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Thou shall not tell everyone to eat Yams

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juneybean · 22/10/2017 09:42

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.

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LimpLettice · 26/10/2017 17:03

Vicar ! Sorry you are still fucked off though.

LimpLettice · 26/10/2017 17:05

Hahaha Pina. I spent 5 minutes at lunchtime with a pen working out how long sperm might have survived / egg may live to cover the dates we did the deed around when I think I might have ovulated. With highlighters and everything. What a dick!

Bubblegum89 · 26/10/2017 17:07

limplettuce I like to think I’m super chill but that’s the kind of thing I would do in secret

Justwaitingforaline · 26/10/2017 17:38

Vit D is one thing I’m not currently taking... maybe I’ll give them a shot too.
All I will say is that 2L of water a day has made my skin glorious Grin I may be Barron but my skin is like a smooth peach.

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juneybean · 26/10/2017 17:42

I love a spreadsheet Grin glad you're still checking in Vicar, we have you to thank for bringing us moaners together Wink

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LovePinaColada · 26/10/2017 17:50

Love the use of a highlighter @LimpLettice!!

RhiBee29 · 26/10/2017 18:19

Today I have had slightly —barely noticeable— sore nipples and a stabbing pain in the uterus area, trying to not read too much into it but...

minime2017 · 26/10/2017 18:54

And af has landed here too. Again timing was as good as it can get, pressed used , ive been relaxed and have even tried baby aspirin and still my stupidold Barren body can't make a baby. Throwing out all supplements and ditching reflexology. I've eaten a ton of choc already and if it wasn't a school night there'd be wine. So much for a Halloween treat.

Bubblegum89 · 26/10/2017 19:04

Sorry to hear af is here minime Sad

LovePinaColada · 26/10/2017 19:09

Sorry hear that @minime2017 - look after yourself x

RhiBee29 · 26/10/2017 20:28

Sorry @minime2017

LovePinaColada · 26/10/2017 20:54

I am going crazy reading into symptoms today @Rhibee! My little bleeding has stopped & hoping it stays away! 🤞 BFP due Tuesday.

RhiBee29 · 26/10/2017 21:12

@LovePinaColada excellent news, hope it’s a Happy Halloween for you! I’ve resolved to test Sunday if AF stays away but that will be cd31 so it’s a stretch.

LovePinaColada · 26/10/2017 21:15

When are you due @RhiBee29? I am planning to test Monday with a first response if AF stays away... but... I am already itching to test & trying to talk myself out of doing it tomorrow! Argh! Good luck for Sunday!

RhiBee29 · 26/10/2017 21:43

Well...Ovia says AF due Tuesday cd33 and Period Tracker says Monday but last cycle was 29 days and cycle before 30 so I think if I test Sunday I’m in with a shout. Although to screw with my mind even more I didn’t get a bfp until 3 days after AF due last time (mc) but got a bfp at 11dpo with DS. It’s all a mind-fuck!

LovePinaColada · 26/10/2017 21:54

Eeek best of luck - sounds like our cycles are fairly similar. My BFP is due Tuesday!

QuietTime · 26/10/2017 22:05

Ugh AF is due next week - not sure what's more pathetic; my zero-level of hope for this cycle or the failed cycle itself. Goddamn. This is so shit, isn't it.

As you guys have said, at least these threads are here. Who else would share dreams about breastfeeding puppies... Grin

stillvicarinatutu · 26/10/2017 22:08

well juney glad i could help. i am a moany fucker though. and im way fucked off almost permanently.
comes with the job and territory now i guess.

i like yams btw. sweet potato wedges are rather nice but not had an oven for a year so ill moan about that too.

ive defo left this ttc lark way to late with dp but im blaming him. he wouldnt commit and now its way too late. im 46 in feb. it doesnt help just feeling young. i think ttc is the remit of a much younger woman. think the lost downs baby sealed that one last year. my eggs are past their sell by and no amount of hoping is going to alter that. so ive stopped ttc now. hope lived on a little while but its been 18 months now since i lost rosie and not a hint of getting pg. i have to take a hint. im concentrating on my health and fitness and cutting down booze and carbs and doing way more exercise. dp buggered about too long to do babies now i think. so that as they say is that. i wish i hadnt got pg last year - it just gave me false hope and i find that just a bit too cruel given she didnt arrive.

Unicornberry · 26/10/2017 22:08

My 'BFP' is due Tuesday but realistically it's very unlikely I'm actually pregnant Sad I could test tomorrow as I'll be 10 dpo which is when I would usually get a positive.

Bubblegum89 · 26/10/2017 22:09

I’ve eaten so much chocolate tonight in preparation for af tomorrow. I don’t feel like af is coming but I’ve been fooled before, I’m convinced she’ll show up tomorrow or Saturday at the latest. I hate ttc. It’s the worst. Good luck to all you ladies who are due af in the next few days, I hope she doesn’t show!!

stillvicarinatutu · 26/10/2017 22:16

i know af is coming. sadly. due 31st. she will be here. my boobs are my barometer.
if they left one hurts a bit af is due.

if they both hurt like fuck im pg, not happening. so af is due monday.

Bubblegum89 · 26/10/2017 22:17

vicar I’m so sorry for your loss :( that must have been so difficult.

Also My partner’s mum was told she couldn’t have children. When she was 40 she got pregnant with identical twins and lo and behold, 9 months later my partner and his twin were born. I know that’s not much consolation and that doesn’t happen for everyone, but there could still be a glimmer of hope in there somewhere. I totally understand why you would fee the way you do though, you’ve been through a lot. Hugs to you Flowers

stillvicarinatutu · 26/10/2017 22:17

i feel a bit of a stranger on the thread i started which just about sums this fuckery up really. its shit. im not in the club.

Bubblegum89 · 26/10/2017 22:18

Oh and my boobs are the same! I would be more hopeful if my boobs didn’t hurt at all. My right one hurts along the side every month so I know I’m out straight away

stillvicarinatutu · 26/10/2017 22:21

8bbble* thank you but im 6 years on from where your mil was and i really think getting pg at 45/46 is pretty impossible.

i need to accept this now and enjoy the here and now again i think if i can.
dp was dithery and wouldnt commit. i got pg at 44 and easily but i think that was my one and only chance and she is gone. i need to accept my reality. im getting there. i need to stop boob prodding each month and i ll know ive finally accepted it!