Newbies TTC #1 gather round :)

sorry to hear patience

So sorry to hear that X

Patience so sorry to hear that :( Hugs to you xxxxxx

That's so sad Patience, sorry for your loss. Take care x

Patience....so sorry to hear that. Look after yourself and we will hear from you soon xx

Thanks LadesC :) My plan was to garden too, but I'm totally knackered after working a good chunk of today, so may have a bit rest then try to go for a walk.

ps congrats baking mad if i havent already said so

Im still here too!! 'Enjoying' a bit of garden sorting and clearing in the sunshine. Thought bein as im making a person I might be excused from all that but it appears not

Thanks LK :) I'm sure all of us will still keep popping back on to this thread. Hopefully this is your month too!

Wow baking mad! That's great news! .... I think this is a lucky thread! Pls don't go elsewhere - we will miss you preggers ladies!

Welcome Phryn!

Just got a positive OPK so I think I am ovulating!! Fingers crossed!

Good luck Phryn :)

I'm fine thanks impatientlywaiting. Had some strange sensations in my stomach and back, which made me panic a little, but it's not exactly painful, doesn't last long and not in same place, so guess everything is just starting to stretch. Got an appointment with midwife on 20th, but that seems so far away at the mo. Not really hanging out on the pregnancy board yet, as still seems a little early and I like this thread :)

Thanks Baking yes me too ! :) how are you doing?

thamrin did you google it? i kept seeing it all over mums net about how they would be doing smep and was oblivious until someone mentioned they would be doing it and explained what it was. You start dtd from cd8 so you dtd (do the deed) on cd8 then every other day and start using opks from cd10 .Once you get your positive opk you go from every other day to every day for 3 days, the 1st day of the postive opk and the 2 days following then miss a day then give it one more "try" :)

Welcome Phryn :)
is it confusing isnt it how things change after you come off of bc i hope things are going to settle a bit more now for you and you get answers soon. I have recently come off of microgynon 30 (I don't have PCOS) and have little pimples popping up which is unusal for me. Maybe its side effect of coming off of bc? fingers crossed for you.

Not loving the symptom spotting either although havn't been too bad recently and i was soo excited the first time i see my opk turn positive lol

Fingers crossed and baby dust to all

Can I join the gang?

TTC#1, age 32, husband 34. Was on Cilest for about 15 years, came off and used condoms for a couple of months having done some calculations about minimum time in job for full mat leave. First cycle very light painful period which weirded me out, second cycle more normal but still lighter than I remember my period being the last time I had a pill break. Now ovulating (I think) and using OPK. Never thought I'd find peeing on a stick and seeing a line getting darker so exciting!

Not loving the symptom spotting madness and spotty neck - hoping it's not a sign of PCOS, I don't fit the other symptoms but GP is happy to do a blood test next cycle if needed.

Good luck to all!

time to Google SMEP.....

Thanks impatientlywaiting, hope the SMEP works well for you next cycle :)

Baking Congratulations! :) :) I wondered if you disappearing for a while was down to good news :)

Patience Glad to hear your ok and o.h is excited bless :) god i bet it must be soo hard keeping it quiet i think i would just pop with excitement lol

thamrin keeping fingers crossed for you for a bfp this month. Work related stress is defiantly a factor affecting us as well, hope things aren't impacting you too much xx

I am 5dpo and only just discovered SMEP (sperm meets eggs plan) so will most defiantly be doing that on my next cycle going to give it my all!

Good luck to everyone and fc for more BFP's

xx

Thanks Patience, so maybe it's not just in my head :)

Thanks Patience, glad all's ok with you. Hopefully your symptoms will settle down. I'm wondering if I spoke to soon, as now feeling queezy, but that might just be psychological :) Yes, not going to be easy keeping quiet. Have you booked appointment with GP or midwife yet? Looked on NHS site this morning and says you should let them know straight away, but I'm still wondering if too soon?

Thanks Thamrin. I don't keep pg tests in the house, as I know what I'd be like otherwise :)

First symptom for me was tiredness, which is really unusual, as usually have bags of energy. Also sore nipples, but sometimes get that in run up to AF. Anyway, the day AF was due I had some spotting, assumed AF must be on way, but didn't turn into anything. Thought it might be a wierd period, as used to get really short ones a few years back, but when I started weeing like mad I was pretty sure I knew why :) Touch wood no nausea yet, though had some taste changes - like salad tasting really bitter and berries really sour. Think that's about it for the mo :)

Hopefully we'll get some more bfps on here over the next couple of weeks :)

wow bakingmad that is great congratulations another on this thread it must be good luck

I don't know how you resisted POAS for a week, gold medal to you for that!!!

again congrats and tell us newbies all about how you're feeling & symptoms! such exciting times

Hello ladies, haven't been on here much over the last week.

Hope you're doing ok Spence, sorry things didn't work out for you this month.

Hopefully you'll get your bfp this month Thamrin.

This seems like a lucky thread, as I just got a bfp this morning :) Wanted to wait till at least a week late before testing, although I had my suspicions last week. Glad as I was able to resist as a nice clear result. Know it's really early days, but fingers crossed.

Hope you're doing well Patience. Hopefully your symptoms will continue to play nice with you LadesC.

hi everyone. cd6 for me on cycle 4. totally decided to take the bull by the horns this month and hope to get a bfp at the end of it all. fingers crossed.

totally understand the stresses of work. dh and I are expats in Indonesia and in the middle of applying for other contracts and countries with no idea where we will be in a years time.

I just try take comfort that there are a lot of options and something will always fall into place one way or another.

good luck to all xx