In need of some happy thoughts please!!

[BabyDustPlease]

Hi everyone,

First time poster here.

Myself and DH have been TTC since August 2010 and have had no joy. DH works away 3 nights a week which my Doc seems to think has lessened our chances so their advice has been to just keep trying.

I am desperate to get that BFP and am feeling very low about it especially on nights like tonight when DH is away.

I have regular cycles and have used the clear blue fertility monitor for the past few months. I know that we have a good chance this month as I ovulated over the weekend so we did the deed quite alot!!

Has anyone got any symptoms stories that I can look out for, how to cope with all this and how to stop thinking about babies all the time. Friends keep saying that I just need to relax and focus on other things but that is the most impossible thing in the world to do.

Any advice would be great, sorry I have gone on a bit!!!

Thanks

Hi
I didn't really notice any symptoms apart from the obvious, no period.
Just wanted to share that We tried for 16 months before getting pregnant. Our Doctor told my husband to change his underwear from tight trunk style to a baggier short - to give his testicles more hanging space! We put our success down to this.
Everyone told us, plan things to focus on and dont think about getting pregnant...impossible!!
So, sorry I can't help much but wanted to say you're not on your own.
Sending baby dust your way.

Thank you, nice to know I'm not alone when getting annoyed at someone else telling me to focus on other things!! xx

Hi,

First of all, good luck! Secondly, the first symptom I had, which I only really identified as such after my BFP, was feeling unsettled and distracted without knowing why. That's quite unusual for me. Then the next definite symptom was sore boobs, worse than normal period related soreness. Then, of course, a missed period, although I was convinced I was imagining everything and my period was late due to over thinking everything
I hope you get your BFP soon

Hi there, yes it can take a long time, same for us. I guess I went crazy with Dr. Google....for me it felt exactly like pre period symptoms except because I was so focussed on it I made more of it if that makes sense. Would prod boobs until sore having over obsessed about sore boobs :) In the end a missed period was the only real indicator for me. Good Luck you'll get there in the end just don't get disheartened by people who get pg instantly or get too weighed down by internet info. Before you know it you'll be moaning on here with the rest of us :) xxx

My first pregnancy I had every symptom in the book (headache, sore boobs, needing to pee, etc), and my second I had nothing and was convinced I wasn't pregnant. In addition, most early pregnancy symptoms are the same as premenstrual ones, so they're not the easiest to read at the best of times! Good luck and hope this is your month

It took us longer to get pregnant too - I just thought it would happen as soon as we started trying (naive I know!)
Everytime AF came, I would get upset and down and start thinking there was something wrong and it would never happen.
Alas, I am now 5 weeks pregnant with our first DC!

Symptoms at the mo include feeling very tired (fell asleep on the sofa last night at 8pm - so not like me!), and sore & bigger boobage!! My nipples have gone ridiculously massive and hurt if I knock them, ouch!!

It is so hard not to get obsessed and think of nothing else but you will drive yourself crazy! Best to stay busy I guess - see friends, get out and about, book a holiday so there is something to look forward to etc. You may well get pregnant when you least expect it!! Good luck!!

Thanks so much everyone. So nice to read I'm not alone in it all. I shall keep pressing on :) thanks again xxxxx