BFP in 2013

[RedRobin1]

Hello - starting a new one as the old one filled up.....

Didn't want to start another...but I really hope this is the last thread for all of us.

Hi lol and littlemiss.
wee if it's a success, top tips to me please. DD (just 2) starting to say "no nappy" but not sure that she gets the proper alternative (ie not the bath!).

Yes wee throw any tips my way too. Dd hates hates hates the idea of even sitting on the potty.

HVs just tell me not to push her and she is clearly not ready for it yet.

Just read on another thread someone said she used a mooncup after dtd to keep it all there? Has anyone heard of/tried this before?

He had a little bit of blood this morning and some little tummy pains - hopefully it might all pass naturally - I would def rather not have to have erpc but want it all to get sorted quickly. No more crying - don't feel too bad really considering! It must be all you ladies being so lovely

Hello ladies! Thanks for having me!

Tried OPKs this cycle (4), but only got the feint line which was rather frustrating did get some OV pain on two sep occassions though...

WhenSheWasBadSheWasHopeful I actually think I'm in the 2ww, but have an irregular cycle so not 100%. Although, its not dreaded as much this month, because I've been trying to be really positive this cycle. Lots of yoga, other exercise, no caffeine and lots of visualisation (which has worked for me for other things, so I thought why not with pg! lol)

Who else is in their 2ww??

LLLx

SunshineOutdoors never heard of using Mooncup like that, but I have been known to do the odd shoulder stand (yoga) for about a minute after BD lol

I love opk lll but do think the cb digital are worth it to work out when ( for me once if worked it out I only needed to use about 3 a month ) the is so much easier to interpret

Hey kittykats, thanks for the recommendation, interpreting whether or not the line is dark enough is stressful in itself! I did just order some super senstive ones from a website online which were also recommended by a MNer, but hopefully I won't need to use those! fingers crossed

wee - i was hoping to be on top of potty training by now but i've had to delay it till sickness stops! Hoping to get fully stuck in the last week of Feb and see how it goes... If you have any tips let me know too!

My dsis did her little boy at 21/2 he's 3 now and doesn't even wear one at night now which I think is pretty great, her best advice was don't think they will ask for it, they never do, she said when you do it make the desicion and don't put them in them again. Pull ups just confuse as they work like a nappy, they need the shock of feeling wee and having to stop what they are doing ie playing because they've not gone the toilet, she said you will have some accidents but that it won't last long, less then a week and she just asked all the time to begin with if he needed the toilet hth

Hi Resipsa :-) Fx you get good news at the end of your 2WW. So dull waiting though, isn't it?

I think I may have cracked it, actually...since I told them I knew my rights it has got better. Weird, eh?! But thank you for your offer, I really appreciate it.

Fatas, fingers crossed you do continue naturally. If a baby is lost, I'd think that is preferable to surgery / medication. If you want a friendly face up your way, let me know. Though pregnant me may be the last person you want to meet up with. Though you can never have too much cake! :-)

Hope everyone else is OK and on the way to good news. We need you in the grads thread.

littlemiss when and res Bribery works for my wee guy! He knows he's going to nursery after the summer and he knows he has to use the big boy toilet, so I used that incentive to get him to give up the nappy. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, he was just bloody stubborn and didn't want to!

So in the morning I take nappy off and show him where potty is then leave him to it. If he hasnt gone in half an hour I ask him if he needs a pee and twice he said ok I try and did it. The rest of the time he's just taken himself off and said I need a pee mummy. Poos as well with no problem! He only had one accident today when he was wearing his trousers but he was ok. Just put his big boy pants on instead and he was fine after that.

I know I'm going on a bit, but I was so stressed thinking he'd never do it and he's really amazed me. He's 2 1/2.

LLL definitely get the clearblue digital ones. Theyre really easy to use.

Cd14 here, monitor peaked, will dtd later.

Anyone getting a sense of de ja vu here? I must have said that a million times by now. If anyone can think of a more creative way to say it let me know!

Oooo lots of posting today girls :) loving all the chatter.

wee yay and well done for your dss potty training efforts. Good to hear DH is home too.

res and when 2ww is hardest part of the cycle. My plan is to start reading this month for the whole month. It seems to be the only thing that provides me an escape from ttc. It worked for me in July. I read 6 books that month!!! On the downside DH told me to join the library ;) as too many books were bought that month.
Hope the clocks tick quicker for you.

lll I use the Internet cheapies and have a fade in and fade out pattern on my OPKs so helped me a lot more than the smiley face ones. Fingers crossed you don't have to use them.

AF is still here. Does anyone else feel horny when AF is full on? I just find DH totally irresistible at this time of the month it's the same around OV time too but even more when I have AF which is pants.

I love opks. I use the digis and then I like to eject the stick and investigate the lines as well. This is a big step up for me, do you remember when I was doing 4 a day?

What does ov pain feel like? Yesterday and today I have had a sharp / aching feeling just to the left of my uterus (of at least where I think my uterus is based on period pains).
It could just be me symptom spotting or it could be the soy isoflavones working.

winkle cd14 sounds like a good time to have a peak.

lll fx for you on the 2ww. I thought the excitement yesterday might have scared you off.

sunshine I have a mooncup but I'm not sure what use it would be. It wouldn't keep sperm near the cervix. Maybe if you put it in and lay down with it in it might stop some of the sperm escaping.

little I tried vitex for the first time this cycle and I ovulated on CD12, same thing happened when I started EPO. How's your morning sickness?
red I found reading to be really helpful. I became far too absorbed in the Game of Thrones books to worry about symptoms. Atm I'm throwing myself into being frugal, saving money, learning new recipes, baking our own bread and trying to read the Silmarillion. I've barely thought about the 2ww this time. It really helps.
when that does sounds like ovulation pain. You better dtd! Mine are pretty impossible to miss. They are very painful and similar to normal cramping with the added extra of feeling an uncomfortable pressure on my cervix.
LLL the digital ones are very easy to use. I don't bother though as I have long LH surges but I can see how they'd definitely be useful for most women.
Thinking of you fatas, hope you're doing ok.

When - I have stomach pains too and I took soy as well. Fx it's a good sign.

Girls, a question: diet food or organic food? Which is better for ttc? I'm 11st and like to be around 10st so I do need to lose weight but I don't want to eat low fat versions of things cause of the chemicals.

What do you advise?

I lost weight quite successfully by calorie control twinkle. I stayed under 1200 and lost 2 lbs a week. I'm quite small though so you might need more. I ate grilled chicken, fish, veg, wholemeal rice, fruit, salad... So very healthy and low calorie. Low fat/calorie ready meals are only useful as a last minute solution if you're too tired to cook and they tend to taste awful. I used (and still do) 'My Fitness Pal' app or web which helped me go from 12 stone to 8.5 in 6-7 months.

when my OV pains are near my abdomen area - and they feel like stabs that are sharp and clearly felt. I normally get it on both the left and right ovary sides. Always a few days before they opk turns positive an they stop 12-36 hours after the positive opk. I have seen this pattern 4 cycles in a row.

winkle i am not sometimes sure how organic is organic food in supermarkets or green grocers. So just stick to good quality fruit and veg.

I am also trying out raw veg through the month for the last 3 cycles. As i read raw veg helps with fertile cm. So eat raw carrots, steamed broccoli and asparagus, boiled beets and raw cherry tomatoes at lunch time. Basically injecting myself with nutrition for lunch and then carbs in the evenings don't make me feel so bad. I am a vegetarian so find it difficult to cut carbs out.

I used to do ww so I'm used to dieting. Can you post a typical days menu? Mine today was:

Skinny latte, organic apple, organic orange

Half chicken, salad, corn on the cob from nandos
Yeo organic yoghurt

Dinner was bolognese quesadilla - organic mince made into bolognese in 2 wholemeal wraps with 25g organic cheese with a side of organic rocket, spinach, watercress.

But that's 1511 cals and I don't think that's a bad menu?

I'll do my shred DVD later too for exercise.

Mine was rooibos vanilla decaf tea, banana and apple.

Lunch - 5 hand sized carrots and mushroom soup from canteen.

Afternoon snack - pumpkin seeds, rachels organic yoghurt and another banana, herbal tea

Dinner -veggie chilli con Carne and rice with sour cream guacamole cheese etc.

Also throughout the day I count and drink up to 4-5 500ml bottles of water. Or 4-5pints.

Pre ttc I never drank more than a pint of water a day.

I am about 9 stone. Try to eat healthy lunches but I love having filling dinners as I am not really a breakfast person tried to get myself to eat breakfast but for some reason my stomach just isn't ready for food at 7am.

I'd be wary of hidden calories in Nandos food and mince is very fattening but it looks healthy and the calories look good.
I tend to eat 200 cals for breakfast, 300 for lunch, 400-500 for dinner and 200 on snacks.
Typical 1000-1200 calorie day-
Breakfast: slice of toast or porridge.
Lunch: salad with boiled egg (very filling) or slice of ham and minimum dressing.
Dinner: grilled chicken breast (most filling food for fewest calories) with seasoning, wholemeal rice, veg.
Snacks: small handful of cashew nuts or mixed seeds, apple, clementine, hot chocolate, 1 cup of tea, 2 fruit teas.

Forgot to add my calories per day are around 1000-1200 as well.

I eat a lot of fruits blueberries, strawberries, kiwi fruit, clementines etc to snack on. Also the 4-5 pints of water makes me wet like a fish in my fertile period which I never had before. My cm changed so much from increased water intake it was what has motivated me to carry on drinking more. Now I get thirsty if I don't get enough water in the day.

Thx for the menus ladies.

So mine was actually ok apart from the nandos.

Tomorrow for lunch I have falafels and salad, might stick then in a wrap to make more filling.

I'll take note on the mince and try not to have it too often.