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TTC first baby - thread 15

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starkid · 21/03/2019 11:30

Hi everyone, looks like it's time for a new thread! Thread 14 was lucky for some, so here's to lots more BFP's Smile

@Jessikka 28 Cycle 3
@starkid 29 Cycle 7
@MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 10
@TTC34 34 Cycle 3
@19Bee2 27 Cycle 2
@MrsH497 32 Cycle 4
@MrsR16 26 Cycle 9
@Lola871 31 Cycle 2
@ValidUser 28 Cycle 7
@DayDreamer1707 28 Cycle 5
@Flapjackered 31 Cycle 9
@DuchessofPemberley 32 Cycle 7
@KittieKath 34 Cycle 6
@KatBeCool 40 Cycle 10
@MrsMcNtobe Cycle 6
@BabySquid 29 Cycle 11
@PeacockingAbout 29 Cycle 4
@Sleepyquest 28 Cycle 2
@Granddesigns 32 cycle 4
@Pinkfizz19 33 cycle 4
@Catlady31 31 cycle 1
@LikeTheFruit 30 cycle 3
@Jooloo11 32 Cycle 3
@Daisiesandpeonies Cycle 10
@LuckyPenguin 34 Cycle 3
@Lizzie198 30 Cycle 2
@Rachel59pink 26 Cycle 1
@Orangeloo 31 Cycle 3
@Lemonysherbet 30 Cycle 1
@Fuiseog 31 Cycle 2
@NKB88 Cycle 2
@Wildrabbit Cycle 2
@Essjayycee Cycle 1
@Hannah192 Cycle 3
@JellyBaby666
@LoMoon Cycle 6
@Hiddenfigure Cycle 1
@Jc88146 Cycle 18
@Kay98 Cycle 16
@Lottiepink 29 Cycle 12
@Bec18x Cycle 4
@Soda123x 32 Cycle 2
@Aimingfor2019 28 Cycle 3
@Lifesforlivingandloving 32 Cycle 1
@MotherOfShihTzus 33 Cycle 14
@Cupcakesandglitter 23 cycle 10
@LokiCat
@Baby01988 30 Cycle 4
@Pinksunset1 28 cycle 3
@TonightJosephine cycle 1
@Toobies1 30 Cycle 5
@Blackfriars Cycle 3
@rosehm 28 Cycle 1
@SophWolf Cycle 1
@Thosethreewords Cycle 3
@Smitch82 37 Cycle 1
@Fivebyfive2 30 Cycle 8

Graduates thread - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3527540-Catching-up-with-those-from-TTC-thread-3

Sorry if I missed anyone, and happy baby-making!

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Hannah192 · 14/04/2019 11:09

@MrsEG so sorry to hear about your MC 💐

Welcome to the newbies 😊

@Tropicana1 after dtd I do put a cushion under my pelvis and put my legs up for a bit 🙊 don’t think it hurts to try!

@thosethreewords keeping fx for you that AF doesn’t arrive 🤞🏼

@FlapJackered I had the same situation the last cycle!! I was also stopping at my parents when I got my positive opk 🙈 but we found our ways still 😂

I got this opk yesterday. Do you think it’s a positive? I’m doing one again at 1ish today and then probably one later in the afternoon/evening. I certainly think this is almost there so we dtd Friday and last night. We had been dtd every other day before. Will probs dtd tonight and tomorrow just to be safe 🤞🏼

TTC first baby - thread 15
MrsEG · 14/04/2019 11:06

@FlapJackered I’m hoping the fact I wake up at totally different times all week won’t mess up the Ava too! Worth a shot though, plus I figure it’s there then for any other children later on too! Yep I know what you mean - my MMC was actually my second miscarriage and it was nerve wracking, and so I don’t know how I’ll be with another - doctors have already assured me that a) they think I’ve just been incredibly unlucky and b) I’ll be very well monitored next time round :)

@thosethreewords Good luck for Tuesday lovely, it’s so worth waiting as that way there’s no squinting/guessing with the test, you know for sure right away!

@Fivebyfive2 When I used CB digital I would frequently get 5 days of flashing smileys so totally normal! Try for every other day this week and good luck to you xx

thosethreewords · 14/04/2019 10:20

@Lola871 thanks!!

@FlapJackered @Tropicana1 I'm really being restrained! For the first time 😂 because I'm away with my friends and their babies I don't want to be really disappointed with a BFN so that's why I'm waiting until tomorrow to go and buy some FRERs when I'm home and then take one on Tuesday if AF is still not here.
Still have cramps backache and nausea so could just be PMS! My boobs aren't really hurting anymore either so who knows!

Fivebyfive2 · 14/04/2019 09:47

@flapjackered it's so confusing isn't it?! I would maybe start testing now if you have the ewcm and definitely get your dh ready for action!! Xx

We almost didn't bother getting opks, as the cycle we got a bfp we did no tracking at all, just dtd on the regular. But I thought tracking this cycle would be a good idea, in case mc had thrown everything out. Am fully expecting a week of flashes now. Hopefully we get a peak at some point or I'll probably throw the whole lot out the window next weekend!! Ah well, we'll just keep getting down and hope for the best 😛

FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 09:37

@Fivebyfive2 that is early! I wouldn't worry as I think it probably means your oestrogen has gone up earlier this cycle but I reckon you will still get your LH surge later in cycle. You will just probably have the joy of a week of flashing smileys now! I have had 14 in a row before, I was ready to burn the lot of them by the end!
Although saying this, I have had textbook ewcm today at cd12 which is very early for me, so I am thinking I should start taking opks too. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Fivebyfive2 · 14/04/2019 08:43

Hi all! Hope everyone is having a nice weekend?

@flapjackered, good to see you!! Xx

@thosethreewords, you're doing the right thing by being restrained but still, very impressed at your willpower!! Keeping everything crossed for you when you do test xx

@orangeloo, how was the wedding??

Question time ladies... I am on cycle day 8. I started using cb opks yesterday, early I know, but just in case anything happened earlier than expected as this is my first proper cycle since d&c. So, yesterday was a blank circle, as expected. Today is a flashing face?! At cd8?! Wtf??? Think we'll just stick to our plan of dtd every 2-3 days, but will make sure we do it on the day if/when a static face appears. But I'm just feeling a bit confused. Are my hormones just a bit higher or whatever, still from the mc? Weird!! Xx

FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 08:18

Sorry I have been a bit absent from the thread, I have been getting through AF and having a bit of a chill. Now at cd12 and getting ready for peeing on lots of opks soon. As usual my body is plotting against me and ov is due on Easter Sunday and we are staying at my parents' house in the room next door. We will find a way! 🙈

@MrsEG so lovely to hear from you again, I am so sorry you have been through such a rough time. Athough not fun that we are in this position, it is a good support that there are a few of us in similar boats trying after MCs in Feb/March. I went straight back into ttc but glad in a way it didn't work last cycle as I think I would have been a nervous wreck.
I still am not sure how I will relax if i get a bfp again but we have got to keep on trying!
I will be interested to hear how you get on with Ava, I am so tempted but just worried as I sleep with my window open and it is not a consistent temp in my room my skin temp will not be reliable?

@ValidUser I am keeping everything crossed for you. I have a good feeling for you too! But you're testing too early so I would ignore the bfn there.

@KatBeCool Sorry for AF, I hope you're ok? Are you doing clomid again this cycle?

@thosethreewords 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 you are so restrained. I am in awe!

@MrsR16 I am going on Amazon now!! I hope they're still on offer. Thanks for the tip! Hope you're ok?

@MrsH497 that sounds miserable, poor you. It does only take once so fingers crossed for you!

Lola871 · 13/04/2019 22:18

Fingers crossed for you @thosethreewords!!

Tropicana1 · 13/04/2019 20:23

@thosethreewords god you've got such good self control waiting to test I'd be POAS like a maniac I think!

MrsH497 · 13/04/2019 19:48

Hi @MrsEG hope you're doing ok

Sorry I've been quiet ladies just been a trying couple of weeks. Both of us had norovirus which definitely isn't going to help the TTC process we've only managed to BD once in what appears to be "fertile" period oh well it only takes once! X

thosethreewords · 13/04/2019 19:42

Hello lovelies! Sorry I've been quiet, I'm away at the moment and back tomorrow!

So... AF still not here (only due today though) and I've had cramps, back ache, and weirdly all day nausea (and I'm definitely not imagining it)... 🤞for mon/tues when I test!

smitch82 · 13/04/2019 19:34

Hi all, just noticed you guys taking about Ava. I got mine for £229 as got £20 off it. I don't pay per month for the app, and it is now monitoring my stats for pregnancy. I definitely think it is worth the investment. I have a discount code if anyone wants it for £20 off xx

MrsEG · 13/04/2019 16:50

Just to add some stats as I’m fairly new again here after a few months off!

Age 33
TTC #1
Cycle - 1st after MMC, but trying since last July
MC in October at 6 weeks and MMC in Feb at 10 weeks.

We’re giving TTC the old fashioned way one more shot and if we don’t have some good news by July we’re going to look in to some private fertility testing. But FX it isn’t needed and we get our happy ending soon :)

MrsEG · 13/04/2019 16:46

@dahlia123 Thanks for sharing that! I’ve heard similar reviews so really looking forward to using mine now. I figure I’ve spent a small fortune on OPKs and FRERs at this point what’s another hundred quid!!

@Tropicana1 I don’t bother with the legs in the air but I do try and lay flat for 15 mins - there’s so much evidence to say it barely matters and that those good swimmers get right up there right away, but still!! I like to feel I’m doing something to help them along!

@Lottiepink It’s so hard not to symptom spot, you can drive yourself crazy! Me and some friends who have kids were talking about TTC recently, saying wouldn’t it be nice if after DTD you found out in 48 hours if it had worked or not. 2 weeks is just cruel!!

Tropicana1 · 13/04/2019 16:31

@ValidUser I had this exact issue today 😂 tried to manoeuvre my legs up and encountered all sorts of problems haha. May just stick to lying down

Lottiepink · 13/04/2019 16:04

@MrsEG yes please do thanks!
I know I need to pack it in 🤣 totally not like me, I'm normally cool as a cucumber ha!

ValidUser · 13/04/2019 16:00

You're so right @MrsEG. I'll try to hold out!

@Tropicana1 I stay lying down. I used to put my legs up, but in the process of doing so I think I dislodged some swimmers. 😂

Tropicana1 · 13/04/2019 15:20

@dahlia123
It was a real lesson 😂 at least he now knows all about the lifespan of sperm and eggs haha!

Question - after DTD do many of you put your legs up in the air / stay lying down? It's all really odd doing things so differently now we're TTC!

dahlia123 · 13/04/2019 15:02

Hello @Tropicana1 - sounds like you had to give your husband a proper lesson!

dahlia123 · 13/04/2019 14:58

Hi @MrsEG, hello from a new joiner. Sorry for your loss. Fingers crossed for a BFP for you soon.

I'm just about over a month into using my Ava and although I thought I'd ovulated (I use clear blue digital), Ava said I hadn't and to keep trying. That prompted me to look for EWCM when I wasn't expecting it to be there - and there it was.

So seems like I'm ovulating later then expected, or at least this month my body geared up for it and I'm still waiting for it.

Either way, I probably wouldn't have noticed without the bracelet and it's back to pestering my partner when I'd probably have given him a rest 😝

MrsEG · 13/04/2019 14:24

@ValidUser Thank you lovely. Stay happy and hopeful! From personal experience if you can hold off til at least 12DPO it takes all the guess work and squinting out of it! Just a few more days to go :) x

ValidUser · 13/04/2019 14:14

@MrsEG I'm so sorry for your loss. X

Actually, please ignore that test. Have checked my data and I'm actually only 8dpo today. Will test next week.

I've got thrush and my boobs would normally be sore at this point in my cycle and they're not this month. So I've still got hope!

MrsEG · 13/04/2019 14:10

@Lottiepink I paid £149 just for the bracelet - it means I then have to pay £14 a month for the app too but it was much cheaper than going for the lifetime membership option! I’ll let everyone know my thoughts when it arrives!

Try not to over analyse your symptoms - when I did conceive I didn’t feel any different at all and all the symptoms came from the BFP onwards. You’ll only end up torturing yourself! I’ll keep everything crossed for you though, only a few more days now to wait x

Tropicana1 · 13/04/2019 13:43

Hi ladies 👋🏻

Joining you all in the TTC madness if that's ok!

Age 28
TTC #1
Cycle 1
CD 13
Currently just doing my OPKs waiting for a positive. Had to have a lengthy conversation with my husband today who was, his words, planning to "save up" until I got a positive opk with no sex before 😂😂
I was like, erm, no no, not how it works.
Think we're on the same page now haha

Lottiepink · 13/04/2019 13:18

@ValidUser sorry I don't see anything, have you done another today?

@MrsEG so sorry to hear that, hope you are ok. How much was the Ava if you don't mind me asking?

How's everyone today?

I'm 10dpo and symptom spotting like crazy, but had so many weird ones since ov. I'm just getting my hopes up so much and really trying not to. I keep getting the bad cramps as if af is coming, then they go again and come back. I keep going to the loo to check 🙈🤣

I tested on an ic this morning BFN.

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