looking for nutty fun loving ttcers to share tips!

[thisisouryrfx18]

Wanted to start a thread for slightly bonkers ttcers who can laugh at themselves & boost one anothers moral😉 shy posters scared to talk about the nitty gritty shagging at all hrs and discussing cm in detail need not reply!😜

@BDFT sorry bout af that sux..i defo wnt be skipping a cycle this month dnt care if my due date was on xmas day boxing day or the 2nd coming of christ! At this point i ll take what i can get im desperate lol #joking/not joking😉

Chocolate!? .. Did sumone just mention chocolate?!

Hi everyone!!

Sorry been sooo busy at work!!

@thisisouryrfx18 I'm still here!!! Started my marathon 10day in a row sex sesh!! Haha! Day 2 so far. We're not leaving any fertile Day uncovered. Fertile gel being used every session and progesterone cream and pineapple ready for the TWW.

How's everyone getting on? Xx

Cakelaur hope that works for you!!! Fx!

Another BFN. Don't know why I wasted money POAS when BBT chart clearly shows temp dropping so not likely to be pregnancy (10dpo)

@Cakelaur how are you managing with your work schedule this week?

@HidCat my work schedule is a little better this week. Still the odd late nights but we just have to crack on. If not bfp this month next month FW is going to be a nightmare. OH is going to be in hotels every day and shattered and we'll have the new puppy. So I'm going to have to drive up, DTD and then drive home. Every night!!! Haha so we're crossing fingers for this month!!

Morning all ☺️ so sorry to hear about af @BDFT that sucks
I spoke with OH about Xmas baby and within a minute we had turned a complete 180 from never having a Christmas baby to ahh it'll be beautiful and perfect! It's weird the things you can convince yourself of when pushed 😏

Has anyone tried preseed? We haven't used any lube at all (we did before ttc) in case it gets in the way, and I read the instructions online and it seems quite convoluted?

We were wondering this too! I always thought best lubricant for helping the lil swimmers was my own and I read somewhere about how it is great if you can orgasm because it produces more natural lube and helps promote better environment for the spermies?

But now wondering if it is worth the preeseed seems it clearly isn't working for us?

@TwittleBee @GoldilocksTheGraceless I have been using Conceive Plus the past two cycles, you can buy small applicators which are handy although you have to put them in a few mins before sex for it to properly work!

Can I ask what's conceive plus? Xo

It’s a sperm friendly lube :-)

Thanks @Tefiti2 this is so helpful. Yeah I get a bit weirded out by inserting stuff 🤣 I'm even rubbish at tampons, so hoiking an applicator all up in there beforehand gives me the shivers. Sorry for my less than poetic language!! I'll see if I can have a go and maybe it won't be as strange as it sounds...

Ok I have another question, (I can imagine this shall not be the last!) has anyone increased their efforts to get to a healthier weight (up or down) while or before ttc? Last year I put on a lot of weight when I switched to a different medication and then came off those because I'd gone from healthy to obese in 4 months. Now I'm concerned that the last ten pounds might be stopping us from getting a BFP. Might be over thinking it but that's where we're at!!! Thank you lovely hive mind 😍

Haha @GoldilocksTheGraceless I was exactly the same! Read the reviews and thought why not. Wasn't too keen on conceive plus - felt a bit gloopy 🤣 tried fertility check fertility gel this month and that is very watery! Not so sure I will be getting that again!

Im just ordering preseed just now anyone tried that? @cakelaur haha we done the same last month dtd every 2nd day all month then tried to do it as much as possible during fw still nuthin soo frustrating! We were both knackered and stayed in most of the month lol

@thisisouryrfx18 @Cakelaur we were exactly the same last month and this month apart from yday as hubby wasn't well. Which I'm pretty sure was Ov day  hopefully got it covered though!
@Cakelaur it may not come to all that travelling next month remember 🤞🏻

GoldilocksTheGraceless exactly same with tampons. They make me cringe. Especially pulling them out. Eeeek.

Erm in regards to becoming healthier I haven't had to cut down weight as I've a good BMI but me and my OH have decided to cut caffeine and alcohol out and go super healthy with greens etc this month.

Anyone given the tesco fertility gels a go?

Cd14 cutting out alcohol from today 🙈 going to try anyway haha. Doing opks and my thermometer came today so I can start temping to make me more insane. Going to get on with dtd atleast every other day and going to buy more grapefruit juice tomorrow. I've been hit and miss with vitamins since my MC in January so need to get back on them. Any other tips?! Also my cycle has now decided it would like to range from 28 days to 43 which makes it so much funner NOT. Anyone else near cd14?? My last 3 cycles the earliest I've ovulated is day 26 according to opks.

@xLeanne128 I'm on cd13 of a 25/26 day cycle. No idea when I OV'd as I can't do OPKs this month although it's normally around cd12.
Temping drives me insane! I never remember until it's too late at weekends so my temps aren't a good point to look at. Does the grapefruit juice actually work?? It just makes me feel sick 
@lolacola13 I didn't know Tesco had their own! I just used the boots fertility check one this month.

xLeanne128 I recommend Fertility Friend and/Flo if you're going to chart your BBT. I already drive my OH with the bleeps from my thermometer first thing in the morning haha. Good luck with no alcohol!

lolacola13 i also had no clue they did their own brand!

Anyway speaking of crazy... we are ensuring that OH at least wanks every 3 days to keep sperm supply good during non fertile days (read it somewhere and thought worth a go!). Just text him saying he better have a wank tonight if he isn't up for DTD (as he's ill) and he informed me already knocked one out before work (no clue how he squeezed that in after I left with DS as he managed all the chores too LOL!!)

Thankyou girls 😘 grapefruit juice helped me with CM and that's the month I conceived so I believe haha (sadly ended in MC but sure that's not the grapefruit fault) yeah I wanted to temp discretely 😂 DH already tells me to stop peeing on things and putting stress on us both so now I hide opks and just pounce haha. Don't know how I'll hide the bleeps 😂

I have flo, ovia and glow nutty or what hahaha x

Evening all. I am not traking my cycles, either with temps or opks as I get up to pee at least once a night and quite often when the birds are tweeting so don't think they would be accurate for me and can't say I can be bothered with peeing on a sick that regularly. I am using an app to track my cycle so I know when to expect AF etc and I am fairly in tune with my body so notice the ewcm and ov cramps and seems to be fairly in line with the app.
I take folic acid and vitamin d as well as coq10 daily then zinc with vitamin c couple of times a week. Other than that just trying to keep fit and healthy cut right down on alcohol (none in tww and not much outside of that) and caffeine (don't like coffee anyway so just an occasional cup of tea that is not decaf).

@Blondcat can I ask what the coq10 does?