Trying for a 2016 baby

@Anzel - Don't stress until you go for your second check up, sometimes they go away on their own. When I had one at the beginning of last year I was put onto an anti-biotic type med and it got much smaller, for you it might take it away all together. Praying that it is a stick baby in there!!!!!!! How awesome would that be

@Chanti - I asked my gynae after he pointed out the spot, what can be done if it is indeed a cyst. He then just said he'll put me on BC for a month, and then monitor me throughout the cycle. So I don't know. I'm googling natural methods to get rid of cysts now. Maybe I can get rid of it without BC? I have normal 27/28 day cycles and my periods have been consistently 2 days for the last two years. I don't experience any pain, normally accompanied by a cyst, so I don't know what is going on. I also pray that it is not a cyst, but indeed early pregnancy. Just wondering whether the beta test will be able to pick up HCG so early?? If I ovulated CD 13/14, then I will be 7/8dpo tomorrow... So...

@Jillian - Thank you! I'm praying.

@Nikita - AF Sucks. And clomid makes it worse. Good luck, girl! Just scroll down to see my responses on your initial reply.

Hello Ladies....

@Nikita - Sad that AF arrived for you... Go with your instinct, if you thinking making changes will help surely try it... Your sticky bean will come..

@Anzel - Hoping that the black dot is indeed pregnancy... What ever the outcome of the bloods, just have faith and believe you will be blessed soon..

AFM - I am on CD15 and yesterday i had stomach cramping like AF will arrive but AF is only due the 29th... so im suspecting its got to do with ovulation. On CD13 we BD'd and I experienced dull like period like cramps, read up on it and its an indication on ovulation, so we will are BD'ing daily as i should OV around this time... (lol sorry for TMI). I still have the heart burn and have had diarrhea for the past 2 days (not nice), I am feeling bloated and in general just sick to the core, but since before AF and during AF and still now i just haven't felt well. This cycle was absolutely not normal... Anyways I am planning on going to see a gynea within the next month, so hopefully i will get all insight needed.

Baby Dust to all...

@Nikita - I'm so sorry hun, that wretched AF seems to not want to stay away. I find that if i shift my focus to excercise and being healthy then I'm not so focused on TTC. Might help?

@Anzel - Wow what an announcement!!! My question... Why is he only wanting to treat with BC and not something else? BC is usually the last resort to treating cysts. I truly hope that it is a pregnancy and not a cyst Saying prayers for you hun. Have your periods been normal or have u had extra pain/bleeding?

HI, Nikita

Nope, he didn't say anything else.

If I am indeed pregnant, I am not even three weeks yet, so I doubt that the beta test tomorrow will pick up anything. I read online that HCG can also be detected between 3 and 4 weeks pregnant, and seeing that I am only CD 21 tomorrow, it's way to early to pick up. I have also read that my progesterone should be more than 35 on a medicated cycle to indicate ovulation. High progesterone levels is not a reliable pregnancy indicator, because progesterone normally rises after ovulation. So I don't know.

His words: It's either a very early pregnancy or a cyst. And if he is not sure, how can I be? Why would he send me for a beta test if you cannot pick up HCG so early? Could it be possible that I ovulated earlier than I thought? I have no pain or anything - Not even sore boobs. Only extreme fatigue, dizziness and general weakness. Oh, and hunger. Good golly - This morning I woke up starving - Had to make toast and eggs this morning... So I don't know...

I will draw the blood tomorrow - Should get results by Monday/Tuesday next week. I will also go and collect the results from pathcare as soon as it is available, so I can see the scores myself. Doctors don't always give you the counts and they don't know if you really understand what it means. I, however, have done my research. HCG levels of between 5 and 25 indicate a likely pregnancy, where anything above 25 is a definite pregnancy. Progesterone above 35 indicates strong ovulation - At least then I'll know whether I am indeed ovulating or not...

So I'll have to play the waiting game.

I will call gynae again to make an appointment for next week Friday, before we leave on our trip, seeing that AF is due on the Saturday. Whatever it is, we'll know by Friday.

Pregnancy might show on an ultrasound this early, but without corresponding HCG levels, there is a still a chance that it might just be a cyst...

@Anzel - didn't he say anything else?? When will you be getting the results of your blood tests? I have a picture of my sonar when I was 7 weeks pregnant, but don't think that will show you much
but I don't think it is too early to show? I mean there should be something forming already from conception? If I am wrong please explain

Morning girls

I have some news - Please tell me that I don't have any reason to freak out?!?

I went to my gynae yesterday for my yearly checkup - He mos refused to give me another prescription for Fertomid without seeing me first. So yesterday was CD 19, 5dpo. I went there in the afternoon, totally calm and collected, but also a little bit anxious. He did the full monty, from pap smear to breast check etc. Then, when he got to the ultrasound, he saw something funny. His direct words: "Well, this is either a cyst, or a very early pregnancy." There was a black circle/dot/thingy visible - I actually pointed to it and asked whether it is that what he is referring to. He says it is about 2.4cm in diameter and its on my left side.

He then said that I must go for bloods tomorrow (cd 21) to test for progesterone and hcg. He then said that if I did indeed ovulate and if I'm not pregnant, it is a cyst. And then I will be put on birth control for more than a month to see if we can get rid of the cyst. If it is a pregnancy, I would not even be three weeks yet...

No I am a bit concerned. If the black spot is indeed a pregnancy, isn't it too early to show on the ultrasound on CD 19? I have my doubts. I have the strange feeling that it will be a cyst and that I'll have to go on birth control.

I have to see him again on Friday next week, the day before my period is due. If I am not pregnant, he will do an ultrasound to determine if the cyst is still there - if yes, I am be prescribed birth control. If no, then he will give me another prescription for fertomid. Also, if he prescribes fertomid, I will have to go in again on cd 11 of next cycle to determine if there are any follicles.

I am so overwhelmed, freaked out about this. On the one hand I really hope that it is indeed an early pregnancy, on the other hand I have the sneaky suspicion that I might have a cyst.

I have been battling the last few days with nausae and faintness - both also a symptom of a cyst. Even though the cyst is relatively small, it looked huge on the ultrasound, so I don't know...

Your views?