February Bus?!

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Hello all

Thought I'd start a February bus thread (sorry if there is one I've not seen). AF caught me off guard today after being 4 days late and hoping we'd caught lucky first time.

Statistics:
33, TTC 1, Cycle 2, CD 1

Came off the pill November so now I've had my first proper AF I think I may try OPKs this month.

Baby dust to everyone xxx

Thank you @DinoGreen
I'm trying to be laidback the first couple of months lol but I'm not very good at that

Hiya! Excited to finally be joining the bus as I have been broody for ages and we decided to wait until the new year. Done everything I can to try to get myself ready I think.

Ttc #1, 32, cycle 1...
Just going with the flow to start, and convincing myself I am going to play it cool. We will see if I manage to do that once the tww starts next week!!

Good luck to everyone!

@WillowJasmine I’m the same as you. AF or BFP due on 1st feb also round one of clomid. When have you been poas?

@SunnyL88 hi! How did you find the first month? Have you found out if you ovulated? I still have ages! If I do have a 28 day cycle I'll be due on the 12th Feb! Having bloods the week before to see if i ovulated. Have you started poas yet?

@coconutlatte44 that's what I said the first time I started ttc! I have no patience however so didn't take long to get into temping and ovulation tests. Luckily you can get like a billion on eBay really cheap cos I go through them 😬
Feeling pretty calm at 3dpo. Talk to me again in a week's time...

@Willowjasmine absolutely fine. I was taking it literally just before I spelt and had no side effects.

I have at 27 days into cycle but bfn 😭 but still no af.

Hello everyone hopping on

As predicted, spending £8 on an FR test yesterday caused the menstrual cramps to start (after BFN of course!). So I’m

30
Cycle 2
TTC #1

Going to try OPK this month. Stopped POP end Oct, withdrawal bleed 1st Dec, ??ist proper AF 27th Dec and looking like AF tomorrow so should be 30 day cycle.

Baby dust to all!

@emceave
My AF due same day - fingers crossed for both of us! I’m trying to resist testing early

@Ambs81 hoping you get your BFP!

Ladies I’m feeling pretty rubbish. I did my FR test before my smear test as the dr asked me and I knew it would be BFN but I still felt quite meh.

Is it possible to have a 19 day cycle? I now think that’s what i had as I’ve had a light AF since Sunday. In that case I must have ovulated about 3 days after my previous AF which started on Jan 2nd and then this one started Jan 20th?! Waiting on an internal ultrasound to get the all clear for ttc again.

Sorry for the ramble and baby dust to all xx

@SunnyL88 oooh you're not out til AF arrives! It still might be a bit early. How long have you been trying?

@Willowjasmine this will be the 9th month. I also have high prolactin so awaiting my endo appointment in March xx

@Coastaldreamer I used to have 21 day cycles. I'd ovulate within a day or two of AF finishing

An unusually long AF finally finished today and FW has started. Bought some opks today to start using in the morning

So I’m officially on the February bus, af arrived this morning 😭 but I’m taking this as a positive as previously irregular, this will be the second month in a row it’s been a 32 day cycle so...

This month I won’t take the next lot of clomid as I know my prolactin is stopping me from getting my bfp and I have my endo appointment March 5th.

I will use the preseed and the angus cactus and vitamin b6 though.

@SunnyL88 sorry to hear that! Do you know for definite that you didn't ovulate this month? I'm 2 months ahead of you. Got an Ultrasound tomorrow to check my PCOS. If your username is your birth year too we are the same age!

@willow @sunny also an 88 here!

Can I ask what symptoms etc led to an Endo diagnosis for you? I’m convinced that’s what’s wrong with me but just can’t get anywhere.

@Willowjasmine yes I was 30 in April and started ttc June.

Not for sure as I wasn’t using opks but I did have the symptoms plus the cm so I’ve bought the clear blue digitals for this month plus preseed and vitamins.

I’m convinced that I don’t produce enough progesterone after because of my high prolactin. Have you had yours checked? My ultrasound confirmed I didn’t have pcos so that’s good.

@Spottyyellowdress oh yay! My plan was to have 1 maybe 2 babies by 30 but life had other plans for me!

@SunnyL88 that's good you had the ewcm. I think I'm due to ovulate tomorrow if it has worked but haven t had any signs yet. I had my prolactin checked which came back normal. I was convinced it was going to be problem because the consultant said it's produced when you're stressed and I'm always beyond stressed. Do you know how they treat it if it's high?

They just give you medication, cabergoline but I can’t gwt that til I have my endocrinologist appointment in March 😭😭 I’m gonna try the natural ways this month while I wait. Everything just takes too long doesn’t it? @Willowjasmine

Hi everyone. 5dop for me. I've been waiting to confirm my early ovulation for a few days as temps have been a bit up and down- got crosshairs on FF today so appear to have o'd cd 9. That is quite early for me and I have read things suggesting that early ovulation is not good. Anyone know any different? Regardless because of early ov we only bd 1 day before and 1 day after so not the best odds there.

Anyway, the herbs seem to have certainly had the effect so far of bringing ovulation forward so I'm hoping at least to go further in the luteal phase without spotting. Interestingly enough I've also had no ovulation signs when I normally get some aching and sometimes some spotting- I did, however, get the darkest opk ever on cd8. At this point I'm not particularly expecting a bfp this cycle (and actually not symptom spotting either), perhaps because this cycle is moving faster than I expected. Would just like to see some positive change in my pre af-spotting/pms. I have another appointment with the medical herbalist in a few weeks. The sleep herbs she also prescribed have worked brilliantly which gives me some hope.

On the off chance that I don't get spotting, I'll be poas on 5th Feb, not a moment sooner as not wasting a frer this month!

@SunnyL88 I see. Yep it does feel like everything takes forever. I had my US today and although they can't fully give results they said things looked ok and like I may have ovulated! Won't know for definite until the bloods.

Hope you don't mind me joining the thread? Sending lots of baby dust to you all.
I am on cycle 6. Unfortunately I had an early miscarriage in Nov (6 weeks). I used the one step OPK's this month and finally showed a positive on cycle day 21 (previously had been ovulating around day 16/17 according to clear blue digital test but maybe the miscarriage has messed up my cycle?) so we DTD on all the right days etc leading up to day 21 and few days after. So was feeling quite hopeful this month. I should now be 7DPO but the last couple of days i've had mild cramps in my left lower side and tiny bit of brown spotting but then this morning it has turned darker red and I think maybe it is AF early. I am feeling really deflated. Has anyone else had this? Thanks

So sorry to hear your sad news @anyag90

I’m hearing lots of people talk about early afs- I wonder if it’s the stress of the tww and symptom spotting. I’ve decided, this month I’m not using opks I have bought;

Prenatal vits, zinc, vitamin e, Vitamin b6, Angus cactus and ashwagandha (to try and naturally lower prolactin while I await my endo appointment) and generally enjoy bd. Since coming off the pill 9 months ago I am actually enjoying being close to my dp again and it’s nice.

It may seem like a lot but crushed up in my morning smoothie, it’s not noticeable.

Hiding all those bits in a smoothie is a good idea Sunny.

So AF is due any time between now and Friday. DH has suggested I don't do a test until Saturday if AF hasn't arrived, but now it's all I can think about. I have absolutely 0 symptoms so not feeling too positive and a couple of days ago I had quite a lot of pelvic cramping so many AF on the way?

It's going to be the longest week...

I am not symptom spotting or testing early ... yet this morning I felt a bit sick and found myself googling “how early does morning sickness start” 🙈 (answer: not until 6 weeks, so def not yet!)

That’s a lot of vitamins @Sunny! I’m just taking folic acid and a high dose of vitamin C at the moment, but no endo here to contend with. Hope they help!

I’m now about 9dpo, AF due Sunday- have tried 2 more tests today! Looking positive, but in theory if implantation hasn’t happened yet could this turn to a BFN?
Or in order to get a positive line (even faint) should implantation of taken place??
I’m not great with the science stuff!!