Hi ladies,
To cut the story short, this forum was my second home 6 years ago when I was preggers with my daughter. Have been wanting a second child since she was 1 year old, but did not really TTC properly for 2 more years because I moved out of the UK into a new job and a pregnancy would have jeopardised my work, and our budget too (pregnancy is not covered for the first 2 years of placement at my job).
Then, hubby was not particularly interested and so it was on and off and TTc was just really me secretly hoping it would work out and of course...it did not.
Now Maheen is 6 years old and I am desperate. I am going to be 36 this year, I have an ongoing health problem (back and neck) that is only going to get worse, basically I don't think I have much time left before I cannot take care of a baby....and I want this so badly.
The last 2 cycles have been completely strange, with shorter and darker 9sorry TMI) periods approx. one week or 10 days before my actual AF.
Last month, I really thought I was pregnant but AF caught me and so I was very depressed. I started taking pregnacare conception vitamins.
I was in Pakistan then (hubby's home country) for holidays and have done some blood tests.
Ostradiol came VERY low (12) but everything else was fine. I got even more confused.
What could this mean?
On Saturday (CD20), I had my progesterone tested and it came back 18.99ng/ml, which seems to be fine too.
My last AF started on the 18th and I expect my next one to start on 18th Jan again, that's how my cycle seems to be these past few months.
I have started using OPKs but I can't make sense of them, I live in China and everything is written in Chinese, so I don't have any advice on how to use them. I have read a few posts and it seems you need to use more than one a day for a week or so, which i haven't been doing...they aren't cheap these OPKs here, and I had no clue!
The more I read on here the more confused i am: when/if i get a dark line on the OPK, does this mean It is too late to DTD?
TBH, I have never got dark lines but only faded ones... How am I supposed to intepret these lines? Help
To finish off, for the past 2 days, I have had pains in my lower tummy starting late afternoon and on for most of the evening. Still there when I go to sleep at 10:30pm. In the morning, no pain.
Usually, I bleed after DTD and sometimes (TMI) after a bowel movement. my lining is quite thik (maybe too thick) but this month, we have DTD more than usual and no blood yet.
no symptoms otherwise.
I need your input girls, and your advice. I basically have no clue when or even if I ovulate. I don't have a good thermometer, buying one here in China seems like mission impossible
so I don't really know what to do.
Phew, that was long, sorry, I am quite confused and really keen to get preggers (but hubby thinks we should let nature takes its course and not interfere with meds or particular efforts...if you see what I mean, so whatever I do, I have to do it in a pretty secret fashion!)
Help!
Melhoney
To cut the story short, this forum was my second home 6 years ago when I was preggers with my daughter. Have been wanting a second child since she was 1 year old, but did not really TTC properly for 2 more years because I moved out of the UK into a new job and a pregnancy would have jeopardised my work, and our budget too (pregnancy is not covered for the first 2 years of placement at my job).
Then, hubby was not particularly interested and so it was on and off and TTc was just really me secretly hoping it would work out and of course...it did not.
Now Maheen is 6 years old and I am desperate. I am going to be 36 this year, I have an ongoing health problem (back and neck) that is only going to get worse, basically I don't think I have much time left before I cannot take care of a baby....and I want this so badly.
The last 2 cycles have been completely strange, with shorter and darker 9sorry TMI) periods approx. one week or 10 days before my actual AF.
Last month, I really thought I was pregnant but AF caught me and so I was very depressed. I started taking pregnacare conception vitamins.
I was in Pakistan then (hubby's home country) for holidays and have done some blood tests.
Ostradiol came VERY low (12) but everything else was fine. I got even more confused.
What could this mean?
On Saturday (CD20), I had my progesterone tested and it came back 18.99ng/ml, which seems to be fine too.
My last AF started on the 18th and I expect my next one to start on 18th Jan again, that's how my cycle seems to be these past few months.
I have started using OPKs but I can't make sense of them, I live in China and everything is written in Chinese, so I don't have any advice on how to use them. I have read a few posts and it seems you need to use more than one a day for a week or so, which i haven't been doing...they aren't cheap these OPKs here, and I had no clue!
The more I read on here the more confused i am: when/if i get a dark line on the OPK, does this mean It is too late to DTD?
TBH, I have never got dark lines but only faded ones... How am I supposed to intepret these lines? Help
To finish off, for the past 2 days, I have had pains in my lower tummy starting late afternoon and on for most of the evening. Still there when I go to sleep at 10:30pm. In the morning, no pain.
Usually, I bleed after DTD and sometimes (TMI) after a bowel movement. my lining is quite thik (maybe too thick) but this month, we have DTD more than usual and no blood yet.
no symptoms otherwise.
I need your input girls, and your advice. I basically have no clue when or even if I ovulate. I don't have a good thermometer, buying one here in China seems like mission impossible
so I don't really know what to do.Phew, that was long, sorry, I am quite confused and really keen to get preggers (but hubby thinks we should let nature takes its course and not interfere with meds or particular efforts...if you see what I mean, so whatever I do, I have to do it in a pretty secret fashion!)
Help!
Melhoney
