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?

Therapeutic yes! And what a fantastic way to think about it. Because I genuinely am learning something new every month.

Wooo! That sounds promising boyle This must be such an agonising TWW!!

I've done the same. Everyone will buy a detox in January!

Manderley and Cant we have a yorkshire terrier who is our 'child' and he gets more love off everyone than we do. Not to sure what he will think of a baby around though as he is very much used to being no. 1.

Can I ask a thick question what is EWCM? I know our cm is meant to change during our cycle but I really dont notice anything at any time. What should I be looking for?

Im hoping for a bfp off one of you guys soon to start the good luck train!

Cant im taking tescos own vitamins for women trying to conceive they seemed to have what pregnacare had but half the price.

I read a lot about babies and dogs & there are ways around it, bringing them up together even if pup was there 1st!

Egg White Cervical Mucus - just lovely isn't it?! so like the consistency of uncooked egg white, thick and stringy. This is when your body is gearing up to ovulate. Lots of women take evening primrose oil or cough medicine to increase their EWCM so they have a better idea of when ov is coming!

Have you been trying long mrsgrey?

Trying my best for BFP!! Haha. And thank you, will look into tesco ones, so bloody expensive!

Anyone watching this vile creature that is Katie Hopkins on CBB?!

We are on cycle 3 TTC. I am in my fertile window now so OH is being summoned for his duties this week. I thought making love knowing you could be creating a child would make it more special, but it has had the opposite. OH jokes about me 'milking' him which just puts me off.......maybe thats his plan!

Cant stand katie hopkins she is a stuck up snob! She will prob make good entertainment though!

Can't He's a sausage dog! Love the little guy so much. He's fab as he's happy going on 8 mile walks or just chilling at home.

Fairly certain I'm out this month, I suspect that 'second round' probably was OV and I'm so thick with cold DH won't come near me! Got a day off today but think it will be spent in bed. Thankfully the aforementioned dog is sympathetic to the cause.

Ladies....I got a BFP this morning! Wasnt due AF til saturday so really early days but I'm over the moon! I had no noticeable symptoms this month other than light cramping way before AF....really did not think it was my month!

CONGRATULATIONS!

That was quick! Amazing news :)

Thanks manderley! Quite shocked as I really did not think this was my month! Yeah it was quite quick which also shocked me considering how long I've been on bc. Came off bc in July but I'd say we were really only dtd at the right time from oct/nov.

Just keeping my fingers crossed all goes well as its really early days!

Ahh well done boo!!!! So so happy for you. Congratulations... Keep us posted with how you're feeling!!

Thanks boyle! Will do...def gona hang around and hopefully see all the bfps coming in!

I knew it!!!! Wooooohooooo!! This is a BFP thread! Congratulations boo Over the moon for you

Sausage dogs are lovvvvely manderley Mines a lab so always wanting food and walking, I do love it though. She's my baby.

Well no idea what's going on with me... I think I have watery CM... but last month had loads of EWCM last month before watery CM. No idea what's going on so just going to keep hopping on OH. I'm a sex machine.... Literally!!!

Yes don't go anywhere boo - keep us in the loop & we are def going to have lots more BFPs on this thread, I can feel it congrats again

Shame about the cold manderley and take it easy! Cwtch the dog & recover best you can

Firstly - CONGRATULATIONS boo...so very pleased for you!! Amazing news.

Secondly I wanted to say thank you to you boo, cant & manderley for making me feel welcome on here and like I have people to talk to.

I am finding it hard at the moment, in the months i've come off the pill I had 4 months of 28 day cycles & last month it was 23 days. So it it was a 23 day cycle that means AF would have come on Tuesday, if 28 days she's expected on Monday. Took a test on Tuesday & again today and BFN.

I am so annoyed with myself too as I read a symptom on-line and then I feel it....this morning I was checking symptoms as i've been going for a wee more often, had a splitting head and feel bloated...today I saw 'tingling nipples' listed and low and behold they are now...It's annoying me so much as I just know i'm in for a disapointment. I am finding it hard to focus at work too :s Today before I got the bfn I was imagining how to deliver the news of a bfn to my DH & family. I'm going mad!

Haha stircrazy you are not going mad, you are the same as the rest of us.... Unless we are all going mad

Some months are easier than others. The best advice I can give you is make plans. Always have something to look forward to. When you are down, just look forward to whatever you have planned next

Congrats Boo thats awesome news. Keep us updated. Everything will be fine, enjoy the moment!!!

Stir I was doing exactly the same as you last month, I am not looking at symptoms anymore as I just convince myself im pregnant. I think its normal, probably like Boo the month you get you bfp you will have had no symptoms!

Stir crazy... You are not mad, if you read back over this thread and my tww comments last month, I was exactly the same and spent all day everyday thinking and googling symptoms. Even obsessed about how I was going to conceal being pg on christmas and new year!!! BFN!!! Think it's human nature really when you want something so bad, and I'll probably be the same again during my next tww starting tomorrow so be ready

Hey Stir you are certainly not crazy! No more crazy than any of us on these threads! We are all in the same boat so don't be too hard on yourself.

I think half the problem is that when ttc we notice every little change because we are looking for it/hoping for it...which is sometimes a good thing because then next cycle we know what we've been feeling before. Also cruel though because AF symptoms seem to mimic early pregnancy symptoms from what I've read.

I was feeling really down about ttc this month and before I got my bfp I thought to myself, "try and take every bfn cycle as a learning curve about your body and cycles" I know its hard to feel positive when you feel so down about it. When you want this so bad it seems to consume your whole life!

This was my 5th cycle off bc and i realise thats pretty quick compared to a lot of people, two of my friends were just around 1yr and around the 2yr mark for eventually conceiving, so just hang in there! Any time you're feeling down just remember all of us here who are/have been going through the same thoughts and feelings and that you're not alone!

Thanks cant, going to have to put some things in the diary to look forward to.

Mrsgray I am sure you are completely right, it will be that month where nothing happens that I think it'll be a BFN for sure.

Boyle, am here for you as you enter you 2ww!! so pleased to nearly be at the end of it, although CM checking I swear I've had EWCM 3 times this month?!?! I'm giving up checking for that now as it's just so confusing, a friend who has just given me their leftover ovulation kits as she got pregnant immediately, so will be using them until they run out to help me out.

He he I was exactly the same...I convinced myself of a BFP for this week and seeing the whole family on Sunday which never happens as there's so many of us, and was getting all exciting how to break the news to them all together. d'oh!! Our minds/imaginations are so unfair on us :(

You're absolutely right boo, the symptoms are very similar which is so unfair, I had the same conversation with my doctor last month when I thought I had spotting and I thought it was implantation bleeding, the only thing anyone can advise is to wait for AF. Your view on things is also very good about every BFN month is a learning curve.

Thank you so much for your support, it really is appreciated. And really am so pleased for your BFP :)

I'm such a donkey though as DH and I aren't planning holidays this year just in case...we wanted to go skiing next month but didn't book it as know if I get a BFN it's probably not the best type of holiday to go on. Do any of you know at which point during pregnancy that you shouldn't go on holidays?

That's the way stircrazy - PMA and all that jazz!!

I've actually been looking into flying while pregnant. My OH has bought me a trip and we fly in March for our 3 year 'relationship anniversary'. I think he is going to propose (cant believe I actually just said that but it doesn't matter because this isn't RL and I'm sure if I can tell you lot about the stuff in my knickers, I can tell you that I was a right plonker if he actually doesn't) because has taken a deep interest in what engagement ring I would like 'for the future' and a great interest in my ring size and is taking me to my/our favourite city sooooooo anyway, yeah, apparently some women choose not to fly in the first 3 months but GPs will generally allow you to as long as you have no problems. Then airlines wont fly you after 32 weeks in single pregnancy or 28 weeks with multiple pregnancy!

Oh my god I'm shattered from all the dtd... If it doesn't happen this month, I know it will never happen and am going for IVF in the spring... Keep your fingers crossed for me girls!

oh and how are you feeling boo? sorry I did mean to ask!

can't fingers crossed for your bfp and a ring then! Must be on to something if OH if taking an interest in ring sizes and what you like! Excited for you!

Still really don't feel pregnant! I can feel the odd 'goings on' in my stomach but if I didnt know or wasnt trying I don't think I'd notice. Don't have sore boobs or anything yet, they look as though they might be a bit firmer looking but I'm really big boobed anyway so haven't noticed any dramatic changes yet. I've done another two tests last night and done a digital one this morning that came back as 1-2weeks so as of tomorrow I'll def be classed as 4 weeks pregnant! Such a strange feeling finding out this early as I'm scared to get too excited too soon.

Got in touch with my doctor and its all change since I had my son...well it was 11yrs ago lol. They don't need to confirm with a test of their own, just put me on to the midwife so I wont see her til I'm 8wks along so obviously I will be POAS every week just to be sure! and been booked in for the 12 week scan too.

I have everything crossed for you cant!

So who's next to POAS??

Ooh, how exciting can't! Where are you going?

I bit the bullet with flying as we've been putting off this trip for ages for other reasons. I figured it could take a while so I could have put it off again inevitably. DH, bless him, said 'well if you feel crap, we'll cancel the trip. Its only money.' God love that man. Apparently no reason why you shouldn't, just that you might not feel like it.

It's still early days isn't it boo Fingers crossed you'll have an uneventful 9 months without a symptom in sight!

Amsterdam, I have been a few times and we have been together once. It's the most beautiful place (contrary to it's media image) My OH is exactly the same manderley I did tactfully say to him about if I became pregnant. He said we would do whatever I wanted, stay home, still go, whatever. I will be going unless I am bed bound! Where are you going manderley?

China :) So excited! Been on the list for ages so great its finally happening, I'm such a nomad but DH is a homebody through and through so I've been gradually warming him up to it. Loves my crazy trips now!

Oh I think you mentioned before? I'd love to do more travelling but with dd it's a bit harder. Funny enough though, OH & I had a bottle of wine the other night and did our 'bucket lists' and we both had lots of place to visit on them so we said we'll prioritise that next year depending on whether we have been lucky or not! How's everyone feeling?

We have just woken up to our garden fence been blown down. Torrential weather here. Now off to dance class with said dd. Movies and munchies day then with this weather! Divine!