🎵 Anyone for a spot of Sunday Evening Xylophone? 🌈 TTC Bus 52 🚌

@lakejupiter show us!

@Franklydear I think your FSH is upper end of normal IF it had been taken on CD2 but actually probably really good for CD12? Looks like you can carry on without menopause breathing down your neck for now!

@InkyPaper sorry to hear about the weight shaming - it's so hard on the self esteem! I'm practicing self compassion the best I can.....thank god for therapy :) and hope IVF injections go as swimmingly as possible

@paintfairy I can only imagine 🧐🍆

@lakejupiter oh, we are well used to dick GPS on here. Sadly. 🤣

Hello everyone! I disappeared because things got too much and I was not coping well. However, AF has arrived!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Which means the IVF injections can start... tomorrow I think. I was beyond excited for all of half a second before the period pain hit and now I'm back down to earth with a bump.

@blackcurrantqueen congratulations!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 So happy for you!!

@lakejupiter wow your GP is the worst! I feel your pain, I get told nothing but fun variants on how I'm too fat (BMI is 28) from most doctors I've seen, with the IVF clinic encouraging me to lose weight. It's hell on the old self esteem, but don't let that GP drag you down. I hope you can switch to a more compassionate and helpful one soon

Hope everyone is OK and having a good week so far 😊

If anybody fancies a gander at my day 21 tests lmk 👀 you might have more insight than my dick GP

Thanks @paintfairy, for what I can find, very similar to that, I seem to be at the very verge of normal, so not quite in menopause just yet...

@lakejupiter @BellatrixK if using the applicator i only really used a quarter to a third of it for pressed. Less is more 🤣 Some people might need it all but I really didn't. And later on I kind of used it mostly externally with the thought that some will get pushed in. I didn't really struggle with my own lubrication though.
@Franklydear realistically to get a true idea of what's happening the LH and FSH need taking CD 2-5. I only know that FSH is used to see if you can have ivf (on the nhs it needs to be 9 or under, privately i think they'll do anything under 10 or 11 depending on clinic). That's an indication your egg reserves are starting to get low. Although an AMH test would confirm. There's nothing obvious that stands out about yours that indicates a major issue but really they need taking on the right day. And a progesterone test on day 21 (or 7 days after ovulation) to confirm ovulation.

@Manifestingbaby thanks for sharing that thread, that's exactly what I needed today hahaha

@Franklydear reference ranges on my results are attached. Top one is progesterone. Middle one LH. Bottom one FSH.

@Juno231 I need you, finally got my blood results, first the receptionist said, normal no action, whatever that means but finally gave me the numbers, so LH 6.2, FHS 9.1 and estradiol 572 which is high but not indicative of menopause, translation please?
It was cycle day 12, a few days before ovulation

So exciting @Minster2012 🥰 over halfway!

Glad there's no shame POAS. I did it again this morning 🙄 felt very strange last night and had interesting temperature changes so was curious. Then immediately regretted it! No dignity club.

If you’re pleased with af while ttcing, does it mean you finally lost it? Day 3 of a constant medium flow, I used more pads than the last half year together.... on a different note, his majesty has demanded new hats that fully cover his ears, so that’s what I am doing today, yes master!

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Love it

@Manifestingbaby 22 weeks now 😬still can't believe it. There's def no shame in POAS here @lakejupiter

@Manifestingbaby haha amazing!! I forgot to bookmark but also had to abandon as it was making me laugh too much, if that's even a thing 😆 gonna dive bk in this morning, hope it's still there! 🤞🏾

@lakejupiter I'm nearly 2 years in and still poas far too early. ... my dignity is in shreds 😂 yep sounds about right with the tww antics. Good luck!

@becarefuloutthere I'm h-Owl-ing 🤣 best thread in ages! I realised I'm wearing owl pjs while reading the thread and for some reason that set me off too 🤣 I've had to bookmark and abandon, can't cope!

Nice to have somewhere to share it @BellatrixK - this is a lovely thread ❤️ and I am also extremely nosy 🧐

Good luck with the PreSeed and the smileys! I have v limited experience but will say I def overdid it with the preseed this month and made everything super slippery so don't be me 😂

@lakejupiter thank you for sharing your story. I am so nosy, I love hearing about people’s lives, especially people who are on ttc journey- it’s comforting to think it’s not just us trying these things! Also, it’s always good to have a vibrator recommendation. We use mine quite a lot together, but it’s nothing special, maybe due an upgrade!

Right, so, I’ve ordered preseed and going to order the clear blue flashing smiley OPKs. Started taking Evening Primrose Oil. Thank you for the advice on it @Juno231 and @Minster2012. I am on it this month!
If anyone has preseed advice, please share. It’s intimidating me slightly!

@Manifestingbaby omg the owl noise comments, I'm nearly in tears over here 😂
@lakejupiter off to google that vibrator too for when my libido comes bk! @Juno231 great minds 😏

@paintfairy yes different orgasm! First time I used it I was like NEW FEELING UNLOCKED. I haven't used it w a partner though

@Manifestingbaby omg 🦉😂

@lakejupiter @Juno231 I actually have a satisfyer pro 2 already. 😳 Great for alone use but I've never used it with DH. Kind of doesn't work in that scenario? Its good but I have to be in the mood for it. It gives completely different orgasms. I can't describe..... 🤣

Thank you @Juno231 ❤️ we don't live in the same city currently but hoping to change that fairly soon as we would like to live close to each other (and TTC is currently a logistical mare!) He lives in a city I used to live in and I live in a city he used to live in, weirdly, so we both feel at home in both places and are figuring out what to do.

@lakejupiter that is so beautiful that you're doing it with a co-parent! Somehow a lot purer than the old fashioned way to me. Do you live together then to make things easier?

Off to Google your vibrator... My old one could use a break every now and then 😂

@Manifestingbaby it definitely felt like dating! People recommend to spend at least 18 months getting to know each other before TTC and there are soooo many questions to ask and stuff to go through (emotional, legal, financial, practical, medical....) but I'm glad we took the time to do it properly. And no matter what happens I've made a friend for life!

My TWW is going.....like most people's first TWW I imagine. Symptom spotting, convincing myself I am/am not pregnant, obsessing over my bbt chart, and yesterday I peed on a stick at 7dpo. If anyone has any spare dignity please consider donating it to me.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4456850-To-have-laughed-at-her-Slimming-World-advice

I am in hysterics 🤣

@Minster2012 thanks for tying on my tether x
How are you? How far along are you now?

@blackcurrantqueen oh wow! Huge congratulations on the safe arrival of your baby girl. So great to hear all went smoothly. Hope you are recovering well and enjoying your new baby x

@lakejupiter we've had a lot of stories about twatish GPs on this bus but yours takes the biscuit! Good for you changing to a new one. How is the tww going? Must feel monumental as sounds like you and your coparent have been building up to it for quite some time. I watched a documentary once about people looking for coparenting partners and it was so interesting. Like a mix of dating and interviewing or something. They had to really delve in deep from the offset and it was quite intense given what an important role the other person would have! Might not be how you thought you would be doing this but sounds like your future baby will have two very devoted parents 😃