PMA Express to BFP Thread #5

[Hippychic79]

So we are rolling on to thread #five –
We are not giving up, our PMA is still alive.

Put pure and simply,
We want to have babies,
God, please help everyone of these lovely ladies.

We support each other,
We are funny and kind,
And we will not be giving up,
Until we see that thick BFP line.

Very sorry Sarah 😞 What a crock of shit. Sending hugs your way. Dam AF!!

sorry AF got you Sarah! crossing everything for your next cycle x

Missmagpie thats great news about the bfp! its frustrating that there is more anxious waiting after a bfp but how exciting that you've got to the first step! Try not to worry too much about the bleeding, it is common in early pregnancy, wether its implantation bleeding or i've read that sometimes a little bit of the uterus lining is shed just before the pregnancy hormones fully kick in to stop AF.

Thanks everyone for the encouragement, i got my positive opk this morning so I'm thinking little lefty will be starting its journey to make a new friend very soon

Congrats magpie - cling on to that amazing BFP! Spotting or not! It's easy for us to say but really do try and stay positive as it prob is IB! I've had spotting throughout my early pregnancy and it's always been a bit of a mind fuck but as everyone has said, it can be completely normal!

Sorry AF caught up with you sarah - so bloody frustrating!! Wish she'd just leave us all alone here.... hope you're being kind to yourself!

Thanks ladies. It's a tough one as we've had a new baby in the family today and it's really just not fair, why can't I have one too?? I think I've waited long enough now. Xx

That really sucks sarah and is really not fair.

So sorry @sarahboro1. It is the pits. You'll get there but be kind to yourself whilst you're waiting. Tlc is what you need xx

Not good news ladies.
Still had nothing on a towel all yday and overnight but had some very AF-like cramping. Quite painful actually.
This morning I went to the toilet and when I wiped there was bright red mucusy blood. So looks like whatever was there has come unstuck and AF is arriving.

Sorry AF got you too sarah. Such an actual bitch.

Sending lots of virtual hugs & positive vibes your way.... @Sarah @Magpie

Oh Magpie I'm so, so sorry

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry Magpie

Sorry AF got you too Sarahb ..... I am double gutted

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Sarahb for you too

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Awww @magpie & @sarah sendings hugs to you both. She's such a flipping witch!!!!!! But I always think ur body is working properly your getting a regular cycle which is a healthy indication that ur body is working. New cycle again, new beginnings and a new chance 💜💜

@bellamoon CANNOT STOP laughing at u! Hahahaha jobbies such a good word ha ha

I am CD17 both mornings iv forgot to POAS so no idea if I have a flashy or static smiley. Might do it later but I actually get a horrible gut feeling it will have the big circle and I'll cry lol. Meant to be my FW this week. Started on Tuesday so DTD EOD. Fingers crossed (but not legs)

I met my wee godson for the first time last night but in turn a baby bomb on Facebook and then a friend who was trying same time as me is preg 🙄 Trying just to be calm and cool about it lol not happening!

Nooo @MissMagpie totally gutted for you Hun! That is soul destroying. Are you sure it's AF for deff? 😨😨😨

Someone needs to give me PMA this morning. I'd waited 4 weeks for my nurse practitioner appointment to discuss my bloods and possibly scan referral. My appointment was today at 8.40 and they rung me at 8.30 to cancel. I sobbed for a bit an then left for work in a state. How stupid of me. It's only an appointment. An I'm going next week instead. But its like I'd been waiting patiently an built up to this and the receptionist pushed me over the edge by saying the nurse is off sick so it's cancelled 😫😂

Jesus Christ. Who knew I'd be sobbing over a pissing appointment.

Just keep going ladies. We keep going. We WILL bloody get there. 🙏🙏🙏

Amanda happy pumpage this week :) can't believe you forgot to poas... although i can see how its easily done, i often wake up in a bit of a day dream and am almost on auto pilot ... easy to let that FMU go when you haven't woken up properly! EOD sounds like a good plan.... should be plenty of doreens waiting for peggy when the big O happens :) Hopefully a hug with your new godson gave you extra positive ttc vibes.

Anna Awwwww bless you .... I get annoyed if plans change at the last minute too, it can be so frustrating especially when you've psyched yourself up. Try not to stress .... you're in the 2ww, you need to stay calm. Hey hopefully you won't need the appointment anyway and the universe is just one step ahead of you #fatecanbegreat

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Anna I totally know where you're coming from! After my scan I rang up for my results a week later and was told if have to wait another week and I was so desperate! Looking back 1 week is nothing, but in the world of ttc time seems to move so slowly doesn't it

I had acupuncture this morning and thought I'd share a little bit of advice with you all. The acupuncturist said that in the week after OV, heat can be toxic to your embryo. So avoid hot baths and hot water bottles until 8dpo, which is when you will be fine to start having them again. I am MASSIVELY regretting my steaming hot bath that I had last night now 🙈 here's hoping that it didn't really matter much as I was 2dpo 😬

Nooooo @MissMagpie that's so heartbreaking 😔 hope you're ok. Look after yourself. Vent and rant if you need to.

Totally get that @Anna2006. You thought you were going to get to chat to a pro and get some answers. How dare they make you wait another week?! You need some distractions to get you through. Time is so slow in the TTC world. I'm only cd9 but feel like I should be at cd27 and getting ready to test by now!

Really interesting about the heat @ArchiesMamaBird. Definitely worth remembering. I'm a naturally hot person anyway so tend to avoid hot bath because I just turn beetroot! But I do like a scolding hot shower. Worth having a luke warm one if that helps!!

Archies Thank you for sharing about the heat thing! I'm a cold type so I've read in all Emma Cannon's fertility books that its best to keep warm post ovulation, so now I am very confused! Hhhhhhhm I will speak to my accupuncture man on friday but for now have moved my hot water bottle from my abdomen to my lower back!

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Hippy I'm also a cold type! She said that a bit of heat is good, and it's good to keep warm. But just not extreme heat I think. My acupuncturist normally puts a heat lamp directly over my bare abdomen, but for today she said it was best to put a blanket over my tummy before she put the lamp on so it wasn't too hot

Oh that's really good tips it's a crazy old world this!

Sooooo I'm in a pickle now.

I had the Clear blue dual hormone ones (the purple) but I also have the pink clear blue one.

Vause I forgot to POAS this am I thought I would there - I didn't have any purple ones so used the other one and it came up the big low fertility 😢 Have I missed Peggy? Or has my urine been too diluted? 😭

I am not sure wether to buy some more dual hormone ones today and test in the morning. According to Ovia I am in Fertile week I'm CD17 pls help lol x

Thanks Ladies. Sorry for my outburst. It wasn't a good morning that's for sure. Think I've calmed down a bit now.

Good to know about the heat thing. I think I've seen not to have really hot baths in 2ww so must be something to it.

Thinking of you Magpie

Archies Thank you for the clarity, you had me googling then!! I like to keep my uterus warm as I've been told its imperative, but it's not 'extreme' heat'. I never put the hot water bottle next to my naked skin, it's on the outside of my clothes... so I'm thinking #stopfretting :) #stopgoogling

Amanda I'm not sure whether you've missed Peggy or not but i had a similar opk dilema a few months back where i run out of pink cb opk sticks on cd15 so i had to go and buy some more, i brought the dual ones and started using them on cd15. i have since learnt from their website that the first day you test with the dual ones will always show a blank circle (thus why they suggest testing earlier, that and the fact they make more money). If i were you, i would test with a standard one if you want to be on the safe side (Boots ones are pretty good, x7 sticks for £10.99 i think)
whatever you do though... do not stress .... #imahypocrite
you're dtd EOD - you should be covered

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Hi all I am so sorry I have been awol - spent Tuesday in a day-before-12-week-scan-daze and yesterday was crazy busy, I am shattered today! Yesterday was my booking app and scan amazing - scan was amazing, the booking stuff is incredibly boring (be warned).

The NHS experience is a little different to the private scan we had a 7 weeks. I will give you a laugh - the letter said to go with a full bladder, so I did, 45 mins after our appointment time we were still waiting so I asked if I could go and do a little wee - just a little one they said. Eventually got taken in for the scan an hour after our appointment time. Your bladder is too full ... I can't see baby very well ... go and empty it! OMG!

All is well :):):) - babies heartbeat, measurements, etc are all normal. Oh cried when he saw baby on screen :) I think I was in shock as I had geared myself up for there to be nothing there! Baby arched its back during the scan and then did a little Mexican wave type jiggle, it was really funny! I am on cloud 9 today

Magpie I am so so sorry - sending you hugs and . Life is too cruel sometimes. xo

Sarah sorry she got you as well xo

Hope everyone else is well? Few bfps coming up soon?! xo

Gorgeous @Moo31!! Lovely scan!! I had 3 with DD and every time had to go and empty my bladder because they couldn't get a good look 🙄 at the 20 weeks one (which is incredible btw,so much detail) I had to walk a bit, do a few jumps, go for a wee, drink a bit, lie on my side, all sorts so they could get all the right measurements!! Was frustrating at the time but funny now!

That's lovely Moo! I cried when I had my first scan with my DS. It's just so overwhelmingly wonderful!!

Thanks everyone for all the well wishes. It means a lot.

Update from me - still not the usual amount of period blood that I would expect to get - nothing on a towel, just on toilet paper. It's either gearing up for a full on tsunami or it's going to be a light one. Or it could be IB but I am not pinning my hopes on that. It's too unlikely really.