The hot new TTC after MC thread - all welcome, bring a fish and all the posifrickentivity you can muster! Prepare to overshare.

[Seasides]

The 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?

[DoctorDonnaNoble]

There are two ways of doing these military style races. In boots with weight on your back, or clean fatigue or as I say, the sensible way

[Justonemoretime]

I'm not built for running...

[Luckystar1]

Feeling very inferior to all you sporty ladies!!! Nor a great excuse, but I'm out of the house for 14 hours at least a day, so I never get time! I'd love to get back to exercise, it's a great de-stresser, but I just can't find a way to fit it in! (I'm sure if I tried I probably could!!)

[Justonemoretime]

lol, its not as hard core as military races! I do the great swim series, 1 mile events. Hope I'll have other priorities by the start of the season...!

[fedupofrainydays]

I can't keep up with you ladies, this thread is moving so fast now. Just spent 5 mins siting in the car park at work catching up as working all hours in the day at mo.

Wow - some hard core exercisers on here.

Sal - ha ha, I thought you had been arrested for dribbling baby batter over nurse! Did you do the smear?!

Handsfull - amazed you haven't tested but also get your logic. it does look good though :)

Right better get on with my crazy busy day today. Thank god it's Thursday and day I allow myself a glass of wine!

[Triplespin]

Hi ladies
Impressed with how sporty some of you are. My daily exercise routine is walking to and from the station. Don't have the energy for anything else.

I did temping for about 4 cycles and it helped me at least figure out that I am ovulating and that my signs: ewcm, opk and temp normally line up around ovulation, I have since stopped doing it as it is too much effort and I start obsessing and spending ages on fertility friend comparing my chart with others!

In the spirit of over sharing, I have a question. 2-3 post mc cycles my AF started with severe cramps (requiring me to take paracetamol). After that AF was back to my pre MC with no pain. This cycle my AF arrived only about half-one day late but has again started with cramps and it was quite painful. Yesterday i noticed passing two fleshy clots the size of 50p. So now I am wondering what that could mean? Was it be a new chemical / mc that I didn't realise or could it be retained products from my original mc (7 months ago) or something else entirely?

[Penguin13]

Triple I had a similar thing this AF, my second after mc (thought it was my third but clearly can't count!) and my first real cycle although I don't think I ovd. Dr Google revealed inconclusive results other than that some people had a similar thing and it can be normal. On the advice of someone here I ended up calling my local EPAU who were lovely and said it's likely to be just AF, some people do get fleshy clots, but to take a pg test just in case. I would maybe call your local EPAU for reassurance if you're concerned. I'm hoping it's our bodies properly 'clearing out' and spring cleaning ready for a new bean.

[deuscat]

Sal you criminal!

Triple I'm not sure but I'd be worried about that, too. Maybe go to your GP?

Handsfull I'm very impressed with your poas restraint.

I'm a runner but I've been out of action for 2 months now due to a recurrent ankle sprain injury. Hoping to get back to running in the next month but also hoping that I'll get upduffed and be back to the sofa

CD37 in my WTF post-mc cycle. I will be poas tomorrow even though I'm not expecting anything. Anyone else poas tomorrow? Last week we had 4 BFP's!

[Sal1977]

Bloody hell Doctor I think I burnt a few calories just reading that line up! I managed a few 'old lady' swims this week i.e gentle swimming, not getting my hair wet whilst chatting to a friend!

triple I think it's perfectly normal to be honest. I had the same this month, but had the worst sudden pain about 2 days into AF (whilst massaging a client - convenient - nearly sweated on her back) and went to the loo afterwards and passed a chunk of something. Lovely!

Insurance sorting out the prang thankfully, but DH is now calling me his jailbird! I must have properly twatted the car though, I think we'll need new doors on the front and back passenger side secretly hoping they'll write ours off as its a piece of shit

Haha, smuggling sperm into the clink. Now have images of DH knocking one out under the visitor table into a receptacle.....

[Handsfullandlovingit]

doctor what a superstar! That should keep you busy. You guys put me to shame. I have 2dcs and a husband known to work til midnight 7 days a week. If I get to a weekly zumba class it feels like Christmas! I try doing DVDs when the kids are around, but things tend to go wrong - mat squabbles, stealing weights, world war 3 type stuff.

sal so glad to hear insurance is going to sort it, I'd have been absolutely bricking it!

My resolve is wavering about testing tomorrow. It could just be a long cycle.

[OttersPocket]

Oh my word, you lot have been skiving off work very chatty! Welcome to all the newbies, it's a bugger that you're here but we do like a good overshare laugh here.

Sal You naughty thing! I wonder how many fags you'd need to trade for a cup of sperm in the nick? (that's how these things work right?)

Well I'm 10 or 11dpo today and totally convinced that I'm not going to get a bfp this month. So much so that DP and I wellied into bottles of some wine last night. And ooft, my head is killing me today. We did have a good heart to heart about ttc etc though and he's promised that we'll have sex on ov days this month which is good. He didn't realise that we only have around three days in a month to hit the jackpot even though I've told him many times before

The fertility clinic yesterday made me quite emotional. I had to walk past the EPU and it brought all the sad memories flooding back The doctor checked my uterus and it's not septate just arcuate so shouldn't cause me any conception/pregnancy problems. I get six more months of trying with Clomid and if not upduffed by then I'll get six months of gonadotropin injections (I don't ovulate naturally). That'll take us to 3 years of ttc which I don't really want to think about.

So, chin up, tits out ladies! I'm joining in the POAS party tomorrow but don't hold out much hope. Who else is in?

[Sundance2007]

Wowee, action packed thread!

Oh dear sal, sorry about the car but you were very brave going back to speak to the woman and then the police. I'd have probably panicked and fled the country.

Very impressed with some of the exercise routines here. Any running / motivation tips welcome! I swim 3 times a week with the blue-rinse brigade (grannies), and walk my lovely dog Colin an hour a day but would love to be able to actually run without dropping dead by the time I get to the end of the drive.

triple - I had the same thing too, tho mc was in October but last months af was particularly painful until I passed some awful clot. The af was normal length however and I put it down to my body just having a good old clear out.

So, on Monday I got a faint but positive opk about 9pm, and DTD that night, (I'd tested earlier in the day and it was negative but I started getting ov pains so checked again) and did another on tues afternoon, again faint but positive and so we DTD that night too. Last night I felt so unwell I had to take myself off to bed early so we didn't DTD, and now I'm wondering if I've totally missed my chance this month?!

I know sperm can live for a few days etc, but I'm kicking myself that I might have missed an important opportunity! Is there any point me having another go tonight?

[OttersPocket]

Sundance It sounds like you're well covered there. You probably ov'ed on Tuesday or Wednesday so dtd on Monday and Tuesday was perfect timing You've not missed an opportunity at all, quite the opposite!! Don't go crazy on us now But hell yeah, get on it tonight anyway

[EnglishGirlAbroad]

After reading some of your exercise habits i'm feeling very guilty about contemplating ditching my gym session today!! I've been so good, but my motivation is waning!!

This 2ww is going sooooooo slow! Think because I ov'd so late this cycle feels sooooo long!! I'm only 6dpo according to FF!

[deuscat]

Otters I'm poas tomorrow but not expecting much.

Sundance I also couldn't run at all a few years ago. I started by using a run-walk app on my phone called 'couch to 5k'. It's great, I would recommend it to anyone.

[TeaRex]

Thank you for the welcome everyone, I'm also very impressed by all the talk of exercise, I get out if breath running up the stairs, sadly that's not even a joke. Best if luck to any ladies testing tomorrow, got everything crossed for you x

[OttersPocket]

Tea I get out of breath too I used to be uber fit, did lots of weights and looked pretty ripped. Not now though, I'm a bloody blob. I am going to start the 30 day shred for February and watch what I'm eating and drinking Admittedly I've been comfort eating and drinking since the mc, I think I'm ready to face addressing that now though.

[Triplespin]

Thank you ladies. That sounds a bit more reassuring. I have a 3d scan next week and will raise it with the doctor in any case. I just find it wired that I am getting these clots 7 months on. But it could also be the case that I never noticed before mc.

sal that must be a relief!

Who all is poas tomorrow?

[Parsley2506]

fuck a duck you lot have been chatty today! At this rate we're going to be on a new thread every week!!

sal i did a tres dignified snort at my desk at the idea of DH cracking one out in prison. Unfortunately I was eating a grape at the time, which i had to retrieve from my keyboard. ew!

otters, deus there's got to be some good vibes left from last week's bumper BFP bonanza, keeping everything crossed for you! and handsfull that is some serious restraint. Sounds promising so far...

sundance I reckon you're OK but if you can muster a quickie (assuming you're feeling better) then why not?

CBFM came out as 'high' today, so back on it like a car bonnet tonight. After hearing Chris Evans banging on about Toad in the Hole all week, Mr P asked if we could have that one evening next week. "How about tonight?" quipped I. Ha! I'm such a comedian

Have any of you lot ever used a CBFM? I used to find I got a LOT of 'high' days, like maybe 5 or 6 before 'peak' shows up. Never sure if that's normal or not or whether it's indicating that I have screwy hormones??

[OttersPocket]

Parsley I've never used one, I just use the Clearblue digital ov sticks and hundreds of cheaper internet ones too Does it just give you one peak day?

I need fishslapped. I'm bored at work today so I've just peed on a cheapy OPK (I have a stash in my desk) and it's the whitest stick I've ever seen. I actually got a positive opk before a positive hpt the month I got my BFP. So obvs I'm thinking I'm out now. I'm an idiot.

[JBrd]

Parsley I have been using the CBFM, and yes, I get quite a few 'High' days (about 4-5), before the Peak. Although I've also had occasions where it jumped from 'Low' directly to 'Peak', which always freaks me out because it feels as if I have to jump DH immediately

I can also really recommend the Couch to 5K programme for anyone who is thinking of starting up running. I did it last year, and it really works. I am not a runner and never will be, but I can now comfortably jog for about 30min without dropping dead.
However, I've been down with various colds, infections etc since Christmas now, so my current running schedule is looking very sparse. Still going to the gym to do Bodypump a couple of times a week.

handsful If you don't test tomorrow, you will get a fish slap regardless!

[Sundance2007]

Thanks otters, I'm sure I can muster the strength for another bash tonight! Haha, was just resigned to the fact I had messed up my shagathon!

I'm defo going to try the running app, I was a keen runner years ago and then piled on a load of weight and gave up...I've managed to lose 10llbs this month (most of it post Xmas junk), and if I can't be preggers, I want to look healthy.

A massive, and I mean HUGE roll of bubble wrap has just been delivered...I'm off to have a squeeze

[Luckystar1]

I use a cbfm. My cycle was 31 days so I don't start until day 5 to save sticks!! I only had a 26 day cycle last month and it's looking tge same for this month, so.I only had one day of high and then my Peak.

I tend to go by the sticks themselves also though, I know by looking at them when my last high day/peak days will be.

[EnglishGirlAbroad]

So inspired by all this talk of exercise, I dragged my arse to the gym and bashed out 4miles! Boom!!

Interesting to see all your experience of cbfm. I've just got one off ebay for next cycle if (whispers) i don't get a bfp! I know my cycle... I dont get highs in general til at least cd12 so dont really want to waste the expensive sticks using it before at least cd10.

[fedupofrainydays]

Would you POAS tomorrow if you were me? Guessing 10 or 11 dpo tomorrow. I'm thinking of holding out til next week to be honest as don't feel at all preggers and wil just see if witch features turns up.