First time TTC - thread 6

[bassetmum]

Well thats another thread full of our comings and goings.

My details again
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Cycle 6
Cd25

Still not decided yet Beauty but not been temping so far – a lady on another thread suggesting temping during FW up until about 4dpo just to be sure that its happened and then stopping so might do that alongside OPKs and hopefully that’ll stop me getting so hung up on my temps during the TWW. I honestly don’t think there is a right or wrong answer though in this whole business. I'll need to decide soon though as AF has almost left the building.

You might have missed your LH surge – are you using the cheapy OPKs? And have you been testing more than once a day? Can understand that you are worried but I would recommend a month of temping before going to the docs as its really the only sure fire way of confirming – or otherwise – ovulation and wouldn’t be sure that they would order bloods based on OPK results.

Have an awesome weekend Baguette

Hey Flora yeah its something i noticed when i first stopped the pill i would have a week where my nipples would be intensely sore then AF would appear about 2 weeks later, i just assumed it must be around when im ovulating and when AF disappeared for 3 months I didnt get sore nips at all so quite pleased they are finally back haha. I have CB ovulation sticks but havent started to use them yet since this is my first cycle after provera thought i would wait and see how long this cycle lasts then ask on here for advice on when to start testing :) we try to just DTD regularly although to be honest with shifts recently it hasnt been much.

oops posted too early

Baguette haha! have a happy weekend!
Beauty i agree with flora to try temping, i havent done it myself but i know alot of the ladies on here swear by it as its the only way to really get a good indication that your ovulating

Congratulations eva. Enjoy the wedding planning.

How is it going loxy?

Glad you are feeling better flora.

Hi toberlone welcome to our board.

Glad af arrived for you pillow.
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Fairy* any answers yet??

Oh no kitty another long cycle? Did the drs say theyd do anything to help. Hopefully you've just ovulated late.

Yay for weekend statics baguette.

Well Ive not had my normal pre af symptoms this month yet will see come monday. However I have had the toughest day today my sister baby bombed me. Shes due in December and caught the first month its so hard to be positive and happy when its the one thing I so desperately want. My mum and I had a chat about how my sister was worried about telling me because she didnt know where we were with ttc if we were at all. So i finally told my mum we were ttc and on cycle 9. Mum turned around and said get a thermometer as thats what helped me and your dad.

Oh dear bold fail there

Am going to try a preg test tomorrow morning bassetmum, then if nothing, an ovulation one on Sunday. Fingers crossed!

Sounds like a good approach flora, I think anything to reduce stress/obsessing during the TWW is a good plan! I'm using the Clear Blue digital ones but not the ones with a flashing smiley, it's either just an empty circle or a static smiley. Without making myself sound totally stupid, I have been avoiding temping because numbers and charts etc is really not my strong point! I don't want to do it if I just get confused and totally mess it up because then it won't mean anything anyway! But maybe at this point I should at least try...

Oh Basset sending hugs, that is difficult. I know you will be happy for your sister and at the prospect of being an auntie but it still stings, doesn't it?
Hoping that this is your month or very very soon.

Hey Basset thanks for asking :) Short answer: still pregnant.

I've had a really tough few days. At first my ICs were getting fainter and fainter so i prepared for another loss. I got really wound up yesterday lunch time and stormed into Boots, grabbed an FRER and immediately used it in the Tescos loos and was gobsmacked by the line that came up. Cried a bit over being in limbo. I called my friend who talked me down and I vowed to stop testing and also not be checking mumsnet every five minutes. Which i have, this is the first time I've been on since Thursday morning.

AF was due today, she's stayed away so far. We're at 14DPO and as long as she stays away until next Friday I'm going to take one more test and then refer myself to a midwife.

Sounds like a plan fairy. Fx for positive!!

Basset I'm sorry. Definitely a bomb and a half! It sounds like your sister handled it best should could though. Did it help talking to your mum? Hope it's your month soon, then cousins can be close in age!

Waiting for af to bigger off here, then giving SMEP a go, with bonus temping. Don't think I'll have the stamina to do it lots of months, but oh seems keen!

Lovely news loxy. Really hope it sticks for you!!

Sorry basset, for some reason the thread didn't update for me before I posted. Sorry to hear you're having a tough time. I can imagine how difficult it is when you are torn between being pleased for your sister and also being so disappointed that it's not you. And feeling it's unfair that she got lucky on the first cycle! Hopefully it will be your turn very soon.

Still got my fingers crossed for you Loxy.

Fingers crossed for your test as well Fairy.

Morning all, took a pregnancy test as soon as I woke up and it's negative.

Guess I just had a random weird one-day period and not an implantation bleed :(

I'm trying to track basal temp but I'm all over the shop with that, seems to have gone up and down about 3 times this month

Will try an ovulation test tomorrow and see what happens -_-

Thanks all. I felt so jealous yesterday especially as if we had caught first month id be due shortly. I just hope my sister didn't pick up on it. Talking to my mum helped, nice to have someone in person that knows other than me and my OH. I think I am out this month again anyway as I can feel a headache coming on so we shall see.

I'm sorry fairy.

I am quietly optimistic for you loxy.

It's so understandable basset. And hopefully even if your sister picked up a little bit she will understand that it's not personal. It must be so hard knowing if things had worked as you'd hoped then you'd almost have a little one. Really hope the headache isn't an indicator this month!

Bizarrely unicorn. The headache has gone away now.

Basset glad you've got someone to talk to in real life too. I've found having someone who's not trying at all but has a child really good to talk to. She's been able to tell me to calm down and I believe her.

Sorry for the negative fairy

She's staying away still. I have to get through Tuesday to officially be in uncharted territory. I've bought two more tests which I've given to DH. He's under strict instruction to not let me have one until Friday morning. Will be lurking till then, going to try and get through next week with minimal worry.

Fx loxy.

I took a frer this morning as af is due tomorrow and it was a white as white can be. Oh well

So sorry for the bfn basset. Really sucks! Fx it's just too early for it to register.

basset so sorry for the bfn and baby bomb, that really is tough. We started TTC March 16, SIL started April 16, was pg by June and had her baby in February. Whilst of course it is wonderful, I think I actually turned green with envy. (She doesn't know we are ttc). Have you had any tests from Dr?

Thank you for all the lovely congrats.

loxy glad to see all is going well and fingers crossed this week is a breeze for you

Well, I had a complete shock at the sperm analysis re-test results on Thurs. The results were excellent, the Dr actually said "you've got loads of good sperm swimming around there". So next I have app on May 16th to be referred to Gynae. The TTC rollercoaster continues.

Hope youre OK flora what cycle are you on now? Is it about 10?

Hi all,

Thanks for the support. I am going to be more active in this thread to try and return the favour

Ovulation test was negative this morning. So I've decided to stop testing, have lots of lovin', and wait for next month's AF

And I'm out. Cycle 10 here we go. Really not feeling today now so angry and disappointed that another cycle has gone past again. No we haven't had any tests as we are only 28 and 39 and dont really have the cash for private tests so going to have to wait till a year.

That sounds like good idea fairy. I stopped opking a while back.

Thats good news about the sperm analysis eva.

So sorry basset. It must be so difficult and frustrating. Really hope this cycle is yours.

Sorry about the BFN Basset and baby bombs are hard enough without it being so close by. I'm pretty sure my SIL will be pregnant again soon and bad as it is, I'm dreading it as know my reaction will be poor and hubby will think I'm a horror.

Excellent news about the SA Eva so do they think that the antibiotics made all the difference? Bet that news, plus the engagement will have given you both a good boost. I'm on Cycle 11 now, we started TTC in July last year, I'm on CD9 presently and at the stage where you feeling positive and ready to go! Also spent yesterday at a charity event for women with cancer so in honestly, I'm feeling pretty pleased with my lot as hearing those stories was tough. We are at the stage of getting tests though and been really positivity surprised by how quickly hubby managed to schedule his SA. Apparently our local clinic has a good reputation and reasonable waiting times so that's something positive to focus on.

Hi all, hope everyone had a good weekend.

Sorry AF has turned up basset.

Pleased you had good news from the SA Eva.

Good to hear you've got some positives to focus on flora. Hopefully you'll get some answers from the tests. Or even better, Sod's law will intervene and you won't end up even needing the tests!

Sorry about the BFN Fairy - sounds like a good plan for this month though

It was my birthday at the weekend and I actually managed to enjoy a lovely day without worrying about TTC. It had been hanging over my head that it was coming and that I would be another year older with no success, but I really made an effort to push the negatives away and be positive (At least I could have a glass of bubbly to celebrate! ) I really don't want this TTC business to take over my whole life! And surprisingly I didn't dwell on it at all. The only negative was that the weather was bloody awful!

Still sending my positive thoughts that you sail smoothly into uncharted territory Loxy.