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

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Still ttc. Still nutty. Come join us

Hello, just checking in to say hi!

Fedup - you poor thing, I have had cystitis once and it was horrendous! I thought I'd got an sti or something, even though I knew this was unlikely as we'd be using protection. Horrible. Lots and lots of fluid. Also lean back on the toilet - weird, but it helps you to relax and also doesn't bunch up your tubes internally apparently!

What cough medicine are you using just out of interest...?

I'm 6dpo today, temp not showing anything interesting, dropped a bit today but not by much. No symptoms, except grumpiness which is pretty normal! Determined to wait until AF is due (next sat/sun) before i even think about poas rather than waste a test when I know she will arrive on time as usual.

I agree fedup maybe the cystitis is delaying things. Do you ov early as we were due af around the same time and I don't ov for another week.
Just got myself some cough medicine! How often do you take it? When I think about it I have hardly any cm so hoping it will help. Also started taking evening primrose oil.

Sorry for the lack of personals but I have read them all. Good luck to those in the 2ww.

I use robutisson or whatever it's called. The key ingredient is guanarefa or something like that (sorry not near the bottle!) to be honest not sure how much to take it. It think probably throughout your fertile window. And drink Lots of water. I've only had one dose today and maybe another later.

About cm I do wonder though if when we say we don't have much perhaps it's just staying up where it should be? I can't decide on that one!

Good luck one and hope a bfp coming your way!

muzzy I have short cycles and I norm ov around cd 10 / 11 and am cd 11 today and then have a 13 day ish lp. That's going by opks and not temping tho

Just did a rather large snigger in the corner shop at end of my road. Man serving me was wearing I tshirt with "I heart (as in symbol) opk"

Ok it's not the opk as we know it but did make me giggle. His stands for something pizza kitchen which I have to admit I too heart. Amaze pizzas!

Please could you tell me what the cough medicine does? Does it make you produce more EWCM? Is that true and does that help conception? I've never heard that before.

And what does Evening Primrose oil do? The same?

Nothing much to report here. We're trying the every other night thing here and my CD 14 so suspected ovulation is tomorrow so will have to summon the energy to DTD tonight! OPK only showed very faint line this morning though and don't feel very ovulation-y. Hey ho!

Fedup that is funny. x

Cough medicine thins cervical mucus. So doesn't produce more as such but makes it more friendly for sperm to swim in.

I don't know re evening primrose though....

Keep going, I'm sure you can do another night!

Haha oh if only he knew what else it stood for!

I think it's guaifenesin in cough medicine. But not something beginning with a as that does the opposite and dries you up!

Evening primrose oil is also supposed to increase ewcm. From what I've read the less ewcm you produce the more 'hostile' you are! You can only take between af and ov though as its not good to take if pregnant.
Thanks for the drinking water tip fedup, I have read that too.
Right back to my glass of wine...!

Hey ladies!

Have read posts by very tired to reply to all. Felt very drained today and luckily ds is with nanny and grandad for sleep over tonight so a lay in will be had tomorrow! Nausea has been a bitch today so been drinkibg plenty of milk to cure tge heartburn that goes with. Have not done hardly anything that I wanted to do today. Hey ho tomorrow's another day!

Glad cystitis is calming down now. Fluids and cranberry juice is the best advice I offer which doesnt interfere with the ttc efforts. Hope tge cough medicine thibg works for all who use it. Keeping all my fx for you all that you get bfp's this cycle :0) x

Glad all the symptoms are the right ones abi. Sounds like the pregnancy is going well! I was talking to my friend today about how I long to puke on the train again. Seriously. As means I'm pregnant and things are going well!!

So i woke up at 2.45 and decided to POA opk S and got a smiley face! Phewf. That's cd 12 for me so not too late given the cystisis. So got DH to dtd when ds woke us up this morn. I will soon be back on the cranberry juice! once finished lying with my legs in the air

That's a relief fedup. Hope you feel better soon. Cystitis is a beast.

Awwww yayh fedup to the smilie opk :0) thats fabby and glad you have got a dtd session in too!

Yeah I am hoping that a load of you start getting these symptoms soon, not that I would wish them on anyone really,but if you had them then bfp galore would have happened! ! :0)

Feeling sleepy and have backache this morning! Feeling hungry, and yet ive just had breakfast!!

How are all your weekend's going? :0)

I'm good spirits this morning as my friends baby arrived last night. Ttc for years then ivf and now she's arrived all safe and sound. So chuffed for them.

Awww wonderful stuff fedup - congrats to your friend!! :0) x

That's lovely news fedup! I bet they are over the moon (and a bit tired!).

Not up to much this weekend, it wasn't great weather so we stayed in yesterday but today we are going out to the park to let dd run about a bit and burn off some energy!

Hello all. It's been really interesting reading the thread. I'malready checking my EWCM and taking Vitamin B6 and I'm starting using OPKs this month but it seems there's much more I can do - checking the height of my cervix, drinking cough syrup and of course temping! Hopefully my ebay sticks will do the job though I have been checking out the Clear Blue kit online.....

I still have AF so things aren't so feeling relaxed about things as there is nothing I can do at the moment. It's interesting that lots of people are looking at changing jobs - I'm really tempted to apply for an internal job but have been put off because I would still have to work 3 months notice so would only be in the job if a) I was successful and b) I got pregnant this month. I know I can't let that stop me but it's hard not to think about it and whether I could cope with a more stressful job with 2 DC. I also worry what people would think if I announced I was pregnant shortly after getting it. Hmmmm - maybe excessive worrying is not helping me in any area of my life! I know I am being ridiculous but it's hard not to think about it anyway.

Hope everyone is getting on ok.

You aren't ridiculous boxed we all think that. Although I got myself promoted on the basis I would be leaving to go on mat leave again shortly but that all fell apart so am stuck with it now!! It's ok though and was ready for the promo.

I would think about it as 'do you really want to do that job' if yes go for it whatever... You can deal with other stuff when it happens but not sure you should put life on hold when ttc. I'm terrible at that and has done me no favours!! I already have it planned out what I am going to do after no 2 but there is no dc 2 yet!!

That's exactly what makes ttc so tough, isn't it? It's the constant 'well, I could be pregnant by then' when making plans, or the 'no I won't throw all the baby tat out, might need it soon' and then it's sat there looking at you forevermore.

I agree with fedup - would you go for it normally? If so, just do it. However, if you got it and weren't pregnant this month would you qualify for the maternity package? That also has to be a consideration.

I'm going to buy a bottle of cough syrup as have very little ewcm. If it doesn't work, at least I won't have a cough!

I'm sure you are feeling tired Abi, being pregnant was tough first time round, I can imagine it's exhausting if you've got another child to care for!

Hi ladies. I've only posted once but I've been lurking.

I had my copper coil removed last month and this was our first attempt to ttc. Af is due tomorrow and I've tested yesterday. It was negative as I expected... I didn't have any positive Opk last month but I convinced myself that I had tested a bit late. I'll start earlier this month. I've also ordered pre seed.

boxe I agree with everyone else. If you think that is the job you want just go for it. Don't put it on hold.

I hope everyone will have a good week. And fingers crossed for more Bfp!

Hi liquid I quite like opks as the entertain my POAS addition for the first half of my cycle! For the latter I've bought 30 cheapo hpt's from amazon!

Hope af doesn't arrive for you and bfp!!

Evening all.
Oh yes, the I'll be pregnant by then thought. It's so annoying as your planning around something that you want so much but can't do much about, it's just luck of the draw. I've worked out that if I fall this month, I'll only be getting around to telling people just before Christmas, that's ages away!

So we've DTD'd 3 days in a row since we got the peak fertility on the OPK. Really hoping for a BFP this month stating the obvious!

We've DTD'd more than enough this month, at the right times, I've taken the folic acid, I've obsessed over it constantly surely that's enough! What more do these eggs want!??

But of course that's not the way it works and there's plenty more people in the queue isn't there! I'll sit and wait patiently... ha, as if!

I've even done guided imagery this month, so basically visualising the egg being fertilised then implanting in the womb. Yes I am a bit of a weirdo - again another one of my DH techniques he uses with patients so whilst it sounds like quackery it's all evidence based so hoping all those hours he spends studying all this stuff pay off.

So I'm getting on board the excruciating 2 week wait, although based on my cycle length and when I got my fixed smiley maybe my 2ww is actually only 1ww? Who knows. Sounds good to reduce the pain of the wait but a short LP is playing on my mind a bit.

Have a good night all.

Me too-I spend my whole life with the what ifs of being pregnant. I'm a bridesmaid in December and fretted for ages about how I would tell my friend that i may be 8/9 months pregnant on her big day. Now turns out I probably won't even be 3! I say go for the job too

Good luck those in the 2ww. Everyone sounds like they've done well dtd.
I'm going to start opk on Wednesday cd12. Dh goes away on cd17 so I'm really hoping for an earlier ov this month!

What's vitamin b6 good for? Shall I add it to my list?
Tried out pre-seed last night....can't say I liked it much, think I used too much!!

What is the pre-seed? I think Vitamin B6 extends your cycle length and more specifically the Luteal phase. I will be on CD7 on Wednesday and will start on the OPKs then as I have a 23 day cycle (except for the months when it is 25......). I decided to try one out tonight to see what the lines looked like and accidentally used a pregnancy test one (cheap ones of ebay but was still annoying!).

Thanks for the job support too. I'm really trying to pretend that I am not going to think about the baby thing. It's an internal job so there would be no worries on maternity pay (not that it is super generous anyway). I do want to change jobs and who knows when it will happen if I wait until after I come back from mat leave from a baby I haven't even conceived yet. I had to tell work when I had my mc in February but its just HR, my line manager and a few people in my group who know (as far as I know).

Loving the idea of visualising the egg misshoohaa and it doesn't even involve ordering anything more of the internet!

I'm jealous of your short cycles boxed!
Pre-seed is a lubricant, it helps with ewcm I think?! fedup will know more? I goggled it and read so many "I was trying for a year then used pre-seed and got a bfp" that it went on my list!

Hi!!!

Sorry have just been lurking for a while. I'm now on 9 dpo so getting into POAS territory. Although I don't feel pregnant. Can't explain why.

boxedup I'm very fortunate that I work for nhs so qualifying for mat leave and pay depends on how long you've worked in nhs not each individual trust. I have interview on wed and if I get it will still say yes. I feel awkward as I too have to give 3 months notice so would be in the job 5 months before going on mat leave BUT why does it matter when I take the 9 months off?! That said if I'm not pregnant this month and get it I may think about taking a month or two off from ttc.

Hope everyone is successfully shagging!!!

Are you back yet dildoos?