TTC#2? Hide in here!

[HerniaGranger]

So, after almost turning myself inside out giving birth to DC1, we've decided to take the plunge and try for another. Thought this would be a good place to share excitement / terror / general state of knackeredness. Just watch your feet as you come in. I haven't had chance to tidy the lego away yet and you know how much it hurts when you stand on it.
Glass of anyone?

Hi Twinklypearls. Of course, you can. Just make sure you put your clothes back on first. Are you sure that top's on the right way round?

Ooh hello twinkly feel free to join us as hernia said pull up a bean bag an make yourself at home. Exciting that there is not long til you know numberjacker!!! I am completely convincing myself that it has happened got very strange stomach cage today quite period painy but that should still be a few weeks away! Although I have been doing a lot of beyonce booty shaking whilst doing my cleaning (due to oh being away) so prob just pulled a muscle....

Hey Twinkly, welcome. Sorry we've eaten all the ice cream, but I bet there's some choc buttons under the bean bags, not sure how long they've been the though.

Hi all, I saw this thread on 'most active' last night and I'm thinking I might just join you all in a couple of weeks, in the meantime all the best to you on this thread and a quick question you may be able to hlep me with...

If I plan to ttc in the next cycle should I have a smear test or not? the appointment just dropped through the letter box and there is nothing about trying to get pregnant in the NHS info booklet that I can see. Goodness I hope this is not a stupid question...

Hello sedgiebaby (big wave ) I can't help on the question tho as I have never had a smear!

Just a slight rant sorry ladies as I am rather down in the dumps. Just found out oh is away til tuesday my dd said thus morning daddy gone and was looking all over for him made me a bit depressed!! Any way that over how is every else on this beautiful sunny summers day...

Hi Sedgie, welcome!
Don't really know the correct answer, or if a smear would cause problems if preggers etc, but I reckon if you went after AF but before ovulation it would be ok, as they are important to have done. It certainly isn't a daft question, I would ring the surgery to check.
Disclaimer: numberjackers comments are in no way to be constituted as advice, as she is often very wrong about things

Hi all, can I come in please?

We are on cycle 1 of TTC #2 and I'm already compeltely obsessed. I reckon i'm about 11DPO and already did a test. Last time round it took us 6 months to get pregnant and I spent a fortune on tests. This time my solution is not that i'll refrain from testing (its never going to happen) but instead that i will buy cheapo internet pregnancy tests in 10ug sensitivity so i can test ALL THE TIME and it will still only cost me a tenner a month. that's the plan anyway.

DS is 2 and a little bit and gorgeous, but he was born v prematurely and i'm petrified about getting pregnant again and being put on strict bed rest whilst i have a toddler to look after. but i'm not letting common sense take over and am stubbonly ignoring the fact this could be a real problem and steaming ahead on the TTC anyway. DH is quite happy with the idea, but not sure he's thought through the childcare implications of having me banned from standing up. but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

So, question, should i test tomorrow? 12DPO too soon? i think last time I think I got a faint positive on CD29 and a definite on CD30 which would have been about 13DPO i think, but i was probably using the 25ug tests so obviously it is completely reasonable to test daily from about 8DPO this time, right?

oh, and sedgiebabie yes do get a smear done before, you can't have them done in pregnancy and its not something you want to miss, the consequences can be horrible if you have cell changes which are not picked up and treated quickly. From memory, it takes about 10 years on average for a viral infection to start changing the cells, go through CIN 1, CIN 2, CIN 3 and turn into cancer. CIN 1 is not always picked up on smear tests and my CIN 2 was missed and when I got my first bad result from a smear I already had CIN 3. I would hate to think of delaying it another year due to pregnancy and ending up with cervical cancer, just doesn't bear thinking about. Smears are horrible but they prevent much much worse things so they're definitely worth doing! :)

Hello michaelaS come in and make yourself at home it's a lovely place to be just squash in on the sofa next to the array of teddies!! I'm also on first month if trying for number 2. Sorry to hear bout last time being a bit difficult but glad ds is ok! It could be tho that this time is very different and you have no need at all to worry ! Fingers crossed for that any way.

I think if you got a positive test last time there is no reason not to this time although if you can piss hold off til tomorrow may be better chance of positive result, if you get bfn doesn't mean that for sure so may as well save yourself some unnecessary disappointment when you may get bfp tomorrow if that makes sense!! Although I'm not sure I could wait

Thanks clandy yes i think i will test tomorrow and see. and the day after and the day after that until AF gets me (around monday). my other excuse is that we're away at the weekend staying with friends and need to know if i can get horrendously drunk (as is traditional) or not.

mmmh these teddies are very snuggly. [relaxes]

Oooh sorry but there are no af's allowed in here!! (hopes madly) haha!! Well fingers cruised and I shall look forward to news tomorrow good news of course

Oops crossed not cruised, not sure if fingers can cruise (trying this out now)

I'm out
AF arrived this morning - v early, Only CD 25! WTF is all that about?? I guess just haven't settled after coming off pill. Kind of knew this wasnt our month as there were no sore boobs.
Well am going to have a little sulk, then settle myself in for another month in this cosy abode.

Good luck to you all, in the nicest possible way I hope you all get to move on this month (because of BFPs obvs) and I'll crack open the wine on my own like a lush mummy

rrrrrrumblerumblerumblerumble (HerniaG rides in on pedal car and dumps chocolate rice krispie cakes on coffee table)
Morning all. I would get up but I think my wobbly thighs have wedged me in.

Clandy - Crap news about DP having to stay longer. I got a lump in my throat when I read about DD looking for him. When he gets home I think you should treat yourselves to your favourite take-away and an early night - I insist!

Numberjacker - Also crap news about AF tracking you down. Enjoy your wine and hopefully you'll be able to give her the slip next month.

Hi Sedgiebaby and MichaelaS - lovely to meet you.

Sedgiebaby - I agree that you should have your smear done. I got a second reminder the week I found out I was pregnant with DS. It played on my mind a bit so I wish I'd been more organised and had it done beforehand. Eventually had one done at 8-week check-up which was pretty painful.

MichaelaS - Any news on test?

I'm now 3 DPO and can report big fat nothing. Mind you, I'm still recovering from DH's home-made curry hell. Forget water canon. The Met should use me against rioters and looters - I'd have the place cleared in seconds.

Oooh rice krispie cakes just what I need today! Thanks it is a wee but heartbreaking to see her so upset just got off phone to daddy n she cried her little heart out (so did I haha)!

Crap news bout af numberjacker hopefully next month will be your month I am in similar position with just coming off the pill have no idea when anything is supposed to happen so may well be here next month with ya!

Hope you are recovering from the curry hell (a term which made me chuckle) hopefully your symptoms may show soon 3 days is prob still too early for anything yet!

Oh and what is the new michaelaS??? Did you test??

hello! sorry to hear the bad news numberjacker :(

i did test and it was a BFN, even when i waited about 10 minutes and really squinted at the stick incase the line was - you know - really faint but still completely there.

but this morning was still 3 days before AF due so am hopeful. Will test again tomorrow - would normally leave it until sun/mon but we are away at the weekend and i don't want to test in someone else's house. and mon would be ridiculously late and a foolish thing to do, obviously.

i think my 15 cheapo internet tests are going to last me 3 months at this rate!

i've been having loads of symptoms though, sore boobs and abdominal aching like i'm about to get AF but had it since about 8DPO. think it could be a uterine infection though as i've been diagnosed with mild endometriosis and it flares up now and again. had simliar the month before getting pg with DS, had a hugely long cycle and loads of symptoms but negative tests. I was so convinced I was pg but i totally wasn't. ah well.... fingers crossed!

please could somebody pass the s and can i be first in the queue for if the worst should happen on Monday?

Thanks guys!

Sore boobs are always a good sign in my book, so fx MichaelaS, it ain't over until the red lady sings!

Hi.
Can I join in pls.
Im TTC #2. Have V irregular period so no real idea when AF due, but hoping am fertile from this point in. Have to keep at it for weeks on end. Its bloody exhausting!!
Never looked at my friedeggs-- boobs so much!! Was convinced that was pg as one nipple was slightly diff a couple of months ago, but I think it was just a bit cold!!

Do you think you get exactly the same symptoms as the first time?? I know TMI but my wee smelt diff. Or is that just me?

Hi RIBS - Come on in. Could you pass this packet of to MichaelaS, please?

I was really relaxed about TTC#2 last month until I started getting really strong symptoms - sore boobs, extreme tiredness, feeling sick etc. I started testing because I really did feel pregnant. Anyway, turns out I wasn't so here I am again. Re: wee. No, it's not just you!

I know it's v early days for me still but I keep imagining my poor egg lying unfertilised and confused in a dusty corner of my inner workings. There are probably large groups of sperm walking away in disgust, complaining "this place ain't like it used to be." (Am I being a tad impatient / dramatic?)

Hi ribs! Make yourself at home... Please may I share them biscuits I have none and need junk food! Regards to the www thing I never noticed but will check and report back once I get a bub in the oven! I'm hoping not the same symptoms as I was unbelievably sick last time and hope bot to be this time

Sorry to hear bfn michaelaS but still so early odds of it being bfp are so small would just wait and try again or see if af comes!

It is hard not to symptom spot/convince yourself there are some ESP as so many of the symptoms can be bloody anything. Think I may be a wee bit gutted if it not happened this month although my brain tells me this is highly unlikely haha

Hello ladies. Sorry, bit of a moany, poor me post coming up.

About a week before my period's due, I have one day were I'm in a rotten mood for no reason whatsoever. Well, today I've been in a rotten mood for no reason whatsoever. I think on that basis, I'm probably out, too.
Positivity, shmositivity. I'm off to eat a bar of fruit and nut.

Hope you're all well.
Hernia 'The Grump' Granger

Hi Hernia, sorry you've got a grumpy day, but don't worry just yet, its not over yet!
Still eat the fruit n nut though, and make it family-size, otherwise it isn't worth opening

Thanks, Numberjacker.
Feel a bit sick now - too much chocolate. Way too much chocolate.

Ah rubbish hernia, it is not over yet tho so enjoy the chocolate and stay positive! You may have another grump day tomorrow and it's just hormones a la baby n you will be grumpy for ages . My phone autocorrected grump to trump which made me chuckle. Will grab a slice of that choc if it's going spare tho as I feel completely unpregnant infact I think these pains may be ov pains so am well and truly out as got no oh to get me there!!

Trump day may be right! Still not quite over curry hell. Will my body ever get back to normal?! Don't think eating family-sized bar of chocolate will help. (Honestly, it was a family-sized bar. I can't stop eating today)

Sorry to hear you don't think there's much chance of anything happening this month, Clandy. Hope DP is still coming back on Tuesday and that they haven't extended his secondment. It all seems fairly quiet now on the rioting / looting front.