Thread 10 ttc#1 The one where we're all really bored of hormones, the tww and cervical mucus or Why is my eggo not preggo!?

kwick that's why I'm reserving judgement til af shows. Nothing to get excited about until there's reason to be excited 😊

Evening ladies! Been a super crazy week at work (I'm a consultant in the financial services industry and just started a new project) so I'm celebrating the end of AF with a large glass of wine. Going to a wedding tomorrow so planning on a hangover-filled Valentines Day. The benefits of not being upduffed!

The body changes one is interesting. I always thought that the best thing about pregnancy would be being able to eat whatever you want, whenever you want but I've come to the sad realisation that it's probably not the case unless I want to end up the size of a house.

Don't want to be negative but progesterone cream can give many of the symptoms associated with being upduffed....

We have a few medical professionals on here haven't we. Kat must think I'm very naughty not going to the dentist for 5 years then

I'm a community midwife.

Re body changes. That does concern me a bit. I've lost quite a bit of weight over the last 2 years and as such I have areas of 'sagginess' and faded stretchmarks. Not bothered about boobs as they have never been pert at all, they've always been quite pendulous lol. Not worried about vag either as pelvic floor exercises will help with that (really important things to do, can't stress that enough) .

I'm also only 4'11 1/2 (that 1/2 is important ok ) and I think I'll be as round as I am high! I was driving the other day and looked down and thought 'I'm not going to be able to drive past 30 weeks' the bump will be in the way!

Planning on eating well during pregnancy to avoid excessive weight gain.

CD 28 today , 11-14dpo. Still getting brownish discharge (normal a few days before af), no cramps, just a pulling sensation low down. Sore Nipples have gone, so I'm pretty sure af is on her way. Bitch will probably arrive on Monday when I go back to work after having this week off.

My bedroom is all painted now!

Red wine and red currant jus!
We are doing the 20 pound meal from waitrose. Tuna steak :-).

Def ovulating so I am getting ready to pounce on OH when he gets home haha

Am thinking about Valentine's Day where DH and I will have know each other for ten years. What can I cook? Also have venison steaks on offer what sauce can I do with them?

Hello everyone feel like have been awol for ages. Just got to haft term and am glad of break. ( I work in a school). How has everyone been?

kat thanks! Darts was amazing even though I was sober. Was fantastic watching everyone have such a good time and the fancy dress was immense.

snow I'm suspicious of your symptoms! It could be the progesterone cream, but if it is its definitely giving you upduffed symptoms.

I'm almost 6 weeks which means that 3 weeks on Sunday I get to tell our parents! I'm so excited. Living off oranges for the tine being because they're all I can face. Yet I have still put on 3lb of pure fart!

Hopefully 6th times the charm kwick meta forming is pretty good in pregnancy for keeping baby normal size and mum normal size.

I think it is possible to avoid excessive weight gain sucha.

Forgot to say: I am hoping that I will be able to get fit during pregnancy and mat leave. I am overweight and my fitness is level is low but I have already made major changes to my lifestyle and I think this will get more if I am 6th time lucky... Wishful thinking perhaps....

My osteo seems to think my back problems will improve if I do get pregnant and I am hoping it will reset my hormones as right now weight loss has only been achieved whilst taking metformin - which gives me nausea so I stopped taking.

choc I guess with your SIL it is different strokes for different folks... I was kinda hoping I could have a stint on benefits after mat leave runs out seeing as I have contributed a lot of ni over the years but methinks I will get zilcho given the fact I own (ok well the bank does) my flat.

I live in London, I work in HR and I travel about 60% of the time. My lovely late grandfather used always ask me "have you fired anyone today?"... I did try to tell him that my job went beyond that :) having said that of late I have been dealing with a lot of naughty people!

Progesterone gel: part of post iui/ivf protocol - nurse described it as creating nice environment for preggers to happen. Side effects: delay of af, cramps, clumping...

Tomorrow is my last day on norethisone tablets - then I should get bleed and then scans and injections start.

Lol I read that as "feeling tired on Wednesday" like specifically Wednesday tiredness is a symptom.

sucha I don't know about symptoms as such. I get my hopes up then come crashing down when af arrives if I think something is a symptom rather than just a part of af coming anyway iyswim? But for shits and giggles here's a list of what I've noticed this month:

• weird day or so of raised heart rate/strong heart beats (it's not as fast now but still faster than normal I think? Hard to tell if it's just because I'm getting stressy about it lol)
• boobs are sensitive if I lay on my front
• have a sniffly nose constantly (dh does have a bad cold/manflu though so I have it too)
• no spotting this month (progest cream?)
• random amounts of creamy cm, some days loads some days hardly any
• some crampy days some no signs of anything
• feeling tired especially on Wednesday. Had to nap in the afternoon.
• feel freezing during the day and am a sweaty mess most nights

So... It could be af rocking up on Monday or it could be I'm upduffed. I don't know. When I compare my chart on FF to others like mine 62% are pregnancy ones. I just hate that crushing disappointment when af shows up and it's only cycle 3 😜😝😖

sucha I think it depends on the person. My best friend put on 5 stone with her second - eeek! However it has all come off pretty quickly, she is 4 stone down within 8 months without trying too crazily. She just seemed to unbloat and deflate once he was out!

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! I think you'll keep sane. I was all for coming off the pill and seeing what my cycles were like and then just seeing what happens until the date approached and I've gone crazily keen! Ha ha

The body thing – I do think about it a bit. I’m a size 10-12 but have to watch what I eat as I put on weight easily. I try and avoid carbs as much as poss, or just eat the good ones like the odd sweet potato. Not sure if you should still do that when you are upduffed. I’m sure you get all sorts of useful info from midwife / gp on all that shizz though so I’m not worrying about it too much now.

Is excess weight gain in pregnancy unavoidable?

planeteer so glad someone has heard of it! I thought you would all be like The Week What???

We should do some contra activity! Editor of children’s books sounds like such a lovely job.

Hello mooseville loving your username. Wishing you a quick transition off the pill and into the world of fertile.

Figners crossed for you tomorrow snow have you had any other discernible symptoms?

Stark when you said you worked in clubs before I wondered if u were a dancer!! You must be super strong have major envy!! That's a bit of a change to selling crafty things!!

Tfif 😜 What a busy week!!! Hello to the newbies 🍰
Haven't caught up from yesterday yet! I'm 10dpo. My temp dropped a little bit today but it's fairly steady at this point in my luteal phase compared to the last couple of months so who knows. I'm going to test tomorrow unless my temp goes down again as I think I'll be out if that happens 😖

Welcome moose ... I am loving the name. I may include it in every post I write from now on 😂😂

You'll love it hear, everyone is lovely ❤

Hi everyone!
Newbie here. I've been lurking on this thread and following your posts for the past couple of months whilst I impatiently waited for the agreed date to come off the pill to arrive! Took the last one last Friday so now I'm ready to join you on this crazy journey! You all seem like a fab, friendly bunch. Can't wait to POAS!
Age - 36
TTC #1
Cycle 1 - CD5

Me neither... just figured it out and send you one kat

For everyone's future reference: click on the 3 dots ... just below the persons post you want to message and click PM... voila!

Choc I don't know how to Dm you on my phone but pls msg me and tell me what it is!

choc I don't care that much about what happens to my body, I'll eat sensibly and I'll probably lose weight due to no wine !
My body isn't great to start with due to all the yoyo dieting I've done over the years.
I'm actually looking forward to it - my liver will certainly get a welcome break it needs