Feb Bus 2021 - no more TRYING to conceive, let's blimin do this!

@organised5 that's fantastic news that you are in the right place! I know it must be so scary not seeing anything and having another TWW but I'm sure it must just be because you are so early. Scans are not offered by private clinics at your gestation for this very reason, as there is very little to see.
But I think you will be 7 weeks by the next scan? That may even be far enough to see a little heart beat? ❤️❤️

At least you can get through the next two weeks safe in the knowledge you do not need to worry about a tube rupture. But I know it will last forever for you!! Hopefully work will keep you nice and busy and distracted 😬😬 are you having any morning sickness or anything?

I'm not sure about line strength with a miscarriage as I had a scan after mine to make sure everything had gone so I never bothered testing. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can offer some more advice. 💐

Will be thinking of you and keeping all my fingers and toes crossed! ❤️

@MiniBaker I wasn't tracking no, my cycles are very regular at 25 days without fail and I get lots of EWCM so it's usually pretty clear when I'm ovulating, so we just try to DTD as much as we can around that time. I know I am very lucky in that regard. I can't say there's a huge amount of romance to it with a toddler running around, it's very much a fit it in when you can kind of situation 😂
Don't write yourself off for having two, you are still really young and plenty of time ❤️ My auntie had her first when she was 32 and ended up having 5!! 😳😳

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking

Thank you 😊 I was dreaming of being one of those who goes silent for a few months and then comes back like - i’ve just relaxed and stopped thinking about it and now I’m pregnant - but it’s not happened that way...

You are so great at staying so positive and keeping up with your tracking and testing.

When is your fertile week this cycle?

@bubblegeek22 wow that is such excited news about your BFP 🎉 were you tracking or anything with OPKs?

So sorry to hear about your daughter. How have you found TTC with an under 2 year old as well?

I always imagined i’d have 2 children but as we’ve been trying since May last year and it’s still not happened - I feel like I’m not a very fertile person so it may be trickier than I thought!

@dunkedbiscuit I know she is very to the point and matter of fact - I guess in the grand scheme of things me conceiving quickly isn’t a priority but it would just be nice to know if there is something I can fix.

How long have you been trying? Have you visited the doctor at all? x

@bubblegeek22 yes, I had my scan this morning at EPU. They found the gestational sac in the womb which means no ectopic, but there was no embryo / fetal pole. So either it means MC or its just too early to see it. So they've booked me in for another scan in 2 weeks. Can't believe I have to go through the waiting of another 2WW 😩

I'm still getting strong positive lines when I test which is why with the one sided pain/bleeding I was thinking ectopic. But now that's ruled out I wonder if the hCG is a good sign or if it could stay high even after MC?

Hi guys! I’ve missed a few days on here so need to properly catch up - been super busy with work but also needed a break from the TTC overthinking. Hope everyone is okay 💕

@bubblegeek22 thanks for checking in! Congrats on the BFP! Great news😍

AF finally arrived for me this morning, woke me up with awful cramps at 5am but I was so happy 😂🙈 I’d been spotting for the last few days and getting BFN’s so glad AF showed to put an end to the wondering.

@MgW1 hope you’re okay lovely xx

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking I totally get this whole thing about testing early to know either way. I planned to test today but I’m so convinced AF is on the way that I decided I’d be annoyed if I bought a test and then came on tomorrow (when I’m due).

I’ve been back through my logs and my cycle ranges from 24 days to 29 so even though I’m day 26 today I’m going to wait until tomorrow for AF or test.

In future my rule is Test Early or Not At All.

Actively trying is sooooo much more stressful than leaving it to fate!

Hey @Dogmum13 how are you? So sorry to hear that you had an argument with DH. My DH snores all the time, really bad and I'm such a light sleeper it wakes me up all the time and he has also had times where he's been snippy when I've told him to stop snoring in the night. We bought some little plastic nose metal inserts which DH wears when he sleeps he does help a little, have you tried that? Xx

Hey @MgW1 how are you? How are you feeling? In regards to the chasteberry I had to come off it because my acne came back with a vengeance and my cycle went haywire! I didn't ovulate until super late in my cycle and I'm not even sure I did tbh I think my CB tests had enough and gave up the ghost at flashing smileys 🙈 i didnt have any ov pain and my CM was non existent. Sorry im probably not the best advert for it as my experience wasn't great, however, I have had good things from people who have PCOS or long cycles or very bad PMS and it's helped them get pregnant. I do think I have some sort of hormonal imbalance of some sort because when I used to be on the implant I had to come off it, my acne was terrible had really long periods and felt like a zombie and being on chasteberry made me feel the same which is a shame because I heard so many good things. And I stupidly bought a 90 day supply of the tablets which are now sat gathering dust (blame Amazon bulk buy😆) xx

That's frustrating @PeanuttyButter, hopefully you get a solid answer one way or the other soon!

@organised5 how are you doing? Am I right in thinking you were having a scan today? Ignore if I'm wrong I may have lost the plot

Hi all just checking in.
AF is still not here in full swing anyways, I've just got some brown spotting had that since yesterday morning and only when I wipe. I'm CD30 and I'm usually C24-27 BFN on IC yesterday still. I just don't know what's going on. I feel like AF is here tbh, it just isn't. I want it to just come and I can start over now as I'm in no man's land.

Thank you so much @BubsNumber2inTheMaking. I totally agree, if I don't test early I spend the time convincing myself I am indeed pregs and symptom spot like crazy, only for AF to be a huge blow. I hope the aspirin makes a difference! 🤞🤞 Best of luck for the next cycle!

Thank you @dunkedbiscuit ❤️

@Dogmum13 if this is the first time anything like that happened I’d be inclined to put it as a one off, but maybe chat through your worries with him? For what it’s worth my husband is rubbish at night and rarely actually wakes up to DS (it’s amazing what he seemingly can sleep through?!) but when he does, or when I wake him up to come and help a paternal side takes over and he springs into action and has never been resentful or angry about it towards me or our DS (I mean he will go on and on about how tired he is the next day and I’ll want to bury him, but that’s another issue 😂)

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is ok, took a few weeks off from the forum after AF showed up. Thanks everyone for sharing their kind words after I shared about my ectopic from last year.

I’m having the strangest cycle this month. AF showed up on 12 Feb which gave me a 25 day cycle which is so weird and has never happened to me before ever. My period was so strange TMI it was light but lasted like 4/5 days where as I’m normally 2/3 max period, it was strange in that it was blood but mixed with loads of stringy clear mucus for the first 2 days and then was brown discharge for the next 3 days. I never thought anything of it at the time but now 2 weeks on I have zero signs of ovulation... I normally start getting lines on OPKs from CD10 and by CD12/13 get my peak so presume I ovulate CD14. This month I got a hint of a line (fermometer read as 15%) on CD 10 on Sunday and since then I haven’t had a hint of a line (now CD 14) I’ve had a crazy pain in my back and a day or two over the last week I had a few blobs of snot like sticky discharge (no colour).... my BBT has been up and down this cycle ranging between 35.9 to 36.4c last two mornings being at 35.9c, had some cramping on my left side CD10 but nothing since.

Maybe I’m just ovulating later this cycle it’s just weird to see stark white OPK sticks after having a bit of a line at the start of the week.

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking thank you, hope you got your bfp soon, I'm 2dpo now so hoping af doesn't arrive, tempting to test at the end of next week so it's not a disappointing if af then does show

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking
Yes i am , im taking a needed break from all this. Put myself under a lot of pressure to get preg but just need some time out now , give my body and head a rest! Only 2 more cycles though so can start trying after end of April Af so not too bad 👍🏻 xx

Hi everyone 🙂 sorry this is a little off topic... my partner snores and most nights I don't get to sleep til 1-2am because of it. I have to nudge him repeatedly and tell him. I've never complained to him because I know he can't help it. Just mentioned it occasionally when he's awake. He's tried a couple of different things that are supposed to help but hasn't really made any difference. So he is trying to do something about it, even though I didn't ask him to. On Tuesday night I couldn't sleep and got up to go to the toilet. He heard me get up and asked what was wrong. I explained that his snoring was keeping me awake. He was really nasty and shouted at me that he couldn't have been snoring because his mouth was closed and basically told me I was imagining it. The tone was so nasty. Then he told me to stop being emotional over nothing when I got upset. Yesterday morning he apologised so I assumed he knew what had happened but after speaking to him last night it turns out he just remembers giving off a bit but didn't know about what he'd actually said or the nasty tone. I'm now really anxious and worried and don't know if I'm making a big deal out of something that I shouldn't be? I'm worried if we do get pregnant what he would be like being woken up every 2 hrs when baby arrives

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking thank you. I have been testing since day 8 as I've come of the pill and don't have a cycle pattern yet! Since day 15 I started getting a more noticeable line and by 16 it was as dark as the control line and by 17 a little darker, my last cycle was 32 days so sounds about right. Just hoping I have ovulated as it's only my 2nd cycle since coming of the pill so didn't know if I would ovulate this quick again. My temp dropped a few days ago and has now had a little rise so I'm hoping so, just thought maybe I haven't as had very little cm although today I have creamy cm (sorry tmi). Just get so tempted to start testing early but don't want to be disappointed when I see bfn for testing early

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking
Fed up! But il be ok. Arrange acupuncture - 6 sessions starting next month so that should help? X