TTC after recent mc - thread 3. Handholding, naff jokes and the infamous Laura Ashley skirt.

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

Happy new thread! Here's hoping for lots of Christmas and new year bfp's, and long healthy pregnancies for everyone.

Hi girls have been busy at work as tomorrow last day before Xmas. Have mw app tomorrow. Nothing else to report which can be a good sign!
Almond great news in scan. Looks like we are back with a few days dufference!

Hi all, booze and pink I'm having loads of cramping too, some of it quite painful. I don't think I have ovulation pains like this before - I must have released 20 eggs if this is all due to ovulation! I've also had achey boobs, may do another opk in a bit, I think I had a barely there line yesterday (improvement on no line at all which the last two were).
Hope you have a lovely mw Blol x

bump weird. Is this some kind of after mc symptom? I'm sure I have never been crampy mid cycle before. not mentioning that it may be due to extreme Christmas over eating in my case!

Nope. Mine was awful. Had two or three days of cramps, then they stopped and I thought I'd missed the surge. Then EWCM last night and a smiley this morning. Weird stabbing pains on my left side today (right side when I fell pg so taking this as a good omen!)

Hey guys, I've been a bit crampy too- on the left side for me and very localised so not like af pains. Never noticed them before either, v odd.

Hooray for nothing to report, blol! Hope app goes well.

ooh ok, sounds hopeful how long was there between the cramps stopping and the EWCM?

bumpkitty cramps Sunday to Tuesday and then EWCM Wednesday and smiley on OPK today (still EWCM too)

Hmm. I had ewcm at the weekend (exactly when my app said I should!!) and had cramps all weekend and all this week?! Wtf?! I give up. What will be, will be. Until then I will drink wine. Humph. Getting annoyed at stupid body.

Cramps can be before, after or during ovulation - don't worry ibip.

I'm also drinking wine. Not loads, but enough to keep me sane. Can't wait to finish work tomorrow and try and get my life together.

ok sounds like we are all pre, during or post ovulation then i think i'll have a Baileys.
DH is on a very late train home due to signal problems so I may be too tired for dtd when he eventually gets home! I wonder if DD will have a lie in

After I got back from Tunisia, mid mc, I stomped around the kitchen demanding hard liquor. I ended up having Bailey's. DH found it hilarious.

To all the cramping ladies I noticed the same thing post mc cycles around ovulation then this time I had cramps for whole week post ov so fx it's a gd sign!

Lol good luck with the mw app! Mines 27th

Oh god I got offered that job...ttc quandary! Or...just ignore it and carry on as usual and only worry about things when they happen!

I now have uncomfortable af-y cramps and some colour in cm. I have a feeling my cycles are far from back to normal. How's everyone today?

Hi blunder when could you start the job if you take it?

My cramps have stopped but this morning I had stabbing pains that took my breath away. Lasted a couple of minutes. Wonder if that was ov.

Hi booze, youch those cramps sound horrible. Strange eh? No colour in your cm though?

Would start beginning of Feb I think, so that would mean ideally I wouldn't get a bfp til after then. Which probably wouldn't happen of course but.... God nothing's ever simple eh?!

Nope.

Oh, that's a really tough one. At your current job would you just get statutory after six weeks? What about the new job (although good luck asking that at this point!!).

I guess it's not long to wait, not really, but I don't think I could turn off 'trying'. How does the package compare/job satisfaction and enjoyment?

Oh, and sad news ladies....

The Laura Ashley skirt was returned today. I am now £55 richer!

The LA!! Farewell to that- bet it was a relief to see it gone eh?

Yeah both jobs would be 90% salary followed by statutory. As I understand it, if I get pregnant before I start the new one then I would miss out on that 6 weeks and just get 'maternity allowance'

In terms of other aspects this new one looks like a much better, happier job....so I accepted it late this afternoon! Like you though, I just don't know if I could bear to actively not be ttc even for just a few weeks. I think we might just keep going and if it happens this month then I'll just deal with it. Chances are it won't anyway eh?!

Has everyone finished work now?

You never know, new job might make you deliriously happy, and alleviate any job related stress, and therefore super fertile?! Congratulations!

I finished work today, and not back until the 3rd as we don't get back from America until the 2nd. Feel like a massive weight's been lifted off my shoulders - work has been really stressful for the last few months.

Hooray to finishing work and america sounds really exciting! You there for chrimble?

Blunder Ah congrats on the new job! New start sounds great I feel a very positive 2014

And yay for getting your money back booze farewell to the famous skirt! I'll never look at LA in the same way ever again!!!

I also finished work today and came home tonight and totally conked out on the sofa! Can't wait for some lie ins (and extra dtd opportunities!!) got some cheapo ovulation tests on eBay so I'm hoping that my cycles might be a big more normal than before mc. I read somewhere that the d&c can help a bit. Can't be bothered with 50 day cycles again!

X x

At my mum and dad's for Christmas Day and then off to America on Boxing Day. Having a bit of a road trip from Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi to Florida, and then back through Alabama to New Orleans for New Years. Am really hoping this will be the quickest 2ww ever!

Ooh Booze your holiday sounds fab! We're off to New Orleans in Feb as part of our honeymoon trip so if you have some good tips when you return please let me know!

Blunder congrats on the new job!