I can not quite believe this is happening, I have been an avid scourer of the internet for about 10months, from the minute me and my partner decided to try for our first baby. I'm 33 and he is 34, we met late in life, are due to get married next year, but both desperate for a baby we decided lets have one before we marry. Well if you had said that it would have taken this long I'd have laughed at you, my whole family is incredibly fertile, and I'm one of 6! So I thought it'd happen first go. Well it didn't, and month after month it became more painful, every possible symptom, every period, every baby scan pic posted on Facebook, all my friends and friends of friends, and people in the street were pregnant or announcing it! It hurt like mad! I tried every vitamin, I tried conceive plus, I tried legs in the air, I tried acupuncture...you name it I tried it. Went to the docs, and a very understanding lady agreed to blood and sperm tests as we are are over 30. All came back spot on, better than normal in fact, but due to my medical history I was eligible to go to a fertility specialist, this appointment is in a week and half! Don't need that now, as of this afternoon O have two lines on a FRER!!!!! I have scrutinized this test for hours already, sent it to my sister and she agrees...two lines!! MY VERY FIRST BFP!!!!OMG can not believe it.
What l did this month, I went to the gym at least 4 x week, I drank grapefruit juice from CD1 to O, I took pregnacare conception throughout and have been for about 8months now, I took Omega 3 fish oils and evening primrose 500mg from CD1 to O also. I also had two cups of green tea with mint every day. We BD from CD 5, every other day till +ve OPK then every day for next 4 days, then carried on every other till CD 20. O day i think is CD14 or 15 of a 27/28 day cycle. What I did differently this month, drank red wine (hate it normally but really craved it) not in excess but ladies I did have a glass or two at the weekend, and like some of you I did wonder whether I should give up when TTC but I did enjoy it, and obviously no more for me now!!! I also ate pineapple for 7 days after O, I bought a whole one and cut it up. Why this month, I have no clue, I have relaxed a little (not much tho) and we did enjoy BDing a little more, still quite regimented TTC BDing tho, and also last month was the first month without spotting before AF, so maybe my body has just relaxed after BC.
So all I want to say is have hope, I totally thought I could not have children, I thought I was the one that needed fertility treatment, I stressed, I didn't relax, I tried my heart out every month but cycle 10 was the lucky one, and our little bean is due April 18th 2014!!!! Much love to all those TTC and my heart goes out to all those who have taken longer than me. It's been the hardest most stressful 10 months of my life, but worth all that for this feeling.
And symptom wise not much, dizzy at times, and slight feeling of a queasy tummy from 9dpo, weird twinges at 9 and 10dpo, boobs fuller but not that sore, couldn't complete gym session from 8dpo went hot and dizzy, but other than that nothing!!! And cervix checkers (tmi) mine was hard and high the day before BFP and the day after softer and lower. My cervix was always soft the run up to AF and very open.
Praying for a sticky bean and babydust to all : ) xxxxxxxxxxxxx