Mid-August Testers
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your BFP is just around the corner. xCH - sending loads of hugs across the pond to you!!! 
We're all here for you. Keep your chin up and start looking forward to the next cycle.
Im on CD6 of what I am assuming is going to be a 33 day cycle (based on last cycle). But they seem to be slighlty shortening (after a random jump up) so who knows. for those that are interested, attached is my "history"....
(currently tracking it in excel, yes I am a nerd - otherwise known as an accountant in real life!)
We're all here for you. Keep your chin up and start looking forward to the next cycle. Im on CD6 of what I am assuming is going to be a 33 day cycle (based on last cycle). But they seem to be slighlty shortening (after a random jump up) so who knows. for those that are interested, attached is my "history"....
(currently tracking it in excel, yes I am a nerd - otherwise known as an accountant in real life!)
Haha Bex. My BIL is an accountant too and he always does things in excel! I should have added that I am cycle 5, with short cycles (22-29). I use 26 as middle ground date, but will probably be using opks to help figure out DPOs and test from there, as I don't really know anymore when AF is actually due.
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Mrs. Bea... im wishing you a very sticky bean.
After the vomitting in the morning... last night my back started hurting and i hadnt done any heavy lifting recently.. so i got the hotpad out.
I'm so very very very hopeful this month. I have even started talking to my little bean. Does that make me crazy? lol
If it is a BFN its gonna really hurt.
I havent had any symptoms yet today, but then again, i only woke up an hour and a half ago. I'm excited to see if any willl pop up.
I plan on testing Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, if AF doesnt show up early.
After the vomitting in the morning... last night my back started hurting and i hadnt done any heavy lifting recently.. so i got the hotpad out.
I'm so very very very hopeful this month. I have even started talking to my little bean. Does that make me crazy? lol
If it is a BFN its gonna really hurt.
I havent had any symptoms yet today, but then again, i only woke up an hour and a half ago. I'm excited to see if any willl pop up.
I plan on testing Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, if AF doesnt show up early.
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Sorry about AF CH!
In his hands - FX for you!!
Bex - I am so like you! I plan everything too and write everything down!! In fact, I am also in accounts for my job! Bizarre!
Mrs Bea - I will take your dark and deary. It is ungodly hot this past month. Although, I heard our temps should be getting back to normal and dropping a bit.
girlnboots - how ya feeling today? Better I hope!
AFM, small temp raise this AM! Gonna try and hold out til Sunday to test! Praying that it stays up!!
In his hands - FX for you!!
Bex - I am so like you! I plan everything too and write everything down!! In fact, I am also in accounts for my job! Bizarre!
Mrs Bea - I will take your dark and deary. It is ungodly hot this past month. Although, I heard our temps should be getting back to normal and dropping a bit.
girlnboots - how ya feeling today? Better I hope!
AFM, small temp raise this AM! Gonna try and hold out til Sunday to test! Praying that it stays up!!
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Hi ldaies,
Sorry to hear about AF CH...I feel I'll be right behind ya...weird stabby pains today...feels too familiar
FX crossed for ya Mrs.Bea, happy and healthy road ahead
How's everyone else feeling? When are you guys testing? I'm still gonna test tmmr morning if
today!
Snowflake I'm crossing my fingers for you too hun!!!
Sorry to hear about AF CH...I feel I'll be right behind ya...weird stabby pains today...feels too familiar
FX crossed for ya Mrs.Bea, happy and healthy road ahead
How's everyone else feeling? When are you guys testing? I'm still gonna test tmmr morning if
today!Snowflake I'm crossing my fingers for you too hun!!!
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I'm feeling a tad better today, but not much, and still getting BFNs. I think I'm going to take a couple days off from my poas addiction and maybe my "symptoms" will go away. I feel like such a nutcase!
Good luck and baby dust to everyone!
Is anyone else feeling burnt-out by all this nonsense? My P(ositive)MA is now P(issy)MA.
Good luck and baby dust to everyone!
Is anyone else feeling burnt-out by all this nonsense? My P(ositive)MA is now P(issy)MA.
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Okay so what gives?
Yesterday morning: Nauseous and Vomiting
Last Night: Back pains and disturbing dreams
Today: eerr... just an upset stomach all day... kind of hungry, kind of queezy, kind of bloated but not any of the three? I.E. Tummy is just in a knot and my back isn't 100 percent, but it doesnt feel BAD either. got a headache too.
Can morning sickness just feel like a knot or an upset stomach? The kind where after you got done eating you can feel the food setting in the back of your throat, but not nauseous enough to actually want to throw it up.
Yesterday morning: Nauseous and Vomiting
Last Night: Back pains and disturbing dreams
Today: eerr... just an upset stomach all day... kind of hungry, kind of queezy, kind of bloated but not any of the three? I.E. Tummy is just in a knot and my back isn't 100 percent, but it doesnt feel BAD either. got a headache too.
Can morning sickness just feel like a knot or an upset stomach? The kind where after you got done eating you can feel the food setting in the back of your throat, but not nauseous enough to actually want to throw it up.
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Well, everyone it seems as though we are all nerds! I have an iphone app, yeah, I have access to everything including charts 24-7. I little OCD, I know, but it's the teacher in me!!
Thanks again for all your support, it means the world. I hope you all stick around for the long haul!!
I went to the grocery store this morning and got some new vitamins for me (higher folic, not colic, acid 800 mg, and 75mg of B6) also got DH a vitamin with high Vitamin C and Zinc. So with new vitamins, proestrogen cream, soft cups, temping, SMEP, boxers, PMA, and opks....here's to a new cycle!! And the fact I am going back to work full time starting Monday, it will probably give me some time to not be thinking TTC constantly!!
Thanks again for all your support, it means the world. I hope you all stick around for the long haul!!
I went to the grocery store this morning and got some new vitamins for me (higher folic, not colic, acid 800 mg, and 75mg of B6) also got DH a vitamin with high Vitamin C and Zinc. So with new vitamins, proestrogen cream, soft cups, temping, SMEP, boxers, PMA, and opks....here's to a new cycle!! And the fact I am going back to work full time starting Monday, it will probably give me some time to not be thinking TTC constantly!!
ha ha Bex im an Actuarial Analyst (not quite clever enough to be an Actuary) and I have excel spreadsheets for everything from my weekly and household budgets to what we are going to do on our holidays with a very broad spectrum in between I think it is perfectly normal! but DH who is a finacial advisor thinks I am nuts.
The AC usually takes a couple of months but you never know it might bring your O forward quickly (hopefully) so I would probably start opk's on day 12 even though you don't normally O that early. Fx'd for you hun.
CH - Sounds good all set and ready to go!
PMA this is going to be the month.
Snowflake - ooh exciting, don't get too discouraged if your temp goes down mine went down 4 days in a row 1 under coverline and I still got a BFP. Can't wait to hear on Sunday.
Notnic - Nice having a short cycle, hopefully you will get your BFP this month though and there won't be anymore.
girlnboots - Sorry it is getting you down, when are you testing again?
inhishands - I am not sure sorry, how are you feeling today?
The AC usually takes a couple of months but you never know it might bring your O forward quickly (hopefully) so I would probably start opk's on day 12 even though you don't normally O that early. Fx'd for you hun.
CH - Sounds good all set and ready to go!
PMA this is going to be the month.Snowflake - ooh exciting, don't get too discouraged if your temp goes down mine went down 4 days in a row 1 under coverline and I still got a BFP. Can't wait to hear on Sunday.
Notnic - Nice having a short cycle, hopefully you will get your BFP this month though and there won't be anymore.
girlnboots - Sorry it is getting you down, when are you testing again?
inhishands - I am not sure sorry, how are you feeling today?
Hi everyone! It looks like we are all planners in one way or another! I'm a PA for an Investment Bank, and as much as I giggled at you guys, hubby reminded me that I always have a Christmas Gift spreadsheet which includes estimated purchase dates and a budget planner, and yes I have already drafted one for 2011. 
We're all a slightly bit nutty! He he!
Had my doctors appointment this morning. He wasn't overly helpful or concerned, though perfectly nice, so I'm inclined to listen for the moment. At this stage he said that the most important thing to remember was that I am ovulating, so I am fertile. He is not surprised of the time scale, considering I was on the pill for so long (10yrs without a break) and wants me to continue with the opks and come and see him in 5 mths if we're not successful, or sooner if my periods become even more erratic and I'm concerned. He also doesn't think it's worth me doing anything differently because he thinks that with a bit more time my body will sort its self out. Plus the fact that with each cycle I'm having less spotting and this last AF was (TMI alert) was heavier (TBH I've never had very heavy AFs) even though the cycle was just 22 days, were all good signs that my body is starting to do the right things.
Initially I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't a magic wand fix, but now I've thought about it I'm more reassured that there is a good chance there is nothing that wrong, but if there is then my GP isn't expecting me to be trying for 12 mths before they look into it more. In 5 mths time I'd have had 9mths off bcp, and 6mths TTC with the opks.
Sorry that was way longer than I had intended
, but it's nice to have you girls to share this with! No one else really apart from the BnB ladies and my GP know that we are trying. Thanks for listening!
We're all a slightly bit nutty! He he!Had my doctors appointment this morning. He wasn't overly helpful or concerned, though perfectly nice, so I'm inclined to listen for the moment. At this stage he said that the most important thing to remember was that I am ovulating, so I am fertile. He is not surprised of the time scale, considering I was on the pill for so long (10yrs without a break) and wants me to continue with the opks and come and see him in 5 mths if we're not successful, or sooner if my periods become even more erratic and I'm concerned. He also doesn't think it's worth me doing anything differently because he thinks that with a bit more time my body will sort its self out. Plus the fact that with each cycle I'm having less spotting and this last AF was (TMI alert) was heavier (TBH I've never had very heavy AFs) even though the cycle was just 22 days, were all good signs that my body is starting to do the right things.
Initially I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't a magic wand fix, but now I've thought about it I'm more reassured that there is a good chance there is nothing that wrong, but if there is then my GP isn't expecting me to be trying for 12 mths before they look into it more. In 5 mths time I'd have had 9mths off bcp, and 6mths TTC with the opks.
Sorry that was way longer than I had intended
, but it's nice to have you girls to share this with! No one else really apart from the BnB ladies and my GP know that we are trying. Thanks for listening!
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NotNic- that to me sounds like great news!! It's really good that your doctor is willing to see you again in 5 months too! Keep the faith!!!
The spreadsheets are cracking me up!! Who couldn't live without one? God bless excel!!
So I found out last night that two teachers at my school are indeed preggo, and I know of me and one other that ate trying. I am sure our principal is going to love this!!
I guess that's what happens when you have younger women on your campus!!
The spreadsheets are cracking me up!! Who couldn't live without one? God bless excel!!
So I found out last night that two teachers at my school are indeed preggo, and I know of me and one other that ate trying. I am sure our principal is going to love this!!
I guess that's what happens when you have younger women on your campus!!
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Okay ladies, need your advice!!!! TMI alert:
I spotted Wednesday and Thursday, Friday I woke up wiped and had blood. Used a tampon and changed it was considerably light for me. Thought oh well, took shower put another in and went about my day. Went to change tampon and hardly anything on it, didn't even put another back in. Wondering whole time, this could be a mistake! Have never put another in. DH and I BD and this morning wiped a spec of brownish discharge, but nothing when I just wiped. I still haven't tested, but now I am wondering if I should? My AF is normally one day of spotting then the flood gates open for a day or so then back to very light.
I need your help? What should I do???
I spotted Wednesday and Thursday, Friday I woke up wiped and had blood. Used a tampon and changed it was considerably light for me. Thought oh well, took shower put another in and went about my day. Went to change tampon and hardly anything on it, didn't even put another back in. Wondering whole time, this could be a mistake! Have never put another in. DH and I BD and this morning wiped a spec of brownish discharge, but nothing when I just wiped. I still haven't tested, but now I am wondering if I should? My AF is normally one day of spotting then the flood gates open for a day or so then back to very light.
I need your help? What should I do???
Notnic - It is hard when they say go away and come back in a few months but I guess it is good that he doesn't think there is anything wrong.
Personally I am a big advocate of acupuncture if you want something to do to feel productive in the mean time.
Not sure if I have told my story on this thread but I went off the BCP in November after 15 years on it and by February I still hadn't had AF so I went to the doctor and they just said it is your body sorting itself out come back in 6 months.
I wasn't happy with that so I went to the family planning clinic where they did a scan and blood tests on the spot and told me I have PCOS, they said keep trying for 3 months and then come back.
So I did a bit of reasearch on the internet and found that diet is a big factor and lots of people have success with infertility through acupuncture so I went along to a local fertility clinic and started acupuncture and started seeing a nutritionist who was giving me western herbs and within 3 months I had a cycle. I went back to the family planning and since I still wasn't pregnant they referred me to the hospital (still waiting on the appointment) but I had to have all the blood tests again and this time they came back normal no PCOS so in 3 months I managed to get my hormone levels in check with diet and acupuncture.
Phew sorry a bit long ha ha but I really think acupuncture is what sorted me out and although you don't have any problems I still think it might help.
Personally I am a big advocate of acupuncture if you want something to do to feel productive in the mean time.
Not sure if I have told my story on this thread but I went off the BCP in November after 15 years on it and by February I still hadn't had AF so I went to the doctor and they just said it is your body sorting itself out come back in 6 months.
I wasn't happy with that so I went to the family planning clinic where they did a scan and blood tests on the spot and told me I have PCOS, they said keep trying for 3 months and then come back.
So I did a bit of reasearch on the internet and found that diet is a big factor and lots of people have success with infertility through acupuncture so I went along to a local fertility clinic and started acupuncture and started seeing a nutritionist who was giving me western herbs and within 3 months I had a cycle. I went back to the family planning and since I still wasn't pregnant they referred me to the hospital (still waiting on the appointment) but I had to have all the blood tests again and this time they came back normal no PCOS so in 3 months I managed to get my hormone levels in check with diet and acupuncture.
Phew sorry a bit long ha ha but I really think acupuncture is what sorted me out and although you don't have any problems I still think it might help.
How many DPO would you be if you ignored the spotting etc? As far as I can tell from what I've read, implantation bleeding (which I'm still suspicious is an urban myth!) can be heavier than you'd think. Plus it is still possible to have spotting and very light AF's during pregnancy. I would, if I was in your shoes take a test to be sure. Apart from the $ spent on a test, you don't have anything to lose. At the moment you think you are out, so a test to confirm it wouldn't change where you are, though if its a BFP then it would! Did that make sense?
If it is a BFN then I would think you may be experiencing AF's like I have done. TMI alert! My first AF was so light that I didn't need anything except a pantyliner. The second I had spotting on and off for 5 days until I had a heavier flow, which lasted for just two days. Subsequent ones have also been extremely light and very confusing. Going on my own experience and what the GP said this morning, it can take a while for the body to pick up, especially if you do normally have lighter, shorter AFs like I did, and it sounds like you do too. HTHs xx
If it is a BFN then I would think you may be experiencing AF's like I have done. TMI alert! My first AF was so light that I didn't need anything except a pantyliner. The second I had spotting on and off for 5 days until I had a heavier flow, which lasted for just two days. Subsequent ones have also been extremely light and very confusing. Going on my own experience and what the GP said this morning, it can take a while for the body to pick up, especially if you do normally have lighter, shorter AFs like I did, and it sounds like you do too. HTHs xx
