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Q: 40 Day Cycle Anyone??
asked by: ana410ny on November 1st, 2004
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Okay girls, here's my deal.


Me and hubby have been trying to get pregnant for about a year now, with no success, actually it's nov. Now, so I guess it's actually been a year.


Anyway, i've gone to see my doc and found out that unlike the avg. (whatever that is Confused ), my cycle last approx. 40 days

here are my figures:
5/25- 7/3 = 39 days
7/3 - 8/14 = 42 days
8/14 - 9/22 = 39 days
9/22 - still waiting

i took an average, and came out with 40 days, so with that calculation I should have started my period today, nov. 1. Or if I follow the pattern, 39,42,39, 42 I should start my period nov. 3.

I don't want to get my hopes up, so I haven't tested yet. I have all my usual symptoms of pre-menstrual, but the only thing i've noticed really different is the tenderness of my breast.


I normally get tender breast, achy back, moody, cramps, a fever sometimes, but as i'm sitting here typing to you ladies, my breast feel like I have a pair of weights pulling down on them. They feel extremely heavy and sore, more so than usual. I have no nausea, no vomitting, no heartburn, no "typical" pregnancy signs.


I really don't know why i'm posting this, maybe I justed needed to share with someone. It's been a very fustrating year for me and my husband so we are hoping for the best here.


Oh yes, one thing I can ask you ladies, is if anyone one of you in here is also on a 40 day cycle, if so, do you know how many days from our first day of bleeding we ovulate.


I bought a ovulation kit this month, and for a 40 day cycle we should ovulate on the 23rd. Day, so we count from our first day of bleeding and on until you count 23 days. For me, that would have been on october 14, so that's the day I started testing and the first test came out positive for ovulation but the following 6days, were all negative.


When I tested positive for ovulation, me and hubby did have intercourse that same instance, but if I only ovulated for one day, my chance are almost slim to none. Like I was telling you guys, very fustrating.


Wow, you ladies don't know how much I want to just go right this instance to bathroom and take a pregnancy test. The anticipation is so overwhelming, and I guess that's why i'm still typing. Smile I apologize.


Anyway, thank you for being here for me and if you guys have any suggestions please feel free to answer my post.


Best of wishes to all,

~ana~
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bellax0x
replied on November 1st, 2004
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Wait two days and then take a test. Good luck huni!

<3
gaby
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withbabybibb
replied on November 1st, 2004
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Hmmmm
Hey ana:

i'm going to tell you a little something about my experience and maybe it can help you. I'm 33 and have had one child before during my 1st marriage. I'm married again and have tried to get pregnant for about 3 years. Given we would try but I guess not as hard. We didn't take tempatures and bought ovulations test but we did try off and on. We finally got serious and seeking a specialist. But now i"m pregnant. Phew!! Did not have to pay the big bucks for a specialist. Hehehe. I was suppose to get my period on the 21 of october, mind you my period never comes when its suppose to, but my breast were more tender than usual. I would literally hurt when I took my bra off and could not stand not having one on because my breast felt too heavy and tender. I went to cvs and bought this ept test that gives you results 4 days before your due date. Well.... The test came back positive. I was like you did not want to get my hopes up. Trust me I did get them up there quite a few times just to be dissapointed but just give a day or so i'm sure you want to know. I was suprised of my results. I'm going on 6 weeks now. Good luck & god bless.

Ebibb Wink :d
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ana410ny
replied on November 4th, 2004
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I finally took like 3 pregnancy test, and they all came back positive. I was still not convinced.. Lol.. So I made an appointment with my doctor and she took some blood, and the test came back positive.


I am sooo freakin' happy!!! Thank you girls for the support.

Btw, i'm due july 12, 2005 Smile
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swapnap74
replied on May 20th, 2009
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39 day cycle
i had 39 day cycle last time, we had shots & pills & everything went well, today(5/20/2009-CD 31) i had blood pregnancy test which came negative
should i do home pregnancy test again after 3 to 4 days or not
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clareonline
replied on June 30th, 2009
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im 40 days
heya, im 40 days cycle length and its so frustraing having a long cycle arrrhh haha, i think i ovulated last week cos i had the fertile mucus and sharp kinda pains in my side and since then my boobs are rele tender and i have slight cramps everyday since the exact date im sure i ovulated, my period is due 12th july so 12 more days sigh, its 7 days now since i believe i ovulated and i want to test bt i already know its gonna be a negative so why bother, sry im bein a downer bt im jus so fed up
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cjgiz50
replied on July 3rd, 2009
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Stessing out
Hey there, I feel the frustration. My last cycle was 45 days long, and that was the first cycle after stopping the pill. I'm on day 32 right now and I have no clue as to when I ovulated (if I have) and when I can take a pregnancy test to see if I'm pregnant. This past week I did find myself craving stuff, but I figured it was because I was hoping I might start soon if I'm not pregnant. It's really stressful, but I really hope I get pregnant soon.
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faith21
replied on October 19th, 2009
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Hey there! I going through the same thing my cycles are all over the place 30, 40 even 50 days!! I been trying to get pregnant for the last 3yrs and no luck I went to the doctors and all and I just got all frustated so I left it alone but lately been noticing that I been gaining weight and eating a lot then today I notice a lot of the creamy discharge so I got online to see what it is...but wish me luck!!
thx perla
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