Awww Rach I'm so sorry. Lots of hugs and
. It's unbelievably miserable when AF comes, especially if you had got your hopes up. The only slight positive (and I know this is clutching at straws) is that you had 2 days less of agonising/symptom spotting and you have started the next cycle more quickly. I'm wishing you lots of luck. I'm also sending hugs and luck to everyone else who has had AF (Louwn and everyone else). Onwards and upwards!
Suz - I'm so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. I can only imagine what that must feel like, so do give yourself plenty of time to recover (both mentally and physically). Try not to worry about the age difference as it really does not matter in the overall scheme of things (although I know it sucks when you have plans and dreams for how things SHOULD work out). There are certainly advantages to having a wider age difference - less arguing and competing for one
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Louwn - I'm sorry you feel so down today. Is there any reason in particular or is it just the heartache of getting your hopes up and getting excited and then AF coming and crushing all that excitement? If so, then pretty much ALL of us know exactly what you're going through and we're here whenever you want to have a little vent
. It really is a horrible process when you're ready to have a baby and it doesn't seem as though it will happen anytime soon - especially as it feels like everyone else on the planet falls pregnant as soon as they hold hands with their OH. Why do you feel all over the place about it?
Wish - very long story short (because I've already given a monologue on it earlier in this thread so don't want to hog the sympathy) but it looks as though I may have endometriosis and I've probably had it for quite some time. Depending on how severe it is, it can drastically reduce your chances of getting pregnant. I've had 5 cycles of giving it EVERYTHING and I do everything "right" (e.g. don't really drink, don't smoke, not overweight, exercise loads, changed the "bad" things in my life like drinking caffeine etc), so had thought I'd fall pregnant within a couple of months. Anyway, every month AF has come, even though some months I was CERTAIN I was pregnant because I had so many symptoms. While this has been going on (and for quite a while before TTC) I've had quite a few other symptoms which have been incredibly painful so saw a GP, who immediately said that it's likely to be endo and that one of the symptoms of endo is infertility. As a result of this I feel totally shattered...BUT it does at least mean the TWW won't be as emotionally draining
. As for temping, I enjoy it (I think because the thermometer is pink and white and I'm won over by its prettiness), but I've woken up in 5 different places this month alone (for work - I'm not just being promiscuous) and can wake any time between 4am (gross) and 6:30am so there's just no way of checking things consistently
. I also don't really get CM, so that's quite hard to monitor...