TTC first baby... mega thread!

[Crossfitgirl]

For those of us TTC first baby, a continued thread for August 2018 :-) a place to share our new mummy journeys!

Morning Ladies,

May I join ya. Congrats to the ladies with the BFP's. I am 37 TTC for +12 months and it just ain't happening. I am due to ovulate this weekend but my husband is away with work. So he has booked me a ticket to fly over to him. I am hoping some Sun, Sea & Gin will be luck this time out.

I wish you all luck and like others said it's great to have a place to share our individual experiences.

Fingers Crossed for you all.

Hi strawberrye sorry it's been a shit year TTC wise, I didn't think it would be this hard either! I remember when I was on BC and I would take a test because I missed 1 pill, I thought getting pregnant was that easy 😂 if only!

Welcome Hopefull1981 sun sea and gin sounds beautiful! Very jealous, enjoy your weekend :)

Morning lovelies and newbies 😘

@FlapJackered @Patapouf I'm ok, it was difficult. Had a cry when I got home but oh well. I'll be fine. Still no cramps so I'm gonna say AF is not coming at the moment and it's due tomorrow lol. It can happen 4/6 weeks after a miscarriage so just want it to hurry up!!!

How is everyone feeling this morning?! Xx

I'm either 8 or 12dpo not sure as didn't take my monitor on honey moon, got a bfn this morning feeling out for this month just hoping it's a normal cycle not a 75 day one like last time

@RobynC19 fingers crossed hun it's just too early xxx

Hi! Can I join?

TTC #1
Age: 31
Cycle: 1 (1dpo!)

I had my implant out at the start of July, got my period at the start of August and ovulated yesterday (at least I think I did, I had my first +ve opk on Saturday morning) so I’m into my first 2ww!

@Delilah7 I'm going to leave it a week hopefully in pregnant or get af at least things will be working either way x

@stormtrooperjulian welcome honey!!

@RobynC19 yeah that's how I feel at the moment really. Just want AF to turn up xx

angelo that really sucks, but it’s positive that you now kind of have a plan of action with a vague timescale, I would be gutted if I had to push back though so I get where you are coming from.

So true, thanks flapjackered I’m just going to have to make better/healthier decisions and be a bit more consistent with it because dramatic weight loss ain’t gonna happen overnight. I admire your resistance to POAS, I wish I could chart my temp but I just can’t get it at the same time every day.

Thanks crossfit I’ve had some really vivid dreams recently and they have been terrifyingly lucid, must be something in the water. I have such a love/hate relationship with exercise and either go to the gym6 days a week or comepletely dodge it for a month. I’m aiming to go 1-2 a week and hope to keep that up if TTC is successful.

Welcome strawberrye And hopeful and stormtrooper!

delilah you’re not out until you’re out!

@Patapouf it's going to Hun xxx

Quick opinion... clear blue OPK was flashing smiley this morning (fertile day but negative for the LH surge)
but just done IC as well, as I got my positive later in the day last time... would you ladies count this as positive or does it have to be darker? I'm gonna try again this evening xx

I would count that as a positive crossfit as long as it appeared within 10mins.

I'd say +ve @Crossfitgirl. I had a dark line on an IC last month in the morning and by the evening it had completely disappeared. DTD that evening and the next morning and it seemed to work

@Crossfitgirl I would take that as a positive, my lines never got much darker maybe try around 7 pm ish again? X

Thanks ladies, I'm gonna do another between 5 and 7 ish. It did go darker last month but disappeared a few hours later.

I thought about doing the clear blue again today, but actually I am just going to do the clear blue again in the morning with my fmu (as per the instructions) to see if it would have picked it up had I not done the ICs in between.
If it doesn't, I may scrap clear blue and just stick with the ICs!

@Crossfitgirl might have to ask you about them as I may try use OPKS after my period comes! Xx

That looks like a positive to me, exciting!

Go for it @delilah7, it gives me the reassurance knowing when things are happening, and also helps confirm my ovulation symptoms - I get a very definite pain over my right ovary, it's unmistakable and it's been nice to see it correlating with faint lines then a positive on the OPK. It makes me worry less!
Although- I did worry more the first month I did them, as I never got a positive, but now I know it was just because I missed the small window - i only tested in the evening on the day I think I ovulated the first time round, so worried i wasnt oving at all, however last month I got the positive around 1pm then it was gone by the evening.
I think they have def helped me get to know my cycle and body better, so it was worth the first month of worrying x

@Crossfitgirl last month I got a smiley face and a positive OPK one day and the next day got my peak on the clearblue and another positive but much darker on an OPK. First time I had got a positive OPK before the clearblue one as normally the other way round x

That's interesting @sunshine1987, I'll keep you posted on what happens later and tomorrow then! X

Am not sure if that is positive if I'm honest Crossfitgirl the control line looks slightly darker to me, but it's very very close 🤞

AF has arrived, am sure it's magic how a preggo test can always make my period arrive 😂 onto cycle 7 👍

@Crossfitgirl I'd count that as a positive, get riding! 😂

I know what you mean with the dream - I've had so bloody many, it's so disappointing waking up and realising it's not real 😩 I had a dream last night that me and DH found our dream house! It was actually a lot different to what I imagined we'd go for. I've even drawn it out so I don't forget it - DH thinks I'm mad 😂😂

Thats good to know about the exercise! I didn't have a problem doing anything apart from when I did the hip abductors! That caused me the pain in my noonie, and the cramps after. I've never had that before when I've done it, so I'll probably stay off that machine whilst I'm TTC.

I spent last night designing the nursery 😂 no idea why, I just had an urge to get it sorted!

Also, since TTC insomnia has hit me HARD. I can't get comfortable anywhere either, but I've actually cried every night because I can't rest in bed or fall asleep don't know what's going on.

Sorry for the long post! How is everyone? X

Is anyone else in the 2 week wait. I hate it every little wat I feel I keep over analysing. I feel nauseous and cranky but think it's just my mind playing tricks.
Anyone else do this?

@Littlemisssunshine86 🙋🏻‍♀️ every. Damn. Day! I've been "feeling" pregnant since 3DPO which is just impossible, I don't know why I do it to myself lol. Only another 6 days to go lol