TTC baby #1

@Itsemily Oh no! Hope that you manage to get into the docs to help sort out the UTI. They are so painful!

Happy Monday everyone!

I'm still feeling mild period-like cramps today and I felt really nauseous yesterday. I'm trying to not get my hopes up because I'm convinced we missed it this month.

Guess we'll have to wait and see how this week goes but if AF doesn't arrive I'm scheduled to test at the weekend...🤞🤞

@Itsemily oh crap no! You poor thing 😔 I hope you feel better ASAP x

@lou1904 kind of hard to be positive when you want it so much though 😔 we're the same these next few months, husband has a lot of work travel so that'll be interesting! Hope you had a lovely weekend.

Sorry for the silence girls, been a busy couple of days! Good luck @Konbanwa keep us posted. @han2291 I was in the same position, but have tried to take it as a positive that I know more about my cycle and I think even so we will miss it this month too with my husband being away, but that will then be my second cycle since coming off the pill so all helps settle it down and get into a pattern. @Itsemily I hope you had a nice birthday! @notalwaysalondoner good luck with house viewings, I read the same about alcohol. I'm not a big drinker at all, but had a few friends birthdays so had just a couple. I was reading that even if you are a couple of weeks pregnant and have a binge night because you haven't realised, that the doctors advise is to stop obviously but that they don't think alcohol affects the baby that early as the umbilical cord hasn't formed. Hope everyone has had a good weekend! Xxx

@Itsemily sorry you're not feeling well 😔 hopefully a good rest today will have you feeling much better. Hope you had a lovely time celebrating your birthday yesterday!

@Konbanwa sending all the positive vibes your way! Trying to not symptom spot is like telling yourself not to breath haha impossible! Keep us updated ☺️

@han2291 Oh no! But yes take the positives from this in that you have more info about your cycle. Fingers crossed for next time! 🤞

I'm feeling really emotional and nauseous this morning. Trying to not symptom spot and just keep telling myself it's probably just because I haven't been sleeping well and I'm close to AF 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Konbanwa I think she just arrived 🤦🏻‍♀️ BUT I'm going to take positivity from @BubbleBathLover and appreciate the fact that my cycle was 27 days (instead of 26) this month and my body is still adapting post pill ☺️

@han2291 Morning! Hope that AF stays away and you get some good news! Will you be testing today or tomorrow?

I hope that everyone has been having a good weekend so far!

Good morning ladies (thought it's still the middle of the night for you all!) I'm feeling a bit crampy this morning, I was in quite a bit of pain while out walking the dog but since I got back they've eased up. AF usually comes around midday so I'll check back in later 🤞🏼

How many times a day can one girl check her pants? We're about to find out 😂 hope you're all having a lovely weekend so far x

@Itsemily I will do! Even if I'm not pregnant I'd like my cycle to be a little longer at least, I've read it can take a few months to get back into its natural rhythm 🤞🏼

@BubbleBathLover you can fight it as much as you want but you will go a little crazy with this stuff 😂 so grateful we can all talk about it though!!

@han2291 I stopped taking the pill on 24th September, so this is my first cycle off of it. Definitely need to stay positive about it or we could go insane 🙈

@Itsemily Trying my best to keep this attitude, but it is hard! Hopefully after this cycle I will be more clued up 😂

@Konbanwa Definitely focusing on the silver linings 😂

@BubbleBathLover That's a really good point and I'm gonna use that this month. If AF arrives at least it's another data point letting me know how my cycles are behaving.

Silver linings and all that...😂

@BubbleBathLover ah crap 🙁 but you're right that's a definite positive, it'll be easier to track next month! How long ago did you stop birth control?

I definitely think we have missed it this month but on positive side if AF comes when it should then at least I will know that my cycles have went back to normal 🤞🏻

I just re-checked my calendar and my first natural cycle off the pill was 27 days and my second one was 26.. I'm on day 26 today and now suddenly very panicky that AF will come tomorrow 😂 pleeaaassee stay away!!!!

@Konbanwa that's how mine were feeling too, I wish we knew the cause!!! Definitely a possibility for you 😁🤞🏼 as miserable as it is I feel like it's best to keep your hopes as low as possible during this whole TTC thing, otherwise it crushes you every single month 🙁 I wish someone could just say "keep doing what you're doing and you will get pregnant on XX October" 😂

@Itsemily that's great! Sounds like you guys have given it a pretty good shot. Now to keep yourself busy for the next few weeks!

@han2291 They are more like mild period cramps but seem to come and go throughout the day. They felt worse earlier in the week and I attributed them to ovulation pain but now they have eased off a little I'm confused about what they might be.

I think I ovulated on Monday but we had DTD on Sunday so I'm hoping some guys were still hanging around up there waiting 🤞😅

Overall I'm feeling pretty negative about this cycle and think we probably missed the boat. Definitely don't wanna get my hopes up about it although I did buy a packet of first response tests just in case!

@Itsemily Hope you have a fun day of early birthday celebrations!

@notalwaysalondoner Good luck with your house viewings!

@Itsemily you got the smiley face on Thursday right? I think they say you ovulate 12/48 hours after a positive and your egg lives up to 24 hours (I think?) so I'd say possible ☺️ you can give all the TMI you've got girl that's what we're here for haha hope the HR meeting went ok!
Sounds like a perfect pre birthday weekend.

@Konbanwa hope the cramps are a good sign for you! Are they like normal period cramps or just twinges? Sushi sounds perfect to me right now!

@notalwaysalondoner good luck with the house search! To prepare for TTC I've just been more mindful about what I'm eating.. I wasn't much of a drinker before (probably one G&T a week if that) so just decided to cut alcohol out and also limited my coffee to one cup per day ☺️ also been taking pre natal vitamins for a few months now so hope I get pregnant soon because damn those are expensive haha.

@Itsemily Thanks for the positive vibes and I'm sending some your way too! Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned!

@notalwaysalondoner In regards to drinking, I'm generally just trying to cut down. I'm not really a big drinker anyway, and would only have a few at the weekend normally. Now I might be in the TWW I'm only going to have the odd one or two when out with friends.

Other than that, I'm restricting caffeine a little bit and just having one coffee at work per day and then a cup of tea when I get home. I don't really drink any other caffeinated drinks so that's not an issue for me.

Just had a cheese and pesto pizza for tea and now I am so full! What's everyone else had for tea tonight?