TTC FIRST BABY - THREAD NO.8

@cookiewaffle how have you not told him yet? I basically screamed in my husbands face asking him if he saw a line like a crazy mentalist 🤷🏻‍♀️

@cupcakesandglitter oops sorry I should've been helping you not encouraging you! No no there are no symptoms! It's all in your head. (But maybe....) ;)

Thank you though, I've not told DP oficially yet, I need to work out how to break it to him...

@Sullywifey yay congratulations!!!

@ValidUser many many hugs to you my dear xxx

@EltzBee I think we all know how you feel. I've wanted this so much for so many years, it's been so tough. Anything would make me cry then I realised that this has been one of the biggest causes of my depression over the years. It just hides underneath everything else. It sounds like it might help to go talk to your doctor. I don't know about you but doing the charting, getting my bloods done, all helped to make me feel a tiny bit more in control even though I'm really not!

@cupcakesandglitter I started feeling nauseous at 4dpo ;)

I just went and did a test just to be sure things were going ok. My god it's the pinkest line I've ever had. This is real....

@GemmaJen I have had a negative on a pregnancy test weeks ago after my MC. Also had a scan to say everything was clear and I could try again once I had my first AF which I’ve had. I’m just hoping this could possible be ovulation bleeding but I’ve just never experienced it before. Going to test again on with my OPKs and just hope it’s OV bleeding 🤞🏼

@DayDreamer1707 I've had a strong positive today and Saturday with a negative in between on OPKs, cb still reading high with no peak. My hcg is now gone on pg test, so at a loss. I'm guessing hormones are still trying to figure out what's going on? Don't loose hope, so many posititive BFP stories, just might not be a textbook temp/opk/cm month?

@Bettythecat sorry strong positive on my OPK, yesterday and today x

@DayDreamer1707 do you mean you got a strong positive on your OPK or your pg test?

Hahaha that really made me laugh 😂😂 so accurately describes how this TTC thing feels- sends you mad!

Yayyyyyy @SullyWifey!!! So so happy for you!!

@MrsEG 😂 love it.

This TTC is hard work for everyone!! Fingers crossed for all you ladies.

I found myself getting wound up watching Dynasties last night - Attenborough said that lions only have a few days every few months in which the female lion can conceive. Literally a few months later the bitch had twins. Without an OPK or bottle of folic acid in sight!!!

I took the weekend off and wow this thread moves fast!!! Huge big congrats to @MrsEG, @sunshine1987 and @SullyWifey!! Have I missed anyone else!? What an incredible few days!

@Crossfitgirl eeeek!! Fingers crossed for you [GRIN]

@Eltzbee big hugs what cycle are you on? Would it be worth taking one off over Christmas to just chill and focus on festivities etc.?

@ValidUser sorry to hear you're out this month, but sounding positive. Perhaps a cheeky little festive/New Year BFP on the horizon?!

I got a positive OPK on Saturday afternoon and then later that evening through until about Sunday lunchtime I got a weird stabby feeling on my lower left side. So I think I might have ovulated, which is very exciting!

We've had sex in the lead up as well on Saturday and Sunday, will do tonight and tomorrow just to be sure. I feel like this is the first time I'll be officially entering the dreaded 2WW as I was never quite sure of ovulation before. Luckily I've got some fun things planned to try and take my mind of it. Ha. We'll see.

@EltzBee I sympathise! AF came and slapped me right in the face this morning! 4 days early... ah well, onto cycle 5!

@SullyWifey congrats hun! Awesome news 😊

@FlapJackered it'll happen for you, Hun! It'll happen for all of us one day!

@ValidUser sorry to hear you're out this month! Good luck xx

@validuser Christmas bells 🎊 ahead of an exciting 2019

@ValidUser all the best to you, hope it all goes well xx

Ok so I had a very strong positive yesterday and today also another positive on my Ovulation sticks. I have just been the loo and there was pink spotting? I have had back ache all morning and now slight cramps. I don't know if this is just my body being messed up since my MC. Does anyone know what this mean?

@EltzBee sending you lots of hugs 💕

@FlapJackered haha oh darling thank you so much! It's going to happen for you so soon I can just feel it xxx

So I'm out this month!

Getting the right tube clipped because the hydrosalpinx can cause problems.

I'll be back next month with bells on.

EltzBee first of all,

But also remember that your body really doesn't want to be pregnant. It does everything it can - acidic vagina to attack sperm, thick womb lining to prevent implantation (this one blew my mind when I found out about it!) Etc. In any given cycle a healthy, fertile couple only has a 20-25% of getting pregnant, so even if you did evening right, it's out of your hands.

Not sure how helpful or not that is, but that's the mindset I try to have to keep the blues away.

@EltzBee It's so tough isn't it darling. I know it's hard but try not to dwell on the failed cycle and try and focus on the new one coming up. It's completely understandable to be upset when af comes though, I think it knocks us all for six each time but we have just got to get up dust it off and put our energy into the next cycle. If you're struggling I would really go and see your gp about it.
Also even if there is something not right with your hormones that doesn't mean it isn't going to happen. My friend just got pregnant despite being told she would never have children and did a scan after just telling her that and found she was 6weeks pregnant!
We are all here for you and you're not alone feeling like that. I keep looking at the stats and wondering why it's not happened for me yet. ❤️

OMG @SullyWifey so many congratulations!!!! So so happy for you!! I will definitely take the Aunty badge of honour 😂😂 Even though my body can't seem to make a baby for me at least I have contributed to a new life in a very small way! 😂😂 you must be over the moon and rightly so! I will keep my fingers crossed for a sticky bean for you. ❤️

Thank you so much for the congrats ladies. I'm unbelievably in shock. Had to run straight out to my next appointment and keep laughing to myself!

@stormtrooperjulian Cycle 11 11DPO. Clearly 11 is my new lucky number.

Don't want to get to excited until after AF which would have been due Thursday.

@EltzBee oh my darling I'm so sorry how you feel. I totally understand it. I was convinced something was wrong with me and when they said it might be endo I went into a horrific depression which I've stroked so hard to get out off. All I can say is just keep going, as hard as it is. And seek medical help soon as you want it. Don't wait for a year. It has consumed every part of me for over a year. And I don't think there's a way around that.

@autumnfires I know right? Haha that just shows you never to give in haha! @Crossfitgirl And @FlapJackered Will be aunties if this is a sticky one.

@Crossfitgirl sorry I didn't see your essays before! But honey that's an amazing sign?!!! Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

I've got hope for you all my darling. God knows 11 cycles have been long and hard but just keep going xxx