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I'm starting to get AF-like symptoms today. Despite it being a week early, I just am not feeling this cycle. I know it's not over until diablo sings, but have you ever just known? I'm going to start temping next cycle on top of cervix checks. I got my hopes up because my cervix has been kind of high and soft since Oing, but this morning it started to lower and it a lot more firm. Boo.

How is everyone else doing?

@mrsdoily: It still could be implantation pains! Fingers crossed for you.

I am overanalyzing every symptom this month. Tender breasts - check! Tired - check! Headaches last two nights - check! Veins looking darker (maybe)? Sigh...I should stop while I am ahead!

@mrsdoily: We can overanalyze together! Hopefully this week goes quickly. My FF app looks the same! Dots everywhere.

Success - about half a page of blood tests to be done on Wednesday (some are fasting, and I can't do them tomorrow morning) and I'm surprisingly chipper about it.

I'm getting HCG serum, complete blood count, B12/Folate, CRP (C-reactive protein), Liver Enzymes - Liver Function, Renal (Creatinine, Uric Acid, Electrolytes), Glucose (hbA1c), Lipids - Fasting, Hormones (FSH, LH, Prolactin, Progesterone, Oestradiol) & Thyroid - TSH. Some of them I've had before, some of them are new!

I also got him to check my blood pressure as I was concerned that the dizzy spells lately meant that my blood pressure was too low... turns out that I have the opposite problem right now. It's way higher than my usual 120/80 at 150/90... that's not cool

The good news out of the whole thing is that if we come back with no real problems from the blood test (and if DH's doctor will send him for a SA before then) is that he'll move to referrals in another couple of months for further investigations.

@SweetMamaM: yay for getting answers soon! Hope all goes well, keep us updated.

Hi ladies...feeling really bummed out this morning and need a pick me up! Here's the facts...

CD27/12DPO
AF is due by tomorrow or even as late as Thursday...I have had some 30 days cycles int he past but mostly 28 days.

I usually start spotting about 2 days before AF arrives which would mean I should be spotting by now. I did had some brown tinged CM last night but nothing since then.

Fri:98.8
Sat:98.4
Sun: 98.5
Mon:98.4

At first I thought Saturday may have been a implantation dip but my temp hasn't really gone up since then. My pre-O temps are 97.8.

FINALLY...took a FRER this morning (12DPO) and it was negative! Last pregnancy (the resulted in my MC) I tested positive the night of 12DPO.

Is there ANY hope left?

@Ash: Thank you SO much! I'm really hoping that may be the case. If the temp drop on Saturday was in fact an implantation dip than I guess it may still be early. I guess I'll know for sure within the next few days! Until then fingers crossed!

@Cara M. 17: Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

@Pirouette: You sure do know how to make someone feel better! Thank you!

I have missed so much. Congratulations to all the bps. I POAS this weekend, but got bfn. Im 15 dpo and 1 day late, so I will just go along with what FF says and POAS on March 15, this Friday.

FX for the rest of you, lovely ladies.

@Ash: I actually had the same exact thought process a few weeks ago...i thought i O'd and then got pains in my right ovary, freaked out and said 'oh no i'm Oing NOW and we haven't bd in a few days!' while my situation isn't helpful b/c it turns out i didn't O either of those times (i guess my body is just broken!), i'll share what Dr. Google told me...apparently, some people experience O-like pains during their luteal phase because a corpus luteum cyst develops to prepare for the release of HCG? SO i think it could be a good sign?? I'm no doctor though, and i can't attest to the degrees of the folks who come up on my google searches either way I got my FX for you!

@Ash: Maybe it's a fart.

But fo' real, you had an awesomely positive OPK, you did what you could, it's outta your hands at this point! Fingers crossed for you!!!

I'd say from here on out (if for whatever lame reason it doesn't work, which would be stupid) though, if you aren't gonna temp, stick to BDing every other day so even if you get a positive OPK and it ends up getting delayed for whatever reason, you're covered! I still totally think you caught it though and you're just feeling a fart... Can't wait until you test!!!

@Ash: Baahahahaa. Uggggh, dude, family can throw sooo much off!!! Seriously though, keep us updated!!!

@Pirouette: every tww I've been in, I say I won't google or over analyze my symptoms... but I always give in the second week. Ugh! I'm sorry your cycle is out of whack post bcp. Boooooo!

I posted on charters of the hive this am that ive had another temp drop and possible EWCM this am but a negitive opk. DH is more eager then ever after his seizure to DTD so that we don't miss O. I feel so bad because he hurts & its no fun for either of us. He is just determined to do this the old fashion way & I want to give him that but damn this is mentally exausting.

@MrsCastro: I only do opks until I get a positive so I don't know the answer 100%, but I don't know if they ever go stark white. Even when I start mine at cd8, it's slightly pink. And I did one today too... cd26 and it wasn't stark white either. Maybe you're KU and it's picking up hcg!! :))

@MrsCastro: Sorry, but I'm not sure any of those are positive... The 8th from the top is close, but I still don't think its as dark as the control line. Also the most recent one is pretty close. For what its worth, I get a second line every time I take an OPK, but after O its definitely negative.

@MrsCastro: our opks look identical. I always have a line and never a true positive. Today was the most white opk I've ever had, even with the temp dip.

@Mrs.Someone: that is the darkest one that i got...i think, i hadnt held it that long so my urine was "aged"....but i cant be for sure...