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!

Congratulations @ttcat32!! 🎉 💐🎊 That's lovely news to wake up to 😄

@Crossfitgirl, I'm an essay writer too 🙄 Really struggle to keep them short! I'm wondering if I've developed PCOS. I know they found double figures of cysts on my right ovary and single figures of them on my left when I was being investigated 5 years ago, but they told me you had to have 3 or more symptoms of PCOS to be diagnosed and I only had that one at that point. It'll be interesting to see if my bloods indicate if I'm actually ovulating when I go see the doctor after next cycle - I'm getting BFP IC OPK's on CD14 or 15, but I'm wondering if my estrogen &/or progesterone might be out of whack 🤔 I guess time will tell... waiting to find out sucks 😒

@ttcat32 OMFGGGGGGG, yayyy!!!!! A new BFP for a new thread. So happy for you. Congratulations lovely.

WAHHOOOOOO what a way to start the new thread guys.
Welcome newbies @RMarieClaire

So I'm dealing with the fact I feel I'm defo our. I have NO clue when period will be here due to MC. should be Tuesday ( based on normal length) but once again no cramps.

Sorry for late reply, was cowgirling 🤠😈😂😂😂😂😂

@ttcat32 What a fab news on this bank holiday weekend! Sending big hugs to you xxx

Thanks @NeverStopExploring that's put my mind at rest.
I was thinking of swimming too, something I could carry on with once pregnant too.
I didn't even know you could go and see the nurse about ttc, I thought you only went when you knew you were pregnant. I think I might book an appointment to have a chat 👍🏻

@ttcat32 WAHHHHHHH!!! So happy for you!!! What a great start to the new thread!!
You must be over the moon!
🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉

Hi everyone! Can I join in? I've been following threads and it feels good that I am not alone in this journey. Thank you @Crossfitgirl for this idea to get everyone together. X

About me:
Age: 32
TTC: 1
Cycle: 1 (to count proper TTC)
Currently at 7dpo.
AF/expecting BFP on 2nd Sept.

I look forward to get to know everyone and to see lovely BFPs in the coming days xxx

@Lov3Rosie welcome lovely 😘 how
Are you x x

@Delilah7 Thank you. I am thankful that it was no accident I signed up on MN and get support from kind online strangers, supporting each other in our mad-crazy TTC journeys. 😄 Hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend x

@Lov3Rosie honestly most of these ladies got me through one of the worst parts of my life, a miscarriage. I wouldn't be as upbeat as I am without them all! I am thank you. Hope you are too x

@Delilah7 ❤️❤️❤️

@FlapJackered you know you're on of them ❤️❤️❤️❤️

One*

Thank you all!!!

Sorry to have posted and ran but I think I was a little bit in shock, didn't expect it to happen so quickly. I'm 11 dpo so will still test for the next few days to make sure it gets darker.

❤️❤️❤️xx

A good friend of mine had MC for her supposed #2 in Feb 2016. All of us her friends feel so down too and the best person who had such a strong faith was her eldest daughter who was 5 years old that time - who wrote a letter to God to make her unborn sister as one of His angels. I cried buckets of tears that time. My friend shared that even with MC, she felt at peace and she could not understand where that peace was coming from. A month after, she conceived and by December 2016, she gave birth to another daughter and named her after a Bible story. She is now a very cheeky 20-month old and so full of life.

@Delilah7 I could not imagine what you have gone through... it must have been hard for you during that time. Big hugs.... xxx

@RMarieClaire We started in May too! Although only "properly" trying this time, cycle 5. Welcome to the thread!

@mrsc87 I don't worry about weight, they also say lots of exercise can affect it, or lots of stress, this that and the other, loads of stuff can, but I think as long as you are eating veggies and moving, you'll be fine. I know some BIG women (and I mean BIG), underweight women, unhealthy as f* women, and binge drinking women, that have all managed to pop them out, so being a bit healthier in my eyes is just a bonus.

I think being healthier ups your chances, rather than being unhealthy lowers your chances. If that make sense?

@bambionice80 it's nice to know someone in a similar boat! I had an ovarian cyst removed when I was 16, and had investigations around 18 showing polycystic ovaries but have been on the pill pretty much ever since. I have no other symptoms so mayne I don't have the syndrome.
Good luck with the docs - how come you're having blood tests? I thought they only did stuff when ttc for over a year?

@neverstopexploring do they note how long you've been trying for with conception nurse? I know this sounds sneaky but I have avoided going for advice in case I need to lie about how long i've been ttc in case it takes a while and I need leverage to get investigated sooner with me having previous PCOS problems and an anxious mind!!! Lol. Is that bad??

@ttcat32 super excited for you.

@Lov3Rosie lovely story thank you. If I'm not positive it would of broke me so! I'm getting there xxx

Woo! Grats @ttcat32!! xxx

@MrsC87 I'm 38 BMI and still giving it a go! Just trying to eat healthily. Just got over 2 CPs in a row so I'm as least thankful it is possible for sperm to meet egg, I just need to do the next bit! xx

Omg congrats @ttcat32 such lovely news!!

Omg @Delilah7 I'm so jel 😂😂 I had to look on Flo to see when the last time I DTD was. It's been a bloody week!!! I'm having withdrawal problems clearly 😂😂😂 xx

@MrsC87 I agree, don't worry too much about it, just do what you can to slowly make healthier changes. There are women with BMIs way outside of the healthy range, that still manage to conceive and give birth to healthy babies! It would take me a while to get to a healthy BMI, so I'm just trying to eat healthier and make appearances at the gym x

@MrsC87 & @Crossfitgirl I just broached the subject during my regular check up last year and she gave me loads of information. She was the nurse that issued my contraception so not sure if it usual to get that type of information from them or if it was just luck of the draw. I didn’t expect anything just casually said that I was planning on coming off contraception and trying and she went into over drive with information!

@Crossfitgirl, the guidance for getting checked is after a year for women under 36 years and after 6 months if you're over 36 or have a higher risk of infertility. I'm 38 and have a previous diagnosis of unexplained primary infertility, so I tick 2 boxes I'd rather not tick!

@MrsC87, it can't hurt to try and be healthy. Most of mums I know have a higher BMI though.

@cupcakesandglitter 😂😂😂😂 don't worry it was getting a while for me too... but I had been unwell so didn't really feel like I wanted it 😂😂 how're you sweetie?! Cowgirl get riding!!!! Xx

Congratulations @ttcat32 I'm so happy for you!!

Congratulations ttcat32 🙌🏻💖 I'm 10 DPO and also got my positive today

@MrsReader congrats! X