Prty's Gang and The Festival of Foof Fun (when they not being cray cray!)

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Hi (big wave)
So you clicked on here cos you were looking for me (I'm flattered!) or the title seemed interesting!
I'm aware it doesn't really explain but we are bunch of lovely ladies all TTC and going ever so slightly crazy with it! For more info see our original thread here - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2412386-TTC-anxious-over-early-pregnancy-possible-symptoms?msgid=56357000#56357000

We are symptoms spotters extrodinaire - you name it we've had it, real and/or imagined
We are here to help, we are all supportive, we laugh, rant, cry, joke, rage, smile, and comfort together. Be you a lurker or poster (established or new) then you are very welcome here. We only have a few rules:

1. No judgement - we all lead different lives and have different standards and that is fine. You wanna get wasted everyday of TWW, that's fine. You wanna abstain completely, that's fine. We need support, not judgement.
2. No feeling stupid - we've all had those months where we definitely think we are pg 110% convinced and then AF turns up, don't feel bad about it, it happens. Also we all have different levels of knowledge so no question is stupid apart from the one you don't ask.
3. On this thread there is no such thing as TMI - we are all adults and we all know how miraculous and amazing... and downright disgusting our bodies can be, it's fine. Share what you want, we will not be fazed.

So that's it, jump in and FX'd for all my lovelies xx

Hi Kitten and welcome 14 months TTC must be rough, don't blame you for wanting some company!

MrsFlowers hope you're enjoying it lol. I think a boozy holiday last week has completely put me off alcohol!!

Prty I resisted deleting my Facebook when seeing yet another PG announcement today - decided to settle for poking my phone screen in an angry rage congratulating the happy couple instead....

annie I say symptom :)
flowers been abstaining since March (sigh) did do the carbs though!
kitten welcome, my lovely, you are more than welcome here :) we will all get babies - by any means necessary I'll make sure of it!

Hi mummy - yes it's been tough. I've got a ds who is 3 and that happened within a few months so it's a struggle - feel like I'm broken. But you lovely lot will definitely help!

Thanks prty! That's good to hear , a bfp for us all will be amazing! Im not leaving without a bfp

KittenPie what you just said sounds exactly like my life right now! I was also hoping for a birthday BFP and my DH is also sulking for being treated like a sperm bank! To the and I now go, it's a lot more reliable!

Very impressed Prty although I find carbs just as reliable!

You lot are helping already! Here's to a lucky thread

mrsflowers - lol - bloody men! It's not like we're asking them to do something they don't like! I couldn't believe it when dh was saying that last week - I'm so fed up that's yet another cycle gone now. He just doesn't understand

It's not been easy flowers and did have a little cheat while I was on holiday in June... need to sort out my diet really but then I'm just too weak, especially without the booze!

Prty everything in stages - we can't be super women all the time Holiday is definitely a free zone, did you go anywhere nice?

AGAIN KittenPie you've hit the nail on the head, it's not like I'm asking he do the cleaning FFS!! I have also found it hard the past few days to stress the importance and why we HAVE TO DTD NOW - mood killer or what?! Also fed up but at least we are part of Prtys gang now

mrsflowers - exactly!! I was exactly the same last week - definitely a mood killer but when he was going on about not just there for sperm all I could think was 'FFS why did you have to have this meltdown on my most fertile days' !! Obviously I couldn't say that to him as it really wouldn't have helped
Yes I think being part of the gang will really help

I really feel like I should DTD again tonight just in case! Argh!!

Eugh is anyone else watching One Born or is it just me who tortures themselves?!

shary - I can only watch that when I'm in a 'good' part of my cycle i.e when I'm not sulking about yet another af arriving - it has to be during a time when I'm feeling positive that a bfp may be possible.... Now I realise that makes me sounds utterly crazy......

Trying to catch up on all the posts every 24 hours is a workout! As a number cruncher by day, I have an overwhelming urge to put all your stats in an Excel sheet as a reference point! (secretly hopes this is good idea)

So for now I am going to say welcome newbies!!

For those those battling the witch, we are on a new cycle now! We've had 1 BFP, and we SHALL continue the trend!

For those in the TWWOH, indulge in that symptom spotting!

For those whose OHs are on a sperm strike...I agree with you, WTF, it's not like they have to get exponentially fatter on a 9 month hormonal rollercoaster, only to have their genitals ripped apart at the end, like something out of Alien. All they have to do is have a God damn orgasmn. Jeez.

Uhm, hi can I join? (Pokes head round corner) I'm hoping you guys can help keep the little sanity I have left.

I'm 22 and have been married to my DH for nearly 4 months now & been together for nearly 5 years and we've just started TTC #1.
I came off the Pill 23rd July and my Withdrawl bleed finished on 29th July and I haven't had an AF since.
I also haven't noticed any EWCM through this time. For the past week I've been having really vivid dreams (when I can finally get off to sleep), creamy CM, 'tender nips', on and off nausea, and a constant urge to eat. I also feel like every morning I'm going to see AF but it's not there.. I tested on the 28th and got a BFN. Now I only have one test left and every morning I want to take it. I'm going crazy and this is our first month D: I'm really hoping for AF just to show up so I know where I am and what on earth my body is up to!
DH is somehow coping with my craziness atm but he doesn't know the full extent (ssssh)

Welcome emz, I think we're all experts at not revealing just how cray cray we are to our delightful other halves, hehe. That's why I love this place.

It's just 5am and I've been awake over an hour in agony, pulled a muscle in my neck in my sleep I think, can't get comfy and debating if I'd be really out of order waking up my oh and demanding a massage.

On a more positive note.,, one day further on in the 2ww

Pahahahaha aindy next time my OH gets grumpy I'm gonna read that post to him! Spot on!!
Feel free to collate stats - like I said before I only didn't do it cos I don't understand it but I'm fine if someone else wants to :)
emz welcome to the most not so secret secretly cray cray thread on MN! The first month or so of coming off the pill is really hard, a lot of pill withdrawal symptoms are the same as AF & pg symptoms. It can take a few cycles for your body to readjust so don't be disheartened, that being said people have fallen pg straight after stopping the pill too!

Morning ladies, sorry to put a downer on the thread so early in the morning but I'm an emotional mess today! I'm irrationally nervous about bloods this morning, feel physically sick at the thought of walking in to the GP surgery. To add to that my temperature has dropped (it did yesterday- I was hoping it would go back up again today but it's dropped further) so I'm 99% sure I'm out. Again. Just told OH not to expect a BFP this month. He said all the right things but the disappointment was written all over his face. I just want to cry!! I have the drive between the doctors and work to sort my head out and paint a fake smile on my face but I'm not sure I can do it.

Hey shary (scoops you up into a big hug) it's gonna be fine. Your doc sounds really understanding and the blood tests are a positive step.
You don't have to put a fake smile on - everyone is allowed off days and maybe it wouldn't hurt to show people you're not doing so great today, you don't have to say why but you might find people respond differently if they know it's not a good day for you.
Be sure to let us know how the docs goes, my lovely xx

aindy - oh yes please do stats - would be good to see where everyone is at. What do you need from us? Exactly about sperm strike! Men have the easy part and they still bloody moan!!
shary - big hug for you. This road isn't easy at all and it's perfectly normal to be nervous but we're all with you. Like prty says - you don't need a fake smile, it's okay to show how you're feeling. Let us know how you get on

Morning girls.
Just popping in to drop off a hug for shary.
Also just realised that my next fertile window is a weekend when the in laws are staying with us to help knock a wall down. Stealth sex it is then!

Brilliant Aindy, you made my morning

Shary I am so sorry you are having a crap start to the day. We are all thinking of you and here when you need to let the smile slip with virtual hugs and . Keep us posted xxx

Emz. I came off the pill in April, had withdrawl and AF has been pretty regular since, about 30-32 days, but VERY light, nothing like it used to be, some days just spotting. I don’t really get any EWCM either, or at least, hardly anything. I never knew how much the pill could mess your body up. We are told how easy it is our whole lives – I feel completely misled and lied to!! Anyway, hoping AF doesn’t show up for you. Let’s keep letting our craziness out here

xxx

Thank you for the warm welcome and the acception of my craziness ;)

Flowers I went to the doctors once because I missed the first couple of days of my pill and she went crazy, phoned people made me pee in a tube then got told by some person on the phone that actually it was probably OK. I think she got more scared than me! I did think when coming off it was either going to be a quick return to normal or a longgggg slog! Think I have the long slog :(

I'm fed up.
Went for day 21 bloods the other day to see if I'm actually ovulating and just phoned for results - there's a note on the file to say I need to see the doctor so am so worried now. The appointment isn't until Tuesday so I will drive myself mad between then and now worrying . I could just cry

Hi ladies, thanks so much for your messages you really are a wonderful bunch xxx
Kitten, it's ridiculous they're making you wait that long, can they not fit you in if there is a cancellation?
The lady who took my bloods said she usually works at an early pregnancy unit so she understood my worries. She was lovely. She told me that my bloods could be available as quickly as this evening or tomorrow morning which surprised me. She said they usually process hormonal bloods quicker

Thanks shary - it's because the doctor who referred me is on leave til then - so unfortunately I have to wait, the results are there but the receptionist refused to give them to me as she 'is not medically qualified' - so I am gutted.