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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 :)

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Lozzlepop · 15/02/2019 09:15

@BostonFern thanks but not feeling that hopeful now 😔

@rachel59pink welcome

@LokiCat its never too late lol

So we DTD again last night in the true spirit of Valentines and again had a bleed, feeling v sick today could this be early AF Ovia predicted AF as today and Glow as the 19th? 🤷🏽‍♀️So annoying as I don't know whether I'm coming or going and if this is something i should be worried about, is it just my hormones settling after being on BC for so long? Really got me feeling down 😣

Iilana · 15/02/2019 09:19

@thumper what's your "real" job, it's nice that you get to do something you love and get enjoyment from.
Men have it so easy, wish they were the ones who had to poas, temp etc 😂 they might be a bit more invested in dtd at the right time 😂. I hope you manage to nip the cystitis in the bud quickly.

rachel59pink · 15/02/2019 09:57

@DayDreamer1707 from the apps I have used to calculate they said I was most fertile between Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th. What about you? Smile xx

BabySquid · 15/02/2019 10:19

So guys I need your opinions... attached to a funny story...
So we dtd last night, used pre-seed, but then DH kept getting cramp, leg, hip, shoulder you name it... so had 10 mins out to 're-group'!!
He then popped a bit more pre-seed in!! Anyway after he'd, cough, finished... there was LOADS of, stuff... anyway my question is, do you think it's detrimental to have too much goop? I think we used 2g to start then another 1g. 🙈

DayDreamer1707 · 15/02/2019 10:41

@rachel59pink My fertile week was 2nd to the 8th so I am now about 8DPO. Welcome to the wonderful TWW, she's a bitch.

@BabySquid sorry I have never used pre-seed but I at the end of the day it's there to help you so I can't imagine the quantity mattering in a way. It's the texture that matters more right. We need a certain type not a certain amount, it's there to help the flow, the amount is probably just more that it could be uncomfortable or an odd sensation for you.

@Thumper make sure you get one with no added sugar, will only make it worse otherwise. Doesn't taste as good but should help x

So I have looked back and as I always spot now before AF arrives (due to MMC) I am now praying to god that this doesn't happen this cycle, as it can only mean good things. 1, I could be up the fluff or 2, that I have actually stopped spotting. By my clever calculations, if I where to begin spotting, Sunday/Monday would be the days it would start 🤞

KatBeCool · 15/02/2019 10:44

@BabySquid have you read the instructions for PreSeed? They recommend something like 4g. It'd be like a swimming pool. Nothing wrong with a little more as long as it fits 🤔

rachel59pink · 15/02/2019 10:45

@DayDreamer1707 I know I don't think I've ever been aware of the dates in the month as much 😬 who knew it would take over our thought process so much! X

Lozzlepop · 15/02/2019 10:51

@DayDreamer1707 out of interest how long do you spot for before AF? trying to work out whats going on with my body 😭hard to figure out exactly when AF is due as only been off BC since end of December I'm now 11DPO and feeling totally in limbo

OhMarnie · 15/02/2019 10:56

@BabySquid I don't see why too much should be a problem. DH and I use about 2-3g. He likes it. Now he says 'don't forget to baste yourself!' before we DTD 😂😂

BabySquid · 15/02/2019 10:57

@OhMarnie oh my gosh that actually made me lol at my desk, now my boss is looking at me like I'm mental haha

Lozzlepop · 15/02/2019 10:59

@OhMarnie hahaha thats brilliant

@BabySquid love your story too cheering me up this morning, I needed a good giggle!

DayDreamer1707 · 15/02/2019 11:10

@rachel59pink I know it's crazy, I swear I am technically a qualified fertility doctor now 😂😂😂

@Lozzlepop well I don't know if I used to spot before my MMC because sometimes it's so light you wouldn't notice unless you was looking (which obviously we do now religiously). 1st 2 months after it was all over the place, probably because my body was confused and had been through a lot (similar I suppose in a way of coming of contraception, your body will be confused).
Last cycle I started spotting on 10dpo until 13DPO and then I got my AF (technically should of been full flow on 13DPO) I then had AF, still light but definitely not spotting for about 3 days and then spotted for 2days after. Same happened similar the month before.
I honestly sometimes think it's quite normal and we just notice these things more now because we are TTC. I do remember it happening before I got my BFP last time. I was due on and had some spotting, thought AF was on her way and then nothing, got my BFP 4 days after. We wasn't technically trying but wasn't preventing it either so I wasn't tracking everything like I do now.
Something I have learnt since my MMC is that we think the one thing we think we have control over is our body...but we don't. I honestly wouldn't worry but totally understand your frustration. Whats has exactly been going on with your spotting? (sorry for the long post) x

Lozzlepop · 15/02/2019 11:22

@DayDreamer1707 Thanks thats really helpful! Well I don't even know if you can call it spotting really it's just a bleed that happens after (or more like during) sex. First happened last Monday which was OV day then we DTD twice at the weekend and all was fine then the same thing happened Wed night and last night but during those times all has been fine when going to the loo and wiping etc, its very frustrating. Been doing some googling and wondering if because I came off a Progesterone only Pill that my Progesterone levels have dropped too low? Just not sure when to expect AF or when to POAS.....slowly losing my mind haha!

LikeTheFruit · 15/02/2019 12:04

So by some miracle my apps all now seem to agree with each other that I ov'd on Monday. Managed to DTD Friday, sat x2 and Monday so hopefully that was enough. No VDay BD for us as both shattered.

Any good tips on how to keep mind off it all for TWW. I'm working night shifts this weekend so willing be working and sleeping only and by Monday will be 7DPO.

@rachel59pink welcome!

DayDreamer1707 · 15/02/2019 12:12

@Lozzlepop I have been told, might be of one of the ladies on here, but as long as you produce about 2 table spoons full of blood when it's AF your levels are fine. I know it's frustrating, I used to cry because it just reminded me what had happened. I think it will just be your body still adjusting, some of use take longer than others. How long was your cycle last month? and how many DPO did it take for AF to come? x

Lozzlepop · 15/02/2019 12:23

@DayDreamer1707 I can only imagine how hard it was hun! Came off BC and ovulates a week later then AF 14 days after that! I feel a bit crampy and bloated like it could be AF just frustrating as you dunno when you can DTD without a cleanup mission as there’s no warning with it 🙈

DayDreamer1707 · 15/02/2019 12:56

@Lozzlepop yes it was awful, but we got through it and now know more than ever that we want a little one to add to our craziness. Hopefully you will come on in the next couple of days (hopefully not with a BFP) but I wouldn't get stressed, I am pretty sure everything will be fine. You are still quite new to coming of BC and you will still be able to conceive. I once decided to fall out with my lady parts because I was that frustrated and didn't know what was happening but our bodies know what they are doing, they just don't like to make it clear.

LokiCat · 15/02/2019 13:19

@DayDreamer1707 wow well done for FitFeb. I've been trying to go after work but am usually drained by the time I leave work and just want to go home to cuddle my sofa!
🤞🏽🤞🏽 to no spotting

Haha @Lozzlepop I agree! He says he'll be home for 2300 though, so I'm worried I'll be shattered and asleep myself by then!

@Iilana I completely agree! DH has such crazy shifts so it's usually scheduled rather than romantic when it come to DTD! It usually depend on how tired he is.. there's been times when he's come home raring to go 😂😂

@OhMarnie and @BabySquid hahah love it! I had quite a giggle at my desk - thanks!

thumper59 · 15/02/2019 14:22

@lilana my real job is sales assistant come receptionist come PA come book keeper. I'm a jack of all trades, master of none. 😂

The cystitis seems to have got much less angry Thank god. Must remember to drink more water!

starkid · 15/02/2019 14:52

DH is too tired to dtd again tonight poor thing 😂 We dtd Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and I'm due to ovulate today. Think we'll dtd again tomorrow then should be pretty well covered (for once!).

I feel quite hopeful about this cycle, there was lots of ewcm, lots of dtd during fertile week (more than usual for us anyway), and the infamous soya isoflavones which may help, who knows Smile

Due on 26th Feb, anyone else due around then?

rachel59pink · 15/02/2019 14:56

@starkid yes I'm due 25th Feb. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻 x

LikeTheFruit · 15/02/2019 14:56

@starkid me! I'm due 26th too. FX for us both. How are you planning to keep sane until then?

KatBeCool · 15/02/2019 15:36

@thumper59 I've been noticing that I get dehydrated around ovulation, not because I drink less, I don't. I actually started drinking more as we need water for ewcm and being dehydrated makes it too thick. But then again, my body is odd.

daisiesandpeonies · 15/02/2019 15:59

@KatBeCool since I've been off the pill I'm just more hydrated generally. It's really odd!

So I don't think we did enough for there to be a chance this month - literally twice in my fertile week. But I'm suddenly feeling hopeful because I'm not having pms symptoms? Usually my boobs start to get tender at this point in the TWW and my skin erupts. I'm super emotional though (DH gave me a weird yellow bouquet yesterday because he's a moron and went to the shops too late for red roses and I cried lol... he does this every year!!!) Anyway, can seeing nothing be a sign that there's something, get what I mean?

starkid · 15/02/2019 16:03

@rachel59pink @LikeTheFruit - yay good luck girls :)
@daisiesandpeonies - only takes one wriggler, twice in the correct time of the cycle is decent enough, a lot of people aren't even aware there's a fertile week and they all seem to get pregnant without trying! Good luck, hopefully you've got some good signs there.

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