TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 11!

[FlapJackered]

Hi all, thought we needed to start a new thread!
@KatBeCool
@cupcakesandglitter
@MrsAW2018
@Crossfitgirl
@EltzBee
@TrashKitten10

@stormtrooperjulian nice list! Wow there are a lot of us aren't there. I'm cycle 3 now 🤞

@19Bee2 I very rarely get any and haven't been able to note any since ttc. I used some fertility lube, similar to preseed (Tesco own though - a little cheaper) just in case. Lots of ladies do get BFPs even with no Ewcm, so while it's a good sign, it's not the most important thing.

@stormtrooperjulian thanks so much for doing that!! Lovely to see us all there like that and also good to see the graduates who have got their BFPs so that we don’t all lose hope!

I've been struggling to sleep the last few days and I stupidly led on my bed during my lunch break so had a naughty lunch nap.
Now I'm sat trying to face overtime.
Keeps my mind busy though during the 2ww.

Cramps have gone down loads today so I'm a happy camper again 😊

Thanks @stormtrooperjulian - that’s a very helpful overview and I like the grads list too! Very encouraging!

@Ember25 which app do you use? Sounds like it might be a plan for next cycle.

@scotslass55 oh no app! Just the one built into MN: www.mumsnet.com/conception/ovulation-calculator :)

@FlapJackered omg 😂😂 do you only take them for a week? If so at least you're done!! I went to do an OPK yesterday but I don't have any left (also cried at this) so I'm just gonna relax this cycle again. I've actually got the rest of the week off - welled up driving to work today and realised how I'm actually not over my CP last month, I guess it's all kicked in. I'm definitely a crier though - just gets 1000x worse (and scarier for DH) when I'm hormonal 😂😂😂

@stormtrooperjulian you're so organised I love it 😂😂 crazy how much these threads have grown!!! I'm the baby of the group 😳

@19Bee2 I don't get much - since taken pregnacare I see a LOT of it for a day or so.. especially when wiping! Before that I never saw any though, it's normal - apparently drinking lots of water helps x

I was cycle 3 too @stormtrooperjulian! But tbf it was my first cycle of giving it all we had.
Thank you for doing that!! Amazing to see who is on here!

@cupcakesandglitter if you’re the baby that makes me the Grandma! 😂😂 I’ve come across a few clients younger than me who have been grandparents - I always find that rather freaky!

@Ember25 - thanks. That’s even easier then! Told you I was a bit niaive about all of this...

Omg @Scotslass55 😂😂 I love that we're a range of ages though!! Many cycles of experience + knowledge here 😂😩

AMAZING list making skills @stormtrooperjulian 😂 you are a woman after my own heart! Can you keep a copy and we can add it to the start of each new thread? It's good to know where everyone is on their journey. Although looks like @MrsAW2018 and I have been here the longest which is slightly depressing! I was telling DH I might retrain as a natural fertility expert soon, as I have tried almost every suggested fertility supplement and tip on the internet 😂

@cupcakesandglitter oh hun, that is definitely a legitimate thing to be sad about though. Fingers crossed for both of us this month. 🤞🏻
Yes thank Christ I only take them for 5 days or I think it would be dangerous for me. When I am hormonal I tend to think massive life changes are essential too, like moving to another country or changing jobs! DH has to remind me that it's my hormones talking. 😂
Feeling really nauseous today too. So glad I have finished them. They better bloody work!! 😂

@Jessikka lunch time naps are amazing though!

@FlapJackered I swear we know more tips than the GP!! 😂 hopefully this is our month, I need that BFP 😭 oh thank god you're done then, no more hormonal crying outbursts 😂 I'm definitely thinking about taking them, right now I need all the help I can get!! Where did you get them from? X

In what is probably going to be the weirdest question of the day.... have you ever had a weird popping/bubble sensation down there!?

I am sat minding my own business and my lady bits keep feeling like they're leaking (they aren't - no Cm etc) and I feel like I'm producing little air bubbles or something. I can't quite describe it but if you know, you know.

@Jessikka I know exactly what you're on about 😂😂 not exactly a queef but enough to feel something coming out but then nothing ever has? 😂

@cupcakesandglitter it's driving me insane!! I've been running back and forth the loo convinced AF is here but nothing!

It's so bloody distracting haha!

Checking in!

28, cycle 7 day 9.

Awaiting surgery for hydrosalpinx.

Been quiet lately - TTC is taking a huge emotional toll on me. Staying distracted.

Getting a hot stone massage tomorrow, so that'll be nice. 😊

Did I miss anything big in the last few days?

Girls- line eyes needed please. Does this look like a positive or negative to you?? Looks like maybe positive but that would make no sense given I’m CD12 and normally don’t O until between CD14-18?!

Long time lurker but now also checking in
Age 29
Cycle officially 1 properly trying but have over the past few months just been ‘seeing how it goes’
CD 17
Usually have fairly regular cycles 28-29 days so I assume I ovulate around the 14 day mark and tend to get the typical symptoms around then, however, I’m not using opk’s yet (trying to take a more relaxed approach - not sure how long that will last tho )

Better pic here- help!

Welcome @Tinag18 @OrangeDuck and any others I've missed!

My first recap :) Thanks @stormtrooperjulian for making the list.

Age: 27
TTC: #1
Cycle: #1
CD: 12

Back to the classroom this week and so busy! I miss being able to check this thread a million times a day. I've been temping and finding my temps are staying pretty consistent which is good. Last time I tried tracking my temperature (not TTC at that point, just seeing if with my PCOS I was ovulating at all) it was a bit all over the place so I'm glad it seems a bit more steady.

The only problem is what to do at the weekends. Those who have an old fashioned thermometer instead of a lovely Ava bracelet or similar, do you just suck it up and set your alarm early at the weekends? Our alarm is normally set for 6 but DH was less than impressed at my suggestion to keep this alarm at the weekends so I could make sure I temp at the right time I do tend to wake up early anyway so last Sunday woke up thinking it was about six and ended up temping at 4 in the morning. DH was asking what the hell all the beeping was in the middle of the night. Oops. I think he hoped that TTC would mean being woken up by something a bit more exciting than a beeping thermometer

Sorry @Bettythecat I'm clueless on OPKs, hope somebody will be along to help you soon.

@Trashkitten10 I contacted Natural Cycles about something to do with the app and they responded to say that you don’t need to temp on weekends. 5 temps a week are enough to make sure the app can detect it properly. I think testing at the weekend can actually be a bad thing as any deviating temp from more sleep or booze etc would throw off your predictions. X

@Bettythecat looks positive to me. Apparently you can ovulate up to 72 hours after the positive so it could still be CD14 when it actually happens, or maybe it’s just early for you this month. Either way, get dtd!

Welcome @OrangeDuck

Thanks so much for the add and new thread @FlapJackered.

@stormtrooperjulian Great list!!

My stats are:

33
Cycle 2
CD 4

Came off the pill in November.

Clearblue OPKs arrived today and seems AF has disappeared (sorry for TMI but my AF has been much shorter and less heavy off the pill then it did when I was on it. I know it's not the same but I'm so happy about that. Ha)

We were meant to be not actively trying with OPKs or timing etc. Just going for BD every other day or every few days and here I am..cycle 2 and already on the OPKs like this is it...we're trying for a baby

I thought I'd lost you all for a mo. Don't think I'm on the recap so...
Age: 29
Cycle: 3 (2nd post withdrawal bleed)
CD15

@Eltzbee congrats....so pleased everything's ok!

@keyboard91 almost at a similar point to you.

@cupcakesandglitter Budapest is amazing! went recently and really would recommend.

@Jessika sounds like you're having a horrendous time. My first month off the pill was awful, I had back ache so bad I cried, my boobs hurt like hell and i felt like absolute hell! You have all of my sympathy.

This thread has moved so quickly! I'm currently 3DPO I think...I could also be 2DPO or 1DPO...trying to keep it all relaxed although my OH keeps asking if we have managed it yet! or if I feel different! This started before I'd even ovulated!

Have any of you experienced terrible skin around ovulation? Or crazy hunger??

Found you all! I'm off charting this month due to lots of stuff going on at work and wanting to chill out.

Update: CD4 cycle 2
Expected ovulation CD12 (16th Jan)

FX for January BFPs!