TTC First Baby Thread 23

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@SunnyFlover @Kiza @lozzlepop @MIW01 @Anny27

@Lozzlepop oh wow! It came at last and puts your mind at rest that you didn't accidentally DTD around O time!

@Kiza yup it’s definitely coming! Slightly annoying as we are away tomorrow and I thought that OV would have been well past 😂

@kiza, thank you, but this cycle I am trying to stay very levelheaded and will celebrate it when that line gets very dark and doctor confirms all is ok... don't want the tears again like last time ...
@whatsthecraic91 oh dear, 1 bottle of wine would set me for puking for the whole week! Hope you feeling better soon x

@SunnyFlover really! That was very unusual for me - I would be very ill if I mix my drinks but there was none of that going on 😂

8DPO today, trying to make it to Saturday to test 😓 need to sit on my hands!!

Thanks everyone, first day back was okay, got today off then back in tomorrow and its nice to have a staggered entry :)

@Lozzlepop enjoy your holiday! Sounds lovely to get away. And great that you are about to ovulate finally haha!

@whatsthecraic91 ahh keep on holding out till atleast 11dpo i say! Better to have an actual line vs agonising over a squinter (from experience haha)

@SunnyFlover are you going to the doctor for blood tests?

@Kiza hope DP is back soon ans you catch ovulation 🙌

flipping heck @whatsthecraic91, hope you're feeling better today! I can't deal with red wine at all haha... I am 10DPO and still managing to resist the testing urge, its getting hard though! What symptoms have you got at the minute? I had a metallic taste in my mouth all day yesterday and also at about 10pm there was a small amount of pink CM that lasted around an hour before stopping - really hope thats a good sign!!

@Lozzlepop have a lovely time, where are you going on hols?

@Anny27 glad it went well! I miss my retail job where I would sometimes get a day off, one or two days in, then another day off - really broke the week up lol

@shuckle yep its nice to have days off in between haha. Usually i work mon - friday normal hours but my manager is being quite flexible with letting me come back slowly :D

Your symptoms sound promissing! When will you test?

@Anny27 glad it went well and you can ease yourself back in!

@Shuckle I will never drink red wine again - trust me 🤣🤣 ooo your symptoms seem positive!! When are you going to test? The only symptoms I have is last night I had a few really sharp shooting pains in my boobs they took my breath away! I’m warm too the past couple of days but that could just be the hangover 😳 some watery CM but I can never tell what that means other than when I’m fertile and have the EWCM. DTD A LOT this
month compared to others so I’m really hoping we have done enough!! Would really love to tell my mum on Christmas Day 😊

@Anny27 that's great that your manager is understanding!

I know, i'm trying to contain my excitement but it's getting difficult, particularly when I think about all the other things too - sore nips, backache, etc! If I could go back in time a year to when I came off the pill i'd tell myself to take far more notice of my PMS symptoms - here I was all proud of myself for tracking my periods for a year but now I sit here thinking "I have sore boobs. I know its an AF symptom but I NEVER have sore boobs before AF normally" but maybe I did, and never noticed? So complicated haha.

My tracked cycles have been 25, 28, 26, 26, 26, 31, 26, 26, 26, 29, 27, 33, and 24 days - overwhelming in favour of 26 days but then I had those last two 33 and 24 which are a bit abnormal. Today is CD26 so I guess AF due anywhere between Sunday just gone, and next Tuesday 3rd would be CD33 if previous is anything to go on - ovulated on CD16 and Fitbit says Sunday 1st for AF, and Ovia says tomorrow 27th, so who knows! I think I will test on sunday if no AF by then - 15DPO should be enough to pick it up I think?

Sorry that was an awful ramble, I get overexcited when I can explain the calendar as DH isn't interested

Omg omg omg help me - I was about to go for a shower and I thought "i'll just feel my CM/cervix again whilst i'm in the bathroom (sorry TMI - we're all friends here ) and in the last hour my cervix has shot up so high I can't feel it even if I squat right down on the floor!!!

I am gonna pass out or vomit with excitement if I don't test soon but DH would be sooooo grumpy if I did!!!

@Shuckle I have never in my life felt my cervix - wouldn’t even know how to 🤣 I take it that’s a good sign!! So you’re 10DPO today? Not that I’m trying to encourage you but if I test I don’t even let on to my DP 😂 I've had the urge all day to test in the morning - I need to wise up 😅

@Shuckle i am with @whatsthecraic91 with not having a clue whether my cervix is high or low because i have nevet felt it haha.

Is high a good sign? (That's the one thing i dont track in my ttc obsession haha!)

I never told my DH i was testing because i have no patience and nevet wanted to let him know how many i had done haha

Yes 10DPO today I haven't tested yet!! I'm doing well, and i'm off out to my zumba class in a bit so that will distract me for an hour haha.

Ooh if you haven't felt it, its another great way to add madness to your day deciding if it's high or low, open or closed, soft or firm lol. Have a feel up there and you'll feel a nub that feels a bit like a nose, with a tip that might be soft or fairly firm, and with a little indent on the tip that feels a bit open. It's supposed to be donut shaped but im not sure that's how it feels to me! they can be tilted at a bit of an angle so the opening might not be totally pointing straight down. Giving the cervix entrance a little investigate is a good place to get CM to have a look at, its straight from the source!

I'm a little bit disgusted with myself for typing that out online :')

@Shuckle sorry for being such an amateur in this subject, but how do you "feel up" the cervix and where it is .. ? I need some lessons here
I had a faint positive at 7 DPO, maybe at 10 you could get some indication too?

I nearly bought some tests again today (9DPO), whist at the airport in Zurich... 39 franks ( 1:1 euro) a pair... Maybe next time! Crazy!

@Shuckle yay another cervix investigator! I've been tracking mine for a year and last cycle was so excited that it was high and medium firmness with lots of milky liquid CM, got myself so excited but turned out to be nowt! Trying to just ignore my cervix and any symptoms this cycle.
Ladies start feeling, it's so weird but also empowering to get to know your body.

Staying on the TMI thread, does anyone get that type of CM where it's like a mix between a massive bogey and a clear jelly? It's different to EWCM and comes a few days after AF? Like you can literally pull it out of you?! 😆😆 oh man that sounds so weird reading it back!

@shuckle Yea I don’t think I’ll be a cervix feeler, the thought gives me the willies 😂😂

@SunnyFlover wow that’s expensive!! 39 Euros for a test!! I’d want it to pee on itself for that much 😂

@Kiza Yes!! I always get this a few days before my EWCM!!

@whatsthecraic91 good to know I'm not the only one!

CSI - Cervix Special Investigations 😂😎

@whatsthecraic91 well, maybe for 39 euros the test helps one to get pregnant...! Not like these little eBay cheap tests that are driving me mad... faint positives on the day and then looking at it once it's totally dry the next day- nothing. 9/10DPO that silly faint line is just not moving any closer to the real deal for last 3 mornings... 😡

FRER done on Sunday ( I am traveling and didn't get time to find FRER in local stores, but using 10mlU sensitivity cheap strips to see if it is progressing... clearly not)

@Shuckle I am laughing out loud...🤣🤣🤣 the best abbreviation I heard in a long time

@SunnyFlover there are definitely lines there, just strange they aren’t getting darker! Are you 9/10DPO now or from when you first started testing? What symptoms have you got?

@SunnyFlover my lines didn't start to get darker until about a week past AF was due... so around 20dpo. Wishing you all the best for this one though as a line is still a line and hoping it sticks for you.
@Shuckle live that acronym!

@kiza, sorry for asking, but how far are you now? ( or was it with the previous pregnancy?) all info I can get is amazing 🌻

@SunnyFlover it was with a couple of other pregnancies whereby I mc. I think everyone's bodies are different and maybe some of us produce hcg at a slower rate? 🤷🏼‍♀️

So af arrived on Sunday. I was so gutted. I decided to go to the gp and I am having my blood tests done on Friday. She said I should get the results within a couple of days but I will need to wait 6 weeks for the ultrasound. DH has also ordered a sperm analysis from his gp.