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6 days late, not like the first time ! Any one else?

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caz1319 · 08/03/2021 10:37

Hi everyone!
So I am 6 days late! Had bad af cramps like usual and a lot of extra cf for m 4 days at time of af due! But nothing happened. I have done some test thought could see something faint at start but not convinced now as can’t see anything. Very unlike me to be late!
With my first, I tested day before af was due and there was a strong clear line instantly but did have several hyperemisis untill the min she was born.
Could I be pregnant this time, with it being so different! Going a little crazy!
Thank you for your time x

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 06/04/2021 15:38

Hi @gigchic I completely get what you mean - EVERYONE is going to be out having fun and drinking! Well hopefully you do manage on timing 🤞 and do manage a few drinks also!

Ivy99 · 06/04/2021 15:39

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 - It was a good night! haha. I've been in a horrible debate for weeks now, wether or not to stop drinking as we're not ttc. But, I've just told myself i'm not going to fully cut it out until i finally get a BFP as i think i'll go mad not being able to have a glass of wine here and there, especially at social events or after a dreaded BFN!

@gigchic - I know the feeling!! We're due to go to the pub on the 17th for my birthday with my family, which will be 12DPO 😬

Good luck for this cycle! this is cycle 3 for me.

Fingers crossed for BFP's! Now to try and distract myself for the next 2 weeks!!

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caz1319 · 06/04/2021 18:00

Hey everyone!

I am feeling the same , I need a few girls nights out , missed my mates a lot!

I am due af In 2 days! I did a test today and I’m nit sure if going crazy or if there is a super faint line! Am going to wait couple more days and will re test!

We’re back to the are we or aren’t we again 😂😂

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 07/04/2021 07:35

@caz1319 that’s exciting 🤞 I’m 12 dpo and haven’t tested since 10 dpo where I had a negative. Yes we are back to hoping again 😂

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caz1319 · 07/04/2021 15:15

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 think I was just seeing things 😂😂 going mad !

Keeping my fingers crossed for you x

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 07/04/2021 17:02

@caz1319 I'm hopeful for you tomorrow if you test again!

I've just had pink tinged cm at 12dpo today so unfortunately I think that's it for me this month :(

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caz1319 · 07/04/2021 19:38

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 could be implantation? Has it led to any thing else ?

I just started having cramps so must of been seeing things the other day 😂😂

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 07/04/2021 20:38

@caz1319 much as I'd love it to be, sadly no I think its my period about to start 😂

Ahh no, hopefully not, hopefully just some random cramps. When're you due on?

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caz1319 · 07/04/2021 20:47

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 oh no but I think mine is on its way too.

I am due on tomorrow! What about you?

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 07/04/2021 20:56

@caz1319 Hopefully it doesn't come tomorrow! Not entirely sure, maybe in three days according to Flo

Ivy99 · 08/04/2021 11:34

Morning ladies, how're we all feeling?

I've had cramps on and off since yesterday. Today i'm 3dpo and i'm feeling rough! I think I may have a stomach bug :(

I'm so eager to test and i really don't want to test until the day before AF is due! It's like ripping off a plaster, if it's going to be a BFN i just want to know!

A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 08/04/2021 11:37

Its the waiting and uncertainty that's a huge pain! My period arrived this morning. So onto the next cycle!

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caz1319 · 08/04/2021 18:50

@Ivy99 hiya! Feeling okay today, app says I am due on today but no sign of anything yet.
Oh no, hope you feel better soon! Try and test as late as you can, give a clearer result!
@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 oh sorry to hear that! Yes on to the next 🤞

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 08/04/2021 20:13

@caz1319 well that sounds positive! Thanks, I'm good, had a productive day. My Dr thinks I've a hormone imbalance from the mc still, so wants to do my blood tests, and I have booked some fertility acupuncture for next week. Fingers crossed some of this does something!

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caz1319 · 08/04/2021 21:59

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 my friend had the acupuncture while doing ivf and it worked ! Good your doctor wants to run tests.

Try and stay positive.

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A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 09/04/2021 14:18

Thanks @caz1319 hopefully it'll work for me! Have a good weekend all!

Ivy99 · 12/04/2021 10:59

Morning Ladies! Hope you're all doing ok?

How're you all feeling?

I'm 7DPO today.. this has been the longest week! :( Trying my best to hold off testing until AF is due!

gigchic · 12/04/2021 11:29

@Ivy99 I'm trying to track my ovulation but not having much luck with the opk sticks. I keep my self well hydrated and I think my pee is too diluted all the time! I measure BBT as well so think I might just stick to making sure we dtd every other day until I see my temp rise after ovulation. My cycle is only 24 days so I'm not sure if I ovulate every month, plus I'm 38...

Ivy99 · 12/04/2021 11:43

@gigchic - what ones are you using? I found the clear blue ones the best for me as they measure oestroen i think it is, as well as the peak.
And you do them first thing which is easier but then a few days after a flashing smiley i started doing them twice a day until peak.

I'm awful with staying hydrated, some. days i don't have any water at all. I just go through coffee/tea!

Let us know how you get on with temping!

is there anything you can do to increase your cycle length?

gigchic · 12/04/2021 11:53

@Ivy99 I bought the big pack of easy@home ones from Amazon as it comes with an app too. I don't use my first morning pee though as I forget so maybe I need to try harder to do it at the right times! I also very aware not to get too sucked into being obsessed with controlling the uncontrollable as I can get a bit obsessive about things. I find BBT easy as I wake up at 0630 everyday so I take temp straight away. It works well for me. I think a 24 days cycle is ok as long as you aren't ovulating after CD14. It is kind of a positive as I get so many more chances in a year! I'm only really on cycle 1 of properly trying - first month when I thought I was pregnant but period was 11 days late wasn't planned. Then next period I ovulated late due to what happened the cycle before I guess. So early days. I'm just nervous because it's my first time trying and I'm 38. Been having too much fun to settle down! 😂 Now we've decided to try for baby I'm worried it's too late! Time will tell. Going to have to learn the art of patience! A friend had a still born at the weekend too which has reminded me just how fragile the whole process is 😢

A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 12/04/2021 12:27

Hello all! Hope well etc.

@gigchic what do you mean properly trying? Just stopping contraception or doing all the temp stuff etc? I started tempting last month and I'm not sure my charts make a lot of sense 😂 am keeping it up this month to confirm ovulation and also in case I need to show a Dr etc. Do you get a proper and sustained temp rise for whole of luteal phase?

@Ivy99 for some reason the flashing smileys don't work for me, but I got good results on the CB pink ones that just show a static smiley or an empty circle. Plus cheaper so that's good :)

gigchic · 12/04/2021 12:45

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 I've been off the pill for a year and just avoided sex when my iPhone said I'm fertile! I've wanted to start a family for a while but it's only now that my partner agreed. I've done my temp for ages using it as a way to know I've ovulated so I'm not fertile anymore. Now I'm using it for the opposite. I do get a good shift in temp most months but certainly a few months it's not so definite in which case it's questionable if I ovulated. You have to make sure you are taking the temp correctly as there's a few things that effect it. It doesn't work for everyone.

Ivy99 · 12/04/2021 13:03

@gigchic it’s horrible isn’t it! You just get so drawn in with it all. And I was so excited to start TTC and now we are, it’s absolutely mind boggling with so many different things and I spend half my time panicking there might be something wrong and then trying to talk myself into some sense of knowing it’s only been a few months!

It’s such a minefield! Keeping everything crossed for everyone 🤞🏻🤞🏻

So sorry to hear about your friends still born that’s so heartbreaking. That’s the other thing I naively assumed that as soon as you get a BFP that’s it, but there’s so much more too it!

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 oh really? What ones are they? I’m worried I’m going to end up spending a fortune on these tests!!

gigchic · 12/04/2021 13:45

@Ivy99 yes exactly it is a mine field and I'm so jealous of people who fall pregnant first time trying! I'm also thinking there's something wrong with me and then trying to talk myself back down as there's really no reason to think this so early on!

A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 · 12/04/2021 16:08

@gigchic sorry if that was a bit of a rude question. I just stopped using protection to be trying, and its only recently I've added in opk sticks and then last month temping and supplements, and I guess I'm wondering if I'm doing it right 🙈😂 of if I should be trying harder than just lots of sex.

I got a clear temp shift at the same time as the opks last month so I think it works, but also I just don't wake at the same time every morning - sometimes before the alarm etc

@Ivy99 I just got these last month and it should last me 2-3 months uk.clearblue.com/ovulation-tests/digital the flashing ones might be great with you though! For some reason they just kept flashing and flashing and flashing for me til I'd used a whole box up