long cycles support thread :) the yelping vaginas club! (closed group)

[Lisa92881]

Oh Caroline I'm sooooo happy for you!!!! What amazing news. Made my eyes fill with happy tears!!!

Louise congratulations on your girlie girl!! Great pic!

 

[bnporter81]

Louise, YAY!!So happy for you! Little girls are so precious (boys are, too, of course) Just something special about having your own little girl to dress up and know they'll be a friend later on as they grow up

 

[cmwilson]

Awwww Louise! Congrats! Pink in your future!!

 

[cmwilson]

Thank you again ladies for your support. And you're right, I do feel like I'm walking on sunshine. I'm still feeling sick off and on with sore boobs and tired but mostly still feeling good.

NewMrs. - I would have varying cm all the time and my opk's were never accurate so I'm not much help. Sorry I wouldn't worry about the temps, I think your body is just regulating after that bleeding happening.

Oh! By the way after trying for a year, my sister was on soy for two months and is now almost 6 weeks pregnant so it can work!

 

[NewMrs2011]

Aww how lovely that your sister is pregnant too. Your whole family must be so excited!

Did you ever get a positive opk or was it just faint lines? I'm quite excited to see some proper ewcm this morning! I haven't had it in years! I distinctly remember getting it when I was having regular periods because I didn't know what it was and I thought there was something wrong with me! Need to get bd'ing just in case

 

[mrsc81]

NewMrs - Yes get bd'ing, i only had one high (cd18) and then 2 peaks (cd19/20) on my cbfm the cycle i got my bfp but i had alot of ewcm on cd14 too and told hubby i was going to trust my body over the monitor and we should bd, im wondering now if thats why i got pregnant that cycle as i know girl sperm travel slower.

 

[NewMrs2011]

That's interesting, I just trust these things to be right but I guess they're not always 100% accurate. My cm has changed again and I done an opk at lunch time which had a faint line so I guess we'll just get on with the bd'ing anyway!

 

[seabean]

newmrs - I tend to get EWCM for about a whole week prior to ovulation. my OPKs during this time will be faint/halfway dark. The EWCM is due to estrogen rising. Estrogen levels can also make your temp fluctuate if your levels aren't constant. In general, estrogen makes your temp lower. I wouldn't read too much into it, but if they stay really wacky and you go a long time without ovulating again, then it might be a sign that your hormones are out of balance - too soon to tell, so at this point just keep BD'ing! The OPK reflects LH, which will only surge just prior to ovulation - some women will have a steadier rise, where you can see it getting darker and darker in the few days leading up to a positive, while others will have ones that are pretty light, until BAM it's dark and positive the day before or of ovulation. So they can be completely blank right now and you might still be close to O'ing in a few days. It's hard to tell. Is this your first cycle using them? Try to do them around the same time every day (afternoon or evening, not FMU), so you can compare them more evenly. I HOPE YOU O SOON!!!!!!

 

[raventtc]

newmrs - keep bd'ing if you see ewcm, opk's are all different and when you take them matters and how much fluid you drank before, i go by cm more than opk's...and your temps aren't bad i have had my fair share of spikey temps, it might just be your body trying to regulate...its all a mystery still to me too.

Caroline great scan pictures!! and a girl woohooo!!

afm-same temp again..and low still, but got some bding in last night...maybe i will try an opk today and see what it says (why not right?!) our anniversary is less than 2weeks away and trying to decide what to do...??

 

[NewMrs2011]

Thank you very much for your most helpful replies. I know I ask a lot of (sometimes stupid!) questions in here but I always get an answer to my questions from you lovely ladies and I really appreciate you all taking the time to reply to me, so thank you

I have used OPK's before but not properly, as this is my first proper 'cycle' since ttc. There's just so much to take in/know about and I'd hate to miss my chance IF (and its a big if) I ovulate. I guess it's not good to get too hung up about it either but I just want a BFP so much.

 

[seabean]

Raven - hopefully you O soon and will get a big fat BFP for your anniversary! As for what to do...do something you CAN'T do when you have kids!

newmrs - glad you are finding our experiences helpful! I really hope you are going to ovulate this time around!

 

[mrsc81]

newmrs - keep bd'ing if you see ewcm, opk's are all different and when you take them matters and how much fluid you drank before, i go by cm more than opk's...and your temps aren't bad i have had my fair share of spikey temps, it might just be your body trying to regulate...its all a mystery still to me too.

Caroline great scan pictures!! and a girl woohooo!!

afm-same temp again..and low still, but got some bding in last night...maybe i will try an opk today and see what it says (why not right?!) our anniversary is less than 2weeks away and trying to decide what to do...??

I think you mean me

 

[Rachel789]

newmrs-I hope the ewcm is a sign you will O soon! During my long cycles I would get ewcm on and off and eventually would O. But I found when I saw a lot of ewcm and it appeared to be good quality (like very stretchy and clear) that usually meant I would actually O. I am not sure if the variation in your temps means anything. I think some people just have up and down temps. What is important is that you see a clear shift.

Caroline-How cool that your sister is pregnant with you!! I really want one of my good friends to be pregnant with me, I have a couple who are trying now so I am hoping it happens for them soon.

raven-I hope you get a BFP for your anniversary

Dee-When do you plan to start testing?

Bethany-Anything new with you?

 

[seabean]

Rachel - I started getting crampy today, right on time from the last 2 cycles, so I really feel like I am out. I think I'll wait either until this weekend, or maybe not even until after AF is due to test I don't have any more cheapo tests, so I would have to go splurge for the real ones, which is hard to do right now when I feel like AF is around the corner

 

[rmsh1]

I think this thread has some more BFPS coming soon!

I had some bloods taken and found out my thyroid is not behaving itself. It is overactive. So I have to be monitored by an endocrinologist from here onwards, but hoping my levels are not high enough to warrant medication.

The good news is that I have officially begun to feel my baby move

 

[Rachel789]

Dee- Isn't it early for the cramping to be related to AF? I hope it is implantation!

Bex- That is amazing you are feeling movement, I can't wait for that Sorry to hear your thyroid is acting up. I hope you don't need meds

 

[NewMrs2011]

These OPKs are driving me mad. I can see me getting obsessed with them!

How is everyone today?

 

[seabean]

Newmrs - I know what you mean about the OPKs! I skipped them altogether this cycle. Hopefully you see a pattern soon!

I'm just waiting for some unfamiliar pre-AF symptoms, but everything is similar to previous cycles so far Boobs are sore, but they always are in the whole TWW. kinda getting crampy, but started with terrible cramps 8DPO last cycle, so that doesn't tell me anything. CM still kind of lingering, but not unusual.

The only thing out of the ordinary is my BBT pattern - very low this cycle and kinda bouncy. Not sure that it means anything, but it will make it harder to tell when my temp is going back down again for AF - usually it will do this on 13DPO.

 

[foquita]

I haven't logged on since the end of august, hope everyone is doing ok

I just read about your trauma caroline, I'm so glad everything is ok! it must have been so scary

 

[foquita]

oh and congratulations on your baby girl louise