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TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 13!

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TrashKitten10 · 10/02/2019 14:33

Hoping that thread number 13 turns out to be lucky! 🍀 Apologies if anybody has been missed off, please add or update your stats :)

cupcakesandglitter 23 Cycle 8
Jessikka 28 Cycle 1
starkid 29 Cycle 6
MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 8
AnnaMC214 32 Cycle 5
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Jessikka 28 Cycle 1
BostonFern 34 Cycle 2
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Lola871 31 Cycle 2
ValidUser 28 Cycle 7
Lozzlepop 35 Cycle 1
DayDreamer1707 28 Cycle 4
Trashkitten10 27 Cycle 2
OhMarnie 28 Cycle 1
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KatBeCool
MrsMcNtobe Cycle 6
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BostonFern · 14/02/2019 19:20

@DayDreamer1707 it's nice to have someone to do the TWW with! I'm trying not to think about it too much, and when I'm teaching it's pretty easy but when I'm out the classroom it's harder! DP wants a BFP so much too, so having a child often comes into conversation too. I think people at work are suspicious as we haven't booked a holiday abroad for the summer, and have no other holiday plans as of yet (last year we always had at least one night away each school holiday, and had a good couple of weeks the other side of the world in the summer).
Sorry to hear you've had an emotional day, some days we just need a bit of self care- pj's, duvet and Grey's sounds perfect for that!

@MrsAW2018 sorry about the BFN.

@Lozzlepop 🤞 it's implantation bleeding!

@lizzie198 welcome!

@thumper59 if you follow the SMEP method it suggests dtd for three days when you get a positive OPK, then miss a day and dtd again. We've tried SMEP this month, and to be honest we are both a bit exhausted, especially as you do it every other day into the run up to your OPK😂

CD20 and 7dpo. Symptom spotting has even gone as far as noticing an old scar looking pinker and wondering if that could be something 🤦🏼‍♀️😭 Still another week to go, I dread to think what I'll be like by Wednesday!

DayDreamer1707 · 14/02/2019 19:38

Thanks @BostonFern I think I am just extremely tired, just felt like crying 😂. Maybe it's all the healthy eating and exercise, it's getting to me...pass me the chocolate!!! Can't wait for the OH to get home and I can fall asleep on him. You can still book somewhere away but not aboard maybe? Do it over a fertile week if possible, a lot of people do that and get their BFP. What are we like with the symptom spotting, I don't have any scars to check haha! I think il be climbing the walls early next week 🤪

DayDreamer1707 · 14/02/2019 19:40

@thumper59 I love that as a tea, il be round for that later 😛. Simple teas are sometimes the best. Plus less effort so more energy for getting busy x

MrsMcNtobe · 14/02/2019 19:47

Hey everyone - me here with another weird and wonderful question 😂

My OPKs aren’t really getting any darker and I’m due to ov on 16th, I always get up for a pee around 4am.. I was wondering if I did an OPK at 7am (Amazon one step cheapie one), does this count as FMU? I’m struggling to do them at work plus I have such a sore throat so I’m constantly drinking water so I’d ideally like to do one in the morning! 😩

starkid · 14/02/2019 20:32

@MrsMcNtobe - Can you do them when you get home from work? I usually do them around 6pm when I get home, if I don't have the chance to do it at work in the afternoon :)

MrsMcNtobe · 14/02/2019 20:35

@starkid I’ve tried but because I’m drinking so much this week I’m struggling to hold for more than a couple of hours 😭 im usually fine it’s just this bloody sore/dry throat is making me drink so much and pee all the time 😂

DayDreamer1707 · 14/02/2019 21:10

@MrsMcNtobe give it a try won't do any harm and then retest after work too x

LokiCat · 15/02/2019 00:15

Happy Valentine's Day guys (although I'm 10mins late..)! Hope you all had a lovely day! Sorry I always post so late 🤦🏻‍♀️
Thanks for the welcome and well wishes to all those in the TWW! 🤞🏽🤞🏽 it is really hard not to symptom spot 🙈

So, plot twist.. I thought I had ovulated four days ago, because I had EWCM (just thought OPKs weren't working 🤷🏽‍♀️ I kept getting really strong and then light lines).

However just had this result today. Does that mean I haven't ovulated yet? Sorry for TMI but my CM is 'creamy' 🤔 aghhh our bodies are so confusing!!

@OhMarnie looks like I'm in the same boat as you now 🤦🏻‍♀️ cycle buddies though! 😊😊

TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 13!
KatBeCool · 15/02/2019 01:33

@Jooloo11 thank you! Sometimes I wish I didn't know it all because it just means I've been ttc for too long.

@LokiCat I've learned not to trust "almost positive" opks for that exact reason - positive always shows up even if days later.

Iilana · 15/02/2019 04:28

Woken up at 3am after a bizarre nightmare and heinous heartburn. Also fell asleep at 9pm. Now I'm wide awake. 😵

BostonFern · 15/02/2019 06:24

@LokiCat that does look like a positive, so I'd say ovulation in the next 24-48hrs.

@Iilana sorry you've been awake so early - that happened to me the other night, fell asleep at half nine but then a horrible and vivid dream woke me up! I managed to get back to sleep in the end, hope you did too.

TrashKitten10 · 15/02/2019 06:30

CD20, still not a sniff of a positive OPK, I think I'm in this cycle for the long haul 😩

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LokiCat · 15/02/2019 07:07

Morning all, it's so misty here today!

Thanks @KatBeCool and @BostonFern
Will have to prepare my husband for tonight then! 😂 good thing we DTD day before yesterday.

Hope you managed to get back to sleep @Iilana I hate when a good sleep is ruined..

Sorry you're still waiting for a positive OPK @TrashKitten10! I hope it shows up soon🤞🏽

Lola871 · 15/02/2019 07:09

Morning guys, still in the TWW! Clue thinks I'm due on today, but I think Sunday based on my last couple of cycles. Since I've been tracking my cycles have been 36/29/29/33/35/35 so I'm working on a 35 day cycle. No symptoms to speak of so just waiting to see what happens!

thumper59 · 15/02/2019 07:33

Morning guys. I was just too sleepy to DTD last night! Will do it tonight for luck. 1DPO today. Yay may the tww begin. 🙄.
Hectic day today. Got bridal party makeup in this morning then it's back to 'normal' work at dinner. Hoping for a nice chill evening with the OH as we've both got separately busy weekends too. Happy Friday everyone!

Iilana · 15/02/2019 08:15

@bostonfern @lokicat thanks, I managed to fall asleep for about an hour before the alarm went off, glad to know.I'm not the only one being awoken by intense dreams and falling asleep early, poor DH only got home 15mins before I fell asleep. 😂

@thumper59 all aboard the TWW train, are you getting married soon? Hope you have a nice and relaxing evening.

@trashkitten sorry you're still waiting on pos opk, got my fingers crossed for you.

@bostonfern I'm doing same RE holiday plans and haven't got back to a friend yet who keeps asking about a girls hol away (it's in August if we're successful this cycle or even next I'll be 5/6 months pregnant) on a boat sailing with a load of girls drinking. I'm trying to think of what I could say to her to back out without raising suspicions. I tried finances as we're trying to move into a house and she's really nicely said she'll cover board I just need to fly out.

rachel59pink · 15/02/2019 08:19

Hi all!

Thought I'd joinSmile
TTC #1
CD19
Cycle 1
26 years old

x x

thumper59 · 15/02/2019 08:25

@lilana. No no wedding for me just yet! I am doing the makeup haha. The Tww is the most boring of them all! With me ovulating later that I expected I won't be tempted to test early though so that's something I suppose.

Argh feel like I've got a bout of cystitis coming on. Well I think it's just from not drinking enough so I'm starting my day off with 3 glasses of water and I'll start as i mean to go on. Is there anything that can take a girl down quite like cystitis? 😫

thumper59 · 15/02/2019 08:25

Welcome @rachel59pink. We are all a bit mad and crazy in here. 😂

LokiCat · 15/02/2019 08:39

Oh no, sorry to hear that @thumper59 Hope drinking all the water manages to keep it at bay! I always fill up a huge bottle at work to keep at my desk and then realise by the end of the day I've hardly drank from it 🤦🏻‍♀️

LokiCat · 15/02/2019 08:42

Just realised DH finishes work at 10pm tonight.. he may be too tired for me to jump on him 🙊

DayDreamer1707 · 15/02/2019 08:49

Good Morning ladies. Myself and my OH where extremely tired last night, my be the SMEP catching up with us. I am currently already in my gym stuff at work ready to continue with #FitFeb, even though I think this is what is killing me!

I am currently on CD20 and around 8DPO and it's not getting easier, roll on the weekend when my mind will be taken off it. I normally spot a couple of days before the witch arrives so FX I don't get any of that this month 🤞

@rachel59pink welcome to the TTC house!!! Do you know when you will ovulate?

@LokiCat least you have managed to cover yourself and DTD.

@Lola871 stick to the longer cycles then you won't be disappointed if you test too early, plus they seem to be the more average day for you. I looked back at my cycles from before we was TTC and they was pretty random.

@thumper59 I am sure you will have covered yourself and it's no fun when you feel tired and like it's forced. You still have to enjoy yourself!! Cystitis is one of the most uncomfortable annoying things ever...get some cranberry juice x

Iilana · 15/02/2019 08:51

@thumper are you an MUA? You're right about the TWW being boring as hell, doesn't help DH is pulling long hours bless him so I don't have anyone in the evenings to take my mind off it/chat too. Cystitis is the worst I hope you don't have it, does cranberry juice work for you at all? It doesn't seem to di anything for me, I.just end up guzzling litres of water and hoping that does the trick. I've started filling up my extra large water bottle with water and lemon to try and encourage myself to drink more. It's working when I remember to do it 😂.
@lokicat it's so hard to fit in dtd with working hours, cycles and "romance" isn't it. Is he the kind that needs to decompress when he comes in first or would he take you jumping on him well?

Iilana · 15/02/2019 08:51

Hi @rachelpink59 welcome!

thumper59 · 15/02/2019 08:55

@LokiCat cystitis from dehydration is something I've always bloody suffered from. I've been right on top of it for months but with not drinking to get OPKs done I've made a rod for my own back... 😫

@DayDreamer1707 I hope so I'll go tonight for good luck 😂 I'm gonna dash and get some hopefully sort me out!

@lilana I am a qualified mua yeah, but I really just do it on the side of my 'real' job for a bit of fun and to help people out as and when I can 😊. I don't know if it works I always still drink it though and a ton of water. I know it's so hard to remember to drink especially when your trying to keep your wee concentrated enough for OPKs. Oh well 2 and a half weeks off OPKs now 😂

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