what would you say??

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Registered: 07-30-2003
what would you say??
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Wed, 07-30-2003 - 11:58am
Hi there-I am really new to this board, but have learned so much from reading it the past week or so. My husband and I are ttc#1. This is the very first month we decided to try. I got off the bc at the end of April. I had my first af w/o bc right at 29 days (May 30th)..then on June 14th I had all symptoms of o'ing, but didn't use a kit or anything, so next came June's AF right on time at 30 days (June 29th), so then we decided we would bd without any protection this month. We BD'd on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th.....I had an O'kit but the only day I got the + was the 17th--although I felt/saw the symptoms earlier in the week. We were just having fun this month and I wasn't into too much studying....well, of course, I've wondered all month long...was this it?? I started feeling cramping all last week...and it has continued on. I was sure I was PG...well, I've taken about 4 early tests...and all -. My period should have come yesterday. It has never been this long, but then again, I was on the pill for so long....I was always regular before the pill though too... What do you think?? Do you think AF is just coming on her own time...or do you think these - test results just might not being showing up. I just want to go on with the next cycle if this isn't it...its the wondering I hate.....? Any thoughts??
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Registered: 06-24-2003
Wed, 07-30-2003 - 12:06pm
This is tricky, possibly you could be pg, but at the same time, you body can just be recovering from bcp.

If AF doesn't show up in a few more days, test again. Maybe you just didn't have enough Hcg to register on a test.

Good luck,

Erika

Erika

mom to Michael, Allison, Alexander and

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Wed, 07-30-2003 - 12:08pm
Thanks--do you know from other people...how long they had to be off bc before getting pg. I have friends that have gotten off recently and have had no af yet, and are having to medicate, then i have other friends who got pg on the bc......any thoughts?
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Registered: 04-21-2003
Wed, 07-30-2003 - 1:00pm
Every woman's cycle is different, but there is one thing that stays constant, you will usually get your next period 14 days after ovulation. Women with 28 day cycles will ovulate on day 14 and get their period on day 28, 14 days later. Women with a 35 day cycle will ovulate on day 21 and get their period 14 days later on day 35. So if you got a surge on day 19 (july 17th) of your cycle that would make your cycle 33 days long which would make you due for your next period tomorrow. The best advice I can offer is to wait and see if AF shows up tomorrow and then test again. Good Luck and I hope this month was your month.

Tasha

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Registered: 05-14-2003
Wed, 07-30-2003 - 1:01pm
I think that it depends on the person and their own body. It sounds that you could be preg. or just having effects from BC but, I have had friends acctually now that i think about it, I have had a lot of friends that didnt have a problem with the whole BC issue.

Good luck to you and your husband. Oh, you should join our Aug 8th club and test with us!!

Fe~

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Registered: 05-18-2003
Wed, 07-30-2003 - 1:02pm
Hi-- I am on the exact same cycle as you! The first day of my cycle was June 29, but I just went off the pills last month. We too are trying to conceive. I'm not sure when to expect my period, although I assumed some time about now. I had o pain around the same time you did, so I'm assuming it happened, but now we're just waiting too. I took a hpt yesterday in the middle of the afternoon (bad idea) with what I later found out was the least sensitive test I could have gotten! (Fact Plus pro). I thought I saw the faintest of lines, but my husband says I'm seeing things :)

Anyway, you sound promising if you've already had normal periods since being off the pill. Go out and get a very sensitive test, like Answer Early or Aimstick or something that can detect very low levels of hcg, if you don't already have it. Then try with first morning rine in a couple of days. If you still have a negative after about a week from when AF was due, call your doctor and see what she thinks. Good luck! I hope we both get what we want!

Lori

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Wed, 07-30-2003 - 1:12pm
Thanks so much for your message--I am not going to test again until I remain late for a few days. I think I was kind of hoping too much that we'd get pg so fast, but I was just sure. I hope it all turns out positive for you too. My husband is so sure we have a baby "in there" he keeps patting my stomach and asking how our baby is....but I don't want to think so positively. I've been having cramping for a week or two at this point, but I don't know if it is just AF coming. I took the First Response test and Answer both which were negative. I used FMU too...but I am thinking....if I really did o on the 17th..my af wouldn't be here until tommorrow...so maybe I just have bad pms.

I wish you the best of luck too!!! We'll see I guess. I love this board though. I had never come here until last week, and boy, I now know I am not crazy...we are all so curious and excited!!!

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Wed, 07-30-2003 - 1:18pm
Thanks so much. I've never really known anything about babymaking, as this is our first time trying...and before I was ready, I didn't have anything to do with it. I always assumed that when I got that egg whites discharge (sorry if too much info-forgot the abbreviation)....but I always assumed that meant ovulation..so then when I tested it showed the surge on the 17th...I never thought...but you are right, my af, probably isn't due until tommorrow.

Is there more than one day those tests show the surge, and that perhaps I surged before.....

Well, atleast this month I'll know more what to do. I hear though...that if you bd that week you should cover the time....this month was really just for fun, but you get so hopeful when you first try....and it was our first time not using protection of any way....it is fun, so we'll see what next month brings....but maybe, just maybe af won't show!!!

thanks for your help!!!

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Wed, 07-30-2003 - 2:35pm
Thanks to all for their replies....I am out now for this month..AF just showed!!! ON to May---we always said May and thought April would be fun to just try for early, but I guess it wasn't meant to be yet. I believe it is all in God's hands:) The trying is fun!!! Thanks though!!