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TTC first baby - thread 15

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starkid · 21/03/2019 11:30

Hi everyone, looks like it's time for a new thread! Thread 14 was lucky for some, so here's to lots more BFP's Smile

@Jessikka 28 Cycle 3
@starkid 29 Cycle 7
@MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 10
@TTC34 34 Cycle 3
@19Bee2 27 Cycle 2
@MrsH497 32 Cycle 4
@MrsR16 26 Cycle 9
@Lola871 31 Cycle 2
@ValidUser 28 Cycle 7
@DayDreamer1707 28 Cycle 5
@Flapjackered 31 Cycle 9
@DuchessofPemberley 32 Cycle 7
@KittieKath 34 Cycle 6
@KatBeCool 40 Cycle 10
@MrsMcNtobe Cycle 6
@BabySquid 29 Cycle 11
@PeacockingAbout 29 Cycle 4
@Sleepyquest 28 Cycle 2
@Granddesigns 32 cycle 4
@Pinkfizz19 33 cycle 4
@Catlady31 31 cycle 1
@LikeTheFruit 30 cycle 3
@Jooloo11 32 Cycle 3
@Daisiesandpeonies Cycle 10
@LuckyPenguin 34 Cycle 3
@Lizzie198 30 Cycle 2
@Rachel59pink 26 Cycle 1
@Orangeloo 31 Cycle 3
@Lemonysherbet 30 Cycle 1
@Fuiseog 31 Cycle 2
@NKB88 Cycle 2
@Wildrabbit Cycle 2
@Essjayycee Cycle 1
@Hannah192 Cycle 3
@JellyBaby666
@LoMoon Cycle 6
@Hiddenfigure Cycle 1
@Jc88146 Cycle 18
@Kay98 Cycle 16
@Lottiepink 29 Cycle 12
@Bec18x Cycle 4
@Soda123x 32 Cycle 2
@Aimingfor2019 28 Cycle 3
@Lifesforlivingandloving 32 Cycle 1
@MotherOfShihTzus 33 Cycle 14
@Cupcakesandglitter 23 cycle 10
@LokiCat
@Baby01988 30 Cycle 4
@Pinksunset1 28 cycle 3
@TonightJosephine cycle 1
@Toobies1 30 Cycle 5
@Blackfriars Cycle 3
@rosehm 28 Cycle 1
@SophWolf Cycle 1
@Thosethreewords Cycle 3
@Smitch82 37 Cycle 1
@Fivebyfive2 30 Cycle 8

Graduates thread - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3527540-Catching-up-with-those-from-TTC-thread-3

Sorry if I missed anyone, and happy baby-making!

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FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 08:18

Sorry I have been a bit absent from the thread, I have been getting through AF and having a bit of a chill. Now at cd12 and getting ready for peeing on lots of opks soon. As usual my body is plotting against me and ov is due on Easter Sunday and we are staying at my parents' house in the room next door. We will find a way! 🙈

@MrsEG so lovely to hear from you again, I am so sorry you have been through such a rough time. Athough not fun that we are in this position, it is a good support that there are a few of us in similar boats trying after MCs in Feb/March. I went straight back into ttc but glad in a way it didn't work last cycle as I think I would have been a nervous wreck.
I still am not sure how I will relax if i get a bfp again but we have got to keep on trying!
I will be interested to hear how you get on with Ava, I am so tempted but just worried as I sleep with my window open and it is not a consistent temp in my room my skin temp will not be reliable?

@ValidUser I am keeping everything crossed for you. I have a good feeling for you too! But you're testing too early so I would ignore the bfn there.

@KatBeCool Sorry for AF, I hope you're ok? Are you doing clomid again this cycle?

@thosethreewords 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 you are so restrained. I am in awe!

@MrsR16 I am going on Amazon now!! I hope they're still on offer. Thanks for the tip! Hope you're ok?

@MrsH497 that sounds miserable, poor you. It does only take once so fingers crossed for you!

Fivebyfive2 · 14/04/2019 08:43

Hi all! Hope everyone is having a nice weekend?

@flapjackered, good to see you!! Xx

@thosethreewords, you're doing the right thing by being restrained but still, very impressed at your willpower!! Keeping everything crossed for you when you do test xx

@orangeloo, how was the wedding??

Question time ladies... I am on cycle day 8. I started using cb opks yesterday, early I know, but just in case anything happened earlier than expected as this is my first proper cycle since d&c. So, yesterday was a blank circle, as expected. Today is a flashing face?! At cd8?! Wtf??? Think we'll just stick to our plan of dtd every 2-3 days, but will make sure we do it on the day if/when a static face appears. But I'm just feeling a bit confused. Are my hormones just a bit higher or whatever, still from the mc? Weird!! Xx

FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 09:37

@Fivebyfive2 that is early! I wouldn't worry as I think it probably means your oestrogen has gone up earlier this cycle but I reckon you will still get your LH surge later in cycle. You will just probably have the joy of a week of flashing smileys now! I have had 14 in a row before, I was ready to burn the lot of them by the end!
Although saying this, I have had textbook ewcm today at cd12 which is very early for me, so I am thinking I should start taking opks too. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Fivebyfive2 · 14/04/2019 09:47

@flapjackered it's so confusing isn't it?! I would maybe start testing now if you have the ewcm and definitely get your dh ready for action!! Xx

We almost didn't bother getting opks, as the cycle we got a bfp we did no tracking at all, just dtd on the regular. But I thought tracking this cycle would be a good idea, in case mc had thrown everything out. Am fully expecting a week of flashes now. Hopefully we get a peak at some point or I'll probably throw the whole lot out the window next weekend!! Ah well, we'll just keep getting down and hope for the best 😛

thosethreewords · 14/04/2019 10:20

@Lola871 thanks!!

@FlapJackered @Tropicana1 I'm really being restrained! For the first time 😂 because I'm away with my friends and their babies I don't want to be really disappointed with a BFN so that's why I'm waiting until tomorrow to go and buy some FRERs when I'm home and then take one on Tuesday if AF is still not here.
Still have cramps backache and nausea so could just be PMS! My boobs aren't really hurting anymore either so who knows!

MrsEG · 14/04/2019 11:06

@FlapJackered I’m hoping the fact I wake up at totally different times all week won’t mess up the Ava too! Worth a shot though, plus I figure it’s there then for any other children later on too! Yep I know what you mean - my MMC was actually my second miscarriage and it was nerve wracking, and so I don’t know how I’ll be with another - doctors have already assured me that a) they think I’ve just been incredibly unlucky and b) I’ll be very well monitored next time round :)

@thosethreewords Good luck for Tuesday lovely, it’s so worth waiting as that way there’s no squinting/guessing with the test, you know for sure right away!

@Fivebyfive2 When I used CB digital I would frequently get 5 days of flashing smileys so totally normal! Try for every other day this week and good luck to you xx

Hannah192 · 14/04/2019 11:09

@MrsEG so sorry to hear about your MC 💐

Welcome to the newbies 😊

@Tropicana1 after dtd I do put a cushion under my pelvis and put my legs up for a bit 🙊 don’t think it hurts to try!

@thosethreewords keeping fx for you that AF doesn’t arrive 🤞🏼

@FlapJackered I had the same situation the last cycle!! I was also stopping at my parents when I got my positive opk 🙈 but we found our ways still 😂

I got this opk yesterday. Do you think it’s a positive? I’m doing one again at 1ish today and then probably one later in the afternoon/evening. I certainly think this is almost there so we dtd Friday and last night. We had been dtd every other day before. Will probs dtd tonight and tomorrow just to be safe 🤞🏼

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Tropicana1 · 14/04/2019 11:43

@Hannah192 I'm definitely not an opk expert but I would say it's not quite as dark as the control line so almost positive but not quite? Unless I'm looking at the lines the wrong way round!

@thosethreewords fingers crossed for you!!

@MrsEG sorry to hear about your MCs, must be so hard. Sounds like you've waited until you're in a good headspace to try again, wishing you lots of luck!

@FlapJackered sounds like we're at a similar stage, CD 14 for me today. Feeling some lower backache today but no positive opk yet or any EWCM, so I'm obvs just massively reading into how my body feels haha! On the basis of no ewcm at all I doubt I'm due to ov for a good few days yet!

Hannah192 · 14/04/2019 11:51

@Tropicana1 that’s what I though, thank you. I’m expecting it to happen today so yesterday was a bit early

Jessikka · 14/04/2019 11:54

Today is CD12 and on all of the other months it's been cd11/12 I ovulate.

So I'm upstairs minding my own business and OH comes upstairs and says "shall we have a quickie now" .... and so we DTD.

Afterwards, he says "there we are, ive done my part" and walks off back to the F1.

And they say romance is dead 😳🙄🙄😇😂

Hannah192 · 14/04/2019 12:21

@Jessikka 😂😂🙈 what a keeper!

I’ve just done my opk and this looks more negative than yesterday 🤔 I’ll do another this evening to see if there’s any difference

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ValidUser · 14/04/2019 12:39

Thanks @FlapJackered. Still only 9dpo. Intrigued by my lack of the usual sore boobs!

MrsR16 · 14/04/2019 13:29

@FlapJackered yeah, I'm alright thanks lovely! Giving everything a miss this month, as I'm managing to convince myself that I'll never be able to conceive... that's why I've been super quiet on here. I've barely even logged symptoms this month!

@MrsEG I was so sorry to read your news ❤️ I hope you're treating yourself well!

KatBeCool · 14/04/2019 13:36

@FlapJackered I'm ok, just on a boring side of ttc. Taking Clomid again, double dose this time. And it's so bitter! Definitely start peeing on sticks, ewcm is telling you that you're "ready to receive" 😂

Fivebyfive2 · 14/04/2019 16:54

Had mum and dad over for Sunday lunch, very nice! They provided the cake for pud.. Good job we dtd yesterday as we can't move now!! 🙂

Hannah192 · 14/04/2019 16:57

This is more like it!!! So sad that just a positive opk makes me excited!

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend 😊

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starkid · 14/04/2019 18:13

@Hannah192 - definitely a positive! happy baby-dancing Grin

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orangeloo · 14/04/2019 18:21

@Fivebyfive2 thank you. Wedding was better and expected. Only My SIL asked me if we were trying which I'm not bothered about. I said we were as didn't feel the need for secrecy my mum and sis know so thought it's no problem if my bro and SIL know really. She told me they'd thought about it and her mum had bought her OPK's. I'd love another baby in the fam and would be over the moon for them I just hope it's me first or with them. Fingers crossed.

CD14 hope Ov is not today, don't think it is. DP home tomorrow so we can BD yaaayyy

Tropicana1 · 14/04/2019 18:37

@Hannah192 woo!! That's a definite positive 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Lottiepink · 14/04/2019 19:57

Hi everyone,
AF arrived this afternoon... feel so stupid as I've symptom spotted and had so many different ones this cycle (such sore nipples, heartburn, queasiness etc) Totally gutted, but what can I do 🤷🏻‍♀️😫
Glass of wine or 2 to ease the pain I suppose.
Hope you've all had a lovely weekend 😊

@MrsEG omg that would be amazing , cut out the stressing !!

@FlapJackered hopefully you will find a way.. how unfortunate tho 🙈🙈😂

@Fivebyfive2 hope the opk testing goes well 😊

@Hannah192 that 100% is one 😊 happy bd'ing 😆😆

@orangeloo pleased the wedding went well, it's always hard to know when to tell people etc, i have told a few close friends but no family. Regretting it now as we are up to the year, and going to probs gonna go to the docs, so it will all have to come out 😕😕

granddesigns · 14/04/2019 21:19

Hi all - losing the plot a bit here and looking for some words of sense! I had some tests last year and got a clean bill of reproductive health (not ttc related but everything works fine and nothing bad going on etc). Fast forward to starting ttc in November/December this year- still here on cycle 5/6 depending on who you believe. Have been doing opks and this month smep. Really hoped this might be it, still could be I guess but here we are 11dpo and think I've spotted the tell tale yellowing of cm, usually signifies af imminent. Boobs very tender this last week l, af due Wednesday (probably Tuesday!) and stupidly did an internet cheaply earlier - nothing. Think the big thing in my mind is that if this isn't the month we are into 2020 - when we first started discussing ttc 2020 was miles off.... don't know what I'm saying or asking really except feeling a bit flat and teary. Wishing you all well but struggling to heed my own advice and rational thoughts!

Lottiepink · 14/04/2019 22:21

@granddesigns snap...
It's so bloody awful! Really thought this was our time, but it seems not with af showing up...
sooo annoying, genuinely could have cried 😕😕

Hope you are ok 😘

FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 23:01

@MrsR16 I know how you're feeling but don't give up! It will happen for you I am sure, it is just taking us a bit longer for some reason. It doesn't hurt to have a little break from the ttc madness though so I do understand!

@Tropicana1 fingers crossed you get a positive opk sooon!

@Hannah192 I think we're going to need to be creative with our timing and location as the house is going to be full of family 🤦🏼‍♀️ there is a barn in the garden though! 😂

@MrsEG I have heard that only 1% of women have 3 or more miscarriages so that should be really encouraging that it is really unlikely to happen again. I know that doesn't stop the worry though. It shows amazing strength of character to be able to pick yourself up a second time and have so much positivity. ❤️

@Fivebyfive2 I think I am going to start testing tomorrow morning. Cm is now watery so I think it's probably just a random day, now going to brace myself to join you on the flashing smileys!

@granddesigns sorry you're feeling so down. I think a lot of us feel the same about the transition to 2020. It is hard, but I am trying to tell myself it is actually pretty cool to be born in 2020 and it makes working out their age easier! 😂

@Lottiepink so sorry for AF, it is so frustrating when the symptoms are lying. Enjoy your wine and be kind to yourself. X

FlapJackered · 14/04/2019 23:03

@KatBeCool double dosing! I didn't know you can do that, that is great. I hope it is third time lucky for you! X

KatBeCool · 15/04/2019 05:58

@FlapJackered they normally start people off with 50mg, if that didn't work, then 100mg, and, rarely, even 150mg. Hoping for some extra good eggs!