TTC FIRST BABY - THREAD 10!

[MrsEG]

Hey guys, running out of room on the old thread so starting a new one! Let’s hope it’s lucky number 10!! Will try and tag everyone now :)

Happy birthday @DuchessofPemberley 🎁 🎂 x

@MrsLBear no I don’t temp, I know I’d e rubbish at sticking to that ha. I’m only on CD21 and about 13/14 DPO, it’s been an odd cycle. My last AF was extremely light but not this light, this isn’t an AF x

Hey ladies checking in! Had such a busy few days! So much for the Christmas rest!!

@cupcakesandglitter Sorry you are feeling rubbish, I know you will get your BFP soon - try and stay positive, as difficult as that can be at times! We’re all rooting for you.

@FlapJackered I’m afraid I don’t know anything about temping! FX for you though :)

@DuchessofPemberley Don’t worry about a BFN at 10dpo it’s so early, I didn’t test til 13dpo and it was a very faint line, only looked like a ‘proper’ positive at 14DPO! So you’re not out. Enjoy those drinks!! I drank 5 days before my BFP and GP said it didn’t matter a jot - baby won’t take anything from you til about 5 weeks.

@MrsLBear Hope you’re enjoying your holiday! Are you testing soon?

@MrsLBear I am 12dpo so would be expecting a temp drop today or tomorrow. I think I will just see what the temp does tomorrow and if it is up I will test. I am thinking it would be higher if I was pregnant though. I am so tempted to go with the 36.60 but only because that is what I want to hear! 😂
When is af due for you?

@cupcakesandglitter @sunshine1987 I used that site but it kind of puts me in the middle so doesn't really clear it up. I think I am just going to have to be patient and wait until tomorrow and see what my temp does. The day before af is due is a frustrating time for my temps to be so unclear 😂

@TrashKitten10 😂😂 tell me about it, it has got ridiculous!! Definitely need to get rid of some of them. If you search Maca root on Mn there are some threads about it, it is meant to improve fertility but it hasn't worked for me for the last 10 months so I may not bother with it anymore.

@DuchessofPemberley Happy Birthday!! Did the test not realise it was your birthday? It could have at least given you a bfp! 😂

@MrsEG thanks lovely! How are you feeling? Any symptoms set in yet? X

So I ovulated, or thought I did, it's now 5 DPO, after the temp going up slightly for 1-2 DPO, it went back down to cover line fir the past three days and isn't going up. Boobs were sore for a day on 2dpo and no longer are. I'm still feeling slight twinges. I am now worried my hormones are screwed up as clearly there's not enough progesterone. Very upset.

@FlapJackered I had a normal range tsh just three years ago and had the allergy for at least a decade. But maybe you're right, being predisposed to one could also mean the other. I think you take the lowest temp, as much as it's not the one that gives hope. Do you take it orally? And do you sleep with an open mouth or could've slept with open mouth? In that case you take the latter as long as you remained in bed.

@MrsLBear no I'm not poorly, that's the weird thing. I'll wait and see what happens in the next few days! I've been testing at exactly the same time because I set my alarm to do it.
And yeah I read somewhere apparently grapefruit juice increases EWCM. How true that is I don't know but I will try it next month because I didn't get any this month.
I was going to test on NYD but it will be 8DPO only, even though my AF is due 4 days later. But my tests will be in the post anyway 😂

@KatBeCool sorry to hear that. See how it goes for the next few days (you can post your chart if you want us to look at it?) xx

@FlapJackered Thanks hun! I’m feeling okay, tired and need to pee a lot but other than that okay! I am only 4+4 though so it could all still be to come! FX for you the next few days!

Are you planning on poas if af doesn't show? @DayDreamer1707

Good to hear from you @MrsEG! How many weeks are you now? Do you have any other signs and symptoms? Hopefully morning sickness doesn't make an appearance! Having a lovely holiday thank you. Annoying as the weather is a bit cloudy today but so nice to relax. Eating farrrrr too much! And weirdly not drinking an awful lot. Don't really fancy it - first time ever. Think my hangovers have got the better of me one too many times.
What you doing for New Years? Will it be hard to hide the no alcohol thing? Well I planned to test tomorrow morning cos I feel like it would come up by then if it was (I know I'm not though) as I'm 14dpo and that way I can drown my sorrows into a bottle of gin.

@FlapJackered I really would though as I've had it before where it read a wacky temp and I thought no chance that's right. Especially if you redid it twice and it came up the same. Let us know how you get on tmo! I'm due tmo (according to ff) and on 3rd (according to natural cycles) but I actually think it would be the 2nd taking into account my 15 day LT phase. Either way I'm sure I'm going to test tmo which I'm actually dreading cos I know I'm out so I'm actually half tempted to just leave it and wait for af.

@thosethreewords oh that's interesting then. How many cycles have you done temping for? If it's very different to prev months it could be a good sign especially as your cycles seem to be short so would naturally show a quick rise and fall. Not like mine which are like dinosaur life span cycles 🙄

@gemmajen @flapjackered I too take a shitoad of pills! I take inositol, folic, zinc, but D, Q10, choline, chromium, cinnamon etc - I started to try and sort out my skin after coming off the pill a couple of years ago, when I was diagnosed with PCOS. But it now is all seeming more relevant for TTC.

@mrslbear I cracked! Did a POAS and it looked just like @michelle2018’s photo - defo a pink line but looked damaged. I immediately ran out of the house and to Boots for FRERs and a defo BFN. Gutted. But least I could drink more wine!

Michelle - are your POAS from Boots? I don’t trust them now.

I also went away to the in-laws and forgot my progesterone cream, so will get AF tomorrow for sure... 😭

What's the progesterone cream for? @KittieKath (sorry for the dumb question). If it's any constellation I'm certain I'm out this month too so already thinking about the next one. I honestly take my hat off to your girls that have been doing it for nearly 12 cycles.
So sorry to hear it was a BFN 😭 defo the worst kick in the teeth.
Now you gotta let your hair down and enjoy New Year's Eve and party your way into 2019.

So Mothercare is closing it’s store local to us ... I asked my DP what he thought about ‘looking’ ... and I ended up buying lots of really gorgeous neutral baby clothes ... think I’ve lost my mind!!!

BUT it was cheap because most things were 20% off or more so....

He even looked at prams and stuff (he doesn’t have a clue about anything haha).

So come on BFP (!) mummy wants a baby ❤️

@Keyboard91 Not losing your mind, just being very organised in educating DP about all things baby, and grabbing a bargain in the mean time

@mrslbear I am the queen of self-diagnosis and will pay for anything goggle suggests I may need... so take this info with a pinch of salt! But I noticed my skin was worse in the second half of my cycle (hormonal acne around my mouth and chin) and low progesterone can be cause of this. So from day 14 onwards I use the cream to boost my progesterone a little.

The luteal phase is when progesterone levels are highest, and when they drop this signals and triggers the start of AF. You have to be very careful not to stop using the cream if you are pregnant as it can bring on AF or early MC.

To be honest, i think I might stop using it as I don’t want to be dependent on it in case something like this happens again and I end up without it at a critical times. I have heard it can help beans to stick, but I read a lot of shit on the internet.

I was so upset yesterday, as my DP was cooking Christmas dinner for his side of the family. And he said I am already doing superstitious “rain dances” to try and have a baby, and that we should just try naturally for a few months and then if it doesn’t happen, try all my weird stuff and see a doctor then.... he thinks I am panicking a bit prematurely. But wow, I really want a baby!

Hello!

I'm new to this forum and have just started to try ttc #1 2 weeks ago; can I join you ladies :)

@MrsLBear I've not temped before so this is a first for me! I'm just surprised by how much it has risen. I'm not so much hoping it means anything but maybe it does!
FX for your test tomorrow 🤞
@Keyboard91 aww! So cute! DH wants to order a pram in the sales but I've banned him. Bless. He keeps asking if I know if I'm pregnant yet!! I think he just assumes it will happen straight away... he should know better since he's a doctor!
@Jessikka welcome aboard! FX you get your BFP soon!!

@thosethreewords thankyou
I'm currently in what I've nicknamed my "lost stage".
I took my last combined pill on 17th and had my withdrawal bleed a week later on Xmas Eve so because I haven't had my real AF yet I'm sort of just plodding along and learning! I've learnt SO MUCH from these forums in the past two weeks!
Currently trying to write down symptoms on Ovia so I can check back next month. I've had some aches and pains in my lower left pelvic area over last 24hrs and for some reason my vagina feels as though it's been pulsating today - that's been annoying! but it's all a learning a curve

@KittieKath that's really interesting. I get exactly the same every month but tbf I do get it all month round it just seems to be worse when af is here. Which is also why I know I'm out cos I've got it again more badly atm so she's round the corner. Where do you put the cream?
I see what you mean, it would kill you if you felt like you are responsible for something like that. I'm quite forgetful and if my routine changes I forget things for example I'm away atm and I've barely been taking my baby meds cos I'm not in my usual pattern.

@thosethreewords that's so funny my DH was the same really. I just tell him a few white lies so he doesn't ask me cos my mind is dangerous enough without him checking if I am. Thank you!

Welcome @Jessikka! Oh you will learn so much about your body that you didn't know. It's a minefield. And also tends me be different every month which of course is really helpful!!

@Jessikka the great thing is you can choose to do as much or Little as you want to.
One thing is to start on vitamins now - multivitamins (e.g pregnacare either the preconception or pregnancy ones) but more specifically vitamin D and folic acid. Anything else is extra!
I decided to jump right in and chart with OPK and temp because I've been on contraception in one form or another for 15 years.

@thosethreewords I am currently taking folic acid every day so will look into the others! Thankyou!

HI @Jessikka I learnt so much from starting tracking my cycles. I did track on Clue before but found Fertility Friend useful not only for charing temps but tracking other symptoms and being able to see any patterns across a month really easily.

A worrying pattern over November and December has been how often I drink - rarely large amounts but frequent glasses especially during the festive season makes it so easy! I planned to cut right back when TCC anyway but think I may go whole god and do Dry January. Is anyone else doing it?

@19Bee2 ahh alcohol isn't a major factor in my life! I can go a while without it very easily but if you try to take away my chocolates and takeaways I will break your fingers ha!
I'm going to make an effort to try and forgo them in Jan as I just realised I've put on a stone over 7 months so I'm now out of my healthy weight so I need to keep an eye on that!
Perhaps we can both do our own versions of dry Jan hehe!

Though I am more than happy to give up wine atm; I was in a restaurant on 28th (10 days after stopping pull and day after withdrawal ended) and had two cocktails and one glass of red and was throwing it up

I never normally react like that but that has made me scared now lol!

@TrashKitten10 definite bargain ... but they are now in a bag at the bottom of the stairs and I’m scared to look in the bag and put it away on my own (!)

@thosethreewords I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to buy a prom - even if it was a bargain! It’s not easy to hide so you don’t see it everyday....

Welcome @Jessikka :) we are a lovely group of ladies to support you through the ups and downs :) I take boots brand pregnancy vitamins and a vit D + calcium supplement as I don’t get enough calcium. I’ve switched from my old multivitamin because I’ve read you shouldn’t take a supplement with vitamin A in it. Tracking cycles on Ovia etc will be helpful. Track symptoms and cervical mucus. You can opk or temp in addition if you’d like. I have OPKs but haven’t used as I’m worried I’ll get too ‘we need to dtd NOW’ to my DP ha!

@19Bee2 everyone drinks over Christmas! Dry January might be a good one to get you back on the TTC low alcohol intake bus. Won’t be such a shock when you get your BFP and have to stop that way.

Glad it’s all sounding positive @MrsEG FX for you!

I’ve had a sudden urge to go through all my kitchen cupboards. Took me 90 minutes but the cupboards are all pretty and organised :) think I’m going to tackle our bedroom next. Everything is just TOO CLUTTERED!

@DuchessofPemberley - Happy birthday It's mine too, birthday twins!
Fx if you test in a couple of days time it may be a bfp.

I'm only 7dpo so definitely not tested! Going to test next Friday if AF hasn't turned up yet, as will be past my usual 11 day luteal phase :)