TTC Baby #3 Not our first rodeo 🤠

@Anonna123 welcome! I was also the same with “let’s just see how it goes” then immediately not chill 😂 it’s very hard to approach casually isnt it!

@olivehush aww so sorry, even when you’re expecting it it’s really disappointing isnt it - gentle hugs!

@mummatara congrats! Can def see the line progression there. Agree sometimes just get a dud test or particularly hydrated urine that go maybe so didnt show as well!

Hope everyone else is getting on okay too! ❤️

I'm sorry @olivehush it's so disappointing, be kind to yourself today!

Welcome @Anonna123!

Congrats @mummatara, keeping everything crossed that tests keep progressing well!

I'm CD13 today, ov testing daily and think things are starting to increase; peaked at CD17 last month. My husbands been so busy with work this last month and currently, hoping we can make time!!

@olivehush it's really rubbish when that happens. I know the feeling well x
Yes fertile week coming up I think! I made a TTC December board, maybe catch you there too?

@olivehushahhh lovely I’m so sorry 😢 is spotting normal for you? It’s bloody gutting even if you’re expecting it. Big hugs x

Oh no I'm sorry. It's always so disappointing 😔

@mummatara oooh easy at home, that brings back memories too! I told myself I'd be super cool this time round as we're "leaving it to fate" but I don't know why I was even kidding myself, I've already bought the massive pack of test strips 🤦‍♀️

@Anonna123oooh that’s bad I’ve never heard of a test doing that 😳 see I don’t like one steps 😂 I like easy at home as my strip waste as many as you want test

@mummatara well you know when you pee on them and they go light pink all the way across before the control line appears? They just went light pink and never faded. On one the control line appeared but it never did on the other. I swear by One Step strips for the constant testing and then clear response digital for confirmation!

@Anonna123oh no really that’s bad 😳what did they do? frer was my go to test for ages but then you couldn’t get hold of them in the uk for ages in like 22/23 I think it was so I switched to boots. I did think about buying some frer on Amazon last week but boots were slightly cheaper so I went with those again 😂

@mummatara That is weird! I can see the progression on those lines though 🤩 Sometimes you do get a dud test. I'm still bitter about that extortionate pack of First Response tests I bought back in 2021 that just didn't work 😂

@Anonna123its so weird. I’ve taken a lot of tests in my time and this has never happened 🤷🏼‍♀️ lol I have more tests but I will wait until tomorrow probably 😂might dip a strip as I don’t mind wasting those. I am so confused the boots tests have never done me a dirty before they are my go to test

@mummatara sounds like one of the Boots tests was defective if you got a line on two other tests! I'd be out buying 10 more tests just to make sure 😅

Forgot to add lines look slightly darker than last night too so there’s obv progression

I have no idea what to think this morning 😅 FMU dipped easy at home and line appears. Dipped boots and it’s stark negative 🤷🏼‍♀️ waited an hour did another wee and dipped another boots line appears 🤔 never had this happen before

@olivehushthank you 🤞🏼 well app says I’m 8dpo today but I think probably 9 so still very early. Oooh have you that’s exciting will you take one tomorrow or wait until Friday morn? lol I have a wedding this weekend looks like I’m designated driver 🤣 do you normally cramp before af?

@Outside9 when we were growing up it was unusual to see only children but I think it's become much more common now. Certainly when we were living in London I'd say almost half the kids in my son's preschool class were only children to older parents. I can totally see the benefits of having just one child (especially for the environment) but the heart wants what it wants, doesn't it!

@Anonna123 I'm the youngest of 6, (13 if I include paternal siblings I've never met but messaged in ought other countries). DP is oldest of 4.

So similar to you we have appreciated benefit of a sibling tribe. Though it wasn't uncommon for friends to have multiple siblings as a kid. Times have certainly changed!

That said, don't we'd regret it. Just a natural discomfort in being an outlier I suppose.

@Outside9 Having two kids is very much the norm in our friendship circle too! My husband and I are both one of 4 though, and always said we'd have 3 kids. I have a hard time letting that idea go, hence the mad TTC 😂 I love having a tribe of siblings.

@Anonna123 very welcome!

@mummatara I can see the lines very clearly and I'm usually terrible with the squinters people post on this forum. Fingers crossed! 😊

It dawned on me today that I'm friends with several parents, only 2 of them have more than two kids. And only one was done intentionally, doesn't help in wondering if we're mad.😅 Then again I'm in London region and have been visiting primary schools for DC1, and the birthrate decline has come up a few times.

@MamaO88hahaha I imagine my eldest would be the same he keeps telling me all about the sister he wants 😂

@mummatara that's not even a squinter, there’s a line there clear as day!

The kids were so excited, they’ve told their teachers already 🙈😅