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If TTC # 2 has turned you into a nut job this thread is for you! (Part 4)

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sebsmummy1 · 05/12/2013 09:16

Hey!! We have had lots of graduates from Part 3, so let's get on the TTC bus part 4 and make this place a ghost town.

Destination Pregnancy, choooo choooooo Grin

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PunkyBubba · 17/12/2013 10:25

I'm still here! That sounds positive Sebs! Fingers crossed this is your month! That's a hard decision to make on when to test if you are due on Christmas Day... I would probably wait until Boxing Day as a BFN might dampen my Christmas mood!

It's 'fertile week' this week, so DTD yesterday, and planning tomorrow, Friday and then just see if OPK is showing anything as to whether we go for Sunday too. My cycles are still messed up since the Ectopic so no idea really when I might OV or get AF. No EWCM at the moment though which is a bit annoying/disheartening.

xxx

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sebsmummy1 · 17/12/2013 10:02

Hi girls, not sure if this thread is still active but thought I would update invade you are all out there still.

I'm 6/7dpo and showing a good possible pregnancy sign. I have dark brown cm and some spotting this morning. I had quite bad cramping last night about 10 pm.

I feel hopeful but am understandably reluctant to read too much into it as our bodies are very good at giving us signs but no BFP. No idea when I'm going to test. I'm due on Christmas Day.

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fedupofrainydays · 12/12/2013 13:21

Thanks ladies. Don't let it dampen this thread though. Keep ttc with gusto ladies, I'm sure I will be back with you in no time! Xx

BartBaby · 11/12/2013 18:27

Oh no fed up I'm so so sorry. I was really hoping it would work out for you. Try and take it easy over Christmas and make sure your dh looks after you x

2beornot · 11/12/2013 18:16

So so sorry, fedup. Def think you should take a break, at least over the festive period. Sending some big hugs x

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 15:54

Oh darling I am so so sorry. Totally devastated for you Sad

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PunkyBubba · 11/12/2013 15:52

I am so so sorry. Sending you lots of love and huge hugs.xxx

fedupofrainydays · 11/12/2013 15:48

They rang. I'm miscarrying. Hcg down to 97. Unlikely ectopic issues. I've got the pain and bleeding to come which is always fun. I will prob take a bit of a break from here now but will no doubt be back. Hope you all get some healthier bfps in the mean time xxx

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 14:15

Fed up, is there a chance that everything is ok with the pregnancy? Ie if your hormones are going up then that doesn't automatically mean it's developing in a bad place I assume?

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fedupofrainydays · 11/12/2013 13:51

Worst feeling of limbo land ever. I bet they don't even get around to ringing me today. Trying to distract myself with online Shopping and writing Christmas cards but I'm sure you can imagine I just want to know! Patience was never my real strong point....

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 13:19

Everything crossed for you fed up xxx

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PunkyBubba · 11/12/2013 12:45

Yes, one of the many things I learned from all this is how amazing the body is how it heals and compensates for loss.

Fedup yes even at the worst times of ttc we at least have our precious DC1's to cheer us up. I really feel for those who go through such horrendous experiences such as having an ectopic without that comfort.

From everything I have read I would agree with what your doctor told you, that most agree is better to lose the damaged tube, more for piece of mind than anything else.

Definitely hoping for some of that xmas luck this year for all of us! xxx

fedupofrainydays · 11/12/2013 11:50

Ps. That is good news re losing a tube. Gives me hope if this does to down that route. The doctor told me yesterday if you have ectopic it is better to remove that tube because people who have their tube saved often have another in the same tube. And she said all the ladies she had seen with one tube went on to get pregnant again just fine. She was nice and reassuring.

fedupofrainydays · 11/12/2013 11:47

Back from EPU and await their call with results. Nervous.

Using phone whilst having sex? Really? Depends what they are using it for I suppose...!! Ha ha

I had a random 20 day cycle too punky and then 28 day. Was so weird. But no one has thought any of this was abnormal when I told them (in the medical profession!)

All sounds good sebs

Had a lovely sleep last night but was woken at 5.50 by DS. But I don't mind. He's so precious and all this shite happening at the mo just makes me realise that even more. He's so amusing, even at that time of day! And he's being a big mummy's boy at the moment which I love as its great to feel so wanted and needed and been given lots of hugs and cuddle demands. It's like he knows xxxx

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 11:43

Oh that's great news Grin. My partner works in the pharmaceutical field and says the body is very attuned to compensate, hence why he made the comment.

Apparently there is a rise of BFPs over the Xmas period because of the booze and probably more opportunity to get some loving!! Let's hope it's a lucky period for us all xxx

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PunkyBubba · 11/12/2013 11:32

Lol, they were saying recently that stats show something like 10% of women use their phone during sex. I think that is rubbish personally but it was in the papers and discussed on TV!

Well I still have both ovaries, which should continue to release an egg randomly as they always did. The one remaining tube still has 'receptors' which are switched on at ovulation (like a homing signal), so the egg heads towards it, whichever ovary it came from. The stats say an egg coming from the tubeless side makes it to the remaining tube about 20% of the time (though some other sites I have seen say 30%). So I have more chance if I ovulate from my left side (as it was my right tube removed), but I still have some chance every month.

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 10:53

Ha ha noooo. I don't think my OH would appreciate me tapping away on my phone as he's getting to critical mass lol

Well I've put on FF that I've ovulated today, cd14 as I definitely had that cold wet feeling that gets described when people are talking about ovulation. If I'm dry tomorrow I'm happy with that assumption. Means I had 5/6 days of good CM which makes me hopeful. But then I say that every month lol!!!

FF is giving me a test date of Christmas Eve!!! How totally amazing would that be if I got a BFP.

Punky. I was talking about this thread to my OH last night and about ectopic pregnancies. He asked if the remaining tube ovulated every month, ie takes over from the damaged one and I found I didn't know the answer. Does it?

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PunkyBubba · 11/12/2013 10:42

Morning all,

how are you doing today Fedup? I'm hope you managed to have a good rest after making it back home. Let us know how you get on today, thinking of you.xx

Sebs I hope you weren't BDing as you typed ;-) Fingers crossed this is your month!

Well my 3rd cycle since EP started at the weekend. 6 days early which is a bit weird for me.. so a 22 day cycle, and only 10 day luteal phase. I immediately bought some vit B6, but then have spoken to a few people and apparently weird short cycles are normal post EP but they usually correct themselves quickly so going to hold off and hope this cycle is more normal. On the plus side I can start ttc a bit earlier than I thought, so next week as opposed to xmas week when I have 7 members of my family coming to stay!

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sebsmummy1 · 11/12/2013 08:18

Thinking of you today fed up xxxx

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2beornot · 10/12/2013 22:33

Glad you're home and being looked after. Thinking of you x

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sebsmummy1 · 10/12/2013 20:32

Glad you are back home with your family xxxx

Nothing happening here. Just bding, think I ovulated today (cd 13) but not sure. 2ww on its way.

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fedupofrainydays · 10/12/2013 19:37

I'm home. And a relief to be honest. So good to see my boys. And being very well looked after and cuddled.
How is everyone? Sorry, with all the dramatic events of the last day or so I've kind of lost track...

Thank you so much for your kind messages. Your support means a lot. I await tomorrow and next bloods tests. And looking forward to a decent sleep in my own bed tonight

Xxx

fedupofrainydays · 10/12/2013 15:19

Im not sure... I guess we will go on what they say tomorrow first... Xx

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sebsmummy1 · 10/12/2013 14:49

So at they going to do bloods every other day fed up? Xxxx

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fedupofrainydays · 10/12/2013 13:48

That's exactly what it is. They aren't bothered if hormones declining but if going up then yes, can be ectopic.
I have pain on left side but they didn't seem too bothered by it unless it was severe.

I'm now on the sofa with Jaffa cakes and tea. Looking forward to DS coming home from childcare. I need a cuddle xxx