chips sorry to hear about your BFN’s, I really hate those snowy white back drops that’s why I’ve stopped testing, I can’t handle them. It could well be the antibiotics or it could well be an elusive bfp. Hang on in there and try to relax, I know this is easier said than done, but stressing out really doesn’t help, says me, who has lost the plot on more than one occasion on this ttc journey!
Willow welcome to our PMA thread – we’re not always positive, we do have a good old grip especially on CD1 but overall our motto is – every month is one month closer to our BFP. AF turned up for me this morning too, so now you, loa and I are all cycle buddies which is cool. I’m 38 too and ttc#1 so I know how you feel about the time thing. I’m on cycle 6 or 7, but do you know what? I don’t think counting cycles helps so I’ve stopped doing that… in my humble opinion it takes a good 3-4 months to prep your body (taking supplements and working out your cycle timings etc), so try not to worry too much, again I know this is easier said than done! I’ve been on mumsnet about 6 months now and read loads of stories and I think it generally does take a lot of people a lot longer to conceive than we all initially thought, it’s just that in real life people don’t tend to talk about how long it took them. I decided to start trying last September but wasn’t using opks at the start, so I think I was getting my timings wrong and I’ve missed a few cycles as my dp works loads, so I feel like I’ve been ttc forever.
loa hey glad your PMA is on the rise chic and at least you can have a few drinks for your birthday weekend. Where are you going on holiday? I think I’ll join you on the natural approach bus, I definitely prefer the chilled out route Vs the do this and do that rules, meh, sod that!
Archies I will keep it all crossed for you anyway chic… but completely get why your bracing yourself.
I’ve got my blood tests again this afternoon but I don’t think I’ll be able to get my results back until I’m back which is a bit annoying but oh well.
xxx