Newbies TTC #1 gather round :)

Spence hope your feeling a bit better and things are a ok with the o.h ? xxxx

How is patience havn't seen you for a little bit hope your doing well :)

How is everyone else on here doing ?

Hi LadesC glad to hear your doing ok. My friend said the slight twinges (waves as she called it) of nausea were her first clue as she had the same in previous pregnancy's. They were so fleeting she did wonder if it was in her head as prior to taking the positive test she was worried she that she was pregnant. Ahh ok sounds good you'v had a good supply of pregnacare for little bean :) amazon do a subscribe and save option for the pregnacare range and the leading supermarkets regularly do a 3 for 2 on the preganacre/vitabiotics range.

Sorry to hear about your D.P's job that must be worrying and taking the enjoyment off a tiny little bit. I'm sure things will be ok though and glad hes pleased. I know what you mean about becoming obsessed , My o.h already loathes my OPKS I have had to reassure him i wont be carrying on with them forever lol god id drive myself bonkers never mind him. He seems to be feeling better after our chat now thanks :)

Im sure now you have reached your goal things will feel a bit more relaxed although i know there must now be new concerns to replace the old ttc ones. hope your can start sleeping better soon xxx

Chadlersfarang Thats just like us, I share everything with my o.h. Its an alien concept not to, as i feel almost like Im keeping things from him, However i have learnt like you to start being selective. Yes cm and all other ttc science is definitely a mood killer! as you said its all very well having the other parts of the ingredient but if the main part is missing it just wont work! lol

I have a sample of the book, had a skim over earlier (when was supposed to be doing course homework), looks good going to have a read tonight and pop to library tommorow see if i can order it in xxx

Impatiently - all that sounds very sensible and should leave you both in a much better place as a couple, which is super important when embarking on a plan like having kids together!!! It's completely understandable how this happens between couples ttc tho... From my perspective, I've always told DH everything... We were great friends first before we got together and still talk loads, about everything! But when it comes to ttc I'm already having to be way more selective in what I talk about, as when all is said and done, all the charting/poas/dates/science IS NOT SEXY. And as on top of all the techniques above as we may be, we won't get anywhere without the sex!

Impatiently.....yes i feel fine so far thanks apart from the insomnia and slight twinges of nausea but that might be in my head!! Yeah i started pregnacare in november....just need to swap over from the conception ones now.

Hope OH is ok....although mine is happy as larry deep down, he is a little worried as lets just say his job situation is a bit dicey at mo. He also found my opk obsession a bit much i think.....hes prob hopin i dont become some kind of pregzilla!!

Hi ChandlersFarang

Thanks for that. Yes its rather frustrating. Well turns out it not so much work/stress related as crazy baby minded me related (oops). We've have a good chat about things and i have promised to not go ott with opks and dtd at the right time ect and i understand he doesn't want things to be scheduled, neither do i . hes come to an understanding though, in order for things to happen more effort needs to be put in around my fertile window. Yes the suggestion about the romantic evening would be nice xxx

Wow 98 days! how frustrating glad hear your on track now though. I found noting things down has helped to create a clear picture. Im only going to use opks for a couple more cycles to determine where it falls and then giving them up. I will then have to find inventive ways to keep him interested to catch it instead of just relying on increasing things at time of ovulation. :)

Jeez, I don't know if I can handle the OH being all Captain TTC now, and we're only on Day 1 of "let's stop just seeing how it goes and properly try now".

He's a big tea drinker, and has already been texting me from work complaining about how he really wants more tea and can't handle only three cups a day. Of course, being a bloke he didn't think to just switch to caffeine-free, the fidiot.

Sigh. You'd think it was the end of the world. And this was HIS idea! Rant over.

Duhhh ignore that reflex question at the end, you already told us. Sorry to hear that OH is stressed out by work and not playing along this month. Do you think a romantic evening could cheer him up, if it wasn't headlined "TTC", if you know what I mean? X x

Hi impatiently!! I do thoroughly recommend that book for a good dose of rational reason to assist us all navigating this crazy terrain...

I'm plodding along ok thanks!! Am just starting my first proper 2ww - on my second cycle after coming off the pill, but the first one was 98 days and a total mystery to me at the time. Am up on my game now though with knowing what's doing what when!!

How are you getting on?

HI Spence

I don't think we have been introduced yet i'm So sorry to hear that :(
Pleased to hear you have the support of your O.H though. As ChandlersFarang said at least you know its happening for you both. Hope Things pick up soon xxx

HI ChandelrsFarang

how are you getting on? Thanks for sharing the book recommendation i will take a look at that :)

LadesC

How are you feeling today and Ah i see xx are you taking any vits? Iv heard pregnancare is good xxx
Yes i'm feeling much better today Thank-you. And regarding O.H not for want of trying! O.h is under stress at work and just not in the mood, its all happend this week, sods law in my fertile window. And to top it off hes away from home while Im actually ovulating :(
Not much i can do really if hes not in the mood though its not fair to put added pressure on him by trying to get him to dtd. xx

Aaaah spence I'm sorry!!! If it's any consolation it seems like something was definitely going on though - and the stats say that makes you pretty likely to succeed again!! Good to have OH's resolve strengthened too, that's really sweet. Try to take the positives I guess, I can imagine how disappointed you must be feeling now. X x x x xx

Update - looking like a false positive or a chemical pregnancy, AF arrived late last night. OH more upset than me I think, started going on about how we're going to try harder next month th and make it happen because he didn't realise just how much he wanted it until he saw that line yesterday morning! Bless him.

Spence...how exciting. You could try the digital test...we had 2 days of faint almost invisible lines then digital one gave us the confirmation.

Impatiently...im so so early....4weeks and 5days so dare not let myself get carried away yet! Sounds like you need to drag that oh into the bedroom sharpish!! Hope ur feelin better today x

For all my fellow ttc #1-ers can I just recommend a book? It's called Expecting Better by an economist called Emily Oster. If you're of rational brain and are getting confused with the myriad pieces of conflicting advice on getting preg/being preg (what can and can't affect a pregnancy during 2ww, what to eat/drink/do when preg, etc) it's great. IMHO, every girl should read it when in our shoes!!

spence -how exciting!! I can defo see a faint line there. You know the science - you only get a line at all if HCG is detected in your pee, HCG only produced if preg, and false positives are rare. Fingers and toes crossed for you that it gets darker on your next try!!

This was our test result this morning. I've been driving myself mad looking back at it all bloody day trying to figure out if it's real or not!

Hi all, been a while since I posted. Work has been crazy and my mind had drifted from TTC a little. But took a test this morning and we THINK we got a positive, albeit really faint!

We're both really unsure as we were certain we'd missed the window this month, but told the best ie who is the only one who knows we're TTC and sent her a pic of the test and she's now convinced we are and over excited for us!

It doesn't seem real. I thought I'd feel different, or just "know". The OH has told me that we are just going to carry on as normal and test again on Monday, so if that line gets any darker......eeek!

oops meant "in the rest of your pregnancy"

HI LadesC Yes it most certainly is especially when the o.h doesn't want to dtd :(

ohh that must be terribly annoying for you :( my friend had that from about 3-5 months into her pregnancy no matter how late she went to sleep bingo! she was wide awake from around 5.30 and would lay there until her alarm went off at 7am to drag herself off to work.

I hope things settle soon and your feeling ok the rest of the pregnancy how far along are you if its not to nosy to ask?

xx

Havin a down day impatiently? I prescribe a day of pampering and eating tasty morsels. Or theres always wine . Youll get there....its an up n down old journey isnt it.

I dont feel too bad thanks, although having been a habitual struggler to wake up in the mornings, I now find Im wide awake at 5am every bloody morning .

Any of you Lovely ladies around today?

Need a positive boost today, feeling a bit dispondant

Hope you are all doing ok and LadesC and Patience are feeling ok?

xxxx

Hi all

Congratulations Patience and LadesC :) :) ( i don't know how to put a grin on here)

Fingers crossed for all the rest of you :)

Me and Oh Dtd on CD6 CD 9 & CD10 I got a positive opk today CD 13 What do you ladys think could i be in with a chance? I think we should of dtd more this cycle to have a realistic chance (not through the want of trying!) However I wasn't due to ovulate till CD15 hence DTD on CD 9&10 as i was advised to dtd 6 days before expected ovulation (started on CD9 in case I ovulated a day early). Going to try to dtd tonight and preferably tomorrow

Congratulations patience....thats fabulous news. Hope youre feelin ok....Lets hope this is a lucky thread!!

I used opks this month too and dtd at the right time so I guess it just wasn't our month. It was my first cycle off the pill so hoping this cycle will stay the same. I just bought an equivalent of pre seed from boots but not used it yet!

Ps....just bought pre-seed. Anyone tried it?