TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 11!

@Beddie11 if you have only been having unprotected sex since the 30th of December (is that right?) then I would wait at least 2 weeks with no period before I POAS I think. Will give your body chance for HCG to rise if you have been lucky first time.

In today’s episode of “my body is taking the piss out of me” my temp didn’t rise this morning as expected. Got my two strong positive OPKs Tuesday and Wednesday so my app was predicting O yesterday but my usual temp jump didn’t happen today. Any thoughts other than what we were saying earlier in the week about OPKs catching the surge a few days before you actually O? I am panicking that I am having an anovulatory cycle now. Me and the husband have been DTD like teenagers so all feels a bit wasted if I wasn’t actually O’ing! 😫😫

Hi everyone,
I had my doc appointment this morning, and despite my medical history (previous surgery near that area, autoimmune disease) she said still had to wait a year as that's the procedure, but begrudgingly agreed to test ovulation in a blood test.
I booked a blood test after for next week, but she didn't specify a day in my cycle I should be tested. I thought it was meant to be a few days after predicted ovulation, am I right? I'm only on CD10 and usually ovulate around CD19 so too early if testing for progesterone! I rang the doctors after and am waiting for confirmation of whether the bloods she's specified can be done any day or not.

Actually, I just checked Flo, I’m 9dpo. Started feeling a sore throat last night too, still there this morning but feeling fine other than that so hopefully it’s not going to become a full blown cold.
Sorry about the double post!

@KittieKath that’s so nice that your DH is taking a proper interest in ttc!

@Random2468 mine is creamy at 7dpo

@KatBeCool sorry AF arrived! I can’t believe the receptionist was so clueless though. Has someone else phoned you back?

@Beddie11 I’d probably POAS now then every couple of weeks until AF started. I’ve heard plenty of stories of women conceiving before their first AF so better to keep checking I guess.

I’m 8dpo now. Still getting the annoying cramping, my boobs felt strangely heavy when I took my bra off last night and I’m having loads of crazy dreams (I don’t usually remember my dreams at all). I hate progesterone symptoms!

Good morning you lovely ladies! Hope everyone's doing ok 😊 CD20 here and about 7dpo. Patiently waiting at the moment...

@Beddie11 I was quite lucky when I came off the pill - had AF nearly when I expected it and wasn't expecting to conceive first cycle, so didn't POAS at all! Not very helpful I don't think, but I'd just wait and see!

@KatBeCool bless you, can't believe they are that baffled by HCG I mean they must get so many more medically complicated and wordy requests than that 🙄🙄🙄🙄
That's good it has improved your af in terms of volume. Could it be your body is still adjusting to the medication?
Periods are so sensitive and I never knew how much could affect your cycle until I had wedding stress and it sent it all into absolute chaos.
Have you used the cb digital opks?

@MrsLBear I kept looking back wondering if I ovulated when I thought I did and everything matches up, all the symptoms, bbt, etc. Even Flo selected that day as ovulation. Only thing I'm glad about is having a more normal period, before I started taking synthroid and for a few months after it was borderline scant, which meant my lining was far too thin. Now if only I can find a receptionist who knows what HSG is...

Sorry to hear af got you @KatBeCool. It's so frustrating when our cycles throw a curve ball like that. I had a 39 day one after a 30 dayer. Was so annoyed that my body was playing tricks with me like that. But if it's any consolation I got my BFP on a cycle that would have been 36/37 days as I waited a whole 22 days to ovulate.
Are you certain on the day you o'd? I'm sure I've asked this. Do you temp and/or use opks? Due to my "irregularities" (even though the nhs would say that's normal) I had been getting my o day so wrong some months and almost gave up if it got to cd20 and assumed I must have o'd.

When are you planning on poas @MrsAW2018?
I'm really well thank you. Can't really complain atm. I'm 5+2 weeks and I've yet to get the horrendous nausea and exhaustion. Don't get me wrong I'm going to bed earlier and I don't feel particularly sociable but I've not yet experienced what some of the symptoms the other ladies have. Only thing is my boobs are absolutely killing me and have been since 12dpo. You still having some cramping?

@TrashKitten10 😂 alien slime! That's hilarious! Thanks for all the honesty and TMI ladies - where else can you go for this kind of advice! Glad I'm not the only one baffled by the mysteries of CM

Our bodies are very strange but wonderful things arent they! I expected to see something happening with my body after stopping the pill (ive been on microgynon for 10+ years).. its coming upto 1 month now from my last pill and haven't felt any different or had any very noticeable signs of ovulation so i guess like you say just wait and see what happens. I really dont know what to expect. Can i ask you guys, how long would you wait for AF to arrive before POAS? Last pill 17th december - had withdrawal bleed 20th-23rdish.. protected sex until 30th then regular unprotected since? Thanks guys x

@TrashKitten10 @Jessikka

Defo this can be ovulation spotting - day 14 is bang on time! I get this every month... (TMI warning)... sometimes a streak of blood and defo pink tinged EWCM.

GET DTD ASAP!!!!!

Good luck!

@TrashKitten10 could you spot around ovulation maybe??!

I'm not sure about my cycles at all - I'm new to coming off the pill so still in limbo. I'm hoping they mirror my usual 25day cycle but I doubt it!

I just love how it was drummed into us that if you miss a pill YOU MAY END UP PREGNANT and that it can happen anytime you're not careful .... what they DONT explain is the limited fertile window and the bloody stress that comes with it!!!

I had no idea about any of this stuff!

@Jessikka haha, things they don't teach in sex education- not only will you be staring at your own cervical mucus in the quest to get pregnant, you'll also be studying that of internet strangers!

That's good yours seems to be at Ieast identifiable, even if it's not quite following the expected time frames. Are your cycles normally regular?

It was closer to egg white than creamy but sort of thick, jelly like egg white.

@TrashKitten10 I giggled at alien slime 😂!

I'm lucky so far (cycle 1) that my Cm is textbook. I found a site with pics and after I was over the shock that someone put that on the internet, I was able to tell exactly where I was.

I know pint tinges are usually from spotting so is it possibly that? Slime like EWCM Or lotion-like creamy texture .....but pink?

I'm so sorry @KatBeCool. A past cycle of mine was randomly about 6 days longer than normal. Our bodies can be so cruel to us! We're all here if you want to talk.

It sounds like a clueless receptionist was the last thing you needed!

@Jessikka @Random2468 joining you both in the 'puzzled by my cm' camp. I don't normally have much cm and I've always found it hard to judge what 'type' it is. But today and yesterday I've had TMI great globs of slightly pink looking slime I assume this is the 'sticky' phase or I've just created a new stage of alien like cm. I've never had this before. And online seems to be saying that sticky cm would appear about CD 4-6. I'm on cycle day 14. My cycles can be very around 34 days so maybe my cm stages are just delayed but very odd nonetheless. The reproductive system is a weird and wonderful thing

@Keyboard91 I would not take Imodium as it can dry you out everywhere, not just where you need it. Maybe some activated charcoal?

I guess I lied it's no longer CD32, AF is here. Absolutely devasted. Called to schedule HSG as they previously asked to call on the first day, they hired a new person to answer the phone, she's absolutely clueless, put me in an even worse mood.
Me: I need to schedule an HSG appointment.
Her: An HSG?
Me: Yes.
Her: An H-S-G?
Me: Yes, an H-S-G.
Her: What is that?
Me, utterly annoyed: I thought you'd know what that is.
Her: What's the first date of your period, I'll have someone call you back.

Hi all, sorry I’m only dipping in and out, lots going on. I hope everyone is doing okay though ❤️

What are the ‘rules’ around medication in the 2ww?

I’m about 6dpo.

I would say tmi, but I don’t think that exists in here anymore! I was sick late Tuesday evening, and had 3 bouts of really watery stools in the 3 hours after. I stayed off school yesterday as queried norovirus. But I wasn’t sick again. I stayed off today too as was still feeling fatigued and just unwell. Thought I was improving but have just had to run to the loo for another extremely watery stool. No idea what’s up or why! However I need to go back to school/work tomorrow. Can I take Imodium or is that a complete no no?

No other symptoms of pregnancy. We dtd at the right times, just not feeling lucky. It’s just one thing after another as partners bike was stolen and school is manic (when I was there) so it’s all a bit stressful xx

@Random2468

I'm on day 8 of creamy Cm that is just getting more in terms of volume; I thought it doesn't last that long.

Same as my cervix hasn't come down at all in the last 8 days.
I'm still high (some days I can't feel it it's so high) then other it lowers ever so slightly so I can only just reach it. Still soft but closed now.

Lord knows 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hi @Beddie11

I took my last pill on 17th Dec too ✌🏻

I'm just playing the waiting game with you now! I don't chart and I did a random OPK when I had lots of EWCM and it was a positive and my cervix was High Soft and Open too. Add in the cramps and I guess I ovulated around NYD! If I even did.

No idea when AF is coming but next month I will start chatting my temps so I have a bit more control!

@Random2468 I usually get quite a bit of white creamy CM. TMI maybe but there we go 😂