February Bus :-)

[Elmlee]

Hey ladies,

Posted on a few threads but think it's about the time I might know what I'm sorta on about! Ha!

Looking for some TTC Buddies I can what's app :-)

A bit about me, I'm 28.. 29 in April.. my husband is a year younger than me. We've been married just over a year and together for 9 years this July.

I came off the pill Cerelle 24th November after years of the pill then implant and then the pill again. Never had periods on any. Just a few withdrawals when I missed a few pills.

Anyway! Been actively TTC since my withdrawal bleed 25-29th November.

Finally after a December of no Flo she's arrived today. So finally I can accurately start trying to track on Ovia!

What's your story?

Please Join xxx

@Posharmchairs how are you? I was a away for a few days there and this thread is so busy!! Are you near your fertile week again? I’m CD10 today so I’m hoping to ovulate this weekend 🤞🏼

@2020wisher hopefully it will do the same for me, i should probably cut out some of the caffeine and stop stressing so much about every single thing in my life! Roll on valentines weekend 😁

@Jellybean252 yes yes to the ‘unhealthy secret addiction’, and it consuming me. Definitely there with you. If you figure out how to detach from it, let me know!

@Jellybean252 I'm the same! It's so hard not to constantly think about it!

Errr.... ewcm right before im due af? Is this normal? And i mean loads of the stuff 🙄 anyone know before i google myself into a panic that i never actually ovulated at all?

@professorastrocat I know what you mean, I've definitely noticed more twinges and things this cycle than I have before.
But this is a lack of a symptom more than anything else! I always get ovulation pain and then my boobs are sore within a couple of days, but no soreness after the ov pain this month at what I thought was 6dpo. So I think I'm going to start on the OPKs again as I'm assuming I haven't ovulated like I thought I did. I'm in limbo a bit now!

@Hatepickinganame isn't it a pregnancy sign? But I think it can also come before AF. No help at all then! 😆

Lol @paintfairy 😂😂😂 ive googled myself into hell haha then went to the local shop and wasted 7 quid on a clearblue, bfn. Definitely not a pregnant sign for me 🙄 ive noticed patches of ewcm throughout the time i was meant to be fertile but this was a lot and i though af had come! My body hates me 🤣

@Needallthesleep I definitely will do if I ever figure it out myself!!

@paintfairy it's so consuuuuuming. I'm exhausted from just thinking about it haha!

I now wonder if there's something wrong with me biologically- I mean you don't know that you have something wrong with you until you start trying. I reassure myself with the fact I've always had regular periods and I have technically not been trying that long (sept 2019). However it's very easy to start worrying and once you do it's a slippery slope....

@Hatepickinganame I think clear blue aren't as sensitive. Be better with a frer?

@Jellybean252 Tell me about it. I spent all yesterday crying I was infertile. Was only my second cycle TTC. 😂
Although I am old.....

Sorry to hear of more BFN's and more arrivals of AF.
But staying positive...... HELLO AF - HELLO GIN! 😆

@MrsTwentySeven sorry you had a BFN. Had af arrived yet? Are you sure you're not just testing too early? I didn't get a faint positive until 13dpo... Maybe its just too soon. As they say you're not out until she arrives 🤞🏻

Same for you @Hatepickinganame - could go either way still. You just can't be sure yet until af arrives.

Lots of chat about trying to not over think all the symptoms etc during the TWW. This is only my 2nd cycle and I am literally 1dpo but I'm trying to approch it a bit like "what will be will be". Anxiety and stress increase stress hormone and that's not the environment to grow little eggs into little babies. This is what I'm going to try to tell myself. It may not work.

But you've gota nourish to flourish... nourishment as in self care and trying to reduce anxiety (if possible which it may not be because I'm quite an anxious person in general).... But I can try lol. 🙈

Good I sound bonkers 🤣

Have we had any BFP yet? Would be nice if at least one of us got lucky!!

@Sausage1990 thats true and af is due in 2 days so at least I'll know for definite soon enough 😊 plus side is if it shows up on time that'll at least mean my cycles are regular. And you don't sound bonkers... well, no more than the rest of us anyway 😂

@NChangeForNoReason not that i know of. Im still saying that by the law of averages a good few of us should have a bfp by the end of feb! Heres to a lot of dtd valentines weekend haha 😊

@Sausage1990 *Nourish to flourish. I love this!

Right I'm on cd 29 and on 48 hour AF watch (as I don't like to test early). She should arrive today or there is an outside chance she may arrive tomorrow. Nothing this morning, which is good. No spotting. Have no other symptoms but a rotton cold.

Fingers crossed for the next two days @Supper16 and @Hatepickinganame

Another BFN for me this morning at 11dpo. Used up my FRERs now so if AF doesn't arrive by Saturday then at least something should show up on a cheapie if there was anything!

Not a clue how long my next cycle would be as Fem is predicting a 35 day cycle based on the average of my very irregular cycles whilst on the implant, so it's saying ovulation I'm day 21 which isn't till 28th Feb 🤔

@Sausage1990 absolutely , I’ve told myself it’s for the best it didn’t happen this month as it gives me one extra month to get healthier. I’m doing intermittent fasting with just one meal a day and hoping to stick to under 1000 calories! How about you? (I have gained a LOT of weight since getting married ....the happy fat getting outta hand 😂)

And thank you @Sausage1990 but I know AF will arrive tomorrow , I have even got the typical “spot” appear on my face like I always do

Sorry @littletandme :( But fingers crossed she doesn’t show up!!

@professorastrocat thanks, gonna be 48 hours of running to the loo to check every 5 minutes 😂

@supper16 fingers crossed for no af!!

@MrsTwentySeven im with you on the happy fat haha put on so much weight lately. Although ive been told for years now that i need to put some back on, (Went from 16st to under 10st during my divorce.) But i really dont want to end up overweight again! Must start eating a little better methinks. Less snacks!

I'm another one that needs less food! Was really good last year up until my wedding. Completely fell off the wagon.

I've been reading other boards on MN to occupy myself. Baby names (well you never know), announcements (this is entertaining, the next round of stress) and also the pregnancy board. I've realised that after the TTC stress, actually the stress moves onto something else! I hope we are all prepared. 😂

@paintfairy oh god when i do get that bfp the panic about birth will set in 😂 my youngest was 10lb 6oz and they apparently get bigger...... gulp.

@Hatepickinganame Well I'll literally have some kind of anxiety breakdown. I'm old with no kids and wonder if they'll ever get out! I watch one born every minute and think- I can't do that! 😂 So before AF I couldn't decide if I'd be upset it came, or relieved?!

Having said that - AF has vanished. My periods get weirder every month. I'm CD3 technically. I worry they are getting shorter and shorter. Usually they are only 3-4 days long as it is.

Note to self- stop over analysing body! And babies can fit out (other people anyway).

To the ladies on about putting on and losing weight, I decided a while ago to not diet just make wiser choices - I sound like an arsehole right? - we ended up having 3 takeouts last week for tea, I also binged on fried chicken for some work dinners and I always eat about 4 pieces of chocolate in a work day too. A piece being a creme egg, then an Aldi knock off mars bar, then a bueno etc etc.

I've also bought my wedding dress because I fell in love with it and it was on sale, were not getting married for at least 5 years now and there's supposed to be a baby popping out in the mean time. Thank god spanx exist and the dress is stretchy 😂😂

What an idiot!