Sorry - I've been really busy at work so working late and not keeping up with you ladies!
Welcome Morgan! Your story made me quite teary. It must have been horrific. I'm so glad you're joined this board. It's a lovely bunch of ladies that are amazingly supportive.
Nina - I've been saving these guys up for our first
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Just remember to enjoy it - you won't make it more sticky by worrying. (easier said than done i know!). Have a fab break! x
Left wonderin - I'm with you on the holding out - though my luteal phase is quite short
so I don't normally have to wait long! Getting negative opks is bad enough...btw - I hadn't realised before that you lost your lo on Christmas Eve - horrible timing. Sometimes these things know how to kick you that little bit harder don't they?
cmc - OPKs can pick up hcg as the hormones are similar (though HPTs cannot pick up the LH surge) so it is likely that they are picking up the remnants of your rapidly falling hcg levels given. I had the same thought when my hpt said zero and a couple of days later I got a near positive OPK until I did a bit of googling. Though given your unusual circumstances who knows?? Our bodies are capable of weird and wonderful things at the moment!
Sarah - can you post us a link to your chart so we can have a sneaky peak?
Susan - so glad you're happy with your new FE. It must feel good to get hte process going again so you're one step closer to your bfp! I'd a few stories of ladies relaxing before they go for IVF and getting pregnant before IVF even though they had previously been trying for a while. It goes to show that maybe we could get our bfps a little quicker if we learned to relax (I'm laughing at myslef now - I know there's no chance I can chill out that much as it's always in the back of my mind lol!). Are you counting down days until your last day yet? I know how you feel about doing two people's jobs. When they were recruiting for my maternity cover they were going to take on two people! Since I'm no longer going to go on maternity leave can I get two people's pay???
Mrs BroodyPants - how's the new cycle treating you - are you going to try anything new this time round?
AFM - still waiting (yawn) for af. I've had so much ewcm (sorry - tmi) over the past couple of days but all negtive OPKs and no pre-af cramps so think it is probably just because my body is still messed up. I will hit CD50 on saturday so getting quite disheartened by hte whole process. Just want to be able to try again. Grrr.....
lune_miel - sorry
got you but new month brings new luck (sorry - I sound like fortune cookie!)
ps -sorry this has turned into an essay - if you've persevered the end then this is for you -