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?

@mrswilso we will probably have the most boring pregnancies ever! We can be those smug women that’s like ‘oh morning sickness? Never heard of her, I breezed though!’ It’s the least we’re owed 🤣

How’s everyone getting on?

Think I’m 5DPO today and blood test for progesterone is on Monday. Having some wicked symptoms as it seems my body know it’s being tested and getting all the progesterone feels already... sore boobs, face has totally broken out and I’ve had rolling cramps past 2 days with loads of CM, literally felt like my AF had come on full force then this morning was so nauseous couldn’t move for half an hour while it subsided. Already over this cycle!

Ah that sucks 😔 hope you don’t feel like that for too long!!

I don’t even know 😂 my temp has rocketed this morning so now I’m wondering if I am just ovulating late and I’m fuming cause DH has been away for a week so haven’t been DTD at all... but equally it was quite warm last night 😂 honestly, all over the shop this month! Hoping I haven’t ovulated late cause that means even longer before I know whether it’s this month or not for me 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks @Ughmaybenot feeling better today but heat last night was awful so just having a lazy one in bed. Have you just been following on temps only or doing OPK? I would think it could be temp. My RHR was on its way up but dropped again last night so think I will be out this month. Weird as would thought RHR would go up with heat!

@Ughmaybenot like I think it could be how warm it is that’s impacting your temp*

@LS2020 okay so this is where I might have confused matters... I have been temping mostly every day, and that’s been following no particular pattern. I was doing OPKs everyday, but they sort of got stronger and stronger lines and then went back down a while ago. Altho never reaching an absolute positive, the strongest line was CD 19, and I’m now on CD 32. I stopped doing OPKs on CD 24 as they’d tailed off to nothing.
I’m growing increasingly negative tho. My back, while never good, has been truly awful yesterday and this morning and I’ve had a bit of crampy feelings. So I do think I’m probably out this month... again.
Feel a bit deflated, we’ve officially crossed the six months trying mark and I really never even entertained the fact it would take this long. Nightmare!

@Ughmaybenot I haven’t done the temping yet mainly because I hear it’s a very strict set of rules, ie same time every morning and always after at least 4 hours of sleep, like what if a girls gotta pee in the night 😂 could missing any of that be cause of your up and down?
Did you ever get a positive OPK or did it just get sort of darker and then back lighter? It could be possible that you had a surge but didn’t release and so going again but I thought that process was a couple of days, not as long as you’re having now!
But honestly lovely I’m right there with you, we’re past the year mark and I’m so annoyed because we’re young and healthy and I do have a bit of a stressful job as an accountant, it’s not life consuming you know? I genuinely didn’t think it would be this long 😫 especially as everyone seems to PG at the moment!!

Very possibly @LS2020 but I don’t really know. There wasn’t a definite peak, I don’t think, no. I don’t know, this whole fandango is just starting to really make me think that I don’t ovulate at all 🤦🏼‍♀️ I guess all we can really do is carry on as we are and then if we get to the 12 month mark, try and get some answers then. It’s just the disappointment month after month!!
No I know exactly what you mean, like there’s no obvious logical reason this should be so hard! Doesn’t make sense and, honestly I know I sound like a child, but it just feels really unfair tbh!

@Ughmaybenot yeah my test Monday is to see if I ovulate so will be curious to see. Maybe try diff OPKs though because I started on clearblue digital ones and never had an issue but on the internet cheapies I never got a positive.
I know I’ve found it so difficult, which is a bit daft as I literally started because my friend took over a year with no cause and I realised I wanted to be pregnant in a year so I’m a way I’m glad I started early but now I’m in the place where that times now passing 😞
Tbf I’m kinda happy to wait out the year trying as only 27 but I thought I’d get the tests started as don’t want to ring up at end of year and it take another year to get to IUI.
I paid for day 3 private tests in like April and they were fine so really don’t think they’re going to find anything which is frustrating

Tested this morning, not even a squinter and I feel very like I’ll probably be coming on my period either today or tomorrow. Ffs.
Yea I might try different tests @LS2020 even just to set my mind at ease!
See, we’re just looping around to how people should talk about this more!! Until I started ttc, it never occurred to me it would take longer than a couple of months unless there was an actual issue, iyswim?
Yea makes sense to get the ball rolling for sure. I know what you mean tho, I’m 26, so technically have lots of time, I’m just aware that my consultant for my chronic health stuff said it’ll be physically harder on me to be pregnant/be a mum the older I get. Plus I’ve always got his bloody voice in my head saying how my chances of miscarriage are so much higher than the average.

Sorry to hear that @Ughmaybenot. When I got the year mark, I refused to test before AF. I just found it too much pressure and would make me feel worse.
Yeah I definitely see what you mean, I would have been so shocked if I’d done this myself and it didn’t happen and without my friend telling me, like I don’t think I’d have believed the internet saying like oh you’ll 98% have a baby in 2 years, I would have just assumed it would happen in a couple of months max.
We will both get there, I just know it 🥰 how long have you been having consistent cycles for now?

I wish I could do that but honestly I never really know when I’m due. Fucking irregular cycles. I guess in answer to your question, never? I’ve never had regular cycles 🤷🏼‍♀️
I truly believe it will happen, I just don’t know when. I made the mistake(?) of soeaking to my mum about ttc yesterday, didn’t exactly let on we were or anything but she could’ve guessed quite easily. She also had irregular cycles and wasn’t on contraception for three years before conceiving my brother and needed clomid for my other brother and me. Grand 😂 didn’t help with my worries!

@Ughmaybenot ah yeah,my nurse today said she has PCOS and she didn’t find out she was pregnant til 20 weeks as it wasn’t unusual to not have periods for ages so I do really feel for you.
I guess you just have to see it that with that help she still had 3 kids but even on the other hand, my mum (she’s never told me this but I worked out from dates) conceived me like 5 months in to her starting to date my dad so must have fallen pretty quick and easily and had 3 kids in 4 years so I obviously don’t take after her so it doesn’t necessarily mean it will for you. I do hope that if you do struggle, the clomid works a charm and you know you have something that will work 😊

@mrswilso got the worst RHR ever this cycle.. should be about 9dpo

Mine is a root this month too @LS2020
CD17 and 4dpo...I think 🤣
I give up this cycle ha!

...a riot...it's a riot...not a root 😂

@mrswilso haha thought you meant to say hoot so I got there 😂 Tbf mine always drops straight after O but then gradually builds back up so you never know 🤞🏻I had my day 21 bloods yesterday so will be interesting to see what they say for that as I didn’t get a clear RHR spike or OPK this month again

@LS2020 you’re so sweet 😘

Tiniest spot of blood this am, nothing since... think I’m definitely, definitely out ffs 🤦🏼‍♀️

Keeping everything crossed for you guys!

Side note, how gross is this weather?! I’m literally a sweaty mess 24/7 😂

@Ughmaybenot that could be good spotting.. give it a day or two 🤞🏻

OMG honestly it’s awful. I can’t sleep. I had the crazed idea to do a run at 11.30 today and it was 25!! I didn’t cool down for about two hours 😭 I’m actually excited for tonight’s thunderstorm.

Also I have officially gone off the deep end. I’ve decided my nipples are deffo darker so keep wandering in the bathroom to stare at my boobs, forget what colour they are normally and walk back out. Every hour since I had my shower today and declared it 😭🤣

@CaribouCarafe @Ughmaybenot @mrswilso @AKcheer how are you all getting on? 12DPO and some weird symptoms which have all disappeared again and no RHR at all so think I’m out! Hope more promising for you all xz

Ugh I'm having a weird one too @LS2020
Still getting highs and peaks OPK on CD20 today and very confused.
Tried a FRER last week on CD12 and it was BFN and I really don't think I am pregnant so doubt it's HCG that it's picking up...starting to get a bit concerned and will definitely get a BBT and follow up with my GP if things don't get easier to read next cycle.
We've DTD quite a bit but I'm not feeling as hopeful this month cos I'm just not sure if or when I ov'd. Starting to get really fed up with it all...and quite jealous of how easy it seems for most people. I know my time will come, I'm just feeling a bit sorry for myself today ☹️

@mrswilso oh that is a pain! Are you still just using the strips? Maybe swap to another brand for a month and see how that goes?
Yeah it’s disheartening when you feel that because it probably indicates it’s not happening but maybe just see it as a bit of a rest for the month? My OH put his back out this cycle so we’ve barely DTD and in a way it’s been nice to have a bit of a breather cycle but I was hoping it would be good to benchmark my hormones but apparently my body doesn’t want to play!
Honestly I swear people are announcing daily at the moment it’s so annoying. I even got annoyed at Chrissy Teigan yesterday and she’s well documented on her troubles conceiving. I think the other part was someone I know was getting induced yesterday and made me sad she’d had a full baby in the time I’ve been trying 😕

Morning @LS2020 how it going? No luck for me at all. My AF came! In fact my AF was so weird and generally I’ve been feeling crap and the only thing I’ve changed is having Pregnacare so I’ve come off it and just having vitamin D folic acid. Read loads about Pregnacare messing people’s cycles up and all sorts! So back to the process again for me!

@mrswilso I know how you feel but you have to stay positive. It will take time and happen and we need to absolutely relax. I think putting so much pressure on ourselves doesn’t help either x

Hey @ls2020 CD38 and a negative yesterday morning so not only am I not pregnant but my cycles are definitely not becoming regular as I’d hoped. So disappointed.

@AKcheer doing ok, we couldn’t DTD much this month so knew it wouldn’t be the month and been able to chill a bit more but body is still being super weird so 🤷‍♀️ Yeah I’m on co q10 for like 4 months and thinking of coming off that.

@Ughmaybenot oh no I’m so disappointed for you after your cycle was ok last month. Have you looked into any vits for some more regularity?