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?

Hello everyone! I am on page 6... So please bear with me as I get caught up! The thread sure moves fast!

Welcome all newbies - wishing everyone much luck in quest to be with child

spagmonster pregnancy yoga is definitely a thing - can really help - cannot wait to have reason to start... Have put my irregular practice of yoga on hold just becayse I do not do frequent enough... And they say you should not add in exercise during 2WW.

Congratulations Ipatches!!!

starky you are definitely our guiding light re:POAS too early. The clinic always says to do the test 16 days after procedure so that is 16 0r 17dpo plus 16.

indi just read about your BFP - so hoping it is for real :)

Fx I thought you meant put the stick in the packet, not the wee! That is inspired but no way my aim/pelvic floor is that good! I can just about manage a gu ramekin, you're a better woman than me!

Wee in the packet! Bloody genius!!

Feefs I get the NHS stress...my thinking is that it's not my responsibility to run a service without proper support/funding. I'll do my job, I'll do the best I can for my clients, I'll support my colleagues, but I cannot be the best I want to be because I will drive myself into the ground, and then everyone suffers. Accepting my own limits is actually the most helpful thing I can do. Management get paid the big bucks for a reason so let them solve it. You're not alone

Kwick my gym does yoga classes so I might look into it in a couple of weeks time I am the least flexible person ever though so I imagine I'll struggle at first! I'm really into my lifting at the minute, should make the most of it because I guess I might not be able to do it for much longer if I'm lucky!

More hugs from over here feefs. If it's stopping you sleeping I can recommend trying asmr videos on YouTube. Definitely not for everyone, lots of people find the whispery voices creepy, but they seem to work for me and help me sleep when I can't turn my brain off

Hope you lovelies don't mind me joining the pissy stick pic brigade but would love thoughts on this. Does this count as a positive opk?

I reckon so Planeteer! Go get you some D

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starky at least you have DTD on tap!!! Well done on your major activity! Fingers crossed for 2WW.

choc have you tried sucking a clove... Old remedy for toothache.

Nutella is low gi and also full of nutty goodness... Which I had a jar to hand scoff

Ni please give yonanas recipe immediately!!!!!

I think I will probably wait! It would be rude to ignore my own set of rules! But we'll see! I'll probably get sore boobs and spots next week which for me means af is en route! I'm now thinking of I can persuade Dh to not work next Monday he's never supposed to anyway but always gets called in then we'll do our meal then, because I've no doubt that he will end up getting called in on the 13th!

I wouldn't say that's positive yet planeteer but it's looking like a peak. I have I think quite a natural high level of lh so mine tend to look like that most of the time. However, I would say it certainly means getting down to some dtd anyway! Just to be on the safe side! And do at least 1 opk a day from now on to keep an eye on your levels!

That would be a definite high for me Planeteer!

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Lovely reminder for us to count blessings starky

LOL regarding dh getting worried about cojones :)

So they asked me today before op if I knew how much I weighed and i said "yes a lot".
Op went well - they did not find anything but now home I am AGONY!!! Period pain like pain not allowed to take normal heavy duty pain killers and paracetomol jusy does not cut it :( bleeding as well my poor poor fanjo :(

spagmonster I am sure I am less flexible than you and my boobage is so big some poses are physically impossible for me. But nonetheless yoga gives me so much joy and I miss it. But have to take it easy as adding in additional exercise now is not the way to go. i do loads of breathing though and practice my sandkrit chant which I find very calming.

starky rules are meant to be broken!

• opps should read I am in AGONY

By the way have just ordered CoEnzyme Q10 and vit E - anyone else taking for egg quality?

Kwick I know you are having off type thingies going on but do u mind me asking what they actually did? So sorry to hear you're in pain x x x x x

Feef I listen to podcasts to help me get to sleep- I can't sleep unless I have someone talking to me in my ear. Then in out like a light. It's annoying when o really want to listen to something! Takes me months as I go back to where I remember the next night and so I don't get v far on!
May I ask what u do for the NHS? It's such a big organisation, and whatever is going on is NOT YOUR problem. So try not to get to stressed out by it. Imo the nhs is a failing system (and the govt want it to probably).
What oral surgery did u have done/when? (I may be able to give some advice)

Re Bullet journal (can't remember who asked) yes that's the website, there's a few fb groups too. I only started yesterday!! Haha. I'm not very arty so mine is mainly functional, just trying to collate my to do lists and future planning but i still have my iCal for booking appts, I haven't quite figured it out yet.

Kat and Feef, i also listen to things to help me sleep. My current favourite is the In Our Time programme on radio 4 iplayer. I have never managed to listen to one all the way through. It's the perfect balance of interesting enough to stop my mind wandering, but too boring to keep me awake!

ASMR videos on youtube can be good too, but i have to be in the right mood.

Oh feef I know how you feel with low morale in the nhs. Not sure if you are clinical or not, but at the end if the day, I do the best with the resources I have and ensure my patients get the best care possible, which sometimes does involve me having to bend over backwards etc. It's so draining. Do you have some support in a line manager? Sucks that you are having to pick up the pieces and try and sort issues which aren't your responsibility /part of your role.

Part of me is looking forward to just being able to have some extended time off when I get up duffed!

So was prodding around today and low and behold, more ewcm. Cervix feels really open too and some left sided pelvic pain. Wtf body? Maybe I haven't ovulated at the weekend after all. Maybe I should do a pissy opk.

I'm clinical elle but my post also involves some service development and supervision of junior staff so can be very challenging to prioritise as I can't say no to patients!

Hilariously I just told DH "someone just suggested I try bullet journaling, it looks quite usefulness" cue 100 yard stare, DH- "what?"
Me-" A bit like a fancy to-do list/diary"
DH-"Oh I thought she wanted you to record each time I 'fired of a bullet'" accompanied by crotch thrust!

You are so right ni, I tend to try and take responsibility for everything and struggle to say no.

Oh my god planteer I love asmr! Especially hit cutting or brushing ones!

I also listen to podcasts to sleep kat! It's weird we all have so much in common. "Stuff you should know" is my favourite for sleeping I find American accents more soothing! I'm an AHP in a large regional specialist centre.

My oral surgery was three very challenging wisdom tooth removal, all three had to have 3 infections before they would agree to remove and they all appeared one after the other, all require referral to an oral surgeon as opposed to dentist due to severe impaction. Third one most difficult and may have retained root/bit of jaw bone which has resulted in repeated abscess. Awaiting to hear from oral surgeon again now for further assessment. The pain(and probably work stress) meant I started to clench while sleeping and I managed to sprain my jaw! Dentist suggesting I know might have a TMJ disorder as result have got a splint now and eating soft food but struggling with he pain and tension headaches sorry for essay! Just very open to any helpful suggestions!

Sorry typos galore!

Hair cutting not hit cutting.

TMJ disorder now not know!

Thanks pugmummy too, also would look forward to maternity leave which almost seems bonkers! Line manager is Ok but only ok I think struggling also.

Wahh I listen to podcasts obsessively. Good one to sleep to is the Met Office - very chilled out chat about all things weather.

For a laugh my current fave is the old Adam and Joe show podcasts. They have me in silent tears of laughter on public transport.

Still no AF today even though I'm due so I might test tomorrow.
Yes yes yes to yoga, it feels great and it's also really indulgent as you get time to be still. I would also recommend the app Insight Timer if anybody fancies doing any meditation, there are some lovely 10 min guided ones. I sound like a bit of a hippy, I'm not I actually work in a corporate job but I like to embrace the flower power when I'm out the office
Hope everybody is ok and keeping strong (and checking their CM obsessively!)

Ooh will have to check them out sucha I have been listening to Adam buxtons new podcast and it's great

There's no such thing as a fish is a hilarious podcast. I listened to it on a flight recently and was pissing myself during take off

OK, so curiosity got the better of me and I just Pisces on an opk. Does it look like a positive to anyone else?

Evening all! Congrats again indi!

So here I am being all Mrs cool cycle #2 and this morning I was telling DH how tired I was and he slides up and says "uhhhhmmmm maybe because you're pregnant?" Ovia help me - I think DH has joined in the symptom spotting!!

DamN auto correct, I meant pissed not Pisces!

Looks good pugmummy! Dtd ahoy!