First time TTC - thread 2

marmite it's definitely a line!! Congratulations!

marmite I see it too! If it appears within the time then it's a line!

I see a line marmite!!!! I may be wrong but I think a line is a line on those tests!

Hi guys, hope you're all well waves!

I fell off the thread for a bit, been trying to stay chilled and not dwell on ttc too much.

Anyway, am on cycle 3 now and currently in 2ww. Did an IC on a whim this morning and got a very faint line, wondering if maybe evap line??! Although it did appear within first 2 minutes. Am I going crazy?! I don't want to get too excited as think may not be a real line and still quite early, ~12dpo

Ooooo how many dpo are you daisy? I'll be 12 on Saturday.

Thank goodness for that 9 months Eva! It will take a while to get my head around it if it happens! I keep having wobbles about losing my career and independence, but I'm exactly where I want to be in my career so I don't have anything to worry about! Sounds selfish, but I also worry about losing my 'me' time, I frequently need solitude to recharge and that will be much harder! But, I also know it will be worth it

Yeah that's a good idea if you've a lot going on with work. I think that's only natural about a BFP, I'd be the same if I ever got two lines. But thankfully we'd have 9 months to get used to it!

Pj I am in almost exactly same boat as you. AF due today ( but sometimes it's a bit late so Sun/Mon would also be normal.) my temps are doing same as yours, and still high this morning. I also want a night out on Friday! Not sure when to test. Like you, am nervous of the BFN...

Jeez Eva - it's all so confusing! I'm staying optimistic for you though!

Yep - mine are confusing up and down but the general trend is up. Who knows, might dramatically fall tomorrow...

Still waiting until Saturday - have busy couple of days at work, and if I'm distracted now, I'll be useless if I find out in pregnant! Also want to go out on Friday - nothing crazy, but it might be my last mini hurrah. I'm really nervous about a BFP as well. Excited, but scared! Definitely fear holding me back from testing. And I see so many instances on chemical pregnancies, I'm giving AF as long as possible to show up - I'd rather not know!

It should be 'triphasic' they call it so after ov there should be a temp shift up and then in the last third there should be another temp shift up. Ugh I'm starting to lose hope! I'll just wait and see what happens.
pyjamas yours is looking really promising. On my last 3 cycles I had the temp rises like yours but then by about cd27 my temp starts to drop getting ready for AF but yours keeps rising, you still planning on testing on Sat? I don't know how you're holding out haha

I'm really hopeless at reading temp charts Eva - what is the temp supposed to do when you ovulate? Remember temping isn't always accurate - not over until AF arrives!

Still no sign of AF for me (Ovia has now wiped all future predictions) and my temp is up again...

I keep waking up throughout the night and super early - the nerves are getting to me

Well, I'm on what I thought would be 3dpo today but I've had no thermal shift so fertility friend is saying I haven't ovulated this month

Glad I'm not the only one daisy! I like one child -and only because she's such a little badass ha ha. My mum was the same - not bothered about any babies apart from her own! Thank goodness! And she's the best mum ever

You'll like the digi opks busy - much clearer!

bliss I'm with you on that. Suddenly and irrationally angry or moody and very jealous. I never wanted kids until the last year or so and then about 6 months ago a switch flipped and I became crazy broody. I don't visualise being pregnant. But bouncing a chubby baby on my knee and my god that smell! I can't feel my uterus melting thinking about it!

Yeah I'm definitely going to get a digi OPK for next months when I know my cycle length. I've also heard the prolonged positive opks can be a sign of early pregnancy!

I notice pregnant women from a mile off these days and imagine what I'd look like with a bump I would obviously never admit this in real life, only in this virtual world!!

Pjs, I am completely the same - it's always been all about the baby animals! The only human babies I could really get excited about were nephews and nieces etc, but I've def always known I want children, and the switch was flipped recently... I'm now officially broody.

I know Eva - it's starting to become an illness hahaha.

Bliss - hasn't personally happened to me, but I've always been the world's least maternal/broody person! Puppies, yes, babies, not so much ha ha. However, I can see that changing pretty damn quick if we find it difficult to conceive. But, I can totally see how you would feel that way - totally normal!

I know Eva - it's starting to become an illness hahaha.

Bliss - hasn't personally happened to me, but I've always been the world's least maternal/broody person! Puppies, yes, babies, not so much ha ha. However, I can see that changing pretty damn quick if we find it difficult to conceive. But, I can totally see how you would feel that way - totally normal!

Haha laughing at all these posts.

I so admire you patience as I have non!

In other news, before you ladies actually started DTD but wanted to conceive did you get irrationally jealous of other pregnant women or new babies? I'd like to think I'm normally level headed but today I saw a new momma cuddling a very new baby and I was overcome with this awful nasty mood. I felt jealous and annoyed and I couldn't wait to get away from her. The other half thinks I've gone mad. I know we are on our way but we can't actually start until after the wedding and honeymoon. Which I know is super close but I still feel crazy.

Sorry for the long post but I'm praying you're going to tell me this is sort of normal?

Haha pyjamas, I'm loving your POAS addiction, it's about on a par with mine! They say opks can be used as early pg detector but who knows. Your temperatures are looking really good.
I got my static on Sunday so taking Monday as ov day so I'm 2dpo.
busy so frustrating with your opks. Are you getting a monitor for next month? When is AF due?

Ha ha jj - trust me it's The Fear stopping me from testing rather than patience! Just did an OPK, you know, just for something to pee on (when did this become normal behaviour). This is quite a strong line for CD29, no?! Deep down I know it means nothing ha ha.

Ooooo my right ear feels hot, I must be pregnant hahaha

Ah that's a shame as proper bras are so expensive but I doubt they'd be any good for much bigger! Don't give up yet but glad you're feeling so positive and like you said it's early days yet for you.

Hi jj how you getting on?

I'm on cd24 and had complete blanks with no line for three days now. Also having all the same symptoms I had last month before period. My temps are also a bit odd but low so don't think it's anything. I'd pretty much counted out this month anyway due to it being my first month! I'll look into the primark ones but I haven't been a DD since I was about 16 lol so I'm definitely busty! Sadly.

pj I like the look of those temps alot!!! I don't know much about them to be fair but definately looking positive! I so hope you'll get your BFP. And you've held out without testing yet! Bet you're going mad lol.

busy sorry for the negatives but like pj said it's worth still doing. Remind me where you are in your cycle? I only look on here on my phone so it's far too tricky going back through the pages sorry! Also are you one of the bigger buster girls or no? I'm a dd cup and have recently discovered primark are doing really comfortable crop tops and vest tops with "hidden support" and they are great for sleeping in. They only come in clothes sizes so ive gone for a size down than I should to hold me in which is just right. Defo not enough support to actually wear out but enough to stop my boobs travelling round to my side when led down haha. And for about £3/ £4 can't go wrong!

I know I was having the same conversation with dh last night. He's concluded that women's bodies are desirable but stupid lol. Simple minds.

So far I've had - very mild sporadic cramping over the last week and today, kind of sharpish pains on left side, the 'school glue' Ovia CM description (ew), weird temps but elevated, vivid dreams, spotty chest (gross but at least it's not on my face), boobs feel slightly fuller (hooray - but still not much more than a handful so nothing to get hysterical about), still no foul AF mood other than almost terminal impatience but I think it's the waiting for AF to show up. Really wish Mother Nature made pregnancy and AF symptoms different!!

Good work on the bra - hopefully you'll be more comfortable!