Post Pill Party - The Ceilidh

This made me smile 😂

@Gracie2021 Yeah, it is difficult to know 🤔 and there isn’t much info on it because I suppose everyone is different!

@abi555 I get that, I tend to get abit sad and jealous too! And instagram influencers make such a big deal of it, it just gets annoying

@abi555 we're crossing posts here 😂 so glad it's not just me. I just feel a bit cheated by that whole thing and then the delay TTC even though I know seven months is still a relatively short time, it's like can one thing not just be easy. And this is after struggling to build a house for years with planning issues and site purchase issues. So felt we were due something being easy.

But it's all perspective. Grateful to have a roof over our heads and to be in fed and safe etc. so feel ungrateful even feeling this way sometimes then found a saying this year that has really stuck with me. Just because someone else has no feet doesn't mean you can't be sad that you have no shoes.

@abi555 well I’ve just used my last one and I’m already thinking shall I go to savers and get some cheapies just to check it’s gone down 😂😂 I’m hoping O has happened and probably won’t get chance to DTD today as OH will be in bed most of the day ready to start another night shift at 5pm 😕

@Juno231 I think I would always highlight in an announcement that it took a while maybe with something like ‘we’ve waited a while for you’ or something along those lines. I think people get Abit embarrassed to say if it’s taken a while so you only really hear from those who had sex once and got pregnant

@Sperr I getcha. There's nothing worse for me than a blank test. That said I definitely would have caved by now. Stay 💪

@abi555 that's exactly it. Really helped my mood this month as it took the mystery and guessing and false hope out of the equation a bit.

@Juno231 I think I'd be a no social media announcement at all person. I've a couple friends with late term losses and maybe I'm just hugely superstitious but would tell only the close friend groups and let it filter out that way. If I have to see announcements though, honesty like that is so refreshing.

bum, double post!

also @Gracie2021 we had to scrap our wedding plans too and it's like wtf, I already lost my big wedding, surely I should get to have a baby instead!

@Juno231 @ChinChilly @TheDaydreamBelievers Pregnancy announcements bug me as although I'm happy for the person, I'm also a bit sad and jealous for myself - and I hate that part of myself. I get the 'if you can't be happy for someone else karma will stop you getting pregnant' thought which I know is total rubbish and it's a natural reaction to feel jealous, but still wish I could just be purely happy for the person announcing!

@Juno231 @ChinChilly @TheDaydreamBelievers Pregnancy announcements bug me as although I'm happy for the person, I'm also a bit sad and jealous for myself - and I hate that part of myself. I get the 'if you can't be happy for someone else karma will stop you getting pregnant' thought which I know is total rubbish and it's a natural reaction to feel jealous, but still wish I could just be purely happy for the person announcing!

Omg I'm with ye. We had two on a chat of old work/college friends and two announcements which mean they got pregnant pretty much straight after their beautiful weddings. Meanwhile we had to cancel our wedding and honeymoon due to covid and no TTC unicorns to be seen either. One of the girls just announced on insta then yesterday which tbh i'd been waiting for and dreading.

@ChinChilly I've been using only Premom OPK's but after doing my temps for the first time last month have been wondering if I'm really ovulating two full days post peak on Premom so trying CB with Premom OpKs this month to see. Hard to know isn't it!

@TheDaydreamBelievers as @Kay00 would say, everything crossed for you (except the legs of course) 😂😂😂 I've seen so many BfP charts with hills and valleys on Reddit that unless you see a steady consistent decline you're prob still well in the race.

@Juno231 a really bad time to be getting any kind of testing done. My parents both need regular bloodwork done and are struggling to get apps with the GP. Madness lately with covid seems to be pushing wait times massively.

@ChinChilly yeah if I ever get to make an announcement I'll make sure to say it took flipping AGES just so whoever sees it doesn't think it's easy for everyone.

@ChinChilly I counted from the first positive one but not overly sure that is the right approach! How is the 'not going to buy any more OPK's resolution going'? Haha, I have said similar to myself many times and always break it!
lovely temp rise there though! Looks like O has happened!

@Sperr OMG this all sounds SOOOO positive!! How have you not tested?!

@Juno231 hopefully the phleb reception can release the results to you.... if not maybe your GP may be able to get the results from the fertility clinic even if they didn't order them? I don't know how you'd wait until July otherwise! That's just cruel!

@Gracie2021 @Flowers222 I find temping chills me out as well as I don't obsess too much if I can see my temps trending downwards I don't get too upset when AF arrives

@Kay00 keeping everything crossed for you for O - and for you @LauraT94

@Cams50 thank you! I’m in the office so hopefully they are at home when I get in!

@Kay00 yep I’m 17dpo! I’m just waiting for my tests to arrive- if they haven’t come by Saturday I’ll get an FRER

@Gracie2021 I’m actually too scared to do a test! I mean I should be confident as my temps are still high but I just can’t bare a BFN!

@TheDaydreamBelievers I’m sick of pregnancy announcements at the moment, I actually think if i was to get pregnant and announce it any time soon people would he like ‘another one’ 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Juno231 I swear some people just look at a penis and get pregnant 🙄

@ChinChilly I guess your temps will show us what's what!

So yesterday I had two baby announcements hit me. One on my old work whatsapp group - where an old colleague had a baby boy two days ago (and there's another one due in 2 weeks). Once the second one is born that's all 6 team members with babies/toddlers and I'm the last one without!

The other one was a uni friend on insta showing her baby girl (she's one of those that never announces a pregnancy but just all of a sudden has a baby). Thing is, that's her THIRD baby in three years. Can't help but be a bit jealous!

Oh and one last week cheesed me off as it declared she was going into her third trimester - I did the maths and it means she got preggers the cycle after her wedding... Wth.

@TheDaydreamBelievers that picture sums me up everytime I go on instagram recently 😂

@Juno231 I thought I had seen somewhere you take it from the start but not sure if its right either...Premom have it a lower reading than yesterday but not sure if I trust that app. My CM has dried up so I’m wondering if yday was ovulation and my LH levels just haven’t come down yet

@TheDaydreamBelievers I live for r/trollingforababy - so hilarious! It's mean but I especially like it when they mock people from TFAB lol.

@ChinChilly I've always read to take it from the start of the surge but god knows if that's right.

So I had a couple of positive OPKs yesterday, I’ve just pissed on my finally OPK stick and its still positive...does anybody know whether you take it from the first positive or the last? 🤔 I’ve got no more OPKs left and I promised myself I wouldn’t buy anymore 😂

Oof what a flurry of comments all of a sudden

@Cams50 10DPO is def too early to rule yourself out, I keep seeing ladies on my other bus checking 10DPO and having BFNs only to get a BFP a couple of days later.

@kay00 ah I'm so hopeful for you !

@Gracie2021 not a scooby on the test results! I'll leave it a week and call the phlebotomy reception to see. (and check patient access in the meantime just in case)

@sperr my mind boggles that you're like 17DPO and so chill about it!

@Flowers222 and @Gracie2021 thanks! Trying to manage by expectations but it’s hard 😬 I’m the exact same with the data 😂 I keep saying I’ll take a month off everything but I know it wouldn’t take my mind off it and instead I’d just be wondering what was going on

@Flowers222 I've decided to temp through cycles too. Tbh I found it helped me not obsess during my TWW because I knew immediately when I was out and didn't even have to bother with the hassle and disappointment of testing. Still falling asleep most morning with the therm up the foof but what can you do 😂😂🙈🙈 maybe we're all just data nerds....

@Juno231 sorry mad with work so I've to do mass catch ups. Just enjoying a couple weeks here with no thoughts of TTC before FW hits. When do you get the blood test results back? Can't get over the wait til your July app. I'm not great with patience but hopefully it will pass quickly for you.

@Sperr @Cams50 eek!! On tenterhooks for ye ladies!

@Kay00 you made me spit my tea out! "Everything crossed for you (except my legs of course)" = GOLD!! Fingers crossed for the O. Had some looong cycles post pill and the frustration is unreal. CM looks really positive though.

@ChinChilly great cover for FW on your chart so hopefully you see cross hairs soon.

@minipilling how are you feeling today?

@firsttimemummy321 thinking of you. Hope all is ok xx

@FlyingGiraffe hope the smilies keep coming and good timing for the weekend too. Yeah I was like clockwork pre pill and finally getting back to that now so feeling really lucky. O has been CD 17/18 for last three cycles so can't complain at all.

@Juno231 🤣 that pic is definitely me!

@Cams50 that is great news about the longer lp! But you are still not out yet 🤞

@Sperr I think the lack of AF symptoms sounds like a good sign! I am so hopeful for you. I can't wait until you test 😂 I would also love to see your chart!

So I didn't temp for 1 day and it drove me mad! So now decided I am going to keep temping during the TWW. The wait and see thing didn't work for me, turns out I like obsessing over every dip and rise!