Can't quite believe it, but i got two nice and stong s this morning! v excited, but also cautious about getting the rug pulled out from under me. i'm off to the drs this morning to ask for bloods today and saturday so i can see if the hcg is rising. will check in again tonight!
To get it out of the way first..... after much agonising over testing I did test this morning and of course it was a BFN. My temp was down .1 this morning but because its been up and down while I've had the cold I don't know if I should trust my temps at all. I still have the cold.... slightly. I only had 1 bathroom trip overnight but in total I had 17 trips in 24 hours (20 the previous 24 hours). My bbs seem a little tender but sometimes they are B4 AF anyway. I only tested so early as last cycle was a 24 day one. Had heartburn again yesterday. Still no skin break out. No spotting yet. I normally get it for several days before AF so it should happen any minute. Don't know what to think.
Nikilove- You aren't cutting in. Everyone is welcome here.
Salt- Sorry you've been feeling so down. I hope your mood is better today.
Sandie - Sorry for your loss. I hope your stay in this thread is a short one.
Shellbell - The BB addiction is pretty bad isn't it. I try to sneak on after my DF goes to work in the morning as he doesn't like me being on here. He doesn't think it helps me but it really does. He doesn't want to hear about symptoms or lack of them.... people in here understand.
Timnik I hope you have a great day. I took turning 30 really hard.... far worse than turning 40 turned out to be. I felt a failure for not having had a child even though I had told myself I wouldn't have any kids til after 30. I had been ttc for 2 years when I turned 30. My mother was seriously worried about me so I must have been pretty bad. Turning 40 was a breeze. I got engaged on the day (and he was younger than me), I was in my brand new house and I had a 3 yo step daughter, my life had done a full turnaround.
Pash - good luck with the test. Hope it goes better than mine did. I'm glad to see you've got some plans for celebrating if it's negative - that's a great way of doing things.
Bun - good on you for not getting the test done. I hope they don't hassle you too much about it.
Sorry to anyone I've missed. Will be back on later as I finish work at lunch time today and don't have to go back til Tuesday YAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Claireabel - How did the test go?
Lee - your positivity is infectious - just what I needed after getting my BFN.
Hi Claireabel,
You must have posted while I was doing my longwinded one. Congratulations on the Sending you lots of . Keep us updated on the BT results.
Well, I tested tonight and got a !! DH & I are still in shock and a bit scared. I wish I could go to my GP in Sydney & get bloods done. The medical centre here does nothing when you show up pg. Last time, they just gave me some washing detergent & other advertising and that was literally all they did to me. Not even a HPT. I always digress (whinge)... I really hope this one sticks.
Satya - I'm sorry to hear your test didn't go so well But still it was pretty early, maybe you're in a longer LP this month, and are still in with a chance. If not, at least you have a few days off work. Try & do something fabulous to cheer yourself up.
Clairabel - Congratulations!!
Hi everyone else & thanks for all the kind wishes.
WOW - what fantastic news to start off a fine sunny day in Hobart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm realy really happy for you both, it's very exciting!! Stay positive and look after yourselves now!!
Your have given me a real boost!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm now 9dpo (waiting, waiting, waiting lol). I won't be testing until I'm at least 14 dpo. Don't seem to be having symptoms of any kind, either pre-AF or pg. But still feel happy and positive - usually I get very grumpy and emotional before AF, and teary.... but I feel ok.
Satya - bummer, I so wanted you to report a bfp this morning - it's highly possible you simply tested too early.
Claireable & Pash - what dpo did you test for your bfp?
Nicole happy birthday, hope you had a great day. Bun glad to hear that you are doing things the way YOU want to do them. How did the clinic take it when you said you weren't getting BT done today? When do you go away on holiday? Shoegal hopefully AF shows up when she is supposed to so that you can start TTC again. Lee I have to agree with you that the TWW is my favourite time of my cycle (NOT!) saltprincess thanks for that info, may have to pick some up for DH next time I go shopping. claireabel big CONGRATULATIONS, and I know how you feel about having the rug pulled out from under you, sending you loads and loads of good luck with your BT satya it was probably just too early for you to get a bfp I have everything crossed that you get one in the next few days, good luck hun pash fantastic news, CONGRATULATIONS to you and DH and lots of :sticyvibesgirl: coming your way, lets hope that we get a nice run of bfp's in here over the coming weeks.
Hi to anyone else I missed, hope you all have a great day.
well, after my temp being below the coverline, I kind of expected it to be up this morning, but I certainly didn't expect that big a jump, it shot up .5, trying not to read anything in to it but it is so hard when you want something so badly, FF says not to test til 18th (17dpo) but since I have my Ob appt on the 15th I am going to test then, I am banned from testing earlier and even if I wanted to I can't since I don't have any hpt's in the house LOL
Pash & Claireabel - woo hoo! I knew you would both be pg, congrats!!!! Now I just hope I will be able to join you soon.
Sharon - I haven't phoned the clinic to tell them yet, I am dreading it! Your temp is looking good!
Lee - good luck. Not long til testing now! I like the thought of getting bored with being obsessed - I think I might be getting there, which is probably why I am not feeling as neurotic as usual this cycle, and why I am in no hurry to test! Getting bored with obsession must be good for us!!
Jen - thanks for popping in. It's good to see that all is going well for you!
Satya - it may still be too early to test, so you never know.
Shellbell - I am so hopeless at work now that I have found BB. My morning routine is to get a cup of tea, log on to BB to get an update, then I check out a few other forums I like to browse (I only post here though), and then every time I get a spare minute at work I check BB again! Hopeless!!
Shoegal - you can post in here while waiting for AF. I did that too for a while before I was TTC again. Anyway, it won't be long now til AF appears and you can TTC again!
Pash - we were going to go to London but have just decided not to because it will be so rushed, so it will just be Spain for 2 weeks, then Paris for just under 5 days. I can't wait!
Sandie - welcome, and sorry to hear about your losses. I hope you find it helpful to post here - the girls are all really lovely,
Salt - how are you today? I was soooo angry with FIL for saying what he did, and would have told him what I thought, but my idiot BIL interrupted the conversation right at that moment, so I am still stewing over it (it was about 3 weeks ago now). All I did manage to say is 'what difference does that make?'. I think he got my point, but there is a lot more I wanted to say to him. We leave for Spain on 12 July, so not too long now. It is nice to have something else to focus on and look forward to, but at the same time I sometimes think to myself that I should not be going on this trip, because I should have a baby. Anyway, I try to be positive and think what a great time we will have, and that we may not ever get to do it again (or at least for a very very long time) after we have a family. And it would be cool to conceive a baby there if we haven't before then!!
Well, I am now 13DPO. It's difficult, because I don't want to test before AF is due, but because of the clomid, I don't know when AF is due! I figure I want to wait til at least 15DPO, which is when most peoples AF would be due. On an unmedicated cycle, mine would have been due yesterday due to my short LP, so even if I am not pg, then at least the clomid has worked to extend my LP, which is a good thing! Either way, it is good, and there is always next month if it doesn't work out this time. I have started knicker checking though, constantly thinking AF has arrived when she hasn't. It's difficult when you don't know when to expect her, and usually I do! I did have a little cry on the bus on the way in this morning, thinking that I just could not go through another m/c, not one like the first one, it would kill me. I can handle not being pg, but I don't know if I can manage another m/c, and every time I try to get pg, that is always a possibility. With my pregnancies, I have always gotten my first BFP at either 12 or the morning of 13DPO, so this is the longest I have held out! I should be proud of myself!! I still haven't phoned the clinic to tell them I am not getting the BT done today, and am dreading it, as they really like you to stick with their protocols and I don't want to!
Hello again... Just a note to say for the first time in my life I understand and truely appreciate the frustration of the TWW!!!!!!! (Says she at 5DPO.)
Pash Congrats on the BFP. Why don't you just go to your local doctor and ask for a blood test. I've found these days you sometimes have to tell them what you want. I had to ask for a CD21 test as the GP had done the same test but on something like day 7 of my cycle which told us basically nothing.
Lee It probably was too early for me to test. I'm normally a 28 day cycle and it looks like I O'd on CD14. If this cycle turns out to be not a positive one then I am banning myself from testing before I am late. It's really funny because before I came on this forum I never tested until I was late.... testing early is a bad habit I picked up here. Good luck with the rest of your TWW.
Sharon I hope that temp jump is good news on its way. I had a .7 jump last cycle but obviously it didn't mean anything for me. I'm wondering how much you can tell by the temps in general. I've been stalking charts in FF and I've found heaps of pregnancy charts that show erratic temperatures and even some like mine with two dips below coverline after O, as close as a day before a positive pregnancy test. I really hope this is your lucky cycle.
Bun How did you go with ringing the clinic?
I just phoned the clinic, and they are making me get the BT. The nurse said that they have to monitor me closely to see what is going on and that if I am pg, they need to check on my hormone levels so they can give me medication to boost my oestrogen and/or progesterone if it is not high enough. That means I can't remain in my happy naive world I have created and wait as long as possible to find out if I am pg or not. I don't want yet another day of waiting around at work all day for a phone call, stressing and waiting for results. I just can't do it, the stress gets to me too much. I know I sound pathetic, but I just can't handle the wait. I would rather not know. And I don't think it's true - if a pregnancy is failing, it's failing, and no drugs can help that. I have done a lot of research, and I don't think they can give you any drugs at this stage to help maintain a pregnancy (if I am even pg).
I don't have the BT form with me, so I have to get it done tomorrow. That means I will have do a HPT tonight or in the morning so at least I will have an idea if I am pg or not, which will make the wait slightly more bearable.
I wish I could just be happy about things, and about the possibility of being pg. Instead I am just terrified. I wish it didn't have to be like this. I have been feeling so good lately and was going really well, and now they have thrown me into a tailspin again. I would not mind having the test done if there really WAS something they could do to maintain a pregnancy if I am pg, but I truly believe that there isn't - so what is the point?
Satya LOL you are so right!! I am always testing early and would never have thought of it until I found BB!! It was only then I realised that you can get a +ve prior to your period being late.
Bun I really feel for you. All the very best for the next few days. We will all be here to support you when you need it.
Kiwigirl HATING the TWW.. DH keeps asking me if I have tested yet - I think he has realised that when I do test early I sneak off in the morning to do it so as not to get in trouble!!
The happy news around here has really lifted my spirits!
Salt - thanks for your support. I have just hung up on DH because he asked what was wrong and I said I have to have the BT and he said 'oh, that's all'. He's not the one who has to sit here all day trying to work and waiting for results, he's not the one who has to go through the pain of m/c, and the fear of another one. I wish he could be just a little understanding sometimes, I am so over this process. How am I supposed to keep my stress levels down when I have all this pressure on me all the time? I was doing so well, but all this interference just stresses me out, and I still don't see how it could actually help me. I am on ADs as I was just not coping after the second m/c, and I seriously struggled at work for a long time. I still do, but I was just starting to get some focus back. I will have to do a HPT tonight, then if it's a BFN, I have nothing to stress about, and if it's a BFP, at least I know, and just have to wait to get my hormone level results to see if it could actually be a viable pregnancy for once. I won't sleep if I wait to test in the morning, so it will have to be tonight. I do have pg symptoms - sore boobs, creamy CM and I have been feeling a bit off and my skin is atrocious - the worst I have seen it. But it could just be AF symptoms, esp as the clomid could mess things around a bit.
s this morning! v excited, but also cautious about getting the rug pulled out from under me. i'm off to the drs this morning to ask for bloods today and saturday so i can see if the hcg is rising. will check in again tonight!
I hope you have a great day. I took turning 30 really hard.... far worse than turning 40 turned out to be. I felt a failure for not having had a child even though I had told myself I wouldn't have any kids til after 30. I had been ttc for 2 years when I turned 30. My mother was seriously worried about me so I must have been pretty bad. Turning 40 was a breeze. I got engaged on the day (and he was younger than me), I was in my brand new house and I had a 3 yo step daughter, my life had done a full turnaround.
. Keep us updated on the BT results.
to you all.
Hi everyone,
But still it was pretty early, maybe you're in a longer LP this month, and are still in with a chance. If not, at least you have a few days off work. Try & do something fabulous to cheer yourself up.
Sending lots of sticky vibe syour way - please keep us updated!
now
clairabel 
that we all get an 
I knew you would both be pg, congrats!!!! Now I just hope I will be able to join you soon.
Bookmarks