{CLOSED GROUP} Journey to BFP and Beyond!

[NDH]

Good luck Leigh! I tested a bunch of times then last two days and still feel like I can see a line but I'm thinking its just a faulty batch of tests. Waiting til Friday to test again. I have not noticed ovulation during my normal window, and we've gone 3 days without BD a few times this month so my chances aren't good if it is just faulty tests and ovulation happened unnoticed.

 

[Fleur828815]

Thanks Terrissa and Leigh. My DH is quite supportive really, it's true that I'm obsessed and I can't bear it when he says "if it's not this month, it'll be next month" lol. There's no point seeing my doctor yet because he won't run any tests unless I don't ovulate for a few months.

Terrissa, I can't believe that the doctor now wants you to see another specialist! Has she given you any reason why? Does she think your case is so complicated? I would also be tempted to just give up on doctors for a while and see how your body recovers on its own. Has the bleeding stopped or at least slowed? You must be so fed up.

Good luck Leigh, hope you catch the egg this month! Looks like you've got your chances if you started BD'ing on Saturday.

Natalie, Friday will soon be here, hold out if you can.

Yeserday after using an OPK I just left it in the bathroom, and later at night I picked it up and noticed a line which hadn't been there when I tested. I read the instructions and they say read AT 5 minutes. These are new OPKs that I've ordered from abroad and I didn't even check, I was just reading the results within 1 minute like with my previous OPKs! I did another just to check and the line was quite dark but not positive (it was around midnight), AND I got a tiny blob of EWCM. Today I tested and the line isn't as dark, so once again I don't know what's happening. I'm so stupid for not even reading the instructions though, I didn't know that they weren't all the same!

 

[kdmalk]

Sorry to skip over everyone. I plan to respond and catch up tonight.

9dpo and having stabbing pains... in my vagina???? I had something like this when I was pregnant, but after my BFP. All tests still negative up to this point. Any thoughts?

 

[tcinks]

I think I had that too. Any other symptoms? Sooooo hoping you get your bfp soon!!!

Also ladies..how do you count your cycle days? How my af usually goes is I get some brown spotting at first, then the next 3-4 days a full bleed, then the last day a little spotting. Then maybe more brown the next day. So do I count the days of brown/spotting....or just the actual days of flow? I'm really trying to track things as accurately as possible. Thanks!

 

[coucou11]

Fleur that could be a surge! Sometimes the surges are short so you might just catch right before or after the darkest test. And if the surge was yesterday then it would be lighter today... so maybe! That would be exciting!

Kylee that is an interesting symptom - I do remember those but later on as well... but not a bad sign for sure!

Terrissa, how FF counts your cycle is that if you record spotting, that is no CD1 - it won't start over your count until you record a bleed (L, M or H). so that's good enough for me, haha

Good luck Natalie! When would AF be due, or do you know this cycle?

Anyone care to do a little chart analysis for me? I'm confused - slight temp rise this morning but still EWCM (although I actually do sometimes get fertile cm after ovulation). My opk was strong positive yesterday at 6pm. I've been googling whether you can O only 6 hours after a positive opk... anyway, let me know if you have any thoughts!

My Ovulation Chart

 

[kdmalk]

Terrissa, I am having every other symptom known to man. I am convinced I am nuts. My boobs hurt, which is normal before AF (but the soreness should go away in a couple days. If it hasn't gone away by 2-3 days before AF, that is a legit symptom, because that's how it was last time I was pregnant), but my nipples are also really sensitive. I didn't notice that last time, they just got really sore starting the day before (or maybe the day of) my bfp. This time it is more like a weird awareness of the way my bra rubs against them when I move?? It's almost like tingling.... I don't like it. lol. But exhausted, dull cramps, random lower back pains at 6 and 7dpo, random moments of very mild nausea, and do actually feel like I can smell better. I have a carton of muffins sitting in my office and when I came back from lunch and opened my door, I said to my coworker, "OMG, I can smell these muffins from a mile away. They smell like berries, sugar, and diabetes." and then I threw them away. lol. At this point, I actually believe I am imagining symptoms because there is no way with a bfn that this stuff is out of the ordinary, as I have had it for daysss. I must just be paying attention to stupid things.

As for AF, I always count my "spotting" day as day 1, because it typically picks up by the end of the day and I always wear a tampon as soon as I see brown. FF will tell you not to count spotting, but that is how I have always counted my cycles, so I will continue to do it the same way. If you have spotting at the end of the cycle, mark it as spotting. I don't think it matters when the bleeding STOPS, as long as you mark cd1, because that is what counts. Just my opinion. Do what feels right for you, and do it the same every month. That should still give you the information you need.

Leigh- I actually read that it can happen as soon as 6 hours. But that was only one source. Most say 12. Test again for a few days just to be sure, but I bet that was your surge. Also, when was your last test before that? You could have had a positive for hours and hours before you tested and just caught the tail end of it. Just another thought....

Natalie- can't wait until you test again. I could totally see it on my phone in your pics. I do a bit of tweaking on babycenter for fun, so I am a professional line spotter. lol.

 

[jlw617]

Kylee-I had some of those weird eh hmmm vagina pains as well, it really sounds like you might get your bfp soon!

Terissa-I think you have the right idea to just leave the Drs out of the equation for a bit, Ive always been told your first cd is the day you actually have red blood and you'd actually consider it a flow, not just spotting, hope you get to start bding soon!

Fleur-I think we have very similar situations going on right now, I skipped a day of testing on the OPK's which technically would have been my usually been my surge day but I didn't test because normally the lines get a little darker before I get a positive in the days leading up to ovulation but this time they weren't getting dark at all and the lines were barely visible-so yesterday I tested and the line was surprisingly dark way so I thought for sure I would get a positive today but I tested in the morning and the line was actually a little bit lighter so I'm thinking it either has to do with the fact that I tested at two different times during the day yesterday was late afternoon today was this morning or I possibly missed my surge which wouldn't be worst case scenario since dh and I have been dtd pretty regularly, just not as often as usual since we've both still been recovering from all this nasty flu stuff!

 

[kdmalk]

I guess I am going to call it.... It was nearly invisible yesterday, and nearly invisible this morning, but the people of the Internet say it is a !!!!!!!

I am not getting excited until AF time comes and goes and my line gets darker. But at least I have hope. I am going to nickname this one Taz, in hopes that it has the bite and tenacity of a Tasmanian devil! Lol

 

[tcinks]

Yay yay! So excited for you!

 

[jlw617]

Yayyyyyyy Kylee! Congrats!

 

[coucou11]

CONGRATS Kylee!!!!

 

[coucou11]

I just have to say, this waiting game is killing me. My temp was the same today as yesterday... so no answers. Just have to wait to see if I ovulated, wait to see if timing was right, wait to see if we need more BD, wait, wait, wait.

 

[jlw617]

Okay so I seriously think I might be losing my mind I have taken about six OPK's in the last three days and not a single one of them looks darker or lighter BTW I should have ovulated on the fifth according to my normal cycle what do you ladies think, also one more thing to add I did not test the day of the fifth because I tested the day before and the line was barely visible so normally sense the line gets darker leading up to ovulation I thought there was no way I could have ovulated on the fifth

 

[jlw617]

BTW just to be clear I did test before the fifth and the line was barely visible and now the lines are darker but nowhere near being positive so I guess it's possible I could have ovulated on the fifth but this is never happened to me with OPK's before

 

[coucou11]

Hmm, Jamie that is odd - maybe you will just be ovulating late? It seems that out of whack cycles is a theme after MC.... Have you been checking your cm? Any clues there? Sometimes I do get opks that are more than barely visible but nothing close to positive for a couple days before I O. I guess I would keep testing for a few more days and see, until you think you are really outside your window, in which case maybe you just missed it.

 

[jlw617]

Hmm, Jamie that is odd - maybe you will just be ovulating late? It seems that out of whack cycles is a theme after MC.... Have you been checking your cm? Any clues there? Sometimes I do get opks that are more than barely visible but nothing close to positive for a couple days before I O. I guess I would keep testing for a few more days and see, until you think you are really outside your window, in which case maybe you just missed it.

I honestly have no idea what to think I have had some EWCM on a couple different occasions on separate days but I just don't know-I guess I will just have to keep testing

 

[kdmalk]

Jamie, that is so frustrating. I like to had a coronary this month using opks because it took so long to finally get darker. I ovulated I think 2-3 days later than in a normal cycle. So if you should have on the 5th, maybe this is just going to be a long cycle and you will get a positive in a day or two. Hope time goes quickly for you.

How is everyone else?

Ps: I hope you guys don't mind if I refuse to leave. Lol.

 

[kdmalk]

Leigh, you look like you timed your bd well!!!! Hope this is it for you!!!

 

[jlw617]

Jamie, that is so frustrating. I like to had a coronary this month using opks because it took so long to finally get darker. I ovulated I think 2-3 days later than in a normal cycle. So if you should have on the 5th, maybe this is just going to be a long cycle and you will get a positive in a day or two. Hope time goes quickly for you.

How is everyone else?

Ps: I hope you guys don't mind if I refuse to leave. Lol.

Thanks Kylie I thought I had remembered reading that about you and was going to ask but decided not to that makes me feel a little better maybe it will happen tomorrow we will see!

Ps-you better not leave!!!!!!!

 

[Fleur828815]

Congrats Kylee !!! Wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy and a sticky baby Taz. Of course we’ll be glad to have you stick around, I hope we’ll all share this journey into motherhood together.

Terrissa, I’ve always been told that AF is the first day of full-on red bleeding, but the last 2 months I’ve been counting CD 1 as the first day of moderate brown discharge, because it’s much more than just spotting.

Jamie, your cycles may still be off-kilter after the miscarriage, hope you’ll just be ovulating later than usual. Mine started out really faint, got darker but never positive and are now fainter again.

Leigh, I hate waiting too! Hope your timing was right but try BDing every other day just in case for a few more days. AFM, I’m not sure how it all works but I don’t think I missed my surge. The darkest OPK I got (though still not positive) was at midnight after having drunk lots of water!

How is everyone else?