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[Jo_Bean]

I wish it was easier for all of us. See my AF isnt due until the 17th according to my regular cycle which is 30-31 days but I'm 99% sure I ovulated on CD 15 which I normally OV 18-20. This month I had a lot of "different" type of cramps and my boobs have been feeling so swollen... I normally cramp and I normally have sore boobs but nothing like this, I also started to tear up while watching a "Dock Dogs" compition lol. I dono why I got so emotional about dogs jumping into water! But I do know that my body likes to play mean tricks on me!
Ive had a ultra sound done to check for and make sure everything is in working condition I havent seen my doctor since but the nurse told me that everything came back normal. My next step is to book a pysical.. yay lol.. When I reach a year my doctor will be sending me to a specialist im just starting to get impatient.

Oh Magan So sorry honey. Have you thought about charting? I know I bang on and on about it but I really don't think it would have happened for us if I hadn't done it.

When AF came I would feel really shit that day, then the next day, stop wallowing. Get up, be happy and start planning something you could do differently this next cycle. I sometimes treated myself to a pampering thing like getting my nails done or having a facial. It helped me to start feeling beautiful ready for when I was to take that bull by the horns and catch the next egg

 

[Jo_Bean]

Just wondering has anyone from the UK seen a dietitian or nutritionist on the NHS? How long did it take you to see one once referred?
I'm thinking about asking my GP to refer me to one because i am really struggling to lose weight and can't afford the expensive diet groups.

Hi Stef, no sorry I haven't but I didn't want to ignore your question my sister got a gym membership referral from the docs.

 

[Magan85]

I somewhat tried charting a few months ago but its just so hard for me because my work schedule is all over the place. I work a lot of midnights too so its just really hard. I also go really confused with the chart when I was trying. Maybe I wil try again next cycle. I really dont want a March baby but I will still be trying full force because I will be more estatic about having a baby then having a baby in my least favorite month lol

 

[Jo_Bean]

Oh yes I think I remember you saying about the temping being difficult.
what about CBFM and/or opk's?

 

[StefanieC]

ok i am now officially confused! tmi alert, i just went to the loo and had quite a bit of what looked like ewcm! what is that about?!

 

[Jo_Bean]

This is strange Stef. Looking at your chart, it looks like you've ovulated later now. I don't know enough to know whether you can ovulate more than once or not

but your temp is way higher now than it has been, looks my more like post ov temps.

hmmmm - I am confused. So I don't even begin to know how you feel?

Get some in - just to be on the safe side.

 

[StefanieC]

thats what i reckon. I think i'm going to override the ov day but what day do you think i should change it to? i was thinking possibly 34, 36 or 38

 

[Jo_Bean]

I would go for 38 I think. With a nice dip not long after that which could have been implantation?!

 

[StefanieC]

i was thinking 38 too. do i need to set a coverline do you know? should i just leave it as it is or leave it blank? sorry for all the questions, i'm just trying to make sense of it all.
i don't think it was implantation as we didn't BD very well around that day and i had so many BFNs after then but i do think FF is wrong about ov day. I'm going to do an opk later just in case i think.

 

[nexis]

Just wondering has anyone from the UK seen a dietitian or nutritionist on the NHS? How long did it take you to see one once referred?
I'm thinking about asking my GP to refer me to one because i am really struggling to lose weight and can't afford the expensive diet groups.

I was referred to a nutritionist about losing weight, I would say it took about a month. In Cardiff they only do it in group sessions though (which doctor didn't tell me) so I didn't go

 

[Jo_Bean]

I've never moved my ov day so I'm not 100% Try moving it and see what happens. You'll be able to work out your coverline anyway I think, probably - oh just went to see and it's done it anyway

Yeah, maybe do an opk and see what happens.

 

[StefanieC]

I was referred to a nutritionist about losing weight, I would say it took about a month. In Cardiff they only do it in group sessions though (which doctor didn't tell me) so I didn't go

i don't blame you, i don't think i'd want to go if it was a group either.

I've never moved my ov day so I'm not 100% Try moving it and see what happens. You'll be able to work out your coverline anyway I think, probably - oh just went to see and it's done it anyway

Yeah, maybe do an opk and see what happens.

yeah i thought i'd change it and just move the coverline up a little and it looks ok. still means i'm 5 days late for AF but thats much better than 16 days late.

 

[Jo_Bean]

good idea. Seems like a strange cycle. The good news is that when you get your next cycle (if you get a next cycle) you'll have something to compare it to Hopefully you have a bfp that is shy and hiding away instead and won't get a next cycle

 

[StefanieC]

i think i'm still going to wait until Monday to test again just in case. I really don't want to get my hopes up.

 

[StefanieC]

one of the ladies i talk to on a thread for late AFs just got her bfp today and she is 3 weeks late! i'm getting a little bit of hope re-inflate now but i'm not going to tell my DH about it because he gets too excited.
It would be so perfect though because we found out he got through to the final stage of application for the job he wants yesterday, and this final stage is just medical stuff which he should walk through!

 

[Jo_Bean]

good plan

 

[MaggzieP]

Hi Stef, I was referred to a dietitian at the same time as my OB/GYN. I don't know how long it would be to be referred to just the dietitian but mine took about 6 months from referral on 25/01/2010 same day I had my m/c. Was 6th July I think, same day I was told I have PCOS.

They didn't offer me any group sessions with her, thankfully but the GP did try and get me to go to some group thing which I didn't... Too embarrassing!

I remember Metformin making me quite ill but I kept taking it as it did get the ball rolling on my weight loss. I was also given either omeprazole or lanzoprazole a while later, one of the two (can't remember which) to help the terrible heartburn it gave me and protect the stomach lining. I'd recommend having a healthy supply of Rennie or other antacids to anyone taking metformin, before the ???prazole I was eating them like sweets just to get some relief.

Good luck Stef Fx x

 

[Magan85]

Oh yes I think I remember you saying about the temping being difficult.
what about CBFM and/or opk's?

I have done okps, I tried the SMEP a couple months ago and think that I was so obsessive. I didnt get my +opk until CD22 so now I am trying to be a bit more laid back. I didnt have any opks until the day after I was sure I ovulated this cycle but I still tested anyway just in case it wasnt and the line faded more and more everyday until it was gone. I plan on using the opks again this cycle. I havnt done the CBFM just thought it was another opk.. what does it do?

 

[Jo_Bean]

It's a bit more expensive but it's a monitor with sticks. You do one every morning and it gives you your peak days as a little mini egg on the screen.
https://www.clearblue.com/uk/clearblue-fertility-monitor.php

 

[Magan85]

Oh cool thanks Jo! I will have to keep an eye out for it and see how much it is.. do you have to buy refils? and if so do they sell them in normal stores?
I finally got up the nerve to ask my OH to talk to his doctor about it too. We might even be able to see a specialist earlier that route because he had a hard time with his ex wife as well and they had to see a specialist but back then his sperm count was fine but I told him that was a long time ago and id like for him to do it again. Im going to call and book my physical too. Time to get serious. He kept asking me what was wrong yesturday and i kept telling him I was just tired. Told him today it was because if the negative test and he got upset that i didnt tell him i was testing. No sence bringing him into it to and making him feel bad so I just told him its because I want to tell him in a special way.. which is also true