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TTC and still breastfeeding? Thread # 5 - Positive Vibes!

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peardrop2 · 18/07/2015 23:42

Peardrop - age 33, TTC cycle #9, DS is 26 months (stopped bf soon to be 4 months ago). Af returned when DS 14months, currently on CD14 and have had 4 flashing smileys. Praying for a static smiley tomorrow! Dangling legs in air!

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 20:47

Hi wax. How are you doing? I'm not doing well at all Hmm I feel so hormonal and have the worst greasy skin ever so I really feel like AF is near Hmm

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waxweasel · 05/08/2015 20:04

Mini and pear, I popped over to see how you were doing - I hope you dont mind. Sounds like neither of you is out of the game yet this month so I have my fingers crossed for you both - really hope you have some good news soon xxx

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 19:17

Ispy - woohoo for the fixed smiley Grin Sorry I was thinking it earlier and then forgot to write it down!

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 19:15

Mini - that's probably wise not to buy anymore sticks. I really hope it turns out to be good news but I agree with you that it's worth waiting to see if AF arrives tomorrow. Yay for the distraction today Smile

Tomorrow I've got another busy day to distract me. I'm visiting friends and having friends over (both sets with newborns). It will be good to see them before AF arrives as I always find it harder afterwards. 10dpo tomorrow so I've got to pee really fast and avoid temptation! I'm absolutely determined not to waste sticks this month. I've not had greasy skin like this in a loooonngg time so I am actually starting to wonder whether maybe it's linked to Agnus Cactus or maybe this is the first month that my body is working since I did see a lot of unusual ewcm for me! I continue to stress eat which is not helping Hmm

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MinisMama13 · 05/08/2015 17:23

I'm good! Just got home from taking ds to the railway museum! A great distraction!
More brown spotting but only small amounts but I just feel like af will arrive tomorrow. I haven't even bought a different test!

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 15:50

Mini - how are you doing?

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ispyfispi · 05/08/2015 10:37

I too planned to encourage more self soothing last time but I now embrace the fact that bf is designed to make mum and baby sleepy. I remember at my postnatal class about 6 weeks after ds was born the health visitor checking we were all putting our babies down awake and weren't rocking them or feeding them to sleep. It still makes me livid to think about. By dc3 I knew just to grin and nod along but I felt bad for the first timers. I've since made friends with the bf ones (and a ff one!) and reassured them it was nonsense Smile

MinisMama13 · 05/08/2015 08:54

Sorry I realise that was a totally selfish post! Whoop for powering through ispy and yay for a fixed smiley today!

Pear I've found self settling has come with age for ds. Oh and he won't necessarily do it for me but will for nursery and his dad. That said he fell asleep on me yesterday with no milk.

I actually think I've jinxed myself, af feels imminent. We'll see. I may nip out later for a better test!

ispyfispi · 05/08/2015 08:38

Oh that's quite a jump each day isn't it?! I recon a frer in the morning is the way to go but what an agonising wait!

Pear he's had it for 9 months now hence the cortisone injection. Rest definitely seems to help but it's so hard not picking ds up. Putting him in his car seat really aggravates it so I just have to remember to do it where I can.

I got a fixed smiley today ????
Cd 25 today so one day earlier than last cycle, yay!

MinisMama13 · 05/08/2015 07:44

Soooo another bfn. If I still haven't had any more red spotting or signs of af I'm going to buy a decent test later rather than ic's. I expected to see something when I got up but nada. No spotting or anything. TMI I checked CP and found a brown streak but I almost felt dry which is odd. Talk about torturing myself Wink

Also found this on pg test accuracy while obviously not googling Wink

10 dpo : 35%
11 dpo : 51%
12 dpo : 62%
13 dpo : 68%
14 dpo : 74%
15 dpo : 80%
16 dpo : 88%
17 dpo : 92%
18 dpo : 99%

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 05:51

Hah hah "encourage DH" not DS! Oh lord can you imagine a 3/4 year old putting down a baby to sleep lol

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peardrop2 · 05/08/2015 05:49

Yay ispy! Grin Poor DH though. It took me 9 months to get better after having it for 6 months and it wasn't the physio that helped although she had the answer. She told me until I stop using it it won't go away. I went on holiday last October and got struck down with acute food poisoning which meant I had to lie in bed for 4 days and I couldn't look after DS at all. It was hell but I returned from holiday with a new wrist Wink and the other silver lining from that horrible experience is that DH grew a very special bond with DS and DS has been potty about him ever since whereas before that DS only let me do certain things (all because of the bond BF creates) like bedtime etc which is why the injury occurred in the first place! I think next time I will definitely encourage DS to put dc2 down more but it's hard when you're the one doing all the feeding as often you can use the milk as a magic sleeping tool but that's probably why DS is such a terrible self settler because he mainly was put down with a tummy full of BF Grin

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ispyfispi · 05/08/2015 00:11

Oh Mini, I hope the waiting is over soon!

Well dh powered through! Dangly legs here Grin Dr thinks the tendonitis is from picking up small children! He had a cortisone injection yesterday and I guess it gets worse before it gets better? Anyway, must go to sleep as ds has been rising early ????

MinisMama13 · 04/08/2015 23:06

Hahaha I've been like that all day.
Maybe I'll wear white undies tomorrow as that'll bring on af Wink
Ho hum. I should drag my sleepy backside to bed and see what tomorrow brings but in a weird way I'm enjoying the what if for another few minutes as I know deep down it'll be a bfn tomorrow. On the upside we have a day out planned with ds that hopefully he'll love Smile

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 23:01

Oh no I didn't mean it like that! I meant my head was going to explode with trying to work it all out Grin

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MinisMama13 · 04/08/2015 23:00

It definitely said test date August 5th as I double checked thinking it'd be later in the week! Weird!

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 22:59

Oh and lots of ladies get their bfp on 10dpo so I don't think it would be too early to test for some. I got my bfp on dpo 11 with my son. 10dpo was a bfn for what it's worth!

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MinisMama13 · 04/08/2015 22:58

Sorry lovely I'm being gross. I don't have anyone to talk about it too and yeh. I don't know why I'm suddenly so wound up. I think because it's unusual for me. Equally my body has never been particularly regular so I should know better really. I will go and give myself a talking to!

Thanks for listening/reading Grin

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 22:57

Interestingly though FF has not brought my recommended test date forward even though it should know that I normally have a 10/11dpo. It's telling me to test on Monday which would be 14dpo. Interesting how it has adjusted for you and not me!

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 22:54

lol Mini Smile I feel a bit queasy trying to work it all out for you Grin I don't have any answers Hmm Best advice I can give is go to sleep and test in 7 hours time Wink

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MinisMama13 · 04/08/2015 22:48

*disclaimer! - obsessing post!

Ff has my testing date as tomorrow because of my lp being between 8 and 11 days post baby, average is 10.
Now obviously this could have lengthened but even so surely 11dpo could still be considered early to test? I mean my lp prior to ds was 10-12 days and it was due to lack of spotting at 12dpo that I tested at 13dpo with ds and got a pretty faint positive. My point being would it even show yet?

Tmi from this evening is that after some red at 4pm it's been brown and hardly there again since. The last time I went to the toilet it was only there because I checked CP again! I know, I know, I'm rolling my eyes at myself!

MinisMama13 · 04/08/2015 22:36

Ooo what Pear said to get some dtd action in! Although even with a positive ic it could be 48 hours until ov!

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 22:29

Pants though Ispy Hmm Sad for you. Could you compromise for the crack of dawn dtd?

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peardrop2 · 04/08/2015 22:28

Ispy - I had that! How has he got it? I got it from rocking DS to sleep for 6 months plus Confused

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ispyfispi · 04/08/2015 22:24

Well dh has had a flare up of tendonitis and is currently rolling around in agony so dtd is probably off the cards ????

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