TTC May 2023 💖 Previous MC March 2023 (thread 2)

[Sez281]

Hi ladies, just thought I'd create a new thread for anybody that wants to continue.
@Jadeypie
@Westy22
@Freddie15VES
@fleur89
@Strawb28
@DmcinT
@HopeAndStrength
@xxcxdonxx
And @SnookyPook for if/when you feel like you might want to come back xx

Sorry if I've forgotten anybody, I realise most of you guys have had your BFPs and there's only a few off us left waiting, but at least you know the thread is here so come back and keep us updated with all your lovely pregnancy stories 😊 For those of us still here, hopefully it won't be too much longer 🙏💖 xx

Ah I would keep testing @Sez281 as I don't think that looks like a peak yet? I was day 12 last month so it could be coming? As you say may be a dodgy batch. X

My premom app is predicting I'm entering my fertile window tomorrow, no signals as of yet though. Enjoying not testing tbh but i think that's more so because the OH is alot more up for it abroad so im not panicking about missing the opportunity..at home he's stressed, tired and not so interested 🤣

@Sez281 I agree with @Westy22 keep testing next couple of days. I don't enter my fertile days for another three days according to premom my boobs r tender tho have been since last week x

@Jadeypie @Westy22 Yeah I think your right, also the more I look at that .7 test I definitely think it's off as the control line is so light. @Westy22 pmsl your OH sounds exactly like mine in the sun. He wanted to go again today and I actually said no wait until tomorrow (and the following 2 days 🫠) although we'll be back in dreary Ireland at the weekend so I'll probably be begging him to by then 😂

I mentioned the opk to my other half when I got them and he pulled a face haha so he won't be seeing them don't want him to feel like I'm using him when I get my peak 🤣Speaking of I'm so annoyed with myself right now I've been holding my wee since 3 coz I test at seven and I've just been the toilet without realising so if I do a test at 7 will it even be a true reading or not? Xx

@Jadeypie oh yeah it'll be fine. Just don't drink gallons before hand. I never usually do a hold I just test when I feel like I need to go. My OH doesn't officially know when my fertile window is either.. although I'd say he has a fair idea as I wouldn't have a particularly high libido when I'm not in it so he'd be pretty silly not to be able to guess 😂

So my easy@home were definitely a dodgy batch. Test came back even lower than yesterday. I was really upset so went to chemist to get clearblue which I've never used and of course the instructions were in Spanish so thank god for google translate😂. Anyway got a static smiley so I'm officially at peak even tho my chart says otherwise 🤷‍♀️

@Sez281 woooo so does that mean you'll ovulate in the next day or so? I have still been doing mine they are being steady so far but I suspect I don't usually ovulate till about day 20 so hoping in a few days Al start seeing a rise x

@Sez281 that’s frustrating to get conflicting results but looks like the clearblue will keep you right!

@Jadeypie oh you've a little while to go so, will be great for you to see the progression xx I think ov will be tomorrow as I'm cd 12 today and that's when I got peak last time. According to clearblue the smiley means you've 48 of high fertility but I don't know if I would have got one if I tested with it yesterday 🫤

so yeah it's very frustrating! Hope you're doing ok @xxcxdonxx xx

Thanks @Sez281 just trying to get on with things but can’t help myself googling and it’s all worse case scenario unfortunately. Nothing I can do between now and the next scan anyway so just need to be patient 🤞🏻

So I'm officially 1DPO but I really don't feel like I ovulated this cycle. My chart is all over the place and I know I got a smiley one day on clearblue but I still didn't "feel" as though it was. So disappointing as it just feels like a waste of a month 😕 Didn't bother dtd the last 2 days as I feel awful (tested for covid but was negative, maybe that's messing up my hormones 🤷‍♀️) I've got appointment with my gp tomorrow anyway as I wanted to chat with her about everything so I'll see if she can do pdg bloods next week to confirm ovulation didn't happen. I definitely won't be getting my hopes up in this tww either way 😞

Forgot to attach chart.. it's such a mess 🥴 like I know I usually fluctuate a bit but nothing like this. I usually have a lovely high peak then massive drop. I've had cramps but I pretty much have them constantly with my fibroids anyway. No major CM so I'm 99.9% sure it didn't happen 😞

Ah it's horrible when you feel like it didn't happen, you never know though the times you think theres no hope may be the one @Sez281 🤞it's good your seeing your gp tomorrow though to go through everything. I have no idea what's happening with me, im missing my opk sticks lol I am getting cm but I don't think I've ovulated yet. Was annoyed we didn't dtd last night due to oh having a rough stomach but I'm telling myself a break is a good thing for sperm quality 🤣 (not even sure that's true) started to get into my own head again about why I'm not pregnant yet 🙈 we fly back late tomorrow night so I'll probably miss actual ovulation day but hopefully the run up to it gives us a shot lol x

@Sez281 aw that's tough. It's so horrible when you feel like you've 'wasted' a cycle isn't it. Maybe just try and see it as your body having a last hoorah of weirdness before pregnancy. Maybe it's a kind of reset and your next cycle will be the one. You just never know... xxx

Sorry you are having a rough time @Sez281 . I know nothing about charting so I can’t offer any advice on that but if you got a static smiley then that should be a clear indication that it’s happened I would think.
I can totally relate about it feeling a ‘waste’ of a month, that’s what TTC does to you.
I hope you manage to get your GP appointment and fingers crossed for this month for you xx

@xxcxdonxx yeah the smiley on cd12 did throw me a bit but I've been looking into it and it seems clearblue can give false smileys for people with pcos. I've never officially been diagnosed but my last few scans have shown numerous cysts and if I haven't actually ovulated this cycle then that would pretty much confirm I have it. I'll ask my doc for clomid if she confirms it with the pdg test.

@SnookyPook that's a really nice way to look at it, hopefully you're right. I think I'm just having a bit of a pity party for myself as I feel so crappy in general with the flu/bug thing. Plus I'm turning 41 next month so starting to freak out a bit 🙈🥴

@Westy22 I'd say it's strange not using opks when you're so used to them but you're right to listen to your body and it sounds like you've covered loads of bases so fingers crossed 🤞 Enjoy your last day on hols xx

I just wanted to try and see if I could take the focus off the constant poas @Sez281 lol but I'll probably go back to that way next month lol x

Hope you feel better soon xx

@Sez281 I really hope the clear blue was right and you have ovulated I suppose time will tell. Or if you haven't u might have a really late one like I did few months back but fingers crossed that's not the case. I'm still testing my lh levels seen so so low it jumped up a good bit yesterday and I though Oh its starting to rise but it's fell back down again I just want to hurry up and get to the tww haha x

@Westy22 it still must have been so nice not to poas on hols though. I wish I hadn't 😂 xx

@Jadeypie you're still not due to peak till next weekend are you? It'll prob go up slowly between now and then xx

Oh and you may be right about it just being a funny cycle and I might still be in with a chance of late ovulation as it's just risen a bit again 🙈 it's nowhere near peak but still gives me a bit of hope that it might happen in a day or 2 so I'll keep testing. I feel way too sick to even think about dtd today 🙈 but I will if there's a chance 🤷‍♀️🤞😂

Just left my gp. Not really sure how I feel after it 🫠I'd written everything down to show how my cycles have been for the last year but she's not worried at all. She says I need to stop tracking and have sex on day 8, 10, 12, 14 drink cough syrup and take folic acid and coq10. Pmsl about the couch syrup but apparently its a thing 🤷‍♀️😂 She wasn't being dismissive she was just trying to put me at ease I think. She did agree that seeing as I'm turning 41 next month it would be no harm to see a specialist in case I need Clomid or anything to boost ovulation so she has referred me to a fertility clinic and I'm booked in for October. It's only 4 weeks from today until my appointment so I'm glad I don't have to wait too long.

Ah @Sez281 it's good that she listened and hasn't just sent you on your way, cough syrup tho?! I'm googling that lol I always forget to take coq10 🙈 that's not far off at all for your appointment 🙏 you will probably get more advice off them 😊

I seem to have gone against your gps advice and have had sex on 6,7,9 and 11 🤣🤣🙈 I think I've ovulated I've had a tonne of cm and bright pink blood today The blood is starting to freak me out tho as its happening every month yet I've read its very uncommon, its very pink tho not like period.

@Sez281 that all sounds quite positive, and great that she's done you a referral and it's so soon. Hopefully this is the start of things looking up a bit for you 🤞🏻🌈😊

Also... cough syrup?! 🤔

I mentioned COQ10 to my gp and she'd never heard of it!! Looked at me like I was some crazed hippy lady!

@Westy22 lol I think the days she suggested were more to tell me to chill out and do it every second day. I'd say you're well covered! 😂👌 That pink cm actually sounds really positive to me, could just be old lining getting mixed up with your ewcm? What cd are you now?

And yeah @SnookyPook she literally told me to get a bottle of exputex cough syrup to take during the fertile window. I know she's a respected doctor but I came out thinking what the actual fuck! I mean I'll still give it a go anyway 🤷‍♀️😂 Plus I'll be getting coq10 separately to my pregnacare vits (I'm not going to take proceive anymore as I think that was messing me up a bit)

I think the main thing I've taken away is that I'm stressing out way too much. The 2 months I conceived this year I don't think we actually dtd more than twice and I wasn't properly looking at opks so I'm definitely going to "try" to relax a bit more and wait and see what specialist says next month xx

Oh also she kept emphasising that we should dtd at night time. She said it a few times and wrote it down. I've gone down enough google rabbit holes to know that it definitely doesn't matter what time of day you do it so found that really strange 🤷‍♀️

I'm cd 11 now so it's a day earlier than last month. Hopefully it's a positive sign but who knows lol it is mixed with lots of clear cervical mucus and tends to only show up once. I'm already writing myself off this month and I don't know why...you always get that feeling like have I done enough 🤣 now to pass the time for the next 14 days 🤣 we fly this evening so no last minute attempts unfortunately 🙈