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

Rae i think the main advice for early pregnancy is that you can continue any exercise you were doing before. So i think you are fine to continue.

rae i've read lots of things that say exercise is absolutely fine throughout pregnancy, with the exception of contact sports etc.

hep i started opking the day my period ended and am doing them every day this cycle as i'd like to see my pattern for future reference. I'm only using internet cheapies tho so it's not as expensive as the electronic ones. Which do you have?

Cd 17 here and got ewcm- woohoo.

Didn't manage to dtd yesterday so wondering if should jump dh twice today to make up for it!

Thanks hep. That's probably fit the best, I am unbearably grumpy when I don't exercise (poor DH)

That should be for the best!

So excited- i just got my first proper positive opk! Had darkish ones before but this one is deffo darker than the control line. Cd17 which exactly in line with my average cycle of 32 days. (Not counting the last two 28 & 36 hopefully i'm back on track now)

Ewcm to go with it too.

It's all true this fertility stuff isn't it. You clever lot.

Do I really see that?

That is clear as day!! Woohooo

Congratulations!!!!!

thanks star

I dithered and bought a clearblue digital one and some cheap internet strips.

My thought was i would do the strips at home, but when i am travelling, or when i think i am really closer to ov i could use the easier digital.

the cheap strips haven't arrived yet.

my ewcm is usually obvious, but not always.

hopefully the strips will arrive in the next few days, so i'll start as soon as they arrive. (should be wednesday)

Did an Opk as I'm only 11 dpo and there were 2 lines so couldn't resist after that. I'm so excited I'm shaking. Lucky no. 7

yey mymrknightly! congratulations!!!

congratulations mymrknightly !!
really clear!!

huh ... thought the first post didn't make it. ah well, double congrats from me

Congratulations mrknightley

Congratulations MrKnightley! that's a good one!

Love length!!

I see it mymrknitely! Bfp!!

I think we need a frer pugmummy! But I think the squinters are hard to photograph.

I'm rocketing between not thinking much about TTC to full on symptom spotting every tiny thing. Trying to remain positive

Congrats mrknightley

Congrats knightley that's brilliant news!

Thanks for everyone who gave me advice about spotting before af, you all put my mind at ease. Still waiting for a positive opk this cycle...due in the next day or two.

I think someone was asking about supplements - here is what I take:

• seven seas trying to have a baby complex
• additional folic acid as I am overweight
• co-enzyme q10 300mg (in am)
• vitamin d 1000iu
• vitamin c
• vitamin b complex
• vitamin e (in pm)

I do all this based on general advice for those trying to conceive plus some of what is recommended in "it starts with the egg".

Some fertility boosting foods:
Walnuts
Cinnamon
Cayenne pepper
Eggs
Leafy greens
Sweet potatoes

Thanks jem and elle :) I've taken lots of pills, eased the pain. I really think soy isoflavones messed me up this month and give me those weird symptoms in the tww. Throwing them in the bin!!

So stuff I'm doing this cycle:

• continue with high dosage vitD
• start taking epo
• continue with pregnecare
• alcohol ban
• limit caffeine / drink decaf
• lots of fruit and veg
• use pre-seed
• dtd similar to smep

Also looking into inositol so may take it next cycle.

elle on the advice of starky ages ago I've purchased a c0ck ring thing - hoping it gives the encouragement DH needs to do sex on demand (new phrase for us - SOD!) ... So basically trying to make it abit more interesting for him

Congrats mymr!!! Another bfp

Congrats mymrknightley

pug definetly do a frer tomorrow, I'm not sure I see anything but line eyes are a nightmare!

jem I get really weird I get dreams just before I'm due af, i'm sure it's the subconscious messing with my brain afs they're always baby dreams!

elle he doesn't sound callous, just like a bloke, they don't have the same hormonal urges as we do so they don't get the stress I think that we put on ourselves.

kwick 💖

hep last cycle I okpd religiously every day from the day after af ended. This month I don't think I'm going to bother opking at all. Just going to dtd as much as possible (every other day) as it seems unlikely I'll catch. Not sure whether it will be a good thing but currently I'm certainly feeling less stressed about it now the stakes have dropped.

congratulations mymr

blue hope you get your positive opk, keep on dtd!

zazz Sorry you're having a sucky day.

hep I normally started with OPKs around day 9 but I think it really depends on your cycle length.

Blimey there was so many pregnant women yesterday at Ikea! I want to be one of them soooooo much!

Congrats on the positive opk Star! Totally understand... I was so excited when I finally got one!!

My hurray on your BFP!!!! Did you say you were cycle 7?? Good to know it can happen even if it takes a while!!

Hep I've started from about 5 days before expected O date