Get Ready For Baby Challenge - Part 4

[HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips]

The thread where it does exactly what it says on the tin! We are all either actively TTC or preparing ourselves for TTC - come join us! Big thanks to confused for getting the last two threads going!

Hey!! Last day of hols here so I'll be back in action in here tomorrow and will properly catch up then but great news confused!
mummy hope u are ok, I thought u were a sure thing with all the symptoms you were reporting! Mother nature is cruel! Hope u are feeling positive and ready to go all over again!
Oh and seven my excitement levels are through the roof for new catastrophe, best show! buzz I'll keep an eye out for that show too!
parsnips have you started OPKs? How is it going? Sorry you have probably said but I'm so behind!
red my opks have been the same, feint, dissappear but I then it rapidly increases again and I have gotten a strong positive cd 15 so keep testing and see!
hb best of luck with zika tests!
Hi penguin!
Eeek grumpy almost test time!
Will catch up properly tomorrow afternoon when I get home and back to reality!

I think I've got a positive OPK - see photo. I'm CD14. It was negative this morning but now I have two lines and it seems as dark as the control line to me. I'm very excited by this strangely even though I know we aren't trying yet! I'm such a weirdo.

Omgggg confused I'm so so happy for you, you're PREGNANT!

Penguin and Grumpy looking forward to Friday, although not holding out much hope as when we did it on V-Day, because we're not trying actively I, ahem, did something apart from baby dancing to DP so that actually means one less lot of swimmers right around my fertile week :(

HB MK as in Milton Keynes? That's where I live too

Snips Aww that is exciting, I know what you mean, I'm actually convinced I'm infertile now even though I had DD 18 months ago and am in my early 20's, plus have regular cycles would be reassuring to see, I am tempted to get some OPK's even though I said I wouldn't...

Parsnips that's defo a positive!!

Go for it glitters. These are just cheapo wilkos ones. £1.45 for five! I'm really pleased that they've caught it. Bargain!

Ah that's funny glitters !

We had a location chat further up the thread... buzz is local too, in Leighton Buzzard!

Small world!

OPKs seem so temperamental!

Keep going red CD14 seems too early for it all to be over & like parsnip's shows it can appear out of thing air!

THIN**

Small world indeed! I will wave next time I'm driving through, my mum lives there still so I'm always there :)

parsnips that is deffo positive! Wow I didn't realise there would be such a difference in AM/PM! *goes off to poas!!

Ahhh confused thank god thank god thank god. I’m so relieved for you… you’re having a baby, an actual little bubba bubble baby. Huge congratulations. What happens next? Is the fluid around your ovary okay?

Hi penguin and welcome! Did you OPK this month? Might be worth testing if no AF in next week or so.

Good work on the humping seven - sad we won’t be cycle buddies but fingers crossed for you!

Hb great the blood test is done. Hope they get back to you super quickly.

Red don’t panic you may have just missed the surge? Or actually if you were testing twice a day you may well have it in the next few days? Your cycle might still be a bit longer because you’re post-pill. Keep testing twice a day for another few days maybe.

parsnips it is exciting seeing your body behaving itself even if you’re not trying yet. Great news.

I’ve spent today sorting out our bedroom and bagging up all the clothes I haven’t worn for years/am too fat for/am too thin for and going to drop them off at Oxfam this week. Very therapeutic. Back to work tomorrow after a few days off ugh. How depressing.

Yeah I've been doing them once in the morning and once when I get home. I think I'll keep going this month to see when it tails off. Then again next month to see if it's the same day.

parsnips I did OPKs for two months before we even started TTC as wanted to get a feel for the usual routine of my cycles. I've learnt so much about it! It's actually a really lovely process getting to know that part of yourself and actually marvelling at how clever our bodies are.

yay Confused I am soooo happy! You're lovely little bubble is settling in nicely. Did they say anything about the cause of the pain/fluid on ovary? Or is that what the scan is for?

Welcome to Penguin and wb Glitters I'll update the list in a min. Penguin I am on cycle 5 off the pill and I'm still messed up (came off in July). Don't be taken in by the symptoms! Fingers Crossed your cycles settle down asap or even better...BFP!! :D

Funny to think that you Southerners could all be walking past each other in the street and not even know!

Red Just wrote a completely different comment and then saw your later post with the timings. Have you tried holding your wee for four hours and limiting how much you drink? I think you can get lines showing up at lots of point through your cycle as there is always LH there so you may not have missed it yet xxx

Haha buzz - the POAS addiction is real :)

Jupiter I've been sorting too this week. It's so satisfying!

Ugh I hate OPKs I'm paranoid I've not even ovulated now.. or it was later and we didn't DTD enough .. although we did CD17,19 as well as most of FW CD10-15 which I thought ended with suspected ovulation on CD15. Not DTD since CD19 due to thrush. Better now. Sorry I'm rambling.. I'm hoping that as AF showed 35 days post pill I might have a semblance of a normal cycle length???

Might not OPK at all next month too much commitment!! Just DTD EOD. If I'm not pg already.. I'll add vivid dreams to my list of symptoms.. for the last 3-4 nights. Boobs are tender when squeezed but not as much as before. ARGH I just want to know!!!

Fab news confused so pleased for you!!

Went to see lego batman movie with DS this afternoon. He was a pain in the backside the whole time. Welcome relief to get back to work tomorrow

Hi Seven! That sounds frustrating!! I expect that there would be some adjustment while things get back to normal but 5 months seems like a long time.

Grumpy not long to wait until test day!

Oysterbabe - TTC #2, 13 month old DD - Cycle 1 (post pill)
Weight lost: 9lbs since 3rd Jan

TheGrumpySquirrel - Age 30 - TTC #2 (Mr Squirrel's #1!) - Cycle 1 - BFP due: 2nd March
Weight loss: 2.2kg since Christmas, another 1.8kg to goal weight (about 5lbs)

Alltheglitters - TTC #2 - BFP due: Technically April but not not trying

Penguin27 - TTC #1 - Cycle 1 - BFP due: 28th Feb-2nd March

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

HbH04 - Age 33 - TTC #1 - BFP due: End of March (but holding out for immaculate conception provided the Zika test is negative!!!)

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

Seven - Age 28 - TTC #1 - Cycle 5 - BFP due: Anytime 9th - 17th March
I would like to get fitter and ideally loose a stone

Orangefolly - Age 35 - TTC # 1 - Cycle 2 - BFP due: 16th March

HeyJupiter - TTC #1 - Cycle 3 - BFP due: 16th/17th March

RedPony1 - Age: 32 - TTC #1 (& only 1!) - Cycle 2 - BFP Due:? Post Cerelle pill cycle joy

Mummyme87 - TTC #2 - Cycle 4 - BFP due: 23rd March
Aiming to lose 4stone in total, ideally 1stone over next 6weeks … 12.5lbs off so far

TheLovelyOtherDinosaur - BFP due April!

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

HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips - Age 31 - TTC #1 - Cycle 3 - BFP due: May/June
Weight loss so far - 8 lbs Weight loss to go - 30 lbs(ish)

xLaura - Age 21 - TTC#1 - On pill until March - Wedding/BFP in June

MouseLove - Age 33 - TTC#1 after mmc

omg ... every time

Thanks for updating seven :)

Where's oysterbabe ?!

Thanks seven!
Ugh I hate that my weight loss has been the exact same for the last few updates 😔
Been really good this week (ignoring the chicken shish I had for dinner last night 😳) got chilli and sweet potato wedges for dinner, and have only had porridge so far today. Really hope I can do 2lbs this week like we said wiggly

Hello ladies- confused brilliant news!!

Wow it's got to be said I don't feel amazing... feeling so queasy and exhausted and so so bloated. I've had to go out and buy things up a dress size already.

Been waiting all day for the early pregnancy unit to call to book me in for my scan. The dr said aim for 6 weeks so they see more so aiming for the 10th hopefully.

Welcome penguin! Grumpy I've got fx for you! Everyone starting the 2ww I've got high hopes for this cycle! Jupiter I've got positive vibes heading your way.