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Thread 17 TTC#1 Follow the fallopian road ~~~○

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 04/07/2016 21:09

Hugh enjoys ISW and his love affair with Doreen. He watches out for skittle tits and weepyitis. Mrs Arseholey Fucknut (Af) shows up when you least want her but brings wine and soft cheese as a consolation prize.

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 you're pregnant in the tww That is paramount! It messes with your head and makes you crazy crazier

We don't get a lot of baby dust in these here parts. We want a fanny full of determined Doreen, not unicorn farts and gnome tears with extra sparkle. We've been going a while now so the novelty has somewhat worn off and we're slightly battle scarred and bruised in the cervix area.

Post your stats and add your dates. A more lovely, supportive group of ladies you couldn't wish to meet. We've got a few grads sticking around I won't leave and no question is too daft. We have opk experts, cervical mucus management teams and symptom spotters extraudinaire!

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AliceScarlett · 24/08/2016 08:29

I'm annoyed this morning. Bright red spotting as the first sign of AF, which I have never had before, now nothing this morning. Then my brain goes "what if this is not AF? ". My. Period. Will. Start. Today. Jesus.

AliceScarlett · 24/08/2016 13:55

My body is really messing with me today. Not a spot of spotting. Never had an AF like this before.
If I could go back to January and tell myself one thing, it would be to stop looking for patterns where there aren't any.

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 15:56

Alice i can confirm all my odd AFs were just odd AFs. She is a bitch and likes to mess with us.

btw..... i can safely say that none of your guesses are close enough to claim victory !!!!!

....... not what i was expecting...... though sort of makes sense.....

marmitecheesetoast · 24/08/2016 16:39

What, what, what you're keeping us in suspense Hep!!

Hope your follicles got the message with the cd last night Kwick and are behaving better today.

Have had an interesting day after our building had an emergency evacuation today due to a 'serious electrical fault' and we are also not allowed back in the building tomorrow as its 'unsafe' this means I can work from home tomorrow which means I can have a lie in Grin

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 16:41

6 weeks !!!!!! Shock

so my blood test wasn't a false negative, and i conceived around then !

and i've put on weight because i'm a lazy-sod who's eaten too much chocolate Blush

marmitecheesetoast · 24/08/2016 16:47

Wow!! Shock so what did they say about lack of AF?! I actually did kinda wonder if that was a possibility after blood test! That means we are about the same stage then? I'm 6+3. How do you feel? Do you feel better that you have a bit more time now to fit everything in?

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 17:33

yes! we must be at the same stage. I don't have a more exact date, but she was confident on 6 weeks.

must have been the stress. (I was very stressed in June).

I feel tired. mostly fine, but the other day i had to have a sneaky nap under my desk at work !

no nausea......(yet - and i thought i was lucky and had missed that fun),
definitely tender boobs.

...and yes we are happy that we have more time to prepare.

the good news is though she said she could see the heart beat ! so i have a 6 week bean with a heartbeat! She booked me in for another scan in 10days.

kwick · 24/08/2016 17:49

alice sorry Flowers AF is sent to try us!

marmite yay for your lie in!

Hep 6 weeks!!! This is amazeballs!!!
How, pray tell, can you catch a nap under your desk at work???? kwick is dying to know so she can copy
So happy you have seen the heartbeat Smile

So follicles have not been behaving... No noticeable growth. I have drunk so much milk today I feel ill... Anyway have another scan tomorrow and it is PMA all the way until then (and after of course).

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 17:57

kwick

i have my own office, and i sit facing my door (with window) and windows into the corridor outside.
my desk has a "back" to it, so under the desk is the only place i am hidden.

sorry about your follicles..... fx for you for tomorrow.

LondonJem · 24/08/2016 19:08

6 weeks hep and a heart beat! That's great.

alice ditto re speaking to my January self. I was such an idiot then, the slightest fart and I thought it was twins HmmHmm

/stern word with kwicks follicles - get growing please

Had my first acupuncture session tonight! Very nice man asking questions about my periods. Haha. Was a strange sensation - needles all down my back. I felt like the room was moving, and felt very light headed afterwards.

We shall see! Not attaching too much hope on it, if it can help me get my stress levels under control and help me sleep better that would be a good start.

AliceScarlett · 24/08/2016 19:57

6 weeks! That was my original guess about a week ago, therefore I win Halo So amazing that there is a heartbeat... How can a heart be made in a month! Amazing. Congrats to you.

Gx Kwick if they don't grow enough can you defer or something until next cycle? (I know nothing about ivf).

Jem acupuncture sounds... Interesting Wink for some odd reason I was really surprised it was a man. Hope it chills you out.

I've had such a stressful day, work is a nightmare (anyone else in the NHS?). Didn't help that I couldn't stop thinking about not being pregnant. I just want AF to come properly so I can just stop thinking about it.

So hot today, I said I'd run 10k but gave in at 9.

Bake off tonight!!

Pugmummy87 · 24/08/2016 20:08

Alice I work in the NHS too. Are you clinical? I have just come back from 11 days annual leave (bliss!), so will shall see how long my relaxed mood lasts hahaha. Especially as it's coming up to September. Our busiest time of year.
I hope you get an answer about AF soon.

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 20:19

ok Alice you win Star

so next scan is 2nd sep. hopefully i can see what she is looking at on that one !

seriously - I had to ask if there was anything there today !!

I have a bean with a heart !

emalady · 24/08/2016 21:31

Hi all, took a bit of a break but back to see how you are all doing. Massive congrats to Hep and Alice, what else have I missed in a month away - will go back and read at some point but not motivated enough right now. now 3 days late for AF but BFNs assuming all stress related, I wish you could just turn off the crazy.
Sorry if there has been other news good or bad that I haven't commented on - will go back in a few days.

marmitecheesetoast · 24/08/2016 22:13

Wow that's amazing Hep! I have an early private scan a week tomorrow. Here's hoping I have a bean that's stuck and that it has its own little heart.

Sounds like an impressive run in this heat Alice! I did a (much shorter) run this evening. Which meant I didn't feel so bad eating dark chocolate digestives while watching GBBO. Did everyone enjoy? Think I counted about 8 innuendos in the first 10 minutes ha ha.

Accupunture sounds interesting Jem. Hopefully lovely and relaxing/stress relieving as well as possibly fertility boosting!

Good work on the PMA Kwick I do think it must make a difference. Fx follicles doing their thing now.

HepKestrel · 24/08/2016 22:35

Just checked my resting heartbeat from my fitbit, on the 8th Aug it shot up from around 64 to 70! Just as it is meant to with pregnancy. (Pretty cool really).

So I am another one who conceived on holiday. So my advice is.... Go have fun!

Thanks for listening to all ramblings. Just happy I have answers, even though I have much further to go.

AliceScarlett · 25/08/2016 07:31

Pug Yeah, work for IAPT, for my sins. Everyone's on holiday atm. Sept is super busy for us too.

Ema no congrats due yet I'm afraid, unless I can be congratulated for obsessing about AF Grin

This morning I got frustrated and checked my CM, creamy. My body is a con artist.

HepKestrel · 25/08/2016 09:03

Alice take another poas tomorrow morning perhaps?
fx

AliceScarlett · 25/08/2016 09:25

I threw away all my ICs, I've got one precious frer left. I've said I'm not going to use it until I'm 2 days late, that's Saturday according to FF. We shall see.

AliceScarlett · 25/08/2016 09:37

Hep I never knew that about heart rate! I've certainly not spent the last 5min checking my fitbit app.

kwick · 25/08/2016 09:38

jem they say acupuncture can really help and so long as you are relaxed by it then all good.

alice sorry work is pants. I cannot imagine the pressure you are under, but know you have my respect and admiration for the job you do.

hep I feel you are due some kwick Cake given you all had us guessing and you had a second 2ww without really knowing it.

So my follicle has been very good and grown nearly 2mm in a day to 11mm. Thank you so much for all the positive energy you have been sending my way - don't stop!! It needs to be over 16 before they will consider collecting. So I am staying on the milk drinking binge.... Off to Brussels for a work dinner and breakfast, flying back to get another scan tomorrow.
Now have to tell boss unlikely I will be able to attend week long meetings in Paris next week....I am going to be so popular!!!

AliceScarlett · 25/08/2016 09:52

Oh come on now.

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AliceScarlett · 25/08/2016 09:54

Oo good luck Kwick I'll be sending growing instructions don't you worry. Meh about work, they'll live!

HepKestrel · 25/08/2016 10:04

thats looks promising Alice!!! I attach mine....

good follicles ! now keep behaving yourself

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HepKestrel · 25/08/2016 10:06

apparently your resting heart rate goes up 10bpm in your 1st trimester.

sorry for giving people another thing to stare at !

Alice you are clearly very fit and healthy though !!!

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