Thread 4: Ttc without ease, loopy length cycles, post pill poas and everything in between!

[BoBo90]

Welcome to thread 4 Ladies!

Hello to all our old members and welcome to any new

Here is our previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2618917-Ttc-after-stopping-the-pill-thread-3-Join-us-for-Super-long-cycles-living-in-limbo-obscene-amounts-of-poas-and-trying-anything-and-everything-to-get-that-bun-in-the-oven

and here is our current list of lovelies :

Ladies-in-waiting
Cookie22 - ttc #1 - Cycle 9
Bobo90 - ttc #1 - Cycle 6
Helpmeconceive - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Tinyemmy - ttc #2 - Cycle 4
Mummy2squish - ?
Sparkle789 - ttc #? - Cycle 3
CatMum87 - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
May07 - ttc#1 - Cycle 4
Iwillbemrsminty - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Loulabelle1990 - ttc #1 - Cycle 6
Johno85 - ttc #1 - Cycle 7
ClaireSunflower -ttc #? - Cycle 3
Sophronia - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
SusieBu16 -ttc #2 - Cycle ?
Purpleviola14 - ttc #1 - Cycle 3
Chloe2413 - ttc #1 - Cycle ?
Marmitetoast1 - ttc#1 - Cycle 3
Happybus28 - ttc #? - Cycle ?
Pyjamas81 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
MishyBakes - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
Artynic - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
Sarahhh1984 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
peskyfeelings - ttc #1 - Cycle 3
AnnaKateNZ - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
HighHopes16 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
Niks2029 - ttc #3 - Cycle 1
user1468336922 - ttc #2 - Cycle ?
SummerHopin - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Staronthewall - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
Jjspoon - ttc #1 - Cycle 1

Resident Preggos
Firstgo1984
LemonShizzleCake
Sunnydays321
cnchapmanxx
Thisisbloodyridiculous
Lawyeredout82

Sorry for the bfn BoBo and Happy

Perhaps retest in a few days just to be on the safe side?

Still no AF for me this morning. Where is she? All my "I'm about to start my period" symptoms seem to be in retreat as well. I think I might pick up a cheapo test today just for the fun of it.

Im hoping it's too early or I've not quite got my dpo right. Having no ov symptoms made it a bit of guess work! Last two days I've had lots of twinges an aches in the ol' ovary region... So now I'm wondering if maybe I didn't ov at all 🤔 And that my body is getting ready for that... I just don't have a clue really 😆 I've also been a bit blubbery lately and everything makes me want to cry like a baby 😂

Pesky I insist you fetch yourself a test pronto!! Fx for you lovely!!

Hi ladies! So sorry for my absence, have been busy sunning myself, eating, drinking and generally doing no thinking about ttc whatsoever in the Algarve! My cold turkey month is going great!! Well... Until last night when I got home, noticed some ewcm and couldn't resist the old OPKs! Wahhh- bad me! Had a faint line, hopefully ov is this week (CD 19 at the mo- so would mean another less than 10 day luteal phase tho, grrr!).

How've we all been? Have the turkeys still been cold for you all? Not had the chance to read through all the comments amidst doing all my holiday washings! Bobo, Oooh fx for you babe! How many dpo are you now? Your bfn may possibly just be too early to spot! Any symptoms?? I've missed your craic!!

Johnno, sorry to hear of AF but yey for your holiday! Nothing better than a sunny hol to forget about all this stress and madness! Enjoy!

Big hello to everyone else! I'll try and be more active now I'm back on British land! Xx

Lou my last cycle was 33 days so I'm hoping to ov a little earlier this month but last month I ovd at about 18/19dpo too. Sounds good with the ewcm!

Hey cookie! Glad you are back, alga eve sounds lovely!
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I did a test last night and it was much darker, so I did a digital and got 1-2 weeks pregnant. I then did a non digital one this morning with my first wee and it was nearly invisible, hardly anything there at all. Should I assume this is a chemical pregnancy? Do I just have to wait to start bleeding now?

This is all such an emotional rollercoaster. My respect and admiration for women who have gone through this over and over is enormous!

Hi purple! What CD you on? Thanks, Algarve was heaven and back now to this crappy weather! Blank OPK today, I thought it would have got darker. Bah! Oh well, my fault as I said I was doing cold turkey and should have stuck to that plan!! Xx

Very jealous of your hol Cookie! Sounds lovelllly I'm 10 dpo today so think i'm out again. It's getting to me this month though where's my bloody baby already!

Zam love you have to stop testing! Lines can be faint for many reasons, maybe you drank loads the night before or different brand of test! Just leave it a while and test again in a week and assume you're pregnant until then

People when you get a bfp you need to be happy about it and assume everything will be fine. If you start stressing the second you get a bfp it's not going to help your little egg stick xx

Definitely stop testing Zam. You'll drive yourself bonkers. Test again in a week like BoBo said, and in the meantime congratulations!

Been googling stuff about Pregnacare conception vitamins delaying AF. Has anyone experienced this? I don't really see how it would be possible. They are only vitamins after all surely?

Ah ok. Sorry everyone! I'm new to all this and it's so baffling to me, I'm still trying to figure it all out. 😊

No need to apologise Zam. I can't say for certain I wouldn't do the same thing myself if I managed to get a bpf!

Zam
I'm going crazy too. Have convinced myself that my low hcg blood test yesterday means I'm about to bleed and it's a chemical pregnancy. Keep checking my knickers. My gp said that the level is consistent with a very early pregnancy test and to check the level next week and see. But I can't stand the wait so have just bought more frers to check the line isn't fading :( My dh thinks we should just be happy we are pg now and see what happens. Did a digital this morning and it said 1-2 weeks which fits my dates if my cycle was between 32 and 36 days like the last one.
Gahhh just wish I could relax about it! I didn't do temping or opking so hadn't expected that I'd then get so obsessed eith poas after bfp.
I guess we both need to find some distraction hor a while and keep fingers crossed

Oh Lapin, such good luck. I am doing the same too. Every time I go for a wee I scrutinise my pants and the tissue for any hint of blood.

It is nearly impossible to relax and just be happy and enjoy it, isn't it. I'm not going to do another test again, after what people have said here. Either I'll start bleeding, and I'm not pregnant, or I won't start bleeding, and I am pregnant, but no amount of testing will affect that. A really strong dark BFP would be nice, but even so, I would still find things to worry about!

Going to go yoga this evening to try to relax and let go :)

I took Pregnacare pesky and once I stopped them after I read it can prolong your period I stopped and got my first AF about a week or so later after coming off the pill. I'm not sure if it was coincidence or not but that's my experience so never taken them since!

bobo I'm 10 dpo too, had a negative on a FRER this morning. Hoping to hold out until the end of the week before testing again if AF hasn't arrived. When are you testing?

Happy fx you get a do by the end o the week!! I'm just testing with Internet cheapies every day haha I have no patience! Ad due thurs/fri so if no af by Sunday I'll buy an frer

Pesky did you test in the end?

Fx for you too!! I have 1 internet cheapie & 1 FRER left so might have with the IC tomorrow/thurs and save the FRER for the weekend if no AF! My patience is wearing thin! Have you any symptoms?

Hi cookie, I'm CD13 today, probs won't ov for a week or so but still being every couple of days to be on safe side, the another stupid 9-10day luteal phase-I feel your pain!
I don't blame you, the amount of times I've opened my drawer to look at the OPK tests and had to stop myself is unreal!
Have you had any symptoms? Xx

I'm reading loads of negative stuff about Pregnacare Loulabelle I'm definitely not taking them anymore. I was on Seven Seas and my first two cycles after coming off pill were 29 and 27 days. I'm on day 32 now! Plus they make your wee an alarmingly bright shade of yellow! :0

I haven't tested Bobo I'm too scared of the disappointment if (when?) it comes up negative. I will get a test tomorrow though if AF doesn't turn up tonight...I promise. :)

Happy
I've had no symptoms at all really! None that I thing are of related anyway! Been a bit down and had heartburn for the last week which is odd for me but pretty sure it's unrelated! Another bfn this morning
How about you? Any symptoms?

Good luck pesky!!! I will be eagerly awaiting a nice bfp from you 😉 Xxx

Sorry for your BFN I managed to step away from the test this morning! So proud of myself lol! Hoping to stick it out till the weekend but we'll see! Still have quite a bit of CM and also a bit off my food. Wouldn't say I feel sick as such but I'm deffo not as hungry as usual, not sure that means anything though!

Sorry for the Bfn bobo . Fx AF still stays away for you xx

Yeah I would stop taking them pesky! My first cycle was 72 days! I am taking seven seas at the moment and they have been good so far.

Fx for you happy! Symptoms sound promising xx

Bleeding this morning. Proper bleeding like a period, and fits with the low hcg blood test on Monday. So please take me off the preggos list.
May take a break for a while. Not sure I'd like a summer baby.
Quite upset but realise that so many pregnancies end this way and better earlier than later 😕

Hi ladies, I'm still lurking! Taking my last pill on Sunday so will be in full ttc mode from then on! Can feel myself getting obsessed already and I haven't even started! Literally routing for everyone so much, I make sure I check every day to see how everyone is getting on!

Congrats to those with the bfp's! I worry about worrying so would probably be the same as you guys about getting a bfp. Try and enjoy it tho! x

Ahhh sorry Lapin. Sending a hug your way lovely... Don't give up. Xx

I'm so sorry Lapin. Sending love your way.

I'm starting to think that all this information we have available to us now is not actually good for us. I have spent hours already googling for pictures of other people's BFPs and reading about chemical pregnancies and blighted ovums and all the rest of it and of course none of it is reassuring, it's all just giving me added reasons to worry. And this is my first month TTC!

Sigh. I had always imagined that when I was pregnant I would be calm, peaceful and placid, a regular mother earth type. Now I can see I will just spend 9 months stressing and panicking and googling imaginary symptoms! 😂