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[pinksprinkles]

Hey girls. Spotting is gone today for the first time in a month and OPK's are still getting darker. I'm giving it two more days and if I haven't O'd by then I'm taking the Provera. (I'm really hoping for O because that means I can get my progesterone levels checked soon and then if I don't get a BFP I can also get my fsh/lh/estrogen levels checked this month, so all the info would be in my chart for my Gyn appt on the 31st.

Oh! And my thyroid test came back with everything in normal range. Midwife said t3 is on the low end of normal, but still normal. Yay! Now just to get my hormone bloods drawn on the right days and hopefully the Gyn will fix me if I haven't O'd by months end.

mrsjennyg: Welcome welcome welcome!

bbbunny: Ridiculous doesn't even begin to describe how nerve racking this cycle has been. gaawwwwd, I wish I would just O naturally. Good luck with your 2ww!

Jo_Bean: I know! It's just nuts!

 

[pinksprinkles]

It does look like I might be heading towards O, right?

 

[elt1013]

It does look like I might be heading towards O, right?

Lookin good!! Wont be long...get BDing girl!!

 

[Jo_Bean]

Yes it does look like o is on it's way. Getting darker! Fx'd

 

[StefanieC]

Fingers crossed for you sprinkles!

AFM, AF is here! Only light at the moment but definitely here!

 

[CdnEquestrian]

On the Android, so bear with me. Lol FF took away my O date, so now I don't think I've ovulated at all. Ready to jump off a damn bridge. Gah.

My OPK's don't even get CLOSE to as dark as the control....and I don't have periods, which is a pretty good indication that you're not ovulating so it could just be that they've never had a CHANCE to go positive....I don't know. Thanks for your reply though. I didn't know that for some women, they DON'T get darker than the control.

@cdn I really hope its not PCOS although it would explain a lot. I do have some of the symptoms but when I had an abdominal ultrasound the other day the woman doing it said that she couldn't see anything that would suggest PCOS (although I don't know how well she could see without doing a vaginal one) when I said I always thought I may have it she asked me if I had a period every month and I said yes and she said it didn't sound like it then

I also heard somewhere that women with PCOS are more likely to get a false positive on a OPK as the hormone stays quite high whereas I cannot seem to get a proper positive. I don't know how true it is though as I think I recall you saying that you didn't get a positive on an OPK.

@jo I really hope I am just having a long cycle this time. This temping and opk stuff sure has been an eye opener. Any other cycle and I would have been oblivious and sitting here thinking I was in the 2WW and thinking about buying some HPT's

Spoke to receptionist at the docs this morning as I was due to go in for my day 21 blood test and I explained that I did not think I had O'd yet and she said to wait until I think I have O'd or try again next month which was fine by me.

Just realised that I have run out of OPK's. I have some more coming tomorrow and I am seriously considering saving some pee in a pot tonight to test tomorrow I truly have gone nuts this cycle

Trying to eat healthily this week so have had a big slice of watermelon for breakfast and I have a load of salad things ready for lunch. I am also having a bit of a de-stress/pamper session this morning so have got a mango face mask on and my hair in rollers. Hope nobody knocks the door

My hormone levels were fine, and my ultrasound was "normal". It took a transvaginal ultrasound and an ACTUAL OBGYN/Specialist to diagnose me with PCOS, even though I don't show the classic symptoms. I don't have regular periods though....so at least it's positive that you ARE having regular periods.

Don't totally rule it out, though.

I have also NEVER had a positive OPK. The line progressively gets darker, but never hits positive. So I dunno.

Well, hello again. So, you said FF confirmed you ovulated this month, correct? Did you also do OPK? and if so, what did it say?

Not to be too nosey but I was just wondering because I read that your OPKs progressively get darker but never positive. How dark does the line get? My OPKs never get darker than the control line. They get similar in color (maybe a little lighter) but never darker. I know that everyone thinks they have to be just as dark or darker but I am proof that is not true. I also have friends who have had kids on so called negative OPKs, and have never had a "positive" one (according to the directions in the box). When mine get almost as dark as the line, I consider that my positive. We are all different and I have just learned what my positive looks like at this point. Is it possible that you are ovulating more than you think but the OPK is messing with you?

 

[MaggzieP]

Hello everyone,

Just checking in... Back on the soy again this cycle, not that im holding out any hope after last time as I'm sure I didn't ovulate anyway whether or not fertility friend thinks I did.

Feel like giving up! My friend who just had her baby, my godson, visited a few days ago, that was really hard. Don't get my wrong, he's a lovely little baby, she even got me to feed him but it was still a painful thing for me.

Feeling very depressed right now. Wondering if it's even worthwhile to carry on trying at all.

I put the picture she took of me and Noah (her son, my godson) in the spoiler as I don't want to upset anyone. I know I look like I'm crying in the pic, but I'm not, I was mid-sentence talking to him... Sorry about the quality, it was taken on a phone and I know I look like crap, not been feeling well recently. Not ill ill as in I might give him a bug or something, stuff to do with the operation complications.

Spoiler

https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d154/maggzie/CheekylittleNoah02-07-2012.jpg

EDIT: Oh, I forgot, I've gone blonde in an attempt to cheer myself up. Thought a new colour would give me a new mindset but it didn't work. So hard to dye red hair blonde as well! I dont know if all redheads have this problem or if it's just me but I finally found one that works, now I have to get used to it.

https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d154/maggzie/578928_282584061849238_1242010251_n.jpg

Hope everyone is well, to all

 

[bbbunny]

@pinksprinkles those opk's are deffo getting darker so just keep trying. I almost gave up sooooo many times especially when I got to CD20 and still nothing but eventually they came

@maggzie the blonde really brings out your eyes. Looking good lady

@CDN when I had been desperately googling to see why my opks hadn't gone positive yet I found quite a few women who never got positives on them so it is deffo possible.

AFM Bit of a thermometer malfunction this morning and so I don't have a temp reading for today which is annoying but onwards and upwards eh lol

Keeping fingers crossed that AF stays away for at least ten days as I really need my LP to be normal. That would put this cycle at 39 days which would be a long one for me as I think my average is 33 days but it is hard to tell as the cyst messed up two cycles so the last few have been 32 days, 42 days, 29 and 20 days and I am CD 29 today. I think this is all just a wait and see thing. I am not going to panic if AF turns up in the next few days as I know there are ways to lengthen it and I could have just o'd late so I am not going to base everything off one cycle.

 

[rmichellem]

Hi Ladies! I've been off for awhile. Hubby and I are set to do round 1 of Clomid next month. No PCOS, but PCO ovaries. Sometimes I ovulate, sometimes not. Hoping this will help. I'm currently a day late on CD 28 and nervous. I didn't think I O'd last month but doc confirmed via blood test my progesterone was at 15.1 on CD 21. Temp dip this morning but I've had wild dreams and not much sleep so not sure what to think. Sore BBS and back ache. Want either the witch to come or to be preggo. Wouldn't that be funny the month before i was to try Clomid? Negative HPT this morning. Hope everyone is well!

 

[pinksprinkles]

Well, it turns out I got a bad lot of OPK's. The results were all over the place yesterday, so I used the same pee for three tests and they all came out with different results. Did it again with three tests this morning and same thing. Results were everything from barely there to almost positive. I give up. I'm starting my 10 days of Provera today (and the new anti-depressant for my PMDD), so I should be getting a visit from AF in a couple weeks. FX'd that I get AF. Tomorrow is CD 130. I am so done with this cycle.

 

[bbbunny]

@pinksprinkles I am sorry this cycle has been so horrible for you I really hope you get some resolution soon.

I overslept this morning and when I took my temp there was a massive drop almost to the coverline so I am really worried AF is on her way. That would mean my LP is 5 days if she comes today

I am not going to panic though although that is easier said than done.

 

[rmichellem]

Good morning ladies! CD29 here and 2 days late. Negative HPT this morning but temp back up to 97.43. Hmmmm....where is AF? Could it be? Did she get her a*& out of town for 10 months. Nervous and excited. I will be so angry if she comes and the cycle right before my first round of Clomid is late for no good reason.

 

[bbbunny]

Good morning ladies! CD29 here and 2 days late. Negative HPT this morning but temp back up to 97.43. Hmmmm....where is AF? Could it be? Did she get her a*& out of town for 10 months. Nervous and excited. I will be so angry if she comes and the cycle right before my first round of Clomid is late for no good reason.

This all sounds really hopeful!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. It is amazing the amount of women who get a bfp the cycle before they start clomid

 

[dpitts1341]

@pinksprinkles I am sorry this cycle has been so horrible for you I really hope you get some resolution soon.

I overslept this morning and when I took my temp there was a massive drop almost to the coverline so I am really worried AF is on her way. That would mean my LP is 5 days if she comes today

I am not going to panic though although that is easier said than done.

Could this be implantation temp dip???? You aren't out till af shows....

 

[dpitts1341]

Good morning ladies! CD29 here and 2 days late. Negative HPT this morning but temp back up to 97.43. Hmmmm....where is AF? Could it be? Did she get her a*& out of town for 10 months. Nervous and excited. I will be so angry if she comes and the cycle right before my first round of Clomid is late for no good reason.

Crossing my fingers and toes for you!

 

[rmichellem]

Good morning ladies! CD29 here and 2 days late. Negative HPT this morning but temp back up to 97.43. Hmmmm....where is AF? Could it be? Did she get her a*& out of town for 10 months. Nervous and excited. I will be so angry if she comes and the cycle right before my first round of Clomid is late for no good reason.

This all sounds really hopeful!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. It is amazing the amount of women who get a bfp the cycle before they start clomid

It's strange how you just want to know either way so you can move on. Little flutter cramps here and there but no strong ones yet. I know I O'd a bit late cause i quit testing at CD16 cause i had no hint of a line starting so i just gave up but blood test confirmed O. I don't know.

 

[Magan85]

Hey ladies! I got my first ever internet cheapies in the mail today! I ordered 40 OPK's and it came with 10 HPT's! All for $8 Canadian! Sweet deal! I of course stupidly tested after telling myself I wouldnt and argued with myself for an hour lol. Then said ok I'll just do a OPK since its to early for HPT. Only at 8dpo today well I dipped the OPK and next thing I know I dipped the HPT lol silly me! Of course it was BFN! Hopefully its just way to early!

 

[bbbunny]

@pinksprinkles I am sorry this cycle has been so horrible for you I really hope you get some resolution soon.

I overslept this morning and when I took my temp there was a massive drop almost to the coverline so I am really worried AF is on her way. That would mean my LP is 5 days if she comes today

I am not going to panic though although that is easier said than done.

Could this be implantation temp dip???? You aren't out till af shows....

As soon as I saw the dip I googled and a lot came up about implantation dips which does give me a little hope but I have had cramping today and just a general discomfort in my tummy that has had me running to the loo checking for AF all day have also had a sharp pain in my sides just above my hips like someone is poking me. I am CD30 and 5DPO. I am refusing to panic even if AF comes as I know there are things I can do if my LP is short I just keep hoping for at least a few more days at least.

Have been looking into perhaps doing vitamin B and evening primrose oil next cycle

 

[Vic20581]

Hi
Ff said i ov on cd30 n im now dpo 5 n i jus had a dip below coverline, was suggested to me that its a estrogen surge common on dpo 4/5 n shud go back high tomo. So fingers crossed.
Vic x

 

[bbbunny]

Hi
Ff said i ov on cd30 n im now dpo 5 n i jus had a dip below coverline, was suggested to me that its a estrogen surge common on dpo 4/5 n shud go back high tomo. So fingers crossed.
Vic x

How weird is it that we are the exact same DPO and we both had a dip