TTC after MC - nice people in crap times, full of posifrickingtivity

Evening all,

I recommend joining ravelry if you knit or crochet (or want to start) as you can find free patterns ( and ones to buy) that others have then knitted and posted pics so you can see if you like them. I have started a cardigan as my first knitting project as I saw lots of Others had knitted it this one
Loved the Sewing Bee - great inspiration and lovely beardy judge to ogle but did find Winkleman's commentary a bit patronising at times (cos I am that good already )

Waves at blackholes - but sorry you are here as well

Well I shall be POAS-ing tomorrow, have no idea if/ when I ov'd and have had some brown gunk last night so AF is likely on her way, but I have "felt" pg today - twingey tummy and funny feeling that I can't finger on.

Wow this thread moves fast. I've been up to Birmingham for a couple of days at a work meeting. Nice to think about something else for a few days, though there were plenty of bumps and a few babies around even there.
Welcome to any newbies, good luck to anyone who is POAS tomorrow.

Fx & lots of positifrickinivity :)

Ickle that is a really lovely idea.
I can't knit for shit but can crochet,

So far nothing more had materialised from af/implantation bleed so still going to poas tomoz. Bought the sticks afterall

There are websites that will de-code the patterns. I'm starting off small. I found a site that just said to knit the hat all I have to do is knit 60 rows of basic stitch & then sew it into shape. We'll see how it looks at then end! Still when I'm doing it I think about the little bean so it's made with love and that's all that matters. Soppy I know!

I have done a bit of knitting but I'm petrified of knitting patterns- I have no idea! Would like to knit myself a tank top- think I'm being too ambitious!

I'd def give knitting a whirl, finding it so relaxing & stops me reaching for the biscuits (kind of!). My friend told me crocheting would be easier but I found some really good tutorials on YouTube. The talk of sewing makes me want to try that, there's only so much knitted stuff you can wear! DH jokes that he'll be kitted out in a knitted vest, shirt and trousers next winter. Well that's his Xmas present sorted!! Oh he'll rue the day he called me "Grandma" and asked me to show my birth certificate

Ahhh ickle that's so cute . I definitely want to make something!

Fx to you and aly for tomorrow (sticking with implantation, aly)

Thanks alyant, as I said I have no clue what tomorrow brings. BFP is obviously what I'm hoping for but if not I hope AF comes soon so can start tracking my cycles properly. I was always so regular before that I'm hoping that'll continue. Don't get home til lunch so it'll be a case of drinking a load after breakfast & crossing my legs til I get home!!

Thunder the creative bug of others has also bitten me. I taught mysel to knit last week & half way to creating a baby hat, going to put it away & have it as "present" for the little bean I didn't get to meet :)

Evening all!

Welcome newbies, sorry you are here. weasel, hope you are looking after yourself after a horrible day.

All this sewing talk is inspiring me! Anyone got a cool but very simple beginners project I could try?

oooh ickle got fx for bfp for you. Sounds v promising! and others of course.

santa i forgot to say before that's excellent news of being back to skinny. yay!

katerina how exciting to buy a sewing machine. What will you make?
I am making these shorts:
oliverands.com/oliver-and-s-patterns-pants/OLV-OS025CP.html
for my DD at the moment and they are turning out super cute.

In the interests of getting my life back on track and trying to forget ttc (and at the same time jinx it into happening) have ordered some fabric and the pattern to make this for myself:
oliverands.com/victory-patterns/OLV-VP-Lolas-D.html

DIY I like the sound of your projects. A little playmat sounds adorable.

Hi blackholes so sorry it's happened twice, that sucks. Welcome and fingers crossed for you this month.

katerina, what are you going to make? I need to make some curtains and am thinking about making a little playmat for best friend's baby due later this year.

So sorry weasel, look after yourself, it takes time to heal. alyant fingers crossed for implantation bleeding then. I am still determined not to poas tomorrow, af due at the weekend and I'm sure she will arrive, don't want to waste another stick!

Even though I know I'm not pg this month, still feel sick, just like I did last month and the month before that, before af arrives... Is it purely psychosomatic, am I going crazy? Never felt like that when we were ttc before.

I saw it. It made my mouth water for the smell of a warm sewing machine!
Maybe you should just trow the pee sticks away. hide them. Forget about peeing altogether until you are totally sure anyway.

MC confirmed today. Am going to hole up now for a while and then get cracking again - DH and I didn't think we could even get pregnant so I guess this is at least a step in the right direction. If that doesn't sound too barking.

Wine for me later.

saggy yes i did. loved loved loved it! Did you?

btw does anyone know if it's ok for cycles to be 36 days in length - is that ever a factor to cause problems?
Am also after some amazing cures to decrease stress. Am feeling quite stressy from work apart from the other obvious reason, but know it's not a good thing to be if ttc. Sometimes feel like my heart hammers in my chest around poas time too. Am going to try and find a cheap yoga class, any other advice for chilling the f*ck out?

Angel I havent been on BabyCentre, but i think that most cycle calculators work on a generic average. In order to understand your own cycle you need to use some kind of ovulation detector like a CBFM or the internet pee sticks, or do CM monitoring or temping. The app on my phone was nearly a week out last cycle.

Did you watch The Great British Sewing Bee Katerina?

hello all waves just popping in mark place. am with diy - I've been ok during first 2 weeks - can do other stuff, it's the second (or make that 3 for me grr) weeks that I go bonkers.
Am plunging into new crafty hobby. Am buying a sewing machine yey me.
Good luck to all poas tomorrow.

Oooh, new thread! Haven't been on for a while as been away enjoying my Easter break but not DTD (DH and I sharing a room with DD & she is easily disturbed!). How are we ladies? 5 weeks since ERPC & no AF so may POAS tomorrow. Have had a couple if days light spotting so not sure if implantation bleeding or ovulation bleeding but at least I'll know this time tomorrow & even if its a BFN I'll still be happy as my body must be getting back to normal. Got my positifrickinivity back!! :)

I'm so bad at following posts

Good luck for scan today weasel and good luck to all the ladies who are POAS tomorrow!!!

I still have 2 weeks to wait
I went on the intenet to check my most fertile days babycentre. It said I should ovulate on the 1st, is theira chance I will ovulate later? Never concentrated on when I ovulate before

DAMN!!!! was due to poas tomorrow but pretty sure AF is starting.
tiny tiny amount of brownish on wiping (sorry, tmi).

Of course it could be implantation bleeding or some such (had that with DD1 and mistook for AF so didn't actually realise that I was pg for AGES), but since this is cycle 0 after ERPC I really don't think it is.
Bugger
Maybe I'll poas anyway if it doesn't get any stronger just for the reassurance that drinking wine (medicinally, of course) is OK

Hi blackholes

santa this might be a controversial thought, but since you're feeling ambivalent about getting pg again, why don't you take it easy for a couple of cycles?? Don't poaopk, don't smep etc - just dtd when you feel like it? If you're anything like a lot of us, you'll "feel like" it at around about the appropriate time anyway. And then everything will be all fun and games, no pressure, and then maybe you'll want to be pg again.