Thread 9. TTC#1 The thread where we unanimously delete Ovia.

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

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/Ovibitch) 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 9 , 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.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kat, I have been dubbed the resident piss stick queen 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?

Stark yes I'm here! I did post earlier today but I work Monday's so don't get much time for dicking around on my phone anything else.
Conference was awesome, amazing lectures and great fun too.
I have not managed to successfully lose a single lb this month. I have 10 to lose. I'm going to have to lose some this month as I'm becoming a whale.
I have pre-AF sore boobs. Other than that I am completely not pregnant (AF due 7th) but Lisa had no symptoms and is snuggling a tiny human in her uterus right now so who knows.

Now that is a great idea Lisa! Maybe some LED fairy lights? Hmm for the first time in my life I'm actually considering a vajazzle!

Yes, Im opk-ing as well as temping. I just don't have a clue with my weird cycles so trying to figure out as much as I can. My problem is I do get a bit obsessive over things. I don't get much cm either, that's why I got rather excited at noticing ewcm on Friday and Saturday, because I've not had it before!

Doesn't help everyone in my family only has to look at a penis and boom! They're pregnant! Whereas me, 5 years of no contraception and not even a sniff of a bfp (admittedly we've only started trying properly since October). Stupid polycystic ovaries.

snow I know right! I feel like every time we've dtd before and used condoms was like reckless abandonment or something! I felt terrible earlier knowing that carnage was going in in my nethers all weekend!

kat I think we've been putting too much stock into symptoms, af and baby symptoms are so similar! It's a mind fuck.

Anyone see the Ovia article today? "Ovia users reporting pregnancies up to 3x faster than the national average, at just two months." I like those odds! even if it's Ovia propaganda!

Anyone else feeling a bit more settled and a bit less obsessed after falling for AF symptoms in disguise as BFP in Cycle #1? I was almost certain I was and even had roughly formed plans to make my announcements - imagine my shock at BFN and AF finally turning up!!!

Cycle #1 madness! listen to me sound like a wisened lady but watch me do the same again in Cycle #2 when I hit 2WW 😝

Hang on a second...why in all that is likely to drive a woman hysterical is FF saying I should test at 19dpo?! It says AF due 15dpo! Come on!!!! 😣

I've given up on ff and ovia.. especially with whats been happening and it seems like i spoke too soon pinky/red spotting is on the rise again

Think im going to head to the doctors v soon as this has been going on dor 3 weeks plus now!!

lillian I genuinely think we work ourselves up so much in cycle 1. I was borderline psychotic thinking if I didn't catch my first go then I'd have no "beginners luck" and would never end up pregnant! That's when I decoded to not poas until af day, because I knew I'd only work myself up more! And even though I'd completely overshot my fertile window, didn't understand opk's at all and Dh was away + it was Christmas, I was desperate to get a bfp!

Af showed up and I immediately calmed down! I think we all wind ourselves up and convince ourselves of absolutes, ie if I don't have sex NOW then I'm not going to get pregnant and will die alone! My opk was slightly darker than it was yesterday, I'm obviously ovulating and Dh isn't here so I'm never going to get pregnant and die alone!

And every day in the tww feels like a lifetime, and even if we've got this gs to do and are busy then it's still TWO WEEKS! two weeks would fly by if we were on a beach sipping cocktails and enjoying the sunshine! But when the weather is cold and grey it's indeterminate and forever! And we worry about if we can have that piece of cheese, or if it's safe to have a glass of wine, and every twitch, cramp and glob of fanny juice is to be inspected and fret about.

I'm being grateful that I have a wonderful Dh who loves me, my house is warm and my dogs are cwtched up in front of the fire loving life. Roll on all of us getting our bfp's so we can start to obsess about a whole new world of stress!

Beautifully put Stark. I have never been as obsessive as I was in cycle 1. Totally agree... I thought if it didn't happen then that I'd failed in some way. 20% chance per cycle and got to trust our bodies that they will only implant what has a good chance. but totally normal to go through periods of mad impatience too!

Exactly ni in the time two days between doing the pg test and af arriving I genuinely felt like a failure! And wtfs that all about! I think it may have been partly down to Dh being so sure one squirt of jizz and I'd immediately be pregnant with triplets I was convinced briefly that I'd let him down in some way! And that's ridiculous!

I made him watch 'the great sperm race' today on the promise that we could dtd afterwards stick and carrot and about 20 minutes in he went "babe, can we watch this later please? I'm losing my boner and my balls are getting scared" He now understands the complexity of ttc! And we both found the bit about lap dancers making more money when they're ovulating hilarious, because it's absolutely true! 😂

In other news, my burps can rival the gale force wind blowing the green house gradually across the patio outside! I am a one woman wind vane! 😨

it's confirmed!
Line is still faint because I'm not actually due AF until Thursday but 2 lines popped up within 3 mins, so happy!
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P.s. Hardly slept as couldn't wait to test/kept thinking I needed a wee

Indix wow 😊
starky I know what you mean. Being on first cycle of TTC has been mostly awful due to the pressure I have put on myself. and the TWW is a killer but I have been taught valuable lessons for next time.
In other news Af I thought was here is not yet. I had a little spotting which has now stopped.
Just wish I 100% knew one way or the other.

15dpo - Just tested again right now and still BFN :( awaiting the witch now so that I can start my new cycle!

Big congratulations Indi!

I'm with you Holly cramping Cd 25 BFN with FMU can only think the worst

Well the witch has now appeared. She mush have been hiding!!!
Next ovulation window is in half term. This will be great as have a week off and DH has most of the week off :).
Which ovulation tests do people recommend?

Aww indi Yay! Big fat congratulations!!! come over to the dark side where your arse causes gale force wind and you can't have a full nights sleep uninterrupted by your needy bladder.

fx still Lolling at your yoga fanny!!! 😂😂

My cousin had her beautiful baby boy yesterday. He is literally so perfect I haven't stopped crying since she rang me. My other cousin went for her 12 week scan yesterday and I had my 1st midwife appt! Weird!! Feb 1st was a good day for us all.

Yay indi ! sorry the witch got you miw.

Monster stressed a work at the moment has anyone got some good(and by that I mean easy) stress management tips? I've done CBT and stuff before but honestly knackered with everything that's going on and can't manage to get anything else done, it's work,sleep,work,sleep at the moment

Well done Indi that is definitely BFP! Head over to grads and say hello when you're ready

Ladies
I have to catch up on a whole day of messages, but my update is that what a bloody fool I tested today.
I am not disappointed as I knew I was defo not preggo. I only tested because I thought, based on previous charts, that my lutheal phase is 11 dpo normally, so at 12dpo today I was expecting AF, yet my temps stayed high. And ovia said to test bloody fool .But then on FF and Kindara and Kat's master sheet it says the 5th of Feb. So I think I need to fix my data as Lutheal someone wrote lethal plase and still pissing myself phase is supposed to remain constant, so maybe I got ov date wrong on my past chart.
Anyhow. defo not preggo and had wine and chocolate

Thanks ladies!
Runner could you please post the link to the grads thread again?

Sorry for AF's/bfn's ladies. Get some wine and chocolate and look after yourself. Get ready for a major shagathon in just over a week! Xx

Hi all. Please can I join? Really need people to talk to as I'm going insane.
TTC#1
Age 31
Cycle 5
AF is due today but not feeling positive as I am having cramps. I was pregnant last year but found at my 12 week scan that it had stopped at 6 weeks. Last time we got pregnant first time so I thought it would be easy again but it is proving to be more tricky which is messing with my head. Started using OPKs this month and I ovulated on day 18 which is later than I thought.
We dtd 3 times in 24 hours once I saw the LH surge so fingers crossed
Any tips for keeping sane?