TTC FIRST BABY - Thread 14!

[TrashKitten10]

As our previous thread is full to the brim, let's get going with thread 14. Good luck everybody!

cupcakesandglitter 23 Cycle 8
Jessikka 28 Cycle 1
starkid 29 Cycle 6
MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 9
TTC34 34 Cycle 1
ttc12019 29 Cycle 1
19Bee2 27 Cycle 2
Ember25 34 Cycle 4
BlueArtemis 24 Cycle 7
MrsH497 32 Cycle 4
Tinag18 36 Cycle 2
MrsR16 26 Cycle 8
Random2468 28 Cycle 2
Jessikka 28 Cycle 2
BostonFern 34 Cycle 2
Lola871 31 Cycle 2
ValidUser 28 Cycle 7
Lozzlepop 35 Cycle 2
DayDreamer1707 28 Cycle 5
Trashkitten10 27 Cycle 2
OhMarnie 28 Cycle 1
DuchessofPemberley 32 Cycle 7
KittieKath 34 Cycle 6
KatBeCool 40 Cycle 10
MrsMcNtobe Cycle 6
BabySquid 29 Cycle 10
PeacockingAbout 29 Cycle 3
Chanel05 29 Cycle 7
Sleepyquest 28 Cycle 1
Granddesigns 32 cycle 2
Pinkfizz19 33 cycle 2
Kennyholiday 32 cycle 10
Catlady31 31 cycle 1
LikeTheFruit 30 cycle 3
Jooloo11 32 Cycle 3
Daisiesandpeonies Cycle 9
MrsRLM Cycle 1
Lilana Cycle 1
LuckyPenguin 34 Cycle 2
LokiCat 28 Cycle 4
Lizzie198 30 Cycle 2
Rachel59pink 26 Cycle 1
Orangeloo 31 Cycle 2
Babytrain89 29 Cycle 5
Lemonysherbet 30 Cycle 1
Fuiseog 31 Cycle 2
NKB88 Cycle 2
Wildrabbit Cycle 2
Essjayycee Cycle 1
Hannah192 Cycle 2
JellyBaby666
LoMoon Cycle 6
Hiddenfigure Cycle 1
Jc88146 Cycle 18

TTC#1 Grads.....
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3488730-catching-up-with-those-from-ttc-thread-2

@NKB88 good luck to you too, darling! This is cycle 8 for me, so I'm hoping to get that BFP soon! 🤞

Food for thought and any advice welcome. Had a convo with dr earlier- nhs advice is DTD every two to three days regardless of ovulation!? I guess they advise this incase ppl don't time Ov right?

Have also read SMEP and other advice , DTD every other, every two to three so sperm can replenish. Abstain 24-48 hours before ovulation so sperm can replenish?? Feel quite baffled now, I guess there is no right answer but that doesn't help us out.

@DayDreamer1707 the redundancy has kinda worked in your favour, you get paid out to do something you wanted to do anyway, leave! I was waiting to be made redundant last year from my old place but they didn't want to pay out as I'd been there longer than 2 yr, so they changed our job description instead! So I left with nothing 😔 hope something comes of the two interviews this week. Are they allowing time out for interviews? My bff was told she was redundant on her first day of mat leave!!

@Toka & @NKB88 good luck for your testing

Oh and @orangeloo I'd personally go with every 2-3 days no matter what time of month. Then you know you've got your bases covered and he doesn't have too old or too young swimmer sat in there haha

@MrsR16 yay for positive OPKs! It's always satisfying to see the progression I think. (But I'm a Science geek, so that might just be me!).

@BabySquid What pressure to feel under, hopefully you'll get your BFP very soon x

@DayDreamer1707 you must be feeling such a mixture of emotions, 🤞 you find something you love quickly.

@purplefig 🤞 for the FRER.

@orangeloo there is so much conflicting advice. We are sticking with SMEP at the moment.

I'm CD10, sudden increase in the strength of the testing line on the OPK today, I think it's likely I'll get my positive tomorrow night- which will be two days earlier this cycle than the last two. I think that fits in with symptoms I've been having since Monday, as I've had a niggling feeling around what I assume is my left ovary. Feeling more positive today than yesterday as a result of this I think.

@orangeloo most likely it is because some people don't time ovulation correctly. I had Clomid prescribed, my advice was every other day starting cd10 because the ovulation is a bit "scheduled" here.

@NKB88 they did IUI without the trigger shot or scans?

What in the world my body is doing... The temp went up today just barely. Figured AF is for sure coming since it's not as high as it should be. Then had two drops of fresh blood, thought "oh good, I can move on to the next cycle". But then it followed by absolutely nothing but white cm.

@BostonFern yes I do it's odd, sometimes I feel happy and then other times it's like panicking emotion. Hope you get your positive OPK tomorrow x

@BabySquid They are paying me till the end of March and I finish tomorrow at 12. Then job interviews Thursday and Friday. Both better jobs and better companies so I would love to get a job offer and be able to come out laughing!! That's awful for your friend, like there's not enough to worry about already x

@Toka It's the push I needed I think but not ideal like you have said. I keep having a little pity party but just have to keep saying and thinking that better things will come.

So the most unbelievable rainbow on the way home so I am taking that as a sign of hopefully good things to come. I would technically be 1/2 DPO but I haven't had time to think about that. Hopefully secure a decent job and then get DTD again x

Hey all 👋🏻

I'm here enjoying 11dpo! Well, enjoying may be the wrong word. Ha!

This time last month I was spotting before AF but it hasn't happened this month. Though I feel it was an abnormal month last time as I have always spotted 2 days before AF and last month it was 3.

So if by the end of tomorrow I haven't started spotting I may let my hopes rise a little.... before I remind myself that my cycles are adjusting and whereas they've gotten shorter the last two months.... they may not be getting longer. 😂 and to reign it back in woman.

We shall see what happens!

hi all - sorry for he absence! I have had such a busy week so far! Work has been far too full on for my liking & apart from binging on this Japanese tidying up programme on Netflix (i will be refolding all my clothes & sparking joy during my TWW!) I've started SMEP and keeping positive!!

TMI but I've had so much clear discharge the past two days when I wipe! Nowhere near ovulation 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am also having dreams for the first time in ages. No idea why. Limiting caffeine to a morning cup only perhaps? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fab news @OhMarnie!!!

@PeacockingAbout - it's a fab read, something you can do on the tube! Hope your week is getting better ❤️

@BabySquid @FlapJackered - totally agree re December baby. I'm ploughing through this month 🤞🏻

@BabySquid - remembering to take my temp in the morning when I'm half asleep, in the dark and scrabbling for my glasses will take some getting used to, but 3 days in & I've managed it so far! I find OPKs easier, but doing them both 👌🏼 I feel pressure re grandchildren too, but in a different way. I have a younger brother and 2 younger step sisters...all have hade a child. DH's side, his sisters have had children...we haven't. 😬

@TTC34 & @BostonFern - how are you guys doing day 10 buddies?

Welcome & hello @dottydally @PineappleC @Ferii @Lifesforlivingandloving @smitch82

@dottydally - my DH is the same & tells me off when I get excited and symptom spot!

@Lozzlepop - so sorry to hear your partners news. Don't give up! Everything happens for a reason - huge believer in that, this could be the start of something wonderful. I also don't live anywhere near my family or my DH's. His are 4.5 hours away, mine are 2.5 hours!

@DayDreamer1707 - wow. That's deffo a sign for you to go for this job. good luck for your interview!

@Pika88 - possibly, however I had horrific back pain & spotting before AF arrived and never normally do!

@Jessikka - I cry at random things like that too when AF is due or here!! 😢

@KatBeCool - why do you not have much time left?

@Hannah192 - I start OPKs day 10 on a 28 day cycle

@MrsH497 - AF was late for me too last month!

@Lemonysherbet - sorry you're out 😢 we went to the Dominican in August, so waited before trying until January.

@purplefig 🤞🏻 for a positive FRER

@LuckyPenguin I went through my wardrobe and binned so much after learning of the Marie Kondo method!

I couldn't handle the show though! the couple on ep1 just angered me too much. Just let him speak "babe"!!! Babe babe babe it was driving me nuts - fat too OTT for my miserable ass 😂

I also enjoyed reading about the two touch rule - where if you pick something up you HAVE to put it where it belongs as you can't pick it up again. Sounds daft but it changed my lazy habits so much! I was a prolific "put that on the stairs and il take it with me next time" kinda gal and I never actually took it up... so that outlook of putting it away straight away like an actual grown up does really helped me 😂

@BostonFern thanks so do I!
@KatBeCool are you going to test??
@Jessikka I'm hoping the spotting and AF stays away for you 🤞🏻
@LuckyPenguin yass queen, Marie Kondo's folding is the way forward!! I did all my drawers a few weeks ago and they're still tidy and beautiful 😍
@Jessikka "putting it away like an actual grown up..." lmao I knew I couldn't be classed as an adult yet! This proves it haha 😂

Thanks @DayDreamer1707 , and here's hoping that rainbow is a good sign!

Hey @LuckyPenguin! I've had a few days of noticeable EWCM (sorry, TMI!) for the first time since coming off BC, so I'm feeling a bit more hopeful this cycle. I think I'll ovulate on Friday, two days earlier this cycle.

Thanks very much for the welcomes all 😁🖐

Well I am in the TWW and enjoying it even less than usual! This cycle was the first time I've used OPKs and I think that "knowing" I've ov'd makes me slightly more impatient than when I just "probably" ov'd! Anyway, I've really liked using the OPKs. My cycle is pretty short at 24-25 days, so as the OPKs say I ov'd at cd14 I know I need to work on my progesterone levels. Lots of raspberry leaf tea...!!

To the ppl who said they are having massive cramps throughout cycle after just finishing the pill...it does stop after a few cycles 😁😁

@katbecool yeah no trigger or scans. I had all the tests before hand and lack of a man in our relationship was the only reason for no pregnancy. So we went and bought that and are doing up to 3 rounds of completely natural IUI to start with. Just timing it with OPK's and having procedure as soon as the OPK shows positive. If we don't get a positive in those 3, then we'll save up a bit more and explore other options.

So guys, the other day my friend mentioned that she's changed her monthly diet to help improve her cycle, she's not ttc but has issues like mid cycle bleeds etc, so I've just been reading into foods to eat at different times in the month... imma give this a go from next week, I'll still be pre ov and I've taken my soy iso's. Should be interesting to see how it affects things. #tryinganything🙈

Hi everyone.

Congratulations to all that got their BFP's 😊

sorry to post this again, but can anyone help please?

I'm confused this cycle seemed to have ov'd later than usual, i temp and use OPK strips.
I got a positive cd16 and a really dark positive cd17, I think I ov'd cd18/19, due to cramps etc, my natural cycle app has it as cd20, I'm now cd25 and since cd23 until today I keep getting twinges right side, a little like ov pain. I'm also going a little dizzy, but been away and not sure if it's from the journey... I just don't know if I'm thinking too much into it or not. It's not like me to symptom spot normally either.
I just wondered if implantation would be this early, and what it's normally like?

Any advice?
Thanks

@BabySquid I'm not even sure anymore. I don't want to waste a frer. I'm going to wait and see what happens, if it's AF or not. It's not impossible that ovulated later I guess, and this isn't AF. I'm very puzzled. Usually AF shows her ugly face within hours from the first spotting and spotting doesn't just go away. I swear, if I was an ostrich, I'd be bending my neck down there to check every few minutes.
What did you read about the diet? I'm curious. Is chocolate part of it?

@BostonFern @BabySquid @KatBeCool thanks for the feedbacks ladies I will bear all this in mind and decide DTD game plan for my next fertile time.

@Lottiepink it could be implantation could be affect of progesterone levels after ov. Your over halfway through the ttw now so just gotta hang in there until testing. Good luck.

@BabySquid yes I'm curious about diet too

@orangeloo thank you, it's never normally bothered me the ttw, I'm quite calm, this time not so much 🤣
Although feel bloated tonight, and feel stronger pains etc so more convinced it's AF, but would be due until at least Saturday, if following my usual cycles, but my app is actually saying next Wednesday as I ov'd late according to temps etc.

Ahh it's all so confusing 😫😂

Hi ladies! Thought I'd pop on and see how you're all doing. Wow sooo many new names on here!
Can't believe how fast these threads move!
Is anyone testing soon? @katbecool I heard the word FRER...
Hope you're all doing well, getting positive OPKs, having lots of sex and generally not going too mad!
(Who am I kidding)

Sending masses of positive baby making vibes to you all 👣👣👣
Remember to look after yourselves and try have some fun in the process, good sex will follow, and babies! I promise!

@Crossfitgirl I'll see if the two drops of blood I had are AF or 🤔. I thought I'm 15 DPO, but I don't know anymore.

@Crossfitgirl it's so wonderful to hear from you! How are you doing?? Xx

@katbecool that's quite a long LP if you are... Have you done any tests already? Ovulation can be so elusive and sneaky. You just never know.
Also, chocolate is an aphrodisiac and as such should be part of any ttc diet. Definitely.

@Crossfitgirl I'm taking progesterone prescription so LP is longer, but 15 is definitely long. IC was negative this morning.