Posifrickentivity all round, with a good healthy dash of project desperate. New thread, new luck, new BFPs! TTC after MC

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Come one, come all and join our rollicking new thread with slightly updated brand new rules

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

Hi everyone. I'm a veteran of several of the previous threads, there are still a few names I recognise on this one. We've had a few months off TTC after 4th miscarriage in June, but I now finally have a diagnosis (high NK cells) and a treatment plan so we are going to have one final where have I heard that before shot. Currently on day 6 so bonkathon next weekend by my reckoning. Buckle up for the TTC roller coaster....

Nice one tins, do you feel better having a diagnosis? Sorry to be ignorant but what do high NK cells actually mean? X

After mc at 6 weeks last September, we didn't wait and I got a bfp on the next cycle. Unfortunately that was the one I lost at 12 weeks in Jan, but I don't think not waiting had anything to do with the mc.

I'm now in the 2ww. I got a new kitten yesterday so I'm hoping she'll distract me during the wait![gri

Baking I am SOOO pleased to see you back here! Good luck lovely lady. xxxxx

Nice to see you back, baking. I remember you. Wishing you lots of good luck. x

Welcome to all the new people too x

I remember you too baking so pleased you have a diagnosis and a plan. I also don't know what Nk cells are?

Welcome back tins! SOOO glad that you have a diagnosis and treatment plan. I really really really hope that it works. I'm guessing from the high nk cells that your body is rejecting the embryo as foreign? Do you have to suppress your immune system in some way? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
In any case, good luck!

Natural killer cells. They're a normal part of your immune system and involved in allowing implantation. If you have too many in your uterus it can cause recurrent miscarriage (controversial theory!) I'll be treated with a combination of steroids, progesterone and heparin if I can get pregnant again.
Even if it doesn't work out it is better to have a diagnosis and to know we tried everything.

Ladies, can I ask your opinion before dr Google tells me I'm about to pop my clogs with something horrific..?

It's my first AF since the MC at 5-6 weeks (AF arrived bang on time) and I'm still spotting on CD9? Not quite sure if it warrants a trip to the docs or not. Or should I just see what the rest of this cycle does?

Sorry for being a paranoid tit!!

Sal I wouldn't worry too much - the first cycle and AF after a mc is known to be all over the place. They don't call it the WTF cycle for nothing...

It's my first AF since the MC last month, so maybe the womb of doom (as we affectionately call it fucking piece of crap equipment) is having a clear out....

Humph....the crossy outty thing didn't work...

I'm in the 2ww and feeling grumpy. My BBT seems to be alternating high and low, so haven't a clue what's going on!

Welcome (back) bakingtins. Glad you have got a treatment plan in place, I really hope everything works out for you this time.

sal my first period after MC went on for a while, but after the first few days it was quite light. If you're still really heavy it might be worth ringing your dr or practice nurse. It stopped eventually and the next one came on time.

I went to see my acpuncturist last night. She was really nice and agreed that the main thing for me is to try and encourage ovulation, as my cycles are regular at the moment. She thought taking my temperature would help, if that's what I want to do. So I have another appointment in two weeks, ahead of my fertile time.

Acupunture itself was a bit wierd. She put pins in each ear, middle forehead, each wrist, ankle and thumb. One in my tummy too. The wrist and thumb ones really twinged, and I noticed my left ankle was puffed up at the end, but it could have been puffy before. It was nice to be able to lie down and relax though, I don't get a lot of that at home.

Have a good day everyone x

Welcome back baking, it's good to hear (read?) you feeling so positive - I'm glad you got some answers at last.

Some of the pins to tweak, don't they nerdy! It's bollocks people saying it doesn't hurt - some you can't feel going in, but every now and then one will be pretty damn sore. My acupuncturist is hilarious - she was in the Red Army for 15 years and is hard as nails, so she just laughs at me when I whinge! No pain no gain I guess...

So, I was told yesterday I might be offered a year long contract at my favourite magazine from Oct! So pleased - it's not confirmed yet, but if it is it means I'm bound to get pg in the next few months, just so the universe can make this maximumly awkward when I have to leave early! If I do, I really hope I don't upset them, as writing jobs are sooo thin on the ground in Scotland, particularly in my speciality, and I really like working for this magazine. But, it means I'll have a positive to hold on to for each of the first four months AF arrives from now - it's an extra month towards not pissing them off by having to leave to give birth.

Nerdy, I agree they do hurt a bit. But I always feel relaxes afterwards and, as you say, it's nice to lie down for half an hour!

Great news about the job seaside. It's sold law that you will get upduffed now!

*sod's law

Thank you all for the welcome. Glad to hear there is no real reason to wait. I thought it would be such a shame to waste my couple of days of being rampant (tis so very rare) and also thought it my be my body's way of saying that everything is back to normal. But I am trying to treat this as a bonus mount and will be back to TTC (and trying out my new CBFM) next month.

That hasn't stopped me trying to symptom spot though. Am now 8dpo and yesterday had really bad cramps, sore boobs and back ache. Cue mild hopefulness, but is probably an early indication of imminent AF. However, being as its Friday tomorrow, is 9dpo too soon to POAS?

Good luck with the new job seaside I agree with Bezza, nothing like making it a bit inconvenient to be pregnant right now for hastening on a BFP (having said that, when we we trying for DD I moved jobs after a year of fruitless TTC-ing and it took another 6 months - and a referral to the fertility clinic) to get that elusive BFP.

Nerdy how do you decide what specifically the acupuncture is going to treat? Do you talk to the therapist beforehand about what your problems are and they treat particular areas, or is there a general fertility enhancing routine that they do? I am considering reflexology (too much of a wuss for the pins) and was wondering what the approach might be.

misschord fluctuating BBT in the 2ww sounds odd, it's meant to be more stable than pre-ov temps. Was it just one low day - in which case could be an implantation dip??

great job news seaside!

Yorkshire I spoke through what I was concerned about with my acupuncturist, and she treats those-so shoving needles in places for more energy, also I have (stress-related breathing probs she was dealing with so that decides where the needles go. I know I said the needles do hurt sometimes, but it's actually really fine-DH loathes needles and he now goes every fortnight no problem. Once they're in you dont feel them at all.

Thanks re job everyone!

Welcome yorkshire, and welcome back bakingtins, wishing you both BFPs very soon!

I have a small and somewhat trivial dilemma. I need some new boots for work. My head says get the sensible ones with the low heel, keeping up the posifrickingtivity they will be much more comfy if when I get pg. But then the devil on my shoulder says I'll just be left with boring boots and no baby, get the killer heels and at least I will look fab even if I am barren and in pain . Hmm, what to do...

My CBFM says shagfest should start tonight. I'm 30% of the way through 50 shades and hoping that will help to keep me "enthusiastic" for the next few days!

Penguin go for the killer heel boots, cos if you get a BFP in the next couple of months, you'll be going into flip flops by your due date! Or, get the bobby dazzlers and buy a sensible pair as well when you get a bean on board!

Deffo the high heels penguin without a doubt!!!