*** Positive Mental Attitude TTC - Anyone joining us? ***

[lilesMom]

ha ha

 

[Bump2Baby]

AF causing me sooooooo much pain but reminding myself its practice for labour lol

 

[lilesMom]

oh oh hope u feel better soon, im dreading mine, my first one was practically non existent so think this one be bad

 

[lilesMom]

4 more sleeps

 

[Hopeful335]

B2b I am there with you. This is the heaviest period I've had in like 10 yrs!! I mean that's not saying much as mine are do light normally and only last 2-3 days and this has been going on for 5-6 which is weird for me but on to ttc v soon so excited!!!! Going on hol too so will be nice to chill out relax and bd - lots of bd!!!

Take care ladies and keep up the PMA!!!!

Gosh lots of !!! In my post today! X x x

 

[Smiler82]

Aww big hugs to everyone with period pain!!! I wish mine were due soon!!

Haha b2b will see what I can do

lilesmom poor you docs can be insensitive at times Im sorry you got upset. No one can ever know what it feels like to lose a little one and the desire to ttc asap unless they've been through it themselves, not even doctors Real hugs soon from your OH will do you the world of good I hope the last few days don't drag too much!!

hopeful where are you going on holiday? Have a fab time!!

 

[Smiler82]

Ooh I am a bit annoyed now...b2b do you remember putting that link up to the ClearBlue trial?? I filled in the form, and said I had PCOS. I got a call today asking me to participate - she said I'd get free ovulation tests, free pg tests and £30 gift voucher. I said, so it's okay that I have PCOS then? And she said, oh no sorry we can't use you!

Doh! All those free kits would have saved us some cash!

 

[lilesMom]

sign up under a dif name smiler , they deserve it for messing u around could save a good bit o dosh alright ther is a site i use, its irish for cheap ish opks and preg test, its called www.happybumps.com , if u wanna see if its better than where u get um. its good for me cos they arrive within 2 or 3 days.
yeah i cant wait till sunday, i feel better now, my hormones have gone hay wire, i never get bad pms but seem to now. its gone again and no af, oh well, have no ttc go ahead yet anyway im not sure when to take start of my last af cos had 2 days spotting, if start of spotting its due today, if not its due fri. so......... i wait for a change ha ha.

hopeful have alovely hol with loads of bd
b2b hope af fecks off soon and u have ur chance to lots bd too

 

[Hopeful335]

Hey Smiler I'm going to Italy to Lake Garda, Venice and Milan-very last min as we were having a cheapie due to moving but we decided after eBay we'd been through blow it we were going to have a nice hol! That's totally crap about the trial thing. I've had loads of blocked call/missed calls on my mobile maybe they were calling me and I've missed them? Hope not cos like you say would have save us money but they've been totally crap to you!!

Lilesmom keep your chin up honey your doing so well and like you say only 4 more sleeps!! B2b lots of bd and I hope af goes soon she's just leaving for me thank god!! Just in time for hol yey!

X x Take care everyone x x

 

[Eternity]

to those suffering with the witch! I sometimes get AF-cramps so bad I wanna cry but a hot water bottle is my best friend at those times!!

Hope you have a lovely holiday Hopeful. Have you been before?

AFM, still playing the waiting game - AF due in a few days, I reckon she will turn up but would love it if she didn't!!

 

[Smiler82]

lilesmom I use Fertility Friend for my BBT temps and on there it says you should count the first day of proper bleeding as day one, not any spotting you get before that. I hope you know for sure one way or another!

Actually can I ask you all about ovulation kits? Normally I can't use them because of the PCOS but I think when you start clomid, they tell you to use them. How many days before your predicted ovulation do you start taking them, and how many times per day? I don't know how many to buy!!

hopeful the number they rang me on started with 01234...can't remember the rest. She left me a voicemail though. Ooh your holiday sounds fab! I've been to Lake Garda and Venice a few times, it'll be brill. You deserve a lovely relaxing break

Eternity is there a chance you could be pg? There is a nice dip at 7 dpo on your chart

 

[Eternity]

I dunno because I always thought an implantation dip was only one day but mine was like 3 days....
Only one way to know for sure, wait for the witch and if she's a no-show take a test.

As for OPKs, I couldn't be doing with comparing lines, trying to figure out if it was as dark, so I use the clear blue digi ones with the sticks and the reader that gives a smiley face.
Can't really help with when to start using them as I O quite early so I pretty much did them after the witch left.

They're nowhere near as cheap, but so easy and you only need to do them once a day.
I bought mine from amazon, free postage and came with the reader and 20 sticks, and I've been quite lucky and only used 7 over 2 cycles.

 

[Smiler82]

Hmm well I think it is normal to get a 'fallback rise' where you get a secondary oestrogen surge partway through the luteal phase so I suppose if you got pg as well as having a surge then that could explain the 2 day dip. Since you discarded 5dpo temp and it's just marginally above the coverline I would call it a 2 day dip. I just think the leap from 7 DPO to 8 dpo looks really good, but I don't want to get your hopes up

Thanks for the advice on ov kits, I will look it up on Amazon The doc rang this morning, my prescription for clomid should be ready for me to collect, yay! I just need this cycle to hurry up and finish, though lord knows how long that will be...

 

[Bump2Baby]

Temping confuses me, I use smiley faces too

 

[Smiler82]

Hee hee I only started it because with PCOS you have multiple LH surges, so you would get almost constant positive ov tests, so still be non-the wiser! I found it all very confusing at the start...it took me 6 weeks to realise I was pregnant the first cycle I was temping

 

[Bump2Baby]

Wow!

I was so thankful my cycles were regular when others have so much trouble.

 

[Smiler82]

Haha yeah I'm just a bit of an idiot when it comes to anything with numbers I was like, why are my temps so high all the time?

It would be really nice to have regular cycles! I used to feel almost lucky because I saved so much money on sanitary products and our sex life wasn't often interrupted But now it's just a royal pain in the backside. In saying that though, it must be really hard if you were someone with regular cycles but also regular BFNs. It must get very disheartening, and I always feel so bad for ppl who come on here with unexplained infertility; at least we know what the problem is and what we can do about it, that is one small thing to be thankful for I suppose.

 

[Bump2Baby]

I keep reminding myself there's always someone worse off than you.
Plenty of women go through cancer and such and don't have a womb or eggs.
It is possible for us and will just take longer

 

[Smiler82]

Yeah exactly. We all have our problems but its good to remember what we have to be thankful for, and though it is ok to have bad days we are all here to help each other through

 

[Bump2Baby]

I can't wait til 1 of us proves staying possutive works to the others