P to the M to the A! Thread #6, here we go!

[ArchiesMamaBird]

So in the absence of our lovely founder Hippy, I've set up thread #6 to help us keep up the motivation and PMA.

Congratulations to all our grads, the rest of us may be slacking behind but we'll be there soon!

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I'm still here cakes been feeling very nauseous today! Had to lie in bed all day until around 4:30pm as I've been feeling so sick and tired!! Cramping quite a lot too x

Oo that could be promising! But boo to feeling ill, not fun. Let's hope it's worth it!

I really hope so. Don't know when to test. OVIA tells me AF is due the 29th but partner said that I usually have my period around my birthday. 24th to 27th roughly. Looking back at the past three cycles he's right. So according to that I'm due tomorrow but OVIA says 29th so unsure xx

Still sounds like it might be too early to test and a couple more days holding it out and an frer could be a winner!

I think so too. Had no spotting or anything yet as an implantation bleed but I didn't with DD although I wasn't trying so I didn't know. Only have a cheapie test from wilko in at the moment and I haven't used it. I did use a IC OPK though as I read it could pick up pregnancy but it didn't and only showed a very faint line x

Cakes I'm still here! Been busy at work this morning then had acupuncture this afternoon. 3dpo here, LOADS of creamy CM but I know it's too early to mean anything yet (and tbh I don't trust CM as a sign because I've had every different type before AF before 🙈)

How are you doing Loa, any sign of she who shan't be named?

I had loads of creamy CM at 4dpo but nothing since archies

Hoping god I wish there was some definite symptom that would appear at 4dpo so we would know for sure 🙈

I know, the TWW is the longest 2 weeks ever!! Xx

I can't believe I forgot my cycle buddy Archies! Sorry about that. I had a bit of creamy CM the other day but none now.

Sounds promising Hoping. I totally agree that the 2ww is awful. It goes so slowly.

I'm hoping so magpie when are you going to test? Xx

Not until 12 dpo or after. After the early miscarriage or chemical pregnancy or whatever it was last month, I don't want to test early.

I don't know when to test. I really want to test tomorrow but I also want to wait until the 29th when AF is due x

Very wise @MissMagpie. I waited it out last month and didn't test at all and whilst it was nice not to face the bfn at 12 dpo when I usually test,I went a bit nuts with the anxiety! Heart palpitation, the works! How silly?? So will get some cheapies in and get back to testing at 12 dpo. Which is fine cos I'm on for my BFP this month!! 😉

No worries Magpie! There's so many of us on this thread now that it's easy to forget people 😉 so I've been having pulling/twinges in my lower tummy tonight which I do normally get before AF, my PMA is telling me that it's wind from all the crap I've been eating the last few days 😬

I'm all good thanks @Archies

Tmi ahead... no af so far. I had a huge glob of cm last night. Ew! Had a little google this morning which I concluded as af may be on her way.

I don't blame you @cakes I try not to ever test until I'm late but the anxiety of the wait is just horrible!

Oh Loa, how annoying for you to be this late and still none the wiser. I always find that my CM goes really watery just before AF, so a glob of it could still be a positive sign

Checked my Cervix last night around 8pm and it was low,hard,closed. Checked it again at about 11pm and it was high,soft,open

What's this mean??x

Hoping From what I understand, the cervix becomes soft, high, open and wet (SHOW) when you are OV, then it closes and goes low and hard. If you become pregnant then it will stay closed, but go high again (but this can sometimes take weeks to happen after conception). If you haven't conceived, then it will go high and open slightly again to allow the blood to flow out during AF.

But unless you have been checking your cervix for a while, then I think it's really hard to tell what is normal for you. I've also heard that it isn't really a good indicator for pregnancy, in the same way that CM isn't either.

So basically it could mean anything and I wouldn't read too much into it at the mo

No I don't usually check it archie just found it strange that it changed twice in one day x

So I had taken an ovulation test yesterday to see if it would pick up HCG and picture 1 is yesterday's. It isn't in the time window so it was a bit lighter than what it showed but today I have just taken one and it is much darker! Nearly as dark as the control line. I know that I am not ovulating as I had taken the clearblue OPKs this month and ovulated 10 days ago.

Picture 1- yesterday am
Picture 2- today am

What do you ladies think???

Hi ladies, CD1 for me today. Started spotting yesterday at 9dpo. So frustrating that lp has become this short after the mc! The chances of a potential fertilized egg implanting properly before 9dpo are probably small. Argh, really don't feel I need this on top of being worried about my age

But trying to keep my pma by focusing on my appointment on Tuesday, and also looking forward to an extended weekend. The sun is shining, and as magpie commented upthread: in light of Monday's events I guess we should all just count our blessings.

Hoping cervix position is still a huge mystery to me. Just before I got my most recent bfp, my cervix was super low, I was certain I was out. Tightly crossing fingers that whatever your cervix is up to it will lead to a bfp!

Fx for the rest of you as well!

Cross posting hoping. Go get yourself a pg test!

Hoping Ooh that could be promising! Go and get yourself a FRER!!

Patient So sorry that AF has arrived. I've read a few times that raspberry leaf tea can help to lengthen your luteal phase. Have you tried it before?

I have thrown away my FMU. Do you need to use FMU for a frer? archie