Anyone on their first cycle 2ww want a cycle buddy to chat with ?

[PinkButterfly]

Hi. I am on my first two week wait and completely consumed! Can't think of much else and as we haven't told anyone we are ttc I have no-one to chat with about it!! Anyone ??

How do you know it's sunny where I am ??? Take it that it is where you are ???

Yes v sunny here in central London. Where are you?

Afternoon ladies! I've been really busy this morning so this is my first chance to catch up!

I like the idea of being a stay at home Mum but do not know whether or not I'd like it in reality, my sis finds it really hard to cope with the baby talk all day and it is much harder than actually going out to work isn't it!? Doubt we'll ever be able to cope financially without us both working anyway - got too used to our lifestyle.

I am on the Nov thread as AF not due now until 3/11. Get's lonely on there sometimes!

Thanks for the tip about the website KitKat, I shall have a look.

I met my DH at work too KitKat. He was my WPF (work place fantasy!) It was all very innocent at first, just a good reason to put my lipstick on each day but then I realised that he was a great guy inside too and I had a flash thought that if I was with him, I would be happy for the rest of my life! Cheesy but true. We got together 5 years ago (almost to the day) and moved in together after 3 weeks - he only got round to proposing last year though and we got married in June. LOVE being married!!

We are both 32 but I am 33 in December and hate the thought that I might get to 33 without even the hint of a bump . BUT that is not the attitude, I have 2 more chances before then!

Glad to hear your Mum is on the mend PinkButterly - had a cancer scare with my Dad so know how awful it feels. His was kidney so he just has the one now but seems to be ok.

I work as a legal recruitment consultant. I am actually a lawyer myself but wanted to try setting up a company and running it to see how entrepreneurial I am (not very ) I work for a board of directors so I have the freedom without the fear - well, I still have a lot of fear but that wasn't the plan!! I miss the banter of working with colleagues though - you can't beat a giggle at work!

Really sounds like you might have cracked it this cycle PB - will be waiting very impatiently for your testing next week!! (or the following Monday if you can hold out!! ) Babydust to you too KitKat - it's not over until the old bag pitches up!!

Hello - was wondering where you got to!

We moved in together after 6 months, which was quite early for me (not as early as you!) - I think when you know, you know! Happy anniversary for this week?

I?m 33 soon after xmas as well ? keep thinking of myself as 32, forget I?m closer to 33!! I think what will be, will be ? there?s so much luck involved that we?ve really got to try and stop stressing. Easier said than done I know?

I?ve always wanted to freelance, but I like the security of a permanent job. Think I will definitely consider it should I get pg and am finding it difficult to go back to work full time. Ideally I?d like to go back part-time ? but employers are never keen on that are they?

LOL at calling AF ?the old bag?!!

x

Hello! Have decided to try as of NOW for bambino 3, so would be great to cycle along too!!

Hello, hello - welcome! Are you on the dreaded 2ww too?

Hi KitKat30 - No, not yet as missed the boat this month (DH not around at critical time!!) It should be game on early next month!

Welcome JTT - look forward to hearing how you get on. What sex and ages are your children at mo ?

Hey Kitkat, how are you today ? See from the October thread that you have been experiencing light-headedness and queasyness - ooohhh - fingers crossed !!!

Hey PinkB - dunno, think I'm just imagining symptoms to be honest... More a case of wanting to be pg than actually being pg!!

Yeah I know its difficult - I'm still feeling pretty shattered and queasy and had quite a bit of low down cramp and back pain yesterday, which of course is a symptom of both pg and AF. Definately don't think I'll be managing to wait until a week on Monday to see if AF arrives - think I will need to be putting myself out of my misery next Thursday. The thought of going through this for months on end just fills me with dread to be honest - it's consuming. I cannot imagine how people ttc for years must feel if this is how I feel in cycle 1. Never mind, we can get each other through it and there are lots and lots of people here in same boat as us!

I know - thank god for these boards, otherwise my poor DH would have his ear bent off!

I'm hoping I wont be quite so obsessive in the following months... I think maybe because it is the 1st month we've got ourselves so worked up and excited. So with any luck, as time goes on, we'll be a bit more reasoned and calm about it! Either that or we'll be completely bonkers by xmas!!

Will keep everything crossed for us next week!

Hi
Good to know there are people like me our there.. my last AF was Sept 10th and I am 6 days late.. which 9 tests to show that I am 'faintly' positive... has anyone else had that.. also bad cramps.. bit worried as first preg was ectopic which ended in loss of 1 tube... any advice!!??

Hi - that sounds promising - I dont know anything as this is my first month TTC. Pretty clueless really! Which tests are you using - from what I've read people seem to rate the Clearblue ones?

Hello ladies and welcome to the newbies!

BeckyJones - I have read many times on here that a positive is a positive no matter how faint. Given what you have been through, you might want to gt your gp to test and give you piece of mind? Hope it is the result you want.

KitKat30 - I can tell you that I am 10 times worse now and more obsessed than I was the first month of TTC - sorry!! Hope your signs are the good type.

PinkButterfly - hang in there, I am getting a good vibe from you

JTT - hello

Good afternoon all,

BeckyJones - as MrsMcJnr says, even a faint line is a positive pg. Hope this one is successful for you.

MrsMcJnr - thank you but I feel I am making myself too positive. Wish I wasn't having symptoms of any kind to obsess over! When I was in 2ww with DS2 I didn't even know you could get any symptoms so early so just told myself it was wishful thinking (fantom) or something else entirely but of course it wasn't! Again trying to tell myself I'm not pg and I couldn't be that lucky twice in a row but very hard not to get hopes up. My dh is sure I'm pg - I just think his masculinity would be dented if he thought his swimmers couldn't do "the job" right away (he thought he was sooo good last time!). He doesn't believe me when I tell him that even if everything is at the right place at the right time that even a v. fertile person only has a 20-30% chance of success. Time will tell for us though won't it.

Where are you on your current cycle ? Sorry I am finding it very difficult to keep track of everyone's info on different threads. x

PinkButterfly - I think it is fruitless trying to talk yourself out of being too hopeful, I think we try and talk down the symptoms so that we are not as disappointed if they are not pg ones, but we don't lessen the disappointment and it feels great being excited so I think we shouldn't even try to talk ourselves down from it!! Does that make any sense?!

I have been on the Christmas threads and am now really excited, I love Christmas!! We are having Christmas at home with the in-laws, SIL and Aunt in law. Aunt in law usually gets drunk and touches up FIL - most amusing! I am just hoping and praying that we are pregnant by then, I have a little dream of telling them on Xmas day .

I am CD8 today, I normally Ov around CD16-18 so I'll start the OPKs on CD12 and the serious BDing around then too. Then it's fingers crossed for a Positive November. My LP is only 10 or 11 days so I don't normally have to wait too long to find out if we've been blessed or not. So hope that it happens for us soon.

MrsMcJnr - I know what you mean re being positive and I'm sure you are right. I am just a bit of a pessamist by nature and in most situation don't expect the best outcome so I am not dissapointed when I don't get it. My DH on the other hand is the complete opposite so can be a bit of a battle of wills.

Christmas - Your family sound a blast - can we join you ??? lol

We normally have my mum and DH's parents with us on Xmas day and I know what you mean about announcing it then. That's what we did when pg with DS2 - waited until xmas day and let DS1 tell everyone after dinner. Was lovely.

I have it in my mind that if I was to be soooo damn lucky again this time that I would have had my scan by then..... I saw a lovely grandparents photo album in JoJoMammanBebe so had thought I could buy both grandma's one and wrap them like a xmas present, have them open at same time and first pic would be a scan pic!! Everyone is going to be so shocked if/when we announce a pregnancy after us shouting from the rooftops for past two years that we are all done increasing the population!!! x

Aw how cute your DS1 must have been telling them, did anyone cry? I would have done!! I remember when I told my teacher when I was 9 that my mummy was having a baby. She told me off for telling lies and put me outside. She called my Mum and told her I was telling lies to which my Mum confirmed that she was indeed pregnant!! I was brought up in Hong Kong and it was virtually unheard of to have more than 2 kids (I also have a sister 2 years younger than me) and even more wierd for there to be a 10 year gap between the oldest and the youngest but it was planned that way!

That's such a lovely idea about the photo albums - can I nick it?!

DH and I are flying out to Spain on 28th to stay with my parents for 10 days (hey live there). My Mum's parents are also flying over on the same day. My birthday is 29th and we have a table for the 6 of us at the resturant where DH proposed to me last year for NYE. I keep dreaming about how lovely it would be to tell DH's family on Xmas day and to tell mine face to face on my birthday but hey, it's in the hands of the gods isn't it. I was so excited last cycle as if I'd fallen, my baby would have been due on my Mum's 60th and that would have been lovely! ho hum!

Oh MrsMcJnr - I will keep praying for you that you get your wish for xmas/new year - that would be so lovely (and yes, of course, you can nick my photoalbum idea - sure lots of peeps do it that way!).

When I was ttc ds2 but hadnt had my pg confirmed I had worked out that if I could fall in first month baby would be due on our first anniversary (which he was but ended up 10 days overdue and was born on our best friends anniversary instead!).

Help - DH just came home and informed me that the sandwiches he made this morning for lunch were blue moldy! (and it didn't cross his mind to phone and tell me!) I made toast this morning for me and kids half in the dark and we all eat it! What if I was pregnant ? What damage would that do ? Feel ill now - was nauseous anyway but this has made me worse and to boot DH has being doing work on a farmhouse today and stinks of cow shit!!!!

Thank you

Oh no re the blue bread! You'll be ok, there is no shared blood stream for the first 10 days they say.

My Mum got listeria when she was pregnant with my sister, seriously! She was 3 months and ate pate and cheese (!!) that had been imported into HK from France and had, unbeknown to her, been frozen, defrosted and re-frozen before it arrived (my folks were in import export!) she was very ill, with ulcers all round her mouth and lost tonnes of weight but my sis was fine.

My nephew was due on my sis's birthday but ended up being a month early and they had to re-arrange their 1st anniversary plans as he was 3 weeks old! My DH will be on a stag in Poland on our 1st anniversary!

Thanks MrsMcJ - I started another quick thread because I was worried you weren't around and the consensus seems to be same - just panicked probably more so because I do think there is a real good chance I could be pg. My DH got a bloody earfull though for not even thinking to phone me and let me know - I was so . x

BeckyJones - I had a really faint line with my Dd2 but I was defo pregnant. Start taking that folic acid if you haven't already done so!! And good luck this time
PinkButterfly - I have two under 2's.
Everyone! - Love the Christmas ideas, they sound really special, particularly the photo album one.

Hi!

Can i join you??

I'm on cd19/28-30 4dpo and af is due around the 22nd/23rd so fairly close

This is our first month of ttc #3 but i only have a couple of months to make it count (long story - i've used all my persuasive powers on dh to give it a go even for a couple of months!)

I'm finding the wait agonizing!!

xx