This is not even all of my tests. I threw away 3 of the digital ones that no longer said anything.

My husband and I conceived our first born 3 years ago without much trouble. 3 months after stopping birth control pill I was pregnant so 18 months ago when we decided to try again for bub number 2 I didn't think it would be difficult.
I was wrong. I've always had a longer cycle of about 6 weeks and we are getting older. I heard that if you don't conceive after 6 months from 35 (i'm 36 & hubby is 38) onwards you should seek help. So of to the gp I went and that was just the beginning of the waiting game.
It took 4 months to get a referral to a gynae then we had to do 3 tracking cycles which showed I ovualte late. We then tried two rounds of clomid which made my uterine lining too thin for implantation.
After a break for christmas and waiting again I had a lap & dye to check for any tube blockages and other possible problems and got the all clear but the dr confirmed, as she had expected, PCOS. I had to wait again before we could start the next step which was low dose gonadotropin injections & timed intercourse. The first one failed due to a thin lining but here we are with a BFP after our second round.
I've had so many let downs in the two week wait when I thought it had happened but it hadn't I didn't want to get my hopes up. I had been taking a hpt to prep myself for another fail but a faint line appeared. I still wasn't convinced as I had a trigger shot to induce ovulation and this contains hcg so can give a false positive but the following day (12 dpo) it was still positive and darker than before. I went for blood that day which confirmed I'm pregnant!
I really didn't have any pregnancy symptoms but I noticed that I wasn't getting salt cravings or higher sex drive like I usually do before a period so to those without any signs there is still hope!
The month I got pregnant I used everything. Presseed lube, evening primrose oil and cough syrup to thin mucus, no caffeine, Vitamin E to boost lining and I tried to have fruit and veg at every meal especially green leafy veggies. Who knows what did it in the end but I'm just so happy we finally made it here. I'm hoping and praying that the next 9 months goes smoothly.

I've loved reading the BFP stories on this forum since we started TTC in July 2013, and wanted to share my own. I'm 30 and DH is 34. We are both healthy (I'm a bit overweight but athletic and work out regularly), and I've always been regular. I was on BC for 1.5 years before getting married, but my cycle never really fluxuated by more than a few days after I went off.

We've always used OPKs to gauge timing, and tried to BD every other day in my fertile window (it didn't happen some months, but we tried). I thought I was pregnant EVERY month, and was so disappointed when AF showed up. We started using Pre-Seed in December, but still nothing.

My doctor wanted us to try naturally for a year before considering other options, so this month, we decided to go all out and try a little bit of everything to maximize our chances. I started taking FertiliTea and DH took FertilAid for men (both bought off Amazon). We only took these for the 7-8 days leading up to ovulation, then stopped. I loved the tea and DH had no complaints about taking two FertilAid pills a day (neither of us had any side effects).

Here's how everything went daily:
CD1-5 AF
CD6-7 Nothing
CD8-9 Negative OPKs
CD10-11 Negative OPKs, BD Daily (this was new for us...)
CD12 Positive OPK and light CM, BD
CD13 Negative OPK, BD
CD14-20 No sympoms at all
CD21-23 Light cramping and soreness in my back, and some tugging/pulling sensations in my lower abdominal area. Other than that, nothing. It was honestly no different than in months when I wasn't pregnant. I usually symptom spot but was determined not to get ahead of myself.
CD24 Took a Wondfo test around 7pm and it looked negative. But something kept catching my eye so I left it on the sink for a few hours. I came back a few hours later to brush my teeth before bed, and the line was now faint but there. I posted to the POAS forum and got lots of others that thought it may be a BFP so I was tentatively excited!
CD25 Took a FRER and CB Digital in the PM. Had a faint second line on the FRER after a couple of minutes, and a "Pregnant 1-2 Weeks" on the CB Digital after 3 minutes. Happy dance all around the bathroom!!! Text DH and told him to hurry home :)

I have no idea if the daily BD had anything to do with it, or if the FertiliTea/FertilAID helped (we also continued to use PreSeed), but we are thrilled! I've posted our progression photos below. I'm still waiting for the second line to get darker, but am praying for a sticky bean!

Best of luck to everyone TTC. I know it is an emotional rollercoaster. I tried to start a new book or plan extra activities with my DH and friends during the two week wait so I didn't go completely batty... :)

Like my title says my hubby and I have been trying for 2.5 years without any answers as why nothing was happening. Myself and hubby both in late 20's. I stocked this website for the first two years, but when I hit the two year mark I decided to focus on other things, i.e work, going back to school, and my house.
I'm going to tell you ladies the truth and not beat around the bush, because those were the posts that always helped me.
I really wasn't paying attention this month. I didn't take any of my opk's (you know the pack of 100 you can buy online.) around ovulation. And in fact I wrote buy tampons on my shopping list because the possibility didn't even cross my mind this month. But I did notice my usual ovulation symptoms: Clear discharge, better mood, lots of energy...horny. I actually think I ovulated early this month. Which happened to fall on the weekend of valentines day and my 8 th wedding anniversary. Needless to say we bd'd two or three times that weekend.
Fastforward to last week/ the third week in my cycle: and these are estimated dpo's due to the fact that I didn't confirm ovulation with a test.
7 or 8Dpo: I felt a little weird in the morning like something was different, along with some cramping. Took a HPT and got a BFN. No biggy I'm really used to seeing neg tests.
10Dpo: Have a really emotional day. Had a big fight with hubby, and we dont fight. Boobs are tender. And I peed 4 TIMES during a 2 hour work meeting. So embarrassing.
11Dpo: Woke up at 5:30 with hot flashes and the feeling that I was either starting my period early or I was pregnant. So I took an Internet cheapie... Light but deff there and pink second line. I of course didn't believe it and took another one, same thing. I instantly started to shake and cry. Woke up poor husband at 6 and asked him if he could see the lines. He said he could but I could tell he was doubtful.
12Dpo: Took another test slightly darker BFP! I couldn't believe it at this point I was so used to neg I didn't even know how to process the idea of a second line. Super gassy and some cramping that feels different from my af ones. Boobs hurt now. And I have a bunch creamy cm that almost feels like my period. Hot flashes
13Dpo: Still testing BFP again. Boobs kill now. Gassy and bloated. I teach dance and I would get crampy if I did too much. Not overly hungry which isn't like me. Hot flashes.
14Dpo/Today/Period due: dizzy in the morning. Boobs feel like they weigh 500lbs and kill. My face looks like 14 year olds, minus the tight and young looking part;) More slight cramping and creamy cm. totally exhausted after shopping had to take a nap. Take a FRER and strong pos right away. Now it's sinking in.

I guess I'll sum this up by saying that when its time it's time. Me and my husband are very healthy active people who tried every trick in the book(including "relaxing"). We used preseed. Took vitamins and teas. I used fertility apps. And I'm a firm believer in things happening when they're supposed to happen. I also learned that you should never brag about your fertility it's more of a game of chance then it is a skill, don't ever forget that. Also it's okay for you to be excited but be mindful that there may be people around you who are silently struggling so please be grateful and not pompous about your pregnancy. There's no need to plaster complaints on your Facebook page because there are those who would kill for what you have. Just be grateful. And I truly am.

So I have been stalking this site for the last few months and it has been soo helpful and inspirational! I just want to start by saying thank you to all of you ladies for sharing your tww stories and bfp.
I always told my self I would post whenever I got my bfp.
I only use my period tracker app to monitor my cycle, that is a regular 28 day cycle. Fiancée and I have been NTNP for past 5 months. But last month we did use preseed once when we bd.
My big indicator that something was different this time was my lack of pms symptoms. Usually right after o day I get pms symptoms nausea, really sore boobs, irritability and so on. This time nothing!!! I really couldn't believe I didn't have sore boobs! So I tested on 9dpo bfn. Next day was very weepy. But then been fine, actually happy and upbeat.
So went into store today and just thought I'd stock up on hpt's since I was out. Well, I went ahead a took one when I got home and bfp!!! Today is 12 dpo!!! Fiancée is at work still have to tell him!!! I'm in shock!!!

I'm so excited to be posting this! I have been reading all of the BFP posts for months now. This month we used pre-seed. I have never taken my temperature ot charted but I did use the Clear blue Easy test kits to check for ovulation.

I'm sorry to report that I didn't have any symptoms at all DPO 1-7
DPO 8-9 was really tired and bbs felt fuller. They were actually hurting a little bit too. BFN
DPO 10 took a dollar store test in the morning and after 5 minutes there was a super light line. Hubby didn't see it but i knew it was there given my extreme addiction to POS :-) sore bbs and a little nausea.
DPO 11 tested again with FMU on a Dollar Tree disk and after 5 minutes there was a faint line again! Tested with FRER and I only saw a hint of a line. Later in the evening I tested again with a Dollar Tree test and I got a darker line! I will post the picture.

I'm soooooo thankful and happy. Thank you all for your posts and encouragement. Baby dust to all of you!

Hi ladies, I thought I would have to write as I read so many post like these trying to find symptoms like mine and give me clues as to whether I was pregnant or not. So, we got married 5 months ago and started off not trying, not preventing. I didn´t chart as I was unaware about things like ovulation, luteal phases, EWMC etc and I had a romantic idea that it would just happen without us even thinking about it. Well, after a few months of AF showing up, we started to really want it to happen and I started to obsess about it more to find out how to increase our chances. I read up, started charting and finally it happened after five months!

This is the first month we tried Preseed, and the first month I cut out out caffeine (I usually have 5 cups of tea a day).

1-4 DPO: nothing much, except more CM (I usually dry up after ovulation). Oh and I had two cocktails with a friend and felt TERRIBLE the next day, I would normally feel a bit rough but this time It was awful
5 DPO: I had a nosebleed out of nowhere. Really weird, this scared me.
6-7 DPO: Work exhausting me, keep yawning and wanting to sit down. I noticed my boobs hurt when I cycled home from work.
8 DPO: Started to get a cold, sore throat, headaches. Sore boobs when I sleep on front.
9 DPO: A faint BFP!! feel like I have flu.Coffee tastes ashey.
10 DPO: Flu symptoms floor me, another faint BFP!
11 DPO: Going to toilet more. Another slightly stronger line, tell husband. He doesn´t quite believe me and doesn´t want to get my hopes up.
12 DPO: Stronger BPF! Starting to feel excited and I´m going to ring doctors for an appointment this afternoon. Trying to get more sleep as I have a bit of insomnia.

So there you are, no spotting yet, only slight cramping, it was the nosebleed and the flu-like syptoms that told me something was up.

Be patient and lots of baby dust to you all!

After getting my period back since my first baby...we tried a couple times. First time w/o the CBovulation monitor. Next time w/it I felt pregnant but had a very short cycle. Cut back on BF for the next cycle. Used preseed and CB ovulation monitor.
BD a couple days before, day of, and day after the big O.
DPO 1-6: I felt symptoms like hungry, increased CM, etc...didnt think much of it because I had gotten my hopes up last time (I was all cocky because the first baby happened quite fast)
DPO 7: Back felt as if it was going to spasm, hungry etc...
DPO 8: Ive been googling at night and reading about temping. So I dont know much except I think my luteal phase was too short last cycle and I dont know what my baseline temp is. My temp today read 99! I plugged it in to my baby making app and it said "pregnant!"
DPO 9: feeling good (this was the day my AF came last time so i was feeling scared) Next thing I know my temperature drops. I feel all my symptoms lessen and go away. Im so sad
Trying to think positive I take my temp 97.1. Google it and I see the temp drop usually means AF is coming unless theres a rise in temp shortly after. I plug the temp in my baby making app it reads "pregnancy terminated" ugh kick me while im down
DPO 10: really bummed still feel no symptoms temp is still low 97.7 oh well I can go play sports then. I figure my luteal phase is short or that im going to need help this time around
DPO 11: Tried playing soccer but felt sickish couldnt really move.
DPO 12: I woke up to the slight queasiness coming back! I took a test and BFP!!!!!!!!
NOOOO WAAAAY!!!!!! So that temp drop was my implantation! no spotting and no noticeable symptoms for 2 days. I bet if i temped i wouldve seen a slow increase but nothing drastic like 99 degrees like before. My moral is: stay positive never give up and dont believe everything you read :-) listen to your body. Im 40yo and this is baby #2 wish me luck...same to u all.

Ok let try to make this as detailed as possible but not too long!

Me 36 DH 37 2daughters 7 and 11.

Been TTC since oct 2012

Bfp march 2013 natural m/c at 6 weeks. I nvr had an mc so I was shocked but I didn't cry I just moved on. Had absolutely no symptoms so I knew something was up anyway. Had brown spotting on Friday a little on sat then full on AF/MC on Sunday.

Bfp JULY 2013 still no symptoms. Saw a heartbeat at 7wks. At 10 wks saw a brown spot. Went In for u/s no heartbeat baby stopped developing at 7 so right After I saw the heartbeat. D&C completely 2 days later. still no crying b/c I knew there was nothing I could do plus I had no symptoms again so I kinda knew...D&C done sept 27th 2013.

Light bleeding after D&C. AF started 10/30/13. Bd'ed only 2x nov 10 and 12 b/c it was hubbies bday. Opk was nvr positive. Nov 14th hubby was at work was feeling horney pulled out the vibrator (I didn't use it internally I dnt like anything but the real deal in there lol) only used it on my clitoris and had a good time!!! Shhhh didn't tell hubby that part! Also heard when u orgasm ur cervix dips in the pool of Sperm that may be left in there... I think that's what did it for me!

Bfp Nov 2014 after first real AF since D&C.

Red spots 2 days later said to myself, " not again!" Put myself on baby asprin and changed OBGY. Also put myself on frolic acid. No more spotting.

Started feeling super constipated saw red in cm...here we go I think it's happening again...but it stopped.

Nausea set in at 6 weeks is this real? Saw heartbeat at 6wks5days dr said very strong heartbeat.

(Oh had an old prescription of zofran that I had previous obgyn write for me in case I needed it as I had been on zofran with my 2nd daughter. ) had zofran filled didn't tell current dr I filled a prescription he didnt write until my next app lol!! Was taking matters in my own hands.

At about 10 weeks ibecame afraid b/c at this time last pregnancy baby's was no longer viable so I went to dr without an app and demanded an ultrasound! They did it for me!! They said they wound much rather take 5 mins out of the day for an unscheduled appointment to hear a heartbeat rather than hv an expecting mom stress out and wait until her next dr app!!!! Oh I'm so glad I love my new dr!!!! Heartbeat heard!!!!

Went in again between appointments and heard the hb again!!

Tested for NT defects and all and 20 week ultrasound moved up to 18 weeks by the dr b/c they knew I was a worry worm and would rather do it sooner then later yeah!! All is well no deficiencies baby "Girl" yeah I prayed for a 3rd girl, is developing normally no concerns!!!!

Stopped baby asprin at 18 weeks stopped foli acid at 12 weeks.

Still vomitting here and there matter of fact vomited today at 20 weeks! But appetite is better!

Felt fetal movements since 12weeks i know that's early but it's my 3rd and I know fetal movements when I feel them... She's moving around now as I compose this.

Ok I think that's it! I was too afraid to post before because of my history!

Thanks everyone and baby dust! Feel free to post a comment or a question u will respond to all!!!

My husband had a vasectomy after our son was born as we were very young and had 2 babies under 13 months old. He had a reversal in April 2012. We tried for a year and no luck. Started getting hardcore after the year and got a semen analysis: 48 million total, 50% motility, 4% morphology. And then we tried everything, clomid, one IUI, meds for me, vitamins, Fertilaid, Countboost for hubby, I ate pineapple and took B6 for my spotting issues, etc. My RE suggested I might need a lap/hysteroscopy so I did one last July where he found one tube bent and the other full of debris. He said he wouldnt call it endo, but leftover scarring from a D&C I had to have after my son was born for retained placenta. I finally said God I give it all to you, there is nothing we can do on our own and tried to move on.

I stopped the clomid, prenatals, & deleted my fertility friend app. I won't say I didn't think about it or didn't hold out hope, and I still stalked the tww. I have hashimoto's disease (thyroid) also & take synthroid. This month I just knew something was going on because I spotted only once on 7ish dpo (implantation) and my boobs got sore as usual, then stopped. I always spot, like every time I wipe spot, at least 2-4 days before AF, all the way until she comes. I was dry as a bone down there and my boobs got sore again. After I gagged and almost threw up at the smell of hot dogs at my best friend's son's first birthday, I ran and got some dollar tree tests. I prayed and told God I trusted his master plan, and opened my eyes to a big fat BFP a day before I was supposed to start, at 7 pm at night! All that to say, GOD WORKS MIRACLES! Also, this cycle was super stressful as my husband's sweet Mamaw died on my birthday, and several friends & family had just found out they were expecting, which so many of you know, is so heartbreaking.

I think the symptom spotting can be a fun/obsessive way to pass the time, but what really gave me hope was stories like mine that beat the odds, so I pray it blesses someone and gives you something to hold onto on those hard TTC days.

I am so thrilled to be posting my BFP story here. I was on this site almost everyday of my TWW reading stories and praying it would be my turn soon.
I had an MC and D&C on the 18th of January 2014. We were devastated, but God has a reason for everything. On the 22nd of February, 5 weeks after D&C, I got my first AF, and I was ready to get trying again. We did the sperm meets egg plan, and we used Clearblue easy read OPKs and Preseed. I got a smiley face on the 11th of March, so here is my symptoms by DPO:
1DBO: Excess saliva, sore boobs all day! Right and left side abdominal pains, serious nausea and heartburn, sensitive to smells, low back ache (Talk about the whole shebang!) I got my smiley face on the clear blue OPK

O day: same as yesterday but with terrible nausea, very emotional and nipples were painful. Negative OPK today.

1DPO: Slight right side abdominal pains, pain in left boob, I still have a lot of watery CM (My version of fertile CM)

2DPO: Woke up with a migraine and nausea, slight cramps (Left and right sides), lower back pains, very irritable. I had car sickness on the way to work, boobs are sore on and off, mainly under my arms, CM is still very wet- a combination of watery and creamy.

3DPO: Woke up with a little nausea, some right sided abdominal pains, sore boobs through the day,uncomfortable cramping and lower back pains, CM same as yesterday, migraine.

4DPO: Headache in the morning, on and off boob pains, CM is less and more creamy and chunky. beginning to feel tired.

5DPO: Sore boobs (My anthem), on and of AF type cramps, panties are damp and CM is creamy, feel hungry soon after eating, some nipple pain.

6DPO: Woke up with severe pain in left breast, some sharp right sided abdominal pains, shortness of breathe, major car sickness and general morning nausea.

7DPO: Woke up soooo tired, all I wanted to do was sleep, symptoms are much less, I'm basically just tired and miserable, and of cause, sore boobs.

8DPO: Tired, boobs are bigger and heavy and sore on and off, CM is creamy and not so much,still cramping, salivating a lot,heartburn and nausea that feels like a light hangover.. later in the evening I had major hot flashes, became sensitive to the smell of petrol and potatoes, felt some pulling in my abdomen.

9DPO: Had terrible tummy pains last night, pulling in abdomen, boobs feel even bigger and heavier with some bumps around the nipples.

10DPO: Woke up with a headache, boobs sore on the sides, pulling in abdomen. tested with cheap strip and thought I saw something, disregarded it as BFN.

11DPO: Same story as yesterday except that now I have so much CM I can feel it gushing out of me when I walk or stand, need to wear panty liner. tested again on cheapie strip, line is faint but there, I still don't trust the cheapies.

12DPO: Same thing as yesterday, Feel so bloated and uncomfortable, Goodbye appetite! Got some nausea today and craving beef stew. so i went to buy a proper test cause I don't trust cheapies, and lo and behold, my BFP! So thrilled!

I prayed so much after our MC that God heal my body and give us a child. I specifically asked for a March BFP and God is faithful. I trust Him and i know this is our baby. Baby dust to all you ladies out there. Don't give up!

So this month I used opk's and Preseed. We have been trying to conceive #4 for almost 2 years. Turns out I was ovulating a lot earlier then I thought. Here's my cycle this month:

CD's 1-5 period
CD's 6-8 uneventful
CD 9- NEG opk - Bd'd anyway EWCM
CD 10 VERY POS opk Bd'd again I woke up with water retention and sore bbs
CD 11 -Water retention again, sore bbs, sore throat, kinda stuffy nose, tired, dizzy spell this afternoon (odd) achey abs and my uterus felt almost painful when I flopped down on the couch tonight. I think this was O day!!
CD 12 - Super sore bbs, tired and crampy
CD 13 - Sore bbs
CD 14 - Stuffy nose, sore bbs, woke up with a headache(odd) little bit of a sore throat
CD 15 - Stuffy nose, sore bbs, tired
CD 16 - Super sore bbs on the sides and tops of them, had a very vivd dream, tired and very moody
CD 17 - Super stuffy nose, lower abdomen cramps, tired, sore bbs on sides, big glob of creamy lotion like cm that night, very low odd cramps all day
CD 18 - Very twingey and crampy down low, lotion like cm, uterus almost feels like its moving, tired, totally stuffed up nose, really sore bbs on the sides again today, peeing more, another big glob of cm in the early evening, very crampy
CD's 19-20 - tired, slightly crampy off and on, moody
CD 21- POAS two actually the first was an opk which was very positive and then later that day an Hpt, very faint squinter of a positive.
CD 22 - POAS again and got a darker BFP!!!
CD 23- in shock!!! LOL!! So happy!!! But stll in shock!
CD 24 - take another hpt, BFP again!! HAPPY!!!

So I just wanted to take the time to share my cycle this month as is wasn't really that different for me then most. My advice to anyone ttc is buy a good opk kit like First Response (that's what I used) and as soon as you start getting lines on them start Bd'ing. It's important to have sperm up there waiting when the egg is released. Especially in my situation where I was ovulating earlier then I thought. And on a side note my opk that I took the same day as I got my first positive was a very dark opk (positive) and the pregnancy test was a squinter but positive none the less (barely). So for all you people out there that say that you can't use opk's to test for pregnancy, I believe my cycle this month proves you can! :) Baby dust to all ttc! I know your heartache and frustration. Please hang in there, it will be worth the wait. :)

As I am writing, I can't believe I am actually writing a BFP story. I've read thousands on this site, always dreaming of the day I'd get to write one. And now I'm actually doing it and it feels so strange.

My husband and I have been trying for 6 years. After years of testing and procedures and thousands of dollars, we found out we'd need IVF because of my husband's sperm. Low count, motility, and morphology.

This was in January. We were devastated because we can't afford IVF, but relieved we finally had an answer.

We decided to focus our efforts somewhere else, so I decided to enroll to finish my master's and my husband his Bachelor's. We figured we'd save for the next 2 years and wait to do invitro.

I decided while we were waiting we could try Fertilaid for Men. Couldn't hurt, right?

He was on it for 2 weeks when I ovulated, so we didn't think it could ever work, but we did it one time during my fertile period. I almost fainted when I saw those 2 pink lines. The only reason I took the test was because we were going to have drinks for my husbands birthday. I was 13dpo. Still in disbelief.

I've had no symptoms so far, sorry ladies. However, that is a symptom for me. Generally my boobs hurt from ovulation to AF, but they're not sore at all.

Now I just hope for a very healthy next 8 months!!

Hi ladies, First and foremost I just want to say that I have been on this site since week one of TTC, which was.....20 months ago in July of 2012! Second, I feel for each and every one of you whether its taken you 4 months to 5 years. TTC is a roller coaster for anyone who has to try more than a couple months! But please keep trying it will happen one way or another. You are all determined, strong women and you WILL have a child one day! I promise.

SORRY THIS IS LONG, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE LONG ONES REALLY HELPED ME..... to Skip, symptoms are at the bottom....

A little background on me. Im 27 (28 next monday) my husband is 33. I have a normal BMI, 5'5" 125lbs. Diagnosed with "PCOS". I got off birth control in June of 2012 with the expectation of my husbands return from Afghanistan in July. Wouldn't you know I got a positive OPK on the day he returned! WOW i thought, im so lucky! HA. I started spotting several days later then had a period. Thats ok I thought two more weeks and Ill get another one! I thought this is fun! Wellll, no period for 3 months. I took a million pregnancy tests and even a blood, NOT PREGGO! Go to primary care doctor she says wait 3 more months. What? Three more months I want a baby! NO do something about this now. She does blood work, but it takes months and when I do call they say "oh yeah everything is fine" (come to find out a few months later my FSH:LH ratio was like 4:1 or something crazy. Well I waited....NO PERIOD! Go back to talk with Primary care and she is "out". Seriously. Well this ended up being the best blessing ever. I went to some nurse. Well i go and explain my symptoms, she looks at my blood work and tells me its not normal and says, "you might have PCOS." What the heck is PCOS? One google later I was convinced I would NEVER get pregnant. I cried and cried and was angry at this women (not to her face) and told my husband how she didnt know what she was talking about! She ended up giving me a referral to an OB/GYN off base, which is usually at 1 year but she did it anyway at 6/7months. They immediately do an ultrasound and yup I have 20 cysts on each ovary. I am devastated. And of course my husband just deployed and felt like I was going through this alone. Luckily I have have two of the most fabulous friends (af spouses) that really got me through this whole experience. Well they put me on metaformin even though I was not insulin resistance. The first month of metaformin was AWFUL, every bad side effect imaginable. But I was determined and I uped my dosage in 3 weeks to 1500mg. I was going to have a baby!!! My husband returned in August of 2013 (3month deployment). By June I finally got a period and another 45 days later. And another 42 days later. Its working, but my "cycle" is SOOO long! After 5 months of tears and only two positive OPKs my OB suggested we move forward with and HSG and then clomid. I knew clomid would be my saving grace. I had a gut feeling, AND I was right! Well my HSG was "inconclusive." Yeah great just the word I wanted to hear. My left tube flushed clear but the right didnt get much dye. Moving forward.... we know we have at least 1 good tube. First month of clomid 50mg days 3-7. Right ovary has several good follicles largest is 28mm, left is dormant. NO BFP, cry cry cry, loose hope, say I am not trying anymore, then PMS goes away and I am good to go again. Second month, husband has to TDY right around ovulation time. Great have to take a month off!! UGH On cycle day 5 he comes home with good news, HE DOESNT HAVE TO TDY. Take 100mg clomid days 5-9. One follicle 28mm on CD16 on LEFT SIDE!!! Completely unexpected BFP in the evening of 12DPO!!!
OK OK, Ill shut up....now for what you ALLL been waiting for, SYMPTOMS

CD19 - 97.07 OV date, cramping and pain in anus (weird I know) This night my husband was late from from and I went to a friends house who was crying because she was pregnant with her second and wasnt ready. I cried all the way home. But managed to BD because I got a positive OPK that day. No real ECWM, use preseed

1DPO - 97.57 - Dull aches on left side, Gassy
2DPO - 3DPO - 98.08 - nothing
4DPO - 98.28 - feel really "wet" down there
5DPO - 98.49 - nothing notable
6DPO - 97.95 - BBT drops, checked cervix and it was in the weirdest position, really hard and cant find opening, its like it turned into my vagina wall. HMMMM. Note that this is the first time this has ever happened
7DPO - 98.42 - cramps like a running cramp not AF cramp
8DPO- 98.47 - nothing, BFN, drink two glasses of wine at dinner
9DPO - 98.23 - creamy CM, nothing else, BFN, drink a glass of wine at dinner, pass OUT on couch at 7:30pm, strange, but dont think anything of it
10DPO - 98.41 - creamy CM, stitch like feeling down there. I coughed and felt like I strained something down low. Woke up needing tums
11DPO - 98.19 - Af type cramps early in the morning, but goes away and feels fine. I cry on the way to court that morning. Thinking I cant do this anymore. I am not pregnant, everyone else is, even people who DONT want a baby. Of course this is day Im pleading my client guilty who just had a baby a month ago and was high on meth when she was 4 months pregnant! Almost cant stand it..... That evening I see a FRER staring me in the face and I angrily rip it open just wanting to get it OUT of my house. I am so over everything. NO MORE, NO MORE. Well after 2 hour hold (not really trying to hold just happened to be 2 hours) I pee on the stick. Set it down. I see a line but think "come on dye move over like you always do" WELLLLL, it didnt! WHAAAT! Im skeptical because this happened 13 months ago and the second test ended up being negative and I wanst pregnant. So i RUSH to walgreens but 3 packs of tests and a digital. Take one more FRER (second pic) POSITIVE, take a digital PREGNANT 1-2 weeks!!!! OMG this is actually happening. I CRY CRY then SMILE SMILE. Husband gets home we are sitting on couch. He says "so are we having the shrimp dish tonight, should i start on it." I say calmly, well my doctor say I shouldnt have shellfish, its not healthy. He says "what are you talking about, what kind of doctor did you go to?" Haha. So i pull out the first test and the digital and put it in front of him and say MY OB because shellfish isnt healthy when pregnant!!! His face was priceless!

Looking back the cervix think was the only strange "symptom." I also didnt get my normal ECWM a couple days before AF. Oh and i did go gluten free this month, i cheated once tho with pizza. Since then not many symptoms to speak of. More tired, bbs hurt sometimes, but have gotten a little bigger, not much. Nausea...maybe some bouts of it, but nothing full on. Im 4w4days, had progesterone drawn on 12dpo it was 60.9! Its really early but I am hopeful. At least I know I CAN GET PREGNANT!!!
I hope this helps. I know it was long but the long ones really helped me!! Keep trying ladies. Its ok to loose hope but always find your way back! You have come this far and YOU WILL HAVE A BABY!!!

Hey ladies!! I got my bpf on 100 mg of clomid just 2 days ago. I have did 3 rounds totally. First 2 rounds was 20mg which I did not ovulated the last round was 100mgs and that's what help me with my bfp. I'm not that far along since I tested at 11 dpo and got a faint line on 6 test so far. My first appointment is tomorrow. I think I'm 3weeks and 5 days. My main symptom were stomach and ovary pain on both sides. I've also had sore bbs but they are not bad. Today I'm having back pains. I hoping for only one but will be happy with what God bless me with.

I am 42 and DH is almost 40. I have a 19 year old DD from first marriage and also had a m/c at 10 weeks in the first marriage. DH and I met, married, and started TTC right away since he has no children and I would love to have another with him, but given our ages (especially mine) we didn't want to wait. My GYN said that since I was still having very regular periods, 28 or 29 days and like clockwork, that I should still be ovulating but it may still take a while. It took about 14 months to get to this point, but there were some months when DH was traveling for his work that were my most fertile days so really we only had a good chance probably about 9 of those 14 months.

Anyway - I started taking aspirin this month, had not done that before, but DH's Nurse Practitioner at his Dr. office got pregnant at 40 and recommended taking aspirin to increase blood flow to the uterus. I've also been taking prenatals for months and about once a week, doing yoga. I have been using Dollar Store OPK's but this month I sprang for the Clearblue smiley face ones. We also have tried Preseed a couple of times and used it again this month. Here is the breakdown:

CD1 - March 3. Started taking one aspirin a day and continuing prenatals. Started Clearblue OPK's on March 10th.
CD 12 - Blinking smiley face (high fertility) - BD
CD 13 - Blinking smiley face, used Preseed, BD
CD 14 - Blinking smiley face, BD
CD 15 - Solid smiley face (peak fertility), used Preseed, BD, pretty sure this was O day and conception day
CD 19 - 4 DPO - took afternoon nap, chalked it up to a long week
CD 21 - 6 DPO - vivid dream of a positive pregnancy test, but then read 100 stories of women who dreamed of a positive test but were still BFN, so I didn't get hopeful.
CD 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 - a little sleepy after work every day but the full on fatigue had not hit me yet, so I was still not really thinking this was from being pregnant. What I remembered from being pregnant before was being so exhausted I would lay down for a few minutes and wake up three hours later, drooling. That has not hit me yet. I did lay down to rest most afternoons but never more than about 30-45 minutes. I did not want to get too hopeful since being a little tired in the afternoon is not uncommon and I was not exhausted like my past pregnancies. Normally I would start testing like a fiend around 10 DPO but I held off this time. It's hard to see those BFN's all the time. The only symptoms I had during that whole week was I seemed to be having more BM's than usual.
CD 28 - 13 DPO - at the beach for the weekend and had friends coming to visit, so I thought maybe I should pee on a stick before I sat in the sand with a drink in my hand for 6 hours, LOL. Took it around noon so it was not FMU, but it looked very faint positive. I showed my husband and he thought he could see something, too, but it was REALLY faint. I had another test to take in the morning and thought the FMU would tell for sure. But I noticed I had to pee constantly that day.
CD 29 - 14 DPO - AF due today, had some faint cramps but not a drop of blood. Took the second test with FMU and this time a little darker but still looked like a faint BFP. DH said he thought I was not going to get my period because (TMI alert) we BD in the morning before we left the beach and he said my CM usually changed right when I was going to get my period and it had not changed. Peeing constantly, we had to stop every hour and a half on the seven hour drive home!
CD 30 - 15 DPO - still no AF, but having cramps as though she would show up any minute. BFP with FMU, this time darker. Calling my doctor to get an appointment and confirm everything.

Fx for all of us over 40, its still possible!! Praying for a healthy and happy pregnancy.

I'll give you my details and then if you'd like, you can read my story :) If you've been waiting a long time to get pregnant I'd encourage you to stick it out through the long post because I think it might help you :)

So here it is, and heads up, it's pregnancy symptoms so I'm not going to apologize or say TMI. You wouldn't be here if you didn't want to know :) PS I started on .5g of Synthroid on day 2 of this cycle. These are my notes:

1dpo: nothing really, just some leftover ovulatory cramps

2dpo: cramps, little bit of nausea-maybe from being hungry, still some twinges in ovaries, weird itchy twinge a few times on right lower abdomen, emotional in afternoon, found out a friend of mine is already pregnant again

3dpo: feel wet down there but nothing really in my underwear, just some creamy cm when I wipe, still cramping a bit, don't really feel pregnant, sad because my temp went down again

4dpo: constipation (I don't usually have this issue but it happened the first time we ttc so I didn't read too much into it), cramping in abdomen, some lower back pain, and pain in hips like when AF is here

5dpo: increased sex drive, cramping low down in middle of pelvis, AF-like cramps after 5pm, back, hips, and legs hurt

6dpo: nothing much, constipation, lots of creamy cm

7dpo: constipation, a few cramps today, still not sure if constipation or my uterus/ovaries

8dpo: gassy, constipation, slightly tender breasts (on inner part near the nipple)

9dpo: gassy, constipation, tender breasts, really beginning to think what I thought was cramps has been constipation cramps the whole time :( wondering if it's the synthroid causing constipation

10dpo: increased appetite, increased sex drive, gassy, bloated, constipated, breasts still tender starting to be tender on outer sides and around nipple, felt really wet down there today, sad cause when I feel increased sex drive that usually means my periods coming :(

11dpo: increased appetite, gassy, constipated (what is wrong with me??), fatigue (really tired, keep having to take naps in the afternoon lately), breasts still tender, itchy nipples, low sex drive...unusual, smelling EVERYTHING

12dpo: increased appetite, gassy, bloated, constipated (still??), fatigue, breasts tender, cramps-prob AF about to come :(

13dpo: increased appetite, gassy, constipated (seriously?), drank lemon juice and water on an empty stomach and went to the bathroom this morning, by lunch felt constipated again :( after my husband and I went on a date we were going to watch a movie and I got all ridiculous about not feeling pretty or wearing the right outfit for our date, was sure I must be about to start my period with the moodiness, have achy teeth, breasts very sore, fatigue, didn't feel like having sex...unusual this close to AF possibly coming, which I was sure she was :(

14dpo: woke up at 5:45am like usual to take my temp, had told myself I would only do a test if my temp was still up (I am not a POAS addict, I hate seeing the negative line and would rather just know by my temp going down and AF showing up), my temp was 98.34(!), I talked myself out of getting up for about 20 min, then took a test. BFP!!!!!!!! Holy moly me oh my, I'm pregnant!!!!! Definite line!!! Test line darker than control line!!! Teeth ache, very hungry!! Couldn't sleep anymore after I told my husband (he was excited for being in a groggy sleepy state :)) so I got up. A lot of watery/creamy cm in underwear and down there. Can't believe I'm pregnant!! Cramps and twinges every now and then.

Okay so here's my story:

My husband and I have been ttc for four months. I know that doesn't seem long, but we have been married 2 1/2 years and I've wanted a baby for so long and been praying to the Lord to bless us with a child and we just got to where we were in a good place financially to start trying this past December. It's been a long road for me because long before we started ttc, about 5 years ago, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, more specifically Hashimoto's. For those of you who don't know, that is a low functioning thyroid and one of the symptoms is infertility. I fought a long battle against taking medication (synthroid) and tried all the natural things I could--going gluten free, consuming a tablespoon of coconut oil a day, eating Brazil nuts for selenium, cutting out iodized salt, etc. My TSH numbers would sometimes be normal but most of the time they stayed high. The thing is, I had none of the typical symptoms, but I was afraid of it causing infertility. I prayed about it long and hard during the first month we were ttc and after a negative pregnancy test and AF showing up, I prayed that getting pregnant the next month would be my fleece like with Gideon in the Bible. If I didn't get pregnant, I would go on the medicine. I didn't get pregnant. So reluctantly, no, begrudgingly, I went on .25g of synthroid. I had all sorts symptoms and felt horrible so after a week of feeling bad, I gave up. I felt better off the medication than on it. So I waited and AF came again. I felt like it was because I hadn't stayed on the medicine, but I couldn't go back. That's when a good friend of mine got me in touch with her dad, who goes to our church, and he is and endocrinologist (a much nicer one than the one I'd gone to that had prescribed the synthroid and told me to just "take the damn pill"). I had heard about a pill that didn't have any additives called Tirosint and thought perhaps that would help me not have the side effects. He was willing to prescribe it to me but he recommended we try .5g of synthroid first. I was reluctant once again, but he checked into it for me and got the confirmation that it was gluten free (I thought that might have been some of the reason for my problems with the pill) and he said the fact that it was the only dye free pill might help too. So I decided to listen to him and take it. At first the some of the old symptoms came back, but after a few days they stopped! This was the beginning of March that I started the synthroid and we started our fourth round of ttc. I can't explain how it feels after not being able to get pregnant three months in a row, though I'm sure many of you know how it feels and have been waiting even longer. But you start to feel like something is wrong with you when you don't get pregnant the first or second try. And it starts to get really hard to even imagine seeing those 2 beautiful lines that indicate a BFP and a precious life being formed. And you wonder if you'll ever get pregnant and if it's because you're not doing something right or eating something right or being too stressed. And you can hardly be happy for your friends who get pregnant and wonder when it will ever happen for you. You become bitter, sometimes even at God, thinking, "why is everyone around me getting pregnant so easily and you won't give me a child to love and cherish?" But let me tell you something. Have hope. And remember that the Lord is the creator, giver, and sustainer of life. In this culture, we believe creating life is our prerogative, even that stopping a life is our prerogative, and we think that we can keep from getting pregnant as long as we eant and then just get pregnant when we want to within a month or two. And if we don't we think something's wrong with us. But the truth is, life is not ours to create, it is the Lord's. And He will create it in His good timing. And that might be on your first try, but leave room for it possibly being your 3rd, 8th, 14th, or even 48th. Whatever time He chooses, it is a specific child, a precious life, that you would never have experienced had you not conceived your child exactly when you did with the exact egg that month and the exact sperm that met that egg. Have peace knowing that at the right time, the right place, the right child, you will conceive. And while you wait remember Romans 15:13 "May the God of HOPE FILL you with all JOY and PEACE in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may ABOUND in hope." Keep hoping. Don't give up. Keep asking. Even when you grow weary of waiting and it seems it won't happen, keep asking.

I always said I would post here once I got my BFP and can't believe it's finally time for me to do so! My husband and I have been trying for three years, with five years prior to that just not using any protection whatsoever. We had finished a fertility work-up with no findings other than unexplained infertility, and I had said to myself that next cycle we would see a fertility specialist and consider an IUI. I'm 37, soon to be 38 years old with a history of one early miscarriage in 2010 (I didn't even know I had fallen pregnant, hcg never went above 250 and I found out when I thought my period went on for too long) and at least one chemical pregnancy. I took Clomid in October of 2013 but all I got was terrible heart palpitations.

I used to track dpo symptoms like mad and had myself convinced many times that this must be it! But this time, the time it actually happened (and fingers crossed, I'm now 5w3d) I didn't track as carefully. I had resigned myself to an attitude that if it happens, it happens. But, I also didn't track because I barely had any symptoms this time around!

1-5dpo: nothing
6dpo: 1 minute of moderate cramping (implantation?) and then nothing
7-10dpo: slight heartburn at night; I allowed myself to think a tiny thought that maybe this is it?
11dpo: tested in the morning, and faint BFP on FRER!!! I couldn't believe it but even hubby saw a faint line (although he said he didn't think it was supposed to be that weak... I told him a line is a line!)
Kept taking tests twice a day after that for 6 days (I know, excessive, but I loved seeing that line get darker and darker!)
15dpo: period was due but all I got was increasingly sore boobs ;). I usually spot for 3-4 days before AF but this time nada, nothing. That reassured me too! I thought for sure that once I got pregnant I would be a chronic spotter throughout...

What we did differently this time: I had just started a low-carb/high-protein diet and was working out with a trainer 3 days a week and doing spinning 2 days a week. We used pre-seed as always but this time mostly just for lubrication, and I kept my butt slightly elevated and legs in the air for 10 mins after. We BD'd 5 days in a row, ending on what I think was my ovulation day. Lastly, I'm not a superstitious gal but I said a few positive affirmations and also used a chakra balancing oil for the sensual chakra; I rolled it over my lower belly and on my pulse points. And here we are! Baby due December 2 :). I'm soo happy and wish lots of baby dust to all!!

Here's my symptoms (I felt like I was pregnant from 1-2 dpo):

1-4 dpo insomnia for no reason (I normally only get it when I'm stressed). Waking between 2-4am and wide awake, yet not particularly tired next day. Extremely restless legs some nights.
4-6 dpo almost imperceptible nausea - usually on waking. Sneezing followed by flash of nausea.
7 dpo cramping and temp dip to cover line. Nausea and sneezing but dry nose.
8 dpo up until today I'd been suspicious but today I felt sure. Felt very emotional, burst into years for no reason, had a 2hr nap in afternoon and backache along w very light nausea. - HPT in pm. Nipples start to feel tender, creamy CM starts.
9 dpo BFP first urine. almost imperceptible but compared to yesterday I see some slight shadow of a line. No nausea in am which frightened me after last months CP but got a touch late at night.
10 dpo BFP first urine. Still a faint line (best seen if test swiveled in light) but clearer then yesterday. Light nausea and tender nipples. Creamy CM, Light backache.
11 dpo BFP first urine. Faint but clear - easy to photograph today. Light nausea and tender nipples, creamy CM.

We got married and January and I really expected it to take quite awhile to conceive (i'm 33 & DH 39).
My cycles are between 28 - 31 days but sometimes I can have up to 7 days of spotting before AF... I was sure something was wrong!
I've been charting for two months and we had no luck the first cycle. Still worried about the spotting I had my hormone levels checked this month. Day 3 was all good and day 21 also detected a 'strong ovulation'.

I have treated this month like a military operation (my poor husband!)
I took VB6, evening primrose until O & we used pressed and OPKs.

I think the VB6 worked as my cycle lengthened and I didn't ovulate until the 17th... last month it was the 14th (not sure about before that as it'd never taken any notice).

1-5 DPO - Nothing
6-7 DPO - Very sleepy and mega grumpy for no reason (other than I was sure it wouldn't work) and some light cramping which was weird for this time of the month.
8 DPO - Small amount of very light brown/yellowy CM after exercise. (Not unusual for me)
9 DPO - (BFP day) Light brown spotting which is exactly the day and type from last month so i was sure we were out. I don't really know why I bothered testing in the afternoon, probably because of those unusual days 6-7. Initially the test looked like nothing but i put it in front of me at my desk and looked at it again in about 10mins and saw the tiniest of faintest of lines. I was absolutely shocked and swore to myself!
10 DPO - Brown spotting was worse but test line comes up slightly more with FMU (still very faint).
11 DPO - Light brown spotting. Cramps on and off all day. Tummy feels really tight. Possible heartburn. Retched when brushing teeth.
12 DPO - Gush of brown cm about 10.30am. Light Cramps. Still positive and getting darker.
I only felt confident enough to tell DH this morning... I didn't want to get his hopes up as the test was still too light until now. He was stoked!
I sort of enjoyed having a delicious secret for a couple of days (weird ay).
13 DPO - Very light brown spotting. Backache begins
14 DPO - Spotting is gone but Backache in full force.
15 DPO - Nothing so far but I go in for my second BETA level today.

Being pregnant for the first time is lovely but fraught with worry!
I am obsessed with googling all the bad things that could happen and can't quite let myself get excited yet.
I mean to stop temping but this morning it was nice and high and it made me feel a lot better.
When I get the blood results and know they are climbing up correctly then I think I won't be so worried.
My husband it being so cute and protective and is going to wrap me and baby in cotton wool for the next 9 months. He will be an amazing dad!
I can't wait to tell my mum she has wanted to be a grandma forever!!