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Trying to conceive/Planned parenthood/Assisted Reproduction Chat thread.
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ShaShaBear wrote: »Obviously way too early for symptoms, but a girl can dream :P
I find this really funny / annoying because I am exactoly the same and can't help reading into every little twinge. I haven't even ovulated yet and feeling sick and exhausted and hoping it's my body getting ready.
It's really hard to put it to the back of your mind. I hate being so obsessed about it but can't help it.
And it's funny some months I'm fine and some months are really hard. I found once I got past what would have been my due date I actually felt better. I wasn't constantly thinking 'by now I would have been X weeks'.
I guess it's all part of it and we should enjot the excitement!0 -
I find this really funny / annoying because I am exactoly the same and can't help reading into every little twinge. I haven't even ovulated yet and feeling sick and exhausted and hoping it's my body getting ready.
It's really hard to put it to the back of your mind. I hate being so obsessed about it but can't help it.
And it's funny some months I'm fine and some months are really hard. I found once I got past what would have been my due date I actually felt better. I wasn't constantly thinking 'by now I would have been X weeks'.
I guess it's all part of it and we should enjot the excitement!
Crippled with cramps today
But I totally get what you mean, especially since we got pregnant first month trying last time. Not getting pregnant straight away this time was a bit of a shock, even though I knew last time was a fluke!0 -
ShaShaBear wrote: »Not getting pregnant straight away this time was a bit of a shock
I think this is the same for everyone. You just expect that it will happen straight away and when it takes a few months it is scary. It's important to realise that it can and does take time and not to be too hard on ourselves. It can seem like everyone else finds it so easy but actually after talking to people about my situation I have realised that for most people it takes a good few months. People just don't talk about it.
Can I ask ShaShaBear how long you have been trying? I have had four cycles since my misscarriage and I want it so much that I do get impatient. 0 -
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Fredkruger2014 wrote: »Hello everyone! My Mrs is waiting for AF to appear. 35 days since last cycle began and off contraception and we were optimistic but she did a test and it is negative. She really felt that she might be expecting. Is this normal to get a negative if she was expecting or is that a daft question?
Not a daft question at all!
Sometimes Hormone level HCG may not be high enough in urine sample to show positive on a test.
Buy a few tests and test first thing in the morning. If still negative and still no sign of period, wait a day or two and test first thing in the morning again.
Good luck! 0 -
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Fredkruger2014 wrote: »Thanks for that. The first test she did was in the evening time. Last AF started Jan 10th. I suppose we are just over eager!
Yeah, evening time isn't the best if you're only a few days overdue a period. Try again 1st thing tomorrow morning if you've a spare test 0 -
I think this is the same for everyone. You just expect that it will happen straight away and when it takes a few months it is scary. It's important to realise that it can and does take time and not to be too hard on ourselves. It can seem like everyone else finds it so easy but actually after talking to people about my situation I have realised that for most people it takes a good few months. People just don't talk about it.
Can I ask ShaShaBear how long you have been trying? I have had four cycles since my misscarriage and I want it so much that I do get impatient.
Ah this is only the second cycle off the pill, and actually our first actively trying. When we came off the pill last time we had sex every day, sometimes twice a day, so it's not a wonder we got pregnant straight away
Feeling extremely unwell today, despite 11 hours of sleep, I've literally been dozing off all day, even standing upright. I've completely lost my appetite and I've had a lingering headache for the past few hours
Probably coming down with something, though!0 -
ShaShaBear wrote: »Feeling extremely unwell today, despite 11 hours of sleep, I've literally been dozing off all day, even standing upright. I've completely lost my appetite and I've had a lingering headache for the past few hours
Probably coming down with something, though!
yeah i felt like that last month, got all excited and got a cold instead,
we are TTC for a few months now and nada, its made more infuriating by the fact our 5 year old was conceived while i was on the pill (all taken correctly) and the timing wasn't at all right at the time. Now we want to, and....
i know these things take time, but considering the miracle that was our first child we figured it would happen quickly, almost a year later and nada. typical huh? 0 -
hoodwinked wrote: »yeah i felt like that last month, got all excited and got a cold instead,
we are TTC for a few months now and nada, its made more infuriating by the fact our 5 year old was conceived while i was on the pill (all taken correctly) and the timing wasn't at all right at the time. Now we want to, and....
i know these things take time, but considering the miracle that was our first child we figured it would happen quickly, almost a year later and nada. typical huh?
OH is getting all excited watching me lie here half asleep and gone off my food. He wants another baby even more than me (and is rooting for another girl, oddly enough ), so I had to tell him that I'm probably getting a cold or tummy bug.
All I got was a "knowing" smirk :rolleyes:0 -
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ShaShaBear wrote: »OH is getting all excited watching me lie here half asleep and gone off my food. He wants another baby even more than me (and is rooting for another girl, oddly enough ), so I had to tell him that I'm probably getting a cold or tummy bug.
All I got was a "knowing" smirk :rolleyes:
well i didn't go off my food so maybe he's right? is he usually right? :pac:0 -
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ShaShaBear wrote: »Well he picks up on the weirdest of things - we were best friends for years before we started seeing each other so I suppose he knows me better than anyone else. I am an absolute MENACE for sweets and never turn down free sugary things. I mean like if all was left in the house was my least favourite flavour of Pringles, I'd still eat them.
He offered to buy me a bun when we were in getting lunch today, and I told him I didn't want one. When I refused a marshmallow an hour later he asked how soon I can test :rolleyes:
He called it the last time before I even knew I had ovulated, because my feet and hands suddenly were warmer (I have crappy circulation, and they are always cold) and he noticed me using gravy on my spuds, which I don't normally do.
Admittedly, I am craving gravy :P
BUT still think its way too early to have symptoms!
he is possibly onto something then
i am trying not to think about it too much, let it happen when it happens is our thinking at the moment, i have been reading on here for a while now and just clicked when i read your post and needed a vent i think, there is no one really i can talk to about it yet other than my husband and i don't want to bum him out because he's so excited at being able to plan it this time around....0 -
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Hi all,
Can I ask a question that I can't ask anyone else???
How do you actually check cervical mucous. Sorry for TMI but do you have to go far up if you know what I mean??
And if you are having sex a lot would your CM change anyway?
Also what should I be looking for with CM? And does it indicate when you're actually ovulating as opposed to the ovulation kits which tell you that you will ovulate soon.
Thanks guys!!! 0 -
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Hi all,
Can I ask a question that I can't ask anyone else???
How do you actually check cervical mucous. Sorry for TMI but do you have to go far up if you know what I mean??
And if you are having sex a lot would your CM change anyway?
Also what should I be looking for with CM? And does it indicate when you're actually ovulating as opposed to the ovulation kits which tell you that you will ovulate soon.
Thanks guys!!!
Dab externally with a piece of toilet tissue or use a clean finger and see how it changes through the course of your cycle. The 'right' consistency is like egg white - clear and stretchy.
Have a read of this, it might help a bit.0 -
Dab externally with a piece of toilet tissue or use a clean finger and see how it changes through the course of your cycle. The 'right' consistency is like egg white - clear and stretchy.
Thanks a million for that Neyite. I had read somewhere that you had to lightly press the actual cervix and check the mucous there! Seemed a little.......invasive.
Great to have the info - thanks again!0 -
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Nooo. I noticed that on the American sites they are big into poking and prodding their cervix.
I don't think there is a need and tbh wonder if they wouldn't be upsetting the ph balance in there by introducing germs on hands and under nails, or nail-varnish flecks etc,
With all the specialists and doctors I went to about my infertility, not a single one suggested that I need to check it. The only times it was checked ever was when I was in labour, and even then they keep it to a minimum.0 -
Nooo. I noticed that on the American sites they are big into poking and prodding their cervix. I don't think there is a need and tbh wonder if they wouldn't be upsetting the ph balance in there by introducing germs on hands and under nails, or nail-varnish flecks etc, QUOTE]
That was exactly my thought - last thing you would want is an infection!!!!
Plus with all of the sex I'm being poked and prodded enough down there as is!0 -
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Phew - that's a relief. Thanks Shashabear.
How are you feeling?
I've had moderate cramping for the past week, starving all night and first thing in the morning, getting bad heartburn (which I had never in my life experienced until I was 35wks with Abigail) and feel a cold coming on (it's in the house )
Been getting a lot of stabbing/pinching pains in my abdomen, but I don't really "feel" like this cycle was a success. The only thing I do know is I am due in 5 days, and I had started spotting by now on my last cycle :pac:
What about you?0 -
ShaShaBear wrote: »I've had moderate cramping for the past week, starving all night and first thing in the morning, getting bad heartburn (which I had never in my life experienced until I was 35wks with Abigail) and feel a cold coming on (it's in the house )
Been getting a lot of stabbing/pinching pains in my abdomen, but I don't really "feel" like this cycle was a success. The only thing I do know is I am due in 5 days, and I had started spotting by now on my last cycle :pac:
What about you?
Aw I have my fingers crossed for you Shashabear! Not long to wait.
I'm feeling good - this is my fertile week so been getting busy with the hubby. This is my first month not to use the Ovulation kits. I'm really trying to not get too obsessed about things this month. I found when I was using the OPK's I wouldn't bother 'getting busy' unless I had the positive. So I could well have missed the window. So this month we are going with the 'every second day' and see what happens.
AF not due until March 6th so a bit to go yet. It's funny, since my miscarriage I was so determined to get pregnant quick but since what would have been my due date has passed I feel less pressure. It's like a weight was lifted or something.
So I'm staying positive!!!!! 0 -
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"ShaShaBear wrote: »neither of us wants an Xmas baby :pac:
I'm sure you didn't mean this to sound as insensitive as it comes across on a TTC thread.
I was pregnant this time last year and panicking about how I would cope with an Xmas baby, I subsequently went on to lose that baby in April '14.
Take it if it comes and embrace it, I wish now I'd not been so fussy about timing and that I got to squeeze my Xmas baby
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Sittingpretty wrote: »I'm sure you didn't mean this to sound as insensitive as it comes across on a TTC thread.
I was pregnant this time last year and panicking about how I would cope with an Xmas baby, I subsequently went on to lose that baby in April '14.
Take it if it comes and embrace it, I wish now I'd not been so fussy about timing and that I got to squeeze my Xmas baby
Good luck with the journey
To be honest, I'm more than a bit offended. In full context, I said we were not trying this month because we don't want a Christmas baby. We don't. There's no other way to say it and I don't see issue with what I said. I've experienced loss too, but that doesn't mean I can't exercise family planning and be vocal about it
We're all trying to conceive, and more than a lot of us will have experienced loss and disappointment, but if we all guarded every word we said for fear of offending someone, this forum would be a ghost town!0 -
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