Staying Sane - Positivity during TTC journey

We cross posted there @KnitKitty, glad your friend's little one is recovering well. I like your list of gratitudes too, I think it helps keep in the present

Morning everyone :)

Still feeling positive, I'm loosely tracking when we've dtd and feeling hopeful. I'm sure Dh has been researching when to dtd as he's been taking the lead and I'm feeling more relaxed about things. I'm due in around 10 days and won't test early this month. We've got a busy couple of weeks so that helps. Had acupuncture against yesterday and the last before me was 8 weeks pregnant and the one after was 16 weeks so feeling confidence in my practitioner. Think it's definitely regulating my cycle which is great and I find it relaxing.

Puppy cuddles sound great @KnitKitty :) glad you got another go @CookieWaffle. You sound incredibly relaxed @ChaosMoon. It's great we're all here supporting each other, it inspires me.

Have a lovely day!

@KnitKitty I think its too early but I'm living in hope! Woke up feeling incredibly happy and at peace this morning, so I'm making the most of that. You win though. Golden retriever puppies are the best!

@Angelmiracle how's everything going with you now?

I hope it all got where it needed to last night @CookieWaffle. I've been using preseed too. Do you find it difficult to work out how much to use? Always seem to have too little or too much, and there doesn't seem to be room for anything else... Sorry, tmi!)

@KnitKitty I'll order one puppy cuddle please!

@Angelmiracle how strange?? Apparently mine is slightly offset too. It's funny how things are related. I'm hypermobile (extra bendy) and get IBS and apparently those things are linked too. Who'd have thought that being able to bend your thumb to your arm would give you dodgy bowels!

We had an unsuccessful BD this morning but a successful one this evening, got the preseed and did the legs in the air dance for luck so we'll see!

@CookieWaffle mind in my post I mentioned going to a kinesiologist it was 4 days before conception. She asked me did I ever wear braces which I had. She said my jaw was slightly off on the left side and I said I can actually make it click on that side. She told me there's a link between an offset jaw and fertility she said you'll not believe me! I thought it extremely weird to say the least. After getting my BFP I contacted her to let her know so I could adjust the supplements I was on. And she commented on the fact she had made the adjustment to my jaw "it must of helped" lol!! It was the left side ovulated from too. Who knows! And she said was the cause of my sinusitis and headaches 😄

Hi ladies, I'm definitely gonna be more chilled about the tww next time around. I didn't feel anything particularly unusual up until 12dpo so it's showed me that you just don't know. Fertile week this week so just the usual of us trying to make it fun not a task!

Interesting random thing for you, I've been suffering from lots of nasty headaches/migraines past few months. Been back and forth to the docs several times in the past 6 months and I just put it down to stress, mostly around ttc. Went to see an osteopath, told her everything about me, she did some fiddling around and told me she thought my jaw was causing it. Apparently I favour the one side when I chew since I had a crown fitted after a broken tooth. Very strange and interesting!

@KnitKitty I do love to embrace the crazy! In fact, that might be my mantra for today. (My phone just changed mantra to madness. Clearly it's meant to be.

I love that way of looking at the two week wait. I'm spotting at 5dpo, which is definitely too early to be a symptom. It's probably happened before, you just don't notice until things you're ttc do you? Not even going to check my apps. I'm just going to roll with it.

I hope everyone's well.

Hi @KnitKitty. Not long to wait :) I think you're right, getting a balance is the key I think. Bring hopeful and enjoying that feeling is a positive.

We bought our new bed and got a discount with free delivery and assembly :) Good start to the week. Have a great day everyone!

Haha! Thank you @ChaosMoon, I think I'm due any time from 4th - 6th August but think my luteal phase is 12 days so could be earlier if I have ovulated already. Got a wedding that weekend but not going to test early. Hope it's both our months :) xx

2ww buddies! @VenusStarr its actually 11 days so af is due on the 2nd. I could worry that it's a bit short but instead I chose to be happy that I get out of the 2ww early. I feel like I'm cheating!

Lots of ewcm it's a good sign. I hope this is your month but the new bed will help if not!
Sending baby dust xx

Morning all :)

That's a great quote @ChaosMoon, do you have a 14 day luteal phase? I think we're due around a similar time.

I'm still not tracking but had a ton of ewcm over the weekend (not had much in previous months, if any at all) and I've just got a hopeful feeling. Trying not to focus on it too much as don't want to set myself up for a fall but feeling optimistic. We're in the middle of decorating so shopping for a new bed tonight :)

Hope everyone is good, have a great Monday

Well, I'm 2dpo and Natural Cycles of giving me a big green Not Fertile. So, the 2ww begins and this morning I found this quote "I let go of worries and replace them with excitement, hope and optimism". Perfect.

I hope you all had a happy sunny weekend my dears.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend :) yoga was good, think I might start going regularly, found it helped me switch off and relax. Dh seemed to like it too but he usually works late on Thursdays so he won't be able to join me.

Hope you've had lots of smiles today, sunshine ladies :)

Gorgeous quote @KnitKitty and you're spot on about the smiles! (I love that smiling for no reason actually causes your brain to release the same chemicals that cause you to smile in the first place!)

Not yet but I will today. Between post work tiredness and fertile week BDing, I wanted to keep things happy and light. We've got a nice day in the country planned though so I will make time today.

I'm keeping in mind a favourite quote of mine. Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

@Frazzlerock - it has been actually quite a process with a number of things taking place! After a mentally draining winter filled with exhaustion dizziness and anxiety I ended up going on anti depressants in spring! It was not a light decision to make but I could not cope with the everyday tasks of life at the time.
Few months after that I had vertigo and was signed off work for a few months. It was one of the best things that happened me! I thought work was causing much of the stress but being off made me realise it was mostly ttc causing the despair!!
As we were also undergoing fertility investigations from spring my GP suggested I alternate the antidepressants skipping a day and this month only taking one every 3rd day as she'd prefer me off them if I got pregnant!
I also done 3 weeks acupuncture last month. I do Pilates class weekly. And try to walk every day 20 mins. Plus I had joined SW and lost a stone after beginning the antidepressants.
2 weeks ago I went to a kinesiologist a friend of my mum's. She advised me on a preconception multivitamin probiotics and bio silver! She done a stress reducing technique on me and said I had the milk allergy so I cut it out! 5 days after this we conceived. She did say to me to skip this month ttc and let the supplements take effect but I couldn't skip it when I got the positive opk! I'm glad I didn't! So this year has been quite a healing time. And whilst getting pregnant is not a complete cure I could not be more thankful and feel so blessed!!💗🌟

Morning sunshine ladies and massive congratulations @Angelmiracle! I hope everything goes smoothly from here.

How was the yoga @VenusStarr?

@Frazzelrock I think @KnitKitty has the best advice. The mantra I fall back on when anxiety raises its ugly head is from Dune. Maybe it's my geeky side, but I like it.
Fear is the mind killer.
Fear is the little death that obliterates all.
I will face my fear and when the fear is gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
KnitKitty's is probably easier to remember though!

@CookieWaffle I'm glad work is being so good. And a massage is a genius plan.

I had a row with DH the other day and it really shook me. Not his fault at all. I realised after that it was really about what happened when my first marriage broke down. Basically he said we should start ttc and then left me to have a baby with someone else before or first cycle. I didn't realise how much I was still holding on to, but I guess it makes sense that it would come up now. Need to explain to DH but I've always tried to keep my past out of our relationship, so it's not easy.

Watching our wedding video helped. As did re-reading all the positive affirmations on here.

@Angelmiracle congratulations!