February Testing Thread **Fabulous February BFP's!**

[Mrsbridge17]

Hey gal. Has anyone else had ewcm but then on ovulation testing comes out low?

All the time Maz I test a few times a day when that happens usually find a peak that way x

 

[Maza1993]

All the time Maz I test a few times a day when that happens usually find a peak that way x

Im start testing twice a day tomorrow then. Fingers crossed thanks lovely x

 

[RainbowMama]

How are you all doing?
I'm sorry those OPK's are giving you the run around @Mrsbridge17, I'm really hoping that by starting to temp you'll get a clearer insight to your cycle!

AFM - I'm 8DPO.


I had a dream, I got my BFP and I didn't want to wake up. Nearly wet the bed.

Day by Day = Symptom Spotting.


4DPO - Right sided cramps, Very windy, Watery CM (which I never usually notice in my 2ww)
5DPO - Loose bowels, Nipple tenderness and sensitivity. Very windy, severe heartburn.
6DPO - Sharp mild central stabbing pains followed by mild AF type cramps. Sensitive nipples still, very tired. More severe heartburn.
7DPO - Hormonal, Tired, tender breasts and nipple sensitiveness. EWCM when wiped (I never usually see any CM in two week wait) Increased appetite and a BFP dream.
Hopefully these are all good signs.

I think I have some pretty awesome symptoms, anyone else having similar symptoms?

 

[Mrsbridge17]

@RainbowMama i don’t think I sleep well enough in order to temp I often wake up in the middle of the night and not able to get back off to sleep. The clear blue ones are getting close to having a line that I would say was positive,think I’ve just got to keep going. Don’t think it’s normal to ovulate so late in a cycle though last month was CD24 anything after 21 is considered not normal, this happens regularly too! Don’t really want to trouble my GP with it at the moment but think I’ll have to eventually x

 

[RainbowMama]

Definitely not normal to ovulate that late - Have you ever tried soya isoflavones to bring on an ovulation? I'll have to post the information on a separate thread as it's lengthy, but it may help regulate ovulation. It's natural alternative to clomid / letrozole and works in the same ways...


On other news - I actually don't think I have enough tests. Who agrees?

 

[night owl]

Omg @RainbowMama I’m so jealous of your stash!! I could only dream of having a stash like that!!

@Mrsbridge17 ive also heard good things about soya isoflavones for ovulation induction, could be worth looking into and doing a bit of research on, have you had any sure signs of ovulation such as ewcm so far this month?

 

[Maza1993]

@RainbowMama i don’t think I sleep well enough in order to temp I often wake up in the middle of the night and not able to get back off to sleep. The clear blue ones are getting close to having a line that I would say was positive,think I’ve just got to keep going. Don’t think it’s normal to ovulate so late in a cycle though last month was CD24 anything after 21 is considered not normal, this happens regularly too! Don’t really want to trouble my GP with it at the moment but think I’ll have to eventually x

I ovulated Cd 30 last month hun. I would deffo go to your gp atleast to get it logged (they will probably tell u to go away and carry on trying) but atleast its logged and then if it doesnt happen they refer you quicker. I use my ova plus to regulate my cycles with pcos as i have such long cycles

 

[Mrsbridge17]

Definitely not normal to ovulate that late - Have you ever tried soya isoflavones to bring on an ovulation? I'll have to post the information on a separate thread as it's lengthy, but it may help regulate ovulation. It's natural alternative to clomid / letrozole and works in the same ways...


On other news - I actually don't think I have enough tests. Who agrees? View attachment 92078

No I haven’t tried that yet. I’ll have a read up on it as after this month we need to take a break from ttc for a couple of months. I ovulated on CD 23 when I got pregnant with Amelia she’s just turned two. I’ve still got all the charts on my laptop dunno why lol x

Our stashes are similar lol I haven’t as many FRER as you though lol x

My Gp is already aware of my mcs and I’ve got years and years worth of cycle info I can go through with them. I think I need metformin tbh I’m really insulin resistant and have gained a lot of weight in the last 18 months

Edit got nothing to lose so ordered some SI capsules at least I can see if they work while not TTC in March and April. Along side my folic acid vit D co q 10 I’ll be rattling if I’m shaken lol x

 

[Littleperson]

How long has this been going on @Littleperson? Surely they should give you something to regulate the bleeding? How stressful for you xx

I came off the pill in June 2019 and my periods were light from then! Fell pregnant in the November and miscarried in the December! After the d&c there was no period at all for 5 months and since then it’s been like this! It has gotten slightly heavier but that literally only lasts for about 6 hours and then it’s all brown from then and the whole thing never lasts more than 2-3 days ever. I wasn’t shocked when I miscarried because I was surprised I fell pregnant in the first place due to the light periods! I really think years of birth control has fucked with my cycle and lining! After having my son I had the coil for 3 years which stopped my periods altogether so I didn’t bleed for 3 years. But I did bleed during sex sometimes which I had a scan for and everything was fine (this was like 5-6 years ago!) then I got the coil out and switched to the pill which I did have period with but they were very light and they’ve just never built up since then.
But like I said the experts tell me it’s fine! Hormones are fine and scan is fine!
i know when my friend had her ivf done she had a normal thick lining but they still gave her injections to thicken it more for the transfer! So I’m thinking once we start the ivf process they’ll give me stuff to thicken me up then! I just wish they would give me something now though so I have a shot of falling pregnant naturally!
June is 2 years of trying for us so that’s when they will start the process! Right now we are unexplained infertility and I’m literally like IM EXPLAINING IT TO YOU! lol! But all their own boxes are checked so they don’t listen to my own opinion! But I feel like you know your own body you know?

I won’t be surprised if we manage to conceive and lose again naturally before June.

 

[Littleperson]

Hey gal. Has anyone else had ewcm but then on ovulation testing comes out low?

No but last month I did have ewcm on day 14&15 and now I know I didn’t ovulate til day 19. So keep testing! You might have 5 days in between cm and ovulation like I did xxx

 

[Littleperson]

@RainbowMama i don’t think I sleep well enough in order to temp I often wake up in the middle of the night and not able to get back off to sleep. The clear blue ones are getting close to having a line that I would say was positive,think I’ve just got to keep going. Don’t think it’s normal to ovulate so late in a cycle though last month was CD24 anything after 21 is considered not normal, this happens regularly too! Don’t really want to trouble my GP with it at the moment but think I’ll have to eventually x

Like I said before I often ovulate CD 23/24 these days and the specialists have told me as long as I’m ovulating they’re not concerned about it! And my blood work did show that I am ovulating!

so tbh worth going to your doctors and just hassling them til they pass you onto the specialists.
But when you do eventually get to the specialists they’ll probably tell you it’s fine anyway if they’re anything like mine!

I’m from Scotland so it’s NHS I’m with xx

 

[Maza1993]

No I haven’t tried that yet. I’ll have a read up on it as after this month we need to take a break from ttc for a couple of months. I ovulated on CD 23 when I got pregnant with Amelia she’s just turned two. I’ve still got all the charts on my laptop dunno why lol x

Our stashes are similar lol I haven’t as many FRER as you though lol x

My Gp is already aware of my mcs and I’ve got years and years worth of cycle info I can go through with them. I think I need metformin tbh I’m really insulin resistant and have gained a lot of weight in the last 18 months

Edit got nothing to lose so ordered some SI capsules at least I can see if they work while not TTC in March and April. Along side my folic acid vit D co q 10 I’ll be rattling if I’m shaken lol x

Im on metaformin hun - you could always have a private ultrasound to see whats going on?

 

[Mrsbridge17]

Like I said before I often ovulate CD 23/24 these days and the specialists have told me as long as I’m ovulating they’re not concerned about it! And my blood work did show that I am ovulating!

so tbh worth going to your doctors and just hassling them til they pass you onto the specialists.
But when you do eventually get to the specialists they’ll probably tell you it’s fine anyway if they’re anything like mine!

I’m from Scotland so it’s NHS I’m with xx

Im in the Midlands so would also be NHS. Good to know I am not on my own being late ovulation.

Maz I had gestational diabetes in my last pregnancy and have been borderline diabetic ever since then I’m not sure if when I fall pregnant I MC due to my blood sugar levels being too high it’s just a theory but metformin also helped me lose 4 stone when I was on it last so I think I ought to mention it to GP x

 

[Maza1993]

Im in the Midlands so would also be NHS. Good to know I am not on my own being late ovulation.

Maz I had gestational diabetes in my last pregnancy and have been borderline diabetic ever since then I’m not sure if when I fall pregnant I MC due to my blood sugar levels being too high it’s just a theory but metformin also helped me lose 4 stone when I was on it last so I think I ought to mention it to GP x

Oh yes deffo, i have been told i will need to stay on metaformin until after week 12 when/ if i fall pregnant. Pcos and diabetes is linked.
Weight gain also linked to pcos and long cycles.

i have my first fine and pcos appeared after so weird!

 

[Mrsbridge17]

Oh yes deffo, i have been told i will need to stay on metaformin until after week 12 when/ if i fall pregnant. Pcos and diabetes is linked.
Weight gain also linked to pcos and long cycles.

i have my first fine and pcos appeared after so weird!

I genuinely don’t know what to say to them though. Don’t know if I should just say I’ve been trying to get pregnant for 16 months have been tracking the entire time had 3 miscarriages stupid long and one random short cycle, longest being 47 days. Think I’ve got PCOS and see what they say I don’t like beating about the bush x

How old is your first Maz? I’ve a ten year old and a 2 year old both December girlies lol x

 

[Mrsbridge17]

I just got this off only a 3 hr hold! Think I need to test again this afternoon? Is it after 5pm that is best? Gah it’s torture holding a wee for hours lol!

 

[bellecat]

AF has arrived for me, heartbroken. Good luck to the ladies still left to test xxxx

 

[Maza1993]

I genuinely don’t know what to say to them though. Don’t know if I should just say I’ve been trying to get pregnant for 16 months have been tracking the entire time had 3 miscarriages stupid long and one random short cycle, longest being 47 days. Think I’ve got PCOS and see what they say I don’t like beating about the bush x

How old is your first Maz? I’ve a ten year old and a 2 year old both December girlies lol x

I would say exactly that. My little one is 2.5
I went to gp sep 19 - told them wasnt having regular cycles they scanned me was clear (said i had to try for another year then come back) went back october 2020 - ovaries filled with cysts bloods back that up for pcos - then was told would refer me to hospital but 8 month wait to be seen. So i went private in december. Had a hycosy last week. Gp wouldnt put me on any meds until id been seen by a consultant. So private consultant put me on metaformin straight away. Pescribed letrazole and a trigger injection to take in feb (when i come on my period) so all waiting for this month really. I would just say it how it is / i told my gp id been tracking my ovulation and showed him 100’s of tests id stuck in a book to proove my cycles all over the place.

 

[Mrsbridge17]

I would say exactly that. My little one is 2.5
I went to gp sep 19 - told them wasnt having regular cycles they scanned me was clear (said i had to try for another year then come back) went back october 2020 - ovaries filled with cysts bloods back that up for pcos - then was told would refer me to hospital but 8 month wait to be seen. So i went private in december. Had a hycosy last week. Gp wouldnt put me on any meds until id been seen by a consultant. So private consultant put me on metaformin straight away. Pescribed letrazole and a trigger injection to take in feb (when i come on my period) so all waiting for this month really. I would just say it how it is / i told my gp id been tracking my ovulation and showed him 100’s of tests id stuck in a book to proove my cycles all over the place.

Ahhhh no! I have a feeling it will be PCOS rather than endo. Do you get a swollen tummy with pcos? Mine was horrendous a couple of days ago so swollen and sore x

 

[Mrsbridge17]

AF has arrived for me, heartbroken. Good luck to the ladies still left to test xxxx

Im sorry bellecat xxx