TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 12! [edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

[cupcakesandglitter]

Oh god, can't believe we're on number 12! Current list - sorry if I've missed anyone!!

FlapJackered 30 Cycle 8
Bettythecat 30 Cycle 5
cupcakesandglitter 23 Cycle 7
Jessikka 28 Cycle 1
starkid 29 Cycle 5
MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 8
AnnaMC214 32 Cycle 5
TTC34 34 Cycle 1
ttc12019 29 Cycle 1
19Bee2 27 Cycle 1
Ember25 34 Cycle 4
BlueArtemis 24 Cycle 7
stormtrooperjulian 31 Cycle 6
MrsH497 32 Cycle 2
Tinag18 36 Cycle 2
MrsR16 25 Cycle 6
Random2468 28 Cycle 2
Jessikka 28 Cycle 1
BostonFern 34 Cycle 1

TTC#1 Grads......
EltzBee Cycle 6
Delilah7 Cycle 3
SullyWifey Cycle 11
MrsEG Cycle 6
MrsLBear Cycle ?
GemmaJen Cycle ?
Crossfitgirl Cycle 8
Bettythecat Cycle 8
Fivexfive Cycle?
Dogmum24 Cycle?
Scottslass55 38 Cycle 4

@cupcakesandglitter sorry to hear AF turned up, and you'll be missed on here. Hope to see you back soon.

I'm on CD11, Clue predicts ovulation on Saturday and Glow predicts it on Sunday. Feeling v tired the last couple of days, I'm blaming work.

Welcome @ChocolateCoins567 ! It was my first cycle TTC last cycle, and I was a bit too keen and took a FRER far too early after ovulation! Will try to be more patient this cycle!

Just read an article about sex during the TWW and now I'm wondering what to do!! Some places say it can hinder implantation and others say it helps bring the fertilised egg to the uterus rather Than implanting in the Fallopian tube. What do you all think? To have sex or to not have sex?!

@FlapJackered as expected, I got Clomid prescribed along with stuff to increase estrogen and progesterone. OB said "now go tell your husband to get you pregnant" 😂. He said to DTD only every other day starting CD10. But AF still hasn't shown up. I want it to come already, I'm ready to get pregnant!

@KatBeCool I do take some separate vitamins- folic acid, zinc, vitamin d and coq10 but wonder if a complete vitamin would be better. Is there a brand you recommend?

@19Bee2 You poor thing, what a long time to wait for the dreaded visit! I don't think going to the doctors is OTT with two dodgy cycles in four months. You're my TTC buddy I think as we joined on here at the same time, have the same job and same age :) so I'm crossing my fingers especially tight for things going well for you x

Welcome @ChocolateCoins567. I definitely think overthinking twinges, pains and feelings is part and parcel of the process 

@cupcakesandglitter Sorry to hear AF is here and such a shame you're leaving us.

@MrsAW2018 I think whatever the research suggests I would continue to DTD through the TWW, if only so we don't get stuck in a rut of only having baby making sex. I don't want DH to feel too used 😂

So do we all take vitamins while trying to conceive? I was taking a multi vit but stopped that. Now I only take hair burst vits for my hair and nails. What else should I be having? I can only have chewable ones too 😬.

Hi, mind if I join you ladies? I'm 29, Cycle 3, CD6 and going quietly mad as every single woman I know (only slight exaggeration) is either pregnant or has a baby under 3 months.

We're only Cycle 3 so I need to chill out but we've been not-not trying for 5 cycles in total (just sort of avoiding my Ovia FW) and been waiting to try for over 2 years for life to fall into place so feeling like I've been thinking about this forever, in which time 8 of my friends and family have got pregnant, 3 of them twice.

Currently just trying to DTD every 2 days when AF isn't here (DH is enjoying TTC) but have just bought some cheapie ovulation strips to try as I've been assuming I know when I'm ovulating, and going by the Ovia FW prediction. I'll start temping next month (or this month if I crack and buy a thermometer) - just not really any clear idea how to!!

Ovulation due Valentines day, I think (CD 15).

@thumper59 I'm taking pregnacare before conception, and have put DP on the wellman conception ones.

@PeacockingAbout welcome!

@thumper59 complete vitamin is better, pregnacare is most popular. But I do take extra D and sometimes C. D is extremely important. I got CoQ10 but need to take it more often.

@thumper59 - I stopped my usual multi-vitamin and take 'Seven Seas trying for a baby' tablets now :)

@thumper59 I shall forgive seen as you have been poorly and hope you are feeling better 😘. I take folic vitamins. Did you manage to do your OPK?

@MrsR16 I have done my OPK and it's getting close to positive how is yours looking?

@Lozzlepop always still in the game, I just didn't realise all the little clues to look out for 🤯

@BostonFer you are close to me again. I am currently CD10 think I will get my positive OPK in the next day or so.

@ChocolateCoins567 step away from the test ha. You do feel literally every little thing when it comes to TTC.

@MrsAW2018 I would say sex still? I've never heard that it can be bad but then again you can read all sorts. I think you still need to DTD for your own enjoyment and relationship so it's not like a chore, if that makes sense.

@KatBeCool hope your appointment has made you feel more positive.

@PeacockingAbout welcome to the mad house! Sorry I don't temp, I'm a crap sleeper so don't think it would work for me. I'm trying to go off OPKs and doing the SMEP this cycle.

I think this is all an emotional rollercoaster. 9dpo and cried all the way home from work. Totally irrational. Probably just PMT!!! Dont want to test in case its negative.

@DayDreamer1707 In a way, yes, it did. I had a feeling that I'll need Clomid from the beginning, I don't know why I felt that, I just did. Hopefully that's what it'll take. AF might be finally rolling in, heavier spotting started. Here's to CD1!

@starkid have you warned your DH/DP about possible side effects? I'll be telling DH that I'll probably be a crazed harpy for the next few weeks, haha.

Thanks guys I'll have a look for some chewable ones!

@DayDreamer1707 I've just done one now nothing there at all so I must be quite a way away yet! FW estimated to start Friday so I'll be sure to get doing them daily! I am so bloody forgetful I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on!

Thanks for the welcome 😊 my cheap pack of OPKs were surprisingly instructive so hoping that will do me and I don't need to buy a thermometer!

On vitamins, I'm a walking pharmacy atm - in an effort to feel like I was doing something before we properly started trying, I basically started taking everything.

I take a complete pregnancy multi-vit and omega 3 fish oil in the morning, at lunch an iron and iodine supliment (as these need to be taken with food and i don't eat breakfast), and glucosamine sulphate and Vit C (as Vit C is water soluable so flushes continuously), and then before bed, folic acid, Calcium and Vit D, Magnesium and B6, and Vit C and Zinc, as Calcium and Magnesium help each other be absorbed (and coffee inhibits this), and I think Vit D is water soluable so replacing what has been flushed thought the day.

Totally mad.

@DayDreamer1707 mine's looking fairly similar to yesterday!! 😂 we'll see what happens tomorrow! I'm tempted to do another one when I get home this evening...

@PeacockingAbout welcome!! Good luck with your TTC journey x

Decided to go to the gym tonight I'm exhausted! Ready for my bed!!

AF due on Valentine's Day not hopefully this month but hey I'll POAS in a few days and see. X

@KatBeCool - I told him I was taking them, but he tuned out haha. Took 2 at lunch today and haven't noticed anything yet except possible hyperactivity, but that might have been from chocolate haha
Glad to hear they're sorting you with some meds after your appointment, hopefully onward and upwards from there! xx

@PeacockingAbout - You is crazy haha!!

@starkid I don't think you can feel the symptoms this soon lol.

@PeacockingAbout you might be overdoing the vitamins a bit, or a lot. Do you sleep ok? Some of those vitamins you take before bed are known to increase energy levels and keep you awake. With iron, you'd only need it if you're anemic or your levels are low, otherwise I'd stay away. The individual vitamins contain doses that are far higher than necessary because they're designed for people with low levels.

@ChocolateCoins567 & @PeacockingAbout Welcome to the club. We're all a little TTC crazy here so anything goes. Best of luck for the future.

@DayDreamer1707 @Lozzlepop Haha...i definately giggledto myself at the irony ofhow quicklyand easily it happened. She literally hugged her legs into her chest afterwards and asked her chambermaids to pray for her. Maybe that's what sealed the deal? Lol. It was a good film though. I've always loved medieval history so if that's your thing I'd say watch it

@cupcakesandglitter So sorry AF got to you and you feel you need a break. I truely hope it all works out for you when you're not trying. It really does overwhelm you when you're TTC (I never realised how much) so I hope you feel better soon. Take care xx

@cupcakesandglitter

I am so sorry to hear AF turned up again... and that you feel like you need a break. I totally understand. I have been away on a work trip myself, and using it as a chance to switch off from TTC (hence not being on here).

Good luck with it all! Take some me time! Who knows what will happen when you least expect it...

:-)

@KatBeCool that's very exciting with the clomid! Do you start taking it straight away?

@MrsR16 my lines seem to be getting slightly darker, hopefully tonight I will be close to a positive, as last month I get my positives on CD11/12 an I'm on CD11 now.

@thumper59 I am sure you will get the hang of it, probably why it's a good idea to start early so you are in a routine and you catch your surge during your FW.

@KatBeCool has the witch shown up yet?

@PinkFizz19 I do like films like this too, so may have to see if the my OH will watch it this weekend, think it's our peak FW at weekend so can see if we get any tips 😂

@MrsH497 go you for joining in on #FitFeb. I have netball again tonight then gymming it for the next couple of days. I think it's always hard work going the gym but you do feel better after. Plus it helps me sleep.

So I am on CD11 and have a friends baby shower on the day AF is due. And to top it off, I have been invited to another baby shower on what would of been my due date 😕. I am extremely happy for them both as they have both had a MC and know my situation (not the due date obviously and I don't want to tell her this either). So I am trying to stay positive and supportive and actually quite enjoying being more strong. Just how bloody typical is it date wise!!! Also the witch might not show and I might be up the fluff when the baby showers are, massive FX....🤷‍♀️

@thumper59 surprisingly I am not feeling too sore today so fitness Feb will continue. I was taking multivitamins but stopped taking those and swapped to just taking folic acid.

@PeacockingAbout you must have a great memory remembering to take all those vitamins at different times, I would deffo forget 🙈

@PinkFizz19 thats where we must be going wrong, although I don't tend to allow my chambermaids in while we are DTD 😂

So neither of us could be bothered DTD last night so lets see if and when AF turns up, its TWW time!

@DayDreamer1707 yeah I'm gonna aim to do it after work daily now.

@Lozzlepop I'm gonna attend the gym tonight! Still feeling a bit bab but much better then I was. Somebody said yesterday the doctors had said all these colds are 9 week colds 😳 I bloody hope not!!