First time TTC - thread 6

Loxy glad its not just me!! They are still mega sore today as expected. Also had a terrible nights sleep last night as I kept waking up needing to pee despite having hardly drank any water yesterday (Whoops). Naturally this has my mind racing but I'm going to hold out till May 5th before I start getting any ideas. Well, I will try anyway!

clean haha, oh DH was so disappointed when my boobs got tender last month. That was one upside to AF coming, being able to let him bear hug me again.

kitty you are doing so well, I know I won't have the strength to wait very long this month. Good luck!

Kitty yeah that's true! And now I only get mood swings once a month rather than all the time like I did on the pill.

its cd 40 ....... i can feel my hand twitching to go grab a test! because the bloatedness is totally pregnancy and not all the creme eggs iv gorged on must stay true until cd 50!

clean aww thats good you havent been on the pill though means your body will be used to its own natural cycle :)

Loxy lol oh I keep DH well informed, he's probably more in tune with the stage I'm at in my cycle than I am lol, but he miraculously forgets each month that saying "you're just hormonal" or reminding me that I might be expecting AF is a huge no-no, even though he is usually correct!

The poor man tried to be cute and give me a huge hug today, and ended up having "MY BOOBS!!!!" yelled in his face lol. Still, he's got it easy.

phew! OPK was positive, so. Ya know. We're covered for this month now

clean Oh I let DH know every gory detail so I get the respect I deserve hahaha. He's very sympathetic. Hope you can find a way to make the wait go quicker for you :)

beauty I've never tried the smiley face ones, i find that the cheap amazon ones give me a pretty clear indication so i stick with them.

pjs Hey! Glad you had a good time, sounds lovely!

Hey everybody! Sorry to those who got AF. I bought a mooncup this month so I look forward to figuring out how to use that in a few weeks.

I had a little stumbling block on tracking ovulation testing, ended up going out with the lads at work and was drinking till 10.30 last night, whoops. totally forgot to test. Should be okay, will test when I get home but think it'll be tomorrow anyway.

Got mega sore boobs and 2 weeks & 1 day till AF due waaaah. Got this last month too, was sore till the day I got AF. DH doesn't know how easy he gets it with this whole baby making deal

Hi all, I've had a super busy few days, ended up having to work over the weekend/BH, plus we have 2 different sets of friends visiting atm (though not actually staying with us thankfully!), so not even had a moment to think!

Sorry to those with AF, as if AF isn't bad enough anyway, then we start TTC and it gets worse.

Yes Eva, good point about trying to pinpoint ov with opks, think I will get some ordered. Do most of you (opk users) use the smiley face ones? Can't decide if they are worth the extra money?!

Glad to hear you had an amazing time away Pyjamas. Sounds like just what you needed to relax and enjoy some time with your DH.

Good luck for your FW basset

Basset thanks for the tip! I'll make sure to eat first tomorrow. I had just thought it would be easier to remember if I did it right when I got up lol.

Great news about your hubby Basset hope this is upwards and onwards for you

Kitty I had to stop the pill two or three years ago as it was making me a hormonal monster (even more than AF!), so we've just been using condoms or pulling out and thought "if it happens it happens" but it never did. To be honest we've been that "successful" with it (and it's mainly been pull out this last year) that we're not sure we can have kids, as we know so many people who get knocked up after one time without a condom!

I just started taking "preconception & early pregnancy" multivitamins yesterday and this morning about 10 mins after taking it I was sick. I'm never sick so naturally my mind is racing, but I worked it out yesterday and my last AF was around the 1st, so I'm not due another till May 5th, and theoretically must have just ovulated the other day, so it's just the tablet, and I don't think I'll be expecting anything other than AF this month.

I'm glad I found you guys. DH & I haven't told anyone we are trying and it's nice to have someone to talk to about it.

It's feeling very real now I've started taking the multivitamins, and DH and I are both very excited. We might take a month off though after the coming AF as we have a big night out with friends next month and I don't think I could get away with not drinking without people asking, and I don't wanna lie to anyone (but not wanting to tell anyone yet), but also the night out is right after ovulation and I'd feel a bit guilty if there was a chance of conceiving... hmm decisions!

Sorry to hear AF has caught some of us

Welcome Clean sounds like you have made the best move being off birth control for a while. IF i could turn the clocks back that's exactly what i would have done instead of waiting until I wanted to conceive before i stopped the pill!

Hi everyone - back after a few days in the Lake District!

Ugh - sorry to hear about AF Eva - it's all getting rather tedious isn't it 🙁 Sorry to hear about imminent AF for you as well pie

Welcome clean!

We had an amazing time away - hiking, beautiful scenery, amazing food, gorgeous spa, massages a fine ale or two and just general spending time together with no pressure. We didn't dtd at all, and it was actually the best thing ever. Our lives seem to have been taken over by enforced dtd and it was nice for both of us to not even have to consider it! We dtd enough to cover ourselves before we went away, so I'm not stressing. Am about 6dpo now (judging by last positive opk I got) and as usual no symptoms. Not even remotely expecting a BFP now and just doing what we can until our appointment on the 15th to discuss IVF.

Eva well we stopped using contraception a couple of cycles ago but weren't actively trying. I had a chat with DH yesterday though and we are both more serious about it now, so this is our first proper cycle trying.

Ugh pie sorry to hear she's on the way for you too. Enjoy the wine I'm just about to go and tuck in to the holiday buffet breakfast and nice coffee - the diet will start again next week!
clean what cycle are you on? Apps are great for tracking. There are many out there you could try. After trying a few I went with fertility friend.

Thanks ladies! So annoyed at myself for forgetting when AF is due this month. I think my last one must have been around the 1st but I'm not 100%. I have a 35 day cycle (usually a good thing as less periods, but right now I'm not so sure!) so I think it's due around the 5th of May. Will write it down next time.

Oh Eva It's a kick in the face every time regardless of how much you think you're prepared! I'm glad I didn't upset you, sometimes just having a tiny bit of a positive to be able to look at when you want to is useful.

AF is on the way here too, I'm spotting and onto cycle 11 now, feeling really low this eve. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully with spotting arriving in the evening today I've cut short the gloom. I will be buying wine!! For now I'll make do with easter egg.

Welcome clean

Hi clean
pie no definitely not insensitive, in fact I really appreciate you finding a positive when I was struggling to! But you're right, at least we have an answer and should miss out a lot of the waiting time now.
loxy yeah, obvs hope it is to never happen to you again. But if it turns out you do need appointments it might be worth switching to a doctor's with more flexible appointment, evenings and weekings etc.

AF arrived today

Hello!

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Cycle #1*
CD - I've forgotten, argh! Definitely ovulated this week though and I have a five week cycle.

*DH & I are not using prevention and just "waiting to see what happens" which is all fair enough for him but I have to prepare my body on the off chance, and so have had to start tracking my periods otherwise towards the end of my cycle I don't know if I'm late or just forgot when AF is due - it's so frustrating!

Oh Blanket that sounds very stressful, hope things are easing (in work at least).

Hope that AF stays away Pie.

Loxy sorry for what you've been through. It's positive that you've been able to talk to your friend. Don't worry about the general "lying to people" though if you don't want to tell lots of people, it's just "not sharing your medical history".
But yes with friends it is hard. I turned down a girly group holiday as I'd hoped to be PG by then. Now it's imminent, I'm not, but I'm glad I didn't tell them as I don't want them to feel sorry for me, but more than that I don't want to be asked how it's going and if I'm pregnant yet. I could handle it from a close friend, but not from 8 of them!

Anyway, determined to enjoy the bank holiday, heading out somewhere with DH where we'll probably be surrounded by newborns. Need to stop with the negative thoughts!
Good luck all!

Still here! Not much going on especially as DH has been away all weekend, looking forward to him coming home tomorrow :)

eva You're right, it did happen the same last month but for now I'm going to put it down to pure bad luck. It's quite difficult for me to get time off for doctors appointments at work, even more so when I can't say what it's for. For now I figure I'm healthy, I've had no pain and as long as I ovulate as normal again there's no reason to think that it won't happen soon. Of course if it happens the same way for a third time I will make an appointment straight away. :)

Blanket Sorry to hear you've had a rubbish time, sending hugs your way!

I managed to have a good chat with my oldest friend a couple days ago and let her know what was going on so I'll have someone I can tell in the future what's going on. Felt good to finally be honest with someone, I hate lying to people.

Anyway, Happy Easter to you all!