TTC #1 Thread 15. Don't. Trust. The. Boobs. ( . )( . )

Thanks kwick! Love natural yoghurt and yes that absolutely does have the good gut things in.

Moose your weekend away sounds lovely.

Just going into isw too, with a promising load of EWCM when I got up this morning. Going to be a busy few nights, then off on hols at the weekend

suchajem re: toxic cosmetics - try to avoid parabens and silicones - names in photo below. I use low budget stuff and have managed to do it :)

Probotics: I think you can get powders but doesn't natural live yoghurt contain these?

Really good book out there called "Gut" - which i lent unfinished to SIL - I must get back. But top tip about using a stool

Still no sign of AF....

Morning all! This TTC is getting expensive - vitamins, probiotics, new make up and new coloured pants!!
A lovely weekend here with DP, probably drank a bit too much but hey ho. Lots of DTD, although probably too early for ISW, but it was nice to reconnect and not be thinking about TTC when doing it for once. We too seem to be doing it less and less and the pressure mounts!
Should be trying to DTD over next few nights for TTC, CD 11 and usually ov on CD14 so here goes with that!
I've a busy few months ahead at work and getting upduffed will bugger up quite a few courses etc I've got booked in, but no way am I stopping trying.... I can live with delaying them for a year or two! I'm working on the maybe it'll happen when I least want it to theory????

Never been to Glasgow, but it looks much better than the grim weather down here!!!

Loving the knicker strategy! Need to up my pants game

I am seriously obsessed with this podcast hank! The GP in law wedding was awesome thanks

That pic is glorious peaches. Do you take stuff to promote gut health?

Peaches I'm in Glasgow too, I actually got a bit sunburnt over the weekend!

I'm due to test on 4th but not feeling it this month, I couldn't tell you why but I feel exactly the same as usual although I did cry at the end of Drop Dead Fred yesterday

Deal!

Hahaha!! Okay... Just a faint shade of pink and then we'll take the sun back.

kat give us a couple of days and once the sunburn kicks in I'm sure we will be willing the sun back down to you for a wee break

Peaches yeah the only time I went to Glasgow it was bloody freezing. I'm down on the south coast so we normally don't have it too bad compared to you guys.. Glad you've had a sunny day for a change. But I'd like my weather back now please

Jem no! Not tww for me, just coming into ISW ... Ovia says CD7. Think I will try to put more of an effort in this month.

That message looked totally fine on my fine, where did all the random bold come from?! Sorry!

What* a pain to have to repeat your bloods bluebird* but FX this lot give you answers.

Ha, I tried the same today peaches re knickers. I love how I used to just have period knickers and non-period knickers but now I have all sorts of different categories - dark because that shows EWCM the best, light when I'm anxiously watching for implementation bleeding, best knickers for when I want to trick AF into coming. So bloody complicated!

Hi Kat! Bloody miserable here today. Stupid English summer.

Jem, the probiotics one is new to me too although I know it's supposed to be good for overall health. I might investigate further for my next cycle.

Also such hope you had smashing time at GP wedding. Sounds amazing!

Ha! Nice learnings Suchagem. I found the toxin bit quite interesting. lots of cosmetics contain chemicals that mimic estrogen, which can lead to estrogen build up and dominance. Symptoms we typically associate with proestrogen deficiency can also be driven by too much estrogen. Which basically clears nothing up for anyone but is, maybe, a useful reminder not to fixate on there being a single specific problem and instead focus on better understanding the intricacies of our own cycles.

bluebird totally - I actually think it frees up time and energy to have sex for fun which is really important to me. If I did it every other day it'd be a disaster.

We also had torrential rain today. Today was not a good day to be doing house visits!

Kwick I hope AF turns up soon. You can have mine if you want. I had 2 days of light bleeding, followed by brown spotting on Sunday follower by heavier bleeding and cramps yesterday and bloody niagra falls today. WTF? Now I'm wondering if I should count CD1 from yesterday rather than Friday.

DH and I went to Legoland yesterday. We had great fun, but I'm pretty sure we were the only people there that didn't have a kid with them lol!

jem your gut bacteria effects every part of your health and really importantly your hormones too. Learned about this the hard way

Our weather has been lovely in Glasgow (here's the city centre today). It's usually the other way around with us being landed with the rain and down south lovely and sunny. Hopefully you guys get some sun soon

Sorry AF got your inspector, good news on your cycle length though.

bluebird we tend to have a week of intense sex and hardly any rest of cycle. Not ideal but can't seem to keep it up throughout. Next up to test are pigsbum kathrino and skylucy - fx for you all.

Hi kat the weather is shite for me too, chucked it down most of the day. Are you TWW ing?

I have taken these learnings from the Fertility Friday podcast;

Take probiotics - apparently gut health is important?
Eat the good saturated fats (butter, whole milk, virgin olive oil)
Avoid trans fats / processed foods altogether
Swap out cosmetics with toxins in (not sure which toxins though)
Reduce / avoid alcohol and caffeine
Swap tampons / sanitary towels for natural / none toxic / organic alternatives

I do some of these but not sure about cosmetics sounds like hard work when you take into account shampoo, shower gel, moisturiser, deodorant, make up etc. Can't afford to swap all that!

I also don't take probiotics never heard this one before.

Hey ladies ;) just me checking in!
How is everyone doing today?
Is it raining like it's October where you guys all are? Feeling very un-summery today

Sun is definitely shining today, hope everyones had a nice day

bluebird fx you get your results this time round, it's nerve racking enough without having to repeat things.

kwick I read some miscarriage info that did say it takes an average of 6 wks for your body to get back to 'normal'. Iv read some saying sorter, some longer. It's a pain in the ass not knowing!

I tried my version of white knickers today, cream undies & sKirt on, no luck lol?

Let us know how the gp visit goes kwick.

Last month I had day 3 and day 21 bloods done. Day 3 came back fine but day 21 was inconclusive (which is the one which says if you ovulated). I have to repeat them both so had day 3 last Friday. Now stuck waiting for day 21 to roll around again. In the mean time will have DILRW. Then followed by 'not doing it at all week' as we're both exhausted by the effort and can't be bothered. Anyone else have that...2 weeks of dtd followed by 2 weeks of nothing?

Is anyone testing soon? Would be nice to see our first June bfp!

kwick definitely go for the white knickers!

Unfortunately it wouldn't surprise me if the GP tells you just to be patient and trust your body (because it's that simple ) but i wonder if they are able to rule out menopause?

Ooh Crocker's Folly is only 5 mins walk from me but I've never been there, must check it out! Thanks kwick!

Thanks katharino :) we had a lovely walk (and nice lunch in Crocker's Folly).

Thanks inspector too. I think if no AF by Thursday I will make an appointment to see GP. If no joy with that then I will see FC consultant - but want to try and avoid £200 consultation fee...

Until then maybe I should adopt white knicker approach