Thread 12 TTC#1"Trying is the fun part" said by nobody ever who's actually trying.

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

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

Thread 12. Welcome!

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

We don't have rules as such but expect to be talked down from the ledge with kind and well meaning but firm words if you get too hysterical. But most importantly don't convince yourself your pregnant in the tww

Query.. Do your chaps do any preconception prep, such as taking supplements or reducing caffeine or alcohol?

Hi Elle, I'm ok, just trying to get through my 2ww (I'm 9dpo) without getting obsessed like I did last month - so far, so good. I feel a lot more relaxed about it this cycle. Determined not to test until I have a missed period! How are you doing?

I feel bad that I haven't contributed much at all lately - just completely weighed down with work.

Rules of drinking raspberry leaf tea are pretty much the same as taking epo (which I also took) - can be drunk up until ovulation. It's not advised to drink it during the luteal phase as it can cause the uterus to contract. I actually really like the taste of raspberry leaf tea and have missed drinking it in the second half of my cycle!!

jem I've been taking folic acid since we started ttc. Dh brought me some epo last week so I've been taking those (but will stop now until af shows again). And a multi vitamin. I don't really drink (except the odd prosecco 😉) and I have 1 cup of tea in the morning, some days I'll have more. But no coffee, energy drinks etc. I don't eat things with msg in, and other than noodles we eat fresh food every day. The caffeine/msg is more to control my anxiety than anything though! I had a full fat coke on Tuesday with dinner and was climbing the walls all evening!

Since we started ttc I've switched to decaf coffee. I still drink regular chai tea (decaf tea tastes gross!) and I only have the odd alcoholic drink or two if AF turns up in the week after that before stopping again for the next cycle. Also been taking multi-vitamin and folic acid. This month I will also be trying pineapple!

Random question:
Have any of you ladies noticed that DTD is more pleasurable when not on BC pills?
Or less?

For me it seems like a whole new world down there.

Moggy YAYAYAYAYYYYY! Congratulations! :D Name it after me ;)

zazzles yes I followed kwicks advice with the cayenne pepper! Only once or twice, but maybe it worked?! Also ate more brazil nuts than normal, been taking folic acid since starting ttc months ago, gave up tea and coffee for lent, cut back on alcohol but not completely. DH on the other hand not taking vits, not eating healthily and drinking lots of beer! Hope that won't affect baby!!!

Thanks for all your congrats ladies, I've really got my fx for more bfps soon on this thread. Especially you patient ones who have been waiting longer than me. I still can't believe it's happened, doesn't feel real at all

What a God awful night.. Barely slept... Felt like I was going to be sick but that is strange as I took hardly any meds yesterday - unless it was the kebab ...

So I have been quite radical but remember I am advanced in years:
I cut out alcohol completely and I used to drink quite a lot so I am really impressed with myself
I upped my dairy in-take & this and last cycle did the milk thing
I try to eat fertility boosting foods as much as poss: avocados, sweet potatotes, walnuts, eggs, pulses, leafy greens, oily fish
I only have one caffeine tea a day the rest is either decaffeinated or I have got into Pukka teas in a bog way (three cinnamon, three ginger, lemon, geniger and mauka honey are my favs)
Fresh pineapple including the core for 5 dop
I take supplements - to start with just 7 Seas trying to have a baby complex and vit B complex but now after reading "it starts with the egg" I also take Co-q10, vit c, vit d and additional folic acid due to my weight
Fingers crossed it all works this time!

Hello all have been awol again. I keep getting logged out of mnet and can't remember my new password.

kwick wow that's dedication for you.

AF arrived two days later that normal :... My bodies way of making me feel like a failure. I got myself all excited which I know is rookie mistake.

Good Luck for today kwick Will have everything crossed for a successful collection!

I don't drink much caffeine at all except for an odd posh latte in a cafe when meeting friends, but both me and the OH are taking the pregnacare Conception vitamins, and have been for a couple of months prior to trying. I only drink about once a week (although sometimes quite heavily!) so far I haven't changed that, mainly because I don't think anything can have happened this month, and I watched my best friend try to conceive for a few years - and I don't want to put a hold on my life incase I don't get pregnant quickly - I think it'll be more difficult to swallow if I've missed out on good times and social events in the mean time. Obviously if I felt I had any symptoms I wouldn't be drinking! My friend has gone on to have 2 lovely kids btw, 1 IVF and 1 naturally afterwards... So there is hope for us all!

Apparently I eat fertility boosting foods without even knowing it!! Most of those on kwick's list are in my weekly diet!

Terrible cramps this morning so AF is definitely about to arrive. Gutted.

Real sorry ipatches

Lyssie, I don't know about anybody else here, but coming off the pill made a huge difference to my sensitivity. It was actually something of a relief as I'd been slightly worried beforehand that there was something wrong with me in that respect . Turns out it was just the Pill fucking around with my libido.

Good luck today Kwick!

Thanks kavan

Also try and keep your feet and kidneys warm from dtd all through 2ww and laugh as much as poss - both supposed to help with implantation!

Oh and no cured meats - like chorizo and jamon serrano 😢 due to toxoplasmosis risk

Btw my cousin did none of this and she has 2 lovely little girls through IVF.

Thanks Holly. I will start drinking it with gusto today.

What did you do with the cayenne Moggy?

Dammit Kwick, I had pineapple last night! Should have saved it for post ov then? I love the pukka 3 ginger too. The mint one is also nice.

Will definitely overhaul my diet if no luck this cycle-it isn't bad now but could be better. Also will take the supplements you recommended Kwick.DH not on supplements yet but may force some zinc down him next month. He has been drinking lots of beer and has been smoking too which he doesn't normally. I have told him it's bad for the sperm!

I am the same Lyssie-enjoyed it before but much higher libido now.

Sorry about AF Miwel and iPatches

Hi Elle

I just chucked the cayenne pepper in when cooking, in vege curry and in slow cooked vege chilli. Be warned though, it nearly blew my head off!

Miley how adorable!
Moggy what a beautiful test!!! Congrats
Kwick you and your milk Thanks for the tip!!!!

lyssie I was like a bitch in heat when I had my implant removed. I agree everything felt so much better.

kwick you're gonna need those ginger teas for when you're upduffed sweet potato was an enormous part of my diet when I could eat so am hopeful that it is a good fertility booster

Is anyone almost due to test? Also, my OH took the Centrum multi vits when ttc (orange box).

iPatches

Ahhhh I meant your fellas, sorry that wasn't very clear! My DH is partial to booze and coffee and I wonder how much that affects his swimmers. He's very healthy otherwise - plenty of exercise and a good diet.

But hearing your own regimes is interesting. kwick yours sounds intense, that is dedication. Aren't you having your egg collection today? All the best with it.

lyssie I remember this coming off the pill - over 5 years ago for me now but yeah - a really big jump in libido for me too. I hated the pill!

starky I can't drink coffee for the same reason - heart rate goes bonkers, I get so anxious. But I do have a big tea addiction - probably 4-5 cups a day. Probably need to get that down...

Hello mi and pug sorry about AF :(

Lyssie things i noticed coming off the pill:
libido definitely up!
weight down - several pounds
boobs down

jem took epo early on prior to ov.

I similarly have reduced caffeine already for anxiety issues. I cannot give up tea though! 1-3 cups of caffinated tea maximum.

folic acid+vitd
try to eat healthy.
every now and then when i feel i have been eating rubbish, i will take 1/4-1/2 tablet of berocca , more of a placebo than anything else.
alcohol - reduce, but not give up. I drink more during AF, before ov. reduce down to a glass a week during 2ww.

kwick best wishes for you today ! fx

iPatches really sorry

I am 8dpo today, and my guts/back feeling much better.

(sorry for the name change - still old hep here.....

That makes perfect sense kwick and I would be exactly the same. I got worried in case it was something to do with heat and implantation as I'm a fan of a bath!

Glad to hear good reports of the EPO pugmummy am trying it this month.

Sorry about the witch ipatches

I eat fairly healthy include all the foods mentioned plus lots of dark green leafy veg. Although mainly porridge ice cream and soup until mouth heals!

I have cut back on coffee -2cups Max I don't drink any tea or Coke I don't think the evidence is strong enough to cut completely and same with alcohol cut back rather than cut out.

DH have just asked him not to overheat his bits and not drink too Much alcohol

Fingers and toes all crossed for you today kwick!

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