Thread 4: Ttc without ease, loopy length cycles, post pill poas and everything in between!

Oh seven bless you love, hope you're feeling a bit more chipper soon. It was DH idea actually. Mainly because this is month 8 of ttc. Also he's a chef so apparently having his nether region near hot stoves all day can affect swimmer mobility.

He also has a cyst on one of his balls manly bits from a bmx accident when he was much younger. Said he had it all checked out then and it was fine. They didn't want to remove it incase it didn't got to plan and they had to remove it completely leaving him with one. I think he just wants to know his little fellas are putting up a good fight.

shoney your chart is a bit rocky but i would take a guess at the fact you ov on day 16, however you have to have a fair few consistent raised temps to confirm ov.

OK thanks BoBo90 after being on the pill for over tens years, feel like I'm having to learn all this again. Still trying to understand how my body works lol

Very confused, on Thursday I had definite pains in my right side, was really bad. I had my positive opk Thursday night and Friday dinner time. Friday supper time it wasnt far off positive and today a little lighter again but still a definite line. Had some earlier normal cramps and nausea. But just now I have pains in my left side, I think it might be lower down but def feel it.

Johno How does your DH feel about going to the doctors to get his swimmers checked? I can't even get mine to go for ear ache!!

Crying and getting really annoyed this morning at silly things (like my neighbours gate!?) so I'm hoping that it's a sign af is on her way before I have a complete melt down!!

Morning ladies, busy forum the past few days!

So I'm on my second day of no symptoms at all now and pretty much no cm at all! Pretty gutted actually as symptoms usually mean something is happening in there. I've got no symptoms to spot! X

Here it is on FF, however the lowest one was me forgotten to take my BBT when I first woke up. So you could discard that.

Hi shoney. I'd say that's an alright time gap tbh. I think it's if you take it over 30-60 mins different ff won't include it. Have you got a chart you can post?

hey Johno85 i am on CD21, I do take my BBT every morning but I am not sure I get the same time every day (maybe even 10 mins apart depending on what time I wake up) so not sure the results are helping much.

Hey cookie love. I really feel for you; I can't imagine how i would feel if my best friend got Preggo when I had been trying too. At one point my big sister was toying with the idea of ttc #4 and secretly I really hoped she wouldn't. I think it's totally understandable to have mixed emotions, we're only human after all.

Sounds like you've got all bases covered as far as tests and referrals go. Like I said, depending on DH swimmers check I'll probably be not far behind you. Good luck with dtd and catching the egg. My friend had PCOS and was all set up for fertility treatment then amazingly got pregnant naturally. Fx the egg sets up camp soon for you

Hey shoney. I always think of a missed dtd opportunity as "quality control", you know make sure the swimming are ready for the next race what cd are you now? Sorry if you've mentioned before but do you temp?

Hugs for you louby. All of our time will come. I guess we just have to remember that the friends/family/colleagues may have had similar ttc journeys as all of us here.

Soooooo I have a confession to make. I caved and bbt this morning. I was just intrigued to see what it was and if I have in fact ov.

My cover line bbt last cycle was 36.25. Bbt today was 37.11. The only time it has ever been that high was last cycle at 10dpo. From ov symptoms I'm guessing I may be about 7dpo.

Ignoring my moment of weakness, do you ladies think I can assume that I defo ov and am in the tww?

shoney I know exactly what you mean - I've just had the second friend announce their pregnancy this week too! Obviously I'm happy for them but it really doesn't make my attempts not to symptom spot any easier when they start talking about how they're feeling!

Morning how are we all today?
We didnt manage to DTD yesterday, Friday nights are killer as both so tired so just wasnt up to it. We did it the night before and will do again today. Hopefully the the every other day strategy works. Had really bad cramping late last night like period pain but wasn't really specified to one side.

It is so difficult to pin point the exact moment the egg is realised, such a guessing game.

Another person I know declared they were pregnant, that's three in the space of a week, talk about taunting us!!

Anyway keeping positive but who knows! Glad I have the forum for support, its so tough trying to go through the motions, but its nice to have other people in the same boat!! Thanks guys!!

Hi everyone, how we all doing? I'm finding it to hard to keep up! I hope yous don't think I'm being anti social but I've been actively trying to 'not think' yea rightabout ttc this month. I have zero OPKs in the house and I'm going to try hard not to order any!! My best friend (who started trying at the same time as me) just found out yesterday that she's pregnant. I feel overwhelmed with happiness for her as I know how much it means to her. Months ago at the start of this journey we'd spoke about how amazing it would be to share the whole experience together & it just makes me more determined than ever to get my bfp now!!

How's all the tww'ers doing?? Who's waiting to test?? Bobo hun hopefully ov won't be too far away! I got my ultrasound because I've been experiencing pelvic pain during ov, particularly in the right hand side. The ultrasound didn't give me any answers though so we're going to be referred to the fertility clinic as soon as my next blood test is done and hubby gets his sperm analysis (booked in for Aug 30th). I'd definitely recommend going to the gp if you have concerns as the whole process just seems soooo long! CD13 for me and going to start dtd more often but prob won't ov for another 10 days or so. 100% doing the cold turkey this month!! Xx

Yes, meant to say that in my post actually! Do not symptom spot. You'll just drive yourself mad! x

Oh I must have missed you on that thread sarah. It's got so many people on it and moves so fast! A lot of the people on there have done this all before too!

I know how frustrating it is waiting for first AF off the pill luci and seven. It took me 38 days for AF to arrive. MY next two cycles were 36 days and then 38 before bfp so they never really settled down into 'normal' length cycles before bfp. And that didn't stop sperm meeting egg for me! Although now I've just go to see if it sticks...

My early pg symptoms were mainly bloating and wind plus, in hindsight, weeing more and just generally feeling a bit knackered/under the weather. Boobs actually felt totally normal and only just starting to hurt now. However, Do.No.Symptom.Spot!!

I've had sinusitis beofre johno and its horrible, poor you! Hope you feel better soon!

Good luck to all those testing soon!!

Hey bobo. Maybe it's just your body fucking messing with you. I'm assuming I'm in the tww. I will save my very best fmu and hope my cub has made it to the cave.

DH is going to the GP next week to see how he can get his swimmers checked. Thought we'd try that first before me going in and asking about a scan just yet.

I've been having some really odd symptoms which i went to the GP about yesterday (non pg related). Every time I bed over really far (I.e. Putting my bike boots on) my head feels like it fills with bloody and my face goes purple, feel like my eyes will pop out.

Sounds dramatic hey. I've had sinusitis a fair few times and it's different. Gp was lovely but not too concerned. Did the normal checks. The only thing odd was that she picked up a heart murmur so I'm going back soon for an ecg. She says it's probably benign so I'm staying calm until then.

I did Google heart murmur and lo and behold...."heart murmur can be an early pregnancy symptom due to the increase blood volume in the body". You literally can type in any symptom and someone somewhere has asked if its related to pregnancy lol.

So that's my ramble. 2ww (I hope) continues.

Anyone else poas this weekend? X

Best of luck tata

seven my first cycle off the pill I convinced myself I was pregnant! Nausea, funny twinges, tingly boobs and everything. 2nd cycle when I actually got a BFP I had no symptoms at all until a week or so after getting the result! It's surprising how much the pill effects us and you don't realise at the time.

Another positive!! Wehey! On it again tonight Shoney! Fx for a bfp for you in a couple of weeks!x

Hope the sickness isn't too bad, had a couple of friends who have had it really bad.

I came off the pill in mid January and didn't have a proper period till June so I know how frustrating it is waiting for it to come back.

Another day another positive, on it again tonight, had day of various symptoms Inc feeling sick. Glad it's the weekend to chill out. I'm usually a big exercise fan but going I will just go for walks and chill out. This weeks workouts have been a struggle

I've introduced myself on that thread, marmite, but I'm like you. I feel like I still belong here right now! I think I won't 100% feel pg until I've seen a midwife... Or puked! Xx

If it helps any symptom spotters, my early, pre-BFP symptoms were:

• Tender, expanding boobs
• Cramps (like AF cramps)
• Odd cramps, more like sharp pinches and twinges
• Stuffy nose, feeling like I was getting a cold (apparently this is really common)
• Dry mouth/perpetually thirsty

Obviously some of these are just the same as AF symptoms while others are pg symptoms but only looking back now can I see it was pg symptoms. Before I got my BFP I thought I was just getting a cold and AF at the same time. The cold symptoms are apparently a big giveaway that you're pg, but almost everyone assumes it's just a cold! xx

Ooh that's exciting sarah great to have someone to compare notes with and to be going through the same stage as me! I don't know if you feel it's a bit early yet but there's a thread for people due in April 2017 on the antenatal boards section. I've been tentatively sticking my head in but still feel more at home on the ttc side of things!!

Glad to hear the updates from the other side of BFP are interesting and not boring/annoying anyone yet

luci and seven I know how frustrating it is waiting for AF to come after stopping pill! Mine took 38 days to arrive first cycle. I then had a 36 days followed by 38 days again before BFP. So it would seem my cycles hadn't sorted themselves out at all yet still being so long but didn't stop sperm meeting egg! Just go to wait and see if it sticks now...

Seven, Every tiny thing that happens to me I immediately think PREGGERS! ha! Wishful thinking. Still haven't had my first af yet so I highly doubt that I am. Still will dtd as often as I can though just in case. Not going to do any more ov tests tho, just going to wait it out.

Day 19 off the pill today. Latest symptom severe constipation (sorry for tmi!!) I've never known anything like it!! 🙈

My pink cm has gone now that only lasted 2 days. Nothing else to report on really!! How are you feeling?x

Good luck Tata xx

So excited for you Sarah and Marmite - glad you had a better 2nd phone call Marmite! Please keep us posted you two, it's so lovely hearing about the next bit.

I have been totally obsessed for ages too Luci and MrsC - the babys room is already planned in my head... doesn't help having a 9 month old niece and two pregnant friends!

I took a test this morning Luci and it was another bfn so I've decided I'm imagining symptoms and if I was preggers I should deffo know about it by now and my body must just be getting used to not taking the pill...I just wish AF would turn up(!!!!!!!??????????)
In the meantime I'm just carrying on DTD as often as possible.

Anyway since deciding all this my taste for wine has come back which completely resolves my dilemma of not drinking tonight and tomorrow. Steak and red wine tonight with DH and taking my best friend out for her birthday tomorrow. She will be delighted there are no bfp's yet because when I told her we were ttc she got upset because she was going to loose her wine drinking buddy (oh and because she doesn't reallllly like babies! lol!)