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Thread 2. #Ttc1. We weren't supposed to start yet, but the starting pistol (penis) has gone off. Join our journey as we navigate the ovia boat, pissy sticks and symptoms spotting

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 17/11/2015 12:19

We weren't supposed to start till January! But we did!
Join us as we ttc #1 after pill/contraception etc.

We've got a boat, it makes frequent stops for wine, pissy sticks, wool, slings, cake and all manner of shit we don't need yet but we buy anyway!

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:26

I have a conundrum. So I'm four days late, I have a twitchy achy tummy, really low down, like period cramps, but not quite. I've had slightly sticky discharge all week (TMI, my apologies) and I feel ever so slightly naseaus, have done all week on/off. I'm spotty and my boobs hurt. It feels like I should be on, but it's not happened yet. I'm going mad because the chance of it not being my period is slim, but now I'm symptom spotting. And I'm probably going to post this and immediately come on my period.

But, in the spirit of being insane, I saved my morning wee, in a tiny tupperware, it's in the back of my wardrobe. (Told you, insane!) I have one of the cheapy strip tests. One. I have been put off having a go, partly because if I use it, it means I'm going to get a bfp, and I'll be gutted, and then immediately come on, and I'll feel stupid for wasting it. And I'm sort of playing a waiting game, waiting for this period to arrive and go "haha! Now you're not pregnant AND a bleedy hormonal cow," in a way, I don't want to test fate and KNOW I'm not, and wait to come on. It's not like I can't get more tests, but that one upstairs being smug in the drawer feels sort of like admitting how much I want to be prego and I'm going to cry when it says no. My dsis is here, but is going out shortly, Dh is asleep.

If you're still with me after all that, I thank you. Should I wait longer, or test and get my bfn and get it over with? I'd sort of mentally made the decision that if I'd not come on by the end of the day that I'd test, but now I'm doubting my own decision and feel like I should just wait it out till I do come on. I'm going slowly mad. Grin

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:27

Bloody hell, autocorrect is a bastard, not BFP. ..BFN...

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Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:31

Phahaha!! Exploiting your servix Confused (auto correct wanted to turn that into exploding your service Hmm)

It a day for TMI I've got loads of stretchy CM but Ovia says I'm not in my fertile window until next week Hmm I thought stretchy CM was a sign that ovulation is close at hand??

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:34

stark after that explanation I think you owe it to us to test right this instant!!! Thanks

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:37

Runner get on the man ASAP! Trust your body more than the app. Once you enter in the data that you have EWCM it will alter your fertile window. It's a huge sign. Time to get shagging!

Starky I say get testing. You can easy go the shop to buy more.
How on earth have you by tested and you're 4 days late you nutter. Get dipping!!! (I'm lonely with my stick pics) Grin

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:37

No point driving yourself insane by waiting. You never know it might be BFP and then how silly will you feel Wink

And if it's not at least you won't be going mad and keeping wee in the back of your closet any more GrinCake

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:37

Yeah at least I keep my wee in the bathroom medicine cupboard Wink

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:40

Hmm Bunch I think your right. Bloody OH is out tonight at his work Xmas do so I'll have to jump him tomorrow instead. We did dtd day before yesterday though so we should be good.

Oddly I did enter EWCM into Ovia and it didn't alter my window. Just gave me a patronising "well done" for having good CM Confused

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:41

Lol, I'm pretty sure if my OH found me stashing wee he'd have me committed Shock

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:42

Runner have you you dragged the screen down on your calendar screen to refresh it?

Bit of a tangent. Does anyone else find this TTC malarkey making them get irrationally angry at bad references to TTC on tv shows?

I was shocked by how wrong some shows get it. Friends has Monica worrying she's missed her fertile window when she got her dates wrong "so I'm ovulating from today until the 6th" "oh I'm still ovulating". Nah love you mean you may be or that you're fertile! And then greys anatomy (I've been re watching old seasons) has Eva asking for a scan because she's 5 days pregnant. Eh?!! "Oh it's completely normal not to get a heartbeat this early". No shit, it's barley implanted and no test will have you down as pregnant!! Rant over 

StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:50

Haha runner that's why it's in the back of the wardrobe! Nobody will happen across it there! I was being insane this morning, dying for a wee, legs crossed,hopping around the kitchen trying to find a suitable encasing for my saved wee!

Right, okay, I shall test, probably, I think, if it's a bfn which it will be then at least I'll know. And then I can nip out another day to get some more because inevitably, I will dip and then come on. So I won't need to buy anymore for a month! I'll wait till my dsis goes out so I can retrieve my wee in peace!

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Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:51

Bunch just checked. Still says I'm not fertile until Tuesday. Sucky!

Haven't got angry at TV shows yet. Just at absolutely everyone having an opinion Hmm

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:52

Starky whilst you're waiting - get on Amazon or eBay for some internet cheapies!

shelbTa · 04/12/2015 13:52

Starky - do it! I've got an image of your wee at the back of a cupboard now so if only to remove that from my head! Jokes. They do all sound like potential symptoms.

Runner - cover all bases and get doing it id say. But yeah haven't you just finished AF? Jesus Christ I know way too much about people I don't even know!

I'm stressing - the (TMI) brown spotting has stopped now, it was barely anything in the end, not even enough to cover a (TMI) liner. There was a little bit of EWCM with it which is the first I've had since I came off the pill. I'm CD18. My tummy hurts a bit even when I walk. What do you reck? Ovulation bleed maybe?

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/12/2015 13:53

I even downloaded ovia on the strength of it and it told me to test! it's the cramps that are making me unsure, they've been so intermittent! It's a toss up between not knowing on purpose, and wanting to keep the hope or knowing for definite and knowing it's a negative. Grin

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Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:54

Stark you must post the results immediately! We will all be waiting with bated breath.

Just remembered that I'm supposed to take the kids into town to see the Christmas coke lorry this evening... I'm sorry but when did that become a thing?! Hmm

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 13:56

I've read (been reading a lot today) that we can get periody like cramps for the first 12 weeks. All sounds like symptoms to me. DIP IT DIP IT DIP IT.
Come one everyone join in DIP IT!

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:57

Shelb I finished AF at the weekend so about 5 days ago now. Not too early for early Ovulation... Maybe my eggs are just as eager to get upduffed as I am Grin

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 13:58

Stark there's no chance of you getting any peace now until you test. You may as well get it over with Grin

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 14:03

Oh runner i would love to see the lorry! When did it start being a thing to see??

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 14:05

Darn it I missed my local one on the 1st, mind you I wouldn't have been able to get there due to flooding anyway.
Are you a northern lass or a southern belle Runner? (2 locations today Wink)

It's all gone quiet... Is she dipping?

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 14:08

I don't know, a year or two ago it started coming to my town.

Here's the link to this years tour dates

www.coca-cola.co.uk/stories/history/advertising/keep-on-trucking/

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 14:08

I'm down on Sunny (HA!) Swindon

Runner05 · 04/12/2015 14:10

She better bloody be dipping... I'm trying to study but can't concentrate because I'm too distracted by vicarious testing Hmm

BunchOfBobs · 04/12/2015 14:10

I don't think any part of the U.K. Is sunny at the mo. I've had bad flooding in my local area (mid Wales) and today is the first day it's not rained constantly for a MONTH!

I'm sensing wardrobe rummaging on Starkys end.