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

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 20/05/2016 16:51

Hugh enjoys ISW and his love affair with Doreen. He watches out for skittle tits and weepyitis. Mrs Arseholey Fucknut (Af) shows up when you least want her but brings wine and soft cheese as a consolation prize.

We don't have rules as such but expect to be talked down from the ledge with kind and well meaning but firm words if you get too hysterical. But most importantly don't convince yourself you're pregnant in the tww That is paramount! It messes with your head and makes you crazy crazier

We don't get a lot of baby dust in these here parts. We want a fanny full of determined Doreen, not unicorn farts and gnome tears with extra sparkle. We've been going a while now so the novelty has somewhat worn off and we're slightly battle scarred and bruised in the cervix area.

Post your stats and add your dates. A more lovely, supportive group of ladies you couldn't wish to meet. We've got a few grads sticking around I won't leave and no question is too daft. We have opk experts, cervical mucus management teams and symptom spotters extraudinaire!

TTC #1 Thread 15. Don't.  Trust. The. Boobs. ( . )( . )
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SkyLucy · 22/05/2016 10:53

Welcome newbies!

Starky - 'by SMELL'?!?! Shock

StarkyTheDirewolf · 22/05/2016 10:39

pig ovia is a tempestuous bitch. Don't trust ovia for anything other 4 hand tracking your period and mood swings. It's based on a standard algorithm and most bodies don't ovulate like that. Trust the opk's. They are picking up the LH (lutenizing hormone) which is released prior to ovulation.

However, if you are expecting to ovulate at some point in the next week, aim to dtd at least every other day. It means that sperm will be ready and waiting when your egg is released. I'm convinced that's what did it for us. Sperm can live up to 5 days inside your body but it can take it 12 hours to actually get to the place it needs to be to meet the egg. Opk's also only indicate a surge of lh, so you can ovulate up to 3 days after your positive opk. And it can take 12-24 hours for your egg to actually be ready for the sperm to fertilise. It's not an exact science by any means. But I bloody loved opk's. They were handy, until we realised my Dh could identify me about to ovulate by smell!

The great sperm race is a facinated programme to watch if you haven't seen it already. I'll link it.

www.dailymotion.com/video/x1cdwzv_the-great-sperm-race_tv

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5tardusty · 22/05/2016 10:39

pigsbum personally i trust the opks but any dtd won't hurt!

Pigsbum · 22/05/2016 10:26

Thanks for all the welcomes! Smile
According to Ovia (and a different app I used to use when I was actively avoiding pregnancy) I am ovulating today...but according to an opk I am absolutely not...which do you trust?

JustHereForThePooStories · 22/05/2016 09:51

Waves

JustHere, age 33.
TTC no. 1 for 3+ yrs Sad
"Unexplained infertility"
Currently CD15 of 34 day cycle

Never joined a TTC site or thread before but I'm planning on not being here for long. This is tearing my marriage apart so we've agreed (well, I proposed, then he agreed) that if I'm not pregnant by the end of this year, we'll draw a line under it for good and move on with our other life plans.

Kwick709 · 22/05/2016 09:45

Welcome monkey!!! And sorry if I missed any other newbies: welcome one and all!

blue I tell you: you should get an office voodoo kit! Sometimes the treachery and deception of others amazes me. I hope you are taling comfort from the fact you are much more ethical and all round nice person than they are.

5stardusty how many weeks have you been waiting for AF? I am just trying to get a sense of what is normal in these awful situations.

So can barely walk after allotment digging yesterday... Jeez I am so unfit! Am back there again today but for an association meeting.

Still no sign of af so have deployed white knickers Confused

HepKestrel · 22/05/2016 09:31

kav it could just be a single errant reading.

kwick congrats for your bfn! Hopefully this means you are closer to another try.

Hello all newbies! ( my RL friends and family would all laugh at anyone calling me normal, but this is a lovely group that welcomes rants, tmi, and stupid questions -anything which helps us de-stress)

kavanaughkj · 22/05/2016 09:25

It's a tough one bluebird - I don't know how to advise you here other than to say it does sound like the both of them aren't worth so much stress. Try to keep calm and go about your usual daily business - you haven't done anything to be ashamed of after all!

I hate confrontation personally and like you would feel very uncomfortable about how to broach this. I guess I'd just hope they would have the decency to actually talk to you properly and not keep sneaking around. Flowers

5tardusty · 22/05/2016 08:38

Stardusty
Age 29
TTC1
Cycle 3

BFP in March but had a MMC at 9w (baby was 5w). Still awaiting cycle to return. Some spotting in the last few days so fingers firmly crossed. Come on witch!

Daily OPKing, preseed. Also just started temping and have bought some EPO.

5tardusty · 22/05/2016 08:34

Stardusty
Age 29
TTC1
Cycle 3

BFP in March but had a MMC at 9w (baby was 5w). Still awaiting cycle to return. Some spotting in the last few days so fingers firmly crossed. Come on witch!

Daily OPKing, preseed. Also just started temping and have bought some EPO.

bluebird3 · 22/05/2016 08:16

Oh no kav!!! I was sure it was your month. Still hope until af arrives...could be a fluke temp?

Welcome newbies. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

For those that saw my post last week about my friends starting a business without me... I'm still really upset and have uncovered more deception. For example they were both off sick on a day where they was a local starting your own practice course... I need to tell them I found out as I feel the friendship is over, but I'm major stressing about it. Anyone have any advice?

kavanaughkj · 22/05/2016 07:39

Welcome Pigsbum, dryice and Monkeypoo! (Fab names)

Cruddy start to the morning. Temps have plummeted below the cover line - bye bye lovely triphasic temps Sad ... Wtf is up with my body? I'd stupidly gotten my hopes up and cried on DH this morning. I was so certain - everything felt different. I'm a mug.

Glad to hear things are getting back to normal Kwick! Flowers

MonkeyPoozzled76 · 21/05/2016 23:00

Hello all.....so...

MonkeyPoozzled76
39 pushing 40
Tcc #1
Cycle 4ish
CD11

Having to be relaxed this month as DH's been away with work when we should have been BDing, need to plan his rotas better. First month using opks, surge on CD9, hubby still in the US 😯

Snowdog37 · 21/05/2016 21:42

Well the pink spotting that I thought was AF stopped by this morning! I'm still cramping but with yellowish CM (sorry for the tmi 😖) and am not sure wth is going on. Let's see if she's going to show up tonight or tomorrow? Hopefully not. If she's not here by game of thrones tomorrow night I'll get a test. Have you seen game of thrones by the way? My new favorite tv show!

Kwick709 · 21/05/2016 21:27

Hi dryice and welcome!

moose I really hope I join you and others on AF... Just want to get going again. The good news is I tested this morning:bfn which means no lurking hcg, so MC truly over.

Think I will have an early night - have no chance of a lie in tomorrow: off for an allotment meeting.

DryIce · 21/05/2016 21:00

Thanks all, hello!

Perhaps by normal i mean my favourite brand of weird

StarkyTheDirewolf · 21/05/2016 20:50

I'm not normal dryice but happy to help with any questions, nothing to disgusting or weird here! Grin

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Theorchard · 21/05/2016 20:49

Sorry dryice Blush dyslexic moment there!

Theorchard · 21/05/2016 20:48

Waves to drycie

Theorchard · 21/05/2016 20:45

maya I have tried a Frer but not recently, I'm a bit over getting bfn all the time, especially with all these symptoms.

Hep I also joined because like drycie I thought this seemed like the most normal group I could find! Grin

HepKestrel · 21/05/2016 20:02

hi dryice

Are we "normal" ? eek!

Mrsp2011 · 21/05/2016 19:45

marmite I was also on pill for 14 years and cycles went 37, 33, 30 and 30, wasn't ttc until 5th cycle and got my bfp a couple of weeks ago on first month,I was very surprised/lucky, had learned so much about timings from these lovely ladies I think that's what sealed the deal so to speak!

Mooseville · 21/05/2016 19:26

Welcome Dryice

Well maybe there is something in this thread all becoming cycle sisters - AF just got me totally unexpectedly, 2/3 days early! At least that eased the TWW! And explains my massive grumpy mood this morning!!! Ha ha

DryIce · 21/05/2016 19:22

DryIce
Age 31
TTC#1
Cycle#1

Feels very strange posting here. I'm a week or so past the first unprotected sex, and a week or so from my period being due.

What was almost half hearted and happily vague 'lets see what happens' became awfully real to me all of a sudden.

Please may I join this normal seeming group! My post realisation googling has brought me so many sites of hugz and baby dust wishes

StarkyTheDirewolf · 21/05/2016 19:06

All my bloating has disappeared jam so I've got no bump at all! I think it's because Im eating normally again and all I want is salad the last couple of weeks! I've cut out salt and am drinking shed loads of water too otherwise I get stinking headaches so I think that's helped!

Telling my Mum, Dad and Sis tomorrow all going according to plan, (ie no interlopers appearing for sunday tea!) and then will probably wait till 16-20 weeks to announce it to the wider family.

Baby dust is more of a netmums/fluffy/sparkly thing. Literally like twee cutesy good wishes for everyone. Which is nice, but not particularly demonstrative or informative. Sorry you're having a bad couple of days mate, wine and chocolate for you.

orchard that's certainly a lot of symptoms. My cycles seemed to get longer each time. Maybe give it a few more days and test again? Bodies definitely are weird as balls

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