Anyone else ttc #2? Thread 2

@whatsthecraic91 wow that time has flown!! It's so hard with a toddler isn't it 😂 it's the one part I really underestimated being pregnant a second time! I have my 20 week scan next week but we've decided to leave the sex a surprise which is normally very unlike me! Bit anxious for it but hoping it'll all be ok! 🤞🏾 Xx

@GreenFlipFlop hello lovely! I am 33 weeks I can't believe it 😂 I'm just extremely sore now, lifting & running around after my 15 month old is absolutely killing me 😅 how are you doing? xx

Hi ladies I'm 6dpo I've tried an early pregnancy test today silly I know was negative this is my first cycle ttc I'm going to wait until next Monday then test as my app recommends that baby dust to all x

@Skylark1990 no worries! Hopefully it's helpful 😊 that all sounds good, I hope the antibiotics have helped and you're feeling better.

I switched to decaff tea, but it has also been stressful with moving house and caffeine makes it worse so I thought why not cut it out completely!

Yes we're not ready to wean, she's 2 now but it's just not the right time!

I did the NHS due date calculator and it came up the 4th December 😀. If all goes well with this pregnancy and my sister in law's pregnancy we will have a very similar age gap to our first so that would be amazing, I really hope everything goes well ❤️. Can't wait to tell them but will hold off!

Thanks so much for sharing @lovesT! That all looks good - I am also taking 1000 mg vitamin C a day and omega 3, plus either my multivitamin drink with all the b vitamins + things like vitamin D and selenium, or my fertility supplements. If it doesn't happen this month I'll look at getting a stronger b-vitamin complex :-) you're right, the fertility supplements tend to have lower doses on the b vitamins even though they are there.

Also as I took antibiotics for this infection I had ( it was the kind that is low lying and could live with it but it would flare up every now and then, so very glad we figured out what it was!) i'm feeling much more positive. Hopefully my body is just in a better state now, to hopefully support a pregnancy.

I also cut out coffee the two months I did conceive in the past, so Ive done that again this cycle, still having a cup or two of tea tho!

Yes definitely dn't want to stop BF just yet (DD is 19 months in April). xx

@Skylark1990 yes it's reassuring isn't it! I thought I remembered that you're also breastfeeding 😊 I wonder with breastfeeding if my body just needed that bit extra.

I'll post a photo of the vitamins I'm taking/ was taking before positive test 😊.

I was taking 2 of the vitamin C tablets, one omega 3, my normal Pregnacare and also 2 vitamin B complex a day. I know Pregnacare has vitamin B already but after reading bit about it it's quite a low dose!

I also was eating a lot better, more eggs and good meat, both if which I didn't each much of before! I also reduced caffeine right down and sugar too.

Who knows what works and how much of it is just down to it just happening! But I know I found it helpful to know I was doing something to help towards getting pregnant.

I haven't worked out the due date yet! Still doesn't feel real! I'll have a look later x

@Adidi when is your period due?
Do you know exactly when you ovulated, could it have been later than expected?
14dpo if pregnant you would normally have a BFP by now but some women don't get till 15/16/17/18 dpo etc, so you're not out till period arrives! Sending luck to you x

So happy for you @lovesT and yes brilliant to know it happened while breastfeeding. I'm also Breastfeeding so that's reassuring. What's your "due" date?? Xx

Are you taking extra b vitamin complex on top of pregnacare? I think pregnacare has all the b vitamins but not at such a high dose as what a complex would. Which brand do you have? And how much vitamin c per day?
I've been taking about 1000 mg vitamin c and either my prenatal supplements (have the food grown brand and terra.nova as pregnacare didn't agree with me) or these multivitamin drink things which have everything in too. Plus dim and calcium d-glucarate which I was taken when conceived our daughter.

I have had a raging cold but I do feel better on the whole supplementing a bit! I'm sure it helps.

14 dpo, bfn, on and off cramps, breasts been tender for about 3 days now. Really want a positive. How long should I wait?

@whatsthecraic91 It must not be too much longer for you now?! How are you doing? How many weeks are you? Hope you're feeling ok!

@JEGGLE12 Hi Jeggle, welcome 😊
Are there any abbreviations in particular?
OPKs - Ovulation Pregnancy Kit (I think?)
DTD - Doing the deed
TTC - Trying to conceive
BFN - Big Fat No
BFP - Big Fat Positive
AF - Aunt Flo (period)
EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus
CD - Cycle Day
LH - Luteal Hormone
DH - Dear Husband
SPEM - Sperm Meets Egg Plan (having sex every other day)

Hope that helps 😊 took me ages to get my head around it all initially!

Thanks so much everyone, really hoping for more positive pregnancy tests on here 😊 of course it doesn't feel real but I'm excited! Also for anyone still breastfeeding it makes me happy that breastfeeding didn't stop me getting pregnant x

Hi,

34 (nearly 35) newly TTC. Wondering what all the abbreviations are on the threads. Can anyone help?

Thank you for the welcome 💐

@lovesT Aw I'm so pleased for you, congratulations!! 🎉 I've been stalking the pages waiting for your BFP! Such a lovely day to find out too on the first day in your new home ❤️

Whoops was supposed to add this

@GreenFlipFlop @whatsthecraic thank you! 😍😍

@Skylark1990 haha thank you!! I don't know how I had the will power but I just kept thinking surely not 😅 also we moved to our first own home today so there has been lots of distraction!!

We had lots of people helping us move today so now they've all gone I finally just told my husband, he's so happy and can't believe it as we missed my peak due to him being away this month 😄. I took a digital and it says 2-3 weeks!

I've been taking Pregnacare for a few months but I wonder if taking a vitamin B complex and vitamin C has helped at all as last month my luteal phase was 10 days and my boobs are so sore haha. I've also been cramping quite a bit but not at night.

@Skylark1990 fingers crossed for you this month!! 🙏🤞🤞 And of course everyone else ❤️❤️

I think I'm 1dpo or 2dpo today. Ive had a horrible cold but we did DTD day of my LH peak and day after so 🤞🤞🤞🤞 after not being sure I wanted to try this month for various reasons, the waiting game and hope is back! 😅

@lovesT how are you feeling, have you told DH? X

Welcome to the newbies @Kelbelz17 and @Izzyboo1234 🙂

@TheBirdintheCave😔😔 sending you love, hope you're doing ok. ❤️

Yayyy @lovesT!! I just came on to ask how you're doing and so so happy to see this! Congratulations!!! So happy for you. 🤞🤞🤞 It's a sticky bean, I'm sure it will be. 6 days late is SERIOUS willpower, no idea how you lasted that long.

@lovesT eeeek amazing!! I've been keeping an eye on this thread and I've been routing for you 😍 get a FRER!!

@lovesT omg 😭 that definitely looks positive!!! Please do a digital and let us know! Im so excited for you! 🤞🏾

Well flip!! I got the courage to take a test and ... !!

Now comes the anxiety of hoping it's a healthy one ❤️🤞🙏. I think I'll buy a digital text later!

Anyone awake? 😊 I haven't been sleeping well the last few night, that mixed with my daughter waking up a lot and the fact that we are moving today means that I'm up at 5:30 😴.

Aoz according to my Premom app, my period is 6 days late. I've been having cramps for maybe 5/6 days now but they basically disappear at night and this morning they haven't started again. My boobs have been sore but seem to be a bit less sore in the morning, not sure if that's due to my daughter having milk in the night. They seem to be more sore later in the day.

I've been putting off testing because I'm too scared to get my hopes up and then it be negative .. I don't want to tell my husband yet either because I don't want to get his hopes up 😅.

I'm trying to get myself to test this morning, may as well if I'm up this early!!