Preparing to TTC in 2022 part 6

[WingingIt09]

Hello and welcome to thread 6! You guys are all amazing, can't believe the thread is still going! Congrats to those with BFPs and baby dust to those who are trying! Xx

Oh dear- ladies, I just realised something!

I'm currently 5DPO, and if AF didn't show on time, I was planning on waiting until 16DPO like I did with DS.

But AF is due on 13DPO, and I had forgot that that's our anniversary!

I got my BFP with DS on Valentine's Day, and I told OH I had another gift for him. I could potentially do that all over again, or I could wait...

@PinkButtercups he uses Diprobase and Centraben. He has been trying to avoid steroid cream as sometimes withdrawal from it can make it worse..

It's gotten to the point now that he is considering something more than the creams such as Dupixent but he is wary about relying on that long term and I am wary too. Also no option to ttc if he were to take that.

Thank you, hopefully he will get better..hard to really put all into ttc at the moment.

I’m CD 7 and feel so crap like full of flu! I hate feeling negative towards this cycle before I’ve even ovulated yet! Just feel my body is in bits to even ovulate a good egg 🤣

Is he under a dermatologist?!
Yes DP doesn't really use his steroid cream and when the doctor prescribed it to DS when he was 1 I went back in and said absolutely bloody not.

Absolutely heartbroken, 5+1 today and started bleeding. Tests now completely negative. EPU have confined my thoughts of an early loss but got to test again in a week to definitely confirm 😞😞

@PinkButtercups I think dh mentioned seeing dermatologist before but didn't help him much.
Don't think much good seems to come from the steroid cream or tablets. Doctors just prescribe them as a short term solution.

I'm so sorry @Houseelf90 😔hugs and warmth being sent your way 💐

CD14 today, the testing begins again. BBT was 35.95 this morning and LH will be tested in about an hour from now. This is cycle #7. Not hopeful whatsoever, just going through the motions. Four more months to go before IVF is started if no luck. All my excitement is gone, I'm just looking forward to having a damn good rogering

@Houseelf90 I'm so sorry 💔

I'm so sorry @Houseelf90 ❤️

@SarahShorty @Dreamingof3 @HeathenPlayingHouse thank you so much, my other half has been absolutely amazing xx

@Houseelf90 I'm so sorry, I know how heartbreaking it is. Sending hugs x

@WingingIt09 thank you. It’s devastating how many women/couples have to go through this x

Feeling blue today. 😥

Test looks the same today at 15dpo so think it was an indent and I’m probably out for the month!

planning not to use ovulation tests this month and just go with the flow and use my Flo/premom apps to see what happens…

@Houseelf90 im so sorry lovely 🥰

@Houseelf90 I'm so so sorry sending love ❤️

I'm so sorry @Houseelf90 xx

@BethSuz27 isn't there a faint line on that test?

Thank you everyone. Strong period pains now and properly bleeding, will wait for another cycle then try again. I feel so guilty keep crying as people have to go through this much later on. Partner says I’m entitled to be upset but I still feel like I shouldn’t be.

@Houseelf90 Even if the little life inside you stopped developing, you still lost a little life. It's not as painful as a later miscarriage, but it's still a loss. Your partner is right, you are well within your rights to be upset. Sending love xx

@PinkButtercups it seems it but it looks exactly like the test I took 2 days before and I think it’s an indent but I will wait and see if my period comes and if not test Monday

@Houseelf90 a loss is a loss, no matter how many weeks 💔 take care of yourself xx

@SarahShorty @Dreamingof3 thank you 🥺

@BethSuz27 bless you, it’s such a confusing time isn’t it! I hope AF doesn’t arrive you get your darker line xx

@Houseelf90 i hope so too but since the line was the same on both tests I feel quite out really! Planning to await AF and test Monday if she doesn’t arrive… please take care of yourself ❤️

Hello! New here! Hi!

I've just read through this entire thread and gosh, it was a rollercoaster. What a crazy process this is. Everything is so heightened for us isn't it. And I'm so sorry @Houseelf90 I was really sad to see the thread so far end this way.

I'm 35, currently DPO1 with a consistent short LP of around 8 days. So not long to wait for expected AF. I'm only on cycle 3 but I've been tracking BBT and OPK for a year. So I feel like I've got a fairly good handle on it. And because I was so well prepped I just naively assumed it would happen quickly. Like I had the solution to the puzzle already. But perhaps not!!

Anyway, I'd love to join you all on this mad journey.

P.s - doing my best with the lingo. Some of these acronyms are worse than my work and I'm a civil servant. Hahah

So sorry to hear this @Houseelf90 sending you lots of love ❤️