TTC First Baby Thread 22

@Lottiepink - it would have made me laugh too!
I’m very well thank you my dear! Currently in the hairdressers getting preened 😊
So pleased you’re having a lovely time; we aren’t away again until December so I’m very jealous!

@Anny27 yeah well due between the 8th/10th according to apps and I'm using my first test on the 7th then if it's BFN I'll wait for AF until after the 10th

@ELW85 ahh yes that will probably be it! Never thought of that 😂 honestly it cracked me up ha! Yes it's loving thank you, last few days now though! How are you doing 😊

@Anny27 your going to have to ask him next time 😂😂 it's lovely thank you 😊 I'm not sure what to do, I will probably temp again, I will probably wait until after this cycle though I think..

Hey @Anny27, I'm still in the 2ww and totally driving myself crazy. This is only cycle 1 for me so if this goes on for multiple cycles I will be a bag of nerves at this rate. Some days I'm sure I am going to be lucky and others I'm convinced I won't be, it's a real rollercoaster. I haven't tested again since my bfn last Sunday, I don't want to test again because I'll be so crushed if it's negative so i think ill just wait it out. I keep poking myself in the boob to see if they are more sore than normal lol!
Glad you are looking forward to getting started again for your new cycle. Everything crossed for you!

@flossy12 good luck with keeping your mind off things! Will you wait till AF is due to test?

@Anny27 I'm calm as a cucumber, but noticing little things which I'm trying to ignore so that I don't get my hopes up 😂😩👏🏼 had some light cramping today at 4dpo but also had bad constipation so linking it to that, also increase in creamy CM (sorry tmi) apart from that just thirsty and tired

@Lottiepink havent experienced that haha!
Glad you have had a lovely holiday :D

Will you temp when you get back or are you enjoying the break?

Sorry to hear its AF @validuser !

Hows everyone else doing? I know we have a few ladies in the tww - symptom spotting or remaining calm?

I am on cd4 and looking forward for the period to be over so we can start dtd again. Atleast in this half of the cycle i feel like i am proactively doing something vs the tww when i just wait to see whether AF arrives or whether it is bfp haha.

This journey really is full of ups and downs!

@ValidUser - sorry to hear that it might be AF. Your evening of husband and kitty chilling sounds ideal. I hope you have a lovely weekend 😀

@Lottiepink - hahahahaha! Never been told that, but it makes sense because of increased blood flow?
I hope you’re loving the holiday!

Pretty sure this is just a strange, early AF. That's ok, though. Here with lovely DH and lovely cats and looking forward to next cycle (grudgingly).

So my gynaecologist is also confused.

If the bleeding gets heavier, back on hormones tomorrow.

But if this is AF, we're not at all sure why, given that we know when I ovulated.

Hey everyone,

Welcome to the new members 😊

@ValidUser I really have my fingers crossed for you 😊

I'm still on holiday and loving it, not missed my thermometer at all 🙈🤣

I'm due to ovulate Tomorrow I think, based on ewcm, and previous months data, do nice to still have an idea of when it is 😊

TMI question, but do your OH's ever mention how you feel in fertile week?? Mine has been telling me the last few days that I'm a bit swollen outside and inside, and he can tell when I'm fertile because it's more slippery 😂 men 🙊

@ValidUser - that’s a good point! And why you’re the doc 😊

Hi everyone, me again...

I only seem to pop in during the TWW, sorry!

I've been reading your comments over the last few days, and even though I'm not 100% sure what everything I read means, it's always a comfort to see familiar names.

So for me, it's Cycle #6.... this month I haven't followed any ovulation predictors, or obsessed over TTC...... Until now hahahahaha.

I'm CD22, and (i think) 9DPO, but I've given up on trying to predict ovulation. I think mine might be messed up....

My cycles are between 22 & 27 days, more frequently between 24-26.

I'm trying hard to not symptom spot, but I'm so nauseous this morning in bed!!!!

I'm not going to test until CD 27 (yea right)

I hate this waiting.... my sister in law is 38 weeks tomorrow, and I'm one of her birthing partners. I'm so excited, but anxious how it will make me feel if AF arrives beforehand ...

Xxx

Bleeding heavier, but still not a period. Didn't even use up a regular pad overnight.

My theory is that because I had so many eggs, some of the corpora lutea are dying off and giving me breakthrough bleeding as my progesterone drops. We will have to see!

@ValidUser that’s about what I thought, thank you! I really do hope they find something that we can work on, my worst nightmare would be to be told there’s nothing wrong 😬 little did I think 8 months ago I would almost be willing for something to be wrong with one of us it’s mad this TTC journey!

@lozzlepop, just reading through the thread and I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. No expert, but there is hope, my friend had 5 miscarriages but has 2 healthy children. So hard though.

@Lozzlepop if one in 5 pregnancies (conservatively) ends in a miscarriage, then about 1/125 women will have 3 in a row. From what I do know, most of these women seem to go on to have normal pregnancies (with or without medical help).

I'm no expert in this field, but there does seem to be loads of hope. X

@ValidUser the waiting is the worst, thanks for your support ❤️ Out of interest from a medical professional do you know the stats on recurrent miscarriage and how common they actually are? Sorry to hear you think it’s not been your cycle but it is still early and could be implantation bleeding if it’s brown and not much. I have everything crossed for you 🤞🏻

So sorry to hear that @Lozzlepop :(

@Lozzlepop waiting for medical appointments is the worst! I know our situations aren't exactly the same, but waiting is still awful!

Hope you're looking after yourself. X

@Lozzlepop So sorry to hear that, please take care of yourself xx

Evening ladies!

Thank you for all your kind words it means the world so thank you to each and every one of you ❤️

Have spoken with EPU about the referral to the RMC so we’re getting the ball rolling with that as it’s a 3 month wait which is slightly disheartening but I’m crossing my fingers that we get answers from it! 🤞🏻

@Absa - sorry I forgot to post earlier, the OPKs and HPTs have already gone!

@ValidUser sorry to hear your cycle is being super weird and annoying. Like you and @MrsH497 I'd always been regular with the occasional late, however the last 2-3 months have been super weird with a weeks worth of spotting before AF (which got my hopes up that it could be implantation) and then one month AF arrived 6 days early?!
I wonder if the stress of tracking subconsciously plays with our bodies?