Faith, trust & baby dust! ✨💕✨ TTC 12 months + 🤞🏼 On this rollercoaster together with a little love, support and giggles to get us by! 💕

@AZ1992X great news. Was thinking about your messages the other day xx

Thank you @Tinkerbell098 @Fra1991

I’m trying to think what I’ve done different but my diet is probably the main thing - after Christmas I decided to start eating healthier - soya yoghurt/berries/cereal for breakfast and a big salad most days for lunch.

Defo felt a lot better mentally this month as well - I think Christmas & trying to take a little step back from all things ttc defo helped.

I really hope AF stays away for you.

Xx

@AZ1992X so glad to hear! Hope the lines will get darker in the next few days. Anything you did differently this month that may have helped?
AF is due today for me and I felt it coming last night, so only a matter of time.

@AZ1992X great news l!! Everything crossed for you xxx

Morning ladies,

I’ve missed quite a few messages but just wanted to say thank you all for the supportive messages yesterday - they really helped me ❤️

Update - I did two tests this morning one the same type as yday which was a similar line but then did a pre mom one which had a much better/darker line so keeping my fingers crossed they’ll continue to get darker over the next week.

Like some of you have said it’s completely out of my hands now so no point stressing. What will be will be.

Xx

I @Tinkerbell098 my boyfriend is. We're both on conceive plus tablets. Mines conception tablets and he's on the male version thing it helps sperm quality and mobility

@LA9610 it's hard isn't it it! Like I'm like is there something wrong but out of the whole time we've been trying he's been home maybe 3 times for the whole of fertility week. The last time I conceive was a fluke! Did your sister end up doing naturally? Hopefully all your tests are okay! Me and my partner work together and Ice started planning where he works so putting him at home on my suspected fertile week now hopefully we caught!

@HopefulGlow Chinese! That was my comfort! 😅 sometimes that's the best thing to do have a joke to ease it. I do that so either way I try not the be disappointed! I looked into fertility cups but not sure if to try one or not you heard anything?

@xoJellyBean my cycles aren’t long by PCOS standards - they’re just a bit strange. I generally have 27 day cycles but they can range between 24-34 days.

Last month was 34 day cycle, by the looks of it, this month will be about 29 days. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.

@Lauralozzle I'm the same, I stopped testing after about 3 months of TTC 🤣🙃 I found it easier getting af than the blank tests! What's your average cycle length? Im also a long cycle girl, thanks PCOS.

@xoJellyBean no, I won’t test. I’ve never had a hint of two lines - if it’s late, I’ll take a test, but it’s never been technically late either! (I have longer cycles sometimes but that is always down to late ovulation).

I’m just always hoping I’m late! Lol

@HopefulGlow I’m not expecting much from the peak this month to be honest. Only managed to DTD on peak day and two days before. Other days are out of fertile period as I had flashing smilies for ages. Technically in with a shot but not likely to amount to much. I find it difficult to be at it like rabbits, that stopped well into the first year of TTC!

Yes, fingers crossed for fertility referral!!! I have done what they need now!

I did enjoy my weekend! Went far too fast though!

@Tinkerbell098 DH started taking supplements and then stopped within a week cause he forgot. His SA was normal so getting him to take them would be like drawing blood out of a stone!

@HopefulGlow sorry to hear af arrived, it never gets easier❤️❤️

@Tinkerbell098 my hubby only had his SA today (I am so nervous for the results) so we aren't sure how he is but he's on CoQ10, a multivitamin and Vit D3 😁

@Lauralozzle yay for peak!! In the tww together... will you test? We only managed to dtd two days before because he had to abstain for his SA so not holding my breath for a bfp🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

@Fra1991 I'll try to leave the cup in a bit longer next time, but it's not very comfortable for me at all! Once I sneezed and it was off! I've also started taking Aspiring (75mg) right after ovulation, just from this month. Are you meant to continue it through the cycle or stop at CD1? Thanks for the recommendation for the supplements. I'll look it up.

@LA9610 how strange about protein shakes? I'd have never thought that could affect sperm quality. I think I've read so much on female infertility and what we can do to help, but I've done zero research on the male side, and am beginning to think if there is anything that could affect it from his side.

@Tinkerbell098 non my husband isn't on any supplements. He was told by sub-fertility clinic last year to stop using protein shakes (he was only having 1 a day) and he was pretty miffed about that haha. To be honest I can't see that it would make a blind bit of difference as these are things which are safe for consumption but they said it could apparently affect sperm quality!

@AZ1992X no problem, i've got everything crossed for you.

It's my FW this week too, it seems to be closer and closer to my period, I literally have like one day all clear and then it's back to business again! It seems like ovulation is particularly early this month too as i've been getting EWCM since CD7!

@Tinkerbell098 yeh I was worried about inserting it wrong and almost making things worse by accidentally pulling it out and everything coming with it but I thought ah well nothing else has worked for over a year so may aswell try. I was reading on another forum and yeh I’m similar to you seem to struggle a bit with that. In the end I just shoved it up as far as I could and hoped for the best. I left it in overnight too and I have to say made the most disgusting noise when I pulled it out and some liquid came out. I used it with pre seed aswell. I had stopped using that as I don’t think my partner really liked it but had another pack so thought I would. Re supplements we were recommended Macca Pills for OH. someone else who had trouble tryjng recommended. He’s been taking them on an off for a while now (in the same way I forget to take my pregnacare regularly).

I think I will try taking aspirin after my ovulation this month - does anyone else do that?

@AZ1992X fingers crossed for you! I’m the same as others I have no idea how it feels but I really hope you get a positive outcome. I read online that there’s nothing you can do at this point that will really affect what’s happening so don’t feel guilty about being negative. But everything is crossed for you!

@HopefulGlow thank you 😊 if only we all took not only other peoples advice on board but our own aswell!! Be kind to ourselves!! Hope everyone is having a good week, happy hump day!! Xxx

Hi girls, just wanted to check if your DH/partners are on any supplements? Mine isn't and just wondering if that's something we need to consider. His SA seems fine, so nothing obviously wrong.

Just had another pregnancy announcement at work today, it's everywhere!

@HopefulGlow I hope so, too... maybe he will be out on Sunday or so. We can't really kick him out as he has nowhere to stay and is here because he had to have surgery, so that would be a bit unfair ;)

That sounds lovely @HopefulGlow!

Everytime AF shows up I treat myself to all the things I couldn't do or eat or drink if I was pregnant, usually als a gin, a hot bottle bath, sushi, all those things.

I'm alright thanks! Entering the fertility phase I think (not tracking this month) but as we have a friend staying with us for a two more weeks I'm afraid we're already out this cycle before it started properly.

@Fra1991 I have been using the fertilily cup for a couple of months now. No luck as of yet. I'm not sure if I'm using it correctly though as (sorry for TMI) when I invert it as they instruct you to, it just slips out due to all the liquid and even the slightest movement on my part tends to take it out. I think I have a very weirdly shaped cervix maybe! Hope you can make more use of it than I can.

So sorry @HopefulGlow for AF showing up. I hope you treat yourself well!

@AZ1992X oh that sounds promising! The one month I had a BFP I was convinced AF is about to show up as I have had mild cramps as usual, and I had a very faint positive when I tested that day that turned into an ovious line two days later.

@LA9610 you're so right. Negative thinking is sometimes just intuition that wants to tell you something. I also think it's normal to not wanting to be excited too soon.

Thank you @LA9610, I think that’s just what I needed to hear. Really appreciate it ❤️

Hope you’re ok and your week isn’t going too bad.

@AZ1992X - Yeah I understand how scary that must be having had previous losses :( I'm not sure what the right thing is to say here having never been through what you have but just know that whether you are thinking positive or negative thoughts - it's not going to change the outcome so don't feel guilty for not feeling automatically positive.

I hate when people make you feel like thinking negatively causes bad things to happen - it hasn't, it won't and it never will! What will be will be and you are entitled to feel any which way you want about it.

I've honestly never considered how i'll feel once I see that line because it's never happened for me but I am an anxious person anyway and I imagine it will be a worrying time and i'll probably struggle with negative thoughts too!