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Keeping everything crossed for you footy temps really promising

Tee good news things are moving along, I hope this means you don't have to wait for the op. Can you shift focus to Christmas / DS and not worry too much about when you'll ovulate? You know you will it's just a matter of time

Tee my skin was so hot last night but for me this is also an AF symptom. Bad bad cramps tonight.. Early night with a hot water bottle!
Maybe you will need to temp for a bit to see if your prog levels have dropped to know whether your hormones are back to normal?
We will cycling together this time of tomorrow brings us cd1.

Ok so just spent 5 hours putting my Christmas decs up. That's the most movement I've done in weeks! I'm pooped!
Strangely footy I've had my first ever positive OPK today. It's like woah that's what it's supposed to look like! If I've had a major temp drop today and ovulation twinges and positive OPK is there any point dtd tonight or is it too late?

Ugh sorry the cramps are getting worse footy but good going being positive and looking forward to next cycle! Make sure you look after yourself.

tee that sounds like it's going the right way though? Do as the doc says though, as irritating as it is!

Beagles- jump him hon! Get those swimmers up there

Beagles DEFINITELY DTD tonight! Enjoy!
Footy snap, I have my hot water bottle here too, let us know what tomorrow brings. Yes good shout, I'll get temping.
Yes priority is definitely ensuring DS enjoys the Christmas build up
I'll try not to let the question mark over if/when I ovulate dominate things, but can't help but feel keen to try again at the earliest opportunity, it kind of feels like the only thing I have control over... but I definitely need to stop trying to predict ahead/second guess what will happen, and just take each day as it comes...

Temp Footy?

Hi all, hope all doing well. this would have been month 2 for us but we decided to sit it out as my anxiety had gone a bit nuts. Although in the end my period stopped as normal on the wed, we DTD on the Sat and I started bleeding again on the Sunday and still am now. I have a doc's appt on wed so if still bleeding then will mention it. No idea what that's about.

Cd 1 here! 35 day cycle which may have been anovulatory. If I did ov we Dtd twice in fw- only time we did as we've now been quite ill! But it's ok as new job now doesn't start til the end of Feb. Won't be covered by full maternity if I fall before august. Oooo how I hate my current job!

Sorry you're been so anxious earth I really sympathise. What are you doing to try to reduce it?

Footy hope you are hot!

Glad you've got some clarity kate are you going to keep OPK or tracking or trying or is everything on hold?

I'm 8 DPO today got really sore boobs still, emotional and anxious, sleeping poorly and racing heart. All normal for this part of my cycle. Bit worried about my stress levels and very worried about DH morphology - just very anxious and worried about it ever happening

Thanks Jam - I'm continuing seeing my therapist and started Flouxetine last week. I've ordered a couple of NHS recommended books on anxiety and OCD. But I have busy stressful job and limited in what I can do with the time and energy that takes. 😊 Sorry you're feeling anxious too, fingers crossed for you this cycle.

Kate I feel your pain. Have you counted how many days you have left til a) Christmas and b) till you leave? I like that 😊

Hey everyone,
Temp was 36.60 this morning. 14 high temps! Had cramps last night so I jumped DH to see if it would bring it on. Nothing
This morning was feeling particularly horny (after I took temp) And still nothing. My boobs really hurt today, don't usually get sore boobs. I got up to go a pee and forgot the cup so FMU had gone.
But and a big BUT ... I have got AF cramps which can't ignore to even get my hopes up.
Giving it another day and test tomorrow esp with these cramps. Annoyingly I can't find the IC's!

Sorry earth and Jem about your anxieties. It's easily done letting this crazy ttc business's take over everything in life. It will happen for us.

Jem not long to find out this cycle for u.

Kate sorry AF got u. That's a long cycle for u isn't it?

Tee my boys are particularly excited about Christmas so it's a good distraction for me. Has bleeding started for u?

footy sorry the cramps aren't easing up. It's crappy when you know that's what they are but everything else is fanning that little flame of hope. Definitely throw yourself into Christmas prep though will be a good distraction.

earth sorry to hear that your anxiety isn't getting any better. Need to look after yourself, even with a busy job make sure you take some time for yourself. Even if that's just 10 minutes for a brew somewhere quiet.

london try and make sure those worries don't get too much! Nothing to say those aren't all good signs.

Glad you haven't got long to go until your new job kate I really hope it all goes well for you.

I'm ill again! So annoyed. After doing the decorating last night I sat down and was knackered falling asleep in the chair. Went to bed early with the idea of snoozing and waking up rested to jump dh when he came to bed. Then spent the night coughing and really disturbed sleep and feel like death warmed up today. Ugh. So fed up of this now. So my tracking apps sending me notifications to dtd and I'm like dude I know but feel about as sexy as a snotty tissue right now. On the weird side my nipples are sore as hell, normally don't get that until AF is due =\

Cheers mother

Thanks Footy - it's not actually the TTC causing anxiety but it affects meds.

Just been for Sunday lunch and dog walking next to our new house, I've got a hot tea and the Far Right Austrian candidate has just conceded

Sorry about your anxieties Earth & Jam, it's not an easy thing to live with. Be kind to yourselves, plenty of Winter walks and timeout when you need it.
Footy can't help but feel an excitement bubbling for you! Cramps are the bain of my life, I hope yours are just uterus stretching for a growing bean!
Oh Beagles rotten luck to get ill now! I had a couple of months ttc written off because of illnesses between me and DH! So frustrating!

Yes bleeding set in with full force! Water bottle out again, feeling an enormous amount of downwards pressure. Cramps really intense. IC HPT still blazing positive. Reckon that'll change over the next couple of days. I'd be fascinated to know if this would have happened if I didn't have that scan last week, i.e did finding out about the MMC trigger my body to act accordingly, or was I due to bleed now anyway... who knows!! x

It took me a full week to stop with the faint positive tests tee but like I said I know mine was unusual. But do give yourself a break and try not to put too much pressure on! Also I totally understand what you mean about the psychological effects. Make sure that you have lots of hot water bottles and painkillers when you need them.

I've already lost two months to illness and one month before that to my MC! I can't lose another one going to have a luxury shower and change my sheets with an early night and hopefully that'll help perk things up a bit. My OPK today went crazy positive in under 2 minutes when normally they take 10 minutes to really show. Also loads of cm and high cervix. So taking that as a good sign that it's not too late.

Hey ladies.. Nothing much happening. Still got AF cramps. Boobs very sore also. Just want the cramps to stop
Hot water bottle for me also.

Sooooooo many people get cramps before BFP footy I'm keeping everything crossed for you lovely

Beagles sorry you are still poorly that's rubbish. Take care of yourself rest up what's a luxury shower? Have you got fancy products?

Good news tee hope it's not too painful. That picture is too sweet

Nim hope you are doing well also and mimi

Jam saw it on Facebook and thought of us all. The grammatical error annoys me though!

Saw this one the other day and thought of us / TTC

OK rollercoaster hour here. Still bleeding as per tmi above - so I took pregnancy test to just absolutely rule it out as per my GP sister's request. It was deep positive right away. But I've been bleeding for two weeks with pain so she's worried it's either ectopic or not viable. Plus I had my period so thought I wasn't pregnant and I started taking SSRI and nytol for three nights fuck. So I'm going to call early preg tomo - it looks like this is not gonna happen but we'll see and me and my husband are taking it as good news that we are fertile it seems as this was our first month.

Well I thought I had my period

Earth. Well I really hope all is ok for you and a big congratulations is in order!!
Look after yourself and get checked out as soon as you can.

15dpofor me today
Big temp drop to 36.48, and a little bit of spotting so looks like AF finally got me. Totally sucks! Enjoyed a day being teased with the possibility, hope and dreams.

On a positive note, at least I def ovulated when I thought (first temp jump), has confirmed my temps need to be over 36.60 to ovulate, and I have a good lp length. I will have a natural AF this cycle and f/w is only around the corner !! Tip to self.. Don't sit on top just incase!!!!

Earth wow how mental!! Hope you can get some answers. I know on paper with the bleed etc you might not feel too hopeful, but our bodies can be very unpredictable! At the epu last week there was a woman who I overheard saying was soaking through pads... yet out of the 2 of us, I was the one who lost a bean without any bleeding whatsoever at that stage! My twin sister had what she thought was a period while she was pregnant, seemed like a completely normal period, so didn't acknowledge/confirm the pregnancy until she was 10 weeks gone! She wasn't trying though, so didn't look out for any other signs. She was also drinking and lots of other stuff you wouldn't do whilst pregnant, painkillers, forbidden foods, plenty of caffeine. She is expecting her perfect baby boy in January.
Ah Footy Definitely good that you had a decent cycle tho, just bad luck to not catch it. Behind not on top next time!!
Well me and you are in it together again! Timing is slightly pants for Christmas, to drink or not to drink?! Well I'll definitely have a couple, but will be reticent to go too far.

I kept my bookings appointment with the midwife this morning Thought it was still worth going, as it's just another person to chat through things with. She may well just send me away, you never know how helpful anyone's going to be. Feel like I need all the advice I can get right now.

Thanks all - in work but got scan this afternoon.