Getting Ready for Baby Challenge-Pt3

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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=

Grumpy problem is you can't opk with cb just on a random date because it has a memory to work out your cycles.

Wilkinson sold ov test dip strips like ours... i think superdrug sell pink dye ones you can actually pee on...

Wiggley can you not throw a cheeky lie... maybe something about thinking about might have pcos because of stomach pain so have had to track ov?

Yeah confused I realised this when had a look at them in boots they all just look for a pick up in LH vs your previous days, so no good. I can't use my CBFM as I didn't set it up on CD1-4 might end up giving it away if I get a BFP this cycle!

Will do one of my strip tests when I get home anyway.

Hey Girlies

Sad for BFNs but you were keen! still time for a second line!

red an ice cream machine sounds AMAZING (for you as well as DP! love a pressie where everyone can benefit!)

Sorry for the OPK stress grumpy Think i'm too going to just do EOD DTD when i get on it because my schedule is different every day as are my locations, so probably not ideal for POAS willy nilly! Maybe for the first cyle or two anyway hopefully only one is needed

congrats on house sale laura i'd be SO impressed if you completed in 6 weeks! mine was fairly simple on paper but ended up being 4 months and the biggest stress of my life to date!

Just had a day trip to Liverpool with my Mum & a couple of sisters... good fun but i'm still ill and its wiped me out... i've come straight home to bed!

Oh wiggly ! Did she say anything?
laura congrats on selling the house! Hopefully you get something you want, give Kirsty and Phil a shout!
DH got me an orchid and chocs for valentines day, he's the sweetest, although now he's asleep with a migraine!
You would think someone somewhere would have made generic strips for the cb monitor, they are so expensive! I just did opk there, negative, but not expecting ov til Friday! I'm just testing to shut ovia up telling me to test!

Thanks girls for the congrats. When we first bought this house which was 3rd September 2015 we were due to complete on 27th November - no chain just me and the developer so didn't think it'd be that hard. Wrong!! 23rd December I hadn't even exchanged 😡 was screwing as I had planned on being in for xmas. Turned out we exchanged on the tues and completed on the wed on xmas eve. I'm not expecting anything to be done in 6 weeks. My buyer is in no rush just depends if her buyer is in which case we'll all be sped up but hey ho. We've sold it ATM and that's a big bonus for us thought I'd have to have my lo in my front room and be surrounded by baby bits haha.

There's still plenty of time to get those BFPs girls..the months not over yet fear not 🤞🏼

Talking of cb OPKs - I watched a video or read somewhere online there oh had taken apart the cb opk and it has the exact same little strips that you get on a bulk buy amazon or eBay lot. Just shows the money doesn't buy you anything different!! You just pay for a fancy little screen

Just had another look at my opk and I have a faint but obvious line so will maybe get peak tomorrow or Thursday as opposed to Friday!

Oh Wiggley your story made me smile! Do you think she knew what they were??!

confused the ongoing breast pain is a good sign your progesterone hasn't dropped off. FX for Thursday. My ICs should arrive tomorrow so can POAS to my hearts content.

Red I OPK from day 8 but am using the dual hormone CB ones and they need a baseline.

laura congrats on the house sale. My ovulation pain is either side in my lower abdomen and feels like a sort of needling pain, like little lightening strikes that happen over a few days and the day of ovulation. Always accompanied by lots of bloating and backache on the actual day itself.

MrsC what lovely presents! Your DH is a sweetie. Fingers crossed for a peak in the next few days :)

Ooh mrsC maybe we will be very close in dpo! I'm assuming today as ovulation day given the backache today and darker lines leading up to this morning

DTD is done ✅ and hopefully another tomorrow to be on the safe side

OPK mystery continues .. my 7:30am OPKs appear to be getting darker - see below for Sunday morning (far right) yesterday morning (middle) and this morning (left). But pm/evening ones are still faint.

If tomorrow's is even darker I think I'll count it as a positive. Otherwise I'm sticking with yesterday as o-day given the very specific backache

The lines are about the same I think?

I would say that's still negative grumpy but likely to be positive tonight or tomorrow. Definitely darker today

congrats on the house Laura

Mrs I also got an Orchid for valentines day!!! I am in love with it!

Jupiter How are you feeling this morning?

I am getting shooting pain down my right boob... its actually quite an ache (makes me catch my breath a bit)... But mainly it is my ariolas? is that how you say them? that just feelreally sensitive! Also DTD last night and no spotting!

Grumpy you really look like you are going to have a+ve today! I am so excited for you

Day 5 of symptom spotting (I swore I wouldn't do this this month)... so after horrendous bloating and gas yesterday I now have (sorry TMI) loose bowels... bit of googling and seemingly these are good signs 🙄Why do I do this too myself!!!

Oooo Mummy embrace the symptom spotting!!.. i'm so nervous that AF is going to turn up anytime ...

DP sent flowers to work, it was lovely

That story made me laugh Wiggley!! I am sure they will forget about it though....

Getting close to a positive Grumpy, apparently it's really easy to miss the surge for a positive so just keep DTD as much as possible and you'll be fine

Thanks guys will attempt to DTD again tonight. Doing another OPK this afternoon and tomorrow morning.

Fingers crossed for you mummy, confused and Jupiter!

I'm feeling positive we will get lots of BFPs this month!

Does anyone else only get useless i formation off ovia?... she literally doesn't tell me anything other than that other people experience this before AF...

Well how about the people like me that are trying to make a bloody baby ovia? FFS it's really winding me up now lol

Morning ladies! confused ovia I'd the worst, if she tells me to make avocado cheesecake one more time 👊!
mummy symptom spotting is fun though!
red that's so sweet of your DH!
grumpy OPKs are so frustrating, hopefully it'll darken tonight and if you missed it then you have done enough to be covered!
Dtd last night so FW off to a good start but if OPK isn't positive tonight I'll skip dtd tonight and go with tomorrow because I think Friday/Saturday is ov day! Can't wait to get over Hump day because then I'm off for a week!!

Well off for a week on Friday!

Honestly Mrs i don't think she ever listens!... its great that you are getting some DTD in!

so if i didn't know that ov was a few days late this month i would officially be late on my period today... and i'm still not spotting which i'm seeing as a good thing... my lower back pain has also gone today so i'm very much 50/50 as to whether its our month or not!

Confused that sounds very promising and again that progesterone is still high. You normally get brown spotting for a few days before AF is that right? No spotting also shows that your progesterone hasn't dropped! My breasts are still sore on the sides and my nipples are sensitive to touch. This isn't unheard of before AF but you never know.. roll on tomorrow!!

Mummy embrace the symptoms spotting! all sounds very positive!

Grumpy just keep DTD and you'll be covered - you may just have missed your surge yesterday... or may be on its way today!

confused and jupiter I have my Fx for you! Long may your symptoms continue!!!
Right ovia has really annoyed me now, I got ewcm earlier and put that in and she shifted my FW so basically she thinks ov day is tomorrow! So if she's right there will be no skipping tonight and very glad I dtd last night because I was going to sit it out but DH was persistent! I'll OPK when I get home and see what's going on!