Feb 2017 bus is ready to go! TTC this month? Hop on.....

[MotherofUnicorns]

Hi everyone,
Thought I'd kick of the Feb bus.
I'm ttc #3 and it isn't easy this time.......
I'm planning on giving Feb all I've got - who's with me??!

Sorry for jumping on your post! New to this and this post seems relevant to my life right now😂 , can any of you give my test a look and see if you think it's a shadow/indent or extremely faint positive at 10dpo xx

Ooooooo I see a faint line. Test in a couple of days but it looks like you are pregnant. Congratulations!!

88claire I have the old style CB digital fertility monitor but it uses the same sticks as the new one, just got a batch off amazon for £25. Theoretically that lasts 2 cycles but if you don't get a peak in the first 10 sticks you need to use the other 10 in the box. You might be able to get them cheaper elsewhere.

So not cheap at all, but I got PG with DD the first cycle of getting a peak with it. This was after almost a year of faffing about with other tests and thermometers and stuff. Maybe coincidence but that makes it priceless to me! I've just got it out again for TTC #2, hoping it does the magic again.

Hey Paige, I can see a faint line!! Congrats chicky!! Keep us updated if you do another test :) x

Il keep you all updated! Trying not to get my hopes up as had not many symptoms so far only dizziness 8dpo and itchy tingly boobs! Other than that not a thing! And only in sunlight can I see a line glad I'm not seeing things though my eyes do like To play tricks on me xxx good luck everyone xxx

Hi claire how are you doing? I hope work wasn't too bad for you yesterday!

It's not the fertility monitor that I have, just the "clearblue digital ovulation test with dual hormone indicator" with a reader that displays different smiley faces depending on the results. It was £26.99 in boots if I remember rightly, and you get 10 test sticks in the box, or they sell one for a bit more with 20 in it. Definitely worth it I think as it's given me peace of mind now that ovulation is actually occurring rather than the IC's just giving random answers like you said!

Just checking in! In the 2ww now although no idea if/when I ovulated

Pingu

I think I'll give them a go but I want to get the post MC cycles out of the way as I'm sure hormones are all out of whack at the moment so will maybe try those after I've got my next AF. I guess that isn't too bad if you get two cycles worth by my cycles are so long I'd probably need 30 or so to pinpoint it exactly 😂. I fell PG first time by complete fluke so I'm hoping I'm ultra fertile and my eggs are a magnet to sperm!!

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The day got better thankyou. I had told someone to tell people not to make a fuss cos I fall to pieces if they did. But everyone was so nice it was difficult for them I could tell. Most people just said a quick I'm sorry for your news before moving on. I felt quite cheerful and was eventually definitely happier to be at work than at home.

Does anyone know what your CM should look like just before AF or just before a BFP? I am never sure whether I should get my hopes up or not when I see something.

MissMagpie

Mine was thick and white post BFP. I had loads of EWCM before it. I'm not sure what it's like before AF as i've never paid much attention until now.

I hope that helps!

CM can't tell you much about AF/BFP in my experience. There's no pattern. If you notice something different from what's normal for you, that's probably a good sign.

I have ridiculous amounts of EWCM this month. DH even asked if I was ovulating or something.

Paige I can see lines but your pictures are the best quality, def take another one soon

I'm just in the bath catching up on this thread & nearly drowned laugh at the dies typo & replies lol

Ttcnovice that's interesting about the opks I'm just using the cheap ones, only done two cycles with them so far. I do get a peak abolition the right time but then I'm finding mine are always quite dark or positive for a long time.

Re the convo about EWCM I'm not sure if I get much, I've started to take evening primrose oil, only done a month so far but I kinda then noticed ewcm got the first time so maybe it does help. Btw if anyone's thinking of trying it I've read your only supposed to take it between AF and ovulation

Rose I'm glad I gave you a giggle, sorry you nearly drowned though haha!

I've been trying evening primrose too but only for the last week. Due to ovulate around Friday I think and havent noticed any yet.

I've been flicking through different forums today and came across one about un descended testicles. I suddenly remembered dh saying something about this and turns out he had one and didn't get operated on until he was 5. So of course I'm now reading about it and freaking out that that might cause more problems!

Roseandbee

I'm glad I'm not the only one who only seems to get dark or darker OPK'S. However I got a new batch and theyre much lighter so it might have been a dodgy batch! Mine was positive for about 2 weeks last cycle 😂

Hi guys,
I'm joining the January bus really late and have been a bit of a silent member for the last little while! I've been keeping up to date with all your news - great news to those with the bfps. I like how supportive and genuinely happy everyone seems to be for each other! Here's my story....
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Came off my BCP in August however had a little panic and played it safe until November where we actively started to try. Had my first ? at new year when my af didn't arrive on time. I'd been tracking my cycles since coming off the pill and I'm a religious 28day-er. As I'd never been late before, even before I went on BCP, and because I'd been feeling a bit nauseous and a lot more tired, I took a test - BFN. Confirmed to me though that I was definitely all for the baby train as I was gutted. And just shows you what your body is capable of doing to you when you really want something. Also, it was Xmas so I was probs more stressed and a lot more tired due to shift work/parties etc.
So this month marked the first month of using OPKs. I had a positive on CD13 but another one on CD16 although that was a lot more faint. I made sure to BD both these days and have pretty much been following the every other day rule. I'm on either 4 DPO or 1 DPO? Either way, judging by my usual cycles, I should be due AF 3rd Feb. So it's just the waiting game I guess now!

Charley my DH has an undecended testical and we didn't have any problems when we conceived our first. Hopefully it won't cause any issue now we are trying for our second.

MrsGB that's good to hear! He's determined he's going to have problems (unhealthy throughout teens, very high body temp etc). He got the testicle taken down when he was around 5 he thinks so hopefully everything's ok.

Hi Dolly! Your story is similar to mine, off the pill in Aug but got wedding out the way and only started trying in oct/Nov! And I'm either 5dpo, 3dpo or 2dpo! It's the long 2ww!

Slightly unrelated now girls but... COLDSORES...
My mum has always had them, my dad has not. My hubby has always had them, I have not.
Til today... literally 10 mins ago, my top lip started tingling and this pale ish lump has appeared! It feels like a spot under the thin skin on my lip, doesn't hurt, just feels weird! Hubs got home from work just now and I told him, he was like ohhhh you've got one! I've covered it in blistex (we have loads of the stuff coz he gets them so often) but I have got to the grand old age of 32 never having one in my life, I'm in denial! It can't be a cold sore surely?! He hasn't even had one for ages!
How is this possible!?
And you know what I'm gonna ask next lol... is it a very early pg symptom?!?😂😂😂
I have to ask coz literally, I've never had anything like this in my life and I'm losing my shit right now about this thing on my lip 🙈😂

Ah, well here's hoping for our BFPs soon Misty! I'm also recently married! We were originally going to wait for a year before we ttc but decided to bring it forward.
That's random about the cold sore. As it's a virus that lies dormant in your system, you've maybe had it for years without symptoms and COULD maybe be down to your immune system being weaker which happens in pregnancy or could be down to stress/illness? Hopefully it's down to the former! You could put up with a cold sore for a BFP I'm sure FX!

I've had cold sores for years, but only got one when I was pregnant (2nd trimester) so it wasn't an early pregnancy symptom for me. Have you tried the compeed cold sore patches, I really found that they helped.

Charley In Shakespeare's time 'to die' was a coy way of saying 'to orgasm'. E.g. Juliet says something like she 'died 100 times' during her night with Romeo. And the French call orgasm 'le petit mort' - 'the little death' en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_petite_mort
So really, you were just being super duper clever

Thanks Dolly. I have had a lingering cold from after Christmas and New Years and I am the worst when it comes to looking after myself (don't drink enough water, no fruit and veg... I know my unhealthy lifestyle is not great for ttc 😳) but I'm honestly gobsmacked, I had a chest infection and flu last year and was much more ill than I have been recently and I just can't get over that this could be one 🙈
If it was a pg symptom I would of course suck it up and get on with life but at the most 5dpo, I can't see that really 😒
Bloody hell! Now I've got to eat my chow mein with minty cream on my mush 😂
Congrats on the wedding too chick!

Omg supper!!! That's amazing info!! I love that! You were right all the time Charley!xx

Thanks MrsGB, hubs used the last of them last time he had one so I'm smothered in blistex now. Hope it buggers off 😡

Haha the 2ww, where every symptom under the sun that you experience for even a minute makes you think you may be pg. I'm the world's worst for it! I felt nauseous today and started googling 'nausea 4dpo' .... it's most likely cos I did an exercise class after skipping breakfast! Haha!