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.

I didn't test as too frightened to see a stark white bar again

I had that last month to @DoAsDreamersDo - so horrid how your body plays tricks on you!

I have had awful cramps in the night - think AF may be coming sooner than the 1st. :(

Morning all, waving my yams around in an attempt to banish all of your AFs.

I had a really weird vivid dream last night about being pregnant at a Christmas market... two months to make those dreams a reality. At least I can drown myself in mulled wine and ice skate if it doesn’t happen, right?

Know that feeling Juney. Have done a couple of cheap opks this week and while they never work for me, I like seeing the no need to squint lines.

The funny thing is, I was off b/c for about 18 months before I had DD, and had no real PMS symptoms the whole time. Then I had a coil and nothing, now it is out, I have a million symptoms every month.

I know people are usually just trying to be helpful, but none of it does help, it is all stupid advice, and worse still, some of it is faintly insulting. Praying? Wtf? I don't, but even if I did, I would be really upset at the idea that God might just grant a pregnancy if I have been good / begged enough. Am I basically bad, and those who seem to fall five minutes after they meet someone, do it once in an alley and forget a pill are good? Humph.

@juney when is AF due?

Well I thought yesterday or today, but I'm wondering if I ovulated later than I thought? :/

juney are you tracking/temping?

I used to temp but it was taking over my life so haven't for a few months now. I peed on an OPK on 9th Oct and it was near positive so plotted that day as my positive...

I’ve just had the doctor call, all blood tests/swabs normal so far which is a weight lifted!

I’d convinced myself there was going to be something horrifically wrong.

Marvellous news Just, so what's the advice? Keep shagging?

@Justwaitingforaline great news on tests. Such a relief

@juneybean fx. Are you still having cramps?

hah! I’ve got another blood test on the 9th which is the day 21 test and an ultrasound to check me ovaries at some point soon but apparently nothing dodgy has been detected and I don’t have an unknown STD either! So yeah, just keep shagging. Then a bit more shagging. And a bit more shagging.

Oh and apparently increase my BMI a bit too like I need an excuse to eat cake

Oh I need to decrease my BMI maybe we could help each other out? hahaha

@janefx40 a little bit yeah :/

The woman who sits opposite me at work has soup and it's making me feel sick.... symptom?!

@juneybean fingers crossed for you!!

My AF is due today or tomorrow. No sign yet be definitely feeling it. I've been in a terrible mood for days, just wanting to get her over and done with and hope for better luck next month.

@just. Good news about the tests. How long did it take to get them sorted? I've had day 21 blood done but nothing else yet. Trying to get DH to go for sperm analysis when he gets back but not sure how long that will take

justwaiting great news about the test results, did they say what the next steps are?

Ooh juneybean fingers crossed for you!!

Anyone know any reasons for ovary pain? It woke me up the other night, really sharp pain in my right ovary but only lasted a couple of minutes. Had a few twinges here and there since then. I honestly don’t think I’m pregnant so it’s not implantation and I’ve had two US in the last year looking for cysts and none were found so I don’t think it’s a cyst. I get ovary twinges most months but nothing quite as bad as the one I had the other night which was enough to wake me. Now I’m worried my ovaries are going into meltdown or something

Good news about your tests @Justwaitingforaline - what a relief!

Ooo @juneybean - sounds like a good sign! Maybe test tomorrow morning?!

I have had 'slightly different' cramps today so of course I am seeing that as a sign. Arghhhh!

Guess it could be Implantation @Bubblegum89 - you never know!

So I’ve got my day 21 blood test on the 9th and a repeat US at some point. DH has sperm analysis in the next few weeks too. After that? I’m not sure. Shag a lot and hope we fall pregnant before March otherwise there won’t be a baby at all in 2018

Or really disgusting soup, Juney. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Justwaiting that is great news. I have been v cowardly about seeing the GP and must get my finger out and get on it.

I have this sometimes bubblegum. Which is of no help because I don't know what it is, sorry :)

Limp I was shitting myself about it, I won’t lie. But the act the GP ran the tests with no questions asked made how I’m feeling seem a whole lot more valid which I think is half the issue

@just that’s great news. I had my bloods taken yesterday, already had US and apparently all clear. OH sperm tested and ok. Had my day 21 done too but I think I had the wrong day calculated when I did it earlier this year.
So next step- sub fertile and off to the clinic. It had to be a man who coined the term ‘sub-fertile’. Bloody charming. Sub fertile and geriatric. And of course the doc told us to ‘relax’!

Lexie it’s hard to work out which Day 21 is for a lot of people who’s AF arrives a day or two either side of the apparently normal 28 days. I’ve been around 27 days for the last 3 months so have booked for CD 20 as it’s meant to be a week before AF. The ‘relax’ part is the worst. There is nothing I would love more than to forget all about TTC and my fanny mucus and knicker checking and O sticks and legs in the air but that isn’t how it works!

Totally agree. I would so so so love to just relax - but as you say, not how it works!

I HATE this time - I am only 6dpo so not point testing, 'symptoms' mean nothing & I am just counting down the days to the inevitable BFN! 😪

How long did you ladies wait until going to the docs for tests? How long is too long?!

Hahaha. Isn’t it just. DP home for a midweek break tomorrow and I’m all worried I have a shit tonne of watery / stretchy cm today. Saturday might’ve been too early and tomorrow might be too late. Argghhh. Relax my arse. Not bothering with opks when they didn’t work was meant to take the stress off but it’s done the opposite. Fucks sakes.