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

Bellini!

elle had a quick read of the reviews for that book and felt instantly stressed! 😳 The idea that it could be something in my head - I'm not thinking the right things - is terrifying. I can see there's a lot to be said for relaxing but I'm quite sceptical about how much your mindset can really influence it.

That said if you think it will help then go for it - and let us know what you think.

Those of you that use opks and track temperatures- do they help or make you feel more stressed?

I'd like to try it next cycle if we have no joy this cycle. DH is concerned that it'll become the be all and end all. I think it'd be reassuring to know that I'm actually ovulating! Plus I work in finance and love a good graph...

Jem I agree, I am sure life is better if you are all relaxed, but if the mind was as powerful as to determine whether people get pregnant or not, we wouldn't need contraception.

Rae it is stressful on cycle1 then you get over it. I find it reassuring as you can tell if you ovulate or not and also the length of your phases. Should you need to see a doctor in a few months, you can show them the graphs

Congratulations bellini :)

Eurgghhhhhh I barely slept last night and my sickness is violent this morning...plus if I don't eat for over 30 mins I start feeling nauseous so am having to snack frequently!

Hi all, I'm new here! Although not new to TTC. March will be one year since we first started, although did have a couple of month's break in the Summer as we were moving countries. I estimated the other day that I reckon I have peed on approx 80 sticks over the past year!!

I've been lurking here for the past 10 days and I can't remember who it was but someone inspired me to go on to YouTube and learn how to crochet and I'm now 1/3 of the way through a baby blanket for my SIL so thank you very much for my new favourite hobby!

Congratulations Bellini - lovely to see some happy news to start the weekend!!

Congrats bellini Fingers crossed all goes well for you this time! Love news of a BFP in the morning!

Sorry to hear everyone's feeling a bit blue and frustrated. Fully agree though that this is the right place to vent it - it's difficult to talk about the craziness and how TTC takes over your mind and body with anyone who's not going through it.

Looking forward to the weekend here. Got my DP's neice (age 4) coming to stay for the weekend. There's a possibility it may put me off ever having kids - she's often very erm... How can I put this kindly... Strong willed!! LOL Am hoping she'll be a little angel for us when her parents aren't around!
Am organising lots of little activities with craft and baking to keep her occupied when we're at home and we're heading out to a kids museum plaything during the day so hopefully keeping her busy will keep the tantrums down!

rae I am on cycle one and I used OPK's and found it really reassuring to see that everything appeared to be working as it should and at the correct time! My only issue was I felt the pressure to DTD on those days and when DP wasn't playing ball it was pretty stressful! Without knowing when I was fertile I'd have been a lot more relaxed!

Upduffed again Bellini! Boy you are fertile!!! Crossing all fingers and toes that bean sticks and you have a healthy, happy 9 months! X

Kwick fingers crossed for loads of big, fat, follicles!

Welcome Cailler *waves

Rae I was worried I wasn't ovulating (for no good reason!) so I find it helpful to temp and opk. Plus now I know roughly when I ovulated (CD18/19 ) It has helped to explain some of it OH (he still hasn't a clue "surely your temperature just increases when the heating comes on"!) because then when I say it's time to dtd he does what he's told!

Apparently after a chemical pregnancy many people catch the very next cycle... interesting isn't it :)

Thanks Ever, Moose and Ni. I think I'll talk to him about it again. I just want to check that things are actually happening (and when they're happening). I know that ewcm is a fairly acceptable guide but it doesn't show that you've actually ovulated, does it. I'll see what he says!

This thread is so helpful and supportive, it's really lovely to hear about successes

rae you should do whatever makes you feel less stressed.

I am glad I tested as my ov a lot earlier than I was expecting. Now though I need you girls to keep me grounded in reality as we did the DTD with perfect timing so naturally I will be poking my boobs continuously for the next 2 weeks. Just hope the drunken little swimmers found their way.... Will try my best seduction techniques tonight for less drunken swimmers before the "window" closes. (Sorry, tmi!)

I'll prob opk again tomorrow, as I am still surprised with yesterday's positive opk.

Do not get carried away.... Do not get carried away.... Do not get carried away.... Do not get carried away...

Yay bellini congratulations!!! FX it's all going to go well for you this time

My ever loving DH has very kindly shared his cold with me. I'll be an attractive snot filled shag then over the coming week. 😂

Congrats bellini! Fx for a sticky bean this time!

Just spat juice all over myself pug 😂😂 snot shag. The most sexy type of shag there is surely 😂😂

Congratulations bel lovely news! Fx and all of the positive thoughts in the world!

We have scaffolders next door. I'm really going to have to remember not to wander about semi clothed, they can now see directly into my kitchen, bedroom and my entire garden. The dogs haven't twigged yet, but at least this lot haven't parked in front of our drive!

Choc it sounds awful but I want to be sick as well! up the duff and nauseous
Cailler welcomes! Waves ahhhh a whole year not sure if I will be strong enough to wait that long

ever it's definitely not quite how I was expecting it to be. I'm lying in bed eating prawn cocktail discos (wtf?) And quality street toffee penny yogurt thingies. My taste buds are changing on a daily basis!

Haha starky that was me last year, our neighbours had their loft converted and the scaffolders could see into my bedroom which I kept completely forgetting about after a shower or bath. I used to just cover my modesty and drop to the floor and sort of slug my way back out of the bedroom until I could find some emergency clothes.

This is going to be a nightmare miley dogs have now noticed the result, psychotic fluffed up chihuahuas doing "I'm a big dog, honest! " yapping!

Because our house is on the top of a hill it's usually quite secluded at the back despite being in a busy area. Just had to go and warn Dh to keep his tackle hidden when he gets up and opens the curtains!

Problem with our neighbours is they seem to employs people with a cowboy mentality to do the work. At least this lot are pleasant, and have shifted their van without being asked.

The last lot but two I had to threaten with the environmental health/police because they kept parking directly across the drive, blocking us in "ill only be 5 minutes, love " and then disappearing for hours at a time.

And the last lot blocked us in, then complained when I asked them to move because "but I'll have to turn the van around! What time do you need access?"

That set me off "what time do I need access? To my house? I need access all day! It's my house! I'm not the one having work done! Park over their drive, the people who are paying you to do a botch job! Shift it or ill phone your boss, the police and put pictures all over social media saying how rude you are!". ...He shifted it

waves Hello again (and declaring thread(s) bankruptcy)! Still here, still trying, just had to take a break for a couple of weeks of reading the forums.

I've had my second blood test (similarly unconvincing) and my GP has now put in a referral to a fertility specialist. Fingers crossed this referral comes through fast.

The GP also suggested to act as if the ovulation date was 14 days from the end of the cycle which would be a couple of days earlier than the ovulation testing kits would indicate. I'm skeptical: I'd think it's more likely that I have a short luteal phase than that the tests give the wrong results. What do y'all experts think?

evergreen I genuinely mean this from the bottom of my heart: I have no complaints over how I'm feeling at all and am weirdly grateful. It's reassuring in a weird way. Plus I'm plodding through work now thanks to my amazing team pulling together as ever! ☺

Ctulhoo how long were you ttc before you went for tests? There's no harm starting dtd earlier...that's my plan for next month...make sure there are huge reserves of swimmers in my lady tubes and waiting with baited breath for egg release! Also, have you been temping?

Ni4444
We've been trying to conceive only for a bit over half a year before I went for tests, but because I'm close to 40 (in eight weeks ... gulp!) my GP suggested to do a blood test to reassure me all is well. That backfired a bit. :-p
Haven't been temping because I'm getting up far too often during the night to get a reliable reading - I've read somewhere that it should be after so many hours of uninterrupted sleep.