Calling all ladies who who have been blessed with a BFP. Please share your stories, symptoms, and thoughts on the cycle that lead to your BFP.

This thread will be a great reference for all hopefuls.

Also..... please post links to your success charts!!! That would be wonderful!

On behalf of all of the hopefuls on this board, thanks for sharing your story with us!

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Mandy

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Hey, well, since I lurk here all the time still, I thought I should post my success story! I was diagnosed with PCOS back in college and put on the birth control pill to give me regular cycles, because I NEVER had periods, seriously. Like, 1 or 2 a year, MAYBE, and when they came, they were terrible.

Well, so, I read too many articles about PCOS in Seventeen magazine back in the day and it scared me to death about the idea of not being able to have children. But luckily I found a great doc here who put me on Glucophage and Clomid to up my chances of getting pregnant.
I took Glucophage (Metformin) alone for a while, and it regulated my periods but no BFP. Then I took 2 rounds of Clomid at 50 mg in addition to the Metformin and no BFP, although I WAS gettting periods (which made me excited). Finally, this last time I was bumped up to 100mg of Clomid with the Metformin and that apparently did the trick!! I got a BFP 12 DPO (and 13 DPO, and 14, LOL). It's still hard to believe it's real, I don't think it will fully hit me till my first ultrasound which will be Dec. 10. I'm very excited but also nervous, because the rate of miscarriage for women with PCOS is pretty high...I"m just hoping and praying this little bean sticks.

Hope this helps!!!

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Here is my story. This was our 4th cycle of TTC after a M/C in May. This was the month that I TRULY did not think I was pregnant. We have two little girls already and life is very busy. It is hard to coordinate BD at the right time, day, etc....so, I really thought I was out this month. I also did not chart or take OPKs this month, I just felt like we needed a break from all of that....

I normally have a 40 day cycle. On CD 38, my AF cramps (or so I thought) were so strong, I took an advil. Well, on CD 42, AF was still a no show so I took a test and it was positive in less than 30 seconds. The test line showed up before the control line. I was very pleased. Being this was our 4th pregnancy, there was no fancy way of telling DH. I just showed him the test and we both smiled. It has been something we have wanted for a long time now.

Later in the day, I took two more tests, just to be sure. Both were blaringly positive. I am excited and nervous. The M/C is never far from my mind but, I am pregnant today and excited for this.

My symptoms included AF type cramps, extremly tired, and sensitive to smells.

Good luck to all and thanks for reading and letting me share.

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Oh, and my symptoms were breaking out all over my face like a teenager, and extreme fatigue. I didn't think this was my cycle either, until the zits came, and I knew SOMETHING was different...

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Hello old Friends! I have neglected this board for too long! So I thought I would post my story.

DH and I decided to start TTC at the end of Jan. 07. I had been charting since Nov. 06 to get the hang of it and learn about my cys. Unfortunately, my cys were so crazy I couldn't even begin to find a pattern. AF would last up to 9 days, O would range from cd20 all the way to cd38!! With my LP lasting until 16dpo. Long LP's were the hardest, each time I would have a new sx around 14-15dpo I would get my hopes up sooo high, just to be crushed when AF arrived on 16-17dpo.

We decided to see about IF treatment in the fall of 07. With our insurance we had to attend a class before meeting with a dr. At this class we talked with a RN who decided something needed to be done. So finally, after an 89 day cy with no O I was prescribed a 5 day dose of Provera to induce AF.

After taking the Provera AF came and only lasted for 3 days, which seemed odd after almost 90 days of no bleeding. I started to get extreme EWCM cd5-7 and ended up Oing on cd7 (my shortest cy to date!). 13 days later on Oct.16, 07 I tested +!!!

So during our 9 months of TTC I had 6 cys, but only 4 were ovulatory. But it finally stuck!

Good luck ladies! You are all in my thoughts and prayers, TTC is probably one of the most stressful things a woman can experience. Morning sickness is pretty bad too, but the joy of being PG far out weighs the agony of your face in the toilet for 3 months!!

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I got my bfp a while ago but I will post about it anyways:
It was my Sept 07 cycle, but I wasn't going to O until Oct 4-6 Dh and I BD sometimes but weren't really vigilant about it, I thought for sure that AF was going to show just like normal, I had all the symptoms of AF, slight cramping, cravings, tiredness, headaches, moodieness, All things that pointed straight to AF, I even did a whole post about how I was feeling depressed and just had that feeling in my heart that this was not the month for me and how that feeling was so strong that month.
I had a few tests to waist and decided to use one 8-9DPO and to my ultimate surprize it was faintly Pos! I went to the store that day and got a digital and took it right away the next morning and it said "PREGNANT" I didn't know how to feel, I didn't think that it was true, I just cried I am so happy to be prego with baby #4!!!

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We used preseed and DH had been on FertilAid for about 2 months so this must have helped us out. We had been TTC since December.

After I o'd I immediately started getting cramps. I had cramps so bad I seriously thought I was going to get . I kept checking, but nothing. Finally I tested at 17dpo and it was positive. Wed I went to the Dr. and confirmed with urine and bloodtest but I did not get my beta numbers because the Dr. refused to do them (she didn't want me obsessing about those things).

Well, by Friday morning my tests came up negative so I went to the ER and found out that I had miscarried. I was 4 weeks, 5 days at that point.

1 in 4 pregnancies ends up in a m/c and since mine was so early on, I am ready to get right back in the saddle. Most m/c's at that stage are due to something being wrong with the embryo and has nothing to do with the mom or dad's health or environmental factors.

We were going to get IUI next month due to DH's low sperm count (15mil) and low motility (33%) but God showed us that we could get pregnant on our own- even though it wasn't our time yet. He has the grand plan.

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I guess it must be my turn to post here! I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 12 years old, and was put on bcps. In my 20s, my doctor added metformin to the mix. I knew that TTC might be an issue for me, so we went off bcps in May 2007 to see what would happen. My first cy was perfect - 30 days, O'd on CD 15. In July, we actively started TTC. I O'd a few days later, but again, a relatively "normal" cycle, but a lot of spotting. In August, we tried again - I didn't O until CD 22, and things just felt wrong. I had my progesterone tested, and it was low that cycle. The next cy, we tried Clomid. I O'd late, on CD 25, but my progesterone was great. Unfortunately, we met with an RE and learned DH had a bad s/a - terrible motility. The following month, we were all set to try IUI . . . and they found a fibroid in my uterine cavity. I had to have it removed, and we were cleared to resume ttc November 22, 2007. We tried an IUI with Clomid and Follistim, but . Then I had cysts the following cycle, so I was forced to go back on bcps. We tried another IUI in February 2008, and once again, .

We decided to move on to IVF. I started bcps on March 1, 2008, then started Lupron on March 19, 2008. When I went in for my Lupron evaluation, my estrogen was a little high (72, and they like to see 50), so they had me wait 3 more days on Lupron. I went back again on March 28, 2008 and was cleared to start stims. I was on Follistim and Luveris. The first 3 days I was stimming fast (11 follicles - although I was disappointed and thought it should be higher). They kept me at the same dose for 2 more days, and it looked like I only had 5 or 6 follicles going, and they told me I was in danger of having the cycle canceled. They increased my meds, and 2 days later . . . SURPRISE!! My follicles grew by leaps and bounds. I had 7-9 follicles ready to trigger, and another 3-4 in the wings. I had 1 more day of stims, then triggered. At ER, they only retrieved 9 eggs. I was disappointed, because I thought they'd get 13. Of the 9, only 7 were mature, and only 6 fertilized. Of the 6 embies, only 4 were growing normally, so I was really disappointed. We had to do a 3 day transfer. We had 1 perfect 8-cell embie, 1 5-cell with fragmentation, 1 4-cell with framentation, and a 3-cell with lots of fragmentation. We decided to transfer the best 3, and see if the little 3-cell embie would grow for freezing.

About 1-2 days after the transfer, I got sick with bronchitis. I had to go on antibiotics, and prednisone. I was SURE I would never get pregnant. I had to do 3 hcg booster shots, so I was testing out the shots with HPTs. I noticed at 12 DPO that the lines were getting darker, but I thought it was my imagination. It wasn't until about 15 or 16 DPO that I realized we might actually be pregnant.

On April 25, 2008, I went in for a beta . . . and it came back at 617! I was stunned - a real ! We are hoping this little one sticks.

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