Buddy while TTC#1

[Katie_A]

Be positive and hopeful! Does AF usually show up right on time for you? The brown spotting could be implantation. Some people get it for several days.

I hope you feel better Tina!

My cycles are wildly irregular so it's hard to say :/ But my LP has been 13/14 days since I started charting which would make AF due today or tomorrow. Trying to just stay super relaxed and feel OK about whatever happens. I have a long history of cervical bleeding too because of surgery and follow up procedures done to remove pre-cancerous cells when I was 18 (now 29)...so I'm not sure if the pregnancy could somehow cause my cervix to be more sensitive and bleed a bit? The doctor I saw is going to send me to a specialist if my BHCG comes back high enough to indicate pregnancy -- to check out my cervical strength and make sure it's strong enough to sustain pregnancy. I just want this little bean to stick!

 

[babydust1516]

I'll be hoping for you girl! Everything will be ok and work out! If it sticks then that's the first battle won!

 

[TTTTina]

AF just got done today. So now I'm really waiting to ovulate lol. I noticed earlier blood mixed in with my diarrhea and I did go to the doctor and she said you can bleed with diarrhea and going so much, never had blood in with it before tho, and to let it ride out the weekend and if it's still around Monday to send in a stool sample and see if we're maybe dealing with a bacterial infection or the first stages of ulcerative colitis or chrons disease. Hopefully it goes away very soon! Sorry for tmi again lol.

 

[babydust1516]

Not tmi girl lol...this is where we are able to let out how we are feeling and what's going on with our bodies...your insides could just be very very irritated from going so much!...I have my fingers crossed for you this cycle Tina! This past cycle I started to make sure that I was drinking a TON of water during the day and I am wondering if that helped me...idk how much you drink, but maybe drink even a little more and see if that helps you.

 

[Cupoftea3]

Tina do you still have a fever? Really hoping you feel better soon x

 

[babydust1516]

Hey girls! How is everyone doing today?

 

[TTTTina]

My fever seems to be staying away, so hopefully it stays away. I don't see any blood mixed in anymore and I'm not going as much so hopefully this thing is going away! I could probably use more water in my diet, so I'll drink a lot this cycle lol

 

[babydust1516]

Water will help flush whatever virus out you may have had too!

 

[Cupoftea3]

Phew! What a nasty bug!

How are the pregnant ladies? Any new symptoms?

I feel a little bit fed up with this cycle. I think I'm about 9 dpo, AF is due in 6/7 days. Other months by this point I'm symptom spotting and feeling excited, though only ending in AF! But this month I literally feel nothing. I know I haven't been pregnant before so its really silly to compare to other cycles, but it's just a bit disheartening to have nothing. Apart from slightly itchy boobs. I'm clutching at straws!

 

[TTTTina]

Water will help flush whatever virus out you may have had too!

I've been drinking lots of water lol. I did notice more blood mixed in when I went to the bathroom a bit ago. I just want whatever this is to go awaaaaay

 

[babydust1516]

The water may be helping flush the little bit that's left out of your system faster!

Cupoftea: I felt the same way last cycle when I got my bfp. No symptoms except my boobs were sore. I had given up all hope and started to come to terms with the fact that I'd be losing another month. Then I got my bfp! I haven't had many other symptoms. I have been very exhausted so that could be a new symptom but I work with kids who exhaust me too lol.

 

[Cupoftea3]

Thank you. Here's hoping no symptoms is good news then! I have 4 spots on my chin though so there are some hormones there... They are symmetrical. !!!!

 

[Katie_A]

Phew! What a nasty bug!

How are the pregnant ladies? Any new symptoms?

I feel a little bit fed up with this cycle. I think I'm about 9 dpo, AF is due in 6/7 days. Other months by this point I'm symptom spotting and feeling excited, though only ending in AF! But this month I literally feel nothing. I know I haven't been pregnant before so its really silly to compare to other cycles, but it's just a bit disheartening to have nothing. Apart from slightly itchy boobs. I'm clutching at straws!

I'm doing pretty good, still haven't got the results of my blood test, but took the last of my FRERs yesterday and test line was as dark as the control. And I'm 15 dpo now and still no AF. The spotting also stopped so that's good, and not really crampy anymore either! Started feeling nauseous yesterday as well, which sucks but at least lets me know my hormones are on the rise. The nausea is only in the morning so far (yesterday and today) and not so bad as to make me throw up yet, more queasy than anything.

If it helps give you hope, I was laughing with my acupuncturist yesterday because at my previous appointment last Saturday I had told her I really thought that this cycle wasn't the one. I was sure I wasn't pregnant...didn't feel anything. And then, on Sunday night, the night before my first faint positive, my boobs started feeling really warm and itchy and my nipples were sore. So that was actually my first sign! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!




Tina - So sorry you're still not feeling well! Sound awful! I struggled with chronic digestive issues for several years so I know how debilitating it can be. I found taking a good quality probiotic really helps (the kind you get at a health food store that needs to be kept in the fridge.) Especially if you've been having bad diarrhea, you need to restore all the healthy bacteria in your digestive tract. Sending you well wishes, and hoping everything resolves soon!


Babydust - How are you feeling? And what's your due date BTW? Mine is May 23

 

[babydust1516]

I'm doing pretty well. Just exhausted! Lol my due date will be may 22! We are right on track with one another!

 

[Cupoftea3]

Today I started spotting and was really grumpy, think AF is here a week early. Katie what was your spotting like? The thing is I normally do before the full flow so I'm not feeling hopeful! Hope you get your blood results soon!

Tina how are you doing?

 

[babydust1516]

Until AF gets here don't lose hope! I was cramping for 5 days before AF and thought it was coming early also and it never did . Keep positive and know that there is always a chance girl!

 

[TTTTina]

I am still feeling kinda blah. I haven't been going as much to the bathroom but I haven't really been eating neither. I've been drinking water and chicken broth, as it seems the soup I ate last night really hurt my stomach for some reason and made the blood come back. I'm sending in a stool sample tomorrow whether there is blood in it or not, since it seems the blood comes and goes, to see what they say. In other news, one of my apps say that my fertile window starts Tuesday and the other says it starts wed, so when should I start using opk? No sickness is gonna keep me from doing what needs to be done! Lol

 

[Cupoftea3]

Hello!

Seeing as you've had it a few days and there's still blood, it sounds like you should get it checked out. I was wondering the same about OPKs, how many do you get in a packet? Maybe start sooner rather than later, you don't want to miss it!

Sorry for the tmi coming now, but this is the only place I can say it...
So yesterday my cm was pink- I thought AF was on her way early. But today it's turned brown and is thick and sticky. It's not technically spotting I think because nothing comes out, it's only when I actually check! I have no cramps. Last month I got this before AF but I am wondering... If it goes away I might test?!

 

[babydust1516]

Tina when I used the OPK once it said to start on day 5 of your cycle. Start today if you can!

Cupoftea how many dpo are you? I started testing 10dpo and got my bfp that day!

 

[TTTTina]

I think i will start today, next time I have to pee!! Lol