Anyone starting the TWW #2

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Hey ladies, has anyone started a new thread? If so, link it for me and if not here it is!

@Laur89 @Ellsbells112 @Robbo93 @Lauren3118 @Anny27 @Gems7 @Happymumma29 not sure if I missed anyone!

@anny27 yeah! They have herbal teas too, like I take dong quai which is a supplement and it helps to circulate blood around the womb. Let me tell you it works, I was taking too much for like a week and I felt my womb contracting it was crazy! Anyway now I take the correct amount, one pill after period to ovulation then stop. I just had my smear and the doc said my cervix looks very healthy maybe it helped! Also reflexology? I've heard that's good too. I had acupuncture the needles aren't scary and I'm scared of needles you don't feel them going in its fine.

I had a friend who had 4 cp in a row, she got cupping done and I kid you not she showed me the pictures of a massive blood clot that came out of her back!!! I was like woooooow!! Low and behold she got pregnant first go after that! (she didn't have sex for a few months but when she did she fell from one go)
I'm going to look into it myself now

How are you feeling in the tww @Missgoldilocks ?

I am not gonna do any vitamins or things this month but potentially if we don't catch this month i will!

@Annny27 well 1dpo and 2dpo I was pretty down because I just thought it's not going to happen again and I've been eating everything for gods sake. I feel OK now at 5dpo but I'm just at that stage where I want to feel something to confirm if I am 😭😭 I just have this gut feeling that it's not going to happen naturally for me but it could just be anxiety talking. How are you? Xx

@missgoldilocks yeah I find 3dpo-9dpo I am pretty hopeful and then it's downhill haha. am okay, I always felt REALLY shit on cd1, crying and wallowing haha. But then as period nears to an end I am looking forward to fertile week.

I am trying to tell myself I am only 28 and I have plenty of time but it doesn't help when you want a baby NOW sort of thing haha!

Told my husband we are gonna have sex on our dining room chair because we have had such "ttc boring sex" the past few months 🤣

@gems7 @robbo93 any sign of your periods girls?

@anny27 😂😂😂😂😂 I love that!! We've been going around empty houses for viewings and a few times I was like dammit I wish it was fertile week I'd fuck you on this dining table right here right now! Then the balcony woohoo I love a new place to have sex hahahaha alas I'm not fertile though lol maybe pregnant, pray for me!!!!! 😬😬😬😬😬😬

If I'm not, I'm not having sex until fertile week comes round again so we have a good month of building sexual energy because we are both burnt out lol

@missgoldilocks fingers crossed for you!!! Because my ovulation can vary a bit I have to start having sex cd7 so we don't miss it incase it happens early on cd12 like it has some months haha

how are you all doing girls? @Gems7 @Missgoldilocks @PrettyTulip

Cd6 for me so probably start dtd tomorrow haha

@anny27 hey girl, how are you? I'm not good honestly, 8dpo and my pre af cramps have started like clock work. I just feel defeated and me and oh are just arguing and stressed it's all just shit right now and I don't have the energy

@missgoldilocks oh its just the worst when you notice signs that mean your period might be on the way :( I think its actually worse than your period arriving :(

Let's hops she stays away though! Ttc is the worst time :(

@Missgoldilocks sorry you're feeling like this again, there are no words it's just really unfair.
@Annny27 nearly time for you to start DTD then... of the joys eh! It's not fun is it 😴
I was hoping AF would come this past weekend, I was bloated and had cramps weds/thurs which was a sure sign... she didn't... BUT yesterday when I wiped I had light brown discharge... and this morning too and there was a tiny bit of red in with the brown.. so fingers crossed she comes today!! Just over 4 weeks now since my surgery

Xx

Morning ladies. I've just read through the entire thread though I'm new to the forum. 18 months ttc. This month used the clear blue digital advanced ovulation kit. 8dpo. Woke up with the worst sensitive teeth this morning. I'm so bad for symptom spotting but for some reason I think that's a positive sign after googling ha! I've been feeling really defeated recently. A friends starting to ttc and I know she'll catch before me. I don't want to feel jealous but I know I will! Xx

@Vea1601 we all know how that feels hun don't worry. My sister caught really quickly before me. It's really tough. I was using the clearblue digital advance OPKs also before my MC and I have some in the cupboard ready and waiting to use again next cycle. Good luck to you this month xx

AF is officially here 🎉
She came yesterday, 4 weeks and 2 days after my surgery so hopefully my cycles will get back to normal quickly.
CD2 today, I am back in the game ladies! Xx

@gems7 yep dtd isn't as exciting and fun as it used to be haha! Oh I am glad your period has arrived, I know the feeling of relief ot your cycle coming back!!

@Vea1601 sorry you find yourself here for the long run as well! We came off contraception in June 2019 and s few friends have fallen pregnant since 🙄

@Annny27 yep. December 2018 I had my implant out and started ttc in January 2019. I work as a nurse - lots of family planning. And see ltos of people falling pregnant at the drop of a hat. Whilst taking the pill etc. Baffles me how I can't fall pregnant dtd all the time no contraception. And someone can get so 'lucky' doing it once whilst in the pill!

@Vea1601 I am concerned that I am turning bitter haha. When someone announces a first month try pregnancy I am like 🙄🙄🤣🤣

@Gems7 how's AF? Lighter or heavier than usual?

@PrettyTulip any sign?

@Missgoldilocks any sign of AF?

@Annny27 hello lovely.
Absolutely nothing from me 😂 I had the worst cramps just underneath my stomach area for a few days (felt like pulled muscles?) but I don't know the correct term for what area that is and I have no idea what it was or if it meant anything. I've also had lots of CM but don't think that means anything with me either 🤣

Welcome @Vea1601 !! I've been trying 18 months too so I completely understand your frustrations .. we're all hear to support one another tho and we deffo won't judge you for getting annoyed or jealous at others!!

My follow up of the original appointment I had in November (that's been cancelled twice already) has now been scheduled as a phone call where the hospital will liaise with each department and then let me know if they want me to have further screening etc. Bit weird but guess I save on parking costs haha x

hiya, I've just been taking a break from mumsnet, even though you get a lot of support here I think it just makes it play on my mind more. I had a huge cry a couple of nights ago to my OH and told him literally everything that was on my mind. It made me feel so much better, he was as supportive as he could be I suppose lol but just getting it out helped. Anyway we've decided that if my period comes Sunday which it will we will pay privately to get the hycosy test to put my mind at rest. But I have felt a lot calmer already which feels really good for the first time in a year.
How is everyone else?

@PrettyTulip it's pretty fucking shit

@Missgoldilocks I'm so sorry it's not happening for you yet lovely 😔 i know what you mean about having to stay away sometimes. I deleted Facebook a few weeks ago and I feel so much better for it.
We are going to give it another 3-4 months of trying again and if it doesn't happen then we are going to pay privately too. I have found a clinic to check all blood work and tubes etc. I know my ovaries are okay (no cysts etc) because they scanned me in hospital, it's around £200 which I don't think is bad. I have also had another clinic recommended for IVF (£2,500) which I don't think is that bad (if it came to that.)
Sometimes it's good to get it all out and have a good cry though, your OH sounds really supportive, are you having your usual pre AF cramps?

@Annny27 my period was just like normal, no more heavy than usual. First day was heavy like always then it has tapered off to barely anything now so today should be my last day and that makes it 5 days just like always. I can get TTC again now! Thank god!
Just out of interest have you spoken to your gp about TTC since your MC? Just wondering if they will make any referrals etc to fertility clinics if you have had a MC or not because you have technically been pregnant..

Hope all you girls are okay xxx

@Gems7 I've started brown spotting which always happens before af so it'll be here today/tomorrow. I'm scared to do this test but I think it's best if it's done for peace of mind! He hasn't been supportive at all I don't think, it took me having a massive cry for him to listen and even then he was looking at his phone and didn't even hug me. When I told him af would come he said life goes on... Which is why I had a massive cry and explained everything to him. He's just not the emotional type he doesn't mean to be horrible that's why I explained to him. I woke up in a bad mood today pms lol but I had an hour walk listening to motivational speeches and I feel better xx
£200 is a steal, just for the tube test they charge £550 here and there abouts x

I'm about 7DPO and I'm pretty sure I have just had implantation bleeding. My period isn't due for just under two weeks time and it was only a small bit of darker/brown diluted blood. Got some cramping now and feeling a bit nauseous. I was feeling a bit nauseous the last couple of afternoons but I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me. I also just feel a bit different, none of these symptoms are PMS symptoms for me. This is my first cycle of ttc, I'm guessing this is a good sign? Earliest I can test is in six days time!

@Missgoldilocks I think the private tests will give you peace of mind :D and not toooooo expensive! Sorry AF is on the way. Its such a deflated moment seeing the brown or red blood 😪

@Gems7 so we conceived in 4 months with our pregnancy and so didn't see a GP before obviously and now it has been 7 months since our miscarriage and the GP won't refer us until 12 months. They say if you have gotten pregnant then they won't see you until 12 months after that pregnancy doesn't matter if it was successful or not! (6 months for you maybe as you are over 35 aren't you?

@msunflower probably best off starting your own thread lovely :) we are in 12 months now and probably not the most happy and optimistic people to be around. Good luck in your journey and I hope you find some new ttc ladies who have just started their journey too :)

@anny27 I'm okay :) I knew it was coming and that made it easy to deal with I woke up angry because pms lol but yeah the test will put my mind at rest and then hopefully tubes are fine and I can just know it'll take time! How are you feeling??

Sorry to all you ladies @Gems7 @PrettyTulip @Annny27 if I'm always moaning I've been really down these past few months so not the best to talk to lol but I think I'm coming out the other end so fingers crossed my tubes are okay xx

@missgoldilocks same I am totally down. I have never had depression before and even though this isn't depression, its the lowest I have ever felt. Its just such a hopeless time for us all!

@anny27 I think it's on par if not depression itself I'll be honest, and no one really understands unless they've been through it. Even now when people say oh I fell straight away I'm just sort of like wow you will never know what this is like that's why you're so blasé about it all. We will get there babes we all will! Xxx

@Missgoldilocks I must have read it wrong, I thought he was supporting you. Men are so shit at times. Mines the same, he's so laid back and just takes everything in his stride but it's like talking to a stone cold brick wall at times and we can clash because I'm so open and emotional. Don't think they will ever understand what we go through emotionally and physically each month, it's draininnnng.
and don't ever apologise, you aren't moaning and even if you were so what! It's totally fine. I think we have all had it pretty shit to be honest us girls on here, we have all had to struggle in one way or an other and it's not fair.
Agree with both you girls about the low mood, I don't think I've ever had depression either, but sometimes I can just sit and burst into tears, full on sobbing my heart out because of what's happened.
None of us deserve this crap!