June Bus - who's on board?

@33Carr I always try cardio in the gym every now and again to see if I've changed my mind on whether I like it or not 😂I don't really follow a plan as I've only been back at the gym probably 6 months and I'm finding squats quite difficult as I had an op on my knee ( not my knee joint but just above it so was reliant on the other knee for a while) so I get down and can't get back up😂 I'm the same but the gym is only 30 seconds down the road from me so have no excuse 😂

Thanks @Lucyrp. I worry about low sperm count but DP is 34 and otherwise healthy. But sometimes that doesn't mean anything. I wish there was a magic formula for conceiving. A+C=bby

@lucyrp Me too! Never been a cardio gal, I do a fair bit of walking and that's my cardio done haha! I usually follow a weight training plan but only have little dumbbells at home so pretty much done zero work in 3 months! A bit scared of going back as I'll have so much to catch up on but at least it's progress! It's hard sometimes when you set yourself a certain goal for something and don't get there though/life deviates you from the plan! wether it be a weight goal or anything else in life!

@KRK05 This is what I'm trying to remember! Half of my brain is in a panic and the other half is being logical 🤣

"better to be a gas bomb during AF than FW"

Gas bomb right before FW is me 😂🤦‍♀️

@33Carr I'm really missing the gym at the moment as I quite like to do weight training I prefer it over cardio! And I'm really not one for home workouts I tried doing joe wicks with my DS a few days in a row but it defo isn't for me 😂 I haven't ran in a few months so was hard work and I stopped a lot but was good to go do something. I think I need to go more by pictures as I don't think weight is an accurate measurement of where I want to be but I'm obsessed with a figure in my head and hard to get away from it 🙈there's a cycle path by me that I go on as its fairly flat

@jaxs23 I don't think that's too much personally but me and OH normally DTD every day anyway and sometimes more than once whatever you feel comfortable with!

Should be ov in the next couple of days. Told DP he we need to DTD every day for the next 5 days. Is that too much? Should i give his swimmers a day off to recharge?

Really need this to be my month after my MC. Feel like I'm going a little crazy and not even at the TWW. I'm doing fertility massages and yoga. Trying to not obsess but hard

Hello everyone! Checking in after a few days away. CD9, have decided that it is time to put down the biscuits and try and get out for a walk every day. It was having to order new leggings which did it

@lucyrp Yeah I get what you mean about weighing yourself on scales. I was getting really down about my weight not changing last year even though I was losing body fat, PT said it was cause I was building muscle at the same time so better to just stick with pictures. I only weigh myself on Wednesday's and Saturday's now but I have a dress that I love and that's my goal! Not really fussed about what the scale says!
Good job on the running! Wish I enjoyed it! Might give the couch to 5k a go, I live near a canal so it's perfect for running, too many hills on the roads!

@33Carr it's so annoying isn't it! I always lose motivation after a couple of weeks in of dieting, I ordered myself a set of bathroom scales the other week because I don't have any in the house normally because I weigh at slimming world and just get obsessed with weighing myself otherwise but hoping it will motivate me to get out more. Well done on the walk I managed a 3 mile run and a 7 mile walk today was out of the house 4 hours but like you think it was good for my head. I get really bad anxiety and sometimes I just do not want to be in the house. This sunshine helps too!

@KateColx if you're @KRK05 cycle buddy then we must be cycle buddy's too as me and @KRK05 are currently both on CD10 I believe! I think I'm supposed to ovulate around the 23rd and this is my 3rd day of ⭕️ but it is my first time using them so unsure when I ovulate or anything really.

Yes I love slimming world but I always get on the wagon then fall off and it goes round and round in circles although I think it is good to have a binge week now and again because it makes you more motivated when you jump back on! Thank you I think I'm back to only like a stone and a half loss at the moment but hoping to get that next half stone off again soon. I'm exactly the same I find myself making the same meals over and over again each week and I just get bored of eating! I'm even more bored of eating now I'm at home all day x

@Ltay2 Try not to worry about it, I hear that EWCM can happen for a few days first before ovulation so doesnt necessarily mean u will get a peak tonight. Just make sure to do plenty of DTD when OH is able to 😂 & like u says your normally CD16/17. Got my fingers crossed your peak is still a few days away, but remember it only takes once theres girls on here who have only DTD on day of actual ovulation throughout there whole cycle & still got that BFP 💛

@KateColx I've been wondering where u were my fellow CB & cycle buddy 🥰 I started mines yesterday (CD8) so on my second day of ⭕ I did a cheapy OPK yesterday & both were pretty dark, darker than I wouldve expected for the cycle day I'm on, but clearly not peak so I half expected a flashy this morning but no & my IC was still the same as yesterday. I'm gonna continue doing my IC twice a day justnow so I can get used to reading them, a lot harder than I thought tbh 😂 & hope for that flashing smiley v soon, I hope u get yours soon too 🤞🏻 One of my apps are predicting the 23rd but the rest 29th so way off of each other, I think me being 4/5 day late last month they've taken that into account.

Glad your feeling good this time around & less stressed 💛

Panicking today. Did an OPK this morning around 11am, nothing except a veryyyyy faint second line. I'm going to do another when I get home around 6pm. However I have had SO much CM today and I don't know a lot about what is what but I would say it's more EW consistency than anything. My problem is we can't DTD until tomorrow so I'm worrying that we might have missed our chance this time round as we haven't DTD at all this FW 😞. The only thing that's giving me some hope is that I have only ever once ovulated on CD14 (which would be tomorrow) in 3 years of tracking my ovulation days. My usual is more CD16/17. I haven't had a positive OPK yet either but I'm also slightly concerned I could have missed the surge. I tested once a day from Thursday last week. Sorry for the pointless ramblings (I know there's nothing I can do about it) just wanted to air my panics 🙈

I love catching up with this chat! 😂

@skip86 Glad the porn did the job! I've suggested it before but for my own fun rather than DPs and he wasn't quite so keen 🤔 😂

@lucyrp @juno321 What you both have said about weight loss and clothes, I could have written it myself!! Lost loads of weight last year and bought a new wardrobe to match my bangin' body, then this year has all gone to pot and I've put a stone back on and barley anything fits 😭 slowly getting back into it though and have lost half a stone... just need to keep going!

Just got back from a lovely walk, sometimes I can drive myself up the wall thinking things over and over but it was great to get some nice headspace. How's everyone else's day going?

Using a shot glass is such a good idea! Certainly going to keep one handy in my bag for work! Having to wash my hands a million times as it is so that shouldn't be much issue 😂😂

Hi guys,

@KRK05 how are you getting on with your CB tests and the other ones? Are you doing both?

I've been using the CB tests since Sunday and still ⭕️ this morning which I was expecting but both of my apps are predicting OV on the 22nd which I thought would have meant at least a flashy smile by now? I think I must OV later than I thought.

Feeling less stressed about it all this month, but I guess that'll end as soon as I hit the TWW 🤣

@lucyrp just seen you're a fellow slimming world follower! Well done on the 2 stone weight loss. I've been struggling with it since lockdown too! I think I need some new meal inspo. X

@Skip86 ooooo success! I will have to try talk my OH into watching it with me. The other day I started watching it sat next to him and thought he might join in but the look on his face said different 😂

@Juno231 I'm exactly the same 😂😂 my drawers are full to the brim with clothes but most of them don't fit 😂😂 I am mostly size 10 now but my wardrobe is all size 8 jeans and some crop tips which I can't wear as I have a belly 😂

@Ltay2 shot glass will def do the trick!! Yeah I can imagine it's hard to come up with an excuse and I'm sooo bad at lying full stop, never mind on the spot. You'd see it on my face it was a lie from a mile away.

@lucyrp pfft I've fallen off the wagon so many times! I started putting weight on when I left uni and spent all day sat on my arse in an office working super long hours. That was 9 years ago and since then I've been gaining and losing the same 2 stone every couple of years. I'm so sick and tired of feeling chubby, being embarrassed about being in bikinis or having my arms out - and the fact that 85% of my wardrobe doesn't fit as I don't want to buy things size 12 as I insist one day I'll get back into my size 8/10... ridiculous!

@Skip86 Went from yesterday no porn, to today il talk porn, next youl be watching it, I love it 😂 anything for TTC 🙌🏼 Il be keeping this in mind for if OH struggles by the end 😜

@Ltay2 I was going to say I started weeing in a shot glass if I’m doing it on the move! Takes a bit of aim & a lot of hand washing but does the job 😂

@Skip86 next step you are a porn star! 🤩happy we’ve helped the process! & totally agree on the open talk as well it’s not like much is TMI on Mumsnet!

@Katao i started on day 10 this time with the CB & I got 2 days of O Before it changed so hang on in there, So I got my smiley on CD12 still waiting for static 😣

@Noble89 I was kinda like you having had a number of bleeds after medicated MC & last one was heavy bleed so hoping it’s a “factory reset” I’m hoping yours is the same

Welcome @Maybe333!

@Juno231 I've just thought - I have loads of plastic shot glasses at home I can just use them instead, not like I'll be using them for anything else any time soon 🙈

@Juno231 Oh that is a good idea! Mine didn't come with anything. It's especially difficult as I work with family and my mum in particular would be asking why I'm taking a cup to the toilet and I wouldn't be able to come up with any kind of alternative excuse 😂

@lucyrp ok so you wanted to know how it went today... DH was struggling a bit with getting the job done this afternoon (the pressure of TTC and the fact he had a meeting in 10 minutes 😂), so I started talking to him about porn! Just asking what he likes and to describe scenes 🙈🙈 - it worked like a charm!! 😆 Next step is to actually watch some together, hahaha.

@Juno231 and @Minster2012 thank you 🥰 I'm often a bit apprehensive to talk about my illness in real life because it's not the most high brow table talk, but it's lovely to have people on here supporting and encouraging the conversation 💗

@BumDiggy aah I'm sorry that happened to you and with an 8 week old too 😢 you're one tough mumma!

@Maybe333 we're similar, ttc #3 and first time opks. Good luck x

@Noble89 sorry AF is being such a bitch. Hopefully giving your body a cleanse and fresh start 😊