Team CD 80+

[Heidi]

OUR BODIES AREN'T WEIRD........JUST SPECIAL....

we are a bit of a 'speshal' bunch...but gawd, its nice to be speshal together

Great news about the bloods Heidi! In and out...thats the best kinda bloods- i was actually alright with my first set (altho OH almost hit the deck!!) Hopefully my second lot will be as easy as yours!! Wen u get the results back?!

xxx

My OH wanted to come in with me even though i didnt ask him too, bless him lol
The results will be back Wednesday but she told me to call after 11AM on thursday, so 5 days to go!! My temps went up this morning which is the most its been up all cycle so i'm hoping i will get AF and FF doesnt take my dotted crossed hairs away again for the 4th time haha!!!

how are we all today? xxx

 

[drakey]

suns out! im not at work! im feeling gd today! lol xxx

 

[Heidi]

suns out! im not at work! im feeling gd today! lol xxx

Unfortunately i have to work, but got to spend all day in the sun yesterday

 

[drakey]

ouch im burnt! xxx

 

[Heidi]

Hey girls, so how long now have people got to wait till next appointment/bloods etc?

4 days left for me!

 

[chele]

so my temp is the highest its been all cycle. But last night I was out drinking so it could just have been a messed up sleep pattern. But tomorrow will tell what's happened.

So my news from the weekend. The woman who does my nails is pregnant. Every time I have them done we catch up on how the baby making is going. She's been trying since Xmas and knows we've been trying since October. She was getting worried nothing is happening and I've been telling her about my woes. (She has two children already and another one which died as a baby about 12 years ago)
So I was very happy for her but could feel the pent up frustration inside me. I then went out for dinner with some friends and one who i've not seen in years was there and the way she was sat with the top she had on made her look pregnant. I kept waiting for the news but it never came and then when she stood i saw she wasnt, but while I thought she was I could feel the tears welling and thought I might either scream out loud if she said she was or just leave the restaurant. So anyway danger avoided. But went home and had a proper good moan to DH. A proper moan

Just feeling its all so unfair. It's June tomorrow and nothing since March 6th!!!!! When youput it like that, it's just so awful and the time frame sounds it now. "Normal" women have had 3 periods in this time !!!!!!!!!

Sorry to rant, this is one of the only places I can properly.

Docs tuesday - roll on!

Glad its been a nice weekend though

 

[drakey]

i gotta wait a whole month for my gyno appt, im bricking it and its not until the 1st july.

chele hope the doc can give u some answers! xxx

 

[twiggy56]

aw Chele, you know i feel exactly the same as you esp being on practically the same cycle...and i even said your exact words to my OH yesterday..."...most women have THREE cycles in the time iv only had one...i just wish i had more chances!!!!!! Feel really cheated

I think if any more of my friends get pg i'l just cut them outta my life- its actually getting to that point- its just too hard to see them with their growing bumps and there's ALWAYS something...the first scan, finding out the sex, they bought the pram, they bought the baby's first outfit for coming home from hospital....and then dont even get me started on the birth....

its just like every little step is another kick in the guts. Hurts so badly when all i want in this world is to just do all those things!!!!

...aaaaaand rant over. could hit myself the way i go on about this...feels like its ALL i ever think about.

so anyway my weekend was good, spent saturday with OH down at my family's for a BBQ, then spent today at the beach with OH with my family and the dog lol....but i actually did an opk on friday night...haha just to see if it was -ive after me getting 3 +ives and right enough it had gone -ive....so i could, (VERY UNLIKELY) but could be in a 2ww? If these opk's were right and i did ov on thursday...then im 3dpo- but coulda just been a trick my body's playing as cd88 seems pretty hopeless tbh.

I duno, i was getting wierd AF twinges at the beach today and bbs have been surprisingly sore (when at the family bbq, picked up little sis in a hug -who is 14 for the record- and dropped her suddenly as it hurt so much!) So we'll see if it is either AF or pg...but im guessin maybe AF- hell...i'v been wishing for her visit for so long now, typical now i might be in a 2ww i dont want her!!!

So hows all the 80+girls feeling? Heidi, chele, drakey...we're all getting close to our apps yey! xxxx

 

[chele]

ah fingers crossed twiggy. It's all looking positive.

After I told my best friend about saturdays pregnancy story, she told me she'd been speaking to some colleagues (she's a pharmacist) and one of them got pregnant on day 98 of their cycle!!! Woooo hoooooooooooooooo that's fab news for all of us.
So twiggy, note down what's going and soon you should get your bfp!

Well my temp was still quite high this morning so will see what tomorrows brings

 

[drakey]

1 month today my appt! wish it would hurry up! still seems so far away!.. god knows what cd i am now! pmsl .......... started to get me down again! hope your all ok huns xxx

 

[Heidi]

aw Chele, you know i feel exactly the same as you esp being on practically the same cycle...and i even said your exact words to my OH yesterday..."...most women have THREE cycles in the time iv only had one...i just wish i had more chances!!!!!! Feel really cheated

I think if any more of my friends get pg i'l just cut them outta my life- its actually getting to that point- its just too hard to see them with their growing bumps and there's ALWAYS something...the first scan, finding out the sex, they bought the pram, they bought the baby's first outfit for coming home from hospital....and then dont even get me started on the birth....

its just like every little step is another kick in the guts. Hurts so badly when all i want in this world is to just do all those things!!!!

Reading this is like my whole life story right now!!!
I text a friend of mine who i've not seen in a while to see if she wanted to catch up and she text back saying 'you'll have to add another space in for the wedding.....' so yeah she's pregnant, i text back congrats blah blah blah but that was it haven't text/seen her since, it just depresses me when i think about meeting up with her i feel really mean but i just cant help it

As for my temps they keep staying around the same each day so i'm now starting to think my thermometer is broken and that i haven't O'd at all lol I'll have to wait a few more days to find out

Twiggy if defiantly sounds like you could have O'd with the sore BB's and all!

Drakey lets hope the weather stays nice so this month will go quickly for you. why is it all we do is wait wait wait....ugh.

Chele i LOVE it when i hear/read stories about people getting pregnant on long cycles theres always a small hope there for us!!!
xx

 

[twiggy56]

chele i just had to thank u for that story....cd98 is unbelievable!! I think we need to try get more of these stories so we can all have a little lift when needed!! (i might post in the 'mum' section and see if anyone has concieved their LO on a long cycle?!)

Oooh im sooo trying not to look into this 'maybe' situation but its so hard not to ignore these (sorry tmi) sore nipples!! I mean iv NEVER experienced sore bbs/nipples before?! And theyr bizzarely sore..i couldnt touch them yesterday and now today i dont even have to touch them, theyr just sore all the time, even against my supersoft pj tops!! hmmm, well we'll see wont we. Think even if it means AF i would be alright with that after 87 days!!!

Drakey- a month seems long now but its really not for a gyno app! Hopefully you'll get Af in that time as well?!

Heidi- its not mean, its just you trying to deal with it. Its like anything else you want in life...if you are denied it, its totally natural to feel jealousy! It just happens that the thing us girls are denied is a baby- so of course you'l feel jealous of those who fall pg and get what u want! .....and plus they really are everywhere lol. So you're 8dpo (if your thermometer didnt konk out on you!) have u set a date for a test, if you're stressing maybe do a frer in a couple of days?! (sorry, im such a poas pusher!!) But maybe for peace of mind...any symptoms since ov?

iv been noseying in the bfp announcements and pg test gallery...i know i shouldnt, do you girls ever think about what you'l post wen you get your bfp's?

xxxxxx

 

[Heidi]

I go through stages where i read the bfp threads and other times where its to depressing to even go near there. I can't wait for the day that i see my very own bfp!!!
I've POAS so many times this cycle i've ran out and haven't brought any more since, i dont feel like i've got any change this cycle (thats if i have O'd) dont really have any symptoms except a few spots which i dont really get and the odd twinge here and there.

Do you think if i have O'd that my bloods wouldn't have been accurate? I would have been 5dpo, i have no idea about these things....

I'm going to go on the hunt for successful long cycle/bfp stories

 

[twiggy56]

Yeah it sometimes makes me really upset looking at the bfp announcements and i especially swerve the 'first cycle ttc and bfp' ones... but some of them are like proper inspirational like been trying for years etc etc....so i kinda pick and choose the ones i open to make me feel better

Heidi hun, im wondering the exact same thing as you with the bloods being inaccurate- as you guys know im due my 2nd bloods on thursday and at that point i could theoretically be 7dpo...i duno if mayb this would affect the outcome? Changing hormone levels when i actually do have long cycles but the doc might have actually just caught it very very very late when i get AF?! Its so confusing huh?!

I wish i could help u more hun...im away to go google my ass off and see if i can fin any info for us...but i suppose maybe the bloods are checking to see if we do Ov? so if there is a high amount of LH then even if the bloods did detect it as you are 5dpo then i suppose it would be a good thing to find out you do actually Ov?

xxxxx

 

[Heidi]

Yeah it sometimes makes me really upset looking at the bfp announcements and i especially swerve the 'first cycle ttc and bfp' ones... but some of them are like proper inspirational like been trying for years etc etc....so i kinda pick and choose the ones i open to make me feel better

Heidi hun, im wondering the exact same thing as you with the bloods being inaccurate- as you guys know im due my 2nd bloods on thursday and at that point i could theoretically be 7dpo...i duno if mayb this would affect the outcome? Changing hormone levels when i actually do have long cycles but the doc might have actually just caught it very very very late when i get AF?! Its so confusing huh?!

I wish i could help u more hun...im away to go google my ass off and see if i can fin any info for us...but i suppose maybe the bloods are checking to see if we do Ov? so if there is a high amount of LH then even if the bloods did detect it as you are 5dpo then i suppose it would be a good thing to find out you do actually Ov?

xxxxx

I know exactlly what you mean, i was thinking the same thing, so either way I might find out if i did actually O or not i guess, it is so confusing isn't it!

 

[Heidi]

I was just reading up on some interesting things while googling on blood tests,

A day 21 test should ideally show a level of 30 or over.

Would not be using OPK's at all in your particular circumstances; they are particularly ill advised to use (and a waste of money too) if the menstrual cycle is irregular.

I would also have a blood test done around day 3 (as your cycles are irregular the test can be done according to calendar days) to compare your LH level against that of your FSH level. This will determine whether a condition called PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is the cause of your irregular periods (it is a common cause). With this the level of LH is higher than that of FSH. LH and FSH are two very important hormones as they kickstart the ovulation process. If these two hormone levels are awry then you have a possible answer as to why your periods are irregular.

Another possible cause of irregular periods is thyroid problems (this should also be checked for via blood tests).

You should in any event be referred onto a gynae at a subfertility unit for further evaluation. These problems are often outside a GPs.

so for anyone who has had results back how high were your levels? it's really hard to know if these are going to be accurate or not now, i also read that they choose cd21 so that you give prog levels time to rise........ all seems like gobbledy Goop to me lol

 

[twiggy56]

hmmm....reading that are you not just terrified that you have pcos?

"[pcos] is the cause of your irregular periods, and is the most common cause..."

It is always in the back of my mind with such long irregular cycles...i mean, i cant be normal can i with cycles like that?!

Iv not had results so but wen i do i'l let you know what it said about the FSH and LH levels....but i mean even me getting to cd21 will be a bloody miracle!!!!!!

xxxxx

 

[chele]

well as I have PCOS I naturally assume that's the problem. But am terrified if it's something else and something even worse!!

LOL twiggy, my bfp photos and me dancing around will be the bfp section !!

xx

 

[Heidi]

yup i have to say i'm convinced i have it, would they be able to tell through blood tests if you have pcos?

 

[twiggy56]

yup i have to say i'm convinced i have it, would they be able to tell through blood tests if you have pcos?

Yup, says it in that bit you already googled....

I would also have a blood test done around day 3 (as your cycles are irregular the test can be done according to calendar days) to compare your LH level against that of your FSH level. This will determine whether a condition called PCOS

so i guess so...im trying not to fret over it too much but as im sure all of us long cyclers know and have thought about- its not the end of the world...chele hun, are you on clomid or anything?!

Chele you made me LOL wen i read ur post....think il post a video of me running down the street with a pee-drenched stick in my hand...probably in my dressing gown screaming "Iv got my bfp, IV GOT MY BFP!!!!



xxx