AUGUST buddies~ Symptom Spotting, Girl Talk & POAS party!

[bluefish1980]

So, looks like I'm joining you ladies sooner than I thought. Started spotting this morning (only 11DPO ) So it looks like I won't be testing on Thursday LOL.

Oh well, on to cycle 21........

 

[coolbabe843]

Count me in for aug testing, i am cd8 if i am doing it right, started af on the 14th so i guess that would be right....anyways bd last night i know it might be early but we bd the same time a couple years ago just once and i got pregnant with my daughter so why not give it a shot lol

 

[macydarling]

Welcome ladies! Cheer up Bluefish. Dont count yourself out for July yet!!

AFM I am actually having a good amount of EWCM this cycle. It started CD 11. Maybe an early O this month? Im not worrying about it....it does no good!

 

[bluefish1980]

So, I got fed up of AF showing up after 21 cycles (only BFP ended in ectopic 15 months ago).

I had been putting off going to the docs as I was sure he would just say I needed to lose weight.

Anyway, I phoned up this eveining and he saw me almost immediately.

Well, the doctor was great! He has ordered loads of tests, including a progesterone test which I have to do on CD21. He has requested a scan as well and when all the results are back he is referring us to a fertility specialist. He has also ordered a bunch of test for DH, including sperm analysis.

He was really lovely and didn't mention my weight once! I really wish I'd gone sooner.

 

[curiousowl]

Don't count yourself out quite yet blue! I spotted before I got a BFP last cycle. Glad the doc went well though

Jump, I bet you'll have a shorter cycle this time around because 30 days would be a pretty long LP. If you want to be sure you're not testing early and have no LP info I'd wait until 16 or 17dpo. Congrats on the crosshairs! They're so pretty aren't they, lol.

 

[jumpingo]

Don't count yourself out quite yet blue! I spotted before I got a BFP last cycle. Glad the doc went well though

Jump, I bet you'll have a shorter cycle this time around because 30 days would be a pretty long LP. If you want to be sure you're not testing early and have no LP info I'd wait until 16 or 17dpo. Congrats on the crosshairs! They're so pretty aren't they, lol.

thanks curious! unfortunately, they got taken away this morning after a really low temp. the time wasn't the usual time, but i'm going with it anyway, because after reading a bunch of people's advice/reassurances on here and thinking about what BBT is, i'm beginning to wonder if i haven't actually ovulated yet and the low temp is not actually "off"? i was so mad and frustrated when i entered the data and it totally changed my chart, but after reading and a tiny bit of venting here on BnB, i think i'm okay with it. just means my husband and i still have work to do!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/50e7f1//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

 

[fairyy]

Don't count yourself out quite yet blue! I spotted before I got a BFP last cycle. Glad the doc went well though

Jump, I bet you'll have a shorter cycle this time around because 30 days would be a pretty long LP. If you want to be sure you're not testing early and have no LP info I'd wait until 16 or 17dpo. Congrats on the crosshairs! They're so pretty aren't they, lol.

thanks curious! unfortunately, they got taken away this morning after a really low temp. the time wasn't the usual time, but i'm going with it anyway, because after reading a bunch of people's advice/reassurances on here and thinking about what BBT is, i'm beginning to wonder if i haven't actually ovulated yet and the low temp is not actually "off"? i was so mad and frustrated when i entered the data and it totally changed my chart, but after reading and a tiny bit of venting here on BnB, i think i'm okay with it. just means my husband and i still have work to do!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/50e7f1//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

May be continue to BD every other day for next few days.

 

[Tui]

Hi Bluefish, so glad your appointment went well and he is being proactive with the tests. Lets hope that its something really easy to fix

 

[curiousowl]

Hmmm jump, sorry. But if your cycles are normally 30 days that makes some sense. Time will tell in any case! I have definitely seen FF give back crosshairs so you never know.

 

[Bug222]

thats great news bluefish! hopefully he can help you on your way to your BFP!

day 4 of spotting... CD 28 of a 25 day cycle...

 

[sweetbliss89]

So someone mentioned to me that taking mucinex will help increase your EWCM and that it can be helpful for TTC. I kind of brushed it aside. It just so happens that I was really sick this past week and Saturday night I took mucinex to help me sleep better. Sunday and Monday, more so on Monday, I noticed EWCM which is unusual for right now in my cycle. I wonder if the mucinex did do that! I'm kind of contemplating taking it every other day or something for the next few days until after I O.... would that be crazy?

 

[Frenchgal]

I think im out for july too. Started spotting today 2 days before AF..could it be IB this late? Im confused and discouraged

 

[Tui]

So someone mentioned to me that taking mucinex will help increase your EWCM and that it can be helpful for TTC. I kind of brushed it aside. It just so happens that I was really sick this past week and Saturday night I took mucinex to help me sleep better. Sunday and Monday, more so on Monday, I noticed EWCM which is unusual for right now in my cycle. I wonder if the mucinex did do that! I'm kind of contemplating taking it every other day or something for the next few days until after I O.... would that be crazy?

I've heard that too but never tried it. How long did it take to work? I never get ewcm. Managed to conceive without it but would give mucinex a go, lol.

 

[macydarling]

Sweet~ I have heard Mucinex is good for that! I have never tried it personally but it seems to work for you so go for it!

French~ I think implantation can happen up to 12DPO. Dont count yourself out just yet.

AFM~ DH and I BD'd last night and he asked me afterwards if I was due for AF soon. I was like...uh in two weeks! And then he showed me a bunch of brown-ish EWCM. How strange! I was only CD 14 yesterday and I dont usually spot between periods.

 

[MKHewson]

Hey ladies can I join in my tww started yesterday. I have one DD who is 22 months old. On the second cycle of femera. Good luck to everyone

 

[KrissyB]

I guess my system is just all out of wack... My temps are all still post O, AF left after 3 days (which was little more than 1 day and spotting), still crampy, and still feel like there's flow down there - but its all watery/creamy. Today temp was super high (98.8) but I had gotten up an hour before my alarm to pee so I don't put stock in it. And all tests have been bfn, so I think I am just going crazy.
I have an ultrasounds on Aug 13th to check for fibroids, cysts, and Endo so maybe something is just wrong.

 

[sweetbliss89]

I think I might give the mucinex a try, but I need to go to the store first because the only kind I have is the mucinex DM and whatever that DM stands for makes me SO loopy for 24 hours . I can't drive or do anything for a day after I take it, its crazy and I hate that feeling. I'm hoping the regular kind isn't too expensive.

Tui - I feel like it took a day to kick in/work... like I took it Saturday night and Monday morning I noticed the EWCM.

I'm CD10 today and DH was making a game plan this morning for BD timing. it makes me happy that he's so into it and really wants this so badly but it always makes me feel twice as upset each month when it doesn't end in a BFP

 

[curiousowl]

Macy, ovulation spotting maybe?

Sweetbliss, there's definitely threads in the TTC section about what type and when to take Mucinex. Good luck!

AFM, I woke up with sore boobs and my temp was sky high. It doesn't mean much since I'm super jet-lagged but the temps I discarded earlier in my cycle were from that batch of jet-lag and this is much higher so hoping I did actually O!

 

[canadabear]

Curiosowl: still fx for you this cycle! Hope your temps stay up up up! And sending your way.
Krissy: what dpo would you be today if you discount AF? I have had strange cycles like yours from time to time but nothing showed up in any tests. sometimes I wonder if the stress of TTC can alter things? Sending your way!
Sweet Bliss: wonderful your DH is so on board! Have a fun month DTD!
Macy: strange let us know if anything new happens.. Sending to you too and hoping you caught the egg if you did o early.

AFM: still no sign of AF. Still lots of cramping and lower back pain. lots of watery/creamy cm and cervix high and closed. Not worried about slight temp dip as really restless sleep.. DS was up 4 times last night!

 

[KrissyB]

Canada - I'd be 13 dpo Our bodies are so weird.

All I know is that we're leaving for week long vacation on Friday, and I really just want some clarification before then. I don't want to temp or POAS while we're away and I'd either like a or some consistent pre-O temps before we go (so I know if I can drink lol ) .