TTC #2 and turning into a nut job! Part 2!

[BartBaby]

Still ttc. Still nutty. Come join us

Ooooh everyone is getting new jobs - maybe I should too. So I've concluded from the recent bfps that les sex is better. Really?! It could be true. The times I got pregnant I wasn't on a shagathon - prob did it a few times in fertile bit but that's it, not 57!

Oh I don't know.

Hi all boxed welcome.

Hello dildoos we've missed you. Hopefully your once will be enough! I agree, there is no logic to this ttc business...too much, too little....who knows what is best. It's all just down to luck!

I don't know much about eh flashing opks hooha but sounds like you've done well dtd.
Good kick with the job 2be.
Hugs to you one as you sound down. What is ff?

So I have a question, does my cd1 start from my first day of very light spotting or proper af?
Just received my first batch of Internet cheapie pregnancy tests....I did one of course, even though I have af ..just in case! Nutcase!!

And welcome all. Hopefully your cycles will sort themselves out soon.

Just got a text from a friend telling me she is 12 weeks pregnant. Luckily it was a text so I could respond with lots of happy noises and exclamation marks!!!!! Did ok though - just welled up no actual years.

fedup im not saying any of this played a part in me getting my bfp this minth. As muzzy said i think it is just down to luck. But this month i did everything opposite. I didnt drink for a start not for ttc purposes but to get a bit healthier for holidays , i didnt use opk's, i didnt do temping, we only dtd once over fertile time, i didnt keep checking my calander to count dates etc, and i didnt poas from cd8 fair enough cd11 is still quite early but its an improvement and it worked! It is a funny old game this ttc malarky

Yeah I know bart there is some logic to it though as you were more relaxed bout it all. Something I can't seem to do! So already should be counting myself out this month but no doubt will be POAS from 7 dpo - muzzy also invested in some amazon cheapies. £3 for 30 isn't a bad thing for my pocket rather than £7 for every fR!!

muzzy cd 1 is from normal flow not some small spotting. Ha ha - i also did a test after af this month as felt sick still - equally nutty!!

Day 5 of flashing smiley.
WTF?

Day 12 flashing, day 13 I forgot to do it, day 14 flashing, day 15 flashing, day 16 flashing!

My cycle is only 28 days so surely I have ovulated by now?

I have heard lots of issues with the flashing opks! I just use the pink ones with one set of smileys and no flashing!!

Well I got AF this morning on day 25 - after I had POAS and it was a proper Tesco one and all. I was taking B6 for most of the month so that might be why. At least I was expecting it. When I had the 28 day cycle I was convinced I was pregnant. Might try not drinking this month (inspired by bart) but I have a holiday planned for the end of the month which will be in the 2ww so that may be a dilemma.

Thanks for the welcomes.

Hey ladies and welcome boxed!!

Sounds like there are sone well deserved holidays either due or being done, enjoy the time away and relax.

2be hope all goes well with the iinterview, will you let us know how you get on?

Dildoos it only takes once so im keeping fx for you!

Miss, gosh the flashing thingy must be annoying does it do that after you ov too do you know? Only on the day you didnt test might have been your non flashing one?

I agree muzzy, it is just based on the luck of the draw I think. Unlike bart I did actually have a few drinks thr month I fell, OH and I dtd every 3days from when my af finshed till the last possible moment past ov. I dont use opks, tried once and did it completely wrong! !! I didnt really temp last month, just checked a couple of times at end of month, but didnt really pay much attention to them! And I didnt POAS until the day after my af was due! I was quite lucky that I managed to get sidetracked a lot that month! !

Its difficult to relax, so I think juwt keeping yourself extra busy maybe the better idea so that time goes quick maybe?! It only take one dtd at the moment right sort of time in your cycle to get a bfp! I am keeping all my fx for you all.
Boxed sorry to heat af arrived, at least you know where you stand with no limbo and hopefully you can get to dtd soon :0) I hope this thread is helpful for you all the ladies on here are lovely and very supportive!! :0)

I think I may have missed a few posts coming into last page to post, sorry if I missed anyone!

Any nice plans for the weekend?

x

Hello all and welcome boxed!

I am 4dpo and my temp has actually risen a bit! However I have just read on another thread that you count your period from the first day of red bleeding...and I never have! I always count from the day I get brown/pink stuff (sorry tmi). If I change my chart to reflect is then it says I haven't ovulated. Arghh! So I've changed it back and will start counting it from next month. Too depressing otherwise.... Will definitely be asking for blood tests at the doctors as I think it's probably clear now I am not ovulating.

Went out for coffee to meet a couple of friends and there were three other women there who I didn't know, all pregnant, all with another child younger than or the same as my dd. of course I got asked the inevitable, 'are you not thinking about having another one?'. It was pretty rubbish.

Oh one sorry to hear you coffee was brought with more rubbish. Some people have no tact, because all women should know that if your not shouting "im ttc" from the hill tops doesnt mean that you're not trying it just means you have kept it under wraps untill you are ready to talk about that stuff, I would never assume either way, and I had that thought process even before we started ttc!! to those other women!!!!
Does your spotting continue up until full blown af starts? Ive always counted from when I have started any sort of bleed regardless of colour, so I may have been doing it wrong all that time too!! Although it hasn't stopped me from getting a bfp so dont loose heart! Have you googled it? Do you use opks? A slight rise in temp is not a bad thing, have you stopped dtd or are you gonna carry on for a bit longer? If you're really worried, nothing that a trip to the docs wouldn't possibly clear up maybe. Big hugz x

Thanks abi! I'm just confused, I've just counted from any kind if bleed too whether brown or red. I always thought that was right but there is another thread in conception that says it has to be from the first full day of red blood. Hmm...

I have been using opks and get a definite positive for two days (only my second month of using them) but my temp take a while to rise after I think I have ovulated which fight mean I don't actually ovulate from what I've read....who knows! A blood should give me an answer either way.

Just confused! Having a month off temping and opks etc next month, but I can't not drink - my inlaws are coming to stay and I cannot get through a week of them without alcohol!

Ha ha one not sure i would dream of giving up the booze with the in laws staying. My friend who was ttc for years said she was told the booze was more to do with the man anyway and would need to give up for 3 months for it to take affect. So we haven't bothered. Plus I've been on boozy holiday and over Christmas period when have conceived both times so I'm not convinced about booze giving up helps!

Try not to stress re the dates / what's cd 1. If you are doing your opks and get a positive and dtd around then you should be ok. I always count my first day of bleeding as cd 1 unless its just a tiny bit in the evening. Tbh though my flow usually gets going within a day anyway. I used to have a regular 25 day cycle tho and now put the window my ov varies each month - hence doing opks. But like you am not convinced I actually ovulate so having a blood test this month if i can work out the right day to do it on!!

Stupid smug other pregnant ladies. Why can't people be more sensitive?!

Actually ladies when i think about it, we didnt drink for a few weeks nothing to do with ttc but we did go to a bbq and have a but of a blow out and get quite drunk the night nefore the successfull dtd then went back to the not drinking again for a couple of weeks. So maybe it helps! Lol.

Hope you are all ok. Sorry cant help with the confusing cycle days one . My af normally started pretty swiftly. Never really had much spotting. But i hope you and fedup get some answers with your tests. Boo to the insensitive ladies aswell. Some people just have no tact at all.

The month I got pregnant with DS, was a very boozy month for me so I don't think it has any effect, if anything it might help us all relax - in fact I'm off to crack open a bottle. Red anyone?

I officially don't understand my body. It's the weirdest thing. This time last cycle I had a blatant pos opk and nothing now.. But oddly sitting here wishing DH was home as feel like dtd. No cm though, nothing. And usually my ov symptoms coincide with feeling like dtd. Oh well, clearly reading too much into it.

Hope everyone is ok. I'm settling down to do a bit of work with a glass of wine

Ha ha miss

Same here. I was skiing when got pregnant with ds and on the gluwein and jäger! Then got voted most drunk at a wedding the following weeekend! Got my bfp on the Monday when af was late... Eeeek! But he was fine.

I'm normally red but as its hot i have cracked open a sav blanc. Enjoy :)

Hey gang, been reading your posts every now and then, and thinking of you all, especially those in the nutty 2ww!

Dildoos, really hope your holiday is the break your body needs to get this egg fertilised. Once should be a good few million sperm! Fingers crossed!

Hi boxed - sorry to hear about af. We always do get our hopes up, can't help it, can we!?

Piglet, I think fedup is right - there are lots of different methods of working out cd 1 - the important thing is identifying when you ovulate, and knowing the length of your cycles.

Never used the opks with faces hoohah... have you googled?

I am waiting to ovulate... somewhat patiently. Temping is giving me no clues!

Sending all my love, pleased to hear your pregnancies are going well bart and abi!

Hey geta we are waiting to ovulate here too!

Last night I developed cystisis. Ugh. Hate it. Think should go to the doctors as mine usually get worse and end up with kidney pain and peeing blood. But I also don't want to have antibiotics that will affect my ttc efforts. Just had some ewcm so don't think ov is far off. Can't save up my wee for opk as keep needing to go so who knows whether I am or not!

Hi geta hope ovulation comes soon and you can get plenty of DTD in!

Fed up cystitis is rubbish! Ouch and boo to not being able to OPK's.

Abi and Bart - hope you are feeling lovely and pregnant! Although the puking, exhaustion and generally crapness of the first trimester is some what average I imagine!
Hi to everyone else!

Well I got my solid smiley today and have promptly marched DH back upstairs for some of his best swimmers and made him late for work. I'm a fan of the OPK's once again!

Quite proud of myself as I've been checking my cervix and noticed it was higher last night so that's good I can detect it.

Although ovulation on day 17 is a bit later than I expected. Will see when AF comes as a 10/11 day luteal phase isn't great is it?

I'm now lying on the sofa with DS watching fireman Sam trying to beat gravity. Go little sperm go!

Have a great day everyone, any fun weekend plans?

Miss - that made me chuckle , swimmers get swimming!!! :0) 10 days for lp is the minimum so I think you are just covered they do say taking vitamin b6 can help lengthen the lp. I ov later than I thought lasttime, I didnt do aanything other than dtd every 3days and I also put my details in online on nhs ov calculator and it came up with ov on cd18 I think and bam that month we get a bfp. I drank in moderation butit did help me feel relaxed about it all!

Fedup I positively hate cystitis! I have had a few small bowts of that or maybe its thrush since getting pg so you have my empathy. Have you tried cranberry juice? I find that really helps!

One - I wouldn't give up alcohol when in laws there either! !

Hope everyone who is waiting to ov it comes round soon, anyone in the 2ww, im keeping fx for you and anyone who's waiting for af to eff off hope she gets on her broom and zooms off soon!!

This weekend I will hopefully be getting sorted on the odds and sods on my list and doing some work too! How about everyone else?

So went to docs and prescribed me some antibiotics. Took one then read the insert which said dont take if planning a baby (yep I did tell dr we were ttc). Cue panic and mad googling about babies born with no eyes. I then phoned dr and he said try not to take it of I can! So currently drinking bucket loads to flush this thing out. Fortunately by this stage I'm usually pretty immobile and pissing blood with severe kidney pain so hoping I've got this one early.

But no sign of ov and usually have by now. Bit of ewcm yesterday but no smileys. Counting myself out this month now which am bit gutter about as was last chance before due date :(

Well done miss on making DH late for work!! And fireman Sam always comes to the rescue.

Hope bart and abi are ok and is it wrong to say I'm insanely jealous of your symptoms? I want to have morning sickness, tiredness and sore boobs again - that aren't me imagining it or a precursor to af!!

Hope everyone having a nice weekend xx

Fedup perhaps urine infection is delaying ov? It's all connected down there, isn't it? I second the cranberry juice. I get so busy at work I forget to go to the loo and end up with sore wee - I drink two litres of the stuff and then I'm fine. Sorry to hear your edd ttc date is approaching, it's very heartbreaking. However, you're not out this cycle yet, esp if you haven't ov'd yet!

Hoohah, well done on the cervix stuff, very impressive. Smily face is always going to be clearer though, isn't it!

Abi, you're going to need to get everything sorted!

If defiance I did the whole cough medicine thing last night / this morn and with tmi there is so much cm it's silly! Now worried that am flushing out all dh's swimmers. Can't win can i?! Ha ha.

Thanks ladies for advice. Seem ok on cystisis front this morn but off to shops now to get some more cough medicine cranberry juice.