TTC and still breastfeeding? You're not alone! Thread# 2

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Marking my place...hoping I won't be here for long

ava we sleep rubbish too. More often than not. :( last night down at 8pm up at 9.30 up again at 12 up again at 3.15 up again at 5 and by golly no more sleep after that because obviously we have to play now. groan I like to believe it is because DC is still ill and when all better will go back to only two wakings a night. what do you mean I'm clinging to useless hope?

Just had a quick nosy at the stats to see who's first to expect bfp this month and...it's me! I'm not overly optimistic this month though... If Sod's law has anything to do with it I'll get mine over the next 2 months and miss christmas with DD... still! beggars can't be choosers, eh...

How is everyone else feeling about this month/cycle?x

Thanks Aurora, it's comforting to know it's not just us x

Sorry about the bad nights Ava & aurora. Dd goes to bed about 7 & we get her up at 7 but 99% of the time she will wake for at least 1 feed, usually more. Zzzzz!

I'm not feeling overly optimist this month as I'm only on cycle 1 & don't yet know how regular af will be or even if I'm ovulating. If we have no luck this month I might try ov sticks next month. How's everyone else feeling? When are you testing Ava?

What does bfp mean? Can't make it out.

Big fat positive (pregnancy test). Although the breastfeeding and pregnant is pretty decent a meaning too. :)

Haha bless you Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test!)

Oops too slow!

Morning everyone. Sorry to those who had bad nights. My DD was up a lot in the night but then slept in til 10.30 which is unheard of, so at least I got to sleep in a bit! Has thrown my day off a bit though as we have rhyme time today and I am going to struggle to get her to eat lunch so soon after her late breakfast before we leave.

Mumof1 - this is my first cycle too and so I'm not expecting a BFP this time round. I don't know when I'll be ovulating, so DTD marathon starts tonight on Cd8. Wish I could feel confident but really don't feel like I have a clear picture of my cycle at all. It was much easier when TTC DD as I monitored my cycle for a few months before we started trying, whereas now we're jumping straight into it!

Afternoon everyone

I hope nobody minds, but I've put of list of the acronyms that are most relevant to this thread. It's attached to <a class="break-all" href="//thewww.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2321992-TTC-and-breastfeeding-group-stats?msgid=52940301#52940301" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stats list that pear created.

If anyone can think of any others then please feel free to add to it. It would be a shame if there were other people that might like to join in, but were put off by our jargon

Hope everyone's having a good day

CD11 here. Must get around to dtd at some point...

I've put A list of the acronyms. I can't type...

Ahhh I see. And CD? Need a mumsnet dictionary here
Do you all check your cycle etc? With DD we just used to DTD (do the deed=sex I hope) every day but that's impossible now. I thought it would just happen naturally at some point. Really jealous of those who get pregnant on contraception! And I really wanted to know so that I coukd save all my annual leave to take before mat leave

Thanks found the list. WCCM Really? You guys go into detail. Is first response a better pregnancy test than others?

CD = cycle day. CD1 being 1st day of period.

I tried to do the list in a logical order, rather than alphabetical, so CD is near(ish) the top.

ewcm I meant.

Thanks Mary for doing that. I just clicked on it & couldn't open it but that is probably just because I'm on the app not the proper site.

Duchess that's exactly the same as us - jumping in with no clue even of how long my cycle will be! Oh well, worth a try. I'm cd10 today & we are just dtd every other day or thereabouts. I'm using pre-seed as well so hopefully that will help..?

Ha spek I was just thinking what's wccm when I saw your next post x

First response claim to detect a pregnancy up to 6 days before a missed period (or five days before your period is due). Although the accuracy so early on would be much lower than the 99% they claim on the box. There's a good article on fertilty friend that discusses the pros and cons of testing early.

There's a lot of praise for Superdrug's early hpt here on mumsnet.

Oh yes, spek these discussions can be quite graphic. There are even links to website pictures of ewcm on the march bus. Apparently. ...

Joking aside though I have found that observing changes in cm (cervical mucus) really useful.

You're right mumof link doesn't seem to work.

will try again:

Acronyms

Thanks Mary, it works perfectly now

I think the other reason frer is so good is that it is digital (correct me if I'm wrong??) so it says for definite pg or not pg. I am also a fan of the superdrug ones. When I got my bfp 1st time around i tested early & it was unclear on everything else but a strong line on the superdrug test. They are not too £££ either (good when you're testing quite a bit)

Hello ladies ?? I love that I now come on this thread and see lots of posts. 2 cycles a go I was talking to myself on here most of the time ?? I am well thanks. Mainly feeling positive because my CBFM asked for a stick again today (that's two days in a row) on CD11. So I'm always feeling more positive when I am tracking. I'm not allowing myself to think that this month is going to be a bfn. Positive thinking! secretly though if I don't get it on cycle 4 I will most likely loose the plot but shhhhh don't tell anyone My DS slept until 5am (woke up screwing again with his teeth) and then went back to bed after a feed and Nurofen. Once again bf came to the rescue

Thanks Mary, I always thought DC meant darling child not dear child...silly me

FrER means First Response early response no?! It is not digital

Oh dear lord...woke up screaming again, now screwing!!!!!!

I mean NOT screwing!!! Could this get worse