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

ps - not sure if i got this from our thread or not but this is a useful little 'Top Ten Signs of Pregnancy' link go here

oi crunchy get back here with that vino.....!

i am on 11DPO today but only CD23 so am confused as to whether AF is due on Thursday/Friday or Saturday/Sunday. I am never usually more than a 28 day cycle and sometimes less to if the witch is not here by Monday i shall test then.

I cant tell either way at the mo, i felt crap after 2 glasses of wine last night (soooo not like me) but then again i had also polished off a packet of Maltesers (are you guys beginning to see a wine/maltesers pattern with me yet..?) however today i had a coffee and it didnt taste weird at all. Maybe i am looking too hard for signs, but currently other than the wine thing i cant tell anything different. I was talking to a PG mate a couple of weeks ago and she said she knew pretty much as soon as she conceived as her whole body felt different, but then again - flirty - didnt you say you havent had any symptoms yet?

I sooo want this now, i am boring myself talking to DH about it! Thankfully he is as obsessed as me about it (he wont let us use the preseed until i am in peak OV time!!)

fairywing have a fab camping holiday, hope you have better luck with the weather than we did.

Dawn thanks for the baby dust! It does sound about right that you are on the 2WW, i know it is different circumstances but when i had my laporoscopy the nurse said my periods would be all over the place for a coupla months but they settled back to normal straight away. I hope its the same for you.

Right-o crunchy pour me another glass of red sweetie i am back at work tomorrow after almost two weeks off so need to get hammered!!

hi all! I just thought I would join you for a bank holiday drink (crunchy slips off quietly with a bottle of wine...)

I am on holiday but have managed to get a signal and have spent most of the morning catching up! I have missed loads! Congratulations pregnant ladies!!!

Our holiday is fantastic though ( my husband and I are loving the hot tub!) we took our alfie (my lab) to the beach yesterday and he loved it. He looked so happy!

Anyway, I better go-just letting you know I'm still here and have my fingers crossed for everyone. I will be back!!

crunchy xx

Hi again ladies
We are off camping tomorrow morning so i miht not be on again before we go - back again on Saturday. I am now pretty sure i ov'd yesterday. Pleanty of EWCM and then none today. We only managed bd'ing this morning so i am a little disappointed but ah well i guess i'm on the 2ww from now then so AF due a bit later than I thought probably a 32ish day cycle not 28 ad im on day 18 today. Anyway not holding out much hope really this month. Good luck to everyone else and see you when i get back

Hey girls,

Well I hope that you're all well and WELCOME to heylottie. When I started the first First TTC thread a few months ago, I never imagined how many wonderful girls would get together and share the most difficult but happy times of their lives. You really have come to the right place!!

So, sorry BSL that the witch got you (nasty cow!! ), but you'll get there hun - 3rd month lucky hey?!!

makingafamily, is the honeymoon period still in full flow?! When are you starting the first month of TTC?

Hi to all the other lovely ladies and for those that got their AF. But here's lots of babydust to get us all through!!

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So, my back is now better (again...) I don't know what cured it this time, it obviously untrapped itself.

Still no sign of first AF after the MC and think I've OVd so I guess I might be in the 2ww. Not sure though as everything feels different to normal. Still got painful (.)(.) which I never normally have but they've been like that since I was PG last time so maybe things are still settling down. Strange since if you take it from conception I've been NOT PG since the MC longer than I was PG!! Oh well.

I hope all you girls have a lovely day. We're having a barby this afternoon at my friend's house as she has a lovely 150ft back garden which our lovely Tilly (Labrador) loves!!

Catch up with you all next week.

xxxxx

Raises a glass

bubba and saz can i join you in a bottle of wine? (summerbird saz and bubba clink glasses)

everyone else come and join in! - (watch it you two hever and flirty you are on the appletizer ladies - i am keeping an eye on you )

heres to the 'first time ttc' Bank Holiday party! (well we havent let loose since MAFs civil ceremony shindig )

Hiya girls

Hope you're all enjoying the bank holiday weekend.

Lottie welcome to this thread, everyone's really friendly and you learn lots! Good luck.

Vix sorry to hear about your AF pains

Hever congrats again, especially given the problems your sister has had (great news about her adopting!), and thanks for baby dust

BSL sorry about AF arriving, make sure you enjoy Singapore!

Bonaficio I'm so jealous about your hols!

Wildfig I'm keeping my fingers crossed that AF doesn?t arrive

Summerbird Ta for the good vibes, glad you?re enjoying quality time with your DH

MAF I hope the boys enjoyed Madge and that they're on their way back by now, yoghurt pots ready!

Fairywing hope you?ve got some BDing in over the b/h weekend!

Dawn how?s your back?

Saz hope you're enjoying the wine this b/h!
I am!

Flirty hope you and the bean are doing well

I'm looking forward to a lovely day out with my DH to Bristol tomorrow - shopping and a nice lunch, and then only 4 days in work before we go off on our hols! yay!

xxxxx

BSL So sorry about horrid AF. Keep positive and hope your having a wonderful time in Singapore eating and drinking whatever you want

Hey Ladies

Welcome Lottie and couldnt agree more with Vix it is addictive

Summer bio daddy is the one in the blue t-shirt between me and DP on my 30th. I think they're both gorgeous

Hows everyone's Bank Holiday going?

Morning Everyone,

Heverhoney CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am sooooo happy for you, you must be over the moon!! I had been waiting for your message!!

BSL I am soooo sorry about you nasty AF arriving. But try and enjoy your holiday the best you can and do everything that you wouldn't of been able to do if you were pg.

MAF I have had a look on the net and they are cheaper..... thanks!!

Heylottie Welcome to the thread!! But be warned it's addictive!! I would defo go to the docs and let them know you have been trying for over a year. I went to the docs because i was spotting all of the time and suspected something wasnt right. I was also doing the OV sticks with no definite darker line. They sent me for a laporoscopy and found i have mild endometriosis, and also wasn't ovulating properly. (They found this by blood tests ) Anyway to cut a long story short, they have now put me on clomid to help me ovulate properly. It is my first month on them and I have had some more blood tests and have ovulated properly this month!!

Don't think i have been lucky enough to fall pg first time, as Im now on day29 of cycle and started spotting a couple of days ago. My af pains are killing me today so think the nasty af is defo going to arrive today!!

Bonifacio have a great holiday!! xx

Wildfig fingers crossed these are symptoms and we will get another BFP on our lucky thread!!

Summerbird ha ha about the clearblue error!! How excited did we all get

Well i'm gonna go and do some housework, i really wish my af would either arrive or not because this is torture!! Even though im getting af pains im still thinking ' well i might be....... ' aaaaaaahhhhhh

MAF i have been meaning to ask you - which one of your boys is going to be the biodaddy? is it the one in the checky shirt or bright blue tshirt? they are both kinda cute!!

hi there heylottie and welcome! you and i are in a similar situation, i am 35 and started TTC in March and i too was surprised it didnt happen straight away, but then i hovered over a few threads on MN and realised that it aint as simple as that. I had a laporoscopy in July due to severe period pains (passed out at work in March..) and they found a touch of Endo and some polyps whch they removed. The gynae also thinks my left tube might be blocked although through all this she said i should not have any probs conceiving.

Anyway - stick with us as everyone is uber supportive and look out for eachother!

bonifacio on the contrary as an objective observer i think your mum sounds like she IS being supportive, i dont know what tone she used when she said that to you but to me it sounds like she is worried that she has passed on her fertility issues to you. maybe you should chat to her more about it, maybe she could give you advice about how she went about things etc, just a thought..... i am sure she is concerned hun. With regard to your tablets, i dont know about diazepam but would read the leaflet and maybe look on tinternet, if you are not PG then you should be ok.

BSL you havent done anything wrong, as we say it is the luck of the draw, you enjoy your hols

Happy Sunday to everyone else!!!!

WOW hever what amazing news!! Congratulations!! I know what you mean about the worry for fertility, my mum has had so many problems and has really made me think that I will too, she is always saying "ohhh I just hope I haven't passed you on my problems, i'm so sorry if I have" I'm starting to get the feeling she's not very supportive

BSL So sorry AF arrived, I'm sure your not doing anything wrong, Mother nature must be Father nature, only a man could raise and dash hopes like that! I hope you still have an amazing holiday and enjoy doing all the things you won't be able to do when you do get PG!!

Heylottie HI! Welcome to the thread!! Good luck with ttc! I know exactly what you mean about expecting it to happen straight away! I will be a bit gutted if it doesn't for me!!

Hello everyone else!! I am just packing for our vacation to Oman!! Very excited! Especially as its 32 degrees there and NOT raining!! woohoo!!

By the way, as I am not PG yet but should be ovulating over the few days do you think it would be wise to take my diazepam for my flight like I normally do?? I will be a nervous wreck if not!!

hey lottie!! LOOOOVVVVEEE the name! Welcome.

I may have got my much wished for BFP but I am going nowhere guys. You lot have provided me with so much, very needed, support and I think I would have gone even more mental without it!

I suppose I should tell you all a bit of my back storey now its not so painful.

The bit that still is painful - My sister has fertility problems and has not been able to concieve for over 10 years - They are now adopting which is FANTASTIC as they are going to make GREAT parents!

I was told a few years ago that her fertility problems may have been hereditry so I stopped taking the pill so I could go for tests (blood supposed to be taken CD1-3) except my period didnt show for 18 months and then only sporadically. My GP referred me for an ultrasound to check for PCOS, which came back clear but still no regular cycle.

I have been obsessed with trying for children for years which added to some relationship problems as I used to go on and on and on!!! After lots of much needed talking we got our relationship back on track and it was DPs idea to start trying in the end.

So basically I just wanted to say, although I got my BFP rather quickly. I do understand what the worry about fertility is like and the stress it puts on people. And to give a bit of hope! none of my history or signs said I should concieve quickly, if at all, and if it can happen for me there is def hope!!

lots of VERY lucky baby dust for everyone, you all deserve it!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Long time lurker, first time poster, do you mind if I join your friendly gang?

DP and I married after five years together this April. We 'half heartedly' started ttc last October, and properly started in March. So far, no joy!

And I have to say - and am ashamed to admit - I am actually surprised that I am not pg yet! I don't know why - complacent in the extreme - but I always 'assumed' that I would fall preggers as soon I wanted. This despite my age (36), a history of fibroids, and a gynae telline me to 'get a bloody move on' about six years ago. "What are you waiting for?' she said (yes, a woman). 'A golden palace to put your baby in?' Um no, a boyfriend would have been nice at the time.

Well Mother Nature has other ideas, and I think I may be in for the long haul. I suspect that I am not ovulating regularly - I use the OP kits but NEVER get the strong second line - and I don't notice EWCM regularly either. I may start the ball rolling with a trip to the docs.

AF arrived today - three days late, I am NEVER late usually - what a bitch to raise and dash hopes like that - so here we go again!

Oh well. That's enough info for now. This thread seems quite a lucky one which is great!!

Thanks everyone!!

Bluestar - grr for the evil witch!!! But Take the hol as a great sign. DP and I went abroad together for the first time in 5 years Last month and AF arived on the first day too!! So get BDing as soon as you can. And please dont think you did anything wrong! I swear its luck of the draw!!!

oh poor you BSL but please dont let it spoil your hols, have a fabulous time in singapore - i am a touch as it is supposed to be beautiful..

HEVERHONEY wooooo hoooooo!!! we all secretly knew you would be ok, you were right to be cautious but WAY HAYYYY fantastic, as Bubba said, do stay on this thread - and that goes for you too flirty

i have had a really good day, DH and I went to meet some friends for lunch who came up from London to stay in the Peak district this weekend, however i kind of had a wobbly as they started making comments about 'all of their friends wanting to get sprogged up' etc and i just cut in with 'do you realise you are basically enquiring into your friends sex lives - ie that is akin to us asking you guys how often you have sex'

All i will say is that i killed the conversation flat.........

other than that we had a lovely time!!!

PS Crossed posts: so sorry, BSL . Have a fabulous time in Singapore with lots of champagne and oysters and blue cheese and rare steak.

Congratulations, Hever! That's wonderful weekend news! Fingers crossed for loads more May babies...

I have had a seriously yakky taste in the back of my mouth for two days now, and I was so knackered driving back to London from my parents that I had to stop for a 30 minute kip at Norton Canes service station. I'd like to think these were Symptoms, but sadly it's more likely a reaction to three days' of serious eating and the sleep-inducing sight of the M6 backed up with caravans headed for the Lake District.

Ooh, MAF, imagine Madge presiding over your yoghurt pot like a great fertility goddess! What more could you want?! Exciting!

Hey Hever

that's fantastic news! YAY!

what your DH's reaction? how do you feel?

stay on this thread and keep us posted xxx

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Go Hever I had such a huge on my face when i read that and i'm still ing now

I've also got some sneaky hopes for BSL Here's to an August of BFP's

yay huge congrats hever

Hello all!!!

I got a BF Digital P!!!!!

Still getting cramps though so hope all is ok esp as I went to tell my MUM and DAD and they are

I have my fingers crossed for you all and much spreading of Babydust xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Shh -I have sneaky hopes for Bluestar as I have had a lot of the same mild symptoms as her. Some, what feels like, Af pains and burping hope I am right.