Feisty Fidget
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I have to firstly admit that I have secretly been using BabyandBump forums for the last 6 months for all the wonderful advice that is on here. I now feel ready to dive in and be part of the group - I think it's wonderful that hopefully I will get to know women that are also trying to conceive and hopefully be able to go through pregnancy and birth together supporting each other. So a big hello to all you ladies out there in the same boat as me *waves manically at the screen!*
Firstly a little background information, I promise to try and keep it short!
I am a newly wed but have been together with my husband for almost 9 years. We are both 24 and we both have reasonably healthy diets and are quite healthy. I have been on hormonal contraception since I was 15 - firstly with Dianette contraceptive pill, then cilest contraceptive pill and lastly Implanon. There was no break between any of these and I naively thought that once I came off the hormones I would be ready to start a family.
We have been trying since early February 2010 and the first thing that I noted was that my cycles are ridiculously long - usually 37 days. I have tried to pin point ovulation with both basal temperature and also ovulation mid flow tests but both were either inconclusive or negative. I have convinced myself for most of my cycles that I was pregnant, I mean it's supposed to be so easy and the amount of my friends who have 'accidently' become pregnant after we started TTC is ridiculous.
I am now in a familiar dilema, my cycles have never been longer then 37 days since I came off Implanon, I am now 39 days since first day of last AF and I did a pregnancy test this morning which was negative.
To be honest I don't really feel pregnant, the only symptoms that I have had are extreme thirst (it is really hot at the mo
) and urinating more (only after drinking all the extra fluids though) I have had weak dizziness, but that could again be put down to the weather, also a lot of discharge (sorry TMI) and I had very low level cramping on and off but just put that down to possible AF
Hubby is doing his secret smile and shaking his head as if to say "here she goes again" and I don't want to turn into an absolute
but as I am sure you can all agree from personal experience it's difficult!
So here is my question, do I march down to the doctors and demand a blood test and talk about if I am not pregnant what we could be doing to increase chances and if anything can be done to shorten my cycle or do I just wait it out. I am a Dental Nurse, so we work with radiographs and chemicals on a daily basis, I don't wan't to risk the health of the foetus by putting it off, but I also don't want to give a heads up to my boss that we are trying.
Argh! It is such a nightmare! Any advice would be welcome
PS I know that they say stress doesn't help with conceiving or could delay AF but this month I have made an extra special effort to carry on as if everything is normal and not think about it, I didn't even work my dates out until Friday because I didn't want to be brooding over it!
Firstly a little background information, I promise to try and keep it short!
I am a newly wed but have been together with my husband for almost 9 years. We are both 24 and we both have reasonably healthy diets and are quite healthy. I have been on hormonal contraception since I was 15 - firstly with Dianette contraceptive pill, then cilest contraceptive pill and lastly Implanon. There was no break between any of these and I naively thought that once I came off the hormones I would be ready to start a family.
We have been trying since early February 2010 and the first thing that I noted was that my cycles are ridiculously long - usually 37 days. I have tried to pin point ovulation with both basal temperature and also ovulation mid flow tests but both were either inconclusive or negative. I have convinced myself for most of my cycles that I was pregnant, I mean it's supposed to be so easy and the amount of my friends who have 'accidently' become pregnant after we started TTC is ridiculous.
I am now in a familiar dilema, my cycles have never been longer then 37 days since I came off Implanon, I am now 39 days since first day of last AF and I did a pregnancy test this morning which was negative.
To be honest I don't really feel pregnant, the only symptoms that I have had are extreme thirst (it is really hot at the mo
) and urinating more (only after drinking all the extra fluids though) I have had weak dizziness, but that could again be put down to the weather, also a lot of discharge (sorry TMI) and I had very low level cramping on and off but just put that down to possible AFHubby is doing his secret smile and shaking his head as if to say "here she goes again" and I don't want to turn into an absolute
but as I am sure you can all agree from personal experience it's difficult!So here is my question, do I march down to the doctors and demand a blood test and talk about if I am not pregnant what we could be doing to increase chances and if anything can be done to shorten my cycle or do I just wait it out. I am a Dental Nurse, so we work with radiographs and chemicals on a daily basis, I don't wan't to risk the health of the foetus by putting it off, but I also don't want to give a heads up to my boss that we are trying.
Argh! It is such a nightmare! Any advice would be welcome
PS I know that they say stress doesn't help with conceiving or could delay AF but this month I have made an extra special effort to carry on as if everything is normal and not think about it, I didn't even work my dates out until Friday because I didn't want to be brooding over it!
