Pre-conception, planning and trying!

@Curiosity101 oh that's lovely that your parents can still come over. Fingers crossed for next Wednesday!! I've not heard back from the midwife yet so going to chase them up next Tuesday to make sure they received my form. Starting to think I maybe didn't click send as my brain has been all over the place this last week lol.
Defo feel more relaxed today as well as I have finally finished my assignment and submitted it so can chill and tomorrow is last day of work and will most likely finish at 12. Now we cant go anywhere, I am secretly hoping for inches of snow on Christmas Day haha

@CookieMonster3001 Those Christmas plans sound very bitter sweet. Glad you're feeling well though. I know what you mean about the eating. I started the day with pain au chocolats and have already had some shortbread 🙈🙉🤣

I'm 2/3DPO depending on whether you follow my feelings or the app. My plan is to test next Wednesday at what I expect to be 10DPO.

I'm feeling good, nice and relaxed. I keep thinking it's the weekend cause I'm not working 😄. We've had to scale back Christmas due to the rule changes but my parents are still coming over. I'm looking forward to several more chilled days with DH and DS 🥰. I've started bagging up a load of DS's baby toys though as I'm expecting he'll get quite a few new ones at Christmas.

Other than the odd cramp here and there, I feel great. Still get a bit of a nauseous feeling randomly in the day and I am defo eating more than normal (that might just be Christmas!). All our plans have been cancelled for Christmas now as we have been moved into tier 4 which is annoying but at least I can slob at home and not have to hide anything. I am just hoping a can still eat a bit of the Christmas cake I made that has a bit of brandy in it!! I have been dying to try some for ages!!!

What DPO are you now? how are you feeling @Curiosity101 are you still able to go ahead with your Christmas plans?

@CookieMonster3001 Aww, I feel for you. I'm really hoping it all eases off for you soon so you can truly relax and enjoy it. Other than the cramps how're you feeling today? Ready for Christmas?

@Curiosity101 you are so right and I am trying to relax as much as possible! Hopefully the cramps will start easing off soon. Last night they were intense (not painful) and I literally felt like I was about to start bleeding! I feel like I am on constant knicker watch lol

@Clouless best of luck!! hope you get some good babydancing in over Christmas and some good news in the new year!!

@Curiosity101 Thank you! Trying to go with a very relaxed approach. Currently enjoying a glass of wine and some chocolate 🤗

@Clouless Hi 👋 Good luck for Christmas!

@CookieMonster3001 It's completely normal to worry about every little twinge. I'd like to say it gets easier as you go along but the twinges just change after you've gotten used to them and give you a whole load of new things to worry about! Then you worry the baby isn't moving enough. Then they're moving too much. Maybe you're too big or you're not big enough. 😂🤣👍

Being pregnant is so much fun! ☺️

And congratulations @cookiemonster3001 ! I feel like you are stepping out into the battlefield before us all! 🤣

Hi ladies. I've not posted here much but seemed like a nice little moment for a catch up 😊. We've been ttc (kind of) since my implant was removed at the beginning of September. Cycles seem to be kind of regular in length but I've just had a really weird period for 9 days which was much lighter than normal, so who knows! I'm trying to use OPKs for the first time this month but I have no idea what I'm really doing! Apps are all predicting that I will ovulate at some point over the Christmas weekend! Hope everyone is doing okay xx

That's @Curiosity101 defo happy to wait till official scan, just feels like its dragging! Haha... and looking at your scan makes me more excited to see mine!! Its the cramps that have been worrying me! I know I have read on google everywhere that its normal, but cant help but worry about it!

Actually, I tell a lie, I've just checked and that was 7w3d

Hey @CookieMonster3001! Glad to hear everything is going well . I think you're right that this lull between finding out and having your first appointment does seem to drag if you find out early. The booking appointment isn't very exciting though. It's mostly a load of paperwork really and sending off your referral for the 12-week scan.

It sucks about lockdown affecting private early scans . Having said that, you won't see much before 7 weeks anyway. We went for an early scan with DS and they dated me at 6w3d I think. He just looked like a little blob tbh. So maybe it'll work out better as you'll see more of a baby bean shape if you have to go a little later?

Fingers crossed for you for Thursday.

@Curiosity101 thanks so much, I’ll go and get one of those early tests today - I’m a bit scared to take it as don’t want to be disappointed but I know I should :)

I’ve had blood tests, an ultrasound and then an HSG. My husband is due to have a test in February as that’s the first time the lab can do it!

@surreychick 12DPO is when most people should see at least a faint positive test if they're pregnant so you'd be safe to test if you were correct with your ovulation date. I appreciate it's really difficult to know if you're not specifically tracking though.

If it's not too nosey, have you had any other tests done prior to the HSG?

Morning ladies! Hope you are all well! Been meaning to catch up with you guys for a while, but been busy trying to tie up all my work before annual leave, and get my assignment finished!

@wrenandrobins Yay for ovulation, welcome to the TWW hope it goes well for you, keeping my fingers tightly crossed!! It honestly drags so much but at least you have the festive period to keep you occupied hopefully!

@curiosity101 so glad your ovulation happened as you planned! another TWWer..hope it goes well! You are so right about avoiding the news! Honestly all I feel like it does it upset me!

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I am a bit gutted about the tier changes as well. We were planning on going to see my parents but wev gone from a Tier 2 to Tier 4 in less than a week and I ended up crying my eyes out on Saturday about it!! On the plus side, I dont have to hide me not drinking to anyone now! Its Christmas, food at Christmas has no calories lol

@mackjm20 Im so sorry to hear about your BFN but like you said, at least you can enjoy the drinks at xmas!

I am doing well thank you!! I am 4 weeks and 3 days today. Feeling pretty normal apart from regular cramping. Some days I still feel like AF is going to show up! Only other symptom I am feeling at the minute is really mild nausea at the beginning of the day. The sort where you feel like you got a bit of a lump in your throat, but nothing that bad. I feel like the time is dragging a little, especially as I am still waiting on the midwife to call me, but its because I found out so early, whereas most people with more patience than me, would have only just found out lol. Planning on taking my final digital test this Thursday with the hopes it says 3+ weeks to make me feel better. Me and OH were planning on getting an early scan done in the new year, but with the new tier 4, they are only doing them on medical grounds, so thats out the window. OH is finally getting excited about it and has been so sweet and amazing. I just cant wait for a scan to make sure everything is OK!

@wrensandrobins we did on what I reckon was day of ovulation but I’m around 11dpo now

So hard and we’ve had months before where my body has tricked us - I’ve had all the symptoms and then AF arrived. Too early to take a test which is so hard!!!

@surreychick 11 or 12 dpo you could still be in with a chance! It's tricky isn't it without knowing for sure!

Thank you! Me too!

@wrensandrobins we didn’t really track it this month as I bled for a while after the HSG but I’m probably 11 or 12 dpo. When I noticed the ovulation symptoms we dtd that day!

Ps I love you name!! Robins are my favourite!

@surreychick it would depend on when you ovulated? Do you have a graph? :)

Hi all, fairly new to here, just been reading mainly - We’ve been ttc for 14 months now, this month we only managed it once as I had an HSG and really wasn’t in the mood.

I’ve now got really bad acne on my jaw and chest and shooting pains in my breasts. Temp is 37.5. Would it be too early for this? I’m on day 22 of my cycle as had a progesterone test today!

Thank you!

@wrensandrobins Yep, super busy. ☺️

@Curiosity101 eek so exciting for you :) good that again either way you would be content :)

Aw thank you :) yea I’m surprisingly okay and looking forward to enjoying Christmas :) normally I just dwell after the bfn but this cycle I’ve got something happy to focus on as we are seeing dh family Xmas day and he hasn’t seen them in months :) i go through waves of being like ‘I want it to happen right now!’ To you know ‘when it happens it will be right’ :) in fairness as well as it’s taken longer by March we will be debt free and with any luck if dh finds a job can use all his redundancy money for savings :) also each month gives me more time to lose weight so every cloud :)

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I know what you mean about all the news! Good news though is that you are allowed partners with you now which for me is a game changer as that was my biggest fear :) x

@mackjm20 Sorry to see your update 😔, sounds like you're handling it well though! You're right that there are definite upsides to not being pregnant over Christmas. Fingers crossed for next cycle 🤞.

I'm cycle 1, first test planned for next Wednesday.