Just want AF to arrive so new cycle can begin...

[CaribouCarafe]

AF due in 3 days.

Am sure I'm out this month - negative FRER today and I have the usual PMS acne.

Just want my period to come already so that I can get this useless cycle over with and have a commiseration beer.

Just frustrating as have been taking pre-conception vitamins for months, cut out caffeine, no alcohol during TWW, have DTD every other day, tracked ovulation and with no success.

Anyone else fancy a moan whilst waiting for AF to show up?

Been out for a few days, so hi guys 👋🏻 hope you’re all good!
One of my best friends has just announced she’s pregnant, due feb. So happy for her but also selfishly quite jealous, and it was on my wedding anniversary so that was nice 😂
Another month without a strong peak on OPKs. It seems to get higher and higher and then just go back again, which is a bit odd. We’ve been DTD every other day all month tho so I guess it doesn’t matter so much 🤷🏼‍♀️

@LS2020 ooh have you got your positive results for LH? If you have that’s good - you got a few busy days!!
Oh gosh I’ve seen those prices! No point right? That will be nice. I saw Champneys has some good offers so I might book that. Don’t think there’s anywhere else I can go!

AF arrives in 7 Days. It’s so strange before I was trying my boobs would be sore a couple days before AF, my skin would be terrible a couple days before AF. Since I’ve started trying, literally a week before AF I have sore boobs and super bad skin. It happened last month too when I got my BFN as well. Why are our bodies so weird.

@mrswilso ooh that is a strange one! I’ve heard just before AF getting one but not just after I don’t think. Have you tested again this pm?

@Ughmaybenot did you have a nice anniversary at least? I’m a bit terrified one of my best friends will announce as they all know I’m trying but not aware anyone else is so will be all the more miffed!
Do you think you’re just missing it? Some women only have v short ones. How often do you test? Are you using cheapies?

@AKcheer apparently so! Honestly it’s just my luck as my OH put his back out yesterday so has been off work 🙄
Ooh champneys would be v nice!!
I’ve kinda had the opposite, loads of symptoms before could release like clockwork when I’d come on and now nothing - body’s are strange!

We did have a lovely day, thank you @LS2020 , we spent the day on the beach. To be fair, only one of my friends knows I’m trying so it’s not like she knew or anything so I don’t blame her at all, it was just a bit gutting! Especially as she has already said it was a ‘surprise’ baby... gah!!
I was testing from about 3/4 days after my period ended so I don’t think I’m missing it? I test once or twice a day, always around 2pm and sometimes again at about 7pm. Only cheapies, yea.
My bbt chart hasn’t really followed the expected pattern either this month which is a bit annoying 😂
I’m trying not to think about it as much as I have been tho, I don’t think it was doing me too much good, dwelling on it too much. DH has been amazingly supportive and so reassuring, think I’d be struggling a lot more if he wasn’t being so great about everything.

@Ughmaybenot lmao just realised how many questions I put to you there sorry! 😂
Glad you had a wonderful day - I miss the seaside.
Honestly that’s the worst, I would be so (secretly) fuming. I’m annoyed about my managers being pregnant and I don’t even know them personally haha.

Maybe try clearblue, they expensive so only do for a cycle but the digitals keep note of your base line so know when it’s a surge for you if that makes sense. What has your bbt done? Did it tie in with stronger OPKs?

Yeah it’s a good attitude to have and if you’re DTD every other day you could almost just not track as you’re always going to catch the right time 😊

@LS2020 thank you 😊
Yea I have to admit, after sending my enthusiastic congratulations, I muted the group chat. They’re a fantastic group of women but I just couldn’t deal with that right then!
Maybe I should give the more expensive ones a try. My bbt basically just went up and down seemingly at random, I can’t see that it’s tied in with anything at all. Odd.
That’s what I’ve sort of been thinking re the DTD every other day, it does feel like it’s taken a bit of pressure off in terms of tracking.

@akcheer I swear every month I have new symptoms at different times 😂

@ls2020 just tested there, had another strong peak but got bfn on cheapie hcg strip 🤔 I’m gonna go ahead and assume it’s definitely not pregnancy related (cos I don’t really have any other symptoms that would imply it could be that) and just DTD like mad ha! We’ve managed to sneak in a cheeky wee CD3 quickie (legs in the air after too!) so I’m feeling reassured that we’ve started early enough but I’m now worrying that CD6/7 for ovulation is a bit too early...

@ughmaybenot uuugh I think the “surprise” ones are the worst! Same thing happened with my boss...and I know for a fact he was definitely surprised ha! It’s the weirdest feeling, genuine happiness for people mixed with envy and guilt. Hope you’re doing okay 💕

@Ughmaybenot I completely understand.
Hmm that is a bit strange, not been waking up in night as I think that can throw off BBT readings? Tbh I just feel like I’ve had no lucky with anything so I just do on my EWCM, that’s the only thing that seems to come at same point every cycle and is about when I should ovulate so maybe listening to my body is the way to go?
Yeah we tried to do last month but got knackered by final week so well done for keeping up with!!

@mrswilso this is my worry now that I’ve had this positive OPK too, it’s not long enough for an egg to mature. I’m getting day 21 bloods this month tho so at least I’ll get to find out if I ever did! Do you do BBT?

Not yet @LS2020 but I have a feeling it might be on the cards next cycle 🤣

@mrswilso aw thanks lovely. Honestly it got me to start with but I’m feeling okay now. She’ll be a fantastic mum and I am happy for them... I just had a bit of a cry to poor DH at the time 😂 very strange feeling tho, for sure.

@LS2020 to be fair, I might have been, my sleep can be a bit all over the place, and I know I haven’t been quite as regimented in taking my temperature at exactly the same time on waking up etc so maybe it’s user error 😂 I think EWCM probably is the best and easiest way really.
Ha! Knackering is right 😂 we only missed one day and that’s because I got drunkkkk at a bbq 😬 I said to DH on the way over, oh I deserve a drink or two... I did not deserve that much beer, that’s for sure 😂 he mocked me all the next day!

@mrswilso I got back and forth on it too! I just don’t get up that regularly and feel it’s something else to just obsess over it not doing the right thing?!

@Ughmaybenot yeah I wouldn’t overly worry if you’ve done every other day, you’ve deffo done all you can and also glad to hear you’re still going out and having fun! That’s why I’ve swapped to doing in my TWW because otherwise the only time you can have a drink is AF and that’s no fun!
I’m hoping as we haven’t been able to DTD much this cycle with OH bad back, I’ll be a bit chiller as not likely happened so can’t be as upset about it 🤞🏻

I need mental help.. cycle 13 and I’m googling 2dpo symptoms 🤣🤣 have I not learn my lesson the other 12 months haha

Lmfao @LS2020 😂
I don't have a clue wtf is going on with me right now either...have had peak OPKs everyday since CD5...I'm CD11 today and exhausted already with all the DTD 😭
Worrying a bit about the high levels for such a long time but I'll not stress myself out until next cycle about it.

@mrswilso have you dont another HPT just to double check?
But oh my gosh you must be knackered!! Might be worth a call to GP to see if can do bloods?

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@ls2020 I've done a couple but not a FRER yet...definitely considering it now though...I highly doubt it's pregnancy...I don't really have any other symptoms that I've noticed!

I don’t think we ever learn @LS2020 😂
Nothing to report here, I never did get a peak on the OPKs but I did have the increase in temp so now we wait! Based on an ‘average’ (ha) cycle, I think I have maybe 5/6 days to wait. Maybe?

@mrswilso I honestly think my cheapies were faulty or something because I don’t think I’ve ever got anything positive on them so yeah maybe try a FRER tho I am sure I read that a HPT is more sensitive than an OPK so weird you’ve not had a positive. Did you have a full AF?

@Ughmaybenot haha I do not! Oh that’s good you got a high temp, has it stayed up?
Are you going to test or just see if AF turns up at “normal” time?

@LS2020 sort of? It seems more variable this month for some reason. I think I’m going to wait, see what happens in a week and then test maybe. Can’t deal with the bloody disappointment

@LS2020 I'm pretty sure it was AF - although she's definitely been lighter than I remember from before birth control but I'm not worrying much about that right now as my wee sissy's are pretty similar in length and flow and she's gotten pregnant with no problems...I'll maybe hold out until the weekend and do a FRER if I'm still getting high readings. Definitely considering getting the GP to look into my levels if I don't have any luck this cycle though...

@Ughmaybenot yeah my RHR has plummeted after O so I’ve just given up with that this month too! Yeah I’m with you on that, over the heartache this month, especially if feeling sorry for myself with blood tests.

@mrswilso yeah guess if it’s been consistent to what you’ve had recently no reason to suspect otherwise, is very strange to have the constant peaks though, unless your body is firing eggs like a machine gun 🤣

@mrswilso
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Oh jeez @LS2020 🤭
It is a thought isn't it!? Desperate for a baby but gimme more than one at a time and I'll freak...out. Ha!
I'm due twins in my generation too - and sissy's definitely only got one bubba cooking so she's dodged the bullet once already 🤣
Can that happen? Could I ovulate proper eggs multiple times on different days??

@mrswilso my best friend sent me it saying it was deffo gonna happen to me as similar, my mum is a twin so we’re more likely to have as the saying goes! One at a time is fine!

I think you can only have multiple egg releases in a 24 hour period? I assume that’s how twins come about now I think on it. It’s normal to have like an LH surge but it’s not strong enough and so it gears up again and ovulation happens the next time but I would expect you to have drop offs on your OPKs.

Also not sure what’s going on with me, I was googling 2dpo symptoms this morning because my boobs were so sore running and then tonight they’re still a bit achey but I’m literally sat in bed with such bad cramps and like CM flowing I honestly feel like I’m on my period. I swear my body is playing with the progesterone as it knows I’m getting tested on Monday so is trying to act like it’s not been messing me around 😂

@LS2020 I'm so ridiculously over the hormones already...I'm gonna be a riot when I'm actually pregnant haha! 😂😭