June Bus - who's on board?

@BumDiggyDiggyDiggyBumDiggyBum welcome! If DH is around now th perfect time, there’s no medical reason for you not being able to conceive, I’ve had lots of surgery too, illeostomy then reverse illeostomy & lots of other surgeries & my consultants say it’s fine labour would just be managed differently.

@Skip86 5th day of flashing 😀that’s not great, but you’ve basically been DTD throughout though so even if CB hasn’t caught it then you’ve covered yourself. I’m on day 2 of flashing 😀& already I just want it to change 😂

@33Carr hope work is ok, head on in you gotta do it

@Juno231 maybe you can help me with femometer then as it says I was due to ovulate yesterday but flashing smiles on CB so ovulation not happened do you know how I can tell femometer it’s wrong? I have been doing the LH strips & it’s not recognised they have shown no ovulation

@MrsDh2019 fingers crossed it’s not AF day for you, those symptoms sound good so 🤞🏻

@Skip86 I've only been using CB for 1 month properly but I did go straight from low to peak and the peak was picked up in the evening as I randomly tested twice that day. Are you just testing with FMU as I've read that it can miss the peak with that.

Welcome @BumDiggyDiggyDiggyBumDiggyBum bet it's nice having DP home for a bit at the moment for some extra family time ❤️

@33Carr I feel you... I'm already dreaming of Friday. Hope you have a great day xx

Hi @BumDiggyDiggyDiggyBumDiggyBum !! Welcome aboard 😂

Hope everyone has a wonderful day! Sat in my car outside work cause I just can't quite bring myself to go inside and start the week off yet!!

Hi everyone can I please join you?

This is about my 4th or 5th time jumping on a bus but I keep leaving again 🙃

TTC #2
Cycle 33 😫 will be 3 years in August
CD 15 according to ovia, apparently due to start ov tomorrow so I did an ov test and saying negative for now.

We haven’t been ‘obsessively’ (for want of a better word) trying for 3 years, but that’s when we decided we would like another and stopped using condoms and started using ovia.

DP has worked away from home for the past 1.5 years so that could have something to do with it, he’s not always home when I’m ovulating. But he’s been home now since March so thought this would be the best time to start trying properly!

When DD was 8 weeks old I had 2 lots of major abdo surgery. And I’d had a section with her so my tummy is ruined. I have Crohn’s disease and an ileostomy, recto-vaginal fistulas and rheumatoid arthritis. So it might not happen at all. Fingers crossed 😬

Hope you are all as well as can be

@Skip86 that must of been stressful delivering early....I hope everything turned out okay?

My friends regularly remind me I was the most pregnant pregnant person they have ever seen! TBF I was big but that’s just how it was for me I’m only 5’2 so I think that made me look bigger too. everyone is different....I loved it though it was the first time in my life I’ve felt comfortable wearing body con dresses haha! Xx

Also for those getting BFN on preg tests which ones are you using? With my DC1 I felt pregnant for about 4 days whilst getting BFN every day I was using boots and clear blue tests. One evening getting ready to go on a night out I thought I’d double check (I just had a feeling) about 7pm not first unine used first response and ....boom BFP so this time I will be using first response as in my experience they were much more accurate and sensitive. I then did a second first response the next day and a clear blue which did then show positive just to check! 🤞🏻For everyone....baby dust to all xx

@Cocoblue22 I'm not the best for advice on pregnancy #2 I'm afraid - my DC2 was born 10wks prem so I never got a big belly!

@OnNaturesCourse I worry about this all the time! DS just turned 2 and is a full on mummy’s boy and I love it! He’s so affectionate. I worry how I will manage physically to do things like pick him up, put him in the bath/in his cot etc with a big bump! I was huge from about 20 weeks last time everyone was convince I had dates wrong or was having twins (one lady working in boots was so rude to me I got so fed up of all the you're massive comments she told me ‘well you must be doing something to be that big’ I felt so rubbish like she was implying I was eating too much when I left I cried!!’ People can be so judgey! Turned out I had a large placenta and quite a lot of water!!!)

How do people manage to do daily tasks when pregnant with 2nd 3rd etc when precious DC is still under 3? X

@33Carr that '3 times in a row' story made me proper LOL into my cup of tea! 😂😂

@OnNaturesCourse I'm not trusting my ICs at the moment! Not sure about your situation with them fading, but yes CD9 does seem super early if you are a regular 28 days 🤔 LH fluctuates a little throughout your cycle so perhaps it was a random minor rise and the main event is still to come in a few days!

Also, I have 2 DCs and was absolutely peaking out before DC2 was born for all the reasons you've mentioned, to the point that I developed severe anti natal anxiety. But now I've been through having newborn and toddler - it was hard but not neaaarly as difficult as I had anticipated. If I could have my time again I would have tried to relax and enjoy the conception/preg process more. You got this!

@MrsDh2019 🤞🏼 for you!

@KRK05 and @lucyrp oooh what did you do for date night?! At home yes? I need ideas 😍

Another CB flashing face almost looked like it was laughing at me this morning! I do wonder if there's a chance it could've missed my surge? Anyone experienced that before? The packet says 8% of the time people don't get a peak fertility reading 😩
I just feel like I had a decent glob (for want of a better word) of EWCM yesterday morning and all the ov feels, and now back to post-ov feels. Hrmmm. I only have 2 CB sticks left so not going to test again in the day. ICs are showing literally NOTHING, like barely even a shadow!

@Mrsdh2019 crossing everything that AF does not show up.

@MrsDh2019 we're all just trying to help each other along🤍 my DS is 5 now but my milk stayed in my boobs to an extent until he was around 3!😂 OH did not enjoy that 😂 I had 3 faint positives in all and about 7 BFN. Fingers crossed for you and baby dust ✨💓

@lucyrp thank you for sharing your experience ❤️ I noticed my boobs leak aswell and my DS is 2.5 so milk dried up a long time ago! I did have a funny feeling of it being CP as the cheap strip tests were showing faint positive but FRER was BFN at 11dpo. I’ll just hold out and see what happens thank you 💖

@MrsDh2019 fingers crossed for you! You don't sound silly at all it was exactly like me last cycle, I took a CB pregnancy test the day before AF was due because I just felt something inside and I got a faint positive but then I was having negatives after but I had all the symptoms you are describing I was getting such hot flushes like my skin was too hot to touch, lower back pain which was so painful I normally walk 5 miles or more a couple of times a week and I did 7 the one day and after 4 my back was in pieces. My boobs suddenly got huge like when I was breastfeeding DS and I got milk back in them which disappeared about 2 years ago! Everything was heading towards that and then I had a CP. sometimes your heart knows but you always listen to your head no matter how hard you try not to x

@OnNaturesCourse I am TTC DC #2. I already have a 5 year old DS from a previous relationship

@onnaturescourse definitely get femometer then! It takes photos, logs them and interprets the results. Super useful to compare cycle to cycle as well. I've attached an example one of mine for reference.

If you're cd9 then I guess it probably wasn't your peak today. You sure the line was pretty dark?

Thanks @SmileyT 😊x
@Minster2012 well usually I always have just paid attention to my body before AF because I haven’t been on any contraception for a good few years now (except for using condoms) but usually before AF I always get really bloated, UTI symptoms, and a really horrible hollow achey feeling to my stomach as if my womb is just burning.
This month I’ve had sore veiny boobs (something I’ve never ever had before AF like never ever get sore boobs I only ever had soreness and veins when I was pregnant with DS)?!
I’ve had lower back pain like strange sharp twinges in my lower back.
And I’ve also had hot flushes and some mild twingey cramps in my tummy.

It could totally all just be a coincidence though?! I’m not one to symptom spot but I think because I have the exact same pre menstrual symptoms every month and can usually tell I’m going to come on the next day, this feels strange to me. Something In my heart is also telling me to ignore the BFN’s I’ve got (I know I probably sound like a lunatic just something feels weird to me about it) 😂
We shall see when I’m brought back down to earth tomorrow when AF arrives 🤣 xx

Sorry ladies, I'm needing a lesson in MN what is OPK? Is that ovulation sticks?

I didn't get a picture, but that's a good idea for going forward. I remember doing that when TTC DC1.

Sorry I got the wrong person that comment was meant to be for @MrsDh2019 what symptoms do you have do you think? Def hoping it’s just too early xx💕🤞🏻🍀

@MrsDh2019 really hope it does develop into a BFP 🤞

@OnNaturesCourse did you take a pic of your opk this morning? Just me being nosey to have a look 🙈

@OnNaturesCourse thanks lovely. I’ve done a few cheap tests and they’ve all come back a bit sketchy!! I’m happy to just wait now and if AF comes tomorrow then she comes and onto the next cycle 🤷🏻‍♀️ I usually come on slap bang in the middle of the day... always at work (my uniform is white!) 😂 if AF doesn’t show for a couple of days I may take my second FRER on Wednesday or something 🤞🏼but it’s weird I feel SO pregnant so I will be super shocked in a way if I do have AF come to visit! Xx

@Juno231 ah I see what you mean I love it too!

@OnNaturesCourse 🤞🏻It’s not AF what pregnancy symptoms have you had do you think?

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@Minster2012 ah I guess there is a chance but not too hopeful, I think the folic acid I’ve been taking may be delaying AF. I’ve read that I can do that so may switch back to the natural version I was taking.