TTC May 2023 💝 Previous MC March 2023 (thread 4)

@Jadeypie that is a really good tip! I think my partner is enjoying the journey as he is getting more sexy time 🤣🤣

@Supertrooper101 hahahaha that made me laugh 😃 we managed it and hopefully carry on next few days. Peaks dropped today too so hoping I caught it in time. Either way I'm in the tww haha.

@Sez281 will keep use updated. Glad to hear you've entered the honey moon period symtom wise haha.

@JM1997 sounds like your doing all you can I dint have any magical tips I'm afraid just don't turn it into a military operation because then it feels like a chore just enjoy all the extra sexy time haha.

@Supertrooper101 thank you do much for those tips! 🥰 I’ve got some ovulation tests, so I’m going to take them as well and see if I can get an accurate ovulation date! Honestly any tips anyone has send them over, it is so hard isn’t it as there is so much out there on the internet and it is hard to know what to listen to.

@Westy22 lol ive gone off fruit.. used to eat berries everyday and now no interest ha having bananas now and then when the heartburn gets too much but thats bout it. Thats it, if there taking YOUR blood, i would like to know when they know tbh lol
@xxcxdonxx got to have been the lube from the scan if it was an internal. Plsd its stopped now.
@Sez281 tbf youve had it rough for longer than most so it had to ease up at some point surley haha i still get off days with tiredness headache bloody heartburn oh n nosebleeds... one set of things shift to another lol
@Jadeypie your just gona habe to put your back in it am afraid and get it done 🤣
@JM1997 everything ive read says to have it there waiting rather than estimate when you think actual ovulation will take place. So many different things online with regards as to when it happens after a postive opk. So if your on the ball before hand and if u can, during, then youl know uv done your best 🙂

@Jadeypie thank you so much!! We are DTD pretty regular at the moment 🤣🤣 hopefully our tactic will work!! We are trying to have DTD before I ovulate, so that it is in there when the egg drops, not sure if the tactic will work, but I’ll keep you updated!

That’s good you’ve caught your peak @Jadeypie , hope your back doesn’t give you too much bother tho!

It’s a funny inbetween stage isn’t it @Sez281 where you aren’t quite sure if it’s bump or bloat. I’m sure you will pop in no time now!

I’ve not had any more spotting since Wednesday so hopefully it was just an after effect of the scan and a bit of irritation 🤞🏻

Sorry girls I have been checking in occasionally on the sly. I've just been super busy feel like my life doesn't half get in the way of ttc but maybe it's meant lately!!

Just got my peak yesterday so predicting it's ovulation day today!! Not done any dtd leading up to it because I've hurt my back in work (sods law) anyway al give it ago tonight if the oh is playing ball haha 😄.

Still not been the gp either yet. It's my first thing to do Monday!

@Supertrooper101 the worries of motherhood! I would of went bat shit too with the school!!

@SnookyPook I was tiny compared to my friend when having our ds he just liked to house out more in my back haha and they said he was small come out a strong 8lbs 3 hHa.

@Sez281 @Westy22 blows my mind how quick it feels for use two haha

@xxcxdonxx ohhh I'm sorry chic about the worry you've got to go through but I agree with the others!! Browns old blood and loads of explanation for it. Xx

@Paws4thought glad you've finally got that peak. I'm like you if it doesn't work least we know when af is due (I have to have that mindset now so I don't feel sorry for myself ha)

@JM1997 loads of luck for this cycle!!

Wow @Westy22 , almost at the 12 week mark, that’s amazing! That’s a great thing to be craving. Good your bloods came back all clear too, even if you did have to hunt them down!
Scans arranged for 10days, I just need to keep myself busy as I find when I’m not my mind goes to all places. I’ve been having crazy dreams too and waking up really early, the joys!

Heyy

Nothing much going on here 11+3 @Sez281 @Paws4thought no symptoms 🙏 just tired and hunger. Started eating so much fruit, I never eat fruit but its suddenly so appealing 🤣 feel like my stomach is growing but still can't quite tell if it's bloat/fat or what. Only 12 days till my NHS scan 🤣

@xxcxdonxx fingers crossed its nothing, your stronger than me for holding out but totally get it. Can imagine what's going through your mind. When is your next scan?x

@Paws4thought Glad there's finally some light at the end of the tunnel for you 🙏🙏 fingers crossed it happens for you soon x

@Supertrooper101 it's good that it's come back clear, hopefully swab will too. I chased for my bloods from midwife app as nobody rang about results and they've not appeared on my NHS app...granted there only vitamin levels etc but I wanted to know as coeliac can affect how much I absorb....anyway 9 days later gp has no results 🙈 but a lovely lady on maternity unit rang me and said everything was good so no concerns over iron etc (she has no idea why they haven't come up on app). I get no news is good news but I like to know 🤣

@SnookyPook fingers crossed baby has had some good growth Monday 🙏 as if your OH is a doctor lol that's amazing although if he was mine I think I'd do his head in 🤣

@Sez281 glad your starting to feel better, 16 weeks 🥰do you feel like weeks are flying by now? I feel like things are starting to pick up pace which is giving me anxiety as I have lots to do in the house 🤣🙈

@Jadeypie hope your okay xx

@SnookyPook i think its madness how they still predict the size by the size of the bump. Surley theres so much in play there..... fat, fluid, i dont know, uv other stuff in there not just the baby lol ive been having low blood pressure, they said its normal for me......that was going from my other two appointments at the M/W lol ive my own bp monitor so can test anytime but i aint getting into that yet lol
@Paws4thought tbf i rang triage and they cudnt tell me what wasnt there so i cudnt argue lol just seemed odd drs get results back same day or next and them, already at the hospital it takes 4 days 🤷‍♀️... theyve come back now and way negative in the lab aparently. Just waiting on the swab results.....but me being me, in the meantime i took a sample in to the drs lol they called earlyer and gave me antibiotics regardless lol be handy to have some spare! Thats good feeling good about ur cycle, for once there wont be that dissapointment.
@Sez281 thats bloody come round quick aswell lol will u be 16wks on monday then?

@SnookyPook thank you so much! My fertile window begins next week 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Thanks ladies. Unless it gets any heavier I don’t think I’m going to call epau. I’m a bit nervous about going in earlier and then not being able to confirm how it’s looking and having to go back the following week anyway. So at the moment I’ll wait it out 😬

That’s great @Paws4thought , glad you got your peak and are feeling good about either outcome.

16 weeks already @Sez281 , are you feeling you are staring to show yet? Glad that your infection is clearing up too.

@xxcxdonxx ah its horrible waiting between scans, even more so with the spotting, hopefully it's just everything settling down.
@Sez281 are the antibiotics helping? Hope you're feeling better :)
@Supertrooper101 ah that's so stressful, can't believe they didn't check she definitely wasn't there before calling you! Hopefully triage will call you today, you've lost you're knack for getting what you need 🙈
@SnookyPook ah that's great your oh being a Dr, I'd be asking 100's of questions haha weird that he's now ended up in gyne. Ah not long til your next scan now then, he must have grown if bump has :)
@Westy22 how are you doing?

My opk finally went to high on Sunday, think I must have missed the proper peak but I'm counting it so officially in tww, feeling OK about it as I'll either be pregnant, or AF should arrive which means everything is OK after mva and I'll have the blood tests done then too, sort of feels like a win win at this point

@xxcxdonxx ah bless you, it's so triggering seeing stuff like that. I agree with @Supertrooper101 brown is meant to be good as older. Also, definitely possible that the scan irritated things (was it an internal one too?). Will you ring your EPU or just brave it out? Anything like that just played on my mind so much it was impossible to ignore.

Haha yeah I said he should measure the fundal height for me, although that's notorious for being a rubbish measure isn't it 😂 Ah well, we'll see! I think the most useful thing he's able to do for me at the mo is regular BP checks (got gestational hypertension in third trimester last time and Sis had preeclampsia so it's a good one to keep an eye on!).

Hope everyone else is doing ok. @Paws4thought where are you up to with everything and how are you feeling? 💕

@SnookyPook that has come round quick! Well if your bumps growing then thats gota be positive.....just ask ur partner to measure it and check it on the grow chart or whatever the frig it is now a days lol
@xxcxdonxx the 'safe guarding' teacher called, the head teacher had to go out. Yeah ok. He understood where i was coming from and my girl knows him well so he should follow thr with making sure it dosent happen to parents again. If your on the pessaries it could be them, or with the extra discharge some get, might be just having a clear out. Brown is good tho isnt it, isnt it meant to be old blood.

@Supertrooper101 no wonder you
got a fright! So she was there all along? Hope they replied to you!

I might be brave and try it tomorrow but I’m with you @SnookyPook , my instincts tell me not to! What a strange coincidence your dh is working there now.

I’m having a bit of a wobble today as I’ve started to get some brown spotting 🙁 I noticed tiny amounts yesterday and then a bit more today. Trying to tell myself it’s maybe just some sensitivity from the scan on Monday but difficult not to think the worst. Will see how I get on the next few days xx

It's on Monday afternoon! Finally coming round a bit quicker now. I'm feeling ok about it (for now...!) just hope little man has had a decent growth spurt. If my bump is anything to go by he's certainly got bigger!!

@SnookyPook thats crazy lol but in a way its like u having ur own gyne clinic and consultant on demand 24/7 lol yeah id probably not ask him anything about gyne work at all, may cause a few triggers so he did right not saying anything lol when r u back for ur next scan?

@Supertrooper101 oh that's awful!! All that worry for nothing! They should be extremely apologetic!!! Hope you get a decent response from the head.

Yeah haha he trained as a graduate entry after we got together so it's a proper career change (was in IT before at HSBC!!). I got him through Med School 😂 He's currently on specialty training for GP but would you believe it, his current rotation (just started 2 weeks ago) is Obs & Gynae at my hospital!! 😂😂😩 Couldn't write it. Just glad this pregnancy seems to be working out ok or could have been really tough for him. The other day he was on the Women's Health Unit where I had to keep going back last year with my losses. I asked how his day had been and he just said "it's best I don't go into details" 😌

@xxcxdonxx am fuming with my eldest school. Sent me a message saying she hasnt turned up . Messaged her but it didnt go through and usually does. I was scared is an understatement. She messaged after awhile with a pic showing me she was there.....school....didnt even bother to ring to confirm. Rang them and she want interested in my concerns and panic attack lol still shaking now with bad forts of what could be. Sending the head an honest e mail! They shuldnt do that without being 100% sure 🤬... apart from that not heard from triage for a uti antibiotic so they clearly suck too 😂.... told my self to stop being paranoid about things and be bloody calm minded then boom that happened. Feels like a shitty game is being played on me lol annnywayyyyy
@SnookyPook as if your husband is a doctor! Dosent he reassure you and keep your aniexty at bay lol id love a dr in the family...although ad probably tell them they were wrong cos google says different 😂

@Sez281 sorry to hear about the infection but deffo best to get it treated properly and clear everything up in there. Hope it works well and you're all cleared up asap.

@xxcxdonxx moments like that I'm glad my DH is a doc! I don't think I could manage to do the jabs myself - it just seems to go against all my instincts 😂

@JM1997 good luck for this new cycle! 😊

Think I’ll be trying that tomorrow @Supertrooper101 . You need to push it right in until the needle retracts and I think that’s scaring him and he’s pulling it out instead. All a bit grim!!

How you feeling today?