New Thread for The crazy gang!

[Katie1109]

Hi girls, I have created new thread. Hope you’ll see it x

@Mumofboys17
@Quiffy
@Ellsbells112
@Sunflower2019
@Daisy8008

@Ellsbells112 not mean at all - well needed!

And evening primrose oil. I’m just too lazy to type it 😹

@quiffy aww your mum seems sweet 😍 I was OK with my son just lots of heartburn and weight gain lol he was massive 9.4lbs
C section in the end. Perfect baby honestly he's everything I prayed for he's a dime such a good boy and a massive personality hell talk to anyone and loves to make people laugh ❤️ I had him so young and I struggled so much as a single parent it makes me damn proud what a good job I did! He's unreal.
I was pregnant after this and it was horrific like suicidal and all sorts. Anyway that was a long time ago but it is interesting how they can differ.

Here's to all of us having healthy happy 9 months of pregnancy!!! ❤️ ❤️ 💕

@quiffy Ohh primrose! Yes it is a big bloody container I was thinking wow!! Haha is it true you only take it up till ovulation??

@ellsbells112 he sounds adorable 😻😻😻 and yes, all healthy bumps this year ❤️❤️

I think you can take throughout but I just take it and my Angus castus until I ovulate just to be safe.

@Quiffy do you also stop agnus castus after ovulation? I took mine the whole month last time but only 1 a day rather than 2 😐

@Ellsbells112 awww that is so cute!! He sounds like an absolute dream!

@Beau2020x I think you stop agnus castus at ovulation because it might interfere with pregnancy? You know I have it here wanting to balance my hormones but too scared to take it lol and thank you x

@Quiffy kool ill start that next month. Also try this letrozole my sis gave me!

Good for you @ellsbells112
EPO = evening primrose oil
@Beau2020x i've not tested yet! Ovia says 5 days but AF still 7 days away....let's see how long I last!

I take 2 Angus castus and stop at ovulation, seen plenty of people take it all cycle though. I just went with the majority vote.

@Ellsbells112 good luck with the letrozole!

Girls I totally get what you mean about people asking questions about "when you are having kids" etc. I'm 33 and 34 thus year and we got married 18 months ago so I've had 18 months of constant questions. There just isnt enough awareness of struggles in society really.

My sister in law tried for 7 years and had 5 IVFs so I'm more aware of the pain TTC can bring, and get so annoyed when family, friends, work colleagues, strangers ask me about when I'm "planning" ok having children.

One of my friends got pregnant with both their kids within 1 month of ttc and she is a 100% sickness moaner. She also said once "It is so easy to get pregnant i didnt realise" and also said "I think it about how healthy you are" as she is a fitness freak. Makes me so angry.

I've had a couple of close friends reach out and ask me if I'm experiencing problems as she they expect me to pregnant by now. I've just kept quiet as I feel like they are just pushing for info. Thank god for this thread.

I wish there was more information and awareness available for women of all ages about the TTC journey. I've definitely in the past asked people intrusive questions without realising it and then now look back and feel bad about it.

Also @Ellsbells112 good for you posting that on that group with the sickness moaner. And I am sorry this one was a BFN, sending you hugs. Test again on Monday if you can hold out.

@Symptomspotter86 totally right here!! When I do finally get pregnant and people ask, I'm going to be blunt and yes I tried and yes it took us said amount of months/cycles. I honestly think a lot of people fib about how long it took them to get pregnant. It's such a taboo subject still

@Ellsbells112 well done for posting on the other thread. Sounds like they got told what's what. Sorry for the bfn, maybe try to hold out until Sunday to test again?

I'm in the same boat, but at work I also get "don't have kids" I know they are all joking when they are moaning about terrible twos or financial aspect of kids being draining, but I also find it really insensitive.
Over Christmas we got a fair bit of "when are you two trying?" And we just tried to avoid the question. I'm having friends round next weekend, one of them with a 6 week old baby. I'm looking forward to it so much, but also I think there could be questions which I will answer honestly because they are my oldest friends who I don't see very often. It's still feels kinda scary and taboo to tell people you are trying, which is such a stupid social norm.

Feels like AF cramps starting ffs 😡 a bloody week early this time! It's getting worse. If it wasn't a school night I'd have a medicinal gin :(

@BntTowers @Symptomspotter86 girls totally get you. I just told a friend I felt down and that we were trying to conceive, I didn't even get much of a response and now I feel stupid. It is what it is though.

I swear if I didn't have all you ladies I don't know what I would do

@Quiffy hey lovely! I'm still here but scarcely as me and a few girls off here made a group chat on WhatsApp a few weeks ago after some drama in another thread so I'm only checking here occasionally.

Sorry to go AWOL!

AF finally arrived ❤️❤️

I am now on cycle day 6 xx

@BntTowers I stated a thread the other day asking people for positive stories about having kids. Not because I needed reassurance (nothing is changing my mind) but for the exact reason you just said - everyone is so negative about kids when you mention and it just puts such a downer on the whole thing! It was soooo nice to hear every talking so positively about their babies I loved it!

@Blondeandbroody glad you are doing okay! You know we are all here if you need to talk/vent x

Totally think I cocked up my clear blue OPK. Forgot to test yesterday morning CD8 so did it in the evening. Got a blank face. Just done one this morning and got a flashy smiley?! I'm only CD9 and last time I did these I got flashing CD12/13 and then static CD14. Weirdddd. I've ordered some cheap strip ones off amazon to back it up.

@Beau2020x see that's what worries me about the digital OPK's, if I miss a day or don't do each day at the same time it won't be accurate and I'll bugger it up 😕
Saying that I think I've missed my peak the last 2 cycles by trying to take a more casual approach 😩 this next cycle I'm going to be so on it, never used BBT before or what I'm doing but going to give that a go and all I think 😂😂 why not haha x

@mumofboys17 snap I bought a digital thermometer yesterday all ready for next cycle 😂
Was moaning to DH last night about this not being our month and he pointed out that we missed DTD on day 3 of smep so we'll need to follow it to the letter this month. Tbh I didn't even think he was paying attention 😍

@Ange211 Haha awww it's nice when they surprise you like that, isn't it!
I gagged when loading the dishwasher this morning and my DH was like 😮 'Did you just gag?!' Proper symptom spotting on his part as the only time I've gagged like that before was at the fish counter at Waitrose when I was pregnant with DS 😂 chill out mate, getting well ahead of himself! I've got a cold and full of phlegm at the minute so it's more than likely that 😂😂

Omg @Mumofboys17 that made me chuckle!!! What day are you on??

When I went pregnant last time the sheer smell of my OHs new aftershave that he bought (and I loved at the time) made me actually throw up. I made him get out of bed and go wash himself after a shower if I could still smell a residue. Poor bloke

@Mumofboys17 are you sure that's the only time you've gagged?? 😂😂😂 Sorry nasty joke hahahaha

@Beau2020x @mumofboys17 mate when I was preggo before my ex partner smell literally made me feel violently sick urgghhhh he could not come near me!!!! LOL proper weird stuff. I've already told my OH what to expect when I am pregnant 🤰 I said ill be in bed for 12 weeks 😂🧘‍♂️ and I won't want you to come near me. It'll be heaven 😂😂😂

@Beau2020x ummmmm CD 30 I believe, so AF could be due any day from now really, 32 days tends to be my average but not normally longer than 35 days. Been crampy today so probs on its way 🙄

@Ellsbells112 Oh wow hahahahahaha!! Savage 😂😂😂 well yeah if you want 100% honesty DH isn't the smallest of gents and always makes me gag 🤭

I was never sick last time I was lucky, I just felt really really shite those first few weeks, like a constant 12 week hangover 😂 they say each pregnancy is different though! X

@Ellsbells112 hahahahahaha omg whaaaaaaat!!! Amazing!

Isn't it weird?! I was also pregnant when I was 16 (I sound like a right catch, 2 pregnancies no kids) and I swear I had nooooooo idea. Nothing, not a single symptom. 2nd time around was TOUGH! I had to constantly eat otherwise I was sick. I was obsessed with cheese and would get an ASDA create your own pizza with the 4 toppings you get and would request 4 x cheese. Perfume killed me and for some reason had to swap sides of the bed because I couldn't cope with my side.

@Mumofboys17 eeeeek you are getting close!! Cramps don't always mean AF! I had all the usual AF symptoms last time and BFP!

@Blondeandbroody glad your okay and yaaaas on AF. Hopefully that means a bfp will come next 😻😻❤️

You all crack me up. I’ve already told DH that I’ll be on bed rest with Netflix and he’ll be my personal slave 😹😹

1 week before period due I got ....
3 and 1/2 days of spotting brown watery discharge
+1 and 1/2 dark red dark)bright red,used tampans on 4th day first one over 4 hrs tampon and only enough to fill and 1/3 and then changed over another 4hrs was only about a 1/4
Now back to just tinged discharge again, normally 28 day

Not sure what's going on with me 🙄