Thou shall not tell everyone to eat Yams

[juneybean]

Welcome all anti-fertile fuckers! This is our clique for those trying longer than 6 cycles and are pretty fed up.

Here are our Fucked Off TTC Commandments

• Thou shall not arrive one day and post BFP next day
• Thou shall not give advice to other when TTC for one month only
• Thou shall not participate in one-up-manship and realise TTC is shit for everyone in different ways
• Thou shall allow posters to be fucked off with the world and everything in it at regular points in the month
• Thou shall not be offended by strong language
• Thou shall not tell everyone to eat yams
• Thou shall accept being called a muppet for testing at 7dpo at 9pm at night

Our spreadsheet which includes what supplements (and potatoes) we are trying in our journey to motherhood.

micropig same here today :( af due tomorrow and I’m starting to get those lovely telltale back pains. My cycles have always been super regular 28 days then about 6 months after coming off the implant, they started going weird. Last month I didn’t ovulate until cd20 instead of cd14 and this cycle I ov’d on cd12. Super long cycle last month, short one this month. And like you, I never had pms symptoms before ttc. Now I get sore boobs and cramps/twinges all through my tww. Are you sure we’re not the same person? Haha. Hell yeah book that trip. Ttc is crap, a holiday would be lovely just to get away from it all for a while :)

Book the trip. 100%. Hope for the law of sod to kick in, and if it doesn't, go wild. Thats my theory anyway. I also never had an PMS before and now have it all. Joy.

I dreamt I was pregnant and in labour a few days ago. Except I gave birth to a puppy. It was v cute but I hope it wasn't the fates telling me to give up and get another pet.

I have no idea when I ovulated, so have no room to obsess over dpo this month. Started to go creamy cm yesterday, but still copious amounts so I think it may have been Tuesday but might have also been Monday. Must have missed it. We have a night in a very luxe hotel next Friday, so will test Fri am (there will be champagne) but no idea if there will be any point. Grrr.

@Micropig I know exactly what you mean. It's so hard isn't it? Sometimes though I think my sanity has been saved by this thread and knowing that there are others in the situation (sucks to be you lot who are going through it as well, but hopefully you know what I mean?)

AF arriving this month hit me really hard, even though I knew that I wouldn't be pregnant! We only managed to DTD once at the right time (well what I assumed to be right anyway) but I still convinced myself that once was enough and of course it wasn't.

I told my DH that I was going to book a holiday for spring next year and he asked what I'd do if I was pregnant. I said there was an 80% chance each month that I wouldn't be so I'll take my chances of being able to enjoy a drink etc. Worst case scenario is I'm pregnant, but that doesn't seem so worst case does it?

Justwaitingforaline sorry to hear about your driving test. I passed second time - all the best people fail at least once!

Sorry about AF arriving Dreamer and Juney

Welcome Tired! Sorry to hear about your MCs

Hope Af stays away micropig and yes, book the holiday!

I feel quite lucky that I never remember my dreams as I think I'd be driving myself mad if I could remember dreams of bfps and babies!

This weekend is going to be tough - seeing a load of my old school friends. All of whom have kids - the one hosting has 2 girls at school age who love "Aunty" Steak as I happily play games with them. One can't find a babysitter so is bringing her 2 year old.

So I'm going to be surrounding my kid talk all weekend and they don't know I'm in TTC hell.
I'm also in the TWW and can't decide whether to lay off the booze, go easy or go for it! (Kids will no doubt be left with friends husband while we go to the local pub)
I'm trying not to symptom spot but I'm approx. 8dpo and CM still hasn't dried up.....
Slap me and tell me off for being hopeful!

I loose so many bank cards in the house @Bubblegum89! 😂 I don't even want to know how much I have spent on preg tests so far - very depressing!

New crap milestone - need to buy new cheap OPK's after my job lot has run out!

And @micropig my AF is totally f**ked up since TTC - sods law hey! So so so annoying.

Book the trip. Have the experience. And if you're pregnant for it - YAY! What holiday was ever ruined by not being able to eat raw fish?! X

micropig God yes, book the trip. This shit is fricking awful to go through - it is nice to have something to look forward to! So yes. Go go go. We have a winter sun break to look forward to in next few weeks. Cannot wait. And it coincides with fertile period so at least we will be a bit happier when TTC!

doasdreamersdo also looking to go somewhere for a break in spring. Hubby asked me if I think I could cope if preggers by then. I feel like I'm pretty unlikely to be preggers by then. And if I am, then bloody brilliant! (Spoken like a naive person who has never had to go through morning sickness)

pina luckily haven't spent any cash on pregnancy tests as period hasn't been late at all since starting TTC.

steak that sounds like a nightmare. As awful as it is, I feel like I've started to distance myself from my friends who have kids or are pregnant. It helps me cope even though I know it is a very bad coping strategy. I actually deleted facebook and other social media apps recently as found it hard to see constant baby pics. I actually feel a lot better for it.

limp luxury hotel sounds lovely. Just the place to celebrate a BFP or drown sorrows if AF arrives (hopefully not). Lol@giving birth to puppy. We are def going bonkers...

Does anyone else on here find that the only thing that stops them going insane is talking to other people going through the same thing? My partner is great but he doesn’t really want to have in-depth conversations about what my cervical mucus looks like and if it means anything. I get so crazy sometimes even after almost a year, I can’t help myself but sometimes coming on here and knowing it’s not just me makes me feel a little less insane

Totally Bubblegum. What is really helping is having other people not just going through the same, but feeling the same. I am still so upset with pregnant friend, even though it is not her fault or my business, and the bile that burns at times is something I don't feel happy about sharing with almost anyone. People who don't judge, assume I am bitter and horrible, and are happy to talk about cm and shagging all day are just my people :)

Cannonball it was a dead cute puppy. In true tmi style, I also dreamed I was trying to breastfeed it. Which was disturbing to say the least. Bonkers indeed.

@Bubblegum89 yep talking on here keeps me sane! DH wants a baby but doesn’t want to get too in depth with the technical side of it like OPK’s & luteal length.

Bubblegum yes, that's exactly what I was trying to say! It's definitely keeping me sane by coming on here

rhibee I tried explaining ovulation and luteal phases etc with OH and he was happy to listen but I think it went in one ear and out the other so now I just put a big star on the calendar on the days we need to have sex. So romantic!

limplettuce lmao at breastfeeding your newborn puppy what kind of dog was it? Out of interest haha. I understand completely, my little sister is hugely pregnant (accident of course) and I love buying baby clothes and seeing scan photos but on days like today, when I know af is due tomorrow, I don’t want to chat with my family at how excited they all are or hear about how the baby is finally kicking hard enough for her boyfriend to feel. I just find the whole thing difficult. Being able to chat on here and know other people feel exactly the same is such a help. I thought I was the worst person in the world for feeling that way towards my own sister but I guess it’s just a natural frustration. When you’re trying everything under the sun and other women only need to look at a penis and they get pregnant

This thread most definitely keeps me sane! So nice chatting to you all, I will be so pleased when you all get your BFP's!

Not sure Bubblegum ha. A small brown terrier thingy. With sharp teeth. Ouch.

cannonball I totally get why you'd do that, it is hard, luckily for me because I'm the only one without children they have a separate whatsapp group to discuss kid things so I'm saved from a lot of the chatter about them.

I also know that the one with the 2 yo is trying to have another (they're a lesbian couple and plan to have a baby each using the same donor) they were successful on the first attempt with their toddler but the second attempt is proving tricky and they've already suffered a MMC so I know they'd get where I'm coming from but I don't feel able to share with anyone other than DH because I'd hate the questions.

So glad I have this thread!

Did anyone see the thread earlier about what age you were when you started thinking/panicking about having kids?

So many people on there were all "Oh I'd never wait until I was 30 - fertility plummets after 30 so waiting til then misses the peak"

2 words.....second one is OFF.

OMG I missed that one @Steaksauce

steaksauce haha some of the threads that get posted on here blow my mind. Not to mention some of the responses. The naivety of some people is astounding. My personal favourites are the “hi me and my boyfriend had unprotected sex last night, could I get pregnant because I really don’t want a baby” one, yes you could be pregnant. Two, why you having unprotected sex if you don’t want a baby and three, most important of all, why the fuck are you coming on to a forum of women who are desperate to be pregnant to tell them how awful it would be for you to get pregnant

Ohh @Bubblegum89 you've just reminded me I need to hide the pregnancy choices forum as I couldn't do it on my phone yesterday!

juneybean oh I just stay well clear of anything like that tbh. I still unfollow people on Facebook when they announce a pregnancy. I’m so bitter. I do just want to scream when people come on here asking stupid questions about pregnancy and moaning about how they don’t want to get pregnant. Fine, nobody is forcing you buy stfu on here because this is my safe space

Stupidly just did an opk as I just needed to pee on something. I’ve never seen anything more negative in my life. I always have a second line whenever I use them even if it’s a faint one. This time, there’s no second line at all. Don’t know why I bother getting my hopes up! Guess I’ll just have to wait for AF to show up in the morning

I did a OPK today as well, quite a strong line, what!!? I think this can be a sign you are starting AF soon - fun times.

I also just googled 'what do early pregnancy cramps' feel like! STOP IT YOU KNOW AF IS COMING!! 😩

lovepina I am super guilty of googling random stuff like “why is my cm milky white day before af?” Etc

hi all im shocked that the old thread is full - just found you all.

ive just about given up. im ok with it and ill be even more ok when i stop boob prodding every time af is due.
its FUTILE. my head knows this and yet i still look like some perv as im constantly feeling my boobs - try to be discrete but im sure i must look like a total loon with my arms folded all the time.

CD25 and i know im not pg. just know. that and being nearer 46 now is the give away really so why why why why why am i still wondering each month instead of just getting on with my life and accepting its not happening again.
im still fucked off btw.

fuck me you guys have a spread sheet now?!??

i gave up on the vitamins too when a fertility consultant told me the only thing worth taking is folic acid and vit d.