First time TTC - thread 6

Loxy that last bit really made me laugh! I like it, makes me feel better!!

Thanks, clean, good luck to you too!

Reading back, totally agree about the being told over and over how easy it is to get pregnant. Really doesn't prepare you for the anxiety of trying and it not working out. Especially when you get folks telling you how it only took one try! Jokes on them, we've all had way more sex in our efforts to get preggo

Loxy May 5th for you too, eh? Good luck!

Felt really quite depressed all day yesterday (which was purely just my hormones) and it didn't help that I got very little sleep due to my neighbours shop alarm going off at 3:15 in the morning (seems to be a noise it makes when they set the alarm leaving). Same thing happened last night, so I'm tired, grumpy and just not feeling great. I suppose it's getting me used to motherhood lol!

Boobs still sore of course, but now DH and I have figured we can still have hugs as long as my boobs don't touch his body lol.

A week and a day to go till AF or a test!

Hey ladies, nothing exciting happening here. I've given up on the symptom spotting this month, especially as the last TWW I had were I wasn't pregnant was February! I've completely forgotten what's normal, haha. I bought a giant pack of cheap preggo tests online the other day so I'll be armed come May 5th. Totally annoyed at how much money I spent on decent tests last month despite waiting ages. Hoping that if I'm curious I can just POAS and move on rather than spending hours wondering and worrying.

Basset hopefully this time is the one!

Kitty every time I stay in a hotel I get my AF, so I reckon she'll make an appearance for you right when you're about to get into the hot tub. She's cruel like that! Fingers crossed she hurrys up and comes along soon.

Beauty, Basset & Kitty glad I'm not the only one. Met three different friends at various points today and received six boob crushing hugs. Two were female and when the first one was hugging me the genuine thought went through my head that she being a woman should know I have sore boobs and how dare she give me a tight hug, hahaha. So I'm clearly going mad. She gave a really tight squeeze of a hug too which is usually nice but was agonising today. I just wanted to push her off me lol.

Must keep reminding myself - this happened last month too. I don't know whether I'll be gutted or relieved if AF comes. On one hand, no BFP, on the other, no sore boobs!

DH offered to massage them tonight, and got swiftly batted away. Like it's just a muscle issue he can magically cure. If sore boobs was just a muscle issue, I'd be off to a boob masseuse.

Hey ladies

Basset no idea when i ovulated I bought the CB ovulation strips but decided against using them for this cycle since it was my first from provera and thought ill wait and see how long this cycle is first then start using them next cycle ...... HA. ill be blowing the bust off them!

CD43 and still nothing. We have an overnight stay booked may 11th that has a hot tub and bottle of bubbly so think ill wait until then before I test again. Would have been happy to give the hot tub and drink a miss if I was preggers but if not sod it im going to soak in it with the bottle. ( knowing my luck thats when AF will arrive!)

Hope your all having a lovely weekend. im still demolishing easter chocolate.

Clean I remember when i came off the pill at first my boobs were always really sensitive and sore roughly around ovulation but only lasted a few days. keep us up to date with how you are getting on :)

Sorry for the BFN kitty, those super long cycles must be driving you mad with all of the waiting.

clean I've been the same since I came off the pill, so I know what you mean. You start thinking surely boobs this sore can't just be normal AF?!! Fingers crossed for you that this time it turns out that it's actually not normal AF!

It's funny (actually not funny at all!!) how the symptom spotting can drive you a little crazy, it's like every tiny little thing has you completely convinced! I'm sure it's partly something to do with having it drilled into you that if you EVER have unprotected sex you will be pregnant IMMEDIATELY. Turns out that's not actually the case...

Hope you enjoyed the bubbly JeNe, at least a tiny bit of enjoyment out of a negative

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

Okay, boobs have never been this sore before, and they're way bigger than normal (can't complain about that side of it), if this is just AF I'm going to be raging! Exactly 2 weeks till AF should be due trying not to get hopeful by telling myself outright that it's just AF.

Jene sorry to here AF has made an appearance. Enjoy the bubbly!

Kitty 3 months?! I'd be going mental. Hopefully with a bit longer the provera will even things out a bit for you.

Fed up of painful breasts already. Have had to remove my bra (thankfully it's jumper weather here) as I could feel them aching constantly in it. If it wasn't for having the same thing last month, I'd be getting hopeful, but I think this is how my cycle is now. think I'll book a doctors appointment soon, as I don't want to spend 2.5 weeks out of every 5 weeks with sore boobs.

Thanks ladies, I must be the only person on MN willing AF to show up haha.

pie sorry to hear that your having issues with pelvic pain. Hope it settled soon and the ultrasound goes well.
Jene hope your appointment goes well , may as well have a few glasses of fizz. as you say when you get your BFP you wont be able to so enjoy it now
Pillow FX that AF stays away for you!
Loxy I was doing so well to stay until CD 50 but met up with a friend who has a 1 month old and thought .... its a sign! just do it.
clean thanks my cycles have been all over the place lol, my AF disappeared for 3 months at the start of the year so was hoping having a course of provera would have jump started my cycles to be a bit more normal

Hope you all have a lovely weekend im off to the shopping centre to get holiday treats!

Pie glad you got to the beach in spite of your pain. Hope these upcoming appointments move things forward for you.

kitty sorry it's another long month for you, hopefully it'll settle down soon..

pj's glad you had a relaxing time with no pressure, sounds like a very luxurious time away!

basset yay for DH instigating! Hopefully he'll be able to relax a bit more which will help you too.

Sorry AF got you baguette hope you can enjoy your weekend.

Had a lovely 2 nights away with DH, lots of time laid up with hot water bottle but we got to the beach and ate a lot of chips and just relaxed. Pelvic ultrasound this Thursday for the early spotting and pelvic pain and a referral to gynae made too this week as I've been struggling with increasing pelvic pain that's requiring more morphine again.

Posted too soon. Pillow enjoy your plan-free weekend (stupid phone changed that to pan-fried). Those kind of weekends can be the best.

Fertility consultation on 12th May do will see what the plan is then.

I have a mooncup Loxy, it's the meluna brand, pretty handy for AF - prepare for TMI - if I also have IBS symptoms I give it a miss as I personally find it uncomfortable then.
I haven't tried using the mooncup after DTD yet (to trap the swimmers up there!) , I was going to but it seemed weird. Now however I'll try anything and my definition of weird has become more relaxed.

I'm putting a bottle of fizz in the fridge for later, I'm not celebrating AF coming but think I might as well drink it before I get a BFP and have to watch DH drink it all!

Sorry to hear about AF arriving JeNe. The stopping and starting must have been so frustrating. I hope all goes well with your fertility consultation, when is that?

Definitely a good idea to treat yourself this weekend. Unfortunately I don't have much for you to copy - we're having a plan-free weekend for once. Hope you enjoy whatever you decide to do!

Morning all, AF has finally arrived after spotting for 3 days last week then stopping just to give (false) hope. I know she got a few of you, hope she stays away for some of us.
How frustrating Kitty, you did well to last until CD41, hoping AF stays away for good reason.

My DH also knows when AF is coming, I don't spare him the details. I also have bigger bras for the buildup as my boobs get so big but he's not allowed near them then as they are so tender.

Anyway another cycle begins here, don't know what else I can do this month but have fertility consultation so will focus on that. I'm not going to be one of those lucky ones who gets a BFP while waiting.
But I am going to treat myself this weekend and not wallow much.

Has anyone got anything nice planned? I might copy you (if it doesn't involve strenuous exercise 😉).
Enjoy your weekend all!

Oops! Posted too soon (as if my last post wasn't long enough)...

Fx for your FW basset and good news about your OH!

I'll stop typing now. This is what happens when I try to play catch up.

Poking my head in!

Sorry to hear about AF arriving for some of you. Fx for you all this month.

Kitty sorry about your BFN. You did really well to wait so long to test!

Glad to hear you and DH had a good time away Pyjamas. Sounds like it was the lovely break you both needed.

Good news on your positive OPK Loxy! My friend uses a Mooncup and highly recommends it, but hopefully you won't have to use it any time soon.

Hello blanket! I'm sorry to hear about the work situation. My DH has similar experiences when he has time off. After coming back to a pile of unfinished work, he soon feels like he hasn't had a break at all. I hope everything is caught up for you and you're feeling more relaxed soon. Also, great username...

Hi there clean! I know what you mean - DH never has to face the temptations of symptom spotting either!

As for me, I'm now on CD23 of 26/27 day cycle. I've been peeing a bit more frequently, needing more sleep/earlier nights and feeling colder. Also had a few weird cramps/tuggings/pressure in my lower abdomen, but as many of you have said I'm sure it's just the extra chocolate. So much for not symptom spotting...

I usually get headaches/migraines 2/3 days before AF arrives and I'm due on Tuesday/Wednesday, so we'll see what the weekend brings!

I hope you all have a great weekend ahead of you.

Aw kitty sorry to hear that. Its so crap when you finally break and its not the answer you want. Sending hugs xxx

Kitty sorry to hear you had a BFN. And I thought my cycles were long at 35 days. Yours must be so frustrating!

Guess who caved today guys

BFN on CD41 hmm looks like its going to be another ridiculous long cycle I thought the provera would have kick started more regular normal cycles. Got my hopes up a bit as iv been feeling a bit nauseated on and off and ignoring its probally because of an unhealthy amount of easter chocolate!

feeling deflated althought i KNEW i wouldnt be pregnant no idea when i ovulated and we havent DTD much this month think its more annoyed at silly stupid cycles!