Valentines, pancakes, BFPs etc thread 2

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Just made a new thread as the other one was filling up...

So sorry @ShinyEyes33! Wishing you the best of luck for this next cycle xx

So I completely counted myself out because of this spotting but my LP is short so I'm only actually 11DPO today.
I haven't tested today but I've just opened the book I've been saving my tests in and I'm sure yesterday mornings (the bottom one) looks darker than the rest. I may be completely loosing the plot here and clutching at straws but can anyone else see it?

@Natalie2304 yes, I can see it! Do you have more tests at home?

Think I had my peak over the weekend as I'm back to very low OPKs as of today. I had right pelvic pain on Saturday which I tend to get around ovulation as I've figured out so think that's when I might have ovulated, just hope I covered all my bases in terms of DTD!

@Bundaberg84 I do. But I'd just had a massive drink and been to the toilet before I saw it so it's going to be a looong 4 hour wait!

@Natalie2304 I can see something (I think!) x

@kizzy97 glad you've finally had your peak. It'll probably take a couple of cycles to truly understand when your LH peak is, hopefully you won't need to as hope you'll get your BFP this month.

@BH1926 congratulations on the BFP! Such a lucky thread. Have you told your OH yet?

@Natalie2304 good luck you and hope you get your BFP later on today.

I had my ultrasound scan results yesterday and spoke to the GP this morning. Looks like I've got a fibroid and possible a thin lining. GP wasn't really helpful, and was just vague about it and said I'll have to discuss at the fertility clinic (which is another 6 month wait at least). So have booked to see a private consultant next month to see what this means for us.

Spotting here, so that’s the end of that for this month. It’s so bloody galling. We had a perfect TTC month, timed it nicely, got DH’s much improved SA results back, we were relaxed… it’s infuriating. It’s also really made me panic that something is wrong with me.

My AF isn’t due to start until Sunday so once it arrives I’ll be booking my HSG, interior scan and antral follicle count so they may provide some answers.

It’s just so rubbish. This has taken over my thoughts for a year now. I can’t imagine how much more productive I’d have been at work over the past months if my headspace and attention hadn't been so tied up with TTC.

It’s draining. I spend the first week of my cycle disappointed, the second week or so ensuring we DTD enough, then the final two weeks just utterly consumed by what might be.

As the months go by, I can see each AF affecting DH a little more.

I just want what everyone else seems to have?

@Decaffe I'm sorry, it's tough. I've also been feeling the same way, regarding work, as I seem to be very unproductive at the moment, and in life in general. TTC is all I seem to think about and base my life around it. It's too overwhelming. I think getting those tests done will help and you'll have an action plan. I'm also in the same position. I think my issue may be in my uterine lining which would explain why I've never implanted.

@Decaffe ahh okay! Thanks for that!

Sorry TMI but I am having some thick CM it’s white ish, I thought I had come on earlier in work, but when I wiped I had lots of thick CM on tissue! Is this normal before AF? Never noticed it before, but maybe I’ve just never paid attention before!!

@Decaffe I can totally relate! A year for me also and it’s so disheartening- just waiting around wishing life away for AF to go, then eager for FW then stressing in TWW! Sending hugs! It’s so hard! Sorry your feeling so deflated!!

@Peonies94 I get the CM you describe the day before AF, but I've also read it could be an early sign of pregnancy. It's annoying AF and early pregnancy symptoms are so similar. Hope AF stays away for you xx

@Natalie2304 looks exactly the same as what I had with my last cycle, the next morning it was an obvious BFP! Fingers crossed for you xx

@Peonies94 yep pretty sure that’s norma discharge for second half of the cycle! Think caused by the progesterone. If you’re pregnant then it continues to be thick, otherwise it changes again after AF.

[quote Natalie2304]@Bundaberg84 I do. But I'd just had a massive drink and been to the toilet before I saw it so it's going to be a looong 4 hour wait! [/quote]
I see the line on the bottom test!

@Decaffe I completely understand your frustrations. I'm ever so sorry you're feeling this way today. And I too have the same cycle of emotions every months. It is all consuming. I personally think FW is the worst. I try and relax when on my period as it's the only time I'm not stressing over something.
Sending you lots of love and hope for your next cycle 😘💜

Thank you everyone! I’m just overthinking everything! Does it mean I have ovulated this month though? I think when I have long cycles I don’t ovulate and this is probably why I don’t see any CM!🙏

@Decaffe honestly this is the most draining thing I have ever been through I totally understand. I really hope you get the answers you need and deserve from those scans. I feel like my life is on hold and every week of every cycle is part of one big rollercoaster. @Natalie2304 absolutely agree AF is holiday week until I am back on the rollercoaster again.
I get really put down by people’s really insensitive comments too. Had a friend say oh if it was me I’d get pregnant straight away. I mean seriously. Then theres the hurry up you need to be on the next one. Honestly some people…

@Peonies94 sounds like you have ovulated to me I am about the same place as you and also got the thick cm. BFN at 9dpo i thought i was 10 but i am 10dpo today.

@RosyappleA peoples comments are so rude are t they! So insensitive it drives me insane!!

I have period cramps and AF is definitely on the way 😢

@Peonies94 oh no, i’ve been crampy for a while too but cant work out which organ system is responsible, don’t know why but I never noticed how I was before AF, prior to ttc, until it actually arrived. Now it’s got me thinking did I not have any symptoms at all on the run up.
I really hope AF recharges me I feel so drained by this past month I don’t know if I could even try again…
How are the BFP ladies doing is the nausea coming along etc?

[quote Peonies94]@RosyappleA peoples comments are so rude are t they! So insensitive it drives me insane!!

I have period cramps and AF is definitely on the way 😢[/quote]
Don't loose hope yet. I get lots of cramps around implantation. Last time I was pregnant I was in agony with what I thought were pms cramps until I tested. Xx

@Decaffe Please don’t give up hope. My husband and I tried for 15 cycles before I got pregnant and we had sperm issues too. We were told we wouldn’t get pregnant naturally and were on the IVF route. I know how disheartening each cycle can be.

Also please forget about relaxing. It has zero bearing on whether you conceive or not. I used to hate ‘advice’ like that as it felt like the person giving it was implying that my infertility was my own fault. Besides, I was stressed to the max when we did actually get pregnant as it was my last chance before we started IVF.

@RosyappleA well I thought I’d was 8DPO but I’m 9, BIGfn for me today :( I’m so fed up! These next few days are horrible now aren’t they, time to start all over again! :( this year mark has really gotten to me!!