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Come wait with me - July onwards

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HavinKittens · 28/06/2023 10:05

We filled the thread!

@cinderrosie @dmcint @optimistic66 @pollydarton1 @sarahloudobby @soph2512 @confuzzzzzled @unicorn25 @LlamaMamma @Goldie1234

Really sorry if I’ve missed anyone xx

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LlamaMamma · 28/06/2023 18:30

@fleur89 @HavinKittens my gynae recommended it too when I said I want to TTC! Thought it's a strange recommendation for a conventional doctor and also struggle to find time to go as I've got a very clingy toddler... but May give it a go if I don't get a BFP this month

HavinKittens · 28/06/2023 18:25

Oh I’m glad to hear your good news @fleur89
I wouldn’t usually go for alternative therapies either but I have a trust worthy friend who swears by acupuncture. I am tempted to give it a try.

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fleur89 · 28/06/2023 18:18

I'd recommend accupuncture btw, 3 days after my first session got rid of the retained products that had been inside since falling pregnant in January! Then 1 day after my second session I came on my period. I explained my issues to the practitioner and she targeted blood flow / circulation to encourage them out and help me reset. Seems to have worked. Accupuncture can also reportedly help thicken womb lining by improving blood flow, I'm going to keep going every fortnight over summer as I think it really helps me. I'm not normally one to consider alternative medicine but I do recommend this

fleur89 · 28/06/2023 18:15

@HavinKittens thank you for the new thread! I had my first proper period in 25 months so now on CD6 and have been given the all clear to ttc this month 🎉

naggy095 · 28/06/2023 17:21

@LlamaMamma it's supposed to help blood flow to the womb lining to aid implantation 😁

LlamaMamma · 28/06/2023 17:02

@Vic231 and @PollyDarton1 sounds so confusing, I hope you get (very positive!!) answers soon 🤞🏼

@naggy095 ooh does pomegranate juice help?

LlamaMamma · 28/06/2023 16:59

Sorry I’m new to this, didn’t realise about filling threads, even contacted support about why my reply wasn’t posting 😂

what I originally wrote:
@DmcinT I've only got BFNs this cycle!

@HavinKittens I think a lot of people struggle about what to say if they didn't struggle to conceive and a pal is - I had a slightly awkward experience at my wedding where a close friend told me all about her fertility struggle, how she really wants kids etc and then proceeded to ask me "so do you think you want kids one day?" And I didn't know whether to tell her I'm 7w pregnant or just say that yes I'd love to have them one day. Chose the second option and then told her by text a few weeks later, but then worried if I was being weird by not fully telling the truth?
Having said that, surely it's common sense - if someone might find some news difficult to give them time 🤦🏻‍♀️

Also, I'm awkwardly at my parents' and they want to spend 24/7 with me and our little girl 😂 (which is obviously lovely), I want to go and get some Boots tests but know they'll try to make an outing out of it and come with me. So Easy@Home it is!

and thank you for making a new thread @HavinKittens

LA7887 · 28/06/2023 16:10

I would like to say I'd wait but I'd probably end up using IC tomorrow morning again 😅 you know how it is.
If its positive again I think I'll start freaking out incase it's twins and that's why it's showing so early. I have 3 sets of twins in my family. One of which was my cousin twins having twins haha x

Kellyaust · 28/06/2023 15:55

@HavinKittens thank you, i do have 2 girls who are 14 & 16 and a 2 year old girl so had a big gap in between, decided to have just one more but unfortunately ended on mmc. I've always trusted frer until now 😪

naggy095 · 28/06/2023 15:25

@CurlyWurly1991 I haven't heard that before! Definitely will get some soon thank you 😊

CurlyWurly1991 · 28/06/2023 15:21

Hi @naggy095 have you tried grapefruit/juice near ov time? I had quite a bit leading up to ovulation and it seemed to do the trick increasing EWCM, although it could have been caused by something else!

naggy095 · 28/06/2023 15:21

@HavinKittens I was very lucky ttc last time, I fell pregnant in cycle 3. I was very relaxed that cycle and didn't obsess over the TWW as the 2 cycles before I went a bit crazy 😂 also had no caffeine and drank lots of pomegranate juice so I intend to do the same this time around

HavinKittens · 28/06/2023 15:01

Hello and welcome @naggy095 hoping AF arrives soon and sending you positive vibes for cycle 2

how did ttc go with your first baby?

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naggy095 · 28/06/2023 14:57

Hi can I join 🙋🏼‍♀️ ttc #2 just about to start cycle 2, have my pre-AF spotting today so will be CD1 soon, just wish it would hurry up and start already the cramps are bad enough 😅 had some really bad clearblue evaps last cycle so won't be using them again. Also had no EWCM past few cycles so I don't know what's going on there 🤷🏼‍♀️

HavinKittens · 28/06/2023 14:53

Sorry I didn’t mean to reply so quickly. This new thread isn’t going to last long if I keep on double posting!

also wanted to say hello and welcome to @Kellyaust really sorry to hear about your MMC. Is this your first time ttc or do you already have dc? I find FRER are awful for evaps but they’re also the most sensitive tests so it’s hard to resist using them!

also welcome to @LA7887 when do you think you’ll test? Do you prefer to wait til after you’re due or can you not wait (like me!)

@Goldie1234 I am Cd14 so I am assuming I’ll ovulate soon as it was cd15 last cycle. We last DTD 4 days ago tho so would need to try soon if we have any hope this cycle. I’m trying to be less pressured about it though so won’t pester DH 😅

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HavinKittens · 28/06/2023 14:48

Hey Soph! Glad you found us

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ttcthoughts · 28/06/2023 13:46

@HavinKittens thank you for doing a new thread (soph) just changed my name 😂

@Vic231 i keep my fingers crossed for you lovely! How are tou feeling?

Kellyaust · 28/06/2023 13:07

Hi, hope its OK to join? I'm 10dpo currently and thought I'd had symptoms but just realised I think I have a yeast infection 🤦‍♀️ I had an MMC beginning of may... Bled til 6th june, I had rpoc and infection and the antibiotics have given me a yeast infection now so looks like I actually don't have symptoms like I thought.

I ovulated 18th june and I was so excited I'd ovulated again coz I'm now 38 and was worried about ovulating etc...

Then I had what now seems to be an evap on an frer so now I'm just waiting for my period this weekend so I can start all over again 🤞

Goldie1234 · 28/06/2023 12:30

Thanks for doing the new thread @HavinKittens !!

Hope you get a real answer soon @PollyDarton1 ! Your tests have been so confusing !!

So sorry @Vic231 will keep fingers crossed for you for the scan ! So hard having to wait until then !

Where is everyone in their cycle ?
I decided to track LH this month and had darkest line yesterday, so I'm guessing today (cd15)is O day 🤷🏽‍♀️👍🏽been having cramps on left side for over a month now.. last week's scan showed that's the side I'm ovulating this month. Also have progesterone bloods booked in for day 21 next week as my other bloods came back all normal.

PollyDarton1 · 28/06/2023 12:17

LA7887 · 28/06/2023 11:32

Hello, is it OK to join?

TTC number 2 but not obsessively (yet 🤣) just at the fun stage but I have been tracking ovulation just to make sure its happening as I have suspected PCOS (not confirmed yet).

Looks like I ovulate day 9 according to the ovulation tests and on Day 16 currently.

Hey and welcome Flowers

PollyDarton1 · 28/06/2023 12:16

Oh @Vic231 I'm sorry. I'm hoping it's just an early bleed for you (I had one too at 5 weeks with my DS) and you'll get some good news at EPU.

CinderRosie · 28/06/2023 11:35

Thanks for the tag! Can't believe we filled that thread so quickly!

@Vic231 sorry to hear about your situation, being in limbo about anything is the worst.

I'm CD13 today, still getting flashing smileys so I'm predicting static for tomorrow. We DTD 3 days ago and 2 days ago but last night were just both too tired 😂 Need to make the effort tonight especially if O is on the way for tomorrow. Last two cycles we've only DTD on the day of the static and obviously not got pregnant.

LA7887 · 28/06/2023 11:32

Hello, is it OK to join?

TTC number 2 but not obsessively (yet 🤣) just at the fun stage but I have been tracking ovulation just to make sure its happening as I have suspected PCOS (not confirmed yet).

Looks like I ovulate day 9 according to the ovulation tests and on Day 16 currently.

Vic231 · 28/06/2023 11:20

@DmcinT thank you lovely! I am 5+2 and will be 6+1 when they do the scan. It's so so early and so much blood that I'm just not very optimistic and I'm usually very optimistic, just being rational now I think 😔

DmcinT · 28/06/2023 11:14

@HavinKittens yeah I get ya, esp if ur not that close with her, it’s just through a wider group❤️

@PollyDarton1 I think it sounds like a wait and see, which is so hard I know. I’d just be unsure abt a 2hr hold this early on. When I didn’t have tests in I used to take a sample of fmu to use later when I got the test if that helps at all.

@Vic231 I’m sending all the positive vibes ur way, how far along would u be now? I know it can be so common to have some bleeding this early on but it deff makes u think the worst, please god that’s not the case here 🤞🏽❤️

my little update is I feel like symptoms have deff eased if not gone over yesterday and today so I’m worried that’s a bad sign 😕 I was very very sick/nausea around this stage last time (nearly 7 weeks) so it’s a worry 🙈