Looking for a TTC buddy!

[Lorriella]

Hello! I'm needing a TTC buddy as I'm finding myself constantly over thinking things and it's driving my husband mad so would be great to discuss it with someone else in the same boat!

I'm TTC baby number 3. I came off the pill 3 days ago and I'm very impatient, want to get started right now! Anyone else in a similar situation want to buddy up?

It seems funny writing this on a BFN but congratulations?? haha!

Got to love self service!

Fingers crossed for a BFP next month

Just a quick question- hubby and I are now into month two of ttc our first baby. Last month I was very strict with myself about eating a balanced diet and not drinking alcohol. With it being christmas though I am unsure about what I should and should not allow myself to have this month. What are the rest of you planning on doing?

I'm due to test on Thursday, if it's a BFN, I'll be giving my OH a rest from his psycho ttc maniac and enjoying Christmas with the family that I am already blessed to have. I will not be pee-ing on any kind of sticks, taking any temperatures, ignoring any goings ons in my panties, drinking as much as I'd like, eating all the shellfish and soft cheese I can fit into my fridge. And trying to ignore all the pregnant people in my life (whichever is prettying every child bearing aged woman I know).
Then my New Years resolution is trying to be one of those relaxed when-it-happens-it-happens-people

That last statement is probably a load of bollox and virtually impossible but hey, I'm not shy to kid myself!!

To be honest, I've known too many people who've had it take a while. On that basis, I'm not doing too much differently though ive never been one for massive drinking sessions anyway and diet not too bad. My vice is sugar though...

Another BFN .... Wish I didn't have achy boobs, I am absolutely shattered(!!!) and I keep feeling sick but only actually being sick 3 days ago (in an evening)

Keep convincing myself that the BFP is going to come when in my heart of hearts I know it's not

Damn you Christmas and all of your emotional songs and festivities!!

Don't lose hope Can't... Some ladies take a while to get that BFP. We have so many events over next two weeks that it will almost be an inconvenience making excuses as to why I'm not drinking..,

I'm disappointed as I've had no cm at all since Friday and read that having creamy cm is a sign of early PG.

Can you dig out an empty bottle of anti-bio's and pretend that you're on them boyle

Nothing more on the blood streaked fertile CM?

I could do that and have them in my bag :) as proof haha.

No ... I'm now dryer than the Sahara!! But my bbs are huge and I've had cramps for 3 days solid and back ache. 1st month off BC so guessing that af is just building up to get me big time next week!!! This tww is agonising!!!!!

Evil plan - mwahaha! Are you certain that you won't drink at all? In the 2ww there is no connection between egg and your bloodline ( I did some reading!) - unless its the actual conception you have some concerns with?

Hahaha, would they be your normal signs of AF? Well my nausea has subsided, boobs are still achy & I feel like a walking zombie. Oh and I have little amounts of creamy CM - not enough to write home about though. I guess only time will tell. Not entirely sure when I ovulated so will leave Sunday as my final ruling out of the game.

I guess I'm more worried if I am pg and whether I tell mum straight away or hide for a month or two.

Never had normal af only withdrawal bleeds from pill break... But normally I don't have anything except mood swings and then cramps on the day it comes!! Trying not to get hopes up about being pg as I'm sure this is majorly just hormones!

Any updates from anyone??! Any BFPs?

Nothing to report here...only cd5 for me. According to fertility friend app i'll be most fertile 22nd-27th and another says 25th-29th. Trying to convince myself that i wont be so obsessed this 2ww but....you all know what it's like! Just gona try and enjoy the festivities, eat, drink and be merry as they say lol

Would there be a problem telling Mum Boyle? Do you think she wouldn't be happy?

Hormones are a bitch aren't they. I'm convincing myself that I am pregnant. Today I can smell food quite strongly but nobody else can smell it.. namely cooked onions. I swear, if I am not pg this month, I am booking myself into a psychiatrist haha. I was going to poas this morning, but talked myself out of it and quickly went for a wee before I changed my mind and will do it tomorrow, as tomorrow would be the earliest I should test really anyway.

Your OH is going to have a very happy Christmas then booboo I plan on doing the same, I will be enjoying completely!

Any more from the earlier ladies on the thread? Any BFPs??

Can't my mum would be over the moon I just worry that getting bfp on Tuesday and telling her Thursday on Xmas day would be too soon but I'm sure I'll be so excited I won't be able to keep it to myself!!!

Let me know how you get on tomorrow am! I wouldn't be able to sleep today if it were me. I know tell me about it, I've finished work early today because I'm so exhausted I couldn't have stayed any longer! You had any other symptoms?!

Hi ladies,
Nothing much going on here. I'm CD13 so just waiting to ovulate now I guess. First OPK of this cycle was negative this morning but I am a bit early. My youngest was an alien (?!) in his nativity yesterday and I did some wrapping, is everyone else sorted for xmas?

Hi all...no news here other than CD3! Good things come to those who wait and all that.

Mrs an alien? Is this an upgrade from the love actually lobster and octopus nativity?

That's fair enough boyle I think your mum is an acceptable person to tell! I'm going to feel sick, think I'll be an emotional wreck either way. Oh yeah I'm full of symptoms that have no relation to pregnancy at all I don't think.... Achy boobs, shattered, smelling onions all morning(?!) no back ache that I usually get if AF is approaching! yeah I know I sound crazy!

Do you usually get a +ve OPK mrslowe I can't get one at all

I echo manderley an alien?! And chuckling at love actually - I love that film.

I am now 100% ready now. Doing the goodie shop tomorrow, wonder whether any alcohol goodies will make the trolley..,, tomorrow will tell!!

Yup...I'm a sucker for love actually
might even have considered a character's name for any future dd. It amuses my highbrow cultured colleagues no end. Which reminds me...cant stand the apprentice but its interview night tonight. Must see viewing!

cant have you tested yet this morning??

Ahh love actually, going to have to watch it now!!!

lastnight did you see apprentice... Cringe!!!!

Haha...can't I'm sure he will You must have nerves of steel hanging off testing this long! I've just had a wee talk with myself, went like this.."absolutely no testing whatsoever until you're late...ok?" So it will be one hell of a long wait....IF I stick to my guns lol.

Oh the interviews on The Apprentice...brilliant tv! Love it!

I will also be watching love actually tonight!

I'm not an apprentice watcher, I don't really watch tv all that much one born every minute if anything

Well I have a dilemma. DD woke me up at 4.45am with nightmares, tucked her back into bed and flushed all of my FMU down the loo without thinking!! So, the only tests I have in the house are cheapy 99p ones anyway, so I thought, no probs, I'll pop to Asda to get a frer. Rushing and embarrassingly stumbling around the pregnancy tests, grabbed them and into work I came. On looking at them properly they are 'first response' but not early response...

If I'm honest, I know I'm not pregnant anyway, so do I just go pee on one now and get the BFN out of the way... orrrrrrrrr do I hold out hope and wait for FMU tomorrow??? I've already tested a few days ago and there was not even a remote shadow of a second line so it won't come as too much of a shock...

New to MN and TTC for about 3 months now. Cycle seems to be regular but then I was expecting a positive ovulation test yesterday and today and both were negative. No idea what is happening now, and temp chart is all over the place w/ no real pattern. Any advice gratefully received.

Curiosity got the better of me.. BFN! No big shock but still a bit heart sinking. I'm going to count myself out of the game for this month now and patiently wait for AF. No idea when this will be as cycles usually 90 days plus, last cycle was only 56 days thanks to acupuncture. I do have really achy boobs which I experienced for the first time last month after acupuncture and right up to day 1 of period (6 days - I have had them for 4 days now), so I am hoping that she is well on her way. To be honest, if I were to have had a regular-ish cycle this month, I would be grateful for that.... that must mean that I am moving in the right direction at least....?

Hey Rosey Did you get positive ovulation in the previous 2 months? And if so, what confirmed it for you? Temping or OPK? I'm not much help as I cannot get a positive OPK EVER and as soon as I started temping I became ill with fever, so I am hoping that I can try again when AF shows up!

Hi Can't! Thanks for responding so quickly - I was hitting 'refresh' every 5 mins hoping someone was on here!

Sorry you've not had good news - I know it's really hard. I convinced myself a couple of months ago that I was late and all was on track (timing would have been perfect) but then tests were neg and realised I'd just tracked my cycle wrong. Devastated.

OPK has come up positive on day 17/18/19 for the past 2 months (although 3 months ago it was day 14), so having no + yesterday or today was a bit of a shock. Temp shows a vague sort of pattern but mostly just up and down throughout the cycle. And CM (which I can't believe I am writing about as I find it so nasty - hate egg whites) would normally indicate ovulation but nowt this month.

Does your body ever just take a month off??

That's alright, I am just going to tell myself that it was down to the fever this month that perhaps that affected my chances of conception.

Apparently your body can miss ovulation once/twice a year so you may not have ovulated this month. Pain in the arse, but keep dtd just in case ov is late and you can start again next month.

Haha, ECWM has become part of my daily life - I used to be grossed out but it's an exciting thing now as I know my body is at least gearing up! What have I become???

Waah, damned fool system! How can it just take a month off?? I can't do that, I fail to see why my ovaries should be allowed!

So annoying!

Will just have to keep trying, as you say. It's such early days, I shouldn't be worried. But it's difficult not to think the worst and get stressed about it.

I still can't believe I get so excited about temps and POAS. I never thought I would want kids so it's all a bit alien to me!