Thread 23. TTC #1 - New Year, New Opportunities. Let's keep those BFPs rolling in!

Sorry gee fx this cycle is in the bag for you!

Thanks ladies :)))
So good news ....
Ummm ... I have no period pains and I'm remaining positive for the next cycle ...
Other good news -
We're all fabulous
Sk1pper is getting hitched soon
We all have lovely partners and ...
We all have each other ...
Xxxx

geeup

Think we need a new kwick spell.

So lucky-me will have a smear test to look forward to before I ovulate again.... Sigh. Not sure I'll have a fuck it day in the near future. Next weekend will be another IKEA -assembly day..... Don't think that counts.

Urgh CD1. Last ticket for Feb 10th then we'll start IVF :(

With all these af's and bfn we need some good news.

Sk1pper, when is your wedding & what sort are you having?

Anyone else got good news?

Yeah I'm worried about it too, but you'll be absolutely fine and remember to DTD as much as possible once you've healed and a lot of people get their BFPS straight after it.

Will definitely tell you all the details skipper! I'm a bit apprehensive about it (I find smear tests agony, so this will be worse), but it has to be done.

Sorry Hep - I'm still hopeful for you though.

Pyjamas - you'll be having yours way before mine, please tell me everything when you've done it xx

Go for it kwick. I don't know how to make the images.

My sore boobs have come and gone, as has my elevated heart rate, so confident AF will arrive tomorrow or Tuesday.

Sorry about AF hippy and BFN skipper 💐

AF should be finishing up today (mine only lasts 2 days max) so I'm getting into most relaxed part of cycle - I know am not pg, but have none of the pressure of FW, forced dtd, temping or symptom spotting. Will be booking my HSG for this week.

Binky - sorry you had to excuse yourself to have a little cry but well done for having the control to do it privately, were all here for you if you need to vent.

Hippy - noooooo what a pain, I thought you'd be one of miracle BFPS. hope you're okay

I'm ashamed to say I tested this morning...twice. I got confused between the control line and test line and got super excited...I should have realised that the test line needed to be there regardless or it would be invalid. Anyway, it was the usual snowy white I always get, AF isn't due until Wednesday but I've been feeling heavy and having red spotting so I though maybe it was implantation. Who am I kidding. Good luck to any other testers xx

Thanks kwick much appreciate the flowers ... i knew she was coming so pleased it's a day early as I can focus on the next cycle :) xxxx

Great picture pyjamas!!!

I am in North London!!!!

Sorry about AF hippy

Was that you offering to start new one hep I do not mind giving it a try?

Morning lovely ladies :))
Well I'm delighted to announce that af has arrived 1 day early .... yaaay!
Ok so a slim part of me was hoping that I'd be upduffed but as Oh and I have been struck down for weeks with a damn cold/flu thing we only dtd on cd 9 and i ovulated cd 14 .... so i was fully expecting af this month... PMA result - i didn't stress or symptom spot and i didn't waste my frer's :))). I'm not even counting that as a cycle as we didn't dtd in fw .... so here's to a new cycle ... colds have almost gone and will definitely gone by the time af facks off!

So my stats again ....
Age 38 on Wednesday
TTC #1
Cycle 3

EJ - totally sympathise with you my friend ... oh has quite a low sex drive which really doesn't help tTC as I'm lucky to dtd once in fw let alone twice .... I will be timing the tackle this month and if i ovulate in two weeks from now which I'm expecting ...I will dtd as soon as I see that smiley face ....fx

Just been baby bombed on Facebook!!!!
Grrrr

Xxxxx

Jam thanks for the banana, PB and milk tip! I really struggle with dairy as I just don't like it. I was vegetarian for 10 years and kept getting B12 deficient as you get it mainly from meat and dairy. As B12 anaemia can cause temporary infertility I have introduced chicken into my diet but I'm still struggling with dairy. I tried the milkshake today and actually like it! Which is huge for me!

Sorry about AF pyjamas your fuck it day sounds fab.

Fx Hep, Sk1pper and any other testers.

Your ring is lovely Sk1pper. I love that it matchs with your OHs, makes it super personal.

Binky a good cry every now and again does us good. We're only human and this is hard!

I actually find the bit I'm in now, after AF and before FW the easiest. I try to eat well, drink lots of water, do yoga and everything I can to make my eggs juicy and my lining plump. I actually feel in control. It's the worry of FW going well and symptom spotting in TWW where it all goes downhill and I start to worry about everything.

And early 😬 Sorry

EJ hope that AF behaves and keeps away ready for a BFP. The guessing what's happening is awful. I agree that the FW is stressful too- despite feeling crushed when AF arrives I probably feel most normal then as I know where I stand. Rest of cycle is trying to second guess whether I'm ovulating, implanting etc

FX for you

Cross post EJ!

Pyjamas awesome picture! And yes to f-it day, such a great idea

I'm early in cycle so god knows what I'd have been like today if I was in 2WW 😂 I'm at the "I must do everything I can to conceive this cycle" stage atm, my fridge is full of goodness knows what that I'm trying to eat to make juicy eggs (and loose some Christmas and holiday weight!)

I'm also a London girl atm! South east though

Thank you all. Made my excuses and i dont feel too bad as i feel like you all have my back . She does know how much i want a baby so it's probably not a hreat suprise to her. I cried on her a few months ago.

Interesting re best point of the month. tww i feel better than fertile week as i never expect to be pregnant ( i dont symptom spot much now) and i feel like i can think about ttc less as its out my hands. I find my fertile time stressful trying to make sure i time things right & dh wants to dtd ( his sex drive is low) & af just makes me sad.

Its my sort of tww now & im playing a game of guess when af is due. Its a bit like pin the tail on the donkey but for periods. Given my odd cycle this month, its anyones guess when she might arrive. Monday would be day 28 & im usually a 28 day girl, but i got a +ve opk on day 20 but nothing to indicate ovulation occured.

EJ if you don't feel able to go please don't go. Make an excuse. Be kind to yourself 💛

Binky the difference in how I feel / cope at different points of my cycle is very marked. TWW I'm a total mess. Second week / fertile week is the best - which is where I'm at now

Pyjamas hurrah to a successful fuck it day! Reaching cycle 8 was a really hard point for me. Hang in there.

I am up for London meets if anyone fancies! Can vouch for buying in North London 👍🏼

Love that pic pyjamas!

We may need a new thread soon...

Hi everyone - fuck it day was a great success and a fab distraction even though AF properly started and I felt like the pic below during the first part of our hike! Anadin saved the day though along with a few of our favourite ales at the end 🙂 It was great to get out and do something even though I'm feeling quite down about everything (AF hormones don't help). Just never thought we'd still be going at cycle 8 - even though I know that's totally normal.

That's really tough EJ - don't feel bad, what you're feeling is normal. All of our times will come.

Love your ring skipper!! It's beautiful 😊

I'm in SW London kathrino and Jam - nice to know there are some fellow London girls here!

You should have seen me a couple of days ago binky - crying like a baby in the gym loos over spotting.

EJ it's rubbish feeling so mixed with TTC isn't it. I've spent today trying to remind myself that others happiness is not in competition with mine, that my time will come. Like jam said maybe we'll find it better as our hormones go throughout the cycle?

The BFPs will come for us all. LSFX

mum your opk is picking up an increase in hormones compatible with a bfp or just AF.
Frer is a first-response pregnancy test.

I've just been invited to my friends baby shower. I literally can't go.