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?

@CaribouCarafe you are so right, there are absolutely positives to this, and you’ve the right idea to list them like that. It can be so easy to feel hopeless sometimes!
I had a terrible wobble yesterday. Having been told I’d be waiting another week or two from now, I thought I’d chase up, and have been told they’ve cancelled all their clinics for now, and I’ll be looking at feb/March next year now, earliest. Fucking nightmare.
Seriously looking into going private now, I hate this aimless middle ground.

@Ughmaybenot oh no, that's a huge delay! If you can spare the money, it sounds like private is the way to go just for peace of mind (I have no idea what the cost is though!).

@CaribouCarafe I know, it’s such a pain! Cost doesn’t seem to be prohibitive for us as a couple but fucked if I can find a decent clinic even remotely locally 🤦🏼‍♀️
Anyway! How is everyone doing? @LS2020 @mrswilso

How are people feeling about the COVID vaccine? I’m so on the fence about whether to get it or not. I work for the nhs so will be one of the earlier cohorts but it says in the guidance to not have it if pregnant, and that ‘to be on the safe side’ to avoid pregnancy for two months after. Chances are I wouldn’t even get pregnant in that time anyway I guess seeing as I’ve to wait so long for the fertility clinic 🤷🏼‍♀️
What are you guys feeling about it?

Hello lovely people, happy Friday!

I was wondering if someone could help me work out if I've ovulated! I'm very new to ttc we started trying only a week ago for our 1st baby and it just so happened to coincide with the week before my ovulation prediction on my app. Since then I've gotten the following ovulation test results:

Mon - low
Tues - high but a very faint line (I then realised you can scan them in!)
Wed - high 25%
Thurs - high 49%
Today - high 40%

If it continues to drop is it likely that I'm ovulating today? (It's also the day the app predicted). It's too early for the app to tell me whether or not it's my peak based on the scanned in results 🙈

I've also been getting EWCM all week but it slowed down quite a bit wed but it's definitely still there. But apart from that and feeling a bit clogged (sorry tmi) I've had no other symptoms.

Thank you so much for any advice you can give. We haven't told anyone that we are ttc and the journey even though I've just started feels so lonely especially when I'm stressing trying to spot every sign to tell me whether I'm actually ovulating or not.

Hey @Lee0511 I’m not the best one to ask, but hope someone else can shed some light for you!

Fingers crossed you get your bfp soon. Try not to stress too much, you’re still right at the start and you want to try and keep some of the fun of ‘trying’’

@Ughmaybenot thank you ☺️ I actually got a peak reading Saturday morning and it dropped again today so I'm hoping I'm ovulating today 👏

We are getting married next Nov so I'm really hoping we conceive and have the baby before the wedding but what will be will be

Oh ideal @Lee0511 fingers crossed for you 😊

Have made an appointment to speak to my doctor on Thursday morning, going to basically beg her to try me on clomid, I’m just so keen to get something moving. I hate all this waiting around... and the fact I’m now over 10 months in and got absolutely nowhere 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Lee0511 fingers crossed for you for this month!

@Ughmaybenot you've been waiting for diagnosis/help for 10 months now? Gosh that's a long time. Fingers crossed that they prescribe some Clomid for you!

@CaribouCarafe nooo sorry that was worded badly. Since we started ttc, it’s only been (only, ha, feels like forever!) 2 months waiting for an appointment.

Thanks everyone ☺️

@Ughmaybenot not quite as awful (but still super frustrating!) then!

I put off getting treated for a (mild yet annoying) illness that I've been dealing with for the past year because the medication for it is compatible with pregnancy (and it's a 6-month course of meds). So am hoping that in January my uterus sorts itself out so that by 2022 I can finally get on the meds I need! That having been said, I did put off TTC last month...so only have myself to blame really!

*medication is INcompatible with pregnancy...otherwise there wouldn't be an issue!

Hi ladies,

I hope you don't mind me jumping on. I am currently 15DPO and AF was due today (usually she welcomes me when i wake up :-(

As of yet i have she hasn't come, i would normally have a couple of sharp cramps the day before or the day she is due and i haven't had any of these.

I am so scared to test as i had a BFN at 9dpo and 12dpo but i am normally on time with my cycles so i am holding out for some hope that i could still be in with a chance.

Anyone else get scared to test in fear of the BFN again? Should i hold out another couple of days in case she shows up?

Good luck ladies I'm sending baby dust to all xx

It’s awful tho isn’t it @CaribouCarafe this weird state of limbo, completely prepared for pregnancy but no idea when it’s actually going to happen. It’s the worst. I’ve everything crossed for you!

@gln1989 tbh I’m the total opposite, to my mind I’d rather just know if it was a negative otherwise I let myself start with all the wishful thinking and then it just makes me even more upset at that damned single line. The result wouldn’t change just from not testing iyswim?
Gosh that all sounds so doom and gloom. Of course I really hope it’s a positive for you, but false hope can be so damaging ime.

Evening all! My miscarriage appears to be finishing, (1st attempt IVF, fresh transfer, MMC) the clinic want to try a FET in Jan/Feb depending on how quickly my cycle gets back on track. It’ll be a natural cycle so I need to know when I ovulate for us to time the transfer to match up. Have you any recommendations for OPKs please?

Hi @Sunbird24 am sorry to hear about the MMC, sending you all the best for the next cycle

I've been using Mommed Ovulation strips: www.amazon.com/Ovulation-Pregnancy-Predictors-Collection-Accurately/dp/B07FNDCK95?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I don't have anything to compare them to, but they have great reviews and I've had very consistent results with them for months now. The results lines are very clear.

Thank you @CaribouCarafe, there just seem to be so many options I don’t know what to go for! It helps to hear from someone else who’s peeing on things, in the nicest way possible... 😂

Sorry I've not been around all! Took a few weeks away from MN as things still haven't progressed naturally for me 🥺
I chose to opt out of the MVA that was booked a few weeks back as I couldn't cope with how invasive it all seemed so I'm heading in tomorrow for the pessaries for home management.
Feeling quite apprehensive about it all but keen to get it over and done with before we head into a new year...
Just catching up on what I've missed here - will pop back later 😘 hope everyone's doing okay ❤️

Hi everyone,

I'm completely new here so now sure I'm even posting in the right place/thread!

Just wanted some advice. TTC for 3 years now (male factory infertility) just been referred for IVF.

I've been taking BBT for the last 2 months. Last month luteal phase was 14 days long, this month I'm currently 17dpo, no sign of AF and temps still above coverline.

Would be so grateful if someone could take a look at my chart and let me know what you think?

Fertility Chart:
www.fertilityfriend.com/b_i/s_ZBHKQ4.png

Thanks! X

Oh god help!! So today (23rd December) my period is 3 days late but I’ve had a negative test. Tomorrow will make it 34 days since my last period started, a 34 day cycle? Come on, I MUST be pregnant, right?!! I am never this late, the longest I’ve ever gone is a 31 day cycle. And it’s even harder as I’ve lied to my hubby and told him I already got my P as I want it to be a huge, amazing surprise for him when I can finally tell him we are having baby No.2 (he knows we are trying, of course and is absolutely desperate for another baby). So I can’t even share my anxiety with him, I’m just having to internalise everything (I know it will be worth it if I am in fact pregnant and I get to tell him tomorrow on Christmas Eve) but still, it is very hard keeping my excitement and extreme frustration at having a negative test, at bay!! The waiting is so so hard 😭 And I have zero patience. TTC takes over your damn brain!

Still waiting. MC started 27 Nov, passed the embryo 1 Dec, bleeding stopped 3 Dec, had negative pregnancy test by 11 Dec. May have ovulated around 17/18 Dec as I did get spots on my face which is my usual indicator.
Feels vaguely ridiculous to be desperate for AF to show up given all the effort that’s gone into getting pregnant, but she’s the one thing I need before I can start getting ready to try again.

Oh that sucks @Sunbird24 sorry it’s all taking so long!

I’m still waiting for our fertility clinic appointment, and am on day 42 of my current cycle, negative test yesterday morning. So still in no mans land, of sorts.

Lovely to get support here , I'm on cd 21 after a weird 3 day bleed, rang GP and she says its either IB or very early period - like 10 days early. Now i need to wait for the weekend to see will another period come when it was supposed to or test for pregnancy. Being in Limbo land is no fun :-/ ... 2 years TTC #1 :-(

Oh the limbo is a killer @Busybird123 ! I will keep everything crossed for you.

I’m an idiot. Have got my hopes up again 🤦🏼‍♀️ Currently cd 45, no sign of af (not unusual for me) but I had a day of super light spotting three days ago and now I’ve got it in my head it could’ve been IB. For sure it isn’t but it’s so hard not to get your hopes up!

AF has arrived with a vengeance. I knew it was meant to be heavy after a MC but didn’t realise it would be this bad! 😳

On the positive side, hopefully this means I may be able to do a FET this month...