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TTC NO20 - This time we will graduate...

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horseshoe · 11/03/2005 14:41

Here it is ladies....

Last one was getting to big and taking ages to load.

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fresco · 19/03/2005 11:42

good pop.thats the best attitude to give you rest and a stress free nite.hope you have a fab time.

popadopalis · 19/03/2005 11:54

Thanks Fresco. Do you have any idea why Af hasn't come? I'm really not getting stressed about it as I was but I just wondered if you had any ideas why this might be? Could it be anything to do with late ov or no ov? It's wierd because I had really bad PMS (poor Dh!!) and now I seem to have meelowed out again as if Af came and went but she didn't come!! Very strange. I'm positive I'm not pg as I've done two tests both BFN and I have no signs of pg at all. My breats are ever so slightly tender as they would be coming up to Af coming. My bladder goes through stages of feeling irritable and then being fine. Any ideas?

fresco · 19/03/2005 12:05

are you not stressed at all? my cycles are really messed up when i am stressed.but it could be do with no ov mayb.i would if i were you go to my doc (even if you lie saying your cycles are ever so erratic evry month) and hav blood test done. not that i promote blood tests but it may put your mind at ease hen.i got no definite explanation i am afraid or answers.xxx

munnzieb · 19/03/2005 13:38

pop -good to hear ur positive, stress does put off AF, and OV by all accounts. got down to the drs only sure way of knowing! apparently the home tests can show a flase right up to 8 weeks when they show a positvie. hope you get a nice answer!

CD7 here, nothing happening, CM a bit thin, talking of which, I have a CM question, and my old buddie hester's out of the country so I can't pester her! lol, on the fertility vid I was watching the 'fertile' cm she held in her hands was really really strechy - i'm sure mine's never like that! althou it does feel wetter below as it were, anyhow, on this vid it says without thin, fertile CM u cna't get PG it's impossible - so now i'm worried - is mine normal or not? I only had one cycle of it - pardon the term being dripping (literally) which was the month after I came off of the pill. So now i'm stressed about weather or not my CM is fertile, and capped with the whole feeling I have that my tube is all blocked up (I only have one) thing's are not too rosie in my house!, althou I can't tell DH cos he jsut says to focus on the sex and not the baby bit, I think i'll just have to wait until I see the gyno, but the thing is... I WANT A BABY NOW!!!!!!! there I said it, I WANT ONE!, just one, I'm not fussy any more! still when DH return's i'll have been off the pill for 11 months so hopefully - just hopefully all will be OK, also for the past 2 days, i've had tingaling just by my hip, (not sure if it's the Ovaries working or if my appendix scar is sore? not sure.... aaarrrghhhh ! god I hate being a woman!)

anyhow, thanks for listening to me rant and moan. hope everyone else is ok.

expatinscotland · 19/03/2005 16:13

Fresco
Same here. My cycle was TOTALLY wrecked by stress! Two sets of international visitors coming thru back to back, major stress at work and making some career moves. Although it's not been affected by stress before, I have to admit that age is probably starting to play a bigger factor these days.

Munnzie, I've been wondering about CM myself. Mine seemed to be better before falling pregnant w/DD. Since coming off Pill, however, haven't had any O (using OPKs and now Persona this month) so no discernible CM at all for me, either.

I'm flumoxxed.

expatinscotland · 19/03/2005 16:18

Katie,
How you holding up there? CD1 is the WORST, IMHO. Hope you're doing okay.

CD6 here, first day using Persona. Got a red light? Hmmm. So gonna go for it now AF's left the house !

popadopalis · 19/03/2005 16:32

I wasn't stressed before Af didn't arrive and didn't really get stressed until she wasn't coming and I got the first BFN. Then I got stressed and depressed. Then I Had a tlak with myself about being un-stressed and it'll happen when it'd right and at all that crap and de-stressed again and then I got stressed again because Af was definately not coming and I wasn't pg as I got another BFN. Now I'm back to being calm and not sorrying about it too much. Oh my goodness I didn't even realise how up and down I had been until I wrote this! I'm completely mental! I am going to the doctor though to get him to check me out and tell me everything is fine!! If he tells me something's wrong I won't be held reponsible for what I do to him!!lol! Kidding, he's actually the best doctor I've ever had and he listens and cares which is good!

popadopalis · 19/03/2005 16:33

BTW how crap is my typing!!

debbsy · 19/03/2005 21:35

Hi from a newbie my name is debbsy ive been married for 7 yrs ttc for 10 mths after recent illness.Ive just gone through the worst week of my life thinking i was pregnant even having he dr telling me was it very likely too.Then started to bleed this evening feel devastated so if anyone wants to chat etc, my ear is worth bending thank you.

expatinscotland · 19/03/2005 21:43

Welcome, debbsy. Hope your stay here is short.

Katierocket and I here have just had another disappointment as AF arrived for both of us.

I have had no ovulation since coming off the Pill in October, 2004 and am just starting on Persona, thanks to the generosity of a recent graduate .

Our stats are all at the beginning of the thread.

popadopalis · 19/03/2005 23:12

Hello Debbsy! Welcome to this thread. I am now CD45 and not pg and no Af. I know the frustration of thinkning you might be and then finding out your not. I read your thread and you have my sympathy. It's horrible and so stressful.

Well everyone I went out and got rather drunk. I am stuffed with food and very intoxicated but I feel great!! Dh is waiting upstairs so I'd better go!! Lots of bding for us tonight. Sorry TMI.

HUNKERMUNKER · 19/03/2005 23:21

Hi Debbsy, so sorry to hear of your visit from AF Hope she's only with you a short, pain-free time and next month is your month. Welcome to the thread! xxxxxx

expatinscotland · 19/03/2005 23:29

Popa
I did the same on Wednesday night! Even had a late night kebab.

katierocket · 20/03/2005 07:22

hello - thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. Expat - I'm ok thanks, awful cramps this month which just kind of rubs it in IFYKWIM. Anyway, going to acupunturist tomorrow so hopefully that willhelp.

Welcome Debby - I've been TTC 10 months too, awful isn't it. I saw your other thread, sorry to hear it wasn't your month.

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 08:11

Thanks for the welcome Expat have you been to the drs about no ovulation?

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 09:01

HELLO all lets hope we all get lucky very soon BABY DUST TO ALL*

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 09:02

HA HA that didnt work very well did it what I meant was BABY DUST TO ALL*

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 09:20

Oh and just another thought for everyone have you ever been to Blackpool? Bcause there is a fertility budha there and apparently if u stroke its belly you have a very good chance of concieving my hubby and i are going to go as soon as we get chance, my uncle told me about it last mth as he lives there and 3 couples where he lives have got caught within 3 mths of stroking the budhas belly.So I immedietly wanted to do it too so me and my mum were walking up and down blackpool front trying to find the thing i even stopped the police to ask didint know.In the end someone told us.After asking lots of people who looked at us as if we were mad.We found it and the bloody place was SHUT but its in Ripleys believe it or not arcade on left hand side not far from the fair(anything is worth a try)!!!

Hulababy · 20/03/2005 09:30

Morning! Feeling very tender this morning. Had big, all paid for meal out last night - ate and rank way too much! Very expensive - so glad I wasn't paying But I am suffering a bit now!

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 09:43

morning hula just chill today and drink lots of water.You will soon feel better.

munnzieb · 20/03/2005 09:45

morning all, good luck with persona expat, hope it brings you as much relief as me! lol, I've had a red day from day 6 since the first month as well, (it normally stays red until 1/2 DPO.) - just so u don't stress too much, i'm hoping you get PG this month to restore my faith in it's ability for you to get PG straight away. althou don't stress if it doesn't show with O on ur first month, apparently thats perfectly normal.

Spoke to DH last night for an hour! and we didn't even argue! lol. in his words we'll speak 3 more times untill he comes home! YAY!!!!!

Hulababy · 20/03/2005 09:45

Hi debbsy - just been reading your other thread. Sounds like the last week has been a nightmare and you've been through the mill and back.

Hulababy · 20/03/2005 09:46

That's great munnzeib - not long now

munnzieb · 20/03/2005 09:49

nope can't wait all that BD! lol, and you, young hula - I have no sympathy for you, it's self inflicted! (i'm only lol) have u OV yet? I think i'm sharing my bit of dust for this month with expat, fresco and pop, but u can have a bit as well (don't want to spread it too thinly thou! ) had good news from Jeds, her healthy eating plans are helping their situation, so fingers crossed for her, (i've nicked some of our dust for her as well)

Debbsy · 20/03/2005 09:49

Definetly Hula as losing clots now felt like i was losing my mind i can honestly say this has been the worst week of my life. baby dust to you.