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TTC First Baby - Thread 16!!

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Fivebyfive2 · 19/04/2019 08:39

Hi all, thought as it's Bank Holiday and thread 15 was 900 plus I'd start a new one, hope that's OK??

Copying tags from when @starkid updated them all the other day.

Hope this works as I've not created a thread before!!

@Jessikka - 28 Cycle 4
@starkid - 29 Cycle 8
@MrsAW2018 - 24 Cycle 10
@TTC34 - 34 Cycle 3
@19Bee2 - 27 Cycle 2
@MrsH497 - 32 Cycle 5
@MrsR16 - 26 Cycle 9
@Lola871 - 31 Cycle 3
@ValidUser - 29 Cycle 1
@DayDreamer1707 - 28 Cycle 6
@Flapjackered - 31 Cycle 10
@DuchessofPemberley - 32 Cycle 7
@KittieKath - 34 Cycle 6
@KatBeCool - 40 Cycle 11
@MrsMcNtobe - Cycle 6
@BabySquid - 29 Cycle 11
@Sleepyquest - 28 Cycle 2
@Granddesigns - 32 cycle 5
@Catlady31 - 31 cycle 1
@LikeTheFruit - 30 cycle 4
@Jooloo11 - 32 Cycle 3
@Daisiesandpeonies - Cycle 11
@LuckyPenguin - 34 Cycle 3
@Lizzie198 - 30 Cycle 2
@Rachel59pink - 26 Cycle 1
@Orangeloo - 31 Cycle 4
@Lemonysherbet - 31 Cycle ?
@NKB88 - Cycle 2
@Wildrabbit - Cycle 2
@Essjayycee - Cycle 1
@Hannah192 - Cycle 4
@LoMoon - Cycle 6
@Hiddenfigure - Cycle 1
@Jc88146 - Cycle 18
@Kay98 - Cycle 16
@Lottiepink - 29 Cycle 13
@Bec18x - Cycle 4
@Soda123x - 32 Cycle 2
@Aimingfor2019 - 28 Cycle 3
@Lifesforlivingandloving - 32 Cycle 1
@MotherOfShihTzus - 33 Cycle 14
@Cupcakesandglitter - 23 cycle 11
@Baby01988 - 30 Cycle 5
@Pinksunset1 - 28 cycle 4
@TonightJosephine - cycle 1
@Toobies1 - 30 Cycle 5
@Blackfriars - Cycle 4
@rosehm 28 - Cycle 1
@SophWolf - Cycle 1
@Thosethreewords - Cycle 4
@Fivebyfive2 - 30 Cycle 9
@SunnyL88 - 30 Cycle 9
@rose555 - 32 Cycle 4
@Chembecky - 32 Cycle 2
@AysLon - 31 Cycle 2
@SunStruck - 35 Cycle 2
@dahlia123 - 32 Cycle 4
@LokiCat - 28 Cycle 6
@TrulyMiss - 30 Cycle 1
@SSC92 - Cycle 1
@Bacchant - Cycle 2
@Headswim - 36 Cycle 4
@Lemurville - 32 Cycle 5
@Tropicana1 - 28 Cycle 1
@McHelenz - 30 Cycle 1

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Jessikka · 24/04/2019 15:23

I'm due AF this week I think.

My cycles have varied from 23-27 days and I'm currently day 22 with ZERO AF signs. Still thick creamy Cm and hardly any cramps 🤷🏼‍♀️ so I doubt it's on the shorter end anymore. It must be lengthening.

Who knows 🙈

KatBeCool · 24/04/2019 16:19

Do all of you "feel" when you ovulate? Or experience any sort of cramping, or pain?

Normally, I get a good number or cramps, and twinging, and, as odd as it sounds, my stomach gets itchy a couple days before ovulation (not a rash, it's always like the clock, happens only just before I ovulate). But this cycle there's nothing. I don't feel anything at all. So I'm worried I didn't ovulate despite the positive opk. Of course, I'm too impatient to wait for three days to see if my temp goes up.

Hannah192 · 24/04/2019 17:12

Hello everyone - just checking in on the new thread!
I’m 10dpo today. Feel bloated but I think that’s just one too many Easter eggs 🤷🏻‍♀️
AF is due on Saturday. I’m going out Saturday evening so I think if I don’t have AF by the morning I will test so I know whether I can have a drink or not!
Hope you’re all well x

MrsEG · 24/04/2019 17:24

@Jessikka Apparently it’s a good thing if your LMP is on the longer side (gives eggs longer to implant) so FX for BFP but if not, at least that’s also a good thing :)

@KatBeCool No, nothing. I wish I did!! I barely get any EWCM. If it wasn’t for my two MCs I’d sometimes wonder if I was ovulating at all!! I wish I could just stick a microscope up there sometimes and see what’s going on!

@Hannah192 Sounds good - you'll either be so happy you wont even miss the booze or you can drown your sorrows at the weekend!!!

Hannah192 · 24/04/2019 17:29

@MrsEG my thoughts exactly!! 🤞🏼

Fivebyfive2 · 24/04/2019 17:51

Hi all, what a day! My work wife is off this week so work is extra busy... Keeps me distracted from The Wait though!!

Not gonna reply to all, but a few things to add to today's discussions...

Sometimes I get ov symptoms, little cramps mostly, but rarely notice cm, unless it is randomly more prominent one month!! I need the faces!!

We tried the Flip a few times, it has worked once or twice but when it doesn't... Yeah, big mess!! Funny though!!

I definitely need to chill... Had two 'pregnant' dreams in two nights. One where a girl who I hated at school got pregnant and was moaning about it (woke up really annoyed?!) and another where I was on the loo, clearly on my period, doing pregnancy tests anyway?! So yes.. Chill pill required I think!!

It's weird how many of us are around similar points in our cycles now... Maybe we're like the nuns who all sync up due to close proximity?!! 🤔😂

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FlapJackered · 24/04/2019 18:03

How many positive IC opks do you ladies normally get? I got my first positive last night and tested this morning and lunch and just now (I know - poas madness!) and it is still positive, which is more that I normally get? 🤔

@Tropicana1 @LokiCat @cupcakesandglitter it was 'the flip' this morning and it was messy!! 😂😂😂 Just hoping some of it got where it needed to go!

@starkid in that case I would definitely put some pressure on them!

@KatBeCool I normally feel some twinges and cramps on the day of ovulation but not always and I have always had the temp rise to confirm. I think you probably have. Have you had any kind of temp rise yet?

LokiCat · 24/04/2019 18:07

Haha you ladies are brilliant! Didn't realise so many would have attempted 'the flip' 😂😂

@KatBeCool I've not really felt when I've ovulated. Last cycle I had an insane amount of EWCM though! If I've had ov symptoms then I don't think I've put the two and two together tbh..

Cheyanne101 · 24/04/2019 18:12

Hi all! So nice to have people to chat to here...
It was our first time TTC last week (thursday the 18th) i feel AF is on the way but im feeling the slightest bit nausous so i took a test which i knew would be negative as i havnt quite learned to pin point my ovulation yet!! So the test i did was a clearblue and it appears the control window did not work for me and also means the test probably didnt work right anyway, but the test still reads negative so im guessing i can take its word for it as it looks pretty sure lol!

Just wondering if this has happend anybody and would you bother retesting if you were me? Sorry to sound stupid given it clearly states negative GrinSmile

TTC First Baby - Thread 16!!
Tropicana1 · 24/04/2019 19:17

@KatBeCool I definitely get some cramping and pain that feels like where my ovaries are, maybe for a few days mid cycle so not sure it's definitely ovulation pain - but it's around the right time and feels how I would expect if that makes sense. Not sure I can actually pinpoint ov day based on it though as it does last a couple of days.

@Hannah192 fingers crossed for you testing on Saturday!

@MrsEG I barely get any EWCM either. I'm sure I got more for the first month of taking pregnacare but it's gone back to bugger all now it's been a few months

@FlapJackered I got 3 positives with cheapies (all on the same day 😂) they got a bit lighter then next day so I stopped testing

@Fivebyfive2 Haha all synced up through the internet 😂

Tropicana1 · 24/04/2019 19:20

@Cheyanne101 if the control line hasn't come up then the test is invalid and you should consider testing again if you're late for AF. If you're not late yet you should use an FRER as they're more sensitive

Cheyanne101 · 24/04/2019 19:35

Great! Thanks for the info!

KatBeCool · 24/04/2019 19:47

@FlapJackered most of the cycles, I'd get at least 1.5 days worth of positive opks, testing every 6-8 hours. That's what prompted me to search if you can ovulate during the surge, since it's so long. Yesterday my temp dipped low, today it was at cover line, so it's too soon to know if I ovulated, tomorrow will be more telling, fx.

@MrsEG I usually get noticeable ewcm for several days before and after I ovulate, but this cycle it happened only on Monday (second day of positive opk). Stupid confusing body!

McHelenz · 24/04/2019 20:50

What would you guys do? Period due the 7th, Got plans to go out drinking on the 4th. Take a test on the morning of the 4th just to rule anything out? Or just go out and enjoy then wait for a late period?

Lola871 · 24/04/2019 21:05

@McHelenz I'd just go out and enjoy it, as far as I know it'd be too early to cause any problems if you were pregnant! Too early to be confident in a negative test anyway.

Keyboard91 · 24/04/2019 21:10

Laughing at ‘the flip’!

First day back at school today. I’m shattered. Massive headache (have had them for last 3 days). Just feel generally under the weather. And can’t work out if I’m just fat after 3 weeks holiday that included Easter or bloated. Eurgh!

Top it off, DP is a gamer who goes online 2 times a week at present, and has announced he is online tonight (I knew about) and that he wants to go on tomorrow night. So I’m led in bed, alone, feeling exhausted and fat and annoyed at him. Grr! #needyandhormonal

McHelenz · 24/04/2019 21:20

@lola871 too early even with a FRER?

Lola871 · 24/04/2019 21:29

@McHelenz I'm certainly no expert but I'm under the impression that not everyone pregnant would get a positive 3 days before AF is due, even with an FRER. Of course if you want to test early then do! Lots of people get their BFP early on here 😄

So I guess what I mean is if it was a BFP 3 days early then awesome, but if it were BFN you wouldn't 100% be out if you see what I mean.

McHelenz · 24/04/2019 21:38

@lola871 Ah I get you!

Tropicana1 · 24/04/2019 23:02

@Keyboard91 ahh I know how you feel! DH isn't a gamer but he does regularly stay up late working and I haaaate going to bed on my own and him coming up at whatever time when I've probably already fallen asleep!

Dollywilde · 25/04/2019 00:24

Loving the chat about the Flip! Grin

Cd 29 here and no AF to speak of... it’s also my 30th birthday! (Or was before midnight!) DH went out for a wildly decadent dinner. Can’t help but hope it’s my last mega one before BFP.

As I say no AF to speak of and only symptoms are hot nipples? My cervix is sitting very high though so I’m hopeful for a late present at the weekend. Trying not to get hopes up though, particularly since it’s our first real cycle of trying.

Dollywilde · 25/04/2019 00:25

@keyboard91 feel your pain - bloated or pregnant could literally be my username right now!

Lola871 · 25/04/2019 07:27

Well that's me out for the month! After my last 5 cycles all being around 35, this one was 29 days..... So I guess I'm joining the irregular cycles club! Obviously makes it harder to time DTD. A bit frustrating.

Keyboard91 · 25/04/2019 07:39

@Tropicana1 I know! He woke me up getting into bed at midnight and it takes me AGES to fall asleep

@Dollywilde I think they could write a book with that title! Also, happy birthday for yesterday ❤️

CD 21, I have 27 day ish cycles so due on the 1st May. DP obliged when I decided I needed to DTD at 5:30 this morning 🙈🙊 when we were ‘finished’ he continued to kneel there squishing my boobs and announced they felt different! So he’s now a boob squishier ;) ive had an off tummy the last 18 hours, don’t feel nauseous but I don’t not feel nauseous... if that makes sense? Nipples are tingly on and off. Boobs are fuller (noticed by me also). Get random things happen on and off but not regular enough to say they were a symptom. 6/7 days until I’ll test. I’m starting to become a bit anxious if I am because it could result in loss #3 :/

FlapJackered · 25/04/2019 07:52

🙈 temperature hasn't gone up so sex again this morning, not sure I can look at DHs cock again for a while. 😂 I am going to be waddling around today. Those threat syringes I bought are starting to look quite appealing if it doesn't go up tomorrow! 😂😂

@Tropicana1 @Keyboard91 I never go to bed with my DH as he is a night owl. He also plays video games until stupid o'clock. 🙄

@KatBeCool has your temp gone up this morning?

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