Thread 11 TTC#1. Let the fertile games begin! May the eggs be ever in your favour!

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

Symptom spotters, tww - ers, slightly hysterical hormone laden ladies! Regs, lurkers, intermittent posters! Our raison d'etre is 'am I pregnant?'

Thread 11. Welcome one and all!
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.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kats stats I have been dubbed the resident piss stick queen and if you don't test, you get a Starky's Star 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

Ever you enjoy that nothing wrong with it :) fx for you this cycle.

There are other people who share my belly button phobia?! This makes me so happy / less crazy feeling. I had my gallbladder removed through an incision in my belly button and I'm still traumatised by the whole thing. My doc found it absolutely hilarious.

Dino
TTC #1
Cycle #3
32
No idea how many DPO I am. The apps are just a pita!
Starky I had a month like that last month. I was curled around a hot water bottle contemplating a blood transfusion! Never had such a shocking period in my life.

I'm due to poas on Tuesday.
My boobs are achy as fuck to the point where I made DH just hold them last night and I used his hands as a lovely warm bra in bed for a while.
I feel bloated
I've had a 2 day headache
I nearly vomited whilst teaching this morning. Water and breathing stopped it thank Christ!
And I'm SPOTTY
I don't know if the head was the cause of the pukey
If AF is the cause of the boobs
If I just ate too much.

So. I'm now at the insane level of crazy symptom spotting and I WANT TO PISS ON A STICK DAMMIT!!!

Lollllllll space at you DH gently holding your boobs for you!!! I bet he was loving that!!
Mine hurt pre AF too but they aren't really be enough to hold on to even when they boost up a bit.

Ach well cycle 1's not this old lady's cycle as I'm 13 dpo and started spotting. The prosecco in the fridge is awaiting tomorrow, DP coming home for the weekend so at least I can drink some fizz and snuggle.

Actually bitterly disappointed as kind of thought I was going to succeed haha. Tried ttc with exh in my thirties for two years, he was an alcoholic so luckily it didn't happen but during that time I got tests etc and all looked well. My DP is awesome and funny and caring and supportive and everything I thought I couldn't get - also my ov didn't happen till cd18 when he got home - so superstitiously just felt it was going to happen

Ramble ramble eh! Sorry and thanks for listening haha! Onwards and upwards.

Calyx72 hugs and
each month is such an emotional punch isn't it? I keep telling my self to not get my hopes up, and every month ....

Sounds as if you are with the right DP now though.

Thanks Hep

space nausea sounds promising. The man hand bra is great, DH is always up for this move too :)

Tmi but rather amorous with said DH this am - he had v early start. I got intense uteral cramps after orgasm, which freaked me right out and made me think AF was here. Google says it's common in early pg but it felt so period pain like!
DH has gone now until Sunday and made me promise I can't test until then.
I've also woken up with a sore throat and blocked nose and really really don't want to go to work...

Hi all checking in to new thread!

Lillian (36) TTC #1 with a 6 week stowaway.

Congrats to the latest BFPs Lara and Yvonne! SuchaJem that metallic taste is def an upduffed symptom and nothing to do with pre-AF - fx!!

Sorry to hear you are feeling down iPatches - Try to take the time to look after yourself

Morning all! sucha and space it's all sounding positive for you! FX!

According to Ovia bitch I am entering my fertile week from today. No idea if this is correct post pill and OPK's aren't showing anything yet! This whole process is confusing! Lol
Still haven't managed to DTD yet - although we did have a casual chat about it last night. He just blames being tired, a shitty week at work and me being ill all week. (Which to be fair I wouldn't have wanted to get near all the snot too!) Has said we'll get our act together tonight so we will see...... I'm trying to act cool about it as I think if I start mentioning ovulation or anything this month it will freak him out more! Not sure we've ever gone this long without before - it's been about 3/4 weeks - and why is it corresponding with the month we decide TTC???!! Bloody men!!

I am so happy it's Friday. I know it's a cliche but it's been a crazy work week. Bizarrely it's been bothering me less than normal(maybe the meditation etc is starting to work) but exhausting.

Had 2 glasses of last night and sore head this morning! So not fair! It was a really cheap one I think that's the problem have kinda gone off alcohol at the mo tho in general which must be a good thing!!

Sorry to those who AF got.

pug are you Irish too? Noticed the use of the word boak ha!

Happy Friday everyone. I'm in TTC limbo arm. We haven't decided what we're going to do but past fw for this month anyway I think!

Third time wasn't the charm for me, AF is here this morning and pretty much ripping my insides apart. So much fun!

So one more cycle left before it's definitely a baby free Christmas. Kind of beating myself up about being so optimistic and getting ahead of myself. I knew these things take time but thought we had everything on our side. We're both under 30, healthy, OPKing, DTD on all the right days, both taking tablets, using preseed, neither drinking, both eating healthily... Not sure what else we should be doing to help it along! Feeling pretty useless and not in control of my body today which sucks. Might try to take a month off without OPKing and just not think about it, then if it happens, it happens but if not, I didn't obsess for nothing.

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It's FRIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

(This used to be so much more important when I was about 19-22... Now I'm like "yay!!! I don't have to set the alarm!!!")

But we're going away tomorrow for night and it miraculously coincides with the peak of ISW so feel like we're in with a chance.

Sorry for everyone feeling :(. Life is a circle ups and downs, rounds and rounds. Breathe in breathe out, repeat. That's all you need. And coffee until we're all preggo the decaf.

Sorry AF got you jam ... I know how you are feeling. I also said I wasn't going to OPK for cycle 7 as it wasn't doing anything. But I can hardly pee without collecting a bit to dip. Haha. (I'm on day 12 now and have been dipping since day 7 oops)

lillian it was really clear at the time
I put the cup straight down and left the rest. However it's hard to not worry I'm imagining things as its not happening all the time! Still a bit crampy after this morning which is freaking me out slightly and making me think AF :(

Yay kat I thought it was only me that gets silly happy on Fridays!!!

So looks like I'm out too, light brown spotting this morning which is typical of af being round the corner, even though I'm 11dpo. Really gutted tbh :( I've had no alcohol, had better diet with lots of veg and fruit (unusual for me!), limited caffeine, etc. Good job I ordered pre-seed last week anyway.

Sorry your out too jam.

Keep optimistic jem, cramping doesn't mean af. And you've had lots of positive symptoms.

Thank crunchie it's Friday!!! Who doesn't love a Friday?!

Ladies you're not out til you're out! Fingers crossed AF stays away!

Jam I hear you...I'm thinking I don't want a December baby...but then January is so full of family Bdays...please let it work this month so we have a November baby I say!!

FW starts today....good timing as I find it so much easier to be interested in dtd at the weekend!!

AF arrived this morning - almost 4 days late, the cow!! Don't feel too bad, luckily, so I'm on the March bus now. I'm going to have a gallon of wine this weekend and then back on the OPKing from next week.

Stark thanks for recommending the Amazon OPK tests, I was buying the £5 a box (for FIVE!!) in Boots ... I'd have been broke if I'd had to use them every day

iPatches hope today is a better day for you

Sorry for those AF got. If she comes for me next week celiz I'll be joining you for that gallon of wine! I would usually be treating myself to a rather large glass of red wine tonight but am going to resist just in case. I am not going to be best pleased if this is in vain!

Just had a horrible shock clicking on Facebook. A very dear friend has died. She called me Monday to ask if I could come and play in a quartet, which I couldn't make. She said it "would mean a lot to me". She was unwell but thought she was getting better. I feel so awful now and have just been sat sobbing at my desk :(

jem I'm so sorry to hear about your friend! It's always such a shock. I know how you feel, I lost a friend in November. Please take the time to grieve and remember the good times you had. and please don't feel awful. You weren't to know. Take care of yourself and cry as much as you want

Oh jem I'm so sorry. Sending you so many hugs. Let yourself feel as raw and sad and angry as you like, and if you need to head home from work do it and don't feel guilty. Look after yourself lovely.

Morning all, I'm so sorry to hear all you lovely ladies who are struggling with grief and AF and disappointment. I wish I had something to say that would make it better for you all, but unfortunately only time will help, and know that in time all this won't feel so raw.

When I'm having a hard time I think of Beyonce's mum Tina saying '“If you’re going through it just know it’s called ‘going through it.’ You’re not gonna get stuck there, you’re not gonna die. You’re gonna survive.”

Big hugs and kisses and chocolate (and water for the vommers) to everyone xxx

Thank you girls. I just left and went for a walk to call my mum and ball my eyes out properly.
Back now with coffee and flapjack and am going to try and distract myself with spreadsheets to get through the day.
miley I'm sorry about your friend too, it just hurts so much.