Fit For Future Families - April 2011

dragonairis

Morning all! This is a good idea - I'm loving seeing everyone's list.

1. Spiritual Growth - Prayer is big for me, but I feel like I ask for a lot and don't give my share back. I need to relearn how to trust and give thanks for what I have.

2. Food Overhaul - I'm looking into so many ideas right now for what kinds of food to eat, but our whole notion of food and how we get it, cook it and eat it needs to change. I want to provide the same healthy meals my mother did for our family, and that means learning to shop and cook. Fast food almost never came into our house, fruits and veg was always available, and so forth. My husband moans when I say I'll just make dinner instead of going out to get something - he's addicted. All of that needs to change, so I'm really working on that.

3. Do More - I want to be able to move around without fatigue or pain. I want my days to feel full of fun and vacations to seem exciting instead of exhausting. Part of this is affected by my food intake, but part of it is just getting up off the couch and doing more. In fact, I'm contemplating not buying a couch for our new place, and replacing my computer chair with an exercise ball, just so I'm forced to really want to sit down and watch TV or surf the web instead of just flopping down.

4. Stress Management - I seem to have lost my stress coping skills. I've always been the friend that you could turn to, the rock for family and friends. But slowly, all of that unraveled and people have commented about how stressed I seem to be over small situations. I working on scheduling me time, doing yoga, listening to music, journaling, and other things to help me regain the balance I once had. I was really stressed when my m/c occurred, and while I know it probably wasn't the reason, it sure didn't help matters. I want to have nothing but joy for my next BFP!

5. Communication - DH and I have a great marriage. We agree on most things, but I need to stand up a bit more to him and let him know when he's being ridiculous. Since the m/c I've been afraid to talk baby stuff with him, just because I didn't want him to tire of hearing it. It's ok for me to talk about things like that, as it's the next step for us. We also need to have more discussions about where our finances are headed, and our long term goals. He doesn't like to plan that far out, when I'm always doing so. Communication will help us meet in the middle.

pixieofdoom

Hi all, been away so just a quick post while I catch up. Hope everyone is well and happy xx

lukimakamai

This is fun- I also like seeing everyone's top five...

Here are mine- definately some overlap...cutting it down to only 5 was HARD!

1. Give it to the Lord in Prayer- I have been doing great at this recently and my stress has gone way down. I need to remember that I'm on God's timeline, not on the timeline I wish God had for me. I will get pregnant when God wants me to be pregnant, we will have our adoption match when God wants us to have our child, I have not done anything "wrong," it is not my job to question God... As I said these are hard for me but I'm doing really well with them recently and I'm feeling so much BETTER!

2. Keeping using this site and coming to this thread- yes this is my number two! You all help me so much- I know I'm not the only one TTC, I know there are others that have been TTC just as long as me and there is success, I know other our adopting and as excited as me, I know I can come a vent here and get advise here and I love it! So thanks everyone! Please MFP keeps me honest, eating well, and exercising

3. Continue to discuss with my husband our hopes and plans about our current TTC and adoption journeys

4. Take my multivitamin EVERYDAY!

5. Continue to TTC :bigsmile:

kah78

Hi all--
Love the lists! Top Five--no particular order--it depends on the day:

1) Prayer--similar to many others, this seems to be what I turn to when I feel out of control. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Haha. I woke up yesterday so stinkin mad at the world and everyone in it. I was mad because I can't get pregnant (yet), I was mad because I'm not losing weight, and I was mad at myself for the lousy food choices I had made in the last three days--even though I enjoyed them a LOT. I went for my jog in the morning and I got so worked up I almost started crying. So, I just prayed for God to take the anger away...because I just didn't know what else to say. And by the time I got back from my little jog, I felt much better. i was still not on top of the world, but I wasn't "seeing red" angry anymore. Most of the time, I pray for the strength and courage to handle however this turns out--whether we have a baby or not. Both paths will have big challenges and big rewards, so I try to keep that in mind.

2) Exercise. This has always been a hard one for me, and it seems to be the lynchpin in so much else for me. If I exercise, I eat better. If I get pregnant, I want to stay more active and not gain as much weight. If I don't get pregnant, i want to keep it off, because at least that will be something I can be proud of when I don't have the other kid I want.

3) Taking prenatals. I hate taking pills and I'm horrible at remembering them. So, this is harder for me than some might think. I stopped taking the mini-pill for birth control after I had my son (while I was BFing) because as irrattic as I was taking it, I didn' think it was doing any good. Ironic, now, huh?

4) Trying to keep perspective. I've gotten to the point now where I actively think of the positives to only having one kid. It's a way to counteract the negatives I keep dwelling on otherwise. For example: Positive: I won't ever need to drive a minivan to haul all my kids and their junk around.

5)Staying active on this board. It really does help me to keep perspective and keep my sanity. I'm sure I have you guys to applaud for my 120 days in a row logging in--Lord knows I didn't complete my food journal all those days. HAHA!

The eating has still been not so great today. I did good till I got home from choir practice and just had to have a snack. And that awoke the beast....it's not in my log, so don't bother looking....I"m too tired to try to figure it out.

Still, better than yesterday, so even if I'm gaining this week, I'm still moving in the right direction food-decision wise. AF is going hit in the next few days...I have a feeling much of this is PMS, so I'm hoping control will come back sometime in the next few days.

Good luck to all of you....

kcurtis05

Pam, that's a great idea! I really haven't thought about it that much, to be honest. I'm fairly new to TTC so...

1. Trust... I'm trying to just trust that God has a specific plan for me and I just need to let Him do what he does.

2. Relax... I went through a period of time where I was obsessed with TTC and it was a bit stressful thinking of it all the time. I'm coming into a very stressful time in my work, so this is the time where I really have to focus on staying relaxed and not let life effect our TTC efforts. I have been quite discouraged lately (as you may remember my previous post...), so I just need to relax and not take a plateau as a time to quit.

3. Get moving... I started going to Zumba about 2 years ago to get moving again after not dancing on a regular basis anymore. Now I continue to zumba to strengthen my body before pregnancy and during. Now, I really need to focus more on abdominal strength to support my back.

4. Better food choices... This is were I REALLY need to put some energy into! It is time to start planning and eliminate the availablility of poor choices. Planning is key for me.

5. Keep TTC! I would like focus on keeping TTC fun instead of a "task." I know that the SMEP is the best way to get preggo, but it can be daunting. So we are going to try to keep with the plan the best we can and try to keep it interesting.

Thank you for this topic!! This has really helped me think of what my priorities are, even though these are not In any particular order. I, also, ran into the issue narrowing it down to only 5.

Cheers!

ucaminax

Great Idea Pam! I haven't posted in a while, but I have been checking in. I love following everyone's stories, even if I am not as good about replying to each person as many in this group are. I love that about this group-how everyone replies and keeps up.

So my top 5 are:

1. Prayer/Acceptance-I am also praying for another baby, but also praying for acceptance if that is not God's plan for me. I am also trying to focus on the positives of having one child (one thing I wish MFP would change-I wish we could see the previous posts as we are writing our response-I can't remember now who said they were also focusing on the positives of one child)

2. Weight loss - By exercising most days, eating healthy, taking a prenatal etc

3. Counseling with my husband to work on our issues and grow closer.

4. Charting-I'm learning so much from fertilityfriend.com and just following my own cycle.

5. Baby Dancing :-)

So obviously I didn't get a bfp last cycle, and O is coing up soon for me, probably this weekend-crossing my fingers for a bfp this cycle. At least I have continued to (slowly) lose weight and get stronger. I feel more energetic, and this morning in bed my hand was on my thigh when I was moving my leg, and I noticed some actual muscles there! Haven't felt those in a while! :-) Today when I weighed in I have lost a total of 15 lbs! I am down one size, and the new size is a little loose!

Good luck and sticky babydust to everyone else ttc!

Kate

fitterpam

Love the lists so far - for the lurkers - keep em coming.

I'm SOOOO bad at the multivitamin thing.....I'm easily taking pills 3x a day right now and because I have to take the multi as a 4th right before bed.....thanks for the reminders ladies I'm definitely looking at a few of the other lists and thinking of things I can do better.....

Tomorrow is a better day and I will be better too Primarily because the candy is all out of the house. I am going to miss Aquafit though. The pool chlorine is not good for the eczema......I've been soaking them 2x a day in baking soda and water and that seems to have help cut down the itchiness a lot, but I scratched the heck out of my feet......putting polysporin on them to keep them from getting infected......two new patches today, but that's better than the 6-10/day since Sunday....

dragonairis

Keep the lists coming, I'm loving reading them!

Kah, I should have thought of the prenatals - I'm so bad at taking them! I guess not putting them on the list tells you how bad I am at thinking of them.

Pam - Eczema sucks! And I know you've been drinking that distilled water - it's for getting rid of toxins? Let us know how that goes, I would love to hear.

fitterpam

Last night was a quiet one for us....major thunderstorms came and went in 5 minutes all evening.....just had another one now. It's way better when you're at home curled up on the couch veggie out with your sweetie!!

I decided this week to start randomly choosing 5 people/day to send a little pick up on here People seem to really be responding to it.....It's so nice I think to log in and see something about how well you're doing that you didn't have to initiate. So all of you need to look for a post on your wall, cause it's coming (I'm so proud of all of you!!!)

spring12peanut

hi all!!

i was just told about this site from the ladies on fit, fabulous and pregnant and wanted to join in:flowerforyou:

little bit about myself...i am 26 and married my best friend last summer and we just started TTC last month. i know this is a long process that does not magically work over night...but i have to say that i think about it all the time. and i was reading "ckurtis05" and how you are trying to relax...i am definitely going to take some of those words to wisdom because i want this to be a fun process! but i am so looking forward to being pregnant!!! the whole experience...growing closer to my husband through the process...it all means the world to me. i am so happy i was brought to this site and can not wait to stay in touch with you ladies!

just a couple quick questions off the bat as i was reading through. could someone please catch me up on the acronyms:

DH
SMEP
BFP

i am sure there are a bunch of other ones out there...but those are the ones i caught from this last page and had no idea what they are

and for my top 5 (love this idea!!)

1. prayer - like most of you. i was raised catholic and while i was at school i lost touch of my faith and just recently over the past year have been practicing regularly. it makes me so much calmer, more appreciative of what i have in my life and also focuses me on the type of life i want to live. i want to be the best wife, daughter, sister, friend and someday mother i can be and living through the Lord is the way for me.

2. health & exercise - i have always been on the healthier side (i do have my mega weaknesses - sweets!) and have exercised fairly regularly. but since my husband and i have been TTC i have really started to focus on treating my body the way i am supposed to. we only get one...i want to treat it right, especially when i have a peanut on board...i want to give them the best nutrition for healthy foundation!

3. focus - not really sure what to call this one...but i want to stay focused on the process but with that said...i do not want it to be a 'task' like someone said before. i want to have FUN TTC...i mean come on...its one of the main thing us humans were made to do! i want to keep the romance and not look at it like a chore.

4. vitamins - got to get all those nutrients into this body!

5. love - just loving myself, my husband, family and friends. i never want to lose sight of our relationship and i want to foster the best environment we can for the lil peanut to come!

i know this was a long one...but wanted to get myself out there!!!
looking forward to staying in touch!!!

jalara

Hey Spring!!

Heather, from Fit, Fabulous and Pregnant used to be here with us - we love her! Welcome to our group!

DH - Dear Husband (similar to DD being Dear Daughter, DS is Dear Son, etc...)
SMEP - Sperm Meets Egg Plan - lots and lots of unprotected sex!
BFP - Big Fat Positive, BFN - Big Fat Negative

If you throw any of these into google you should get the answers.

Welcome

fitterpam

Hiya Spring I'm the lurker from the other board and saw Heather point you our way Welcome!!!! Sounds like you'll fit right in

Jalara - feeling any better today?

AFM: Trying to gte back into the exercise mode today - with the weather being yucky, I'm not terirbly motivated....LOL but I will when I get home tonight. Leaving in about 30 minutes for weekly lunch with sis @ Subway....I'm not sure what to get....it's such a balance there - some things are low in cals, but higher in sodium. Lots of processed meats, but am I getting my $$ worth with a veggie delight....*sigh*

How's everyone else's week going?

80lbslost

Hi All-

I haven't posted in a while so thought I'd update you. My pre-op for my tubal ligation reversal went well last week other than the doctor telling me my incision might be almost the size of a c-section one!!! My surgery is still May 4th and I'm not looking forward to the painful recovery and not being able to exercise

If all goes well, I'll be TTC the end of May! I'm trying not to be negative but I've read a lot of stories about women having ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages after reversal or not getting pregant at all. I'm just placing my life in God's hands as usual and trusting everything will be fine no matter what the future may hold. I've never had abdominal surgery so I'm quite nervous!!! My DH keeps reminding me that even though we may not have another child at least my PTLS symptoms will diminish, which I must say, I can't wait to feel "normal" again.

kcurtis05

Hi Spring!! LOL I think we are on the same page in many ways!!! Welcome!

I have been taking my vitamins and extra folic acid for almost a year I have to say...I'm pretty good at it (well with a little help from DH. He is good at reminding me) I tried prenatals, but as soon as I start taking them my face breaks out HORRIBLY the instant I start taking them! I did a little research a while back and I think someone said it was because of the amount of biotin...I don't know...I have tried different kinds and they all have the same result. :grumble: So One-A-Day Women’s + Folic Acid is my daily supplement before bed.

Thank you, Pam, for keeping things going! I really need you ladies and realized that my discouragement does not mean it is time to back out. It's time to do quite the opposite; get involved and get focused! Sorry for your itchiness, but enjoy your Subway!
This week has turned out better than it started. My goal has been to rehydrate after not having any water while in England, and try not to eat if I am not hungry! I have a terrible habit of eating when I am bored and this is probably a reason for my plateau. Well and the fact that I haven't been under/around my calorie goal in quite some time. And to challenge myself even more...I have a lunch date with a friend (she is preggo, due in June and I missed her baby shower when we went to England) today at an authentic Italian place! UGH...carbs and sweets are my weakness! I see Zumba and a light dinner in my future.

atcbabe1

Hi everyone. I'm new here but not new to TTC. We started TTC about 18m ago with no luck. I think one of the major hold ups besides PCOS is my weight. So im hoping to loose 30-100lbs and hopefuly fall pregnant in the mean time. This is day one for me on the diet and exercise plan so wish me luck.
A little about me im 28 almost 29 yrs old. This would be my second child but a ton has changed sence i had my son almost 9yrs ago. I was dx with pcos in 2005 lost about 45lbs but have slowly gained it back with stress of my husband being out of work and stress of being sole provider.

fitterpam

80lbs lost - that's exciting. I hope that the scar isn't too big and that everything goes smoothly from here until you're holding your new little one.

Kim - lunch is going to be yummy!!!!! Worth the Zumba totally!! i'm the same way - I"m sure half the time I eat, it's boredom.....which is ridiculous!!! Now half the time I eat its because if I don't, I'm not going to hit my calories......how are you doing on the goal of the drinking of water??

ATC - I'm in a similar boat (without the child already).....are you taking any medications to help with the PCOS? I have found that the healthy eating, regular exercise and Metformin have helped tremendously........glad you could join us

AFM: I blew it at lunch apparently. I was going to get a Subway Sweet Onion sub with baked lays...Instead I got the Roast beef with 2 cookies instead. THOSE DANG COOKIES!!! Apparently 1 is a serving....that serving is 210 calories!!!! FOR ONE!!!! heads up.....they are not worth the same calories (maybe more even) than my sandwich was!!!! LOL I'd have taken a foot long with no sides for the same price instead....shoot.....moral of the story: always do your research before hand......not to mention blowing my sugars out of the water (but I was expecting that!!!!)

jalara

Oh, PMS, you manifest in the most ridiculous ways.... like making me cry at a TLC show called Wild About Prince Harry.......... (I cried about Lady Di not being here to see how he turned out)...........oh my.:sad:

So yeah.... I'm a Royal fan - but I don't normally cry about it!

I had a good workout today - but we still have mini-eggs in the house! Argh!!!!!

I got my official letter of Full Time acceptance today - even though I got one via email last weekend, it feels good

Hope everyone is having a good week. My heart goes out the everyone in the USA who was affected by the storms and tornadoes the last couple of days.

atcbabe1

Pam im on Met and have been for years we also tryed a few rounds of clomid but the side effects drove me batty. We have basicly given up the crazy ttc game and when it happens it happens. I charted for the first year of ttc also.

fitterpam

Oh Jalara...I know what you mean - I always get hypersensitive YAY on the official notification!!!

ATC - sounds like you're definitely similar to me We've been diagnosed since 2002 but I chose not to stay on the Met - no results and made me sick. When we started on the fertility treatment journey they put me on substantially more. That plus the healthy eating has regulated my cycles. I say regulated because they are regular, not normal....LOL as the fertility specialist pointed out, 35 days isn't normal (but it is regularly between 30-35 days)......We are doing the fertility thoguh because my DH has MFI as well as my PCOS (male factor infertility as well as my polycystic ovarian syndrome for those new to TTC). His last analysis showed less than 1M which is considered acute something or other...theere wasn't even enough to get a good reading on the quality this time. He went through surgery last year for a problem that might have been contributing....at the 3m mark, no results. We're doing another test in May for 6m mark...urologist says it can take up to a year to have something - we'd be happy with it going up to 10m, which is still low, but would make our journey less difficult from a treatment perspective.

As for me.....tomorrow is my one year mark on this weight loss journey. As of this morning, I have lost 60.5lbs in that time :happy: I met my one year goal of 60lbs lost and that feel fantastic. Also this morning, I saw a dip in my temp so I'm keeping to the 35 day cycle, which, while not normal, make me feel better. Based on the last 4 months, I would say the biggest issue for the long cycles is a long LP - it averages 17-18 days. When I was temping about 5 years ago, it was 14 days (when I ovulated)....I'm not concerned, just curious if anyone knows if this is a regular thing? I love Princess Katherine's dress.........Love it. If I were her size that was exactly the dress I wanted.......it so wouldn't have suited me though.....some people are saying it was a little to plain though and I guess it is compared to Diana's, but it's exactly what people were expecting from her.

jalara

Good morning Pam,

A mildly longer LP isn't really a concern, it's when it's too short that there is cause for worry.

The dress - it exactly what I told DH I would want her to wear, and (like you) I would wear myself. It's so elegant and beautiful.

Congrats on the loss - and coming so far on your journey!

Vinbelle

Hey ladies.....New on this board but have been a member for a while. I need to get back into the grove of loosing more weight and not trying so hard to get pregnant. My back story is that we started to TTC in May of last year and had no luck and a short luteal phase so I was put on Clomid. We had 4 failed rounds of clomid and than went to an RE and he put me on femara along with monitoring and a trigger shot. We had 4 failed rounds of that. So we are going natural and not temping, doing OPK's, nothing. Our RE wanted to put us on injectables along with IUI and we are not ready to do that finanically or mentally. So my goal while we are waiting to save up some money will be to get down under 200 lbs and closer to my goal weight of 160. I also have a wedding that I am in in July so that is another reason for my goal. Cant wait to get to meet you ladies!!!

atcbabe1

Morning off to a good start today up early got a work out in already.

Pam as long as your lp is steady you should be fine. Month to month it shouldnt vary more then a day or so. Mine is 16 days on average. I would love to have a 35 day cycle. Right now i average 45 but my doc seems ok with it. Not much he can do at this point to get it shorter. Even in my teens i had a longer cycle at 36 days. I know i can get it back down to 38 days if i drop the weight but i need to loose at least 20lbs to get there. Thats the goal at least.

Hope everyone has a great day!!!

fitterpam

Jalara - yeah, I know. It's just that the RE was pretty adament that my cycles were "not normal"....LOL but it seems to have followed a similar pattern for me...Thanks for the congratulations

Vinbelle - welcome Looks like you're doing well already. Completely understand the whole going natural after being told fertility was the only way...that was part of my story Sounds like you have a lot in common with a few people on here. Looking forward to getting to know you too....

KnottyJen

Hello All!
I'm new to the group, but it definitely pertains to me. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for a few years now, with no luck. I have spoken with my doctor about it, and she referred me to a high risk OBGYN. I spoke with him, who basically told me that I MUST lose weight before I can consider becoming pregnant. I was very down in the dumps and had started to give up hope. I though maybe adoption would be the route that we would take. But I so desperately want a child of my own. I was recently put on insulin, in addition to oral meds, to combat my diabetes and that became my wake up. I can do this, and if I ever want to have a child (and live long enough to see that child have a happy life of their own), then I HAVE to do this.

I started about two or three weeks ago, and I feel like I'm making progress. I'm down more than 10 pounds, which has been a huge motivation.

I hope to find some new friends in this group who know the struggles that I've been through and that I'm going through. Feel free to friend me!! :-)

MrsHinds7

I loooooved her dress too!! It was so elegant and beautiful without being gaudy!! I fell in love with her sister, Pippa's, dress!!! It was so pretty Anyways, I loved everything about the wedding and it makes me want to get married all over again and have a "royal wedding." lol. I have it DVR'd so I'm very excited to go home after work and watch it all the way through!!!

dragonairis

Awww, I don't have DVR. It would be great to watch while I'm packing. I'm sure they'll have re runs somewhere, right?

Pam - In TCOYF, they say a 'normal cycle' is anywhere between 28 to 35 days, so at least someone says your normal, yeah?

Jagri - Welcome! 10lbs is a great start!

ATC - Awesome way to start a morning! If only I could get myself out of bed to do that I would be so much better off......

AFM - This whole moving things is killing my eating habits. I'm trying to make healthy choices, but then I come home and try to log..... and find I've blown half my calories for the day. So far I'm not doing too bad, just maintaining the loss I already have. I'm just happy I'm not putting it back on. And I notice I get fuller with less food, and am satisfied longer. I think paying attention to that + lots more water than I'm drinking will help me jump start again.

kcurtis05

Jagrib- Welcome! You are off to a fabulous start!

I haven’t watched one bit of the wedding and have been avoiding anything that could spoil it for me I DVRed the whole thing and can't wait to get home to watch it. It's so cool to see the news crews there reporting and thinking, "we were just standing there 2 weeks ago". I'm a sucker for weddings...I even love to watch Say Yes to the Dress on TLC. Yup...I'm a dork. LOL

I've been doing well with my water 9-12 glasses everyday this week. I went to Zumba last night and then jogged over to my mom's (one street over) to pick up my dog (from doggy day care). It felt SO good! DH and I made pulled pork in the Crockpot and I must say, it is WAY better than any pulled pork i have ever had, from anywhere! I stopped when I was not hungry, and let me tell you that that is a HUGE step for me! I had to keep telling myself that I was fine, and it seemed to work.

TTC is going ok... still temping (seeing no changes), still ClearBlueEasyFertilityMonitoring ("low" everyday so far), trying to stay on SMEPlan (trying is the key word) To be honest, reading all of your stories, I'm not very hopeful. Fingers crossed...everyone is different. Thank you for being here with/for me! This group keeps me focused, sane, and realistic with my goals and expectations. :flowerforyou:

lukimakamai

I didn’t get to see the royal wedding either…planning to watch the rerun on TLC later tonight.

Spring, ATC, Vinbelle, jagrib- Welcome!

80 lbs lost- I will send some prayers your way for a smooth reversal and speedy recovery

Jalara- Its okay to cry randomly during AF time…it’s a stress relief although I know what you mean sometimes I ask myself, “Wait, why am I crying?” and then it makes me start laughing. For some reason during that time of the month I always get sucked into lifetime movies which of course make me cry like a baby.

Kim- GREAT job on the water.

AFM: I’m very disappointed! :frown: I have been taking fish oil pills for over 5 months to get my good cholesterol higher. In October I had a fasting blood test and it was 44- over 60 is optimal, the higher the number the better. If you are under 40 it is considered too low. So I had my fasting blood test today and my good cholesterol was even lower at 41! What the heck!!! I don’t understand! The good news is my triglycerides were lower too but the only thing in my blood tests I really need to improve is getting my good cholesterol up. I’m going to continue taking the pills but anyone have other ways to help with this? I'm just so upset that these pills I've been taking don't seem to have helped at all and I kinda feel like just quitting- I'm not going to- but thats how I feel!

andreamichelle82

Hi ladies, Long time, no post :flowerforyou:

Pam, Amaaaazing weight loss! So glad you hit your one year goal!

Kim, great job with working out!

I've been very MIA, as I think I hit the "we've been tryin and it's taken longer than we thought" mark. This is cycle 7. Ever since I had a very light period a couple weeks ago, I've been convincing myself I'm pregnant. I've been super naseous the last couple days, but it's probably psychological! I took a couple pregnancy tests a week after it was supposed to show up, and BFN. Has anyone else "made up" symptoms in their head at what would be 6 weeks out? I'm feelin like a crazy over here!!!

lukimakamai

Andrea- Yes I have thought I have symptoms of pregnancy when BFNs have appeared. My body went through a strange time last spring and summer of spotting around week 3, which always got my hopes up of possible implantation...needless to say it made each cycle harder once AF arrived and it lead to my dr. doing a cervical biopsy which was not fun! Then in the late fall my body went back to normal and stopped the random spotting. Think back to your recent AF was it just spotting or was there tissue? If there was tissue is probably was a light cycle, if there was no tissue try another HPT in a couple of days...