TTC #1 Thread 7

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Here we go ladies...this really IS it for us all!

Fl0, I'm so sorry. New year, new start - January will be our month!

Love congratulations! Lots of love x

Hi
Can I join? I am 30 next year and me and my other half are TTC our first...eeek so excited.
We've been ttc since Sept, I had a hiccup in Nov as I had a shorter cycle and very light AF and confused that with implantation and then got a bit down when I got BFN on my HPT.
I have a good feeling for this month, I have OV pains today and we have BD'd the last 3 days so fingers crossed.
I'd love to have somewhere to share my slight obsessing .

Welcome mother and GREAT NEWS Love!

I'm ok all, I just wish the disappointment of not-being-pregnant didn't also come with PMS- such a cruel combination of negative feelings! Having been on the depo injection for a few years, I'd just totally forgotton what PMS felt like and have been really hormonal and tearful (even before AF actually showed up). I'm looking forwards to having a drink tomorrow night though :)

Congratulations love! And hi mother!

flo i am completely with you on the pms just compounding the grimness of af arriving, i don't remember being such a monthly miseryguts before ttc, damn you heady combination of hormones and disappointment!

This is going to sound incredibly bitchy but I have an ex friend who just announced her pregnancy and I'm finding it a bit hard to stomach. She turned out to be such a bad friend, she used to drop me as soon as someone better came along then try to pick up as before when that person started to bore her. I decided I was better off without her but I still find it hard thinking about how she treated me.
We haven't spoken for about 6 months now, she already has a little boy aged a year and a bit. She always wanted kids but as soon as she had her son she posted on FB about how 'she was now a mum' it took another 24 hours before anyone was even told her sons name, weight etc etc, it was all about her, then for the following 6 months she did nothing but moan about how awful it was being a mum, how her life was so terrible, how her son made life so hard and how the best thing to come out of it was her fab new mummy friends.
I got in touch and tried to help as I wondered if she might have post natal depression, I even got a friend with a baby the same age to go around and see her.
She seems very happy now but I know the negative comments and status updates will start again soon, it just seems so unfair when so many of us would love to be in her shoes.
It is also worth mentioning that she has never once let me hold her son, when I first went to see them after he was born she told me that as I had a cat and he had allergies I shouldn't hold him. He was only a few days old, how can he have allergys? Then we got puppy and that sealed my fate. They did come round to us once but she freaked when the cat wandered up and sniffed his carrier and asked that we go to them in future.
I just know that if I get pregnant at the same time as her she will try to get in touch as 'we will have so much in common'. I don't want her back in my life, I think she's used me enough.
Sorry to moan but I don't really have anyone else I can share those thoughts with.

Ohhh is it possible to post a picture on here? I think I got a positive on my OPK but wanted to check with someone.....eek. Also - sorry in advance for way too much info! - but if we DtD Friday Morning, Saturday night, Sunday night and this morning do we think my chances are pretty good? I will make sure we BD tonight too geez I really really hope this is the month! I've been very healthy, taking all my vits, doing an exercise class a week, walking the dog each night, not stressing....oh and DtD lots lol. Fingers crossed that the swimmers do their job (ps. sorry for my rant earlier.....hanging my head in shame)

Hi katrina and mother - welcome to the fun house!!!

Sorry about the bfn flo - 2013 has gotta be our year hasn't it?!!!

Congratulations on the definite BFP love

And this weekend I enjoyed a strawberry McDonald milkshake, a mr whippy ice cream and a Chinese takeaway!!! Awesome!!!! was away with dh for the weekend, great to spend some time together without anyone else bugging us!! And some great food!!!

mother we need those rants and a safe forum for them. I apol in advance for what Christmas does to me. Hormones, in laws and a baby neice (in law). I'm doomed .....

Thanks fl0b0t. I have such bad OV pains today I thought these were over and done with 2 days ago, altho those were cramps not pain, this actually hurts....eeek. Hope this doesn't last long.

Just had another friend announce her pregnancy on facebook.....I really wish that was me

MoC I can't explain how grumpy I was when Kate's pregnancy was announced. Based on rumours and dates I think it might be the beginning of July which is when I should have been due. Grumpy grumpy grumpy (and felt horrible about it). Weirdly, I'm okay with babies, but have an irrational reaction to pregnant women. Hmpfh.

On the plus side, got a smiley on the OPK this morning.

Snpa booze I am fine with babies, fine with v preggo ladies, its the announcements which hit me like a punch in the stomach! Yay to the smiley, I'm glad I started with the OPKs this month, makes me feel calmer to know we've done all we could of . I'm relaxed, happy and feel positive, this could all change is AF arrives on New Year though. here's to lots of BFP and babies in 2013!!!!

meant 'snap' oops lol

ohh Booze me too! But then I felt bad as I found out they had been trying for a year, and we've only been trying for 4 months.

I have been banned from testing this month until I'm a whole week late! Apparently I'm not hiding the TTC Crazies as well as I thought!

Cleo, I'm the same pg ladies and babies are ok - it's the announcements that sting

Ahh blockette I didn't know they had been trying for a year....now I feel bad....

Announcements really hurt don't they, knock the wind right out of my sails. It's not that I don't want them to be pregnant I'm just jealous that it's not me shouting it from the roof tops.

I have to say I am quite excited to do the announcement as I think many people will be shocked! Esp a certain ex friend.

Okay, I feel bad now too. I think one of the reasons a BFN will destroy me this month is because it was so easy to get pg last time - first month of trying properly. So this time, knowing that I should be more fertile after a mc, and having thrown OPKs, conceive plus and a lot of sex at this cycle, I'll be absolutely gutted if I'm not pg.

Bloody hell. Pity party for one... and it's only 1dpo

I'll join you booze I'm only 3dpo (well days past positive OPK so pos 2dpo) I just don't understand how we can't get preggo this month, so much sex at the right times etc.

This month HAS to be our month surely (and I mean mine and yours booze lol, cutting the men out lol)

I do have some quite painful cramping, twinging and the odd shooting pain today, can't be implantation as it's too early but I've not had this before. FX.

Weird people saying about feeling negative towards pregnant women/babies. I do kindof have that but it's more a case of people who started ttc well after we did (we've been "at it" for 15 months now) and now have conceived and have a baby. I think how different our lives could have been if we'd conceived any time in those 15 months. I guess I'm happy as I've had a promotion at work, and SIL's baby (who we met this week) is amazing and adoreable and I've got to have a billion cuddles so far. I'm also really please SIL is feeling really chilled and is an awesome natural mother. She's a bit highly strung normally, but being a mother suits her in a way we never predicted (especially as she wasn't happy pregnant- was very sick and struggled with the concept of not having the flat tummy she'd had for 31 years!)... but anyway!

Good news is although MIL is driving me crazy, I've managed to avoid her in a way I don't normally get a chance to. I've only argued twice with my dad (both where he appeared to be implying I'm an idiot), walked along the beach and seen overall feeling remarkably relaxed. AF was mercifully short and light (as it seems to be at the moment) so we're back to having fun :)

Glad it's going ok Fl0 - happy Christmas everyone!!

Yay for MiL avoidance and having fun. Long may it continue.

Happy Christmas everyone x

Hi everyone!! Hope u all had a good Christmas!!

I spent a lot of yesterday dreaming about next year & really hoping that we have a little one to play with and dress it in a stupid elf babygrow!!

Hi everyone! Dh and I where just talking about what to do for Christmas next year "with the baby" lol - we can only dream! I did get to dress my God son (18 months) up as a Christmas pudding though ;)

Started my 2ww and not a single symptom! Rubish! I'm blaming the excitement of Christmas for me just not noticing! ;)

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas

Oh god, me too. I saw the cutest reindeer outfit in JL and seriously considered it and nearly bought a Mulberry changing bag in the sale because it was half price

I'm 6dpo and SS with a vengeance. I am extremely farty have a bit of wind, achey legs in the evening, constantly erect, bumpy and sore nipples, and nausea in the late evenings. Apart from the sore nipples, the other things are all symptoms I had when I was pg last time, but earlier, so if I am pg then I see that as a good sign; that the hcg levels are higher than they were.

I'm in Texas at the moment and starting our little road trip tomorrow, so that will hopefully keep my mind off it. Considering POAS on NYE so that I can contain any bad news in 2012. AF should have been due on the 1st but I ov'ed two days later than I should have done so think I'm due around the 3rd.

Hey block and booze!!
I'm still waiting to ov - next couple of days it should be & then it'll be the 2ww

Jealous of ur road trip booze - sounds amazing!!!
Ive been to Ikea today, not quite as exciting!!! have fun!!!

Hi everyone! How are we all doing? Any serious SS going on? Anyone tempted to test early?