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Jesus Christ someone tape my hands together - Prego Tests

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BunsOfAnarchy · 13/06/2017 07:55

Get me a straitjacket...I can't stop testing my pee because I've lost my mind.

In a nutshell;
-Been with hubby now 10years, married for 2
-Decided to start trying for a baby
-Never been on the pill, all hail the wonders of condoms
-I ovulated on the 4th June and baby danced on both 4th and 5th
-Im taking STUPID tests every single day (cheapo amazon and SD)
-all were negative but of course I'm testing TOO EARLY
-and breathe...

I need some direction ladies. Why am I feeling so intensely crazy? I can't even wait another 5 days till period is due. Okay so I feel some weird symptoms, like a period pain type of niggling pain every night, a silly tonne of flatulence and hysteria. I just can't stop testing.

I even had a very vivid and incredibly real dream this morning that 2 lines appeared. So I tested but still a BFN.

How can I stop myself from testing every day? Has anyone else been a mad woman and done this?

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ScarletSienna · 06/08/2017 17:02

Mrs, I can see something in all three but especially the first photo.

Pinkemi · 06/08/2017 17:42

@thegrumpysquirrel oh my gosh.. your BFP month symptoms are so much like mine at the moment. Shock I was thinking this morning that I seem to have more CM than normal but thought I must be out because it's getting creamy again. Saying that.. I don't have sore nipples.

I'm afraid I can't see a line on those tests. Sad sorry.

Pinkemi · 06/08/2017 21:17

Okay scrap that.. think my cervix has dropped so means I'm probably out this month. Angry coz it's meant to stay high if conceived isn't it?

JustAMuggle · 06/08/2017 22:01

Hi ladies! AF is about to finish and I need some help with OPKs... what are the best ones to get, Clearblue? I'm not going to waste my time with the cheapies this month as they showed nothing last month.

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

MrsMamaG2016 · 07/08/2017 00:41

Thanks ladies for your replies and @TheGrumpySquirrel I've only got these ones?

Sorry for slow reply I completely forgot I'd asked 🙈 x

Pinkemi · 07/08/2017 09:14

@JustAMuggle I use the dual hormone Clearblue ones. They are expensive though! and so far i haven't got my BFP from following them yet!

@MrsMamaG2016 Sorry but I dont see a line. :(

So woke up this morning and packed my Slimming world friendly lunch bag for the day! Got homemade soup for lunch and made sure i have a few syns to keep me away from feeling too deprived! :) I spent most of Sunday in the kitchen prepping food for this week for myself and my husband. Decided we need him to have a better diet too so ive made him wraps for the week. As we are both a bit overweight, i think this isn't helping matters either!

Altho.. I guess I'm not completely out until AF shows. (But i am convinced she is coming. ) My bbt has started dropping again.. and i feel like my cervix has dropped too :(

JemDoughnut · 07/08/2017 11:56

@Pinkemi I didn't know the answer to your question, but I just looked and read this:

"When you are ovulating, your cervix will rise up and its texture will be softer – similar to your lips. Your cervix will also be open to allow sperm in and will be moister than before.

Your cervix will dip lower and become firmer again after you have ovulated. The cervix opening will be closed. The amount of time it takes for the cervix make this change varies from woman to woman. The time frame can range from almost immediately to a couple of days after you have ovulated.

If you have been lucky and conceived this cycle, your cervix should rise up again and feel soft. The difference here is that the opening to your cervix will remain closed. Unfortunately, when this happens will vary. For some women, it can happen within 12 hours ovulating. For other women, it may not happen until long after you have received a positive pregnancy test.

If you are pregnant, your cervix position will rise higher into your vagina but not as high as it would if you were not pregnant."

So maybe you're not out yet?

Not sure where I am right now. One app reckons that I ovulated CD9, the other is predicting that it'll be tomorrow (CD20). I know I started Metformin, but CD9 seems incredibly early considering my previous cycles. And then there's the possibility that could always just not ovulate at all.

If it was CD9 I'm certain it won't happen this month as we'd have missed the mark by a good 48 hours, and I'm trying not to let the fact that my breasts are killing me (I seriously empathise with anyone who suffers with this monthly, I am small-chested and even gravity hurts right now) for no damn reason dissuade me from being logical this cycle.

Pinkemi · 07/08/2017 17:13

@JemDoughnut Thanks for that. :) So i "might" not be out.. but we will see. Did see a tiny tiny amount of pink blood within my CM today whilst checking.. but didn't want to get too excited about it!

I hear what you are saying about the sore boobs... I am gifted in that department and every period they hurt like hell!

MrsMamaG2016 · 07/08/2017 21:03

Omg I'm such a wally I just worked out dpo means that days past ovulation but I thought it meant something towards days till period ...

So my last af was 15th of July to 21st ...

Strange pink/brown discharge on 29th

Cramps two or 3 days later

Not due AF till this Friday ... so I've tested way too bloody early and feel like a wally 🙈

Pinkemi · 09/08/2017 08:32

So... Ovia told me to take a test this morning.. so I did. BFN.. Sad I am so fed up with this.. I was sure we did everything right this month. Angry

I should have known to be fair.. after a week of not being able to do a number two easily.. suddenly I had to rush to the loo yesterday. Normally lose stools means AF is coming. I am due on monday.

JemDoughnut · 10/08/2017 07:56

Sad Sorry @Pinkemi.

Doesn't look like my month either. It appears I may have gone from spotting to full AF. Which kind of sucks but I wasn't expecting much this cycle. Anyway, I'be git several positives to take away from this:

  • I know why my breasts were hurting;
  • Breasts hurting is a new PMS symptom for me, so I'm taking that as a sign that my hormones are doing something new;
  • If the app that put ovulation early was right, then my luteal phase was 13 days, which is a good length (also taking this as a sign that I may have actually ovulated);
  • My cycle was shorter, and while my follicular phase might have been a little too short (9 days), I'm not going to worry and put it down to my hormones still balancing themselves out for now.

Yeah, doubt I'll treat every unsuccessful cycle this way, but for my first cycle on Metformin I reckon things are looking good.

Pinkemi · 10/08/2017 18:42

So as I am writing this, alone in the house, I am quietly weeping. Sad just had this rush of emotion and thought what is the point? Just what is the point. :-( I am so fed up of wanting something so badly and not getting it. What have I done so wrong? It's just a joke.. a really really unfunny one. Here I am wanting something with all of my soul.. and there are people out there who can get pregnant just like that. It just seems so so unfair. :-(

Sorry.. pity party over here.

JustAMuggle · 10/08/2017 20:20

Oh @Pinkemi sorry you're feeling low Sad hugs

I understand completely how you feel, especially about other people getting pregnant so easily. It seems so unfair that someone can forget to take a pill and get pregnant, yet we're over here going all out to make it happen and nothing!
Have a pity party tonight and then wake up tomorrow and start afresh, it WILL happen and it'll mean even more to you when it does. Hope you feel better xx

Pinkemi · 11/08/2017 14:04

@JustAMuggle.. Thanks.. I'm sorry for my moment of crazy. I had just had enough i guess. My DH thinks that this month we should just "Not try" and let nature happen... and that thought alone fills me with fear!

I've just re-joined Slimming world online.. in a small hope that I can get obsessed with losing weight etc so i stop thinking about my infertility. (or lack of fertility is a better way of putting it.) I've been holding off starting up my running again because of the risks of over training.. but actually stuff it. I felt good when i was running.. so I'm going to think about going back out again.

Got a baby full weekend this weekend. argh! Meeting my new cousin on sat and a baby shower on sunday. Must keep happy!

Cookie1831 · 12/08/2017 10:35

Aw pink sorry lovely you are completely right it isn't fair in the slightest it completely sucks but it will be all the more amazing when it does happen and it will xxx I had a lovely few days away and although I can't say I didn't think about it all but I definitely feel more relaxed! CD 16 here but not using OPKs this month so not sure if ovulated yet byt am just going to aim to have sex 2-3 times a week and hope that if the wee swimmers last a few days each time then I do pop an egg we should be covered and am not going to test until CD26 at the earliest maybe even CD28 if I can hold my nerve!! See if I write it I have to stick to it yeah?

JemDoughnut · 12/08/2017 19:16

Yes, @Cookie1831, a Mumsnet post is like a legal contract. You have to stick to it now. :p

Hope you're feeling better @Pinkemi. You're not silly so I wouldn't worry yourself about over training, restarting your running sounds like a great idea to me.

My positivity over AF is waning slightly...I'd almost forgotten how painful a proper period can be! At least there's no confusion over whether it's AF or heavy spotting...

Cookie1831 · 13/08/2017 18:25

Oh horrible hope you have lots of painkillers chocolate and wine!x

Pinkemi · 14/08/2017 09:26

Welcome back @Cookie1831 ! Glad to hear you had a good few days away. :)

I'm feeling a little less weepy @JemDoughnut but have to admit still down in the dumps a little. went to a baby shower yesterday with loads of kids there and 2 pregnant ladies. I found it VERY hard.. especially as my friends were asking when we were going to start "trying." (I haven't told any of my friends or family that we are trying, even though its probably obvious.) Had to keep saying "Oh we are waiting until I drop a bit of weight first." frustrating.

Sorry to hear your AF is giving you bad pains! Mine is due today.. and I "Feel" like it is coming. :( All the normal signs are there.

Cookie1831 · 14/08/2017 16:30

Ah that would have been tough pink baby showers are hard work at the best of times!!x

Pinkemi · 14/08/2017 17:02

@Cookie1831 oh goddness yes! Ive not been to many... thankfully this was pretty low key and down to earth.. otherwise Im not sure I could have coped.

Still waiting for AF! Trying not to hope that its not coming as my symptoms indicate it is. My BBT dropped pretty severely this morning and have been having normal hip pain.. but have been feeling really sick today and SO HOT! Worse then normal.

Pinkemi · 14/08/2017 19:17

Stupidly took a test just now after getting home.. Bfn. Should have known better. Sad and I have no chocolate left in the house.

Cookie1831 · 15/08/2017 08:27

Sorry for bFN but if you are like me you would have spent last night getting hopes up and hopefully dreaming you are pregnant sometimes I need a negative to get my imagination back if you know what I mean?

Cookie1831 · 15/08/2017 08:29

On a different note anybody watch game of thrones??

Pinkemi · 15/08/2017 09:34

Still no sign of AF, feeling sick, have AF style pains but cervix feels closed.. trying not to hope this means it's too early for BFP.

I haven't had the chance to catch up with the new series of GoT.. don't have sky . :-( please don't say what happens!!

JustAMuggle · 15/08/2017 17:59

Hi all!

I've been sent away with work for 3 days over (what Ovia is saying) my most fertile period! Dtd quickly before I had to leave last night in the hope that it's at least something. On the plus side no cramps or anything yet which I normally get mid cycle so fingers crossed Ovia is wrong. Am measuring my BBT this month as I'm hoping it will show if I ovulate, not really sure what I'm looking for but logging it all anyway.