First time TTC?!! Let's get through this together!! Part 2

hello! Sorry I have been AWOL!been very busy and am tying to forget about babies for a bit as it just isn't happening.... But I missed you girls!!

Dawn I am really for everything you have been going through with work and moving. I hope things straighten out sOon.

MAF I have my fingers (and a few toes!) crossed for you!!

wishin I know what the no period thing is like. I feel like a big TTC fraud! I am determined to wait at least 6months before panicking though. I hope all goes well with the clomid.

Anyways! I have had a bit of a crappy week so am going to my friends in a bit for a girly night with pizza and sing along DVD of hairspray xx

BSL [pulls dur face] of course! You're absolutely right. I'm so thick. I can't keep any basic technical info in my head for more than a fortnight... DH will be GUTTED.

MAF I have my fingers and everything crossed for you buddy

Thanks for your positive vibes, I'm sending them right back for you too - how cool would that be

'Tis pretty quiet here at the mo so I'm thinking of having an early finsh to make the most of my weekend

Hope everyone has fantastic weekends

Saz xx

Morning ladies

Well DP is geting me another packet of FR HPT so i had to admit to admit to peeing on the others Didnt mention the LFP (Little faint positive) and really not holding onto that. am gonna do one in the morning and one on sunday, the day AF is due. If both BFN then i'm off the pee sticks as cant afford this every month lol

summer thats a lovely message and i so want you to have a ittle summerbird

dawn and saz thats such a conincidence just think you might be able to meet up for lunch when on maternity leave

saz my cycle buddy I have everything crossed for you for tomorrow. ive got a good feeling for you and sending you laods of BFP vibes

Still sitting at home with conjunctivitus looking like i could be an extra in the elephant man and pulling my hai out with boredom ARGHHHH rant over

Hello! I am just de-lurking to say good Friday! and to commiserate with the credit crunching, and to (( )) with the BFNs and also to nod sympathetically with the s. I know three pregnant women, my freelance contract renewals are looking dodgy, I don't know if we can afford to move and I've fallen out with my mum all in one week, so for the first time in ages I'm not stressing out about my sluggish ovaries! Thank God for knowing other people are in the same boat - though hopefully not all at once.

Bumps i know what you mean about Fertility Friend. It doesn't think I've OV'd this month but I reckon I have, yesterday. DH is thrilled though - as he put it, 'so, loads more swimmers needed, right?' Am not sure how much leeway there is for cold bedrooms/extra pyjamas/DH stealing duvet, etc. V confusing.

MAF fingers crossed! And step away from the wee sticks! I tested early, got a faint positive, which turned into a BFN and I hated how miserable it made me, so I vowed I'd never do it again. (Ha.) It'll be worth it when you are late and you do get a BFP...

dawn and saz are you looking at people in the lift differently now?!

Hello all,

Dawn I think you're doing the right thing re the house, you can't put your life on hold because of what may happen. Will still be scary but will be worth it when you're decorating and choosing things for your lovely new home!

Bumps and MAF take heed of the advice that early testing is indeed the work of the devil. I had very very faint line too testing at about 12dpo. Then when AF was about 3 days late I was so over the moon and convinced I was PG, only to test again and find BFN. I actually think maybe it was a CP, who knows, but definitely learned my lesson and solemly declare that I will never succumb to the early testing again.

saz definitely would wait for the Duchess to come out on DVD, the costumes were lovely and great scenery but not so hot on the story line. Glad you're in such a good mood - hope some of it rubs off on me.

So not looking forward to this weekend - seeing my SIL who has 3 boys, not jealous of her or anything at all but she only works 1 day a week and is the embodiment of perfect motherdom. Just grates with me somehow, although this weekend I am determined to be sweetness and light, be nice to everyone and make a fuss over her kids. I'm going to try anyway!

Have a good friday everyone else!

xxxxxxxxx

Hello everyone

MAF - a faint positive - must be a good thing!

I am a bit confused as I took my temp this morning and it was 36.42 but I realised I had actually taken out the thermom before it had finished reading. So I took it again immediately and it was 36.37.

When I went to put it in FF, if I put in 36.42, it moved my ov date to CD22 rather than CD15! If however I put in my "second" reading of 36.37 (only 0.05 degrees less), it kept my ov date as CD15!

Of course I'm hoping I did Ov on CD 15 so went with the latter reading!

Has this happened to any of you?

Cheers and have a lovely weekend everyone We're actually away on hols for two weeks from tomorrow so really looking fwd to that. Contemplating doing a test on Sunday morning which if I did Ov on CD 15 would be 12 DPO - is that really silly do you think?

Bumps x

Morning girls

dawn and saz you are sooooo colleagues!

i just wanted to nip in and send virtual hugs to MAF you are one of the coolest couples i virtually know and I soooo want you to have a mini MAF/DP/Biodaddies I think your story is fabulous and full of love. Now thats the hippy stuff out the way i am gonna tell you off for testing too early!! It sounds promising though so i would wait a week and see what happens. Your little future bean is gonna be soooo cool.

This thread is brilliant and i love you all!!

xx

Good morning! It's only bloody Friday!!!! Another ridiculous good mood for me...not knocking it off course

MAF and I agree that early testing is the work of the devil. Will you try again on Sunday? Hope you're feeling ok?

I've been really good this month, and altho tempted have managed to stay strong and will test tomorrow morning if AF stays away [fingers crossed emoticon!!] I'll pop back on and let you ladies know either way....

Dawn it is really odd but our head office IS in Berkely House

Go BSL and Summerbird!!!

I agree with MAF and Hever this thread and you girls have been great, noone in RL knows about us TTC so it's great to have this outlet.

Also thanks hever your story makes me hopeful. and making don't feel like an ass at ALL. I feel truly blessedwith my life and know my time will come, sometimes it's just not as easy as we would like. Every woman just hopes when they're ready it will happen, but sometimes our bodies need a little kickstart.
Best of luck to all the babymakers out there, and lots of babydust to all
xoxoxo

Thanks for all the reassurance girls. I needed it today. Sometimes it can just be so discouraging. Wa wa wa LOL!!!!
So I was supposed to ovulate between the 6th and 11th of September. So according to the clomid calculator babymed.com/tools/fertility/clomid/
I was to make love from the 4th onward.
So I did, and this week I have NO engery!! and today I feel totally crampy. I super hope it's not AF coming. It wold be nice to have a period for once, but it means no baby....so it's a negative.

hey

Thanks hever but i don't feel PG and in all honesty i really see this as our tester month. I'll have to write more about our insems stories!!! Early tests are the work of the devil lol

BSL you better be shagging for england now girl

wishin After reading your last post i feel like an ass about worrying on our first cycle as i realise the ttc journey can be a very long one so i wish you good luck and welcome again to this thread. Its our little space where we can chat about whats going for us TTC'ers

D xx

Woo hoo Bluestar!!! Get that jiggy going!!

Wish - I dont want to but in on your story but can I be here to give you a little bit of hope. I had no cycles at all for 18 months after coming off the pill. Then I had 1 every 3 or 4 months for a couple of years after that. I had scans and bloods done too which were fine. Then something happened, no idea what, and they kicked in again out of nowhere - To be fair I only had 1 period a month or so after the 1 previously and next cycle- bam - bump!! I hope your body kicks in ASAP!! and CLomid helps. Good luck xxxx

MAF I just wanted to say - chin up honey. It could be a dodgy test or it could just be so so early that there is only a tiny bit of hormone in your system. I did 2 FR tests 1 night which both showed faint lines then next morning with FMU nada!!! Here I am a fully proficient frolicker of nearly 7 weeks (and it still hasnt sunk in!!!!) Early testing is evil and confusing. It really is more grief than it is a help, so step away from the test!!! Give it another few days (4 or 5 if you can hold out) and if no AF (fingers crossed) try again.

I feel the same as you all about this thread. Most of my family, and none of my friends, know about TTC let alone bumpy. You guys know all about my CM for GAWD SAKE!! I love ya all!!!

Hey all
Just to give everyone a bit more background. I've been trying for 2 1/2 years. After I went off BC I had no period at all. So after months I was prescribed provera to see if that would get my cycle going. So after that I did have a period, but it very minimal. And after that small (tiny, barely there period ) nada. No AF for months. So I was sent for an ultrasound, and it came back fine. Nothing irregular,a few cysts but nothing out of the ordinary, and nothing that would explain my lack of menstration. So by this point I was beginning to get frustrated. DH and I were trying and trying, but it's impossible when you have no periods, and very frustrating. So finally she decided to put me on clomid. SO she was pretty vague about the whole thing, basically saying...."well you can start taking it whenever you want, I would tell you to wait for day 3 of your cycle but since you don't have a cycle, just start taking it, and if all goes well you should ovulate 5-9 days after the 5th pill." So I took the pills, and DH and I got to work on the baby making end. Now I wait. I feel kind of alone and confused, and don't really have any support, and kinda feel like my doctor could care less, but gave me clomid to shut me up.
Sorry for rambling, but i know all you ladies hear me all too well.

Ok, just done another early response and nothing! So gonna take that as a very false positive and test again on sunday

D x

Evening ladies

Firstly i want to say that i think this thread is amazing and it has turned into so much more than that. You guys know more about where i am than my friends and family in real life. If i read back over the days before my CP and see your posts and toasts it still makes me smile

Which is why i'm gonna post this here! Have been a bit quiet for the last few days as on tuesday i woke up with streaming eyes that i wanted to rip out!!! ended up in Moorfields and have viral conjunctiveitus so have been islolated at home for the last few days feeling a bit sorry for myself. Convinced myself sore, puffy, watering eyes where a symtom of PG turned out not lol

Anyway tonight, DP is on lates so made myself dinner and had a small glass of vino (yes bad ttc'er again) fell asleep on the sofa and when i woke up went for a wee and ended up doing an Early Response (i actually have a very cute Ikea tin full of HPT and OPK's next to the loo!!!!) and i have the faintest of fainest seconds line, actually its only on one side of the test, and its SOOOOO faint i've thought about calling a friend round for a second opinion lol. So not sure what to think, i'm only 7 dpo but only have 10 day LP !!!

Havent spoke to DP or the boys. Just hating myself for early testing

Thank you for listening (reading!!)

D x

HI everyone, just wanted to jump on to see how everyone is tonight,

Dawn i shall look out for the book tomorrow/saturday i know the last couple of days have been pretty crap, so hope you are feeling a little better this evening. It would be funny/weird if you and saz worked for the same company!

welcome wishin it is always lovely to meet new people

vix you are right to have good moan about your friend (much as i am sure you love her but.....) it me so much when i hear of that happening, the injustice of those who dont want to get pregnant and just need to look at some baby juice to get there grrrrr

big waves to everyone else, i am off to try to create lickle summerbirds as my DH is up for the preseed tonight

Hi Everyone,

Welcome wishin i am on clomid too, on my second month this month!! What cycle day are you on??

xx

Hey All,

Bumps, thanks for the info, but unfortunately the company I work for has worked out exactly what they can do to stay on the right side of the law, although it does feel immoral... .. Welcome to you though!! I started the original First Time TTCing thread what seems like ages ago now. It's so lovely on here!!

Saz, spooky... If the UK head office of the company you work for is in Uxbridge or Berkley Square, London (although I think that office might have moved to Canary Wharf), I think we're in the same one... Wouldn't that be weird!!

BSL, I hope you're not still on here - you should be BDing!!!

Hey Wishin and welcome to you aswell! Good luck with your first month TTC. My sister has two gorgeous children and used Clomid both times!

Vix, thanks for your post - it was mammoth but a good read!! Redundancy is so difficult and you know that in the present climate, finding a comparable role is soooo difficult.

Linwin, sorry that you're suffering too in the same way that I am. We are carrying on with looking at the house again on Saturday and will probably put an offer in next week. I guess if I hold off because of this, I could be holding off forever and lose the house. I don't know what the future holds so I might aswell go for it I guess!

Summer, the book is in the post, it's gone first class so hopefully it will be with you tomorrow or Saturday. Yours got here safe and sound - thank you!!

Hever, thanks for your thoughts hun. I hope your little bean is Ok!!

Crunchy, where are you hun, haven't seen you on here for a while - or have I missed you?!

And where's Flirty gone?

MAF how are things with you, you're in the 2ww now aren't you? [smile}

I think I'm coming up to OV time, although I'm not sure but all the signs are there. Sort of EWCM and I've been temping and my temp jumped up from 36.3 to 36.5 and has stayed there now for the last 3 days, really odd considering I'm only on CD9 and normally have a 35 day cycle!! Of course I don't really know what all the temping means....

Hope everyone else is Ok!!

xxx

Hey ladies and welcome to the newbies.

{{{{{{Dawn}}}}}} Easy as it is for me to say, try not to stress and just see what happens

BSL go get BD'ing girl

Saz when you testing