TTC - First Time! (2)

Sounds like a plan Misty. I hope it's not too hard.

I'll keep you all posted xx

Ooof twisted I had such a bad lower back when I was pg! I thought it was coz I'd been to a kings of leon gig and danced my ass off lol but it went on for ages and I realised after that it was a symptom not just over-dancing 😳

I've got a baby shower today. I'm feeling excited about it though, my friend was pg ages before me and I'm so happy for her and looking forward. And I'm going to get pissed lol 🙌🏼
Have a fab weekend all xx

I will try Misty but we all know we are addicts to poas here!!

AF is tomorrow & I don't really have any symptoms. I'm still getting a pain in my right side like stitch but it's also in my lower back. It's been almost a week of this which doesn't tally with typical implantation pain! I'm actually concerned now so agreed with DH that if I still have it Tuesday & no BFP I will try & get a dr appt.

Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend. Anyone doing anything nice?

Hey girlies, hope you're all well. littleemma wow that's a long cycle, you must be relieved!
flatwhite implantation happens around af time so don't count herself out til its bright red and heavier 😂 plus from the pregnancy boards loads of ladies get spots in early pregnancy coz of the hormones. Don't want to get your hopes up just thought I'd say lol.
pibbee opks are a nightmare lol I've got loads stocked up but haven't started back using them yet coz my hormones are probably still all over the shop.
twisted you're not out til af/bfp so don't pee on another stick til you're late 😂 easier said than done I know.
ttc I'm feeling loads better, thank you.
Hope everyone else is ok!! I'm forgetting everyone's names and who's said what lol.

Today I did something I've been dreading. Bought more pg tests 😳 just Poundland strip ones. I'm gonna do one later to finally see that snowy white proof that my pregnancy is over. Scary but got to be done now coz I need to make sure my hcg is back down after the mc so I know my body is recovering properly you know. Still scary though 😫 then just have to wait for my next period. Dreading that too!! According to dr google, my next period can be any time from 20 days after my mc bleeding stopped completely. That was only 2 weeks ago so can expect it any time in May really I suppose. Never looked forward to a period more in my life, I need some normality!xx

@littleemma1 so glad AF arrived after her prolonged absence! Hope your next cycle isn't as long.
I've had a tiny bit of brown discharge today (sorry TMI!) and have a big chin spot (lovely!!!) so I reckon AF will appear very soon. I'm disappointed, as we DTD loads this month, especially during my FW. I can tell TTC is going to be a frustrating process...

Ps @user I think you need to give your body some time. You will get some crazy sometimes but just let your body settle when coming off the pill. X

Well ladies.... CD62 and Auntie Flo has finally bloody arrived!!! I know it's weird to want her to come but I think I deserve this one! Still going to the docs as something still doesn't seem normal, but thought you would all like the update! 😂🙈

Well ladies.... CD62 and Auntie Flo has finally bloody arrived!!! I know it's weird to want her to come but I think I deserve this one! Still going to the docs as something still doesn't seem normal, but thought you would all like the update! 😂🙈

Possibly in the 2ww really struggling to work out when af is due seeing i stopped the pill in march had a period then nothing! So if I was on the pill still I would have been due a week today! And af still hasn't arrived for me going to test at the weekend!

Hi @ttcnovice! How many days of the flashy buggers have you had now?

I had those pains too. Although I am never exactly sure where my ovaries even are! I have had them for several days on and off, from half way through FW and even today slightly. What does THAT mean. (Probably nothing....) so you are in the 2ww now? Meeeeee too.

Misty glad you're feeling a bit better

emma hope everything's okay when you finally get the appointment, will keep my fx for you 🤞🏼

Twisted I'm excited for you with those symptoms! This could finally be the month for you! Keeping everything crossed!

Pibbee you DTD in your FW so there's definitely a good chance still, don't worry! I'm still getting the dreaded flashing smiley faces, but I had lots of EWCM and a sharp pain in where my ovary should be on CD15, so I think I might have missed the surge the night before (on the one night I didn't test - typical!). If so I'd be 3DPO now, but we're still DTD every other day just incase!

Emma I'll keep my fx for you & your appt!

To try & give myself a reality check I poas. Morrisons early detection & it was bfn!! Supposed to be able to test 4 days early & im barely within that so stupid really but it served its purpose! I'm a little more realistic now!!

@misty I'm glad you're starting to feel better and more yourself, still sending love your way though 💕

@pibbee I bet if you take the pressure off it will happen! You hear of it all the time!

@ twisted it's so annoying though that the symptoms of PMS and PG are practically identical!!

Doctors (well, receptionist!) rang me today to say that a particular Dr. wants to see me asap to discuss my scan results but the earliest appointment she has is Tuesday morning 😖😒 I was happy to think I could just plod along until next Thursday, I've waited this long, but now they've said they are want to see me asap and have brought my appointment forward I'm going into over drive 😩 Will keep you all posted. I'm working from today through to Sunday (wah!) so will try to keep up to date with everyone and keep checking in xxx

Hello all! Welcome to the newbies!

Sorry I have been a bit AWOL, it's been a bit of a stressy few days. Work is really really busy at the moment, it's never-ending!

Also, it's all been a bit stressful with DP (it's fine now). I have decided the whole OPK/CB stick things do not help us AT ALL! I got really wound up earlier this week when I finally got the stupid static smily, and DTD just didn't happen. He seems to just feel totally pressurised when it's 'the' days t to do it. Plus I get stressed out, which makes him wound up, which does not make for ideal baby-making circumstances really!

Also, I have decided I am not convinced about the CB logic at all. The instructions say that you are in with a decent chance on each 'high fertility' day that you have. BUT, isn't it the case that sperm can only survive up to 5 days (and mostly less then that)? Therefore, if you have more than 5 flashing (high fertility) days, then those that are the furthest away from the static (i.e. imminent ovulation) smily do not present a chance to get pregnant? I just don't understand how that is meant to work. I think it's misleading tbh.

Anyway, we did still DTD on 2 of the flashing smily days (yay!) and whilst (per the above) I think the first one won't count, the second one miiiiight (if any of the little dudes survived long enough!).

So I don't have high hopes for this cycle but I also don't feel too bad, as we can only do what we can do! I think it's all down to luck really, there's people DTD every day and it doesn't happen, meanwhile there's also people who do it just once and then bingo!

So for next cycle, I am going to try to just chill out and really not care about OPKs. Me and DP have decided that DTD 2 or 3 times a week is the way forward (and that's what the NHS and my GP suggested anyway - my doc said OPKs are a waste of time pretty much). it will keep the pressure off and hopefully make it more fun!

I will most likely be away for ovulation day next time anyway as I am going away for a few days with work.

Glad you are feeling better @Misty!

@ttcnovice are you still on the dreaded flashing smilies?

@emma that's really annoying about the scan! Hope you can get an appointment sooner than next week...

Anyone having any strange cravings? I can't get enough halumi cheese used to hate the stuff!

Misty I'm so glad to hear you are feeling better

I am a crazed symptom spotter this tww but I honestly have some increased symptoms from AF & some new ones. I have very sore, bruised feeling, boobs, stitch type pain on the right hand side plus extra cramping & constant cm that it so far like water. Also my appetite is up & down & a constant need to pee!! Could this be it!!! (Probably setting myself up for a fall here).

AF due Sunday xx

Hi girlies, how are you all? Sorry I've been awol, been doing the house out and moving various rooms round, new sofa, fully making the most of my time off work 😂🙈
charl thanks for trying to message, I've no idea how to do it on mobile app, I've received messages but don't know how to send them lol.
I'm feeling ok in myself, according to Clue my period is due tomoz but I don't feel remotely like it's gonna happen, I only properly stopped bleeding after my mc 12 days ago so I literally have no idea when af is gonna arrive 😳 I've heard it will either come early (feeling unlikely) or late so I'm expecting it to be late as absolutely not even one af symptom yet. also dtd 4 times in the last 10 days haha I've been so up for it coz we hadn't done it for so long 😂🙈 and against what the hospital said, we haven't been using protection but I honestly don't think anything is going to happen this soon as I'm sure my hormones are all over the place, done no opks or anything so don't know if I'm even ovulating again yet, and Clue is only telling me what it thinks coz I've put my mc bleeding in and it is assuming that is a normal period which obviously it wasn't. So just going on with life blind at the mo til af arrives then will start tracking again properly. I haven't done another pg test yet, I was gonna do one to prove to myself that my hcg had disappeared after the mc but I've never got round to it but I'm feeling 100% back to normal and I'm sure it would be neg again by now, it's been 2 weeks 5 days since the big "loss" all came out so that's plenty of time. So just a bit all over the place now but feeling lots better mentally.
Hope you're all ok xxx

Hi @confused! I know, I'm so annoyed! Just gonna badger them every day.
Poor men! It's amusing but concerning at the same time when they don't understand!
Hi @user. It can take a while for your periods to settle down once you come off the pill. I think most of the ladies on here have experienced whacky cycles coming off the pill so it's normal to be "late"

Emma, how annoying about the scan! I hope you can get an appointment quicker!

Yes I have had a lot of discussions with DP. He is still not convinced that it won't only take 'that one time' haha. I think sex Ed and contraception clinics constantly telling us forgetting one pill or one night without a condom make it sound so 'easy'. He said he'd be happy to wait a few months to conceive but is starting to understand we can't plan the exact month.

Ro, welcome! I got married last summer and really miss it now somehow. It was such an amazing day!

Please can I join you all! My names issy now ttc baby number 1! Stopped the pill late march ttc ever since period is currently 5 days late took a test 2days ago neg fingers crossed it was just to early!

Welcome to all the new faces!!
@MistyBxx I completely get what you mean, I have a friend who never really wanted kids and she recently gave birth. I was happy for her but at first i did have to compose myself quickly. It's perfectly normal x

@Pibbee i see you managed to DTD during your FW. YAAAAY

@Ro welcome and i must say I do NOT miss wedding planning at all, it was a nightmare lo.

I feel much better today, except for some bruising and a tiny hairline fracture on my collarbone i'm pretty much as good as new. I think i am about 6 dpo today, I didn't check again after i got the positive OPK but my CM dried up the next day or so. Cramping really bad last night and today i felt like AF was starting. Had some weird discharge but dont think its AF...it was more weird yellow and than brown (SORRY TMI).

Welcome Ro!

I'm good thanks ttc.. no news here.. I think I'm in my fertile week, but not recording anything at the moment! Just dtd as usual at the moment, think am feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing!! Convincing myself that it will happen when the time is right!

DH reckons that if we haven't caught again within 6 months then we should start properly trying and then might track things then- although it's always on my mind this is FW and to get stuff in while I can 😂😂

How's everyone else? Any news? Xx

So I've had the scan but they wouldn't tell me anything today. The results are sent to your doctor within 24 hours so you can discuss with them once they've looked it over but the earliest appointment I can attend is next Thursday 4th May. Meh, I've waited this long so I'm sure I can wait another week ish. Will call the docs on a daily basis though to see if they have any cancellations.
Hi @Ro2017! I haven't been on this thread long but the ladies are lovely!

Hi ttcnovice!
Wedding plans are going well! We have been living abroad in South America since August so knew we had to have most things planned before we left! DP has been very chilled throughout the whole process but has suddenly got very stressed by it all this week so I think the nerves are starting to take hold!
I'm not surprised you miss it, its crazy to think that one day all that planning will be done and dusted!

Hi Ro welcome to the madness . How are your wedding plans going? I've found myself missing that part since our wedding last year (something I never thought I'd say!).