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

Ahhh weepy-itis thanks Planeteer
Celizabe I tried SMEP last month and nothing, so back to my opks and dtd as I can during ISW. I found it too stressful and exhausting.
First! oMG congratulations!!!!!
Jem so sorry to hear about DH getting scared. He will come around I think. My OH was scared then finally said to try. Then at the beginning of ttc i never brought it up not to scare him. Now, 4 months ago I make some comments and he is slowly getting around the idea. He is a very cautious man so I am giving time...
I make all the important decisions for us a couple as he is just so bad at making decisions
Regarding seeing babies around... It is so hard!!!!!
Moose sorry to hear as well and same comments as above

Ladies, not sure if I am going just mad, but can you see a line on this picture. It's a bit of a squinter.

Woken up past 2 mornings feeling very nauseous and yesterday and today a sudden abundance of cm. But I've just had af, although it was only 2 days long which is unusual for me.

My camera on my phone is shit, so it doesn't really look like you can see anything there on the ic. The opk is the 2nd pic.

Morning ladies! 👋

Hmm...seem to have two days of elevated temps...suggesting I might have ovulated on Friday (I did have weird sensation in left side on the way home from work). Although it might be just a random increase that will drop again tomorrow. Ovulation was supposed to be due Tuesday..so we didn't dtd last week and only started ISW Saturday morning. Opks seem to be neg but only took a couple of evening ones so not 100% accurate. We may have missed out this month. Careless!!! Fingers crossed I'm wrong!

pug

sorry, i really can't see a line there. that doesn't mean there isn't one. perhaps try a frer tomorrow morning?

pug I can definitely see a line on opk. I'm not sure I can on ic but I'm terrible for lines.

Glad I've managed to give you all a chuckle but I can't take credit. Pretty sure love length is off phoenix nights

I'm going to lie down aaaaaall day and watch disney films ❤

Morning every one ☺

Hope you are all well and hangover free if lucky enough to be able to indulge.

first go you! Congratulations xx

Sniggering over my tea at love lengths and weepy Tits 😅I love our little mix we have on here. Although we are all coming at this from different places, we are all just girls looking to get upduffed asap and hopefully laugh a little a long the way. Because let's face it, this process involves some crazy taking over ours lives shit at times!! Hurry up the bfp's (so we can become equally manic about pregnancy haha)

At the tale end of ISW. I've never heard of the SMEP method before but basically that's what we have done this week. Exhausted! Of my 7 days I mark as fertile we have dtd 6 times. Was going to take a break last night and go again tonight but I had a real cramp feeling yesterday from 5pm onwards (ovulating? ) so managed to persuade OH to go one last time. I have to leave him alone tonight though he says he's drier than a desert downstairs and needs time to reboot the swimmers. Plus I think he's just plain burnt out oops haha. Anyway, fingers crossed our lucky thread continues xx

Thanks Hep and Miley There is definitely something on the ic, but I'm wondering whether it's too far away from the control line anyway. I can't take a good enough picture that shows what I can see.

If I did indeed have af, I would be CD4 today, that seems a little early to be getting a clear line on an opk to me.

Maybe I've just eaten something dodgy lol.

pug maybe it was an implantation bleed? Do you have an frer?

pug I'm rubbish at squinty lines, but if you think you see something and feel it wasn't your proper period I'd definitely go for a proper pee stick/FRER. you'll get a clear answer for sure.

Lovelength! 😂 perhaps we can christen it LL henceforth

zazz hugs and chocolate for you mate 🍫

ever thanks for your thoughts, cautious is the word. He got back from work at 5 this am so am letting him sleep but think will try and have a good talk with him later today.

pug I can't see anything either but that could be the picture. Agreed with miley re trying a FRER. How confusing this cycle has been, hope you get to the bottom of this soon.

ni if you think you ov Friday and started isw Saturday that sounds good to me?

peaches drier than a desert! Bless your oh

I have no idea what's going on in my uterus. I'm still having really intense dreams, am much thirstier than usual, got aching lower back and hips. But have also got tummy cramps and sore boobs. So I've got I idea if AF is coming or what.

Did a boots test this am and got bfn :( AF is due Tuesday so I guess I will know one way or another soon.

Thanks jem.
Sorry about bfn. Have you got any frers you can try? Is the boots test sensitive?

Lol at love length!

Pug I can't see a line on my phone, can you get hold of a FRER and have a go tomorrow am? I never can see anything on my phone mind. Fx for you!

Ouch Zazzles, hope you've got a nice hot water bottle and some painkillers. Have some too.

Lol at drier than a desert Peaches! Good effort this week too!

Hope you're wrong and you caught the egg Ni!

Hope your talk with DH goes ok Jem.

My spotting has cleared up. Tried to find Hugh to ask him what's going on but I can't understand a word he says! Got pissed off anyway yesterday as pretty sure I'm out so had some wine followed by some baileys. I tried to tell DH we need to dtd more during ISW but haven't yet extracted a promise from him to perform on demand.

Sorry cross posted Jem. Sorry about bfn but you're still a couple of days before AF due right? (Thinking you're about the same as me and I'm due on tues) so the test won't be all that accurate yet, I think even the frers quote an accuracy of about 70% 2 days before AF due. So you're not out yet, and your symptoms do sound promising.

Meant to say fx for you

jem
I have used the boots test, and i wouldn't trust it until the day AF is due.
you're not out yet. (i'll keep my fingers crossed for you!)

Thanks elle. How does your oh feel about ttc - is it just understanding how much you need to DTD?

Pug I don't see it. Maybe others do? Was it a proper period? Red? Where are you on your cycle?
Jem dont lose hope. A cautious man is not a bad thing, and they will be amazing dads. It shows that they take it seriously. Hard on us. Hugs

Hi all, just wondering what your thoughts on exercise were? I exercise quite heavily and wonder if I should be toning it down (in tww now). At the same time I don't want to change my lifestyle too much at this stage

Pug, I can't see anything on the first pic but can on the second one.

He wants a family but thinks it will happen when it happens and that stressing about it makes no difference. He actually said to me yesterday that he wants children too but that he could not be as bothered as me! He didn't say it in an unkind way, he is just way too blunt and honest. He said I haven't made it clear enough to him that we need to dtd on certain days, to be fair, maybe I haven't?!

I've made him sound really callous reading that back. He really isn't! He is very sweet and supportive. He just thinks it will be easy I think.

Ever agree totally that a cautious man is not a bad thing. My DH would have been the same if we hadn't waited to TTC until most of our friends have kids already.

He doesn't sound callous at all love. Men just don't get it or possibly don't think it through in the same level of detail as us. I think they have no appreciation of what it's like to live in a cycle of fertility every month and to have all these changes happen in your body. Honestly if guys could just have a year of periods it would be so enlightening!

I would love a love length....
Thanks once more... Feel very warm & fuzzy 💞
BTW I started laughing when I read love length and my nephew asked me what I was laughing at... Had to use powers of distraction!

So injected 3 times yesterday.... Definitely felt a bit like a pin cushion... Did not feel so great afterwards but now feel much better... It was very stressful as I had to make up the injecting solution.

Congratulations to all the bfps this week 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Sorry about the bfns 😢

Seems my OPK has arrived in post already.

When do people start testing ? I am CD7, and I thought i would try testing on thursday (CD11)

based on EWCM, i believe i ovulate at any point between CD15 and 22

I am not sure i can test at the same time every day.

with regards to OH, I am trying to shelter him a little from all testing/charting, and just let him know closer to the time when is good for dtd. Nothing is sexier than a schedule !

He is also of the mind that it will happen if/when it happens. Actually, that is probably the "front" that i put out too. probably due to my age (36 1/2) i know many friends/family members who have struggled with fertility problems.