TTC baby #1 Threat #2

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Hi ladies ,

@Cheyanne101
@hopefulhel
@Liam2018
@Maddy0405
@notalwaysalondoner
@Hannahb26
@CurbsideProphet
@ToCaden
@JEMMA18
@LeaBri
@bubblyboo900

Our other thread is getting quite long and I know they stop at 1,000 comments so thought I’d make a new one for us .
I am so sorry if I’ve missed anyone , just going by usernames I remember off the top of my head !
I’m currently 5 weeks pregnant (miscalculated and thought I was only 4+3). Going for an 8 week scan (I’ll be almost 9 weeks) on 25th Jan.
but I am really enjoying joining you on your journeys on TTC and you’ve all been amazing so I didn’t want to just say goodbye to the thread .
Please come on in if you’re new here , and join everyone on their journeys . I feel like we’ve been chatting forever but it’s only been a couple of months. What a roller coaster it’s been!

Anyway, as we were!

CD26 and very tender boobs. Think AF could be on its way. Usually have a 32/33 day cycle but last month had a 27 day cycle so not sure what way my cycle is.

Ladies I am REALLY struggling with sore boobs. It's been going on for about a week and according to my normal cycle I've still got 5 days until AF is due. Sore boobs would only normally start around now. I've had to take painkillers today it's so bad - sore in a bra and without. It's getting me down ☹️

@Hannahb26 and @hopefulhel hope it’s a good sign! I’ve come to accept mine hurt fairly randomly - one month it was so bad (before TTC) I actually went to the gp because they hurt so much and for the whole month when normally I had next to no tenderness, she just said it happens sometimes... The first month we TTC they also hurt a lot and I got really hopeful but didn’t mean anything. I’ve stopped trying to use it as an indicator now but hopefully it is for you!

@notalwaysalondoner I'm not getting my hopes up my cycles is all over the place lately. I think it's just a symptom that AF is about to arrive.

I get very random sore boobs as well. No real pattern - sometimes 10 days before AF, sometimes 7, sometimes 5, sometimes none! Thinking of you ladies feeling uncomfortable - they can be such a bother!

I've been really bloated the last few days and have FINALLY got some EWCM!! Coil out in August and this is the first time I've definitively felt there is some. I'm on CD 13 today. We DTD CD 7, 10, 11 and 13 so hoping we've got it covered. Will DTD the next few days as well I think in case 😂

Hope you are having a quiet Sunday evening. 👍😊

Hurrah for EWCM @MGee123!

Hurrah indeed @CurbsideProphet! 🙈😂

God this TTC lark turns you into a nutter!

Doesn't it just!
I've been practicing feeling my cervix 🤦🏻‍♀️😀

AF has arrived ... on the one hand I didn’t have any symptoms except for brown CM for a couple of days around 10-11 dpo, plus I’ve had a crazy high temperature from flu so wasn’t too hopeful that this month would be the month. On the other hand AF wasn’t early and the brown CM wasn’t normal for me so I did get a bit hopeful. It’s just so horrible to spend several days swinging between daydreaming about telling my DH that I’m pregnant and decorating nurseries to feeling like we’re infertile and it will never happen. This coming month will now be our fifth month of trying but our sixth cycle. Think I may try acupuncture and I’ve already got some preseed. If we get to six months we may go private for some initial tests.
At least I’ve got the day off work for the flu so can feel sorry for myself.

@notalwaysalondoner sorry to read this , it is horrible when you get your hopes up. Is your DH taking pregnecare man ? I think it’s called wellman . My husband took it the month we got pregnant and I’m sure it helped !

Yes he is @itsemily, we’ve gradually been upping our attempts to give us a boost over the months.
DH: wellman conception
Me: pregnacare conception, fish oil, coenzyme q10. Also been eating lots of pineapple post ovulation as I read that helps!

I also really hoped this month might be lucky as we did dry and vegetarian January so were super healthy! I’m going to keep my alcohol consumption at a minimum and need to talk to DH about reducing his a bit - we don’t drink much at home but when he’s out he tends to go for it. Normally I don’t mind but I feel like now we’re at the point where we need to do everything we can to help ourselves get pregnant.

I might also get some ubiquinol as it is supposed to be more easily absorbed than coenzyme q10 (and the dose I have now is really low anyway) but it is expensive!

@notalwaysalondoner
It's awful isn't it. I've read all the bumf about how a lot of couples will conceive successfully, it just takes them a bit longer. I just wish there was a crystal ball that could tell you which couples that will apply to.

I think acupuncture would be a good idea, if only because I found it very relaxing and I slept really well the week I had it. I'll be having it again.

Sorry to hear this @notalwaysalondoner 😢 it's so tough. Thinking of you.

I had wondered about acupuncture - that's interesting you found it helped you sleep @CurbsideProphet

I find the whole '12 months can be normal for some' really hard to swallow at times. I get it, but it equally why isn't it my turn now?!

I had the acupuncture done at home which probably helped (a woman who lives locally does mobile holistic therapies). I need to rebook actually.

I know the feeling @MGee123

Ladies I was only thinking today of booking in for acupuncture and trying it. If anything else it would be a relaxing hour.

Currently cd28 so AF due in the next four to five days.

Just had some spotting this morning usually this signals the start of AF .😥😥

Oh no @hopefulhel

Sorry to hear that @hopefulhel

Bloody period pain just adding insult to injury!

I know @CurbsideProphet and @MGee123 - if I knew it would take twelve months but still happen I could handle it, it’s the “what if it never happens at all” thoughts that floor me. I had a massive cry yesterday evening - can’t even remember what triggered it, but the thought of not having a family just made me break down. To be fair, having flu probably makes me more emotional but still... it’s just so hard not knowing how long it will take and so hard not to be jealous of people where it happens first month or even by accident. I read half of UK pregnancies are unplanned for god’s sake - and yet despite meticulous planning I can’t seem to get knocked up!

@notalwaysalondoner my OH and I had exactly that conversation! Half the bloody world seems to be up the duff and yet we can't get it right when we're putting a lot of effort in! I feel exactly the same - if I had a guarantee it would happen at some point I would be okay with it taking a while. It's the uncertainty and lack of control I'm struggling with.

Sorry to hear that @hopefulhel 😢 hope you are coping okay.

I'm hitting the ridiculous phase of convincing myself I'm pregnant during the TWW whilst really having no clue 🤷‍♀️. I don't know exactly when I ovulated but think it was probably Saturday or Sunday. My apps both say I'm due AF on the 16th so I might take a sneaky test on the 14th (if I manage to hold out that long 😂). I know I should wait but I'm not a very patient person!

AF appeared today too after convincing myself that I have all the symptoms of being pregnant! Eeeeeeek. I'm with you all on the frustration and might jump on the acupuncture bandwagon too - might help to relax a bit!

I genuinely feel a bit annoyed that we were so careful for 5 years. Clearly we could have just been merrily dtd!

@Hannahb26 it's crap that all the symptoms are the same for both pregnancy and AF. It really gets the hopes up.

I've started doing ridiculous things like not getting up for 15mins after dtd, even though there is no scientific proof this helps 🤦🏻‍♀️

Have just found this group and would love to join you! This is our third cycle of trying (with the help of Clomid as well) and like all of you, we are finding it tough. We have managed to dtd every day of the fertile window this month plus used pressed, had reflexology, both took vitamins / supplements etc so not sure we could have done any more! Am now in the dreaded tww and already finding it impossible only two days in! I loved reading all your stories and seeing all the BFPs, fingers crossed for the rest of us 🤞

@CurbsideProphet I am the same and even though there is no evidence, I try and stay in bed the entire night without getting up afterwards!!!!

@dragonfly1978 welcome! Happy to have you join us! If you don’t mind me asking, how did you know you needed clomid if this is your first time TTC? I’m also doing the lie down for at least 20 minutes thing - not convenient if we do it before work...!