Thread 11 TTC#1. Let the fertile games begin! May the eggs be ever in your favour!

Hi everyone. Can I join? I could really use some positive vibes as it seems like I've been trying alone for ages.

bluebird
Age: 29 (but 30 in 2 weeks...eek!)
Ttc #1
Cycle #12 😞
Cd 11

My cycles are 28-31 days, so I have two more trys before I can see the GP. Not had a single Bfp so I'm thinking something might not be right. I've been through it all though. Symptom spotted every possible combination, used opks, read the books. I've been temping for 4 months. First 3 months had nice temp rise at ovulation, but no rise this last month, so maybe no ovulation? Not sure. Anyways, for anyone who is starting to get frustrated...I found the first 7-8 months really hard, but have now settled into a more relaxed approach.

Welcome all the newbies!! My gosh we're growing!! just need to start growing out from the belly too!!
Snow you're beautiful!!! Love you too!! Enjoy the booze..I'm off to have some quality time with OH (not dtd though...couldn't be bothered with that!!)

Aghhhh not been on here since this morning & I miss 5 pages!!

Thanks for the sticky wishes moose, good work on getting those opk's pissed on!

Kat I'm might my impressed by your opk stash! You are ON it!! When are you expecting to ovulate?

confused good symptoms so far! I've had v sore boobs since 4dpo but less so today, fx for you!

Welcome to all the newbies may, Ski, hep and iwill ! Sorry if I missed anyone else!

Lara huge congratulations !!

jem you are so upduffed ! Metallic?!!

starky and snow can I join you for wine & malteasers?! I'm not drinking until af - I'm sooo going to smash a bottle of presseco if af turns up

Still catching up......

Hi all is it ok if I shuffle in?

Calyx
44 :(
ttc#1
Cycle 1
12 dpo but according to fertility friend (am charting) I ovulated on CD18 so long cycle.

No symptoms except sense of impending doom AF iykwim

DP works away 2 weeks and home 1 weekend so I thought we would miss my ov time - however it waited for him getting home I am now waiting to see how long luteal phase is.

Everyone on FF forums over 40 seem to be on all kinds of supplements but I'm only taking pregnacare conception

Good luck everyone! I'm not good at remembering who said what and posting on my phone but I have read everyone's posts and am liking the 40% pregnant so far!

Great new thread title Starky I think you deserve one of these:

I am way behind as usual - will try and catch up tomorrow... just wanted to thank everyone for warm wishes - af arrived at 5.30pm today so full steam ahead for next stage of IVF!!!

My info:
Kwick
TTC #1
41 years old but only admit to 21
No pets unless you count Stitch
Have done 5 IUIs - not one bfp :( just starting on egg stimulation and hopefully collection and transfer with IVF
I am single and have magic potion all the way from USA

i love drunk snow
I have one small glass of wine left in the bottle (from last week when i was cooking mainly) i think ill have it now and join you all.
post-spin class so may even get a little bit tipsy.
if you dont get pregnant this month.... you try again next month. and you keep trying until you do it. i think. thats what ive been doing. but don't ask me as i think I'm on the greatest number of failed cycles out of everyone here

Congrats Lara!!

iPatches, I can't begin to imagine how hard this must be for you

Welcome to all the newbies!

Alice I love that paper cutting piece!
We booked a weekend away for next month! I cant wait! I can no longer dedicate all my energies to ttc. Although the trip falls on my predicted isw

I went to catholic school and scared the bejesus out of us with teenage pregnancy stories and now what?? Why is my eggo.. Bah

I am having
I said this 2ww would be different. I am already off sugar, tea and coffee and pretty much all alcohol apart from AF week and today as well. Whatever. 2dpo I dont think my egg would notice if my egg is actually there

The last few posts were just what I needed to read! I didn't realise it yesterday but AF arriving has really knocked me and I've been really grumpy and snappy with DP. I know it's unfair on him but I just don't feel like he understands how I feel at the moment. Like someone else said he is very much on the what will be will be bandwagon which I'm finding frustrating!

I know he's trying to be supportive but it's just grating on me!!! I don't care if it's only cycle 3 and it can take on average 6 months! I'm hoping I wake up in a better mood cos he doesn't deserve my moods!

Congrats Lara

ipatches I think it will be more nerve wracking following a mc, you're only too painfully aware of what can go wrong, and so often does. It happens to so many women - most of whom go on to safe successful pgs. Really hoping its plain sailing for you now and as time passes you can relax a bit.

Absolutely up for baby now button where can I get one of these pleeeeeeeaaaase

Congratulations Lara!

Ahahaha Kat I have the same thoughts! I don't believe AF is AF anymore! I feel the need for an ic AFTER AF just to 100% confirm it wasn't implantation bleeding! ive resisted this month...go me!!

Next cycle I'm getting me some EPO too Ni!

Congratulations Lara!! How exciting!

Well said about the thread Snow. I can't talk to anyone in real life about this stuff either, at least not in the same level of detail! I love you all for listening and for being lovely people to share this journey. 💕💕💕

Alice that is amazing! How on earth did you make that?

Welcome lovely newbies!

Ooh Lara congrats!!!! And you were on EPO?! Ooh giving me hope it might help!!

Still catching up...while watching Paul O Grady-cute puppies!!!!! 🐶

Jem - I don't mind trying again straight away; I'm keen to get started as fast as possible and am actively trying to invent a time machine to get on with this back in 2014 BUT I don't have a good feeling about conceiving this month. And I know that when I do conceive, I won't be happy about it like I was the first time because it will be overshadowed by the fear that the same thing will happen again. But that's just something I have to work through and deal with if I'm fortunate enough to get a BFP again somewhere down the line.

We need a Baby Now Button.

hep we get out for a walk every weekend too, does you good to blow the cobwebs out and catch up with each other.

Welcome avril too it's lovely having all these new people

lesbecky I love colouring! Haven't done it for a while - your message has prompted me to dig my book out

snow that's such a lovely post. Totally share those sentiments, it's great to share feelings with people going through the same thing. I can't talk to anyone irl in this level of detail - not even DH!

ipatches yes yes yes we try and stop it happening for so many years and all of a sudden it's like "I'm ready this means pregnant + baby now please". I'm not sure what the answer is as I haven't felt fully ready until now and neither has my DH (we are 32 and 31). How are you feeling about trying again straight away, what does your gut tell you?

JamJar - your situation doesn't sound that dissimilar, other than my delight at being pregnant and then not. DH and I have been together a similar length of time and have spent a lot of that time "preparing" for TTC. I now feel like we should have started forever ago. I keep thinking back to Biology lessons in school where we were told that so much as thinking about having sex would result in immediate pregnancy and then spent so much of my adult life terrified that it would happen "before we were ready" and now we are ready and it turns out it's bloody difficult! It's a conspiracy I tell you.

DH has asked what happens if we don't TTC this month. I don't feel like we will. Last time I was so confident that we would, and we did, but it didn't work out. I have told him to be on standby with wine and chocolate and cancel all plans on 4/3 when AF arrives.

Alice - that is beautiful!

Pooh look ipatches weekend breaks. . .

Barcelona £99 . . .

I lost you guys!
40% pregnant, amazing.

Papercutting is a nice hobby/project.

I just read "Taking charge of your fertility", I now think everyone should read it

Hey ipatches
I'm also coming to the end of my third cycle. I can't say that I know how you're feeling because your situation is unique to you, but I certainly sympathise. I've been feeling ok about it this month but now that I can feel AF coming on and suddenly realised I wasn't prepared for it at all. Kind of feels like a kick in the gut.

But then of course there's that ever present but this might be the month! that's there every single day apart from when there's physical AF proof. That's the bit that's kind of killing me. Constantly hanging on, always hoping.

We've been together over 10 years. It's taken us this long to get ourselves in a position where we both want to start trying. I've been so patient and waited until DH has got here on his own terms but I feel like we've wasted years just assuming it'll happen straight away. It really isn't like the movies. I hate the uncertainty of it and how helpless it makes me feel.

You're not alone.

Hep a mini holiday/weekend away would help for sure. Just need the motivation to organise it...