Thread 12 TTC#1"Trying is the fun part" said by nobody ever who's actually trying.

Kwick ask any nurses or docs here but I was told to avoid that area as more likely to hit a vein. Also pinch the buttocks then put needle and quickly cover with clean cotton and press

Hopeful I think wait and test in a fee days. I got CM like that a couple of cycles ago and got excited as lots of people said it was a symptom but I got nada
Kwick I am not a medic but I did have to administer injections when I was main first aider in a long jungle expedition. Nurse explained this:
Look at buttocks and draw a horizontal line from the top of crack. Then imagine you have a compass and make a circle of 3cm of diameter. Avoid that area.
I will make a drawing and take a pic. Gimme a minute.
There are big veins (or arteries) in that area and you dont want that

Snow I am jealous!
Massachusetts is so lovely!!!!!!
Harriet and rosie I think it is rude of people to go asking if you are getting married because you are already pregnant so to a rude question you can answer whatever you want
5tardusty I see nothing but my pic is tiny. Do you have a frer?! Wait I just saw the other pic AMAZING! Congratulations.
Kat I hear you and I know award you with a brand new you can keep the
Kwick we can discuss names when upduffed I want something latino that goes with OH surname and I want my surname there too
Starky I am glad your mum used to feed you grapes from the floor and hasnt lost her ways I will be doing that pahahaaaaa "I'd suggest heroin but I hear it's really moreish so probably better not  soft boiled egg? "
Ni I have an 11 days luteal phase and read about how to lengthen and came across ACactus but I decided not to just because when May comes, if I am not preggo I will go see GP as it would be over 6 months trying then and I will then be 35. So I want my charts to be consistent and then GP can advice better? Also a bit nervous about adding days/ messing up my cycle. But after May I might jump on the ACactus as lots of people use it and I prefer natural to progesterone creams
On another note, what are everyone's thoughts on maca powder?
Zazzles I might try my cup this cycle as well
Kwick amazing about the egg!! I have everything crossed for you!!!!
Kat sorry to hear about AF
Pug that cake is AWESOME wow!!!!! Well done you, what a wonderful friend you are

Congratulations Holly, what a lovely day to get your bfp!

Happy mothers day to all of you lovely ladies and future mummies! And hugs to any fellow motherless daughters

rae that is really awful of her! I'd definitely be telling her how I felt if it was me.

holly congratulations!!! And happy mothers day!

that should be "play this tomorrow"!

Congrats Holly! Happy Mother's Day

Sucha and Elle thank you for convincing me I'm not going mad! I just don't know how to handle it... Without giving away too much she lived with DH and I rent free for 2 months recently when she split up with her ex. Now she's met this new man and has totally ditched me! It feels like a very one sided friendship- we literally moved her out of her old house, then rented a van to help her move into her new one. Plus all the tears and rows she had with her ex along the way. I don't begrudge it at all but I am sad that we obviously aren't as close as I thought. I have no idea how to pay this tomorrow (we work together so I will have to see her). I don't think it's worth saying anything as I'll just make myself look pathetic won't I

Congrats Holly Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Absolutely manic week at work here - then worked a 14hr overtime shift yesterday and probably a similar one today. I have been reading the threads but haven't had time to reply!
The baking all looks fab - so much so I'm going to stop somewhere and buy some treats to take into work. We deserve it for working a Sunday surely!

kwick are you still with us after your dodgy injection?! Brill news re the fertilised egg. Will have everything crossed for its safe transfer.

Woo hoo Holly great line, congratulations! There's been a run on BFPs this week. Hopefully that means that March is a lucky month.

Ni I used Agnus for two cycles last year. First cycle it worked really well (well not that well, I'm still not upduffed!) but that cycle was a perfect 30 days. The next cycle it totally messed me up, extra long cycle and gave me all the symptoms in tww. I couldn't eat as kept vomiting. It's powerful stuff! It works really well for some people and I am very sensitive to things but just wanted to warn you!

Officially in tww now. I'm actually relieved to deal with a different sort of crazy now. We can do no more, I'll just sit here munching on pineapple core and prodding my boobs.

Yay Holly!! Congratulations, that is a beauty!

Rae I would have been hurt by that too. 3 times in 3 weeks?!

Pug that is such a gorgeous cake! Your friend must have loved it. I do like to bake as well but am sadly crap at decorating, no way I could produce that! When is she due? Obstetric cholestasis sounds horrible

Rae that is a lovely idea for Mother's Day! The scones look lovely. I love a cheese scone!

So... I'm 11 dpo (12dpo Sunday) and I've really tried not to symptom spot at all this cycle, I've actually felt great (although I wasn't sure if that was to do with lowering my caffeine intake considerably). One thing that has been niggling though, was how much my nipples have been hurting me! My boobs a little bit, but my nipples have felt like they're going to fall off.

Anyway, I've also had quite a short fuse lately and although I said I wouldn't test until I missed a period, I thought an opk wouldn't hurt. I had a lone cheapie opk strip left in my bathroom cabinet. I wasn't really sure if it was positive - because these sticks are rubbish - but test line was as dark as it was when I had an lh surge.

Asked hubby to pick up a FRER... Was so nervous, it felt different this time. And there after 3 minutes was a line :) a faint line - but a line. Still in shock that I got a BFP. I will use the other test tomorrow morning with FMU. Just wanted to share with you all xxx

Boobs forged in the fires of mordor 😂 starky I love this - that's exactly my pre AF boobs too

Welcome hopeful

rae your pal is bang out of order imo - and this is the third time?? Once is bad enough :(
On a side note your cheese fruit scones look divine!

Sorry about bfn vix could you be testing too early?

pug you're a midwife? Ahhhh how lovely. Although must be tough emotionally when you're ttc.

Omg, thank you all so much. Baking is kinda my hobby when I get a chance and ive always wanted to have a go at something like this. Would love to do a bakery/cake decorating course to develop my skills.

The filling was lemon buttercream for those who asked.

Rae those cakes look delicious!

Anyway, the shower went really well and my friend loved it. She got so many amazing gifts. She deserves it so much after what she has been through to actually keep this baby in and now she's got obstetric cholestasis too, poor thing (the midwife in me couldn't help notice she was scratching her hands a lot tonight and I enquired and she said she had literally just been diagnosed friday).

Why oh why did I just wee on an opk???? I got a second line, I feel like I've just walked to the top of Everest and I'm gunna fall off when AF comes bfn on a pregnancy test :(

Haha totally peaches!!

ipatchesOh I'm all over it! Threw in some fancy crisps too 😆

rae they look great! Mini Victoria sponges, my idea of heaven. I'm definitely not a chocolate cake girl. OH though, death but chocolate or nothing. Opposites attract and all that haha

Tiny I struggle to get lots of dtd too exhausted and we both dont want it so badly, I think it goes with getting older....
Kat yes, my BBt thermometer goes up my foof

Peaches - Assimilated, inseminated...not that dissimilar! I hope you drank that wine...it's an important part of citizenship in Limbo Land.

Cheese and fruit scones. I've also done the sponges for the mini Victoria sandwiches, so just need to put buttercream and jam in them tomorrow after my gym session. Will post a photo then! Not a patch on pug's cake but at least they aren't incinerated. The squished ones at the front were for DH to taste test for me!

vix ipatches I think our bus is taking us on a little detour just for the sheer mind games af loves to play!

ipatches you made me giggle, when I read resistance is futile I immediately though borg, you will be assimilated, but my mind changed it to inseminated! I'm waayyyyy to crazy with the whole ttc 😂obsessed much?

Feefs I hope your getting a bit of relief and your fighting fit heading in to your ISW shortly ☺

pug awesome cake, I want cake now. rae we need a few pics from you now, I love a good slice of something home baked ☺

Going to tune in to some TV and chill. It's been a quick day for me. Weekends go to quickly...

kwick I have crap ability to take needles but when I was in/out hospital last yr it was common for me to have similar things happen and the nurses always said it was okay so I wouldn't stress. Has the bleeding stopped? If in doubt give the NHS line a quick call even if it's just for peace of mind ☺

vix - Welcome to Limbo Land. Still waiting. Tried my fail-safe - a workout, which is of course the last possible thing you want to do when you think AF is on the doorstep. Possibly some spotting afterward but possibly not and staring at sweaty underwear isn't my idea of fun. Still cramping.

No period for me either, a quarter of me is deadly hopeful but I know she's just round the corner, so you have company ipatches!