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TTC #1 - 8 or more cycles

177 replies

juneybean · 17/01/2018 22:45

Hoping to find some lovely people who are in the same boat.

I've just failed cycle 9 onto cycle 10 and trying for number 1.

For the record I use OPK and temp - not that it helps!

This doesn't include the two private IUI and three natural cycles I tried in 2014 :(

Any one else struggling to conceive number 1??

OP posts:
LillyLeaf · 21/02/2018 10:57

I find temping great to confirm ovulation but after that it's just a stress.

Miserablemouse · 21/02/2018 11:02

Lultaliana sorry to hear about your loss.
Yes, every day from CD1 until ovulation I had a glass - probably 200-250ml? I was worried I wasn't ovulating but even if I was it was hard to tell as I never got much CM and if I did it was always thick or creamy (gross, sorry) so thought it was worth a shot to try and see some of this fabled EWCM!

Got EWCM on CD 24, 25 & 26 with a positive OPK on CD26 too. Now CD29, 2dpo and wish there was a little window you could peer through into your stomach to see what was going on!

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:01

MrsJones17 Its always the same with the drinking I always get invited to something or have tix for a concert etc during 2ww why does it never happen when i have af really pisses me off..then ppl ask why arent u drinking cmon have a drink lol must think im a total bore haha

LuItaliana · 21/02/2018 13:02

Thanks Miserablemouse I do sometimes get EWCM but not every month so am just relying on OPKs at the moment, I think I'll get some and just hold my nose! I feel like TTC is becoming a full time job Grin I hate the TWW fingers crossed for us all!

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:05

MiserableMouse sum mnths i have loads of cm then sum mnths nxt to nothing i wonder if i even ovulate every mnth.Hmmsorry for your loss lutaliana x did u say ur on the tww when is af due?

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:07

Thats what it becomes a fulltime job i think we ll all need a 2nd job to pay for all the fertility crap we need to buy lol

Miserablemouse · 21/02/2018 13:11

Haha oh definitely - I have an Amazon basket full of crap ready to buy when AF appears and I need to feel like I'm being proactive. All these supplements/fruits/sticks to pee on do start adding up ha.

Have any of you tried/hear about pineapple helping implantation? I am off to the shops after work to pick a pineapple up just in case Blush

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:15

Ive only heard bout the pineapple juice helping ewcm but i was reading on one of these threads i think it was raspberry leaf tea (al need to google it) helps..well at least pineapples arent that expensive lol what does OH say bout u buying all this stuff or do u not tell him. Mine thinks im nuts..well he knows im nuts hahaWink

Miserablemouse · 21/02/2018 13:23

Oh god that reminds me I have raspberry leaf tea in the cupboard that I forgot about!

He's okay with it but I generally just order stuff on a whim and then tell him when it arrives. I think if I'd been like this since day 1 he'd be concerned but as a relaxed approach didn't work I think he's happy for me to stuff myself full of vitamins and minerals an wee on things to my heart's content if it helps me feel more in control.

We all go a bit nutty though don't we!

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:23

Just been on doc google lol apparently the pill form is better but sum ppl saying only drink until you ovulate not on tww thought i better warn you..some ppl saying its k during tww and pregnancy the usual conflicting info but its an option for nxt mnth if af arrives fx wnt need it tho x

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 13:26

Yh not judging in the slightest im the exact same lol its the only bit of control we have.

Mrsjones17 · 21/02/2018 13:39

Not sure if it helps but I’m in the first round of fertility investigates and the doctors have specifically said anything other than Golgi acid and vitamin d is useless and just people praying on the vulnerable. She said sex twice a week all month and eat healthy and exercise is the best advice. However I have been there with trying EVERYTHING in getting pregnant. Perhaps me and DH are infertile and that’s why all the other stuff hasn’t work. after testing I guess we will know and either of you get your BfP from pine apple juice I’ll happily admit I’m wrong 😂

Mrsjones17 · 21/02/2018 13:39

Bloody folic acid not Golgi acid!!

LuItaliana · 21/02/2018 14:12

Thanks thisisouryrfx18 Yes the dreaded TWW AF due on the 5th March hopefully she wont appear! You're right about the 2nd job I've spent a small fortune on OPK's, preg tests, acupuncture, vitamins and now I've got to fork out for grapefruit & pineapple juice too Confused DH doesn't comment on costs now as he was a bit Hmm about the cost of acupuncture & I had just started AF & really lost my shit, crying, shouting the whole 9 yards & I think i scared him poor thing Grin

Miserablemouse · 21/02/2018 14:26

Golgi acid Grin hahaha that's really tickled me.
MrsJones you're so right, I think I know it's all nonsense (I work in the pharma industry so you'd think I'd be better at ignoring things with no evidence) but somehow I'm expecting me to be the exception that proves the rule and something ridiculous like magnesium spray is magically going to knock me up haha.

thisisouryr thanks for the heads up about the raspberry leaf, I'll save it for next cycle then....

Lulitaliana I think that's justified! We can all lose our marbles sometimes. I'm trying to justify buying an ava bracelet but think I will wait until it's been 18 months as it's a lot of money (although if you add up the amount you spend on everything else, probably not so much)

Is anyone testing this week/end?

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 14:27

Lutuliana oh ive been there the ive snapped bigtime moment lol guys just seem more laid back about the whole thing maybe theyre just more positive than us or maybe they do the typical man thing and bottle it all up. I personally think scream and let it all out if u werent frustrated and this point id worry if u were human.

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 14:29

Mrsjones17 prob is bollocks half of the stuff they sell but i do think the grapefruit makes sense with cm any kinda liquid has to make you produce more fluids surely..if it doesnt then heh its cheap and gives u xtra vit c lol

LuItaliana · 21/02/2018 15:48

I think you're right thisisouryrfx18 DH is way more laid back than me, he always says 'don't worry it will happen' wish I could be so sure!

Miserablemouse I've never even heard of the ava bracelet I'll have to google it, another bloody thing to add to the list Grin

thisisouryrfx18 · 21/02/2018 17:33

Ive never heard of ava bracelet either..MiserableMouse me too lol i actually read it thinking oh need to get me sum of that golgi acid rofl im peeing on opks just now need to try and narrow down fw. Got internet cheapies dnt know if theyr shit tho came up as invalid uuuggh

Miserablemouse · 22/02/2018 15:27

How is everyone doing today?

I am 3dpo and feeling crampy/grumbly tummy which is obviously nothing because it's THREEEEEEE DPO for crying out loud, but my mind is like 'what if' Hmm

I think I need a slap

SqidgeBum · 22/02/2018 17:50

I am having a good giggle with you guys as I catch up on this thread. I thought 'oooh, whats Gogli acid. I need to get me some of that!' hahaha. I am on CD4 and already looking forward to my FW. Me and DH have a new energised attitude to this TTC thing. We are just going to go at it like rabbits. No timing or peeing on sticks. I am going to try and keep calm and not symptom spot or POAS at 7DPO. I have him on Vitamin C, me on the gogli acid Wink and primrose oil. I have also gone back to yoga for my own mental health. Cycle 8, I am feeling positive ...... at least til tomorrow anyway when my colleague heads off on maternity leave and I try to smile through the jealousy lol.

thisisouryrfx18 · 22/02/2018 18:10

Im gd Miserablemouse i dnt think u need a slap a hug maybe x Hi sqidgeBum heh if we cant laugh at ourselves at this point then id think we were proper nuts lol gr8 that u and OH r feeling so optimistic ive been feeling sum positive vibes past few days maybe its sumthing in the air? Either that or cause ive got a holiday from work coming up so al b boozing if no bfpWine

LuItaliana · 23/02/2018 09:45

Miserablemouse I'll give you a virtual slap if you give me one! I've been getting cramps/headaches for the last few days & have of course convinced myself that I must be pregnant - i even ordered a decaf coffee this morning just in case Blush You'd think I would know better by now but for some reason I feel strangely positive this month, maybe you're right thisisouryrfx18 there must be something in the air Hmm

Mrsjones17 · 23/02/2018 10:34

12 dpo and crampy so not holding out much hope really. Doing well not to test though so some positivity there lol!

thisisouryrfx18 · 23/02/2018 13:22

Maybe its cause the days r gettin longer i always have more energy when winter is over..mrsjones17 cramping is a ps as well (i think)about a yr ago i had a bfp and the only thing that felt different was the cramping i got before af im talking bout a wk before af was due do u normally get cramps before af or just during? Im assuming i had a chemical pregnancy cause i got af 2days later sadly

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