I'm so impatient. CD17 now and still a high. That's 10 highs. Event Hubby is sleepy!

Hi justarascal is it your 1st month using the CBFM? Some people will only get highs the first month as the machine is getting is still getting to know your body x

Hi justarascal is it your 1st month using the CBFM? Some people will only get highs the first month as the machine is getting is still getting to know your body x
Yeah, it's my first month. I wasn't expecting to get accurate results with the first month. It's just confused me more than trying without it!
CD18 today with another high. My cervix is quite low and has been for 3 days (DH bashing it a bit during BD)

Hi justarascal is it your 1st month using the CBFM? Some people will only get highs the first month as the machine is getting is still getting to know your body x
Yeah, it's my first month. I wasn't expecting to get accurate results with the first month. It's just confused me more than trying without it!
CD18 today with another high. My cervix is quite low and has been for 3 days (DH bashing it a bit during BD)

Another high!

How is everyone doing?

Mrs M thats good news. Some doctors are very uncooperative. How long do you have to wait before you can go back (if you need to)?

I have had months before where its all been highs. It so far only happened the once. Don't worry.

How are you Loopy? Are you armed with a list of questions for your open evening? I would be

xXx

Hi ladies
Back from a whole week away with DH to rest and restore from this emotionally draining journey so far. My rejoicing over the 33 day cycle came to an abrupt halt when I had the strangest AF ever (TMI warning!)
It was brown/black, about medium flow for two and a half days and then completely stopped. I usually bleed combination mostly red and some brown clots heavy for 4-5 days. Hmph? :?

So now I am left wondering if that was even AF? Or perhaps something else? Since I have not been ovulating, I wondered whether it could be breakthrough bleeding? I wonder if I have blocked tubes from endometriosis (I have been diagnosed with light endometriosis) and so old blood is stuck up there preventing my eggs from coming through. Has anyone heard of this happening? Is this even possible?

I am toying with the idea of asking my doctor to recommend an OBGYN so that I can have a scan and some tests done now. Might be good to know exactly what I'm dealing with. Worried about doc just prescribing clomid before we've found out the root of the cause.

I missed you all,
Keep me posted.
I am on CD 7 (I think! If that was indeed AF?!?!?!)

Love,
Hopeful

Finally got a peak, on CD20. That would mean I have a luteal phase of 9-10days which isn't good.

Hello ladies,

Sorry I've been away for a while, i've been metaphorically licking my wounds. I had completely convinced myself this was our month and then it all came crashing down with lots of horrible BFNs .

Congratulations to you who got your BFPs, and at Christmas too, how lovely!

What have I missed? Did you all have good Christmas's and New Year's? Far too much to catch up on, but I am back and I'm resolved to be good, positive, and one of my new years resolutions is to call the doctors and make an appointment to go and see a (better) doctor about my cycles.

FC if anyone is due to test soon!

xx

Hello Everyone!

Justarascal yay for your peak, maybe you have just ov'd later this cycle as it can be delayed from time to time.

Loopy How are you doing hun?

Betty it'd be the start of June before we could go back, not too long but I am hoping with vits etc that we won't need too. I am pleased she didn't just ignore my concerns though

Ihavehope I had had an af where I was concerned as there was a lot of black treacley looking stuff but others have said they have had it too. I think sometimes it can very with hormone levels etc.

Gizmoo so lovely to hear from you. I was contemplating sending you a pm to see if you were ok but wasn't sure if you would get it. I thought we had done it this cycle just gone but no, bfns followed by af. Definately get yourself to the doctors hun, hopefully they can give you some positive information on what you can do.

Been trying to keep my mind off things, its kind of worked as I had forgotten what cycle day I was :lol: Found a job to apply for but if I got it and conceived this cycle then I wouldn't get any mat pay. It's the same anywhere though so if I do want to change job we are going to have to not ttc for a month and to be honest I don't want to do that!

xx

MrsM I do have it as my homepage on my laptop and do check on for pm's etc so thank you I would get it . Well I've done it, just rung the doctors and made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon I'm terrified now! I was contemplating pming you as I needed a bit of a chat lol. Sorry the witch got you, hopefully by June you will be well and truly in a 'due in' forum.

Just on my way to work so only a quick update but appointment is booked xx

Morning

Gizmoo yay! Glad you've done it. I really hope this doc is far more helpful, I'm inclinded to say don't leave until they offer some decent advice, do anything necessary! Feel free to pm me if you need hun

Well I have some positive news for myself this morning, after making a pig out of myself over Christmas I haven't gained any weight. In fact I have lost a pound :lol: Can't believe it but very pleased
I have decided to use ov sticks as well as my monitor this cycle, going to do them twice a day so hopefully we'll be well covered!

xx

CBFM asked for a stick this morning -CD9! Too early on my 35 day cycle. Cycle two and was hoping it would know me a little better this time... NOPE! It spat out 'high!'

I have a feeling we're in for many highs over the next few weeks... urgh!

Anyone know what days in a cycle are the best to test progesterone? I will obviously test a week after I expect to ovulate... any other time in the cycle helpful?

Hang in there everyone,
2012 has just begun and I'm hopeful it's our year for BFPs all round.

Love, hopeful

justarascal hopefully the CBFM will be more accurate for you next month hun. Don't loss hope though I've read a few stories about women getting a BFP when they have had a month of -high' readings. Just read your other post...Yay for your peak you never know you might have a longer cycle length this month so you lp will be longer, mine varies.

Hiya Broody_BettyBoopBoop how are you? I haven't really thought about the open evening yet, I'll start thinking about questions next week. We've found out that DH has problems with his thyroid and I've been researching online as to how this can affect fertility. There is quite a bit about an over active thyroid affecting female fertility but its quite rare in men (1 in 500 people have it) but I have found some articles saying that it can affect sperm production. I'm really anxious now for hubby to speak to the doctor to see if this is the case, his appointment is this Thursday. We've also found out that hubby has his 3rd SA this Wednesday, he didn't have any letter in the post it was only on the off chance that he rang to chase it up that he found out so its all been a bit of a rush. So glad he's having it done though and hopefully we'll have the results before our open evening next week. It feels like we're moving forward slightly which is great as I had a massive melt down on the weekend about it all.

ihavehope where did you go for your week away? I'm looking into booking a weekend away with Dh for Valentines. Hope you manage to speak to someone and sort out any issues with AF.

Gizmoouk how are you feeling hun? Hope your appointment goes well.

MrsM87 good luck with applying for the new job and yay for forgetting about cycle days. I've done it once and its such a nice but strange feeling lol! Yay for no weight gain over Xmas

I had uni last night which was a bit of a killer after work on a MOnday. In my rush home I think I've managed to get a speeding ticket so annoyed with myself :evil:
XXX

HELP!
So, after that strange AF (brown and lighter than normal but I would describe it as medium flow) on what I thought was day 33, CBFM asked for a test on new cycle 9 (high) and again this morning (day 10) which gave my monitors first PEAK! I have no idea what that means? So PLEASE give me advice?

1) If it were day 43 of my cycle (I had a 52 day cycle last cycle which was unusually long for me) what does that mean?

2) If it were day 10 of my new cycle what does that mean?

3) Could that brown AF have been implantation bleeding and now the monitor is confused?

4) Lastly, can CBFM be wrong?
I have recently started drinking tea with raspberry leaf in it, I heard it's good for fertility. Could that affect my hormones to this extent? I've only had it twice though!

Loopy, my husband and I live in Vancouver, Canada and we took a ferry to a nearby island. Nothing to do but read by the fire, go for walks in the beautful forests, visit coffee shops and BD I am thinking of you as you prepare yourself for test results (DH's SA). My husband hasn't had to go for one yet but I know that if I have no BFP this cycle, we'll be going for all sorts of testing. Remember when you go to this meeting that this is a step in the right direction, and the day you get your BFP, this will all have been worth it.

Love, hopeful

Hi ihavehope thank you so much for the kind words hun. I had a massive wobble on the weekend about not being able to get pregnant so its nice to feel this week as if things are moving forward slightly.

In answer to your questions I don't think the tea would have had any effect as it is only herbal.

If you cycles are all over the place why don't you try a herbal supplement like agnus castus it can improve your cycles greatly as it helps with hormone inbalance. I've read a few posts and quite a lot of ladies on here have taken it otherwise I would take a trip to the doctors just for peace of mind.

The CBFM isn't really suited for long cycles so a few ladies on here -trick' the machine for example they press the flashing -m' button on say day 15 of their cycle (or whichever day you choose) but the machine thinks its day one. That way there are enough days to ask for sticks and work out when your peak is if it happens later on in your cycle. You just had to remember to work out what day you set it on. Does that make sense?

Hope this helps a little bit x

Hey ladies

Went to my appointment and this doctor was much much nicer than the previous one. He took my concerns seriously and acknowledged there could be a problem which is more than the other one did! He was only bothered about my hubby. I've booked in for blood tests and will have to wait for the results. It's effectively day 21 bloods but not as my cycles are so rubbish (long and irregular) there's no point waiting for day 21 as I'm extremely unlikely to ovulate that early and bloods now will still show underlying issues.

I just snapped at hubby and he said I was being very mardy, obviously I'm slightly stressed still hahaha xx

Hi Gizmoouk I'm glad everything went well hun, when is your appointment to have your bloods done?

My hubby has his 3rd SA today, just hope that this is the last one! x

Hey loopy thanks. My blood test is tomorrow morning luckily my supervisor was nice about it, didn't tell her why it was just that I needed a blood test. I feel really lucky that my bosses are nice about things like this when I read about other peoples. Wish I could give your pig of a boss some "nice boss" dust lol. This doctor said my hubby needs to go for his as they won't refer for Ivf or anything of that's not ruled out. Hubs is bristling about it though as he said the place he has to go to holds a lot of bad memories from when he had cancer .
I hate blood tests as I don't react well to foreign objects in my skin, I tend to faint and throw up lol. And I have to go into work afterwards so that will be lovely lol.

I hope your hubby's SA is the last one and that it gives the results you need.

Does anyone watch one born every minute? It's my favourite form of self torture at the moment lol xx

I finally got my peaks on CD20 and CD21. I'm now CD23 with a low. 2WW is killing me already!

Hi just a rascal don't think I've spoken to you before but hope the 2ww is kind to you.

Well I'm off for my blood test and I'm really nervous lol keep telling myself to man up going to have a lot more of this if we eventually fall pregnant! Hubby is saving his break and will come and meet me when I'm done if I need him too. Right almost there now.

However I just got stopped by the level crossing next to my doctors! Argh lol.

How is everyone? It's quite quiet on here xx