Ttc#1 Thread 7. 'I've sneezed twice, dtd, drank 2 glasses of juice, ate some cheese and I want a cuddle, Ovia am in pregnant yet?' TMI alert throughout.

Don't listen to her Miley she keeps telling me to take an OPK so she can fuck with my FW AGAIN!

I imagine kat as one of those holiday reps that directs you to your correct bus for your hotel

Ovia is a dick. She's asking forcing me to do a test in 5 days which would make me CD 24. And is saying af isn't due until the 2nd Feb. I'm so confuuuuuuused.

Welcome Pug and try not to let the envy get you. We've talked a bit on this thread about the extent to which people try to pretend they weren't trying for various reasons. Enjoy the crazy here as we symptom-spot and over-share, starky will astound you with her pissystick knowledge, kat will add you to the buses as they come along and choc will eventually get another BFP or will give birth soon and all will be well

Checking in.
Stats
TTC #1
Cycle #3 (although have not been 'preventing' pregnancy since 2011)
Testing 16th Feb/day AF due

I'm surrounded by pregnant women at the moment. My best friend is pregnant, my husband's best friend's wife is pregnant and several of my midwifery colleagues are also pregnant. Why isn't it me?!

Thanks harriet and Holly for your responses. I am definately not underweight, and usually exercise for about 3 hours a day. I've had to stop running so just yoga and weights, or resistance training. Just unclear about what might be too much! I have read that high impact could damage implantation so was thinking I wouldn't play rugby this year, but then again not sure if it's even true!

Your spotting smells like cinnamon bagels?! I'd enjoy it while it lasts!!! FX it's IB for you

Just had an unexpected baby bomb dropped on me by one of our closest friends. Erk not good timing! Of course underneath all the ttc madness I'm over the moon for her but this week is really working out very shitty >sits in the corner of the room and feels immensely sorry for self<

fx and skip I'm also wondering about exercise ... Would love to be in tip top shape before being pg. I'm trying to up my number of jogging sessions per week and looking into joining a kettlebells class to improve strength and get more toned. There's a half marathon I'd like to do in June if not upduffed by then! (What a treat for myself - must be mad)

Hi ladies I need a slap around the chops and to be told to calm down counting on you 7 days before af due and small amount of pink spotting and everything really smells ummmm cinnamon bagels trying not to get my hopes up

What's with all the mushroom hate? Man, I thought you were all so normal. (Not Stark, obvs. Put your bumhole away, love )

Wait...those are symptoms. Hm.

I've had nothing symptom-wise really. Or maybe I have but I'm not as obsessed as last cycle where the mildest bout of the shits meant I was preg. I did vomit today but that's because I couldn't get the god awful taste of iron out my mouth (burnt tongue of soup. Feel slightly ridiculous). Oh and I cried for like 10 minutes because of work shit which I never let get to me. I have been emo the past couple of days so am wondering if I'm gonna have an early af.

"I'd rather lick my own arsehole than eat a mushroom!" Starky you are the best

Zazzles I have. I am not having coffee or processed sugar. But the rest is the same as we both eat pretty healthily anyway. And wine only with AF. Might not make a difference at all, but I also put on weight and I want to lose a bit before upduffed

Thanks miley DP was so so reluctant to babies for so long, and then caved eventually, so I figured the tiny non threatening onesie will work

Last cycle I was gassy, with vivid dreams, you name it. Then AF came and took it all away

I stopped running when winter came but I wanted to start again, mmmhhh maybe if I start slowly and progress very gradually?

Hi fxskip I'm wondering the same. I know they say you can carry on doing the same exercise that you were doing before, but since Xmas I've upped the intensity of my workouts as I want to be in as good shape pre-preg as poss. I used to run a few times a week but now I'm doing 3 x 1 hour intensive weights/cardio classes and parkrun (timed 5k) on a Saturday. I feel great but hope it won't be a problem for ttc! I'm not dieting at all so haven't lost much weight yet but noticing I'm getting more toned. I'd've thought weight loss/being underweight more likely to be an issue?

FX, moderate exercise is actually encouraged if that is already a part of your regular exercise routine. If you're not used to exercising then it isn't recommended to start taking it up whilst pregnant.

Sorry fx I'm with stark on this one. I would definitely rather rim myself than eat a mushroom, too. I love everything else foodie though except celery but who likes celery, really

So much to catch up on! starky leave your arsehole alone, just eat the damn mushrooms!

I eat pretty well, mostly vegetables and fruit and we have a strict rule that we only eat happy meat (free range minimum) so we don't eat meat that often. This morning I woke up exhausted and my whole body was sore. At first I thought great! I must be upduffed! Then I realised it was 5 am and I'd spent 3 hours working out yesterday. Probs not pregnant.
On that note, is anyone else concerned about the effect of working out? They say that moderate exercise is good but what does that mean?!

Such - they are good symptoms - fx for you. Yes they could just be AF symptoms - but they are also possible pg symptoms too so you never know. The burping thing is weird though isn't it?

It is so easy to get our hopes up isn't it? Such a mindfuck! You get all these symptoms, obsess over them for 2 months 2 weeks, fantasise about doing the test, getting a bfp, telling dh, telling family etc. Then AF shows up. What a bitch!

snowdog I think that makes a lot of sense re waiting for the stick to confirm all. It's only my first ttc and I can see already how the symptom spotting could drive you insane

Hello mi, lol at DH and your boobs I had a very similar convo with my husband the other day when I said my boobs felt bigger and my bra was leaving marks. He said Your bra usually leaves marks. I was like Thanks

Hi holly I've been burping more too! Which is unlike me. And more windy downstairs too
Other symptoms I've had are;

Sore heavy full boobs for ages
Change in CM - more clear, some white
Feeling the cold much more than usual
Fatigue - had to go for a lie down this afternoon!
Heightened sense of smell
Really vivid dreams
Very emotional - swinging from elation to sobbing

So I'm really feeling a lot of things, most of which could be old AF coming. I'm swinging between Definitely pregnant and planning how to tell my parents, and berating myself for even thinking for a second it could happen so quickly.

Such a bloody roller coaster!

Irregular that just made me laugh out loud!

"I miss my younger years when you obviously got pregnant just from thinking about willies too much!"

evergreen what a great idea for a surprise! I like it. Xx

Elle my best friend just had a baby and her name is Marta

Imp I pronounce my name differently in English, otherwise people look at me puzzled

DP is an Arsenal fan, so I will get a little Gunners onesie in a box with the test.

Kat I panic with the financial side of things but if you want everything perfectly plan it won't happen. We dont own a house and I dont have huge savings, but we are grounded and we dont need lots of stuff. We would be super loving and we work hard and save what we can.

Still catching up, I am on 1 pm so far

Don't have any idea why really, but did a ridiculously early poas this morning. Af not due til next weekend and with Ovia buggering around I have no idea if I'm 6dpo or 3dpo. Either way a pointless test which was only ever going to be a bfn.

Need to have a word with myself and wait until next weekend, which was always the original plan! I miss my younger years when you obviously got pregnant just from thinking about willies too much!

Huge congrats Lauren and I hope you get some reliable (positive) news on Thurs choc