TTC #2 (December BFPs)

[LopeyLopez]

For all those trying to conceive number two, and hoping for a festive bfp! Hop over from the previous November thread, or hop on if you're new. All welcome!

My stats:

Age 37
DS 2
Cycle #10
TTC #2 for 10 months; no contraception and NTNP since DS was born in Sept 2015! 😮

Congratulations Mona! That’s not particularly faint! Fingers crossed for stickies all round here!

Congratulations @mona fingers crossed for you.

@kit so sorry for the bfn. I’m not testing now unless af is late, my bfn hit me harder than normal the other day as I’ve had so many symptoms I was convinced this was our month. Most could have been in my head but I don’t think I’ve ever managed to psychologically make myself tired.

Enormous congratulations Mona - such a wonderful Christmas Eve present! ❤️❤️❤️

Hang on in there Kit and Mynameis. You both tested very early, so you never know... AF is still awol at this end but I’ll be expecting her bright and early tomorrow if she doesn’t rock up tonight...

Congratulations @mona great news

AF is here... She rocked up unannounced at 7pm on the dot... I knew she wouldn’t want to miss out on the festivities! I’m off to start a January bus if that’s ok, but I may well lurk on the sidelines here for a while with my pom poms at the ready, ready to cheer on the BFPs. Xxx

Hi all,

I’m new to this group.

Age 37 😩
Cycle 9
MC August 17

I already have an amazing 4 year old who is desperate for a sibling. Having said that, after several viewings of Boss Baby recently I think he’s easing off with the realisation on how much attention a new baby requires 😂

I’ve paid to have some fertility checks privately and all has come back well. I have tried acupuncture for 6 months but to no avail. I’m going to start hypnotherapy for fertility in January as I feel I need to get a positive state of mind about it. I talk myself out of being pregnant as soon as I ovulate as in the past I’ve almost talked myself into feeling pregnant and then only been upset with a BFN. Unfortunately I’m an all or nothing kind of girl 🙈 From one end of the scale to the other.

Good luck everyone 😘

Snowy White bfn on an FR this morning at 13dpo, so I’m definitely out. Just wanted to make sure before before the drinking commenced.

Oh well onto 2018 it is!

Merry Christmas all.

Cariad so sorry your period arrived. It sounds like you have a plan which will hopefully make things easier psychologically at least (I cope ver June sorry about BFN. I do hope Christmas will take your mind off things. Eat and drink all the things.

Welcome Peanut. Anything that helps you relax can only help. At the least with maintaining emotional stability. I need to maintain some myself or I’ll go crazy with worry!

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas. I’ve been awake for the last hour waiting for DD to get up to check if Santa has arrived but she hasn’t budged!

Cariad what I started but appear to not have finished was that I cope very badly without a plan. I do much better when I have mapped out a course. Although I appreciate that’s not the same for everyone.

@cariad so sorry for af arriving. We’re both going to get bfp’s in 2018 one way or another

Wow, congratulations paranormal and mona!!! Great to be away a few days and come back to two BFPs!!!! Good luck to those still waiting x

We're staying at in-laws and then straight onto my parents after that....not much chance to dtd, and I am about to ovulate....this month probably not for me. Also I haven't got my thermometer or any opks - always at the most crucial time!! - so I will have no idea of o day or temp rise or anything.... I will prob go from o pain and use that to count dpo on ff. Maybe it will do me good to relax a bit...

Oh yeah and HAPPY CHRISTMAS everyone! 😃😂

Just when I thought all the presents were done, af has arrived 🙄 oh well, at least we can move onto the next cycle asap

Sorry to hear AF has found you as well Mynameis. It genuinely sucks. Please do come join me in my feast of merriment today - we can drown our sorrows together.

Welcome Peanut. Hypnotherapy sounds interesting - do let me know how you get on. I do sometimes wonder whether I’ve got into such a negative frame of mind about our monthly prospects now that we’re 16 cycles in that I’m essentially talking myself out of pregnancy each cycle as soon as I ov. It’s a self presentation mechanism as I was so hopeful for our first 6 or so months of ttc and ended up being utterly devastated each time AF arrived, whereas now I just expect her to rock up, but I can’t help but wonder whether my negative state of mind is dashing any slim prospects of a sticky BFP we might have.

Paranormal - you’re absolutely right - I am totally one of those control freaks who needs a plan! 2017 was horrible on this front as so much was up in the air on this front (including pregnancy and deciding whether to move job and house). 2018 is unlikely to be much better, but at least I’ve learnt the hard way not to put life on hold “in case” a pregnancy is forthcoming.

Merry Christmas to you all! Here’s hoping that for those of us who have struggled to achieve sticky BFPs (or as in my case a BFP at all in 2017), our lucky stars align in 2018 and we experience a flurry of BFPs before this Winter’s our. Xxx

Self preservation not presentation!!

Lopey - I definitely think a month of taking it easy on the ttc front can do us all good from time to time, and the reality is that unless you completely miss ov, you’re probably in with as good a shot as you’ve had in any other month! I shall be keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you.

Congratulations @MonaTheMoaner

No luck here, bfn, sore boobs gone, waiting for AF. 2017 can do one, it was shit!!! Bring on 2018.

Merry Christmas all!!!

It’s hard @cariad2017 as I find it hard to think about being positive and allowing myself to think it might end with a BFP because I’ve cried when it hasn’t. I totally relate to what you’re saying. I’ve got my first appointment mid Jan so I’ll report back. You can find videos on hypnotherapy for fertility on YouTube xxx

AF arrived this morning

On the positive side my cycle was textbook, ovulation cd14 and 13 day luteal phase for the first time since mc. Going to focus on weight and fitness in 2018 and hopefully the elusive bfp won't take too long.

So sorry for af arriving @rhibee. Have all the alcohol today and get back to it after af has gone. There is a Jan thread if you want to join us. Big hugs

So I’m 13 or 14 dpo (period due tomorrow) and I just did a cheapie test with fmu, and it’s come up with a very faint line (see image, hope you can see it). Bit confused though, read it fairly soon (not left for ages so can’t be evap line) but wouldn’t it be darker by now if I were pregnant?

Kit, I think that looks good....tentative congratulations!

Line could be faint due to many things...type/quality of test (it is an ic and they do vary, even within the same pack I'm told; depends on how much dye has been put in each one); was ov later than expected or are you dead sure of the date? Urine weaker due to drinking lots?

Hope it gets darker soon anyway and you enjoy this time xxx

Thanks @Lopey, pretty sure on ovulation date as I was testing, have been drinking a bit in the night as I have a bit of a stuffy nose and quite a sore throat (although seems to disappear when I wake up), good to hear about the ic not being too accurate. Hoping it’s not just a faulty one, maybe I’ll see if my period comes tomorrow, doesn’t feel like it at the mo and I normally have some cramps, had terrible back ache though.

@kit looks like a line to me! Fingers crossed af stays away. Tentative congratulations 🤗