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

Aww vix is it definitely a bfn, what test did you use? That's an emotional roller coaster and a half. Sending hugs xx

What do you think ladies??!! Just done another test got a bfn yesterday but can you see anything here? Or am I going crazy!?

Thanks Pug I just listened to the nurse and she explained very well I give myself a from you then
Elle thanks maybe I should start a career drawing bums Maca is a root and I used to have it in smoothies as super food and some people take it for tct but I am not sure you can take it at all parts of cycle so I am not taking any atm.
Thanks Jem I might start my drawing business soon then
Kwick this is all so exciting!!!! I loke the nest use
Starky I love your creation!!!!!!!!
Hahahaa Doreen and Hugh
Kat if you find a lady that keeps you updated like that can I please hire her?
Rae Things seem to be moving quite quickly with your friend and new boyfriend. Stay put, this might be a short term thing...
Hopeful I think I see a line...

catching up after a looverely day walking in the peaks - lots of snow !

Holly - congratulations! And Happy Mothers day to you and all other BFPs!
pug, Rae wow - lovely cakes!
And i am waiting behind Elle to give hugs to pyxie and others
wow kwick ! I hope everything goes well for you!!!

Dorreen and Hugh!

lol, OH wondered why i cracked up !

Starky I really need to get back to mine. Its for a friend to cheer her up (down due to work stress and multi-adulterous bastard of a 'D'H) I need to finish it before she graduates!

love your commentary Kat!
ipatches my last AF had a few false starts.... I have no suggestions other than wait another few days before taking a frer.

for a small number of women it takes longer for a BFP to be detected ....

Ever I just hope she doesn't get hurt (again).

AF is still not here. Just cried at a Dog's Trust advert though so suspect she's about to show her face!

Thank you all for the lovely wishes :) still in shock but very excited!

kat the chukka-chukka solace was for you!!!!

Starky I think you earn a for managing a quickie!

I do not want fuel any cray-cray but this article is very interesting lifestyle.one/closer/diet-body/health-fitness/cryptic-pregnancy-happens/

rae any chance you could post me your leftover cakes?

Thanks to those with suggestions. In answer to some questions, I am using IC tests but they have been very much negative. I have also tried a cheapy OPK this morning which showed a line but nothing close to being positive.

I used to be able to time my cycle to the hour. Had been on birth control for 12 years, but as soon as I came off my cycles were regular.

I haven't tried a FRER. I have no other symptoms so don't think there's even a slight chance it's a pregnancy.

Yes, I am stressed but I am always stressed LOL Actually I've been managing my anxiety a little better than normal, having the TTC to focus on has taken some of my other worries away, and have also been keeping busy.

My concern is with the light clear/streaky brown discharge, for the last 48 hours. Had a tiny amount of brown discharge earlier but it has gone now. Still cramping awfully, feel pretty rotten with it. Debating calling the doctor tomorrow, am I being paranoid?

I see a line hopeful!!!

peaches a clear blue one. And a cheap crap thing I got free with the opks. I got the neg just before all our families arrived so I've had to put a bit of a face on all day.

I always imagined trying for a baby to be quite an exciting and happy time. It's anything but!!! OH is happy that we get to enjoy more baby making.

Rae - I have been crying over nothing not much for days. I'm not normally weepy. Stressed, yes, but not weepy!

Vix - absolutely. TTC is stressful, heartbreaking, constant worrying and disappointment. And a paying excessive attention to our boobs.

If I can be honest ipatches Id give it a few more days. If your discharge is smelly and you believe it to be an infection I would go and see a dr. Brown indicates more of a period like symptom and you are due. My periods are regular too, I bleed from 8-1 every day for three days, use three tampons and then I'm done! So being late is out of the ordinary for me too. Perhaps the stresses of trying for a baby do more to us than we give credit for. Hang on in there!

hopeful it's faint but I can see a second line too. Think that's congratulations in order :)

ipatches you should defo speak to Dr. My boobage has begun to hurt... guess it is due to all hormones that I am taking... my ovary hurts too.

Blimey just when you think Call the Midwife cannot get harder it gets... well... harder...

Thanks kwick I'm quite pleased with myself/Dh! We've done 5 days on the bounce dtd! If I wasn't so sure his balls were fried I'd say there's no chance I can have missed my egg! But it's all good practice I suppose!

I've not seen tonight's call the midwife yet, I'm going to watch it in a minute. Oh lordy, do I need a hanky handy?

Just catching up on the last few hours posts! I had two glasses of wine at my dps! 🍷 it's definetly time for a brew now!

Aww vix it really is torture trying to work out what's going on x

ipatches iv been using cheapies to but definitely negatives very clearly x

kwick I'm also watching call the midwife, trying and honestly failing not to bubble x

OK iv missed a bfp! Congratulations holly what a lovely day to get your bfp x

I will not cry, I will not cry ... ( call the midwife).

jem I am opking for the first time this month. Got two negatives today but I've got pain on one side tonight.....

kwick thanks for that article. Interesting. What I would take from it is to be aware that it can happen, but before we all get paranoid, odd periods can more probably be causes by stress, illness etc..

I'm opking for the first time this month too 😬 Got all negatives. Wouldn't know if I've got ovulation pains - my whole body hurts today! /dramaqueen
Did a run yesterday following by ten squats and ten push-ups when I got back. Well as a result I feel like I've been hit by a bus today, can hardly walk. Covered my thighs in ibuprofen gel this evening and am whimpering under a blanket. Exercise is dangerous people!

Hmm mixed opinions as to whether to see the doctor or not. I just can't get over how bad these cramps are and yet nothing - other than (TMI) the most minute amount of brown spotting, only visible on toilet tissue, is appearing!

Jem - strength THEN cardio! How did you find the energy to do more after a run????

🙄 I know, mental. I just thought after my run my muscle are all warmed up and a bit of floor work would be a good idea before showering. WRONG