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Getting Ready For Baby Challenge Thread 5

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HopefullyDothButterNoParsnips · 03/03/2017 19:41

The fastest moving TTC thread where we are all trying to get ourselves ready for our bundles of joys. Come and join the madness.

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 18/03/2017 18:15

Well the OPK was darker than yesterday but not as dark as I've seen mine get before (about equal or slightly fainter than control is the darkest I've ever got). However it was with v dilute wee. Will see if CBFM still says Peak tomorrow and do OPK at same time

buzzmoon · 18/03/2017 18:28

Yeah jupiter it doesn't feel real at all still! We are round SILs today with 2 little ones so haven't really felt any different. Apart from feel very dizzy when playing ballerinas with the 4 year old!!

buzzmoon · 18/03/2017 18:47

I ask a really stupid question? So if my conception date was like 2 weeks ago but they still count the weeks by your last period? So I'm actually like 5 weeks pregnant?! That sounds ridiculous?

HeyJupiter · 18/03/2017 18:48

buzz technically yes (I think..) Did you ovulate later this month do you think? If not I guess you just implanted later?

HeyJupiter · 18/03/2017 18:50

grumpy with the OPK CB dual kit the peak stays on the stick for 48 hours and you cant test again. Does the monitor ask you to test again the day after your peak? I suppose you don't know yet :)

buzzmoon · 18/03/2017 18:50

Yeah quite possibly ovulated later. I just checked and I only noticed EWCM at CD23

buzzmoon · 18/03/2017 18:51

I'm so excited for you and your DH tomorrow jupiter ☺️

TheGrumpySquirrel · 18/03/2017 18:58

Jupiter this morning when it said Peak it told me to test again tomorrow. "Day14. First day of Peak fertility. Don't forget to test on day15"

confusedat23 · 18/03/2017 18:58

I think its ok Jupiter i would say its probably that you ov'd from your left side and so your ovary is stretching as the corpus lutum stretches

I can't believe 7 preggos in 3 months! Its insane lol

Buzz you will get a positive on a digi anytime with lines like that tbh... i read somewhere they are 25mlu

buzzmoon · 18/03/2017 19:00

How you feeling now confused?

Wiggleyfingers · 18/03/2017 19:32

Buzz are you planning on telling anyone else? You were my life buddy (as in - getting married then ttc at same time as me) now that you've gone and got upduffed it's making me think maybe we should just go for it too!! Grin
I may just happen to wear my sexiest lingerie in FW this month and see where the wind takes us! I don't want to wait now either!

confusedat23 · 18/03/2017 19:34

How interesting it asks you to test again Grumpy maybe it needs to see a drop to confirm ov

Buzz i am feeling better because I chewed the letting agents ear off (although she only shows places not manages them)... i'm more annoyed by the cost of the food we have had to throw out and that we are unable to make lunches at home for the week

HeyJupiter · 18/03/2017 19:59

Thanks buzz :) You managed to catch your egg despite that yay. Still keep smiling when I read your posts.

Thanks for the reassurance confused, I have all manner of twinges, pinches and stretches so will just let my body get on with it and not over analyse. Glad you managed to let the agent know what's been happening!!

Wiggley the TTC urge is catching, go for it! Grin

Grumpy must be for confirmation or to make estimation more accurate. With the sticks it says that after peak reading O could be anywhere between 12 and 48 hours so maybe your monitor tries to pinpoint it better.

xlaura · 18/03/2017 20:28

Been a few manic days here for me too just had a quick look through the posts and omg buzz congratulations!! Super positive there 😍 let's hope that wedding dress of yours fits. I'd be having murders right now as mine is a button back so abit limited with what you can do. Also think my mother might slightly kill me after we went to all the bother of going to Holland and having it made 🤦🏽‍♀️ so happy for you tho buzz!

Sorry for you ladies BFN too 😫 now CD 33 for this month and no sign of AF yet. Not even cramping or difference in EWCM yet so god knows what's going on? 😤

HeyJupiter · 18/03/2017 20:30

laura when is your AF due? :)

confusedat23 · 18/03/2017 21:19

OMG we now also have Ants in the Bathroom 😩 I hate the fucking little crawly things!!! Literally cannot stand them 😭

Jupiter i think in sex ed they should stress the daily uncomfortableness/pain you go through in pregnancy... i never even thought about the fact that my body would have to stretch and that that would hurt! Lol

What sort of dress do you have Buzz?

HeyJupiter · 18/03/2017 21:30

Oh god confused that's bloody awful!! I'm so sorry for you.. urgh. I'm surprised by all the cramping and things too - I swear they never mention that, the focus is all on morning sickness isn't it..

Cocktails30 · 18/03/2017 21:45

Hi ladies,

Wow, a lot to catch-up on! If I was actively trying I would be here a lot more, but we’re still wondering what to do! Forgive me please if I miss anyone’s big news, etc!!

Penguin It’s a disease called Hirsch rungs (I’m always worried I will get recognised on here and people I know will find out what we’re thinking about!!). It’s a bowel condition and really difficult to live with.

Orange thank you for the support and that’s so lovely to say you are all here!

HB just hubby (well, I could have anything but just like anyone else, never been tested!). The trouble is, the whole process is drawn out and hard and then only a small chance of it working!

Redpony I hope you’re feeling better! Is it bad I sometimes secretly want sick days! I’m struggling with my confidence at work at the moment so not enjoying it so much.

Seven congrats to your hubby! If he’s staying in a hotel could you have a few date nights now and again? When my hubby worked away for a full week every now and then, we always had one of the nights as a date night and I would go over, we would go out and eat and drink and then I would stay over and drive to work in the morning. The confidence boost is good though! What does he do?

Buzz !!!!! Congratulations! What sort of dress do you have? My wedding dress def wouldn’t have worked but I’m sure it can be let out a little, etc.

Confused I hope you can sort out your property. Can you claim ruined food on your insurance or through the landlord/letting agent?

xlaura · 18/03/2017 22:07

Jupiter turns out I was looking at the wrong date on my calendar 😫 haha. AF due next Saturday providing I'm on another 24 day cycle but we shall see. The dreaded wait..

buzzmoon · 19/03/2017 00:34

Omg wiggly do it! Yes! What a great idea! :)

Thank you cocktails :) I've never heard of that, have you thought more about what you you are going to do? Such a tough decisionFlowers

Thanks laura it's still not quite sunk in yet!

My dress is really simple, had zip up the bottom and then buttons up which stop around the bust line 🤔 I'm absolutely panicking now that it won't fit!!! Just keep your fingers crossed lady's! Well to be fair, it's sort of like a in at the waist and then over the tummy kind, so I figure as long as my waist doesn't get massive I should get away with it? What do you think?

buzzmoon · 19/03/2017 00:37

I bought it from house of Fraser not a dress shop, so not the end of the world like it's not custom made. This is when I bought it, how far away it was from doing up so my aim was to lose an inch around my waist to let it fit. I'm thinking i could move the buttons over an inch?? that might look awful! But I suppose I have a few more months before I need to worry?

Cocktails30 · 19/03/2017 00:53

A seamstress could let it out at the sides or change it to lace-up?

buzzmoon · 19/03/2017 00:54

Also, DH had taken a liking to calling our lil peanut, little Keith 😂🤔🙈 he's like 'hope Keith is making himself comfy in there' 🙈🙈🙈

buzzmoon · 19/03/2017 00:56

Oh yes cocktails you're a genius! I could just make it lace up! Then I can let it out a bit during the day to make it a bit more comfy!

Gosh guys I don't know what I'd do without you all, feeling emosh! But seriously so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️ right now, Id have no one else to talk to about all this stuff so just thank you! ❤️

DancingUnicorn · 19/03/2017 01:02

Yeah buzz a seamstress will be able to sort it for you! So exciting!! :)

Been out this evening. I'm sooooooo shattered! 😴

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