Newbie for advice and support - IB?

[jjul86]

Hi there! I just signed up today and I am notoriously bad at this sort of thing. So here's my story. I am 28 years old and I have been trying to conceive for over 12 months. I was referred to an infertility clinic for follow up on a relatively normal ultrasound 4 months ago and my husband and I agreed we would go in January, 2016 (got to love those clean slates for new years resolutions). While I menstruate on a monthly cycle, it is very irregular (28-34 days as the average range) and I am not personally convinced that I ovulate regularly either. Needless to say the last 12 months have been an emotional roller-coaster. Now here's where I am at: I tested positive for ovulation 10/29 and my husband and I had sex (this in and of itself was very exciting as I had not tested positive for ovulation in some time). Today is the 35th day of my cycle and 3 days ago I had a creamy brown discharge (TMI) just when I wiped over the course of 1 day - it was not heavy enough to even mark my underwear and has since completely disappeared. I have never experienced a creamy brown discharge. In terms of accompanying symptoms, I have had tremendous bloating (I seriously feel like a balloon) for 48 hours with mild cramping on the left side of my pelvis. My breasts are also very tender. As these symptoms are similar to that of my menstrual cycle, I don't want to get my hopes up but my (indeed, hopeful) research has made me wonder if the 24 hour weird creamy brown discharge that I had never experienced before was implantation bleeding. I have taken a pregnancy test and it is negative. So here I sit, 1 day outside my normal range, 3 days past potential IB, wondering if I should still be hopeful that I simply took the test too early and there isn't enough HCG in my urine yet to detect pregnancy? Has anyone had a similar experience on their road to pregnancy - negative tests too early and then a BFP? I am sorry for the desperate tone of this entry but maybe if you ladies could send some baby dust my way I'll feel more confident taking another pregnancy test in a couple of days.

Thank you for your time!

 

[Ltweety]

Don't lose hope! It sounds promising and it ain't over until AF shows up! Do you temp? Different is good, so the brown discharge may be promising. You usually ovulate within 48 hours after a positive OPK so let's assume you ovulated on 10/30 or 10/31. That would make 3 days ago 9-10 days past ovulation...which is a very likely date for implantation! And smack dab in the middle of the normal range! It also means you are really only 12 or 13 days past ovulation, which is also a very normal luteal phase length. So either way all positive things. Also, just to cheer you up, I track my Ovulation to the day with temping and my last BFP I tested negative on 12dpo and positive on 13dpo--very faint. It's totally possible!

 

[jjul86]

Thank you, you are wonderful! I took my temperature for the first time today - I actually had to purchase a thermometer so I haven't tracked my BBT previously in any attempt to get a better handle on my TTC situation (might explain the 12 months still trying scenario). I have had 99.2-99.3 all day long. I actually feel really excited but I am terrified of getting my hopes up because I feel like I have been down the hope road many times in various aspects of my life. Thank you for the encouraging message!

 

[Ltweety]

Thank you, you are wonderful! I took my temperature for the first time today - I actually had to purchase a thermometer so I haven't tracked my BBT previously in any attempt to get a better handle on my TTC situation (might explain the 12 months still trying scenario). I have had 99.2-99.3 all day long. I actually feel really excited but I am terrified of getting my hopes up because I feel like I have been down the hope road many times in various aspects of my life. Thank you for the encouraging message!

Did you buy a basal body thermometer? They need to go to the hundredth, not just the tenth. So your temps should read 99.25 for example. Also you have to take it first thing in the morning, as soon as you open your eyes for it to count Your mid day temps don't really mean anything for fertility, to put it bluntly...Basically before you O your temps will have an average range, then after ovulation they spike because of the progesterone your body produces. When you are pregnant, they stay elevated or sometimes even shift up higher. If you google triphasic fertility charts you will see what I mean. If you are going to start AF, they will typically drop off to pre o temps. Although it would be best if we knew your pre o temps, you could monitor them now to see if you can expect AF or if they seem to be trending high. I have lower than average BBT's but mine usually range right around 97.72 with fluctuations after O and were 98.12-98.20 when i was pregnant. You might try fertility friend. It's a very handy app and has tons of information on how to chart your temperatures. I love temping, it takes the guessing out of it Sorry if you already knew all this...