TTC FIRST BABY THREAD NO.5!

[Delilah7]

Hope all my lovely ladies have found it again. Thread no.5. Best mumsnet group ever 😍😍😍

@cupcakesandglitter yep me too! Xxx

@cupcakesandglitter I am Mrs Hinch obsessed 😂 spent my lunch break cleaning and putting soda crystals through my washing machine x

I just searched for Mrs Hinch on Insta to see what I was missing @sunshine1987 @BabySquid @cupcakesandglitter looks like that’ll help me pass the time during the most boring meeting ever this afternoon!

@sunshine1987 @stormtrooperjulian I loved that she was on GM!! She's fantastic 😂 I know a lot of people don't like her but I think she's brilliant xx

ARGH! Keep going to the toilet thinking AF has come and nothing!!

Oh wow you ladies are very active!
How old are you all and how long have you been TTC?
I feel like I'm just interrupting!

@EssJayyCee 28, on cycle 3.

@validuser Good luck! Where abouts in cycle 3 Are you? Are you a symptom spotter in TWW or d you just take it in your stride?

Ooh you're not interrupting at all @EssJayyCee - these threads move very very quickly 😂 I'm cycle 2, CD36 x

@Validuser even.. if it makes a difference with upper lower case lettering?

@cupcakesandglitter oh Good haha! You are about 7 days ahead of me. What length are your cycles?
I'm not sure on mine. I was irregular before the pill and only second cycle since stopping it so far. My first cycle was 45 days!

@EssJayyCee mine are on average 29 days - hopefully your cycles will settle nice and quickly and you'll get your BFP 😊 xx

@EssJayyCee I’m 31 and on cycle 2. Welcome 😊

@cupcakesandglitter so your AF is late or have you got BFP?! I'm unsure if I may be pregnant had loads of signs and symptoms. I tested Monday and Wednesday with BFN both times but because I'm unsure on my cycle lengths I don't know if/when I ovulate or when I'm meant to be due so unsure when to test!

@EssJayyCee AF is late - no BFP for me! Welcome to the world of symptom spotting, it'll drive you crazy 😂 I'd maybe wait until CD30 or so - it can take sometime for your cycles to become regular after the pill (mine were super whacky for a few months) but then again you could also get your BFP straight away if you caught it! Maybe test once a week until AF comes(or doesn't)? Xx

@cupcakesandglitter I wouldn't go by what the app suggests until you actually find when you ovulate. I would miss mine if I listened to the app. Some suggest I ovulate three days sooner than I actually do and suggest to stop testing right as I'm about to ovulate. And around peak I test twice a day. And if you don't know how long is your surge, even three times might be needed. Surge can be as short as only six hours. If it's at least 24 hours than once a day is fine, but I'm still worried I'll miss it, so once a day is never enough. Good thing there are internet cheapies.

Welcome @EssJayyCee

@KatBeCool Yeah I suppose that's true - I monitor mine so I know when I ov but Delilah hasn't had a dark enough + OPK yet so is unsure. Only other thing to go off is Cm but even then that doesn't guarantee ov xx

@cupcakesandglitter @KatBeCool very confusing ahahaha.

@EssJayyCee welcome. 23 5th cycle. MC on 3rd. CD30! AF due today xx

@cupcakesandglitter cm is a mystery for sure. You'd think your body would be on your side. And I've seen and read plenty where people say that ewcm and ovulation don't always line up. I'm a strong believer in "your body knows better what's best for it" so I dunno what it knows when ewcm shows up two days after ovulation. But I guess we should use it as a sign to DTD.

Hi @essjayycee and welcome to the madness! I am 30, married a year, ttc #1 cycle 6, trying since May.

Is anybody on here in a management job? I'm in a fairly new role (well, since Feb) and have just got home. I have SO much to do I felt panicked, so had to write it all down and have 3 A4 pages worth of jobs, none of which are really delegatable, I hate it as I'm so stressed and I don't want to be stressed while TTC!

Any tips on managing a huge workload besides prioritising shit? I'm debating working tonight at home and trying to get through things now, undistracted, but I am also working the weekend and don't want to have no break at all . Thought about booking a reflexology session but that doesn't resolve the situation at hand, which is that i cant relax until I feel like I'm a bit more on top of my list.

But it continues to mount and im sure my stress levels atm will send any kind of fertilized egg right back up into my ovary!!

@cupcakesandglitter symptom spotting is already driving me crazy!
Half of the symptoms I have I've never had as a AF signs but the BFN's obviously tell a different story to the symptoms!

My symptoms are:
Around CD11 I had one night of pinkish spotting (I assumed ov spotting)
CD18 got a headache that then developed into dizzy spells and lightheadedness until CD24.
CD20 I started getting loads of spots on my chin (I never get spots!) And they keep on coming still now!
CD24 had mild ache in boobs. BFN
CD25 My left nipple had a weird 'burst' of pins and needles that happened twice.
CD26 BFN
CD27 had the same nipple thing on both nipples. And at night I had a vein on both boobs that was sticking right out. And a weird tingling feeling to the right of my belly button.
CD28 today I've had the belly button thing .( I just realised I have been putting 29 on everything But it's actually 28!)

So yeahvery confused with it all!
Wow! Very late AF! FINGERS CROSSED THERE IS STILL HOPE! It ain't over till the red lady sings! Xx

@Crossfitgirl I'm gonna tell you same thing I tell my husband "do one thing at a time". You weren't given the new role because someone thought you'd be horrible at it and fail, you got it because others trusted you can do it. But don't try to do everything at once.

Hey @EssJayyCee I'm 25, cycle 2, planning on testing this weekend! I have had absolutely no symptoms this month though, so I very much doubt I'm going to get a BFP this month!

@crossfitgirl @Delilah7 @stormtrooperjulien @mrsR16 Hello to you all and anyone I may have missed!

Good luck to everyone! X

@mrsR16 you should never rule it out. Some people don't get symptoms!
Good luck with you testing!

I don't know when to retest! Done it on Cd24 and cd26 both BFN. When do you think? What CD are you on? X