WHAT DO WE WANT??...BFPs WHEN DO WE WANT THEM??...NOW!!!! symptom spotters and 2wwaiters brand spanking new thread [grin]

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so here is our new LUCK-STUFFED thread
anyone got symptoms (or not which is a sympotm) get sharing!!
i have set up a table of cakes, biscuits, sweets and chocolate with the kettle on the boil for our teapot!! some comfy chairs and footstools get comfy and get chatting good luck is in the pot on the table do as you please with it (eat it, put it in your pockets, stir it in your tea) lets all do a concerted effort to get our BFPs
xx ei xx

Had some blood when I went to the loo earlier which means AF tomorrow...oh well...Try again in June.

Congratulations to Tegan - fab that you don't need those test results after all!

JB sorry about BFN, and the rest of your posts made me laugh. I have also spent the day mulling over which book to buy - a sort of reaction to disappointment, I guess - and ended up with TCOYF. If we don't like the ones we've bought we can always swap! I am hoping it has something different in it that I haven't read elsewhere already. I didn't go for Zita because I have a terrible tendency to self-diagnose and reallyjust need to learn to chill, I am sure.

Mibbes your DH should get a smack for being pleased to have made you bleed. How bizarre.

MOET glad you found that EWCM. Now action stations, woman!

Beanie It's not over until it's over...

Sorry AF is going to get you, Chilledmama. Is June your next chance because your DH is away? I have a similar situation. DH is away for 4 nights a week, which for some reason almost always includes the day I ovulate. Next month I will be ovulating at year end (so he's very busy), and the month after that it will be during the only 8 days of the whole month when he is away, so it may well be June before I gt another go for me too, unless I can get him to make a mercy dash in the interim. Ho hum.

I gave CB a call today. I explained the issue and the woman (who what not exactly helpful) said "was it like a pencil line?". I said it was, but blue and that I am not pregnant. She blathered on for 10 minutes to the effect that I need to send them the used tests so that they can work out what went wrong. I said that I don't keep urine-soaked pee sticks lying around the house and that, since from the internet it appears this is an ongoing and common problem they should be able to figure it out without my used tests. I asked for replacements and it sounded as though they plan on sending me one, in which case I will sending a written complaint to the effect that they owe me three. I can honestly say I will never buy a Clearblue product again. How hard would i be to act concerned about giving a woman a false positive? They have made me cross.

AF has still not apeared, but I expect she'll turn up in the night or first thing tomorrow.

Hi to anyone I've missed. I hope you're well.

Yeah, he's Navy and on deployment. I visited him out in Middle East for a week which was also ov time so was hopeful as obviously, not having seen him for 3 1/2 months, we did a fair bit of BDing

C'est la vie

morning ladies hope you all have a gd morning
i am cd 54 no af

Morning all,

GG Hope you DH manages to get his results today off the scary receptionists. Even if they are the same as before at least this will be the start of referral onto someone who knows what they are talking about unlike your GP!

DG Thanks for the book advice. It feels like a bit of a step getting a book somehow .

MOET Any sign of ov in the MOET household today?

chilled sorry AF got you. How incredibly frustrating having to wait so long. Good luck for June.

SH How funny us both book shopping! We could swap after a while! I'm angry with clearblue on your behalf. Hope they send you three digital tests as a replacement. Looks like we are going to be cycle buddies .

mibbes How are you today? When you start spotting, do your temps remain high or do they start dropping with the spotting? Just wondered if you'd start to notice a difference with a pregnancy chart. Fingers crossed for you.

Spotting is starting to shift into AF now so that would give me a 15 day LP not 18 . They can't shift by three days can they?!

Hello to ei, P&M, tinker, beanie, recent graduates tegan and fairy and anyone I've missed!

good morning ladies! Is everyone looking forward to the weekend stuffing themsleves with chocolate? I have already had a hot cross bun this morning and there is a whole BOX full of Creme Eggs winking at me in the office kitchen and calling softly; "Gryffin....Gryffin....eat me, eat me..." . I shall RESIST them!

DH announced this morning that he is working most of the weekend. Not only is it EASTER, but it is also our wedding anniversary . So much for him avoiding stress and slowing down to help his swimmers

jollybear - hello there . We didn't get the results, damn damn damn. DH eventually broke through the Securitati style wall of secrecy at the surgery and discovered that...the results weren't back yet. DH has an GP appointment on Tuesday afternoon (I am off work too to go with him) to discuss the referral and chat through the results. If the test results aren't back today or Tues, it will be a wasted appointment . And they are hard to come by in London!

Digitalgirl - hellooooooooo ! How is digibean - behaving himself? Did you say that the Zita West book was good on boy TTC troubles. I may have to invest in one for DH. He is slowly coming round to speaking to me about the low sperm count and he is being good about vitamins/not drinking/eating organic vfruit and veg

chilled - sorry that AF got you.

tegan - how are the lot on the Due in November? Have you been over there? Stay around here for a bit longer though

Hello to hatty if you are about and mibbes MOET beanie and shakeysgirl - are you ok today?

GG good to hear DH is being good about making positive changes to help swimmers, but bad he is working so much. The Zita West book does have a whole section on male fertility - I'll have a squizz tonight and let you know exactly what it covers. I haven't really looked at that section either as am concentrating on sorting myself out before we consider DP
JollyBear I think LP can change 1 or 2 days but usally pretty consistent. So far since temping I have had 13 and 14. I guess the main thing is that LP is long which is way better than too short. I'm not sure if a 3 day shift is common or not. If you are concered maybe best to speak to GP. I'm glad the books are making you feel more positive, but it s a bugger TEW got you .
I have noticed that temp starts to fall on day 1 or 2 of spotting so expect it to drop tomorrow. It rose today but that will be to do with the cocktails and wine I had last night and a work do - at least I don't have to feel guilty now though !

Have 'won' a new clearblue fertility monitor on ebay for half the retail price. Hurrah. Started taking my temperature today. Hope this works for me.

Still no period, due today.

I haven't visited the due in november thread yet.

Might pop over later.

What is the best website for finding my exact due date as i have found i am due either nove 21st or 26th

hi bs that is great glad that you got test

GG I started the chocolate marathon yesterday and gobbled lots of Lindt chocolate bunny . Well done for resisting the creme eggs thus far! How poo your DH is working, esp on your anniversary. Hope you get a nice meal, huge egg or pressie to compensate slightly. If the tests aren't back on Tuesday can you not say you want to be referred anyway to get the ball rolling?

mibbes Just read what you said in the waiting room about your spot-a-thon starting . It must be sooo frustrating . Do your tests start after AF is complete? I presume they have to do it before you ov? That should hopefully give you some answers anyway.

That's what I thought re LP not really varying. I'm wondering if I just had a temp rise but no ov hence the 18 day LP. Oh well, only time will tell.

Hiya GG, and everyone else. I'm on day 37 now and no af yet. No symptoms either. Although when having sex last night it felt like he was hitting my cervix which has never happened before and dp could feel it too, any thoughts anyone? He is convinced he has grown... (Typical man!) And same as the day before it felt more tender. Also afterwards (he didn't finish so i know it wasn't him) there was some very watery milk coloured discharge?

Afternoon everyone

First of all, i must congratulate Tegan!! That is lovely news, and is so encouraging to hear. Wishing you all the best.

beaniesteve I hope AF stays away. That's great you got the monitor but heres hoping you don't need to use it!

hattyyellow good to see you - how are you?

EI where are you? Hope you're ok.

GG Great to see you. Of course you must stay here and madly symptom spot with the rest of us. Don't forget what i told you about my friends - informed they would not be able to have children naturally (he has v poor sperm count), and well, you know the rest. So, you have NO excuses not to symptom spot!!! I forgot, we are cycle buddies this month, but i am lagging behind rather, having not ov'd yet. You're making me hungry with the talk of chocolate. How that DH will be working most of the weekend, and on your anniversary too. Hope you get to do something to celebrate.

TB2 how are you today?

twinklingfairy how are things going with you? Any symptoms yet?

JB Hope you are feeling a bit better today. Getting the books sounds great, a positive step.

chilled sorry to hear AF arrived. Roll on June!

scaryhairy What hassle you've had. Hope you're ok.

Mibbes Sorry to hear the spotting has started. . Lets hope the doc sorts this annoying spotting out asap.

shakeysgirl is CD37 late for you? How long are your cycles normally?

Well, i think i'm finally gearing up to ov! EWCM has increased lots today. Finally!!! Had long chat with DH last night. I was getting concerned as he seemed to be avioding BDing recently, and i was worried he had gone off the idea of a baby. So, we had a real heart to heart, along with some rather nice single malt (think i might have pickled the egg) and he explained that he was just getting scared that he wants it so much but it that it might never happen. I guess by avoiding the BDing you then inevitably avoid that awful disappointment a couple of weeks later. It is exactly where i was a few weeks ago, when i told him i wanted to stop trying (basically because the thought of it not happening was too painful). He said he needed to spend a bit of time "in his cave" to deal with it. We, of course, are carrying on trying, and BDed this morning, which hopefully should be fairly well timed. Will get another in a couple of days though! Just thought i'd share this though, as it really brought home to me how much he is affected by ttc as well, and all the disappointment. He so desperately wants to have a child.

Better get on with some work now!

Hi :-) i'm usually about 36 days (ish never been regular) but have had symptoms this month mainly a half hour light bleed a week ago, nausea (but there is a sick bug going round) sore boobs (but i can make them hurt just by wondering if they are iyswim) and the watery milky stuff after sex 2 days ago, tender stomach, nightmares/ migraines (about,a week ago) and my cervix feeling lower. But they have all disappeared now! Oh and 3 negative tests.

MOET Hope you caught the egg! Your heart-to-heart with your DH sounds really touching. It is easy to forget that our DHs and DPs feel the disappointment and upset too.

shakey Good luck! You can drive yourself mad symptom spotting, it is so frustrating not to know. Fingers crossed for you.

Hope everyone has a lovely long weekend with lots of chocolate and successful bd'ing, not necessarily together! .

afternoon ladies
hope you are all ok
tegan congrats on your BFP
JB sorry about the BFN and possible AF i was so hopeful for you with you being on my list and all xx
scary sorry your temp has dropped but hopefully it is only a temporary drop for implantation or similar
mibbes sorry you are having spotting lets hope it isnt what you think it is and you get your BFP
shakey and chilled sorry about your BFNs
GG nice to see you what a pain over DHs test results!! bloody GPs are rubbish!! i hope you get the support you need on tuesdays appointment
well my temp dropped down to 35.51 this mornin so i think i might Ov over the next few days
hi to anyone i have missed out
xx ei xx

hi moet i am great thanks cd54 and counting
and havent been bding much too knackered all the time.
lots oc white and clear cm too

hello ei - Tuesday's GP appointment has been moved to Monday April 1st, because DH's test results definitely won't be in on time . Sooooooo another week getting no further forward. I admit to being fairly pessimistic (sp?) about them - I don't see how they can bounce back to normal after "severely low", but fingers crossed there is some improvement.

As MOET says, it only takes one and there are lots of positive tales (tails? ) out there!

have a lovely weekend everyone and "speak" again next Wednesday. Wishing everyone happy BD-ing and lots of BFP's for any testers out there!

GG

GG sorry appt has been further delayed .
I have been looking at the Zita West book for you and there is quite a lot about male fertility, what the semen analysis means and what you can do to help (with vits & herbs, lifestyle etc..). There is also a whole section on assisted conception which may be of relevance if you do get referred to a fertility clinic. I think there is a lot that may be of interest to you. Maybe if you buy the book and spend some time reading up you will feel like you are progressing things a little bit by gaining knowledge..? I know you got lots of great advice on your specific thread so perhaps you already know everything that is in the book but no harm in reading it anyway. {{{hugs}}}xx

Hello ladies

AF has turned up, so back to square one, but on the plus side I have changed from an 11-13 day luteal phase to a full 14 days, which seems better. TCOYF has arrived, complete with some hilarious (if mildly gross) cm and cervix photos. It hasn't yet told me anything I hadn't read on the internet, but it is helping me feel a bit more in control.

MOET your post was lovely. How nice that your DH is so honest about how he feels.

GG sorry to hear your appointment has been delayed. Is there any chance of you going private to get things moving? MOET is right... there are lots of positive stories out there, hopefully you'll get one too .

Sorry to hear about the spotting, Mibbes. JB I think LP can vary a bit. Mine is usually 13 days but is sometimes only 11, so a bit of a difference is clearly possible. Good for you starting on the chocolate. Must do the same myself...

Ei if you're about to ovulate, step away from the computer and go jump your DH!

Hi to everyone else, too. I hope you're all well.

Morning ladies, well spotting continues and temp dropped right down, that is my usual spotting pattern so that is me out .
Anyone testing soon ? We could do with some BFPS around here ladies !

morning ladies happy good friday
cd 55 form no af lots of ewcm tihis morning

tinkerbell could be ov, get BD'ing just in case !

yep we did this morning lol try to every 2-3 days
i was wondering if i could be i always seem to have some cm never dry!!

EI you missed me out!!!! can i sulk in the corner too!!! Hope you have done some BDing!

GG sounds like you have made plans to go away, what with DH working. Hope you have a lovely weekend, what ever you are doing.

scaryhairy sorry to hear that AF has now arrived. It does sound positive with a longer LP though. Chocolate is a must when AF arrives, so i hope you have started on the easter eggs now..

mibbes sorry to hear your temps have gone down and you are still spotting.

TB2 pleased to hear you have done some BDing, just in case!

Don't think i have ov'd yet - no +ve OPK, and still got a fair bit of EWCM (which tends to dry up on the day i get a +ve OPK) Hopefully the egg is on it's way soon!

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter weekend.