Trying to Conceive 2016 onwards Chat Thread

bee06

I used to get spotting every cycle (I have PCOS). The first time it happened I got my hopes up and thought it was implantation bleeding as well. If your periods are irregular I would definitely recommend getting blood tests done to see what's going on.

flix

Well I'm not pregnant anyway! AF has definitely arrived. Have to go back to the GP on day 23 for the second blood test. I feel much better now that I'm doing something!

LegacyUser

Myself and OH have been trying for just 6 months but since we're both over 35 we're going for tests soon just to see if there is anything wrong.
It's hard doing all this charting stuff, OPKs and BBTs. OPK in particular I find a bit odd, I'm never sure I've followed all the instructions correctly or I'm just not ovulating when I think I am. This month in particular I got no positive result during the time I should have so now I'm wondering if I'm ovulating at all...tests and a chat with a doc will help I suppose.

flix

Hi girls...am still in shock typing this but I got a positive result this morning...pregnant 1-2 weeks! Can hardly believe it! I know it's very early days, but it's impossible not to get excited.

Having been totally obsessed with pregnancy and symptoms last month, I totally switched off and just relaxed this time round. The only symptoms I've had are feeling exhausted, I mean absolutely drained. I had two very poor nights' sleep in a row which is very unusual for me. And I've had mild period type cramps this week. Today is day 34 for me and I should have gotten my period yesterday. Best of luck to all those trying xx

LegacyUser

squigglyd wrote: »

Myself and OH have been trying for just 6 months but since we're both over 35 we're going for tests soon just to see if there is anything wrong.
It's hard doing all this charting stuff, OPKs and BBTs. OPK in particular I find a bit odd, I'm never sure I've followed all the instructions correctly or I'm just not ovulating when I think I am. This month in particular I got no positive result during the time I should have so now I'm wondering if I'm ovulating at all...tests and a chat with a doc will help I suppose.

I downloaded Fertility Friend after seeing someone recommend it here and after cross posting all my data from the past few months it calculated that my ovulation would have been several days earlier than the other app (Period Tracker in TTC mode). PT app was only recommending taking my BBT in the days coming up to ovulation so I've missed out on having the BBTs and OPKs coming up to it. At least I feel like I'm a bit more tuned in to signs now, the videos and tutorials on it were helfpul, still a few to get through!

Congratulations flix, it's great to read the good news stories!

shortstuff!

flix wrote: »

Hi girls...am still in shock typing this but I got a positive result this morning...pregnant 1-2 weeks! Can hardly believe it! I know it's very early days, but it's impossible not to get excited.

Having been totally obsessed with pregnancy and symptoms last month, I totally switched off and just relaxed this time round. The only symptoms I've had are feeling exhausted, I mean absolutely drained. I had two very poor nights' sleep in a row which is very unusual for me. And I've had mild period type cramps this week. Today is day 34 for me and I should have gotten my period yesterday. Best of luck to all those trying xx

Congrats Flix, wishing you a very happy & uneventful 9mths!!

laylag

flix wrote:

Hi girls...am still in shock typing this but I got a positive result this morning...pregnant 1-2 weeks! Can hardly believe it! I know it's very early days, but it's impossible not to get excited.

flix wrote:

Having been totally obsessed with pregnancy and symptoms last month, I totally switched off and just relaxed this time round. The only symptoms I've had are feeling exhausted, I mean absolutely drained. I had two very poor nights' sleep in a row which is very unusual for me. And I've had mild period type cramps this week. Today is day 34 for me and I should have gotten my period yesterday. Best of luck to all those trying xx

Delighted to hear ... amazing news! Congrats!

Toots

Congratulations Flix!

brokensoul

Congrats Flix, lovely to hear good news.

RubyXI

Been trying for about a month now and although I'm terrified of it actually happening, I also seem to be scared of it not happening. I find myself thinking my stomach is bigger- after a month of trying- Every pain or unusual feeling has me thinking something is happening. Logically I know there's a really small chance of anything happening yet and even if it did i wouldn't have any symptoms. It's messing with my head. I suppose it will get easier as the months go on.

babydream

Congrats to all on the news of there pregnancy Were back to Trying to Conceive after taking a break for the last few months.

Due Af this weekend and excited to start back again

Cant believe its been a year since we decided to start trying, really thought we would have had success by now. Ive had all my bloods done and an ultrasound and all normal. So if by January and nothing has happened were going to go to the next stage and see a fertility specialist so fingers crossed for a BFP before then

xDisneyDivax

I'm gonna join as we decided we would start... We started taking pregnacare supplements last month and I started going for acupuncture as prep aswel.

hollymartins

6 months ago I came off the pill and my cycle has been regular since. Possibly TMI - on Sunday afternoon what I thought was my period arrived, I had heavy dark blood (presumably old blood?) so I then expected newer bleeding over the following days but it just petered out. I got a BFN on Sunday morning before I had the bleeding so I'm wondering was it possibly implantation bleeding and it was too early to test?

My periods would normally be 4-5 days, could it just be I didn't ovulate and that's why it was unusually light rather than pregnancy? I guess I should test again but it was 4 days since the BFN so how long should I wait just to be sure?

hollymartins

That's what I was thinking myself, implantation bleeding isn't that common either. I guess it was just an unusual period, if we weren't TTC I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought!

hollymartins

Well it seems that it was implantation bleeding as I had a positive test this morning! Very early days so I'll just wait and see if all goes well...delighted but cautious

Madam Oblong

Holly, I had the exact same type of non-period and it was a BFN. Tbh I'm not sure what it was

hollymartins

Madam Oblong wrote: »

Holly, I had the exact same type of non-period and it was a BFN. Tbh I'm not sure what it was

I honestly was not expecting the test to be positive, I really just did it to confirm that I wasn't pregnant and I could keep an eye on the signs for ovulation in a few weeks. It hasn't sunk in yet. But I'm reluctant to get my hopes up as I know from past experience (and from other posters here) that early pregnancies are fragile. I'll try not to worry, what will be will be.

catrionanic

hollymartins wrote: »

I honestly was not expecting the test to be positive, I really just did it to confirm that I wasn't pregnant and I could keep an eye on the signs for ovulation in a few weeks. It hasn't sunk in yet. But I'm reluctant to get my hopes up as I know from past experience (and from other posters here) that early pregnancies are fragile. I'll try not to worry, what will be will be.

Congratulations holly! Take it easy and enjoy it

xDisneyDivax

Congrats Holly! take it easy and enjoy!

Madam Oblong

hollymartins wrote: »

I honestly was not expecting the test to be positive, I really just did it to confirm that I wasn't pregnant and I could keep an eye on the signs for ovulation in a few weeks. It hasn't sunk in yet. But I'm reluctant to get my hopes up as I know from past experience (and from other posters here) that early pregnancies are fragile. I'll try not to worry, what will be will be.

Omg I didn't see your update when I posted! Congratulations that's amazing x

hollymartins

I'm afraid to say I'm pretty sure my hopes have been dashed. I had a bloated feeling all day followed by dark blood at lunch which I wasn't too worried about but I had bright red blood this evening (like a period)...enough to require a pad. Thankfully I'm not working this weekend so I'm going to take it easy and attend my GP appointment on Monday morning. I'll just see how things go but I presume he'll advise me to do another test in a week to confirm mc.

laylag

hollymartins wrote:

I'm afraid to say I'm pretty sure my hopes have been dashed. I had a bloated feeling all day followed by dark blood at lunch which I wasn't too worried about but I had bright red blood this evening (like a period)...enough to require a pad. Thankfully I'm not working this weekend so I'm going to take it easy and attend my GP appointment on Monday morning. I'll just see how things go but I presume he'll advise me to do another test in a week to confirm mc.

So sorry to hear this. Hope you're doing ok xx

xDisneyDivax

Really sorry to hear this- take it easy x

hollymartins

Thanks, obviously it's very disappointing but I'm glad it happened so early as I hadn't allowed myself to believe it (self preservation!). If I do fall pregnant again I know I'm going to be so anxious whenever I feel a twinge or need to go to the bathroom, but there's not much I can do about that.

My husband and I are going to take tomorrow off work and have day at home once I visit my GP in the morning. I'm going to put my feet up today and share a bottle of wine and a takeaway. For whatever reason this pregnancy was not meant to be but I'll take solace in the fact that I actually got pregnant, albeit briefly, so hopefully the next one will stick

xDisneyDivax

Holly, that is a very positive way to look at it! we DTD few times this week but I'm not expecting anything to come out of it either because it was only our first month 'trying'

catrionanic

xDisneyDivax wrote: »

Holly, that is a very positive way to look at it! we DTD few times this week but I'm not expecting anything to come out of it either because it was only our first month 'trying'

Exactly what I thought. 40 weeks later and there was a baba in the bed beside me. Best of luck.

Holly I'm so sorry to hear that things didn't work out for you this time. You are looking at things in a remarkably positive light and you're right - it's great that you conceived, miscarriages are common even in people without fertility problems, and I'm sure better news will come your way soon.

Best of luck at the GP tomorrow. Shall be thinking of you.

RubyXI

I have spotting on day 15/ 16 of cycle. Never had spotting before in my life but Dr. Google tells me it's just a sign of healthy ovulation.

laylag

This might be a weird question.
I have an app on.my.phone "Flo" just to track dates and every time I get to the days where I am supposed to be ovulating I feel like I get cramps like a mini period pain. This month I have the period type pain for a few days!
Does anyone else experience this ...I am wondering if it's all in my head just because I'm looking at the app!

babydream

laylag wrote: »

This might be a weird question.
I have an app on.my.phone "Flo" just to track dates and every time I get to the days where I am supposed to be ovulating I feel like I get cramps like a mini period pain. This month I have the period type pain for a few days!
Does anyone else experience this ...I am wondering if it's all in my head just because I'm looking at the app!

I get this too for me its ovulation pain, usually a couple of paracetamol eases the pain. Like you I never noticed this until we started TTC

hollymartins

I've stopped spotting since our loss last week and I've just had a negative test (funny how that's suddenly a welcome result) so I don't want to wait to start ttc again. I would imagine waiting a month or two for my body to recover would be recommended if I had been further along but I presume it's okay if I feel I'm ready?