Thread 10 ttc#1 The one where we're all really bored of hormones, the tww and cervical mucus or Why is my eggo not preggo!?

[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.

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Thread 10, 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?

harriet that sounds like a perfect proposal to me. I want my OH to propose somewhere pretty private though I'm not sure he ever will! It doesn't matter too much to me, but I would like to have the same surname as our baby.

moggy we're off to Zante. I can't wait! We almost booked florida but luckily realised I could be pregnant by then and decided theme parks would be a no go with a baby on board!

Congrats harriet!! That is lovely!! Bet you are both feeling over the moon about it still! Do you have any imminent plans for a wedding or are you planning to wait awhile first? How exciting! My DH proposed to me in a Costa!!

We went swimming this morning as usual, I think this is about the 6th time over the last couple of months, DH has been trying to teach me swim and I've been practicing with a float, and today I managed to swim a tiny bit on my own without a float!!! It is ridiculous how happy this makes me!!

Some cramping when I got in the pool, and a teeny tiny bit of spotting. Yesterday I had a teeny bit of spotting but lots of EWCM and we tried to dtd but DH couldn't manage to finish - just did OPK and there is a line too (although not as dark as control) so we will dtd soon again...fingers crossed I guess?

Moggy, glad you are feeling better now after your cystitis, I have had it twice and it's awful!!

Congratulations Harriet - that's lovely news

Zazzles, try not to get too hung up on the implantation stuff - I had zero sign of it whatsoever, no cramping feelings, no twinges, no spotting, absolutely nothing. Everyone is different with that so doesn't mean you're out.

Hi all, I'm new on here so here's a bit of a summary of my story so far...

Age 38
Cycle length 31 days
TTC since Jan 2015 when we got married. Got pregnant in July 2015 but then mc at 6 weeks.

Since the mc I've become a bit desperate about the whole thing - I'm taking EPO, drinking grapefruit juice, taking pre-conception vitamins, I've tried using pre-seed, I started getting reflexology last month and I'm just waiting for Amazon to deliver the latest conception boosting supplement to me. Yep, just writing it all down here is making me realise how desperate this all sounds!

Anyway, now counting down to next FW which by a happy coincidence should fall during a holiday to Venice, maybe we'll have some holiday luck, fingers crossed anyway!

So does anyone have any other tips or suggestions of things to try/buy?! I'm open to pretty much anything at this stage. Anyone in a similar boat that can share?

Good luck to everyone

Congratulations harriet! What lovely news.

zazzles I've been trying to remember what happens to my cm at this bit in my cycle (day 20), I think it does get thicker and appears whiter. I've been getting more cm than usual, also very high libido. Am also constipated, and light headed. Wahhhhh symptom spotting left right and centre! It's so hard to not get hopes up, but I do feel different.

Glad you're feeling better moggy

Hello islandgirl welcome on board.

Welcome island ttc is so frustrating! I never realised just how frustrating and maddening it would be. I'd honestly thought that all my pre ttc fretting would one to nothing and I'd just get pregnant! And the constant questioning myself and wondering! Got my fx for your holiday, hopefully you bring back a little extra baggage.

zazz and jem I'm trying really hard not to symptom spot. Waiting is the worst! I was so hopeful last week, now, I'm not.

Thanks irregular and jem. I'm getting obsessive again. This last week it's all I've been thinking about, it's such a waste of energy all this guessing. I'll be so sad if I don't get a bfp this time and it's only my 3rd cycle - I need to get a grip

starky is there anything you can do to shorten your cycle or atleast shorten your LP?

Just bought some EPO.... How much do we take and when? Is it just up until ovulation? My pre-conception supplement has omega 3 fatty acids in it from fish oils, is it okay to take both? (I have the sainsburys own ones, it's a multivitamin and folic acid plus an oily tablet to take once a day, but checked and no EPO in it.

Also what happens if you dip the OPK too much? I think I pushed all the dye up to far as looking from the side under the green tab bit it's purple. Maybe just needs to cry. Only cd7 so no big deal just yet.

(Someone will have to tell me to stop obsessing soon...)

So this happened this morning - wasn't convinced by the FRER so had to make sure with the CB. I am stunned I've hardly any symptoms this cycle!!!

Oh wow lillian congratulations!

Can you remind us what symptoms you did have please? :)

Oh wow huge congrats Lillian!!!
What a beautiful strong line and a lovely v's day prezzie for you both!

Welcome island - sorry to hear about your mc. I went through a mc at 10 weeks last year in July too. The first time took 12 months to conceive. There is hope for us as I got my BFP this morning! It's especially happy news for me and DH because our first bean was meant to be due today.

You'll love the laughs and support from the ladies in this thread

Epic congratulations lillian !!!! Amazing news! Woohoooooo!

Yes Lillian !!! Well done!! Congrats!! I knew it! You were late weren't you?! Yay!!!

Thanks zazzles and moggy! Besides morning gassiness (sorry tmi) and a bit of raging temper (can usually be blamed on work and a sometimes occurence pre-AF) - the only stand out one different from pre-AF symptoms is the amount of CM not during FW.

My tests on Wed and Thu (AF date) were both BFN but AF still hadn't shown this weekend (normally bang on time) so I tested again!

Thanks starky and kat! Yes AF was 4 days late!!

Hi all
I am new to all this but I could do with some help...

Took my last pill (Gedarel) 5 Jan.
Withdrawal bleed 7 Jan.
No period since (now day 39 14 feb).
Cervix is currently high and soft with a lot of creamy cm.
Did ovulation tests for a week when I should have ovulated and all were negative.
Two negative pregnancy tests (today and a week ago).

I know I am early in this process but any advice on what the above means? Or what I should expect? Xx

Hi Bgy4hlr it's quite common to have really long cycles post pill my first was 64 days and I didn't OV till day 46 x

lillian brill news congratulations 🤓

I realise that I am not as yet pregnant but would it bother you giving birth in birth centre where nearest bigger hospital was over an hour away?

lillian what brilliant news for Valentine's Day!!!! Congratulations!!!

harriet congratulations too!! So lovely that it was a total suprise!!

Lovely Valetines Day here - went for a walk in the woods, now cooking a lamb roast and cracking open a bottle of red!
Not into fertile week yet but tried to get DP to DTD this morning after opening our cards and he wasn't really feeling it. Don't think we've even had unprotected sex yet! Think I might be in for the long haul here! It would all be so much easier if sex wasn't involved!

Bgy4hlr I can sympathise, I have long cycles too. Coming off the pill can mess with your body something rotten. It's common to take a while to fall back into a regular cycle. Keep tracking and doing opk's to get a better understanding. Opk's give you an idea of when you're having an lh surge. I'd do one every day just to keep track but I love opks

miw I've want a home birth ideally. I definitely wouldn't choose hospital and a MLU would be a hard compromise to make. But I'm lucky, I live in a city where there are at least 2 large hospitals and a MLU within a 5-10 minute drive. I'd expect an MLU to have provisions in case anything went wrong. But I'd have to do a lot of research beforehand.

moose it took me ages to convince bully Dh into unprotected sex, once we actually got into the swing of it he's much more happy. I think they have to get their head round it all initially, dh was absolutely convinced that one squirt and id be immediately pregnant! He still doesn't understand ovulation/cycles etc! But we used to struggle, I'm slightly allergic to latex and even latex free condoms made me swell up internally, so dtd would mean it would take a good few days to feel back to normal. I had constant issues with cystitis and utis. Now we're not using anything, we have a MUCH better sex life

Yes Lillian!!! So happy for you

Congratulations Lillian what a lovely Valentines surprise!! X

Thanks Starky Yeah I do think he is a little panicked by the whole idea - even though he is totally on board and wants kids! I've made the decision to not mention when I think I'm ovulating etc for the first few months, just to let him get his head round it!
Bgy I think that's pretty "normal" after coming off the pill. I'm a month behind you and just finished my withdrawal bleed so waiting to see how my body reacts. I wouldn't worry for a few more weeks at least and just see what happens....