Thread 28, TTC #1 | We may be hormonal giraffes but we don't eat no low fat humous

[Londonjam]

Calling all OPK-ers, Temp-ers, Clomid-ers, Femara-ers, IUI-ers, IVF-ers and anyone else on the TTC #1 Bus.

We've been going a while now so the novelty has worn off and we're slightly battle scarred and bruised in the cervix area. We don't get a lot of baby dust in these here parts, we just keep it legs spread and fingers crossed (LSFX). We love a baby bomb from a prior bus-mate but if we get told to 'just relax and enjoy it' ONE MORE TIME you will get a punch in the face!

Hop on board, post your stats and prepare to be dazzled by the wealth of TTC knowledge we long-timeys have to share...

Key:
HS - have/had sex
GOS - good old shag
ELH - enthusiastic lavatory happenings
LSFX - legs spread, fingers crossed

Hep- very wise words! TTC is shit but I'm sure we all have a lot to be thankful for- and positivity might bring good things our way 🤞

Flash- great work on the sofa sex- inspiring stuff! Maybe I'll try and tempt DH later...never going to happen as he's an old man who likes a nice comfortable bed 😉

Cracking shagging flash

I'm not allowed to HS until after HSG ! Feels very strange!!

Hep you are right xx

Anyone listening to the fertility podcast - a recent episode plays an interview with Dr Jonathan Ramsey who is kind of a big deal in the MFI field. Interesting listening.

Oh Harriet my pregnancy vitamins are hidden in the back of my cupboard. I can't face throwing them away because i hope I'll need them! I did throw away the maternity pack the gp gave me though. Except the washing tablets and cleaning wipes!

Thanks ladies! It was like being a student again!

Nice one flash

Following the supplement chat with interest - might look into them next cycle

Am setting myself some running goals (also a C25k grad) to take mind of TTC - figure that way will feel like progress whatever happens over next few months/year (am a bit goal-oriented...not v conducive to TTC...)

As binky says, wise positive words, hep thanks

smitten hope you're doing OK

Kerry fx?

quiet thats pretty much why i started c25k after my mc. i needed to do something !

think I will start the training for the 10k on sunday (4x10min runs). But I will struggle to do more than 1 long run a week. I just don't want to lose the fitness I have worked so long to get.

That's why I run too quiet. I needed something to work towards that I could control after the ectopic. Plus I hated my body afterwards and it helped me feel better about it.

I've missed so much on the thread! I really hope that I stop being so manically busy at work soon. One of DH's best friends baby bombed him this morning with the news that his wife was 7(!) months pregnant. I think it shows how much I've emotionally detached from TTC that all I could do was laugh at the ridiculous maternity shoot they had (think full length evening gown in the middle of a park). Trying to work out if it's healthy reaction or not...

Hope everyone is doing okay

hep & flash that's exactly it; it's nice to know I'm in good company, though in total admiration for you guys for picking yourselves up after your losses xxx

kath - wtf, a maternity shoot? Evening gowns? Is that a thing?? Sorry if anyone else was considering it not my cup of tea; would've pissed myself too :)

😐 Evening ladies! Cd 31 and no period yet but a bit of spotting, pretty certain tomorrow is the day the floodgates open 😾

Maternity shoot? Evening gown? Wtf

I've never heard of a maternity shoot, is that a real thing now? Seems a bit pretentious to me but I am a huge introvert and I forget some people will get real enjoyment from it.

Good luck Kerry - are you late?

Flash - glad you've still managed to be spontaneous despite TTC 😂, excellent work Sergeant Flash!

Period is over for me, I took day 4 of Clomid yesterday and had the weirdest feeling at my sides where my ovaries were. It felt like tiny bubbles popping then a sinking feeling each side. I wouldn't say it was unpleasant as such, just noticeably different.

I was late for me Skipper but period has now arrived. Hey ho

WTF indeed.

Sorry about AF Kerry. Hope you can still enjoy your holiday

Sorry Kerry 💐

Ooh skipper this is exciting. What's the plan with clomid - 25g daily from days 2-6? When are you scanned?

That sucks Kerry

Skipper that does sound exciting! Bubbling ovaries sounds intense!

I'm not managing to sleep well enough to temp, so not sure if/when to start taking the progesterone.

I know this is pathetic but I'm due AF just before DH's birthday, and I wish I could tell him on his birthday I'm pregnant.

Kathrino that sounds ridiculous, such an "American" thing to do. Also, why the hell did they wait 7 months!? I find that odd.

Flash totally not pathetic at all. It's my dh's birthday on Sunday and I wanted to give him the best gift ever (a BFP) but my temperature completely tanked this morning (36.32). I'm not bleeding or spotting but it's not going to end well. It makes me so sad that I'll be bleeding on his birthday

Did you get a positive opk? I wouldn't take the pills unless you're 100% sure you've O.

Good luck skipper

Alexia I stopped doing OPKs a couple of cycles ago, but I think I probably need to get back on it. I've always taken my 'symptoms' as signs, sore boobs etc must be progesterone ergo I must have ovulated, but I know that's no guarantee.

Kathrino I would have laughed. Actually I probably would have made a few sarcastic comments to DH.

In a similar vein, the friend I mentioned who baby bombed me last week, is about 9 weeks pregnant and has already organized the nursery, bought a feeding chair and other baby paraphernalia, and is organizing her baby shower. Now I know, that my TTC/pregnancy journey is tainted, and I know it's not possible to jinx it, but I think it's totally mad!

Kerry I'm so sorry lovely I also don't know how I missed your news! I hope your time away is proving a good distraction. It's so rubbish xx

Flash to me that's crazy because she hasn't even had a successful 12 week scan yet! Ignorance is bliss eh

The maternity photoshoot seems to be quite a common thing amongst my Facebook friends - and I've seen randoms doing them in the park near where we live... I always question what you actually do with these photos - like not a chance I'd display them in my house or anything!

Sorry for the temp drop Alexia hope you are OK.

Good luck Skipper - keep us updated.

CD6 here so AF just packing her bags to get out. Thinking I will only temp during FW and up to 3/4 DPO - can't be arsed with another TWW where I'm a maniac so caught up in what temps are doing each morning. DH made a good point that by temping all the time, TTC is the first thought that I have every morning and its causing a lot of stress as a result.

Oh balls Kerry hope being away is a good distraction

Am so glad others think the photoshoot thing is weird, though you're right skipper presumably being an introvert has something to do with it :)

flora sounds like a sensible plan - Alexia sounds like you do something similar? Might follow your example; like the idea of it not being the first thing I think of

Kerry - oh bum! Sorry hon xx

Jam - its 25mg from CD 2-6, then my scan is next Friday just before ovulation. They then decide whether to up the dosage or not. Certainly felt something last night but otherwise symptom free so can't complain.

Hee. I'm doing a maternity shoot, though it's actually more of a boudoir one in reality. I do think the evening gown in a park thing is a bit silly, but there was a local studio offering free makeovers and a shoot if people wanted to volunteer as models ... feeling particularly dumpy and unattractive (and knowing a friend had gone and had an amazing boudoir shoot of her own with them) I figured I'd ask, and they picked me. I normally hate having my picture taken (and every photo of me I've seen lately has been emphasising a baby double chin in the making) but these look like they'll be really tasteful - think Demi Moore preggers (I loved that shot of her) and not too pretentious. I like the ones that are much more natural - though the thought of getting my kit off in front of strangers is making me a tad nervous ... not sure I'll be brave enough to go full nekkid!

In all seriousness though I'm feeling incredibly privileged to be going through this - it really is a beautiful experience, even if you feel like sh*t a fair portion of the time - so I guess I wanted to mark the occasion. The pictures will really be far more for me and DH than anybody else though - I can't say I'll be plonking me in knickers and a cardie on Facebook any time soon!! Am not having a baby shower though if that helps at all

Kav - good to hear from you :) I think you've explained it in quite an appealing way. It might be nice to show your child that picture in 5 years time and them to see how happy you were about them.