March bus

[littletandme]

Just thought I'd start a March bus for anyone just edging into the next month for testing/AF due!

I'll start with my stats:

Trying for baby #2 with a 2.5yo DD
Cycle 2 (although first full cycle after having the implant removed)
CD1 today
AF/BFP due sometime after 5th March depending on what my cycle wants to do this month!

BFN at what is 13-15 dpo (irregular periods). I want my mind to accept it and bring on the AF. Can't do with another extremely long period and no hope. I don't know what's wrong with me, two years of TTC and not getting anywhere. [Sad]

So it looks like af got me😢, 23 days cycle, only spotting yet, bright red...

Sorry to hear @franklydear :( I hope it stays as spotting and it might be something else...?

@EasterBunny7 have you been to the doctor yet? Anything after 12 months and they will start looking into other options usually. Sorry if you already have and that comment is super unhelpful :(

Thanks @Newbie0818, should it be bright red, though? Hanging into a tiny thread of hope.... looks like my pms symptoms are sore boobs, cramps and nausea, nice...

@Franklydear sorry to hear you’re spotting but until AF is in full swing you still have some hope 🤞

Annoyingly the IC I did this morning also had the same kind of line as yesterday's, but I really can't see anything on the FRER got a few cheapies left though so at least if I'm really tempted I can test again the next few days.

@Franklydear I think everyone’s body is different, some people I know said they had what they thought was their af (heavy, bright) and still ended up pregnant. I suppose just wait and see how it evolves.

@littletandme definitely wait a few days and do one again, just in case.

Cracked out a frer. Negative.
I don’t think I’ll be due to ovulate until the end of the month at this rate so I’ll be likely off to the April bus x

@Franklydear I’ve just went to the loo and wiped and I have red spotting now too! 😐 not due AF until Wednesday so seems a bit soon for pre AF spotting?

@karen, af wasn't due until next Friday😲 but us getting heavier already... That would put due af at the end of march again... Will see

That’s so confusing 😕 I’m trying to remember if i have had spotting days before AF before. I think it’s happened 2 days before once but usually I get spotting just the day before AF. When did you last take a test or have you not got to that yet?

Last test was on the 15th, a week after af, also very light and short, I think coming off the pill on November hasn't settled yet

@newbie, I had that with my first, I got to the midwife thinking I must be 5 weeks along, to find it was more like 9...

Sorry to all with BFNs & the arrival of AF 👎🏼

here's to the March bus and hopefully getting a load of Christmas babies!! 🥂🥂

AF has cleared off so time to get back to it! 😝

@Franklydear that's always my dream haha, a few extra weeks for free

Sorry for all the BFNs and arrival of af's... Hopefully those early BFNs will be BFPs in a few days time 🤞🏻

I'm currently CD18 and approaching my fertile, window with Flo predicting ovulation next week but I am using opk to keep track because I think flo is off.

I had a chemical in January so the cycle appeared longer and the 1st cycle after was delayed so again it was longer than usual, so flo is predicting a 43 day cycle which isnt usual for me....its usually 32-35 days.

The plan this cycle is to try to BD at last every other day until I get a positive opk then every day for a few days to see.. Hopefully we'll be lucky this time.

A friend of mine has a clear blue fertility monitor that she bought when trying for her first and conceived 1st cycle with it. She's currently expecting no.2 and has offered it to me to use. So if we're not lucky this cycle I will be trying that next cycle for hopefully more accurate results.

Has anyone used the clearblue fertility monitor?? Xx

Sorry for all the bfns and those who have af arrive!

A little tmi maybe but does anyone have any tips on reducing bloating?! Really suffering with this for the past few days!!

Yep, definitely af, nearly a whole week early, ....

@Sausage1990 I used the old version of the clear blue fert monitor to conceive 2 of my children and it was fantastic, so if it's anything like the original I thought it was great.

@Hatepickinganame peppermint tea always helped me with trapped wind

Sorry to hear of af and bfn's!
Think I will be joining you on the af bus shortly, feeling a bit crampy today and af is due tomorrow I think so just waiting now! Least I'll not have to waste my frer and 🤞🏻 I will need it next month instead xx

@Franklydear aww 👎🏻 at least you know now and you’ll be back in your fertile window soon! I’m stilling waiting for it to happen but feeling all the symptoms of AF so likely will wake up tomorrow with it in full swing! So disappointing eh

Yes, disappointing but I am quite pleased I haven’t tested 3 times this cycle, ... on the funny side, dh is a bit 🙄 as I told him for the 5th time that it’s definitely af, yep, clearly af, quite sure, not even testing....

@littletandme that must be frustrating! When is AF due?

@Franklydear have you been tracking ovulation? That might help to known when AF is going to turn up next cycle?

5dpo here, nothing much to report, hoping to leave testing at least until next week. I generally don't keep them in the house which makes it easier but I do have one hanging around so just need to stay strong.

@Lola871 somewhere between Wednesday and Friday I think. However Fem is still saying I'm only 7dpo due to the late temp increases. That would have been 4 days after my positive opk though so don't think that's right.

Another shadow on a cheapie this morning. Didn't bother with a FRER, getting some AF type twinges/mild cramps. But I remember having cramping all the way through the first few weeks with DD.

@littletandme I was wasting some time yesterday tweaking tests through FEM and one of my negatives could've been marked positive if I'd contrasted it. Or am I being super unhelpful because this would've already been done? Sorry lol x