Try not to worry.

OneLittleToddleTerror - yes looks like a 2 day LP . This is cycle 1 post mmc. My wtf cycle lasted 6 weeks so I was hoping I'd be back on track this time but clearly not! WTF round 2! Lets hope this next cycle will be back to 'normal'

Tripleskin - I don't trust opk on their own either, I am temping too & had the usual dip in temp right before I got the +ve opk. Anyway since af is here, we'll have to presume it was a false +ve.

[OveranxiousUnderated]

I am expecting AF tomorrow or Weds. Loving penguin's idea of multiple BFP's next month! Determined to try even harder next month, I feel that we stopped dtd a couple of days earlier than we should have.

JBrd; so sorry to hear your news...fingers crossed for some answers for you now x

[OveranxiousUnderated]

AF arrived for me this morning following a massive temp drop. Booo.

Onwards and upwards!

x

[fod27]

So I get up I go to the toilet to find I'm bleeding... Dark brown watery consistency, I'm absoloubtly devastated!!! I've had no cramps and loads if sickness, I can't believe this is happening again ;( I have a scan this evening too but I'm petrified to go

[ArkadyRose]

Oh no fod - really hope scan shows all is OK. If it's brown, maybe it's just a bit more implantation blood that got shifted as things start growing & moving? Remember too that some women do bleed on and off all through some pregnancies yet have healthy babies anyway - my sister did with her last pregnancy, and her daughter is now 2. She bled every month around the time AF would have been due. She has endometriosis, so the doctors think it was endometrial tissue in her vagina that was the source of the bleeding. Fx for you!

[Sundance2007]

fod - try not to panic, brown blood is old, healthy blood so sounds like some excess matter clearing itself out of your system, if you were in pain and had fresh blood then it might be more if a concern. I know it's hard not to worry but hopefully your scan will confirm. Fx

bezza - I pushed to have some tests done to see what the pains I was getting were and whether they were stopping me from conceiving. They do blood tests at the start if af to test hormone levels and again on day 21 to make sure you are producing enough progesterone - this can rule out things like endometriosis and or ovarian cysts. I went to the docs this morning, everything has come back ok and I'm defo pregnant. Now just need to push for an early scan when I see the midwife.

[fod27]

Thanks ladies I would be due AF today, not sure if that changes anything?

[Bezza2508]

I've heard of quite a few people having bleeding around the time of their period Fod. Are you having a private scan this evening or going to the EPU? Good luck.

That's good news sundance. How long have you been trying before your BFP? Hope you don't mind me asking. I haven't quite caught up with people's history yet cos I'm new :)

[fedupofrainydays]

fod good luck. Try not to worry (although I know imposs) as it is old blood and no cramping which are both good signs.

over sorry af got you :(

I'm interested too in how long after mc it's taking people to get bfps. I'm six months now and it's really getting me down :( I hear all these stories about bfps in a matter of weeks post mc and just not in my case.

[fod27]

Private this evening and EPU tomorrow

[alyant79]

fod good luck tonight. fingers, toes and everything crossed that it was just some old blood this morning.

sundance that's great news. hooray!

fedup it's getting me down too. I'm pretty sure AF is going to arrive today - my temp was slightly up from yesterday but i broke the rules this morning and poas on an ic (only because my boss is having a BBQ at his place tonight and i needed to know for sure if I can drink or not, so that's OK right??? but please fishslap me anyway) and it was a bfn. That's 6 cycles now since mc or 7 if you count the first wtf cycle.
BUT now I keep hearing lots of stories from people about how it took them a year to get pg with their second child, after getting knocked up immediately with the first. So I am trying very, very hard not to panic.

[Sal1977]

Me too over. Shit isn't it?

[cosmickitten]

jbrd I'm sorry it's truly awful that you are going this.

fod I wish I could say something to make the next few hours easier. Will be thinking of you xxx

Have been trying some new positions as part of making sex more fun. Not hugely successful, it turns out neither of us are very bendy! But it did cause giggles which is good start!

[fod27]

Thanks so much ladies, I just know it will destroy me this time, despite trying not to get attached to the idea the further along we have travelled the harder that's been to do ;(

[OveranxiousUnderated]

Very shit, Sal

Fod - Crossing my fingers for you, good luck tonight x

[Emki]

fod everything crossed for you xxx

sal so shit! I'm now telling people that we're not trying as too terrified after 2 mcs ( it is easing the pressure a bit by lying to people) - though obviously we are and it's all I think about and this roller coaster of emotions is really hard to deal with.