AF due 20/08 (thread 3)

[candycrush2298]

continuation from thread AF due 20/06 and AF due 20/07

Yaaay thank you @candycrush2298

well ladies I feel like I am most likely out this month as my .oops are all over the place so I am sure af is on her way :( still got sore boobs feeling very sick and ache all over. Also a bit crampy but feel like this id all linked to af rearing her ugly head on Friday:(

hope you are all OK and glad I managed to find you xxxxx

I used to temp.but will start again now next cycle...AF due Tuesday. BFN this morning again but still secretly holding out hope
.... Glutton for punishment!

Question! Gonna buy some cheapie ovulation and preg tests...any recommendations all?

@Boc86 great stuff!!

@mummyjojo19 so glad you found us xx really hope she doesnt rear her head.

@TTCandImpatient sorry for the negative and like me I also hold out hope right until she appears. I too am a glutton for punishment haha. Right until she shows I am testing and holding out hope that it will be our month.

I am using easy@home first month using the pg tests and from tomorrow will be using the OPKs I know Elakiya uses them and likes them and so far I am happy with them.

Wondfo and Femometer also have good tests. Otherwise any old brand will work but its best to use 10miu for both pg and OPKs so that the sensitive i made that mistake and my lines never got dark on my OPKs because I was using 20miu OPKs I tried Baby Mad and One Step and they worked but yeah I didnt love them as I rarely got them darker than the control line now this may be because I just dont have very strong LH I am not sure but we shall see this month with the easy@home and I am also using the Clearblue Advanced Digital Monitor hoping for that blazing positive.

Thanks @candycrush2298. Ordered the first @homes!

Found you all!

Had a lot to drink last night after getting my bfn - so been delicate today!

Just awaiting af now. Expecting it Monday or Tuesday.

@TTCandImpatient thats great let me know if they work for you I joined the premom Facebook group as well.

@snapple21 yay you found us!!!! So happy was worried as I tagged you but hadn't heard from you. Hope you enjoyed your evening so sorry about the BFN. You all ready for the new cycle? You get your CB monitor ready? Are you going to temp or still thinking about it?

Hi ladies,

I followed your previous thread..sorry to read about all the chemicals :(

We are TTC our first..and this has been our first attempt. Currently 10DPO and AF due in 3 days. Took a couple of tests including a FRER but im pretty sure all i got was a faint evap line a couple of days ago :( I had all the typical stuff..sore boobs, tickling and very mild cramps in uterus area, little nausea and also really vivid dream's. But the past day or so thats all subsided..so it looks like AF will appear soon.

Hope you dont mind me joining!

@TTCandImpatient Glad you bought easy@homes I swear by those things. They are amazing and I feel they are reasonably priced. I buy a box of 50 and it can last me 2 cycles (Well this month I tested all the way until my periods so probably not this pack lol!).

@ZonesAndBones Welcome :) Hopefully AF doesn't arrive and your FRER just didn't pick it up. Still could become a possible positive?

@candycrush2298 Are you doing OPK's from tomorrow? I think I'll be starting on CD8 so Saturday for me. Been napping a lot today due to AF cramps. Basically day has been eat sleep, eat sleep, eat sleep :D. Slept in my cup, it was really good, no leakages or anything (I still have a pad on just incase... but we'll see if I can become completely pad free in the coming months.

As a general note, I need to really get back to exercising but can't due to AF pain so will start again on Tuesday along with IF again :D. I genuinely think IF made a massive difference this month but I didn't follow it through to the end so a bit worried about cycle next month.

@ZonesAndBones welcome 😁 hopefully it wasnt an evap and maybe something will still show up. I am a sucker for punishment and have hope until AF appears.

@Elakiya yeah the CB monitor says test from tomorrow and Flo says my fertile window starts tomorrow but because this AF was so brutal don't think I will ovulate as early as last cycle. Might ovulate about between Saturday and Tuesday based on old cycles. Think this will be a 26day cycle though. I seem to have one short one long and every now and then one in between lol. Outlier cycle was 27days. So I will be testing from tomorrow and starting to BD tomorrow and then every other day and peak day if it falls on a day we weren't going to BD.

So glad to hear that the cup is working and feels great whilst sleeping.
Sounds IF and exercising definitely help with your cycles keep going xx

@candycrush2298 I'm spotting this evening and got cramps so think it'll be tomorrow as expected. Yep - gonna do my clear blue monitor and temp as well I think!

@snapple21 still feeling so gutted for you, was really hopeful...only not so positive thing is that if you start tomorrow you don't have to wait anymore and the new cycle is under way for you to try again... if you are like me that blows and I cry every time I start AF as I am always hopeful. Thinking of you xx

If you can - start temping tomorrow in case tomorrow is CD1 - I did not do this and so only started temping on CD2 LOL!!! My monitor is ready for the first stick tomorrow. Although still had some spotting today so its likely going to be low still but its been 5 days without peeing on a stick and I feel withdrawals 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So ladies a slight update I have done a cheapie test this evening and there is a very very faint line but I can't capture it in a picture so I have ordered some frer that will be delivered so I will update Tuesday morning when I test xxx

@mummyjojo19 that is great!!! Please let us know the outcome of the FRER. Holding thumbs xx

@mummyjojo19 fingers crossed for you,

@candycrush2298 yep I've started today so cd1. Done my temp too 😅

@snapple21 argh so annoying hate stupid AF lol. At least you can set up the monitor on CD1 and you temped yay!! Mine looks abnormal when I look at other people's charts hahahaha!!! It was low then spiked up was high for a few days and now its dropped lol!!! Other charts I see people were low during AF and then high afterwards lol!! Tested with my monitor today and its low which I expected (I was still spotting late last night) so I am glad because it means I did the monitor correctly this time 🤣🤣🤣

Morning everyone 😊
My AF should be here tomorrow. Feel quite crampy today.
Im all out of tests so just going to ride it out and wait for her. I dont think i can bring myself to buy anymore tests after adding up how much ive spent this year already hahaha

@Kaybobx lol I know adding it up probably wasn't the best decision we ever made 🤣🤣🤨 but yeah I agree probably best you just wait it out and if she hasn't shown up by the end of the week then it might be a good idea to get some more.

I have an abundance of OPKs lol so tested this morning with the monitor and will test later with the easy@home opks. Going to start BD'ng tonight as well even though I know AF finished during the night lol want to keep the sperm fresh 🤣🤣🤣

So I saw on the easy@home (Premom) Facebook group women are keeping the cup with semen in over night. I dont think I can bring myself to do that. Like the smell the next morning cant be good.

@candycrush2298 yeh wasn't wise haha!! 😂 i just dont feel confident with those cheap strips as everyone seems to get a faint line and FRER are too expensive!

Oh god, i couldn't keep it in all night 🤮 i was gagging emptying it after 30 mins. Have you read many successful stories with the cup?

@Kaybobx I know after last cycles episode I definitely don't have a lot of confidence. And the FRER is so expensive I cant be doing them for a week every cycle LOL!! Especially considering how much I have already spent LOL!

I couldn't do it for a whole night! On this group I have been seeing quite a few like a woman will ask all those with BFPs what did you do differently and many answer with preseed/conceive+ and the cup. So yeah would say I have read quite a few especially since I wasn't actually searching for it when I Googled it I also found some threads. I hope it works for us too

@candycrush2298 The things we have to do ay! Haha! I feel like ive had every vitamin, tried every lube, changed up the days we BD, now the cup. Why isn't anything working? 😭 definitely going to try the temping, i found a thermometer so no need to spend anymore hahaha

@Kaybobx this is 9DPO BFP story

@Kaybobx I know the things we have to do. I mean Maca Root, vitamins, BD every day, every other day, OPKs, cups and yes now temping its all so much.

Yay thats great that you found a thermometor as long as it is one that reads two decimal places it should work fine.

@candycrush2298 Took my temp this morning and it shot up by 0.2 lol I am sooo rubbish at this. It's because I am role around in my sleep a lot.

Back to doing IF and will start exercising tomorrow, as today is CD3 and exercise + heavy flow will mean a lot of laundry!

I was going to ask you guys about the cup thing this month but it looks like you didn't enjoy it last month so I am not going to try it.

I've decided to try some different BD positions due to my tilted uterus. Apparently the missionary isn't as effective for us. Starting this month again with high hopes :D

@Elakiya lol mine has been all over the place dont know if I am doing it right but will keep at it hahah.

Lol yeah best not to exercise at the minute lol

I loved the cup I just got mine after ovulation but tested it out anyway. It was so comfy and great. I am 100% doing it again this cycle. Only didnt use it for AF because I have loads of tampons and wanted to keep this cup for swimmers so going to buy another one for AF. @Kaybobx also said it was comfortable.

I would use the cup if I were you. We just dont want to sleep with it in as some have done.

Oooh new positions we always do different positions but ones that end with me easily turning my legs to the wall 🤣🤣🤣