STOP! Yammer time. 🍠

Thanks @bubble

I think you need to give your ewcm some distance this month as you’ve been so unwell its likely to have messed with you a bit! I’m going to guess that everyone’s is a bit different, I get it sporadically on the days I do, more quantity since I started taking royal jellee (acupuncturist) and with the risk of delving into your state of tmi i see more after a poo than a wee. This fw just gone I had loads 5&6 days before ov then less for a couple of days and then more day before ov. I often get watery but not stretchy cm at different points in my cycle, after fw I think-can’t help with stretch watery cm I’m afraid. Mines either one or the other 🤷‍♀️

Bubblegum89 I can answer with my experience- I get ewcm quite a few days before ovulation and then I have watery cm until soon after ovulation. I never have ewcm at the time I ovulate or a day or two before that. I then usually get more watery/ewcm before FP or if I’ve conceived.

In my case anyway I think that watery CM is fertile. I’ve certainly conceived on several occasions with watery CM.

Congrats on the new job Lexie :)

Thanks for the well wishes, I am starting to feel much better now.

I have a cm question. As a relative newbie of ewcm, I’m confused with mine. When I started getting it a couple of months ago, it was quite thick (sorry, I know, tmi lol) I guess like egg whites and I got it once maybe twice a day for two days. I’ve been having cm for the past 3 days now that is watery in consistency but stretchy like ewcm. Kind of like the stuff you get when you’ve been a bit, ahem, excited. But I haven’t been in the last 3 days so I know it’s not that. I’ve got bloody loads of it constantly and 90% of the time it could stretch to the moon and back but I’m confused as to why it’s watery not egg white? Or is it meant to be like that? I’ve not had it properly in so long that I’ve forgotten what it’s “supposed” to be like

Thanks everyone. Receptionist says it doesn’t matter so I’m killing time waiting for it to be done this morning. 8dpo and still no bleeding which is unusual for me so I’m being cautiously optimistic (as always!)

There’s no reason they need to be done in order.

Have a whole yam line, offer discounts to people who buy the whole set!

My doc was adamant I needed to do them in order... Perhaps that was just her thing?

Owl, perhaps we should add yam shaving foam to the product line?!

@LookingAtTheStars89 snap here hun regarding diet but anyways. Hope af week comes and goes quickly!

@Spottyyellowdress I did mine the wrong way round and my Dr doesn't have any issues. That said I need to ring the shitty receptionist tomorrow to see if I need an appointment or not to get the results

Not much to report here other than af dragging out. Should be fertile over bank holiday weekend whaooooo. Trying so hard to be chilled this month I really am. Suppose I better shave my legs 😂

Thanks @chooklass and @lexie - that’s what I thought, if they’re just to compare them it maybe didn’t matter which way round it went. I’ll give the doctors a ring tomorrow!

Thanks ladies!

@spotty I would have thought the same as @chooklass but I’m not sure.

@bubble I hope you’re on the mend

@Spottyyellowdress I only had to do my day 5 once, but had to repeat day 21 a few cycles. My doc said they just needed a day 5 as the baseline which they could use for any day 21 results ... so I think it would be okay? Ie the day 5 and day 21 don't necessarily have to be on same cycle. If that makes sense!

Thanks @Sooz - in that case, I’ve asked to start work late on the wrong mornings. Shit.

Spotty, I think they have to be done in order. The idea is to compare so they can see if you're ovulating. I think.

Congrats, Lexie! Hopefully the law of sod has noted your situation...!

Could anyone shed some light on day 21 bloods for me? This might sound like a silly question but do I have to get them done in order, or can I do day 21 first and then day 1-5 second?

@MynameisJune i meant to say 30 day lol

I am pms'ing BIG time this evening. DH is annoying me by just being there lol and anytime he talks I'm like lol. I usually just get on a massive downer before FP but I just feel agitated at the minute.

@MynameisJune. I got It at www.ovusense.com and used their discount code "MAYBABY". I got the monitor with the 30 subscription. I didn't want to pay for a years worth out right.

@bubble glad you’re feeling slightly better. Hope you manage to eat.

@looking where did you get the ovusense monitor from for £60 I’ve only seen them at £199.

@limp glad everything is going well.

@paranormal hope you’re okay

@Bubblegum89. I'm sorry you're feeling shit x x

I've just ordered an ovusense monitor - another £60 thrown at project baby! I dread to think over the last year how much ttc has cost me! Just waiting for FP to arrive and then I can start taking the clomid - I'm kind of excited and shitting myself all at once! Praying it works but also that I don't turn into a CrAzY lady

@Pinkemi. If It makes you feel better, weight wise I'm in the same boat. It's so frustrating! I'm trying but DH is not helping. He's a foodie so dieting around him is no easy thing.

Like a bit of the law of the sod Lexie, hope it works.

Mouse eeek is all I can say. Still quite a bit to do, mainly because we have been shang hai'ed into more weddingy things than we would have done without interfering mothers. And I am shattered, which isn't helping. Poor MrLettice is coping admirably with the hormonal tired grumps but in a lot of ways we just want to get it out of the way and get back to normality!

So its been back to normality for me! Had a weekend away which was fantastic.. although I ate far too much and am now back to my "weight-I-swore-I-would-never-see-again!"

Have been trying to be really good today... over my calories but its still in a decent range so im not stressing too much about it.

I have taken a real... i dont know.. like.. whatever attitude to this month of TTC. I think ive (sadly) convinced myself that its not going to happen so whats the point? Obviously Ill still sob though when FP arrives!

hope everyone is okay.. I did read up on the thread but I had about 8 pages so it would take too long to reply to everyone! sorry!

I’m 9dpo and really trying not to get my hopes up. Although I have invoked the law of sod and gotten myself a new job!! Whoop! 🥂 I just can’t hack it at my present one any more- it makes me so miserable. So happy there’s an end in sight and a new adventure in a few weeks. Not quite a baby but it will have to do as I seem to have tumblewomb

Another one with my hopes up. It just makes FP all the more crushing when you've been feeling optimistic doesn't it?

I am symptom spotting more this week than I have done ever. I normally scoff at people inverting photos of pregnancy tests but yesterday I actually did exactly that . Genuinely ashamed of myself! Need a gin!!

Limp how are the wedding plans coming?

Glad you're on the mend @Bubblegum89 ! Me and DH did robotic sex with no kissing this month because I was ill!! Maybe it will work - never know! 😂

@LG93 - I've got my hopes up this month too - for no reason at all, especially since I've been ill! It's gonna be a particularly miserable FP this cycle ☹️

Thanks limp it’s bloody horrible isn’t it? I got some lollies from Asda and drank ten times my own weight in water and the pain in my throat has eased massively so I’ve been having my go-to nausea food, ready salted crisps. I did actually try soup, and some dry burnt toast, but just threw it all back up again. Much less appealing on the way back up! Although salty chicken soup is kind of making my mouth water, I’m just craving salty food at the moment like crisps. Think it’s just because of all the fluids I’ve lost, I may give the soup a go, thanks you :)

Oh he can make sudden movements but I’m not moving a muscle 😂