The Good, The Bad and The Yams!

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CALLING ALL YAMMER'S!

Yammer rules:

A safe place for those of you who have been trying to conceive for 6+ months and even yams aren’t helping. Come and have a good ol’ bitch and a moan without judgement. Please read the rules before posting!

The Yam Commandments are as follows;

• Thou shalt not arrive one day and post BFP next day

• Thou shalt not give advice to others when TTC for one month only

• Thou shalt 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 shalt not be offended by strong language

• Thou shalt not tell everyone to eat yams

• Thou shall accept being called a muppet for testing at 7dpo at 9pm at night

And most importantly...

• Thou shalt not symptom spot during the two week wait and must be prepared for a telling off if you do so.

NEW RULE ALERT!

-Thou shalt not post pictures of positive pregnancy tests. We will be delighted to hear about it but no photos, please and thank you

Actually whilst i think of it.. ive been having a really weird pain in my lower stomach recently.. almost like when you hold your pee in for too long you know? Weird cramp style pain. I have no idea what it is. [Confused]

Knowing my luck it will be a water infection or something. Lol

@pink could that be ovulation pain? I’ve never experienced it but I know some women get a physical pain. Glad the counselling has helped- I’ve found my acupuncturist is like weekly therapy and it’s been soooo helpful for my mental space.

@Pinkemi our specialist advised having sex before ovulation actually happens is good because the swimmers can survive up to 5 days and can lie in wait! Will cross all my crossables for you just in case?

I must confess I tested with 2 FRERs Friday and today, even though I know it's too early. TBH I don't even know how many dpo I really am... they called and said my oestrogen had risen on Thu 9/8 and they expected ovulation to happen between then and Sun 12/8... so that's at most 10dpo and at least 7dpo today? When do you normally test?

Pink - if you did it Thursday or Friday and your temp was up today then that's good timing! Temp goes up the day after you ov, so you may have ov'd yesterday to see the temp shift today. Got everything crossed for you!

Lexie - I second acupuncture. I have a good ol' natter with my acupuncturist, she let's me offload to her then needles me so I feel loads better!

Dino - I used to test after fp was expected, as I found it less of a let-down. But I guess you could test Wednesday next? Then you'll be 14dpo or 10dpo and more likely to get a definite result?

@LexieJean I dunno about ovulation pain.. Ive never had it before.. surely i would have had ovulation pain before? Saying that I still have it.. so it couldn't be ovulation pain. (Shrug) blerugh is all i can say. lol

Well fingers crossed that I am in for a chance this cycle.. Although with all the stress thats going on.. I'm not so sure that it will be our month anyway.

I tend to offload a bit on my acupuncturist AND my reflexologist too... I feel bad coz recently ive just gone BLAAAAAAAAHHHH as soon as i walk in the door! haha My acupuncturist did actually say on Thursday that my pulse seems a lot "more stressed than normal." I was like.. no shit. lol Definitely think its worth having someone you can just offload onto when going through TTC as long as we all have been.

Hope you all have a lovely week. Mine is looking like its going to be pants already. (sigh)

GAH af got me....well actually brown spotting so af will come tomorrow. 30 days this month with no pre spotting so that's good! Still it's a short week for me whahoooo. Onto erm cycle 21!?!!? Never ever thought I'd be here. I think I'm over ttcing now haha it has defined me for a long time, but I'm scared of who I am now when I'm not ttcing does anyone else feel like that or am I just the delusional one?

Oh crap @Owlpatrol 😣 I get brown spotting pre FP too. So annoying, though sounds like your LP is good (silver lining). Go get yourself some nice treats.x

I'm away for the rest of the week seeing friends. 2 x new babies and 1 x pregnant friend to visit between Thurs-Sun. Going to have to work hard to keep my emotions together! Wish me luck yammers.

@Pinkemi @Booksandbaths1 @Owlpatrol sending hugs!

Good luck @books! That is full on.

Sorry about FP @owl I’ve defo been getting myself a little treat each month. Look after yourself.

@pink I hope the pain has gone now?

@Owlpatrol On no for FP!

@Booksandbaths1 Good luck for this week! Thats gotta be difficult.. your a stronger woman than I am!

@LexieJean Nope.. pain is still there. It comes and goes... its weird. Ive been getting what feels like growing pains in my legs too recently... which is stupid as Ive done like NO exercise recently. Maybe thats the issue.. too much sitting around. lol

Hope you all have a great week you lovely ladies. I'm trying to keep positive and upbeat but must admit i'm struggling a little.

Yikes @Booksandbaths1! Wishing you all the luck!

@Owlpatrol I'm brown spotting too. AF due Thurs, I think. PMS pretty bad this cycle - been really grumpy!

@BGDino how are you getting on? Think we were due AF about same time?

Yeah been so grumpy and hungry. Going to a party on Saturday so at least I don't have to make excuses for not drinking

Hmmm 🤔 that is strange @pink are you going to have it checked out?

HELP! I need talking down ladies- my mind is going overtime because my boobs are sore. I KNOW they are often sore before FP but still my stupid stupid brain is thinking maybe we nailed it this fw?! Argh! I’m only 8dpo so it’s ridiculously daft.

Oh God, me too @LexieJean !!! My boobs are really sore today. They have been like this before (& always BFN), but my mind can't help tormenting me 😭. I'm in a foul mood today too! 12dpo-ish here.

Well @chook I’m trying not to bawl my eyes out cause all of a sudden I have massive spots. Defo what I normally get 5-7 days before FP 😫

Hello everyone. I have happy news :) I had my blood test this morning - a couple of days early as I might have used a couple more FRERs since I last posted - I’m pregnant!

Sending hugs to everyone and also big thank yous for keeping me sane through all this.

Hubby and I decided that we’re going to try not to worry about whether it will stick for the next 8 weeks but will enjoy the feeling instead :)

And I got to tell my dying grandfather over FaceTime too... sort of feels like we were meant to find out now, as he wouldn’t be likely to survive until Friday which was my original test date.

@dino that’s fantastic news congratulations! So happy you got to share with your grandfather too. Wishing you a sticky bean and very boring 9 months!

Awesome news @BGDino!!! About time we had some happy news on here. Wishing you a healthy and uneventful pregnancy! xx

Congrats @BGDino - wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy.x

Congrats @BGDino keep us all updated xx

Hi Ladies, I came across this thread, and after following it over the months with each new thread link, wondered if I could join? We've been ttc for years, had one mc back in 2014.. Back actively 'trying' this year after giving it a break as its been too painfully disappointing to try.. I'm loaded with prenatal vits, oh is on zinc, but still nothing.. I'm on CD26, feeling so bloated but wonder if I'm just making myself crazy symptom spotting.. Feeling frustrated, any advice appreciated xx

Welcome @symptomspotter May your time as a yammer be short! (In the nicest possible way 😊) I have no useful advice but stay strong, stay calm and most importantly look after yourself. I’m trying to be positive so I’ll keep you posted if that works! 😂

Hurrah, Dino! Come over to the other Yammers thread if you want! :)

Thanks :D staying positive is always much easier to say than do, but I will keep reminding myself! X

Welcome @Symptomspotter 😊