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Getting Ready for Baby Challenge-Pt3

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confusedat23 · 05/02/2017 07:49

New thread for all of us crazy TTC ladies!!

We are currently averaging a BFP a month so keep it up girls!

Also shout out to Parsnip Our CrayCray ringleader!

Stats as of today are:
*Seven - Age 28 - TTC #1 - Cycle 4 - BFP due: 11th Feb
I would like to get fitter and ideally loose a stone

Confusedat23 - Age: 23 - TTC # 1 - Cycle 1 officially following a CP of a magical Pre-Cum baby! - BFP Due: 18th Feb (Late Ov)

HeyJupiter - TTC #1 - Cycle 2 - BFP due: 18/19th Feb

Tigger83 - TTC #1 - Cycle 2 - BFP due: 23rd Feb

Mummyme87 - TTC #2 - Cycle 3 - BFP due: 23rd Feb
Aiming to lose 4stone in total, ideally 1stone over next 6weeks

Oysterbabe - TTC #2, 13 month old DD - Cycle 1 - CD 2 (post pill)
Weight lost: 8lbs since 3rd Jan

MrsC2017 - TTC #2 - Cycle 2 - BFP due: 2nd March

Orangefolly - Cycle 1 - BFP due: next month - but not not trying smile

Wiggleyfingers - Age 26 - TTC # 1 BFP due: May - Preparing/Wedding planning in the mean time
Weight loss so far: 4lbs Weight loss to go: 14lbs

Buzzmoon - Age 24 - TTC #1 from May (wedding in July)
Weight loss: 24lbs since September - 14lbs to go

TheGrumpySquirrel - Age 30 - TTC #2 (Mr Squirrel's #1!) - Cycle …
Weight loss: 2kg since Christmas, another 2kg to goal weight (about 5lbs)

HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips - Age 31 - TTC #1 - Cycle 1 post implant - BFP due: May/June
Weight loss so far - 8 lbs Weight loss to go - 30 lbs(ish)

RedPony1

HbH04 - awaiting Zika test 22nd Feb

BFP’s
DancingUnicorn - EDD: 11th Oct
Holly*

Our previous threads were:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2807424-getting-ready-for-baby-challenge?pg=1&order=

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2829491-Getting-Ready-for-Baby-Challenge-Pt-2?pg=1&order=

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confusedat23 · 09/02/2017 18:09

Grumpy i completely agree!!... its embarassing!!! And i wonder if people can tell lol... although it obv doesnt have any effect on DH Hmm

I was on the pill since being 15 so i never understood the hype of rampant teenage sex 😂

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buzzmoon · 09/02/2017 18:11

Right just caught up! Busy day!

seven sorry for stealing your posts! We're all so similar I love it :)
Glad you didn't waste the FRER and AF is here and your cycles are getting shorter :) hope AF is good to you this month.

I do love OBEM, I wonder if they'll be a new series soon :) can totally understand mummy though, I think each series has become less and less real but it does make for excellent viewing :)

What's a GBS test? Whatever it is, sounds like you might get a bit of piece of mind after your DS, that must have been so tough for you at the time. Hoping everything goes smoothly for everyone here ❤️ just seen you answered this further up- is the test available to everyone?

Everyone sounds like they've had busy days at work. Hope you have relaxing evenings :)

buzzmoon · 09/02/2017 18:28

So I'm on the train on my way home from work.

  1. There is a pregnant lady and I'm like welling up with emotion - what a bloody weirdo?!
  2. Inspire me. What can I have for dinner that's quick and not a kebab on my way home
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confusedat23 · 09/02/2017 19:07

Has anyone ever had Sciatica before?... earlier i got up and had this weird pain from my right hip shoot down my leg (it happened yesterday too) now i have a dull aching/shooting feeling going from that hip to my knee?

I have no mother to ask these questions of as she is still living it up in the world of Parsnips so i need you guys to mother me 😂 Lol

Oo Buzz what about ham egg and homemade oven chips?

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HeyJupiter · 09/02/2017 19:18

Yaaay Red that is fantastic news!!!!! So pleased for you. You're officially CD1 Grin

Grumpy I totally understand.. I was on pill from 16-30yrs old. Was like an awakening when I came off it. Enjoy my lovely!

confused never had it but family have. You poor thing. Hot bath and rest is what's needed (or an ice pack? Sorry woefully ignorant about this kind of thing but still sending lots of sympathy! Flowers)

HeyJupiter · 09/02/2017 19:20

Feeling really emotionally weird today. Have basically convinced myself I'm not pregnant and never will be. I just can't see it ever happening. I know that sounds daft and it's because I've never been pregnant so not something I can relate to. Got to get out of this downer though as won't help things at all! Surely a lot of people at 5DPO don't have any symptoms?!

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confusedat23 · 09/02/2017 20:06

I'm watching that extraordinary births! Its literally mental!!...

Awhh thanks Jupiter i am not sure it is that but dr google thinks so! Although thats the same dr google that thinks everything is a preggo symptom!

I get what you mean hun i feel the same so we can support each other through this time of waiting for our BFP's!! (Even if it isn't this month!)

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xlaura · 09/02/2017 20:14

Busy day for me too ladies! Only just caught up, I was abit too long in the sunbeds and oh actually came and looked for me at the shop incase something had gone wrong..more like he was checking up on me 😂 nice try!

I've had sciatica confused you'll certainly know about it if you've got it. Almost abit like mild paralysis is the best way I can describe it. It literally took my breath away, I couldn't even bear to lift my foot off the ground and walk to the hospital..still to this day don't know how I drove there in one piece!

What did you end up having in the end buzz? On Wednesdays I go to my mums so it's the only night I have off from cooking. I cook 5 days a week including every Sunday. Friday or Saturday we normally have a takeaway..this Saturday we're going TGIs for an early valentines meal which I can't wait for.

HeyJupiter · 09/02/2017 20:14

Thanks confused, need to get some PMA I think :) We'll get there eventually x

buzzmoon · 09/02/2017 20:22

What's the extraordinary births programme called? I can't find it :(

I've got a shepherds pie in the oven that I found at the bottom of the freezer that I had made. Turns out it takes a while to defrost and cook... I'm bloody starving!!

That'll be lovely laura I heard on the radio something about unlimited starters there?

buzzmoon · 09/02/2017 20:23

Sciatica sounds awful- take care of yourself confused Flowers

HbH04 · 09/02/2017 20:31

Aw jupiter you've got a great chance! I'm sure its not even implanted yet so very early days, understandable not to have symptoms!

Yay for AF red

mummy my sis is a midwife & cannot stand OBEM for the exact reasons you've stated! You could have been quoting her! I've watched it once & it scared me!!

13 days til Zika test... Hurry up so I can make a baby!

HeyJupiter · 09/02/2017 20:36

Thanks Hb, you're right of course :) Not long until the zika results, plus you might get them even earlier!

xlaura · 09/02/2017 20:41

Buzz yeah they introduced that to uk now. Pay £10.99 for unlimited starters of whatever you want basically. I've only known them to do in America but must've brought it over here finally! Never valid on weekends tho 😔 were 40 mile away to the nearest one and. T the time oh gets home from work and we drive there it'll be too late and I think I'll die of starvation.

Fx for everybody waiting to test, ovulate and dtd 😘

Wiggleyfingers · 09/02/2017 21:11

I think Pinterest is on to me! Luckily my account isn't on a work email or I might have some explaining to do.GrinTo everyone talking about the increase in sex drive - me too! Noticed it in a huge way and lots of fun inappropriate dreams!

Getting Ready for Baby Challenge-Pt3
xlaura · 09/02/2017 21:21

Wiggley I have Pinterest and lose hours of my life everyday on that bad boy. Don't really know what you do with it tho..found something cool that's super useful after birth tho. Put witch hazel and aloe Vera gel on maternitypad and freeze it..super soothing and has healing agents in. So I just screenshotted it because I have no clue what I'm doing? Help a sister out? 😂

Wiggleyfingers · 09/02/2017 21:24

Oh no Laura! Have you set up an account? You can create different boards that you can pin things too. I've got a wedding one and hundreds of pins saved to it with lots of lovely ideas!

xlaura · 09/02/2017 21:41

Wiggley yeah done the account I just don't really know how it all works. Pins? Love hearts? Save to board? All just gets confusing maybe I'll continue to just screenshot haha. Some things are best left alone..

buzzmoon · 09/02/2017 21:54

Wiggly I love Pinterest, on it all the time.
My wedding board had thousands of pins, i had literally been pinning for about 6 year. One day I login and it's gone. Just disappeared. Nothing there. Absolutely livid is an understatement!

But don't let that put you off laura!

HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips · 09/02/2017 21:55

Happy days red! This makes us cycle buddies as both on CD1! Hope yours is ok. I'm remembering why I hated these damn things! Hopefully be over in a few days.

Tigger83 · 09/02/2017 22:17

Jupiter it's like a pendulum isn't it?! I'm in the ambivalent phase what'll be will be but a few days ago I was in the it's never going to happen phase so I really feel your pain. I guess coming off the pill makes your emotions so much more real. I'm trying really hard to not think about it and hope for the best. Remember 90% of people are preggers in a year! Think it's 60% within 3 cycles.

Oh and I are off on our romantic northern lights adventure tomorrow cannot wait!

Mummyme87 · 09/02/2017 22:37

Evening ladies. Spent the evening locating and trying to catch a mouse in our living room 🙄

I got my peak on CB OPK 😁😁

MrsC2017 · 09/02/2017 23:08

Hi ladies, logging on quick before I enter a coma, went out for Thai and ate too much and I'm in that over full sleepy phase now!
red I'm as happy for you that AF showed as I would be if you had told me yo won the lotto! Welcome to Cd1!
mummy oh God, I hope u got rid!!!hope you make a baby now you've peaked!!
tigger have the best trip, post a pic of the northern lights of u catch them!!
buzz I can't believe that happened to your pinterest! Rage!!!
jupiter aww it's such a roller coaster of emotions, up and down and inside out, you are too early for symptoms, envisioning something that doesn't exist yet in your life is almost impossible but don't get disheartened, you could have a little egg nesting in a we speak and you'd never know!
Confused sciatica is awful, I used to lie on the wooden floors when mine flared, I needed something hard and flat under me, must have looked like a loon!
Discussed shelfing baby plans for a few months with DH this evening.... I just don't know if I should wait to get placed off this panel I'm on for new job. I have no problems being pregnant starting but no idea when a job offer will come and I'm afraid I'll have literally given birth and they'll ask me to start the following week,if I turn it down I'll be removed from the panel and I really do need that job.... Might email them and see if they have any sort of a timeline for placements, I always swore I'd never prioritise work over my personal/family decisions but now I'm feeling very conflicted.... Anyway tomorrow I'll probably have gone totally the other way again and be ttc crazy once more!

Wiggleyfingers · 10/02/2017 06:33

Aw MrsC that sounds like a really hard situation to be in. What did your DP say? Holding off a few months isn't too bad especially if it's going to be for the best for your family.