May bus

[Paddypaws91]

Hi everyone 👋

Can't see a May bus, so thought I'd start one up!

A little bit about me...

TTC: #1
Age: 28
Cycle: 5
CD: 5
AF/BFP due: 10th May

This cycle I'm making a real effort to take my pre-conception vitamins EVERY day and going to use Pre-seed this cycle too.

Come on in and share your stories, symptoms and if needed, vent to your heart's content...

[Paddypaws91]

Hey @MountAbora don't apologise for ranting, this is a safe space 😌 I have no advice on OPKs I'm afraid, never used them myself. Others may have some words of wisdom though?

Hi @Michellebops good luck with your scan next week 🤞🏼 really sorry about your MMC. Have the docs recommended any suitable vitamins/diet plan for you to boost the B12 deficiency?

[Michellebops]

Thanks @Paddypaws91

I have b12 tablets to take.

My diet is probably the healthiest it's ever been. Lost 1.5 stone on SlimmingWorld since new year.

Just need to cross fingers (and everything else)

[Paddypaws91]

@Michellebops well fingers crossed for you. losing 1.5 stone since new year is a massive achievement! 👏🏼

[Michellebops]

Thank you. Hoping for another half done for my holidays next month 🤞

[MeganMama28]

Hey,
Thanks @Paddypaws91 for starting this thread! Would love to hop on the May bus, like @Morningchorus this is my first bus (as well as my first post!)

TTC: #1
Age: 28
Cycle: 1
CD: 13
AF/BFP due: 1st May

A few more firsts in there too - just about made the May bus! I've been using clearblue and had 4 days of flashing smileys and had my first static smiley today which is pretty exciting! We've been DTD for 5 days straight (I'm currently propped up on a pillow hoping gravity will help hahaa)

I've also been taking folic acid, vitamin D and B12 and using preseed. Any tips would be fantastic as I'm such a newbie! I know it's pretty unlikely it will happen first time but doing everything I can. Hope lots of us will have BFPs in the coming weeks!

[Paddypaws91]

Welcome @MeganMama28 !

Don't have any more tips I'm afraid, I'm all new to this too, sounds like you're doing everything right ☺️ good luck!

Fingers crossed you're our first BFP on this thread 🤞🏼

[Renault5]

@MeganMama28 omg so exciting !!! I hope it is your month for your BFP! Let us know how is it going on the next week...

[MeganMama28]

@Paddypaws91 I hope so! 🤞

@Renault5 thank you, will do 😊 very exciting but also surreal to be starting this journey!

Great to have your support ladies, feeling a bit nervous!

[MrsVict]

Morning All,

Hopping on as AF showed up this morning :(

TTC #1
Cycle 2
CD 1
Age 30

I've had my cry and a mope that last month didn't work but now focusing on a positive second cycle. Prepped with my OPKs and BBT thermometer arriving today.

Good luck everyone :)

[Paddypaws91]

Welcome @MrsVict

Ooh exciting you have your thermometer arriving today (I find that exciting anyway).

If I'm not successful this cycle, I'm going to start temping on the next cycle. Let us know how you get on ☺️

[Okready]

Hi all,
Hopping on for May too .
About me:
TTC: #1
Age: 38
Cycle: 5
CD: 4
AF due: 9th May

Was really gutted when AF arrived on Saturday. Had been on what felt like a very lucky thread last month with lots of BFPs, except for me :( It's hard because you are happy for people that get them but also gutted for myself. And like others have said, soooo many people seem to be announcing pregnancy and having babies at the moment. Aarrgghh! Anyway, moving on, it will be us this month.

Good luck to everyone. Looking forward to sharing this crazy journey
X

[Renault5]

@Okready welcome! I was gutted too got my af Saturday as well.

But I am really positive this month ! I bought some preseed see if that helps a little !

I am really hopping for a BFP this month for us all ;) let us know how you get on!

[Okready]

Thanks @Renault5. Am trying Pregnacare for the first time as someone in the last thread was taking it and got a BFP, so obviously that means I will as well ....if only it were that simple.

[Paddypaws91]

@Okready mentioning Pregnacare has reminded me to take mine! Don't know why it's so difficult remembering to take one every day, used to take the pill every day no problem at all 😂

[MeganMama28]

I put my vitamins next to the coffee which has helped me to remember to take them in the morning! My sister used to put them next to her car keys so she'd remember to take them before she left the house haha it sounds crazy but it worked x

[Paddypaws91]

@MeganMama28 that's actually a really good idea. At the moment I'm taking them with my dinner because you're supposed to take them on a full stomach and I never eat a lot in the morning, maybe I could put them in the cutlery drawer or something 🤔😂

My best friend gave birth to her baby boy yesterday, we always talked about getting pregnant together, so I'm really ready to be pregnant now!!

[Paddypaws91]

My last post was worded weirdly 🙈! When I say planning on being pregnant together, I mean we both knew we wanted children and said how amazing it would be if we were pregnant at the same time...

I was married a year before she got married (nearly married 3 years) and so everyone in our friendship group assumed I would be first to have a baby (and people like to remind me of that) just kicking myself for not trying earlier 😞

[Renault5]

@Paddypaws91 don t bit yourself up even if it is hard and I do the same sometimes! What you need to remind yourself is IT WILL HAPPEN ! It is just taking a little longer then expected but it will and you do everything you can for making it happened so no reason for you to not get pregnant ! And it might happen this month actually next week right ? I think your ovulation is same time as me?! . I cannot wait for next week although I got a bit of a sore throat and hope it will clear before the week end ....

[MrsVict]

@Paddypaws91 I think the thermometer is exciting too. I got some strange looks from DH this morning when I excitedly work up to temp :) I'll let you know how it goes, hopefully it'll end in a BFP!

I completely get the "why did I wait 'til now" frustration. Had I known the minefield of TTC I wouldn't had stayed on the contraceptive implant for over ten years and would have made sure I understood my cycle and ovulating etc a long time ago.

Any else feel really naive coming into this?

[Renault5]

@MrsVict yes I feel very naive and I think my husband feel even more naive as he always been : "anyone can have babies it is nothing wow about it" and I think having his daughter when he was young and not planned never crossed his mind that it would be an issue for us. I have not tried the temperature check but I might next month if I don't have my BFP this month;) let me know how you getting on !!

I am so happy to be part of this conversation as it does help me to be with people that can understand the frustration, excitement, désappointement ....

[MrsVict]

@Renault5 it feels crazy doesn't it that we spend so long trying to prevent pregnancy that you assume when you want it to happen it just will! Oh well. All we can do is try to be as proactive as possible and control what we can I guess.

Fingers crossed for your BFP this month so you don't need to add temping to the list of things to track every month

I'm so glad to have people to talk to too. We aren't telling people that we are TTC so it's great to have somewhere to ask the silly questions and share the journey with.

[McHelenz]

Got a flashy smiley this morning. OH is feeling a bit pressured for sex so I'm just hoping he will be up for it this weekend. First month of trying is not going well 😭

[MountAbora]

@McHelenz go you with your smiley face but I feel your pain as my partner is the same, he seems less inclined to DTD now we ttc due to the pressure.
I’m trying to not mention OPKs etc too much in the hope it will help!
Fingers crossed for you

[tisonlymeagain]

Waiting to ovulate here. CD14, no flashy smiley or otherwise today but a light line showing on my other OPK so I am hoping that this means something is going in the right direction? Not sure when based on this I should actually expect to ovulate?