TTC Thread #3

@acaciabluebell it's so hard to switch off from it isn't it. Would be nice to not think about it, and just DTD, but I'm so hyper aware of what my body is doing, it's hard not to track.

@Daffodil21Ye hopefully a bit of r&r will do the trick, but also have my tests at the fertility clinic on Wednesday so that's keeping me more at ease too, knowing that I'm doing something.

Hey @acaciabluebell how long's it been now? PMT is bad enough with the gut wrenching disappointment. My heart goes out to you ❤️

AF is here a week early 😢 25 day cycle. I had no symptoms, no indication that AF was on her way, it totally surprised me this morning. I guess I did ovulate on CD12 like the OPK said. We DTD so many times around ovulation but again, another failed month. Starting to feel so tired of this whole process

Happy Monday all! How's everyone doing? I'm limbering up for another FW over here. O day should be falling on the weekend which is our 1st wedding anniversary which is a bit depressing. Had imagined we'd have a baby or be pregnant by now. But, we have a lovely weekend away booked so hopefully this will be the month it happens for us! x

🙄@Bramleyapples13 But it's a sad truth that the less you do the less you can do. It's like a messed up energy consumerism, you try to conserve it and you get rubbish interest rates, yet you spend spend spend your energy and you're rewarded with credit cards full of the stuff!

ey ladies I’m a first timer on here. Just looking for some advice, over the past week I’ve been feeling kinda funny like my lower stomach has butterflies constantly, I’m due my period next week but I’m having a really light bleed my cervix is way way back I can just feel it, it’s soft and I have no cramping apart from a slight sharp pain during the week. I don’t have any other symptoms.

@BellaBella84 I did think this. However, after my OH has come home from work (the only day he's actually been at work this week) and needs an hour long nap after getting up at 4.30, I'm genuinely wondering how he's going to cope with a baby??

Go @Bramleyapples13! You are winning at life! 🥳

Just done another run of the couch to 5k and it's getting easier! Makes me feel much better about having another chocolate digestive to replen my energy when I get back! Hopefully being a bit healthier will help next week in my next FW (give the OH more energy too 🤣he's going to need it).

AF arrived today, which means tomorrow I'll be making my appointment for more blood tests, just more hormone profile things. I have had them done at day 24 before and now they want to do them between day 1-4. Good luck anyone still in the TWW.

I'm off on holiday for a long weekend on Friday so hoping for no internet and enjoying a good book in the bath.

@Daffodil21 I don't trust anyone who can come out of 2020 lighter than they were at the beginning of the year 😂 although my fitness mission started today with a 30 mins walk around my neighborhood, need to try and keep this up!

@daffodil21 go and look at the account mylifewithcows on Instagram and in her story highlights she has one about infertility, obvs it's not all relevant, but did a gratitude thing too

I love the idea of a gratitude jourmal @daffodil21, I think especially on a year like this, along with the stresses of TTC, it's a good way to remind ourselves that there is kindness and goodness happening around us. I keep a diary but it's once a week and at times reads like a prisoner journal, particularly in early lockdown where I obsess about times out the house and rationing food. I doubt I'll have any options to get it published later down the road 😂 maybe I should switch to your method!

Doing alright today, temp went up a bit after a few days of going down but that's maybe just par for the course. We're off on a mini-break up north this weekend, so I'm counting down the days!

@Daffodil21 I hope you're okay. I've thought about you a few times and what you've said about what you're going through. It is incredibly difficult but by the sound of it you have a good support network for whatever you decide to do. I think sometimes we can get a bit caught up in our thoughts rather than distancing ourselves from them and keeping busy. To want to be a mum is an unbelievably brave decision in my view and you will be one if you want to be, it just sometimes takes longer or has to be done differently for some people.

@daffodil21 sorry, I've actually had a productive afternoon (not sure what has happened to me). It sounds like you've had such a roller-coaster I'm not surprised you're feeling how you are. I honestly feel so guilty that we've seemingly managed so quickly when so many people struggle for so long, but I also live in fear it could all go wrong and be over - probably not helped by my chemical last month... But if that happens we're out of ttc for a while as we've got our wedding next summer!

Happy to have a get fitter chat on this thread, would love to join in :)

@Daffodil21 I'm definitely a distracted worker, I've been trying to force a "no internet on my phone until after lunch" which means I have to get out of bed when I wake up (no browsing half asleep) but it means if my boss calls, I can still pick up.

While I definitely still check recipe websites on my computer (a new distraction) I don't lose nearly as much time as I do on Instagram. My phone is like a quick hit to ease distraction but then i start the social media loop 😅