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Thread 8, TTC #1. Change my FW one more time Ovia, I dare you! TMI Warning throughout.

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 26/01/2016 14:09

Symptom spotters, tww - ers, slightly hysterical hormone laden ladies! Regs, lurkers, intermittent posters! Our raison d'etre is 'am I pregnant?' Depending on how much Ovia (Whybird) has pissed us off/messed with our fw she is either the oracle or a sanctimonious charlatan.

Just a warning, we move FAST! Our threads last on average, about a week before they're full.

Thread 8 , Welcome one and all! Group of weirdos, wee hoarders, covert opk or okp, depending on what your autocorrect decides addicts with a side business in CM management!

We do not judge, we enjoy TMI, we i encourage waiting to poas nobody listens and all the grossness you can find from a group of intelligent, articulate ladies. Fart stories make us laugh, stories about cervical mucus, pooing, cysts and nausea equally welcome. Although normal conversation is also encouraged.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kat a resident piss stick queen runner loaaaaaads of bfp'ers who keep us positive! We don't have rules, we love a good symptom spot, we try to stay grounded and not be hysterical sometimes we manage it aswell

We like acronyms, we make some up: PET = Proper expensive test. We love the d(h)...which can of course mean 'dearest' or 'dickhead' why, what were you thinking?

Thread 8, TTC #1. Change my FW one more time Ovia, I dare you! TMI Warning throughout.
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Feefeefs · 30/01/2016 11:05

Hope this week is better starky I'm a firm believer that DTD is a great stress reliever so hopefully the FW weekend has two functioned upduffed and relaxed!

It's all so exciting miley! I also plan to breastfeed, my friends baby is a year old yesterday and she breastfed throughout and did amazingly well, she is my inspiration! They're baby was a happy surprise but she has been amazing.

I don't think I would want to know the sex although my DH thinks this is insane!

iPatches · 30/01/2016 11:14

Update: as mentioned I had a faint line yesterday morning but wasn't really sure as I then had AF cramps all morning. Have had sore boobs (really bad) since Saturday.

Woke up at 6am so decided to test (woke DH up!) using an internet cheapie. Another line that was SO faint neither DH or I could make anything of it so I sulked and we went back to sleep.

9am came and I decided to test again. Same thing. I'm telling DH that I feel weird and something isn't "normal". He gets online and finds that lots of people have had trouble with the One Step brand of test strips that we have. I convince him to let me take an "expensive" test, even though AF isn't due until tomorrow, using the same sample. Didn't look, set the timer for 3 minutes and then we looked together.

BFP!!!!

You can see the difference between the tests. The oldest cheapie (yesterday) is on the right, the middle one is the 6am test and the left one is the 9am test.

Thread 8, TTC #1. Change my FW one more time Ovia, I dare you! TMI Warning throughout.
Planeteer · 30/01/2016 11:16

Wooooooooo!!! Congrats ipatches that's fab news ThanksThanksThanksStarStarStar

ElleSarcasmo · 30/01/2016 11:17

Awww Miley, your DH is so cute! I don't know what Isofix is either. Hmm I think I'd want to wait to find out the sex. It would be a lovely surprise at the end of labour then!

Mileymoocow · 30/01/2016 11:18

Big fat congratulations on your bfp ipatches! I had a suspicion you might be when you mentioned cramping and sore boobs without a sign of af! 😉 exactly what I had.

feef it think it gives you something a little extra to push for. Plus I think it'll hold the magic a little better. But it's awkward buying for a baby if you don't know the gender, I struggled to find something that was truly gender neutral for my friends little one. Everything way cream or beige but has detailing that swayed more towards one or the other, like scalloping/bows etc

ElleSarcasmo · 30/01/2016 11:19

Woohoo iPatches! Congratulations Flowers Flowers Flowers!!!

Kathrino · 30/01/2016 11:20

Congrats iPatches!!

I was so tempted to POAS this morning (Ovia says I can test in two days although AF not due for a week) but I resisted and made cake instead CakeCakeCake

IndiX · 30/01/2016 11:23

Yaaayyyy ipatches congratulations!! I really hope sore boobs are a sign as mine are so tender still and I'm dreaming about them haha!! So happy for you! Xx

Miley I think I will find out the sex, I'm a big control freak and know I would stress not knowing. I think a surprise is lovely though if you have the willpower I definitely don't.

All these bfps are making me excited to test, I'm so nervous for a bfn though as I feel quite good this time about it all. Don't want that crushing disappointment Sad

iPatches · 30/01/2016 11:28

Thanks all! We are absolutely delighted Grin
For info, my "symptoms" were:
Cramps for 4-6 hours on 7dpo
Cramps for 4-6 hours on 12dpo and again now on 13dpo
INCREDIBLY painful boobs from 7dpo onward which came on very suddenly.

I haven't felt unusually tired but have struggled with my usual gym routine from 7dpo which I put down to a bad cold - not sure if this is a "symptom" because cold is still lingering.

Holly300 · 30/01/2016 11:30

Congratulations ipatches!! Thanks

Laurenowls · 30/01/2016 11:38

Conhtatulations ipatches so so so pleased for you xx

Cthulhoo · 30/01/2016 11:40

Wooohoo, ipatches, congrats!

latinata · 30/01/2016 11:45

Lovely news, iPatches! And excellent sympton sharing!

Bet you've already started Googling maternity clothes....

stardusty5 · 30/01/2016 11:52

Congratulations ipatches! ThanksThanks

StarkyTheDirewolf · 30/01/2016 12:16

Congratulations ipatches woohoo! Lovely news!

I'm feeling MUCH brighter today thanks guys! And opk's plural, cause I did two seem positive. Possibly properly positive. Not checked cm or anything else, just going to dtd when I wake Dh up!

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Bananarma · 30/01/2016 12:19

Congratulations ipatches Flowers

Thanks for the info it's interesting to see what the symptoms are and when they come.

What a lucky thread - hoping the rest of us can get some bfps too Grin

miwelaisjacydo · 30/01/2016 12:24

Currently doing some respite care it's so lovely having a child in the house.

StarkyTheDirewolf · 30/01/2016 12:26

Possible proper positive opk? Darkest ones I've had. Cd 17 (of a 37-41 average cycle.) Certainly seems possible in the time frame?

Thread 8, TTC #1. Change my FW one more time Ovia, I dare you! TMI Warning throughout.
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miwelaisjacydo · 30/01/2016 12:27

Congrats ipatch

Mazza22 · 30/01/2016 12:27

Congratulations ipatches wonderful news!!

miley so adorable how into it and adorable your DH is being - Can't see mine being like that at all! Oh I think is want to find out sex personally

LaraG13 · 30/01/2016 12:58

I've got waaaaay behind on here!!

Congrats ipatches!! Lovely news 💐

starky that was as dark as my OPKs got last month so I would be considering that a surge in my book.

harrietm87 · 30/01/2016 12:58

congrats ipatches!!!

So many bfps! I'm cd29 of 32/33 today. Ovia tells me I ovulated on 20 January but I think it was earlier so could be anything from 9-12 dpo. No symptoms whatsoever so think I'm deffo out for this month. AF not due til 3 Feb though so still have to wait! This month has seemed interminable!

Pugmummy87 · 30/01/2016 13:12

Do you guys tell your OH's when your fw is/when you are ovulating?

Dtd last night, but it took him a bit of persuasion. He doesn't know that I think I was ovulating, as I didn't want to put pressure on him to perform. Wondering though, if he did know, whether that would help?

He is one of those guys though that is in the 'it'll happen when it happens, let's just see what happens and don't stress about it'. Which I do get, but with my pcos and irregular cycles, it probably won't just happen without some effort!

Pugmummy87 · 30/01/2016 13:12

Oh god, I'm sorry, congratulations ipatches!

StarkyTheDirewolf · 30/01/2016 13:22

pug I didn't last cycle, but I've been more vocal about it this cycle. I showed him my opk yesterday poor man has no idea what he's supposed to be looking at but he's just loving my "more sex please" attitude! Grin ill have to wait and see and hope that it's a surge!

What's everybody up to today?

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