im currently 12 dpo, af is due Saturday.
I got a positive on an opk for the second month running, felt sick, slightly fuzzy headed and tired for the last week, the last 3 days I have had cramping on and off, i'm now thinking its the witch about to show up at the weekend and knock me out of the running!
we've been trying since April and I genuinely thought id have fallen immediately! you hear so many stories about people getting pregnant 'accidentally'!
wish me luck! x
I think everyone thinks they'll fall pregnant immediately, especially with all those stories about accidental pregnancies off of one-night stands, etc... But it can take a healthy couple with no issues up to a year to get pregnant, so don't sweat it just yet.
Sounds like you've got some good symptoms there! Good luck! I hope you get your BFP this cycle!
Keep us updated!
Woo hoo! Fertility friend confirmed ovulation. *phew*!
So, how do you guys feel about coffee when TTC? I have 1-2 (sometimes 3....) cups a day. Trying to cut down to one, maybe switch to decaf or non-caf tea. What do you think?
I do a cup of tea in the morning and then nothing for the rest of the day. I had to wean myself down to one, because I was on like 6 a day at one point (the dangers of living in the UK).
The pregnancy allowance is 200mg a day (one cup of filtered coffee is 140mg), so if you keep it within that limit while TTC, you should be fine.
Has anyone gotten light spotting just after ovulation? I have a pretty clear ovulation temperature rise, but I just had a bit of spotting (light, brown) and I wondered how usual/unusual that is. I'VE never had it before!
I have never experienced this personally but I do know that ovulation can cause spotting.
You said, "just after O." How many days is "just after." Implantation can happen 5-6 days after O with implantation bleeding shortly after which can also cause brown to light pink spotting.
Just after meaning day or two after, so definitely not implantation! I'm thinking that it was bleeding from ovulation itself, that took a day to travel downwards. It was brown, and light, so that makes sense.
I'm hoping it is a sign of fertility!
Definitely a sign of high fertility, Kallie.
I've had ovulation spotting before in a few cycles. I could feel the egg popping out of my ovary (ouch) and then a couple of days later, I had spotting. I think the last time I caught the egg I had ov bleeding. I definitely take it as a good sign.
I'm rooting for you, Kallie! I hope this is it!!
Thanks I will start taking my temp! I set a plan with my dr so of in six months no success we will try something. What is femara?
Femara is a drug that is used to induce ovulation in women who have PCOS or don't ovulate on their own. It effects the amount of estrogen a woman makes and increases their chances of ovulating that month (less estrogen => more FSH => ovulation).
In women that ovulate on their own, femara can make them release more than one egg, which also increases the chances of success.
It's similar to Clomid in that it can induce ovulation and increase the chances of releasing more than one egg, but it doesn't have all the side effects that Clomid does and some women respond on Femara when they didn't on Clomid. It's not necessarily better, it's just a different option.
As for feeling pain near your ovaries, it could be ovulation pain. It happens at least once to about 50% of women (I'm in the lucky 20% that feel it every month). It's perfectly normal and it's just a sign you're about to ovulate.
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I'm so excited for you!
