End of November, jump on board!

[Skygirl1983]

Moving on from the October threads, join in those that will be testing at the end of November. (Which also happens to be my birthday!)

I'm en route to collect a takeaway planned carefully around dropping off and collecting various children trick or treating! Had a sneaky glass of wine today, taking advantage of my pre-ovulation status! Hope you all have a happy Halloween, let's hope this time next year we will be posting lots of photos of babies in pumpkin costumes! 🎃

@mellymoo86 I bet they aren't as good as the curry you make! You cant beat a good homemade curry! I need a recipe for a good butternut squash curry if you have one?

@Skygirl1983 I haven't made that myself but I had a look online and this looks very good, just leave out the cashew nuts. If you have a Asian store near you it will have all these ingredients. Let me know how it goes.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/food/2018/dec/23/annabel-crabbs-sri-lankan-butternut-and-cashew-curry-recipe

@mellymoo86 thank you

Yes me 2 pls! 32, off pill for a year, ov stick positive last month so should be in working order 🤔😊

I've worked ridiculously late so hopefully missed all the visitors as I've nothing in! My OH has stuck on a ready made pie and that's as wild as our Halloween is!
@Skygirl1983 let us know how the Weatherspoins veggie curry is! Do you do meat free for fertility reasons out of interest?
@mellymoo86
Just to be nosey - why no cashews for the recipe?

Hope it's ok to join! Nice to meet you all!
I'm 28, DH is 33. TTC 1st baby. Implant out in July. 31 day cycle. Starting cycle 4. Day 2, so will also be testing end of November. Using the fitbit app and haven't delved down the route of OPKs yet, might try it next month if still no success.
Well aware it can take a while and doesn't always go to plan, but didn't quite expect it to feel like an emotional rollercoaster already!
My aim this month is to stop testing early!

@CiaraJ01 no reason really, I thought @Skygirl1983 wanted to make just a butternut squash curry only lol. I love srikankan cashew nut curry, it's soooo good ❤️

Hi @Balbaby, I came off the pill at the end of Sep. Didn’t ever track my cycle whilst I was on it. I had a withdrawal bleed from 2nd- 4th Oct and had a positive opk result on wed 16th so 14 days after and almost 14 days before my af arrived.

Not sure what type of tests you have but the instructions on mine say the line has to be darker than the control line. I tested negative (not even faint lines) on the days leading up to the 16th and negative the day after (tested out of curiosity). Apparently the LH surge can be as short as 12 hours so maybe you missed it?

@Rara87 That's what I'm thinking, perhaps I did miss the 12 hour window somewhere between Sunday afternoon and early hours Monday. Maybe I just need a clear month off of the pill to properly understand my cycle.

Thanks anyway for the responses so far, and good luck to everyone for this month. I look forward to reading the updates.

Oh I thought I should be avoiding cashews or something hahaha!

Hello! I would like to join too. We are TTC #2 and had a BFN in the first cycle. Couldn't believe it, we were convinced it had worked, there were so many "symptoms"! Must have imagined them. Kept re-testing every morning and evening with all sorts of tests, what a waste of money! Will try again next month, keeping fingers crossed for everyone here!

@CiaraJ01 noooo...I think everyone has gone conceiving crazy!! Lol. My friend doesn't know I'm trying and I said I won't be drinking tomorrow when we go out for dinner! She was like oh why? So I had to make up another reason. My friends just look so shocked when I tell them 😂

Ooh new people! Hi all. Back from wetherspoons and the cinema. Curry was really nice although they ran out of naan breads! We dont do veggie for fertility reasons but more just general health and the environmental impact I suppose too. We used to have meat everyday in some form so are now trying to have 4 veggie days and 3 meat days a week. Hopefully will do us some good with the whole ttc thing as we will be eating more veg.

Good morning!
@mellymoo86 I know, it's all crazy!! The list of food or stuff to avoid or include is never ending!!
@Skygirl1983
I keep saying we're going to try some veggie days but never actually try! I might give that veggie curry recipe a try this weekend!
Happy Friday everyone!!

Thank you everyone for your messages, it feels like everything was meant to be and that it also lead me here to this thread to join all you amazing women too.

I feel this thread is my new virtual home after those messages and the time will come.

I am happy on this new journey now with all you to support and be supported by, I just think everything that happened was actually ok. Really upsetting, really confusing , and my god having to go through all that morning sickness for nothing! But it is ok for me now, I have two other daughters, one only 20 months so compared to so many women my 'struggle' is not a difficult one.

I cannot imagine going through this first time round or over and over again, It has opened my eyes to this whole world of pain women have to experience.

There were so many other women having a d&c at the hospital when I went. It actually made me feel that I've been very lucky previously through my other pregnancies.

Got to chalk it up for me personally to another experience of life that I haven't had, and there's always wisdom and reflection to get from those.

Anyway last night we dtd so here we go again

@CiaraJ01 hope the curry turns out nice. There's lots you can make with veggies you like. Aubergine curry as well as carrots is also nice as it gets sweeter when you make it .

@ChampooPapi I do sometimes think that there is always someone worse off than me so I should appreciate what I have. But it's ok to feel down and give yourself time to feel better again, everyone is different 🤗

@mellymoo86 yes last week was a very low point for me for sure, I wallowed hard. I just couldn't believe I had to go through that awful sickness again, then the fact that all those future plans I had made mentally were not going to happen like I thought hit me later.

The bruises on my hands are definitely a reminder that I had surgery, they are something I will be glad to see the back off as they are a constant reminder of the hospital.

It feels good to leave it all behind in October, not forgotten but in the past now. Looking forward to November with a very positive feeling, I really hope someone gets the news they want here by this time next month.

I won't be too dissapointed if I personally don't catch it this first month, a few extra months to recover and be newborn free isn't the worst thing for me in my situation.

But trying as much as possible is the way to that baby so I resign myself to let shaving once again

@ChampooPapi That's very true. And you also have the new year coming very soon. I find it's a great time to reflect and to learn from what we have gone through. Keep trying lovely, you never know. These things happen when you don't expect it I'm told. 🤗

@ChampooPapi know exactly what you mean re the bruising on your hand. They had to try 3 times to get my IV line because a student was doing it. For 2 weeks afterwards it was bruised and so painful. So pleased all of the physical side effects have now disappeared. I'm so glad I had the D&C though, I felt a real sense of relief knowing everything had been taken away while I was asleep. I was shocked when they told me the tablets could've taken up to 10 days to work, can't imagine being at home having to wait that long. Anyway, new month, new hope! Hope you have a nice weekend planned ahead xxx

@Mystie that sounds so painful, I feel for you deeply on this I really do. After all that putting it behind you is absolutely the best thing you can do. It is just such a unpleasant experience generally not even taking into account the phycological side of things, the actual physical process of being put to sleep and these strange marks on your body appearing following just gives you such a unsettling feeling. Having these marks and bruises are heal though do seem like a green light, or a sign, that we can be new again. We can move on if we are ready.

You do seem very clear and positive going forward now and if you want to pm me ever please do.

@ChampooPapi thank you so much for sharing your story, and I am really sorry you have to go through this. Your words have put things into perspective for me and have also given me strength, thank you!
Wishing you a quick physical recovery and good news to come soon!

@Skygirl1983 Thank you for starting this thread, I feel so good having found a place to come to!
Wishing everyone a successful month!

@ChampooPapi fingers crossed 🤞 for you this month, thankyou for sharing your journey to date xxx

Just wondering when everyone thinks their ovulation day is going to be? For mine, according to Clue App it's the 20th 🤔

And fingers crossed 🤞 for you @Mystie xxxx