TTC and still breastfeeding? You're not alone! Thread# 2

Thank you chicky. Had a raging thirst with ds too. Xx

pear you deserve them!

giddy, that's reassuring if you're feeling thirsty too. Hope the colds clear soon.

Pear... Be honest.... Did you buy them for your friend?! good luck for tomorrow. X

Hi Mary! Feeling pretty good to be honest. Bit thirsty and chapped lips / streaming cold, wasnt sure if that was due to snotty tot or symptom.... Fingers crossed it's a good sign....

Just popping in to say hi . Ava thank you for your kind wishes.

Pear, your breastfeeding snack hamper is a lovely idea.

Giddy how are you feeling? I am constantly thirsty and my mouth is so dry. Doesn't bode well - not even 5 weeks yet

It's weird that it's such a localised 'pain' though - right where I would imagine my ovary being It might just be all in my head and wishful thinking, but they do say that remaining positive is important when ttc (and that your more sensitive to these things after your first pg)

I did get a dip in temperature at ov and a .4 degrees fahrenheit increase for the last couple of days so i'm still hopeful. I'm such a dunce though, as I didn't realise the egg could be fertilised up to 36 hours after ov now I'm a bit worried we stopped eod too early. Still, if it's meant to be it will be...

Karma pear, you'll be rewarded for your kindness. Fingers crossed it will be soon! X

Thanks Ava. Sounds good for you this month, fingers crossed!
Pear, that's so very kind of you to help your buddy. I made loads of those cookies that are supposed to increase your milk supply. I made huge batches of the dough, then split it and froze in little batches. then it was dead handy to get out a pack of dough before I went to bed and then cook in the morning? Bit of effort required for that one though! Otherwise chocolate hobnobs. Summat mad like 11g of sugar per biscuit but they were gooooooood! And drank lucozade like a loon.

Pear, oats supposedly boost supply as does fennel tea. I ate millions of flapjacks, my mum made loads and I kept them in a tin by the bed. So I vote for a tin of flapjacks and a pack of fennel tea for the kit.

Lots of mini mars bars my nan always said they helped with milk supply - not sure if they did help or not but they felt like ?uch an awesome 'guilt free' treat.

When I did this for my sis recently I included chewy sweets - natural confectionary (?) snakes; individually wrapped pains au chocolate; bags of tasty rice cakes; snack packs of biscuits (I can't find the tubes of choc digestives with a lid I used to eat in supermarkets now - they were handy); cereal bars; bott?ed water; and ambient cartons of juice. Maybe other things I can't think of right now (I should be asleep, I have work tomorrow )

A travel mug would also be useful - she could keep a nice (sugary) decaf (?) tea/coffee beside her for longer than a regular cup or mug

Sorry Pear meant to congratulate Giddy and Mary Must be over tired from all the eod'ing

I'm sure I will be congratulating you very soon though In the meantime I shall give you a gold for spending another tough day with pg friends...

Was talking to another mama at playgroup today who's expecting her second DC - she'll have that 2.5 year gap we wanted

Hi All! Massive congratulations to Giddy and Pear! I'm so pleased for you both!

Pear, you aren't going to believe this, but I am now 2dpo and for the last 3 days I've had a weird ache/pulling feeling in what I guess is my right ovary! It's really freaked me out as I haven't experienced it before. It took me by surprise in bed the other night and lasted a few minutes and since then it's been coming and going. I looked it up and don't think it's ovarian cysts as it's not painful, but my sister (my 'go to' person in RL ) had this when she conceived DD and was told by her midwife that it was due to the surge of hormones. I've also read that it could be the force if the egg shooting out

Info feel differently this month - been feeling more positive since having my first proper AF, DD is still doing really well and is down to a couple if feeds in the day and night, I've been temping, poas daily (had my first definite positive!) and made sure I've been eating lots I ov'd when my app said I would so I feel like my body is finally regulating itself...

Hey, we might both get our bfps this month and have the same EDD, ha!x

Mum I think I'm going to get some & start them in April. Let me know what you think of them. I've been temping the last couple weeks & its all over the place.

Anyone poas soon? I thought this was the week for it

I'm feeling very of pregnant friends lately so I'm trying to focus on losing weight & enjoying ds.

Hope you ladies have a lovely week

I've just bought some cb digital opks so will be interesting to see how it goes this cycle. At least I'll definitely be able to confirm if I'm ovulating or not