Mid-August Testers

[NotNic]

Bex I think we might need to rename the thread that! Funnily enough the later I am the more relaxed about it I am! I guess because there are only two options. I'm pregnant or I'm not. Simples!

Hope that your BFP is round the corner and not AF! xx

 

[InHisHands]

Update: This afternoon my light AF type cramps came back, and my boobs are more sore. Brushing against them hurts... and around the edges near the bone is achy if pushed on. Not really sore, not really bruised feeling.. but just achy. Normally the closer to AF i get, the less sore they are. So thats a good sign.

But with the fact that im feeling AF cramps... its keeping my head level. Most likely AF will come. If this cycle is like any typical one, starting tomorrow the soreness in my boobs will go away and the following day AF will show up.

So if i got sore boobs tomorrow... i'll be feeling a little more postitive this month. It does bother me though that im having AF cramps. I heard cramping is common in the 1st tri, but that it doesnt feel like AF cramps, but more like a low pressure dull cramping.

*shrugs*

Nic - i really do hope you get your BFP soon, and im so glad that you are relaxed about it.

Bex - you know they say women who live together cycle together... apparently it must be true for women who post together as well.

 

[snowflakes120]

Hey girls! Sorry I was absent this weekend! Super busy. Worked extra hours on Sat. AM Got my hair cut. Went to friends house for games Saturday night and then yesterday we took a road trip 2 hours away to the beautiful Asheville, NC. It was wonderful! But I got a sunburn!! Ouch! My whole front is totally red from laying in the pool all day... opps!

But tested Saturday and got a stark white BFN!! And my temp's have been going down - Boooo!! But got a small raise today which I am contributing to my sunburn and my skin being soooo hot!! So I am figuring out plans for next month already. AF should arrive tomorrow.

 

[Srbjbex]

Snowflakes - stay positive!! I had BFN on sat too, but we aren't out yet! I seriously believe we are all gearing up for same day BFPs!!!

Inhishands- I think that all sounds like good signs to me We have definitely all cycled together this time round

Nic- I assume you are still waiting !?! Love your laid back 'simples' attitude. I'll have some of that please!!

CH - you still waiting till Wednesday to test?

Well no AF for me which is good news. Loads and loads of creamy CM, still slightly tender boobs, but not the heavy lumps of wood they normally feel like pre AF! But should I test tomorrow? Hmmmmmmm........

 

[NotNic]

Yep. Still waiting! Actually feel like I might want to test tomorrow and feeling a teensy bit hopeful. It could be my imagination, but I feel like I've had a few moments of superior smell-a-vision in the last few days. I'm convinced that the lady that lives downstairs is smoking and I can smell it through the floor. She's lived beneath us for nearly 5 years and I've never noticed it before. Plus my OH came in absolutely hammered last night back from a trip with the boys. He STANK! He was passed out on the bed and I was 'febreezing' him as he slept. I don't think I would normally go to that level of odour removal!!

So everyone, when are we all going to test? I feel like we have BFPs waiting for us and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[InHisHands]

took a test this afternoon (i know i know i should wait for the fmu). At any rate it was BFN. At 13 dpo... and BFN ... my PMA just got flatten. AF doesnt feel like she's coming at all... thats what gets me. I get mild cramps off and on.... but nothing too painful... got a backache today, and sore nipples still. So go figure.

 

[CHDickey]

Yeah still waiting until Wednesday, but it looks as though the witch is rearing her ugly head. Have had some very light spotting today!

 

[Srbjbex]

Well, here I am at 14dpo - AF due today.

Massive temp drop this morning, AF-style cramps, BFN..... Also, I fully inspected the loo roll this morning trying to work out if there was any spotting, I think there might have been some very faint pink there.

methinks it is only a matter of time......

 

[NotNic]

Sorry to round off this bunch of bad news with another BFN. Even I am starting to think ahead to trying again. Still there are no official confirmed sightings of the witch, so we're not out yet. There has to be at least one BFP here! xxx

 

[CHDickey]

This is definitely a weird month for us all! Nic have you been to the doctor?

I think mine is stress, it's gotta be! Who knows... Open house is today, so I won't be home until 8. Going to take the rag bag just incase!!

My temp dropped .2 again this morning, but I am still above the coverline, so I guess today and tomorrow will tell!!!

Keeping my fingers crossed. One of us is bound to have a may baby!!!

By the way ladies, I am so glad to be apart of this thread. I feel like it is the one place where I can come and read/vent/feel like I am not the only one in this crazy world trying for a little. Just ready to know what's going on with my body!

 

[InHisHands]

I agree CH.

I just cried and cried last night. I'm just sooooooo frustrated and this whole thing feels like torture. month after month. I just want it to finally end.

Coming on here and being able to vent and read and relate to others, helps alot.

 

[Srbjbex]

Aw guys - loads of hugs to you

TTC is really rubbish sometimes. As CH said, surely one of us will get a May baby! and We will ALL get there eventually!

Chin up guys.

 

[snowflakes120]

Yup, count me in for AF on its way. Big temp drop this AM - just a matter of time - will be sometime today. I really am disappointed as this was my "perfect" month. But you know what I was thinking was that if we conceive next month - we would be able to share our good news at Christmas when we drive home to visit family. So that I guess is the silver lining...

I have my plan in place and plan to stick with it! Last month I was going to try SMEP but fell off the every other day wagon and went to everyday so this month I am sticking to it! Also, thinking of picking up some Evening Primrose Oil to help make some EWCM - as I barely ever have any.

Anyone else feel broken? Like I know all my cousins and hubby's cousins took them less than 3 months. I am moving into month 4. Ugh.

I love you girls and our chats as well. This is the 1st thread I go to when I log on to see what is up with y'all. I feel like we have alot in common and chatting just comes so easily.

Also loved the saying on my morning tea bag : The beauty in you is your spirit.

 

[NotNic]

What tea do you drink Snowflakes? I think I need to get me some!

If AF shows up soon I'll be on my 6th cycle. I never thought it would take this long. I figured that I have regular cycles and it wouldn't take long. What do you know. As soon as we start TTC they all go really wrong! I am going to ring the doctors tomorrow if the witch doesn't visit tonight. I'm starting to feel bloated, and oddly (sorry for TMI) my CM is starting to look a bit like EWCM again. If I can't get a BFP, I would much prefer AF. It would be a good full stop to this cycle, and a chance to start again.

Hope you're all hanging in there! Big hugs to you all xx

 

[Srbjbex]

I want some of that tea too!!

Well, no AF for me yet. Just really strong cramps. I keep running to the loo thinking AF has started, but it's just CM (and plenty of it). I don't know. See what tomorrows temp and test bring!

Nic, I think you feel better after going to the docs. I went on cycle 3, after a week of BFNs and no AF. I had a good cry with the nurse and came away much less stressed.....that night my AF arrived! You are right, AF is better than limbo.

Were not broken snowflakes, just squiffy!

 

[InHisHands]

Okay, so I have a slight beam of hope. Not sure if im desperately insane or if this might be my month...

But today, my nipples are sore STILL (which means no sign of AF for me).. and infact they have been pokey for over a week now and normally they arent just pokey all the time.

All AF cramps went away yesterday afternoon and havent came back!!! No spotting (Usually spot for about 12 hrs before she comes full blast)!!! No bloating! No sign of AF!

And then 2 new symptoms happened to me today. One-- I was thirsty. I hardly ever get thirsty unless im outside a lot. Midday through work i ended up drinking the rest of my quart of gatorade (was about half full) and then ended up breaking down and buying a sierra mist (caffinee free) out of the soda machine. Two-- I kept having hot flashes. I'm 27 years old... what am i doing having hot flashes?

Oh, please keep your Fingers Crossed for me!!!!

 

[Srbjbex]

PMA has been missing from this thread today, and I think you have just kicked it off again..... Let's keep hope up girls till that witch arrives!

 

[snowflakes120]

I still have my fingers crossed for all of us. As no one has yet to get AF.

Hands - Still sounding good for ya hun! Prayers are being sent your way.

Bex - I like the word squiffy! (Even if I did have to look it up to find out what it exactly meant!!)

Nic - I have rread on here that people get ewcm before their period. So it might be on its way.

So bizarre for me - I have never spotted before a period. Today all I get when I wipe is brown discharge - sorry TMI. Very odd. I still think she is on her way but this is not usual for me.

I drink Yogi tea. Today I had the Black Chai!! yum-o!! https://www.yogiproducts.com/

 

[InHisHands]

I hate this time of limbo. Worrying about it doesnt change the fact that either AF will come or you are pregnant... but still it seems to drag.

snowflake -keep us posted whether the spotting goes away or progresses to AF.

Nic - Let us know what the Doc says and no worries.. this is our 9th month and im like clockwork as well. You aren't alone. I guess that's why they say it can take up to a year.

Bex- I'm sure am hoping you get a BFP tomorrow.

Bea- I know you are on vacation, but come back soon... we miss you and lil bean!!!

 

[Srbjbex]

Right - so ladies, here I am on a new day and still no sign of the

Temp went up again this morning too so that made me happy, not a lot, but up is good.

I did a test.... if I looked really hard at it, I think there was the slightest shadow of a ghost line. I don't know. OH agreed thre was something there, but could just be an evap, it was so faint. Definitely nothing Big or Fat about it. Worried it is getting my hopes up for nothing, maybe its just line-eye kicking in......