TTC First Baby Thread 19

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Filling up fast!

@1990shopefulftm
@Alltheusersnamesaregone
@cupcakesandglitter
@starkid
@Dollywilde
@ELW85
@FlapJackered
@ImMeantToBeWorking
@LikeTheFruit
@orangeloo
@MrsEG
@MrsH497

I'm sure I've forgotten some. I'll tag more!

Unless the lunchtime yoga did it?

@MrsEG - thank you for your consistently lovely and supportive messages :)
Sorry to hear about your ex-colleague; it bewilders me how quickly some people can conceive but I’m sending you all of the positive vibes for you tomorrow, and then it’ll be your turn for a sticky BFP!

@purplefig - you’re totally right about changing one thing a cycle; very wise advice!
I hope you’re feeling better about your temps now, albeit you’ve got a weird ache to contend with! I’ve still got a good feeling for you this cycle :)

@LokiCat - thank you so much, lovely and for all of your kind messages! I try to be as positive as possible, but find it SO easier to be positive for other people (as opposed to myself!)

@MrsH497 - those are gorgeous flowers, and very much deserved. Sorry work aren’t behaving as you’d expect. Hopefully they’re just figuring out a good time to talk to you x

Not long in from Edinburgh and after making a stir fry, DH surprised me with a Kinder munch box (didn’t know they existed!!) I couldn’t eat much of it, and am now languishing on the sofa feeling too fat to do anything 🤢

@Starkid - I’ve just read something on a surge in Estrogen before O (and your LH surge) being the root cause of EWCM, if that’s helpful?

I read about it as EWCM has made an appearance for me today but we DTD this morning, so trying to figure out whether to go for it again?!

@MrsEG howwwwwling 😂😂😂

@MrsEG aww fab thank you for the reassurance! That defiantly won't be a problem as I have weight to lose, been trying for a long time and lost nearly 3 stone, so this was the next chapter - stepping it up 💪
Ahh bless you, hope you feel better after getting the appointment out of the way. Hope it all goes well 😊
Ahh the colleague pregnancy situation is so frustrating, happened to a friend of mine too 😫

@Larrydavid aww congratulations, that's lovely 😄 hope the wedding planning goes well! If it was me, I would postpone, or wait until you have had a baby then do it all if you thought you could. But that's just me. I loved my wedding day, and I also loved the champers 🙊🤣 I do both, a mixture of weights twice a week, a spin class, then cardio mixed with kettlebells twice a week (usually)

@FlapJackered haha love the nurses advice, I hope if it was me, and the opposite side of the scale, they would allow me a foot off 🤣🤣

@ValidUser also 5dpo and also a numb/tingly bum, pretty sure it's from the kettle bells this morning, and I may not get out of bed tomorrow 😂😂

@starkid I ov'd cd19 my ewcm ended a few days before this, but there was still some there. Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing!

Sorry for the very long post 🙈

@Lottiepink we love long posts!

May our bottoms tingle and our uteruses produce.

@ValidUser with you on that one 👏🏻🙌 fingers crossed!

@lottiepink- thanks for reassurance, still trying to dtd every other day but getting tired 😂 and my left ovary hurt during sex? 🤔 So confused this cycle!

Just discovering the beauty of an FF chart.

@ValidUser - that is a strong temp rise; nice!!

@ValidUser they are truly beautiful when they are going the right direction! Fly high little temperatures, fly high!

Thanks @LokiCat - I know it seems a bit unreasonable but I do understand they need a way of measuring it. I think ankle weights are going to be the winner!
Well done on the fruit! I often go on a health kick but loads of fruit and veg and then realise there is no way I will eat it all before it goes off so I then get lots of very weird smoothies combinations 😂

@purplefig Good to see you are going as nuts as me this cycle! I just googled 'dry mouth pregnancy symptom!' 🤦🏼‍♀️ every month I say I won't symptom spot!
How are you feeling? I was desperate to test this morning but managed to convince myself to delay the bfn until tomorrow. Stay in the hope zone!

@Marleym28 weights in the knickers 😂 I love it! Well if it worked for her I am all for it! 😂

@MrsH497 wow that DH of yours is a keeper! They are lovely. Sorry you have had a tough time with work not supporting you fully. It is so hard but as the others have said I think it is people just not knowing what to say. I do think it's hard for people to know how someone who has gone through a mc wants to deal with it. I didn't want to talk about the mc for a while afterwards I found it really hard, so I just wanted to throw myself into work. (I did realise quite quickly that was a bad idea when I did everything wrong!) xx

@Lottiepink 😂😂
How are you lovely? Where are you in your cycle now?

@ValidUser nice chart 😏

@FlapJackered yeah after a light and breezy first half I've gone full on batshit. Keep waking super early thinking it's temp time. Doh.

Speaking of which - its back up again! But another unreliable temp as woke an hour early. Grrrrrr. So soooo tempted to test this AM but holding off until tomorrow. V impressed with my resolve, won't lie.

@purplefig ME TOO! 😂 I woke up at 2am put my thermometer in my mouth, then looked at the clock 🙈😂
I don't think an hour early will make much difference. If anything it's likely to get higher an hour later which is a great sign! Don't want to increase the agony for you but your chart looks really promising! Fingers crossed we both wake up (super early 🙄) to bfps tomorrow!

@FlapJackered HAHAHAHA oh I'm so glad we all have each other. It makes me feel so much more normal!! 2am?!?!? Oh mate!! 😭😴 I also woke at some indeterminate time and took my temp...need to get an alarm clock. Fingers crossed for us both tomorrow!! Am I right in thinking AF unlikely today if temps are still high? Thanks for the good vibes...no agony increased! ❤️ what test have you got? I've only got ICs but so tempted to get a FRER. I've never used one (🙀) which is surely some gross violation of participating in this thread 😂

@purplefig never used a frer? Well you haven't lived! 😂 You have probably saved a lot of money over the months!
I have got a cupboard FULL of frers as I went a bit mad on amazon when they were on offer.
With my chart I can guarantee af won't turn up if my temp is high, which on its own is quite nice to know! 🤞🏻👯

@FlapJackered I know right....am I even TTC?! I must be initiated!! Ooo that is interesting - hope its the same for me that would be super useful info to know. Have you got a good day of distraction lined up? I've got a few work deadlines + guests down for the weekend so need to go food shopping etc.

Morning ladies!

@FlapJackered haha yeah DH came up from his night shift and saw the fruit bowl and then the fridge drawer completely filled, just shook his head and continued rummaging in the fridge. This was me > 😬

Your chart is looking good @purplefig! Fingers crossed for you both tomorrow!!

@MrsEG Good luck again for your appointment today!

@ELW85 kinder munch box sounds so good! Sometimes their surprises can be so damaging 😂 I hope you get your positive opk today!

I think I'm getting slight hay fever this year.. can't stop sneezing and feel sniffly. Hope it doesn't get worse!
5dpo today (I think) and temp is slowly rising. Just praying to the BBT gods that it continues!

Have a good day all xx

@FlapJackered @purplefig Very excited for you both tomorrow ladies 🤞🏻 If you have Amazon Prime FRERs are always much cheaper on there! Not that this has stopped me spending a small mortgage-worth of ££ on them over the last 10 months...

@LokiCat Thank you lovely. Was so nervous last night; I don’t know why, fear of the unknown I guess? I’ve always and hay fever and it’s bloody awful; try to keep your windows closed at home and don’t dry your bedsheets on the line outside!

@LokiCat thanks lovely. So annoying about hay fever - can you take antihistamines while ttc? Fingers crossed you get a nice sexy chart rise 🤞🏼

@MrsEG did you sleep ok? After going on about that hypnosis to you I used it last night and crashed about 5 minutes in. All the best for today. I'll be thinking of you - keep us posted ❤️

@MrsEG cross post!! Thanks...just hoping AF doesn't show up. But either way, if nothing tomorrow and no bfp I'll just be happy I have a 'normal' LP. Oooo pro tip re: prime.

@purplefig I knew I was worried so used all my ‘top tips’, had a hot bath right before bed, put my phone well away from the bed, read a few chapters of my book. Was out like a light.

It’s a win-win then!! If you google BBT BFP charts (as I did obsessively when using Ava) you’ll see that the LP temps vary soooo so much for different people. Mine looked nothing like the ones I could see on Google! But as far as I know with my limited knowledge - if your temp is staying above the cover line AF won’t arrive 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Morning all - hope you are all ok, I'm trying to be a bit more rational in the tww at the moment so sipping in and out of the thread. However have booked out fertility mot for next week and af is due in 6 days according to glow.... boobs are very sore but seem to have been increasingly this way since starting ttc.... cd22 today and ic is bfn as expected. Any thoughts on when I could trust it to give a strong indicator that this cycle hasn't been successful, only because if I needed to cancel won't need to pay for appt if more than 48 hours notice given. Pretty sure though she will arrive midday on day of appointment next week! Hopefully we will get some info or answers or reassurance to keep going and all ok - either way I think it will reduce the stress and impact on my wellbeing for the better! Good luck to those waiting to test imminently - hope the weekend brings positive news!

@MrsEG oh I'm so glad you got a good nights sleep! A hot bath is a good one. Have you ever used Epsom salts? I swear they always make me extra drowsy. Ooo that is good news for my LP then. It's nice to have a silver lining to not getting a BFP (though I'm sure I'll still weep 😂) . What time is your appointment at?

@granddesigns not 10000% sure what you're asking but didn't want to read and run! Do you mean when are you likely to get a conclusive bfp / bfn? I think unfortunately it really varies person to person. Some people get squinters at 8dpo, others don't get a positive until after AF was due.