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

Hi lovely ladies. Looks like AF has arrived so put me down for 2nd July please. The good news is this cycle was 3 days shorter again so I've come down from 38 to 32. Almost back to pre-pill length...

Kwik so sorry to hear you're having a difficult time. I'm sure you're a lonnnng way off from menopause but I know what shitty things this does to your mind. I'm sure your fertility doctor will help put your mind at ease

Bluebird a dog sounds brilliant. Great way to distract yourself and by the time a baby comes along it will be trained and settled. Lovely!

I hope everyone's had a great bank holiday and we get some more BFPs very soon x

Kwick, I would personally see your FC consultant but that's because I generally think GPs are useless at anything so specialist (no offence meant to anyone, my SIL is a GP and I know it's a tough job). Also, I live very close to Regents Canal so I will wave and send positive AF thoughts in your direction!

Should I see my GP or FC consultant?
I am counting from date of surgical management of miscarriage - I had no MC signs at all except no heartbeat on scan at week 8. Feel very sad.
Glad I have day walking along Regents Canal en familie today... Just hope it does not rain.

Oh kwick i'm sure that's not it. Hormones will be all over the place after mc. When are you counting from? Mine was around 6 weeks after first sign of bleeding but i've read lots of stories of people taking a while to get back to normal then having babies.

It's agonising though

kwick I'm sure that's not what's happening. Ask your doctor what's going on if it doesn't turn up in the next few days. Hang in there!

jem I think I'm going to get a cavapoo or something similar. I need something hypoallergenic and small and fluffy. I've been putting it off as I kept thinking I would be pregnant. It's been 14 months now and no baby so it's time for a fur baby to take my mind off of things. Can't wait for summer hols...9 weeks away.

Oh kwick, what a bugger. Is there anything that a doc can do other than give you platitudes about being patient etc? Keeping everything crossed that AF makes an appearance soon.

Oh kwick It could be your cycle taking time to get back to normal after the mc? Keep heart.

I am starting week 6 post MC and still no sign of AF... Maybe that is it... Straight into menopause
My heart fills with loss at this thought.

5tar I've added you on. Fx for you getting a sticky little bean back in place.

Bluebird eeeek a puppy that's so exciting what type might you get?

I decided to just go for the folic acid (much cheaper!) plus making sure eating lots of variety of fruit and veg. Once they run out if still TTC though will prob give the fancy preconception ones a go!
Allotment sounds great kwick we've been doing lots of gardening yesterday and today it's lovely an sunny! Have got lots of herbs plus some wild strawberries and giving tomatoes a go for the first time this year! It's so satisfying isn't it?!

Thanks Jem, hopefully cycle will be much the same this time so should know where I stand! Still getting used to these horrendous cramps, so much worse than periods on the pill!

Hope everyone's having a lovely and relaxing weekend!

peaches it was 3 and a bit weeks from bleeding stopping to bleeding starting again. My miscarriage lasted a few days between me having the medical management and it actually coming away, so using those dates my 'period' actually came roughly on time- 32ish days for me.

I know exactly how you feel- the waiting seems endless! I hope you get a clear sign soon that things are happening as they should

Morning all. DH has been away all weekend on a friend's stag do so I've been having a lovely weekend so far of watching crap TV and eating all my favourite foods.

I'm only taking folic acid but now I'm worried I should be taking more! I'm not very good at remembering to take vitamins etc but I suppose after 6 months of nothing, it can't hurt.

I think I'm now 10 DPO and not even tempted to test. Have had cramps on and off which is exactly the same as last month and AF appeared in all its glory bang on time so am pretty sure exactly the same will happen this month.

Morning everyone. Not up to mug here. We're off on holiday tomorrow for half term. I'm currently cd5 so hoping af finishes soon so as not to ruin holiday.

Am focusing on getting a puppy in summer hols instead of a baby, since that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. Just need to organise someone to look after puppy whilst at work.

Morning

moose was going about to type exact same thing about thread being quiet, great minds haha

kwick I would love a wee veg patch! My family always ran allotments right up until my mums generation then it just died out. Shame, because I remember getting to pick at lovely fresh fruit and veg while running around playing. Much healthier than sweets and computers nowadays!

such hopefully we get a lovely June run of bfp's then, definitely due it, especially those waiting long time.

5tar hopefully it's your af and your getting back to normal. How long has it been since you stopped bleeding from your loss if you don't mind me asking? I'm now 3 wks plus and hoping it won't be too much longer

As for vitamins I'm taking vit b complex, omega 3, and I'm finishing off the vitamins I was taking while pregnant which are folic acid vitamin d and something else I can't remember it does get expensive though. Other half takes a multivitamin always has and cod liver oil. Once our stuff is finished I'll have a look at what pre pregnancy vits are on offer.

Moose i'm on folic acid, evening primrose oil and i also have a berocca every day. Not sure if it does anything but i was having one a day the month i concieved just for general healthy reasons so i felt like i should keep it up! The EPO is new for me so no idea if it's having any effect.

cd7- first 'period' after mc i hope. Very light and brown (sorry tmi) so i'm still not convinced that i'll ovulate. Didn't after mc, but apparently that's common.

On top of vits mentioned, i'm temping, daily opking and using preseed. Oh and DtD- i've heard people say that works too

sucha please can you put me down for the end of june also? Come on Ovaries- you remember how this works!

Sorry about AF marmite, I'll put you down for end of June.

Peaches the only person left in May is neonninja but I haven't seen her in a while.

June is looking very busy so hopefully we will get some grads.

Moose I started out on just folic acid and now at month 6 am on Pregnacare preconception supplements plus epo and got DH on vit c plus zinc. I think it can't hurt but don't want to anything more in equally. I don't want to overload on these things, or go bankrupt!

moose I hear you on the supplements - I spend a small fortune as I also take daily vitamin C, vitamin D, Coq10, DHEA, vitamin B and vitamin E. Also as my BMI is over 30 I take the Seven Seas trying for a baby plus an additional 5mg of folic acid - which had to be prescribed. I feel it all helps - and I feel like I am doing something. I do not feel like any of it is snake oil - all of it has been recommened (mainly in the it starts with the egg book). But I have no coue about magic potion supplememts, sorry!

Very sore again after allotmenteering once more - but we are making progress and I really enjoyed it yesterday. I guess if I added some physical activity (other than racing through airports and train stations) to my week I might actually get fit.

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!

Hello all,
Quiet thread, hope this is due to everyone enjoying the bank holiday weekend, de-stressing and not worrying about TTC as much as they can.

On a personal note, bloody vitamins, to begin with we were both taking the his/her conception vitamins but they're so expensive. I remember daily whereas he's more likely to forget so takes probable every other. If I buy just for me, I can get them for under a fiver. But add a male to the mix and they're over £15! A small price to pay for a healthy baby, but I swear there's no lost difference in ingredients other than a bit of ginseng in his????! However, he wants to take them (which contradicts his reluctance to DTD when it bloody matters - not that I'm holding any grudges from last month!!) lol
My main gripe being is, other than the folic acid, do they actually DO anything????

Thanks bluebird, jem and kwick. I'm feeling ok as i knew it was coming after zero symptoms and a bfn.
AF again is very light though. This is about the 3rd cycle where it's been light. Not even had any cramps. Weird.

SW is so far going well.

marmite glad that AF has finally shown up for you. Fx yours turns up very soon Kwick (can't believe i'm saying this on here lol).

Peaches that sounds a lovely day.

Sorry if I gave impression I was upset - the money thing I just take on the chin now.

I have had a lovely day - more allotment digging; we really are making progress. The weather was lovely.

Wonderful SIL has just squeezed out my blackheads and tied thread around my skin tags. I am feeling pampered

Hope everyones having a nice day.

Really enjoyed my day yesterday. Shopped all afternoon, had diner and drinks then more drinks and then a lie in and lazy morning this morning. OH treated me to 2 new pairs of shoes and some nice new summer jammies. Not done a day like that, just us, since the weekend near valentines so very over due. We swore we would make time once a month to do something like this but it's quite scary how quickly time flies and other things take priority.

kwick Hope your day has picked up.

moose sounds like you done well, fx.

Is anyone due to test? Will we finish May with any more bfp's, if not then fx June is the lucky month we want girls

Awh Kwick sounds like a shitty morning. hope your day has picked up.

SkyLucy I know the feeling, I am 're-learning' to drive at the moment, I hate it! Have really lost my confidence with it after not driving in so long! TTC was the push I needed to get behind the wheel again but it seems to be slow going...

Arrived back to a request of payment of £600 from FC as they forgot to charge for "Assisted Hatching" from first IVF cycle...You see money goes through my fingers like sand...
Still no sign of AF

Morning all, just caught up - so sorry for all those who've been visited by AF, bank holiday treats are definitely in order!

Marmite, I just googled 'B&M' coz I'd never heard of it either, turns out there are loads in towns near me! Might have to get DH to drive me to one.... (and at some point, learn to drive !)

Hi Hank, welcome back, sorry to hear you've been struggling a bit with TTC stress. I find it helps to know you have TTC buddies - I'm also 32 and in cycle 5, hello!

Mightily relieved to hear that Pregnacare has given loads of you luminous wee....was a bit taken aback myself!! It seems Wellman Conception doesn't have the same effect on men, according to DH (although he might actually be spitting them out in disgust...he's ridiculously healthy/athletic and "doesn't believe in supplements". Me, I'll take anything!)

Aaaaand the coy little minx has finally arrived. Which means a 36 day cycle (by about half an hour!). Looking forward to getting cracking on cycle 2. I'm guessing I base calculations around a presumed another 36 day cycle?! So I guess I'll be testing very end of June/start of July (seems a long time!)

Really hope yours come soon Kwick, I'm sure it will. So much easier said that done but I think I got so pissed off with it last night that I finally managed to forget about it a bit more today which maybe helped, or may have been a total coincidence! Or maybe it was the 'calming' colouring!

Glad the assessment seems to have gone well Moose, I'm sure you will have passed! Lamb burgers and prosecco sounds perfect way to celebrate. We're making lamb burgers for tea tomorrow