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Thread 2. #Ttc1. We weren't supposed to start yet, but the starting pistol (penis) has gone off. Join our journey as we navigate the ovia boat, pissy sticks and symptoms spotting

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 17/11/2015 12:19

We weren't supposed to start till January! But we did!
Join us as we ttc #1 after pill/contraception etc.

We've got a boat, it makes frequent stops for wine, pissy sticks, wool, slings, cake and all manner of shit we don't need yet but we buy anyway!

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shelbTa · 04/12/2015 13:52

Starky - do it! I've got an image of your wee at the back of a cupboard now so if only to remove that from my head! Jokes. They do all sound like potential symptoms.

Runner - cover all bases and get doing it id say. But yeah haven't you just finished AF? Jesus Christ I know way too much about people I don't even know!

I'm stressing - the (TMI) brown spotting has stopped now, it was barely anything in the end, not even enough to cover a (TMI) liner. There was a little bit of EWCM with it which is the first I've had since I came off the pill. I'm CD18. My tummy hurts a bit even when I walk. What do you reck? Ovulation bleed maybe?

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:52

Starky whilst you're waiting - get on Amazon or eBay for some internet cheapies!

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:51

Bunch just checked. Still says I'm not fertile until Tuesday. Sucky!

Haven't got angry at TV shows yet. Just at absolutely everyone having an opinion Hmm

StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:50

Haha runner that's why it's in the back of the wardrobe! Nobody will happen across it there! I was being insane this morning, dying for a wee, legs crossed,hopping around the kitchen trying to find a suitable encasing for my saved wee!

Right, okay, I shall test, probably, I think, if it's a bfn which it will be then at least I'll know. And then I can nip out another day to get some more because inevitably, I will dip and then come on. So I won't need to buy anymore for a month! I'll wait till my dsis goes out so I can retrieve my wee in peace!

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:42

Runner have you you dragged the screen down on your calendar screen to refresh it?

Bit of a tangent. Does anyone else find this TTC malarkey making them get irrationally angry at bad references to TTC on tv shows?

I was shocked by how wrong some shows get it. Friends has Monica worrying she's missed her fertile window when she got her dates wrong "so I'm ovulating from today until the 6th" "oh I'm still ovulating". Nah love you mean you may be or that you're fertile! And then greys anatomy (I've been re watching old seasons) has Eva asking for a scan because she's 5 days pregnant. Eh?!! "Oh it's completely normal not to get a heartbeat this early". No shit, it's barley implanted and no test will have you down as pregnant!! Rant over 

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:41

Lol, I'm pretty sure if my OH found me stashing wee he'd have me committed Shock

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:40

Hmm Bunch I think your right. Bloody OH is out tonight at his work Xmas do so I'll have to jump him tomorrow instead. We did dtd day before yesterday though so we should be good.

Oddly I did enter EWCM into Ovia and it didn't alter my window. Just gave me a patronising "well done" for having good CM Confused

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:37

Yeah at least I keep my wee in the bathroom medicine cupboard Wink

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:37

No point driving yourself insane by waiting. You never know it might be BFP and then how silly will you feel Wink

And if it's not at least you won't be going mad and keeping wee in the back of your closet any more GrinCake

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:37

Runner get on the man ASAP! Trust your body more than the app. Once you enter in the data that you have EWCM it will alter your fertile window. It's a huge sign. Time to get shagging!

Starky I say get testing. You can easy go the shop to buy more.
How on earth have you by tested and you're 4 days late you nutter. Get dipping!!! (I'm lonely with my stick pics) Grin

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:34

stark after that explanation I think you owe it to us to test right this instant!!! Thanks

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:31

Phahaha!! Exploiting your servix Confused (auto correct wanted to turn that into exploding your service Hmm)

It a day for TMI I've got loads of stretchy CM but Ovia says I'm not in my fertile window until next week Hmm I thought stretchy CM was a sign that ovulation is close at hand??

StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:27

Bloody hell, autocorrect is a bastard, not BFP. ..BFN...

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:26

I have a conundrum. So I'm four days late, I have a twitchy achy tummy, really low down, like period cramps, but not quite. I've had slightly sticky discharge all week (TMI, my apologies) and I feel ever so slightly naseaus, have done all week on/off. I'm spotty and my boobs hurt. It feels like I should be on, but it's not happened yet. I'm going mad because the chance of it not being my period is slim, but now I'm symptom spotting. And I'm probably going to post this and immediately come on my period.

But, in the spirit of being insane, I saved my morning wee, in a tiny tupperware, it's in the back of my wardrobe. (Told you, insane!) I have one of the cheapy strip tests. One. I have been put off having a go, partly because if I use it, it means I'm going to get a bfp, and I'll be gutted, and then immediately come on, and I'll feel stupid for wasting it. And I'm sort of playing a waiting game, waiting for this period to arrive and go "haha! Now you're not pregnant AND a bleedy hormonal cow," in a way, I don't want to test fate and KNOW I'm not, and wait to come on. It's not like I can't get more tests, but that one upstairs being smug in the drawer feels sort of like admitting how much I want to be prego and I'm going to cry when it says no. My dsis is here, but is going out shortly, Dh is asleep.

If you're still with me after all that, I thank you. Should I wait longer, or test and get my bfn and get it over with? I'd sort of mentally made the decision that if I'd not come on by the end of the day that I'd test, but now I'm doubting my own decision and feel like I should just wait it out till I do come on. I'm going slowly mad. Grin

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:13

Thanks Mor. I personal have never ahem exploited my cervix Wink I find a Mawer uncomfortable enough without prodding anymore. However, lots of white CM is a symptom of pregnancy but also is what we're supposed to get before AF arrives. I got more than usual so it seems to be a good indicator. (Shelb I'm still remembering symptoms it would seem).
I am over the moon but trying so hard to reign it in. Which is nye on impossible

Morwenna1 · 04/12/2015 13:06

Wow Bunch!!! Fantastic news! GrinFlowersCakeStar God, so much can change on this thread in such a short space of time, I'm getting addicted to finding out what's happening with everyone!! Bet you're over the moon Smile Do keep us posted with what happens next! So pleased for you, here's hoping it all gets more confirmed over the weekend.

Ni - Ovia is saying 4 days before I can test as well! We can be moral support for each other if it's a BFN! So hoping it's not for both of us!

TMI alert - I decided to er, explore my cervix after Ovia's prompting. I would say it's medium to high, and if I had to describe it, it felt soft. Also lots of white CM. Anyone know what this means? (If anything?)

StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 12:18

Also, Don know ow where 'poor' came from that was supposed to be 'oooooooh' auto correct is a bastard! So exciting! Xmas Grin

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 12:10

Haha thanks Starky. I'm trying to reign in the excitement and stop myself from buying everything baby related that I could think of!

StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 12:08

Bunch ammmaaaazing news!! Poor ooh! How so totally exciting ! Ooooooooh! Squeeeeee!

But also, sensible yes, yes of course wait for weekend wee etc, but equally Squeeeeeeee!

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 11:59

It's all positive Shelb. You'll be getting back into a normal cycle.

I've just remembered two more symptoms, the ones that actually made me think "maybe". I've had backache for about 5 days and I've been able to smell myself (nice). Not that I've been sweating but I'm just aware of my own pit odour. I'm really selling myself as a clean person aren't I! This would happen even an hour after a shower and I've never been able to smell myself unless I've been at a festival and gone 5 days just wet wipe washing! Apparently it's a symptom too. According to Ovia pregnancy app I'm 4 weeks today, that seems so much scarier than the 3 weeks I'd guessed!

shelbTa · 04/12/2015 10:10

Aww bunch that's a tearjerker of a comment to your dog!

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shelbTa · 04/12/2015 10:04

Yeah think it must be AF, too much for it to be spotting now.

Oh well, at least I'm getting a cycle of sorts I guess!

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 09:25

It totally could be. I had a 16 day cycle on my second month off the pill PITA as I was on holiday too!!

He's surprisingly okay, lots of smiles but he kept saying "when you take another test on Sunday and we find out if you are pregnant" I kept telling him "no I am pregnant".

He's got a full busy day in the office so we'll see how he is tonight. It wasn't the best way we found out, quite funny. It was 6am so I wasn't waiting 5 mins in a cold bathroom so I peed on the stick and ran back to bed to wait for the time and left the test on the bedside table. When I checked it I said to him "oh it looks negative.. HANG ON" haha. I then hid under the covers and he laughed at me.
His final words to the dog as he left for work was "You're going to be a big brother". He made my heart melt.

shelbTa · 04/12/2015 09:12

Thanks bunch.

I'm only on cycle one off the pill so it could be my confused body giving me AF.

I'll report back at the end of the day to see if it's subsided - lucky you!!!!!

How is OH bunch is he happy or freaking a bit?!

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BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 09:00

Shelb it could always be you ovulated early and its implantation. Or even if it is an early AF it means you can get back on it super quick. Though they say spotting is from the previous cycle, not the start of AF. How long are you off the pill now?

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