Getting Ready For Baby Challenge Thread 5

Thank you mummy (hope you're baby vomit free) and grumpy xx

Jupiter woooooohooooooo the power of the lube!!!! Congratulations cycle buddy I am so pleased for you. Welcome to the longest wait of all lol xxx

Given confused provided the OPKs and lube (and the lute) for me this month she can definitely take some credit if this all works out...thank you lovely!

Now as you know last month my DH insisted I test with him. Except I did it on my own today and he's asleep next to me. I'm going to wait for AF to actually be late (this weekend) and test again with him then. I'll feel more secure by then that this won't be a chemical. I don't want to get his hopes up now..

jupiter I could also see it without clicking on the test!!!!! Congratulations 😀😀😀 I did have a sneaking suspicion this morning you might be 😀

Literally in shock... must have been the flipping magic lube.

Fuck a duck Jupiter you're pregnant!! Amazing! I can see that without even clicking on the pic!! Congrats!!!!!

So guys.. this just happened am I hallucinating?!?!

I'm gonna stop having unprotected sex now until a few days after O. DH and I will have to be creative as neither of us CBA with condoms. This month would be v bad timing!

Aww mummy I've forgotten what that's like! Poor you x

Orange and Jupiter wake up and test! Lol

I just used the CBFM fertility test stick in the monitor, it gave me a "High" reading due to oestrogen surge.. which is weird as it's the first time I've used it. I don't know if it just counted my missed tests as an average person's "low" or if I've already screwed it up this cycle. CD10 today not expecting to ovulate until CD15-20, depends how long this cycle is. Maybe it will go back to 30 days now (had 35 then 33).

🤢 Midnight child vomit 🤢 All over me 🤢

Cocktails we moved into a new build December 2015 and we got flooring with ours as a deal because it was end of the year. After 14 months they were complete shite..the carpet pile was non-existent and it's like walking on concrete. Only good thing about them was you can put as much bleach on them as you want without trashing them..I went for fully bleachable carpets this time round. Still love the smell of it when I walk in (I'm so weird I know 😂)

Jupiter I know it just seemed to get on top of me ATM..dunno why because I might not even get my BFP on the first attempt. Think I'm just so convinced I will and I'm trying to be as organised as possible but I spose I can only work with what I've got. Ive managed to get it down from 3 credit cards to 1 with £1400 and then putting another £1500 on Sunday is gonna be so soul destroying but oh well it is what it is. It'll all be paid off and it's all interest free so that's good 👌🏼 I just hate having debt and have never had it. Went abit overboard in America with shopping and I've only just managed to clear it up now 😂 those bits of plastic are wonderful until it's abit high and you feel like your drowning.

How's all you lovely ladies doing this evening anyway? I've sold my dining table so I'm now tableless until the weekend when I have to trek to London to get my new one 👀 eating off trays and on our sofa then I think haha.

Yay Confused I love your little prawn! So cute!

Red I am so glad your cycles seem to be settling down

Go wiggley with your steps. I am Deffo more emotional off the pill. Not so much moody, I'm not a moody person (always annoying happy..ha) Quite nice tho really feeling different emotions and getting nice skin around ovulation - makes me feel like I am my natural self.

Cd12 today and negative opk. Ovulated on cd13 of my last weird short cycle so this one I am hoping will be just the right length!

Fingers crossed for the testers tomorrow!!! Xx

Day 3 of paleo successfully completed and feeling like I'm over the hump! No carb cravings and stomach flatter.

Did an OPK tonight and vvvv faint so I'm still ok to shag away I reckon! CD10 tomorrow must remember to do a CBFM test stick in the morning!!

I've booked myself in for a blonde balayage next Friday (I'm brunette). Very excited!

Hope everyone survived Monday!!

laura we've just moved house and had similar carpets throughout, but a bit lighter. It was a new build and we dong know what we want to do with each room so just had the same throughout!

I'm so glad that you've said about the mood swings, that makes me feel so much better knowing it's not just me!! I've been trying to work out if I'm just hormonal or whether I've been fighting a return of the big black dog!! I definitely think it's hormonal as I've been feeling much better for the past 5 days or so

dancing how did it go with your boss today?

Same here - I'm much more volatile! Sad or v annoyed for no reason... learning to navigate it again!

Wiggley I noticed the exact same thing about moods and hormones this month. It's kind of disconcerting as makes you feel that your feelings aren't really based on reality but just how much progesterone/oestrogen etc is dominating. Some things bother me much more when I'm in the follicular phase than they would in the luteal. Madness. I was much happier on the pill actually. I'm not exactly erratic now but definitely more prone to mood changes.

Dancing how did it go telling work? Hopefully your boss was happy for you!

Parsnips I'm intrigued by a bullet journal scurries off to check Pinterest. Well done for keeping up the 100 happy days. I think I will try this soon!

Congratulations on your lovely scan photo confused I can't wait for mine but in the meantime it's so nice to see yours so thank you for sharing 😘

Buzz I'm definitely up for starting again with the diet regime! I have a FitBit which I love and I'm going to make sure I achieve at least 10,000 steps everyday this week. Today has gone well with 11k.

I think becoming more aware of my cycle has allowed me to become more aware of my emotions! I have such bad mood swings! I have been trying to see a pattern in my grumpiness but it seems to come in every phase of my cycle. I'm not on any contraception either so can't even blame that! Guess I'm such a moody person!

Oh Hb thank god for this thread! That will make the wait much easier :)

MrsC bet your mum was so happy! I have little daydreams about telling my family...hopefully soon.

Yeah I'm not gonna lie after the initial excitement of BFP it's pretty boring being pregnant! Feels like nothing is happening really, and yeah....dunno how I'll make it to 12 weeks tbh! I guess the time will pass anyway, I told my mum actually, so that was nice she was very happy for us and got all teary eyed, I still have fear of telling dad, like he'll be disappointed in me but I know I'm a big girl now, it's not like the first time! Anyway out be uttering a thing now to anyone till 12 weeks!

Yes Jupiter ! We think the two week wait is bad.... but there's a 12/20/38 wait ahead of us!!

Hope it goes quick & easy for our preggos!

Ohh laura sorry it's feeling stressful.. it will be so great though when it happens! I was the same before our wedding but thanks to some very generous guests our honeymoon was paid off in the end. It will all come together for you :)

MrsC glad you've escaped nasty symptoms. Are you counting down the weeks to your first scan? I swear the wait between 4 and 12 weeks feels impossibly long (not that i would know, but I've felt it on behalf of family and friends..)

Thanks MrsC.. still need a light fitting I just cant justify £200 from Next for one though. I didnt even spend that on my 2 glass chandeliers for my lounge :(

Congrats on the baby scan Confused I bet now its getting very real. One day that's gonna be a gorgeous little bundle of joy in your arms. Would you prefer one sex over another or are you not too fussed?

Sorry about BFN to my twin in life buzz don't you just hate mother nature how is the wedding planning coming along? As quick as I can earn money it seems to be going out and 5x more too. On Sunday (which happens to also be my 22nd birthday) I'm having to fork out my remaining £1580 for my honeymoon on my credit card. Its now made me super sad...I feel like im drowning in credit card statements. All I wanna do is get the wedding done and over with, hopefully get a little cash from guests that can help go towards the honeymoon, pay off credit cards andhopefully be left with enough time so I can atleast try to save some money before I get my BFP or atleast get ready to pop anyway. So much to do with so little time :(

Oh great orange very excited for you and jupiter tomorrow! And nope tbh I have no symptoms at all.... I'm hoping things will ramp up a gear just for reassurance when I hit 6 weeks, sore boobs and that's my lot! dancing good luck with work, I'm sure they'll be very happy for you!! I won't be telling mine until 12 weeks if I can get away with it, hoping I'll have been called for my new job by then but nothing looking too likely atm!

That's great orange, have everything crossed for us!! Hope you're feeling okay about tomorrow with the funeral

We will both be 12DPO grumpy - can't believe I've managed not to test already!

Dancing really hope telling your boss goes okay.. so understandable to be anxious but am sure will be fine and will be happy for you :) You aren't letting work down.. you'll be back after all!