Ready to get crazy in January!! Who's with me!

[Ginge35]

Despite my TTC last month, it resulted in my AF arriving Christmas Day (deep joy!) it's round 2 this month! I'm due to ovulate on Monday (6th) so anyone else wanna join me, with the overthinking, being excessively paranoid, mystery pregnancy signs and taking PT's when you know you shouldn't be! 🤣🤣
Feel free to jump on the crazy train with me!

@Gastonimo we actually got pregnant last time with conceive plus too! Will crack that out if we aren't lucky this month. Good luck!

Happy weekend ladies! Anybody got a BFP or testing over the weekend! I've 10 days and counting!! 😂

Hi! I'm new... Been lurking for a little while, and now ready to join in :)

I took my last pill early December and am now just hanging about waiting to see what happens next! If I was lucky enough to head straight back to a 28 day cycle, then I'm a day late... I'm intending to test next week if it's a no show by then. Trying to stay relaxed about it as I've been on the pill for years now, so it seems very unlikely that I'll have a normal cycle first time. We shall see!

Good luck everyone x

@LV1987

Welcome. My midwife last time around said it was really quite common for people to conceive first try when coming off the pill (she said people either tend to get it first time or it takes quite a few months with not much middle ground). Mine was first time last time but it took quite a while to ovulate- got a BFP 7 weeks after the final pill with no bleeding in between. Good luck to you!

Happy weekend is right @Ginge35! I was feeling crappy today so no gym or socialising for me this weekend. Day 2 of flashing smiley face on CB OPK.
Sitting up with a mini cheeseboard for myself 🧀 researching conceive plus!
What’s everyone’s updates today?

@FarmerWantsABaby I was reading up on conceive plus earlier and on their site there was a great video about fertilisation (well I found it really interesting, it went into lots of detail!)

I then went on to read about how many eggs a woman has by the age of 40 (I'll be 40 in March and TTC first) and it just made me sad as I only have 3% of my eggs left and apparently only 5% of women over 40 conceive (if I read it right) so it has made me feel very negative today 😢I wish I hadn't read it

How's everyone else? X

@BecauseReasons thank you! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a smooth transition, as (I think like a few others in this thread!) at 32 nearly 33, I feel like one of the older first timers around

I last came off the pill about 7 years ago, and it took a good 4 months for my period to return. I'm really hoping it happens quicker this time, fingers crossed

@newmum2020 plenty of women become mums at 40 and beyond! Don’t give up hope!!
I had a very ironic day today, I teach Primary 7 and had “the period talk” with the girls 😂

@FarmerWantsABaby I know, it's just hard to read the cold hard facts like that😕My sis in law goes in to hospital tomorrow to be induced and she's 42, she's had two kids after 40 but I'm convincing myself I'm one of the unlucky ones 🙄

I bet you are an expert on the period chat @FarmerWantsABaby it's shameful to say that I've learned some things about my body in last few weeks that I should have known at my age!!

Is anyone else testing a new version of this app?? I can't see anything different 🤔

@newmum2020 I’m sure it’s hard for you when your sister in law is having a baby. My best friend is expecting and she is on baby cloud 9 at the minute. I’m delighted for her but incredibly jealous. my mum is also throwing hints and suggestions towards me all the time (We married 2 years ago) and its starting to really get to me!
I think we are all learning new things about our bodies every day! I wouldn’t say I’m an expert, but I’m a good bluffer haha

There are literally 3 people in my life that know me and DH are TTC. I don't want the pressure of everyone symptom checking me, when I have enough of doing that to myself.
I've never wanted children so I don't get the hints dropped by anyone. Not even my mom knows and she is my best friend!
I think the less people know the better! Keeps the stress away from me and I can just concentrate on TTC!
So now I'm 3DPO and hopefully the symptoms will be real this month and not imaginary! 😂😂

@Ginge35 I have told no one. Don't want people asking or expecting "the news". We are already tortured as it is. My sis-in-law is always making jibes about us having a baby and making jokes about how we need to hurry up etc. It has got so bad that DH is very close to speaking to her about it. Most people don't mean any harm but I really don't know how in this day and age people still think it's appropriate to ask people about babies??

My partner and I have known each other since we were children and dated as children. We had 10 years apart, during which time he got married. 4 years ago we got back together and my folks were dropping hints about having children before he was even divorced I found it really tough, as did he, because it was just so inappropriate. Most people do not have filters when it comes to starting a family - it's really no one else's business, but as tough as it is, most of our loved ones mean no harm by it.

@FarmerWantsABaby I have been ripped in to and ridiculed so many times over the years for not wanting children, making me feel like I'm not normal. But to be honest I really really didn't want any!
It never dawned on me that one day my mind would change. My family would do my nut in if they knew me and DH were trying. I couldn't deal with the pressure of it all!
Plus if it doesn't happen then I haven't got to try and explain why it didn't happen, the question of "is there anything wrong with you" "you've given up too soon" blah blah blah!
If Mother Nature has decided it's not meant to be then me and DH will accept that and move on. We have a wonderful life so we can move on and enjoy our lives together.
If we end up pregnant it will just be the cherry on top!

I haven't told anyone that we are trying again but I can tell they are all going to be waiting on the announcement....@Ginge35 do you have any symptoms as yet? Real or imaginary 😆

@Ginge35 just read your last post, so sounds like me. I've never wanted kids, not felt maternal but loved friends kids then my niece came along. We got married 2 years ago and I still didn't want kids. Early last year I was taken off pill due to high BP and we used condoms as I didn't want to get pregnant. Hubby always wanted it more than me. Eventually I said ok let's see what happens but we will not become crazy, if it happens it happens blah blah. Then it did happen and I cried, not sure yet if they were initially happy tears but when it sunk in I was really excited, then MC happened just a day after my first midwife appointment. It hit me really hard and I felt bad for not having wanted kids before then this happens. Ironic that I now want kids more than ever and I so regret not having decided this earlier but I can only stay positive and hope for the best. Sorry this is long, felt good to write it all down

Awwwww @newmum2020 I'm so sorry about your MC I can't even begin to imagine 😢
I think that's what good about this site. It's like a diary. You just write everything down but then others come along and make you feel better, especially when you think you're starting to lose you shit! 😝
No symptoms yet, real or imaginary. Saying that this time last month I was cramping and kept feeling sick! Haha! I suffer with anxiety and mild depression so I think my brain just went into overdrive and made things up!
Going to try and stay a little more level headed than last month! 🤔🤔🤔
However I bet the PT in my cupboard will be calling me by this time next week! 🤪🤪

@Ginge35 i am genuinely loving this thread, so supportive and also the right amount of fun and laughter when we need it!! You and I are both 3DPO so we can talk each other down 😂I am telling myself I won't test until at least next Sunday.....😬we will see 😂

Really not sure when I ovulated this month but we DTD over a prolonged period to try and cover all eventualities. Pretty sure I've ovulated now so just playing the waiting game. Definitely think I'll do OPK next cycle if no BFP this time around as hubby was asking if we really had to have more sex 😂😂 think I wore him out! I don't have any tests yet so I think I'll wait and see if AF shows and if not I'll buy some.

Morning! I'm 11dpo, just tested with FMU and very very very faint line?? It's with a clear blue non digital. I've done three of these previously and never had a line within the time ( I know they are notorious for evap lines ), but this faint line came up within 60 seconds. I have a FRER somewhere will test with that tomorrow ....

Haha @Geauxtigers I didn't think it was possible for a man to turn down sex until TTC!! @DustyDiva that sounds promising 🤞🤞

Hahaha @newmum2020 I hear you about men, sex and TTC!

@ablisha I'm going to record the dates in my diary of when it was turned down 🤣🤣