TTC first baby thread 24

[Anny27]

Hi ladies,

Setting up the new thread for us as we approaching the end of the old one!

@whatsthecraic91
@validuser
@lozzlepop
@orangeloo
@timswifey
@MIW01
@1990shopefulftm
@lottiepink

And a few others who I can't remember their username from memory so please tag yourself :D

Hi all!

@Anny27 it will be my first, not sure how long I will have to wait for the second one, knowing my luck will be the full 12 weeks! Feel better today, had some spotting too so think she will be here soon but means my cycle has been much shorter this month.

@Lottiepink yes hopefully 🤞🏻haha well you know me- always like to mix it up! Thats good that you have your tests underway and that the doctor has confirmed you are ovulating. Losing weight is hard, I really struggle too, and as I am a shorty even though I am not what I would class as overweight my BMI would suggest otherwise 😒Start slowly and give yourself realistic goals!

@Narwhal88 when DF gave his sample he told me it was 10ml 🙈

@Factualmistakes I just get the IC ones off Amazon which are about £5 for 20!

Anyone having to work from home yet due to coronavirus? Whats on for everyone this weekend?

@Wearyandfeelingold oh lovely I'm County Antrim! Yes I track my temp only started doing it after new year and it really teaches you a lot about your cycle I love looking at my chart 😂

@Lozzlepop I'm a shorty too and BMI is so unfair on us 😂

Finally home from work after a crazy 13 hour day 😥 So happy it's the weekend 🙌🏼 hopefully my temp is up in the morning!

Am another one relieved it's the weekend, what a stressful week at work! 😟 But home now and can focus on happier things lol

Anyone testing this weekend?

@Lozzlepop not working from home yet but first confirmed case in our city today (Plymouth) and we've been told for a week now to take our laptops home every day... I feel it's coming soon!

@CoalCraft I'm going to test tomorrow AM but not hopeful. Still awaiting first AF. Did an ovulation rest yesterday and big fat nothing!

Anyone else testing?

BFN, expected it but still disappointing. I have no idea if I'm even ovulating. Where can I get cheap tests?

@rathernotshare look for the one step ovulation tests on Amazon. Really cheap and I've found them effective. Not as clear cut as the clear blue but they still show ovulation you just have to interpret them a bit more!

@rathernotshare sorry about BFN, when is AF due?

I really thought with work being mental it would be taking my mind off TTC, which it is I am definitely thinking about it less during the day. But why the hell have I not ovulated yet!! Maybe work is too busy and I'm stressed? I don't know but I can't cope with another long cycle ☹️

@whatsthecraic91 I ovulated day 23 last month :( so frustrating isnt it!

This month is looks like today or tomorrow (I am cd12 today)

@rathernotshare yep I use the one step ones (attached my today's one) - like @Narwhal88 said they are really easy to interpret

I am a bit anxious about the virus stuff if I am honest so the tww I wont be symptoms spotting 🤣🤣

@Lozzlepop my friends just had the initial blood clotting test and her next one Is 12 weeks, I think its standard tbh.

@Lottiepink yeah you are definitley ovulating. I temp to know when I have ovulated aa then I know when AF is due aa i have semi irregular cycles so its confirmation for me

@kiza has AF finished yet?

Oops forgot to attach this mornings OPK....it was negative around 6PM yesterday so a very fast LH surge this morning!

@Narwhal88 thank you
@whatsthecraic91 2 weeks ago, but just stopped the pill so who really knows! I can vouch for work not taking your mind off TTC! Infact I am questioning whether work is making me so stressed that AF may not come back

@Annny27 just on those last few days of old blood- how lovely 😆 that was a quick lh surge for you but glad you caught it. I think you and I both have somewhat irregular cycles so have to poas regularly just to ensure we catch it.

@whatsthecraic91 could be work stuff? I ovulated super late last month, maybe try and take it easy this weekend and incorporate some self care or downtime to remove the cortisol build up in your body.

@rathernotshare @Wearyandfeelingold
as others have said one step is really good, I buy mine from eBay. Maybe useful to use an an such as fertility friend to track your cervical mucus and opk. The app called Femometer is great for assessing your cheap opk sticks as once you've peed on them and got the reading you take a photo of it with Femometer and it interprets it as high/peak/low.

@Lottiepink good to know you're now on the route of investigations and I think we may be in a similar boat in that all my tests will come back fine and it's DP morphology at 1%. We will find out in just over a week if 3 months of lifestyle changes have made any difference. How are you feeling about the results and how's your partner with it?

Had more hypnotherapy yesterday and she said something really interesting. To reframe our terminology and stop saying 'trying' to conceive as we are telling ourselves we are prepared for failure from trying. Instead say to ourselves we are ready to receive, we are ready to welcome a baby. She's got me doing gratitude journal and daily meditation which has actually chilled me out so much.

Yes my cycle is somewhat irregular - never too ridiculous but I definitley dint ovulate on the same day every month like some do!

That's so cool @Kiza not TTC I am RTR (ready to receive!) I actually love that!

@Annny27 happy days you'll be in the TWW gang again soon then 😊

@rathernotshare ah right it could take a while for your AF to come then, hopefully not tho! Oh really well I'm starting to think that now too!

@Kiza could be as work has been busier this last 2 month more so this month so maybe work is stressing me 😕 I thought being busier would help with me not thinking about it - you can't win 😐

Well I've had a relaxing day so far, slept in to 9 and then didn't get out of bed to 10.30 🙈 got my eyebrows done and had a walk round the shops. Now I'm chilling with the fire lit, where I plan to stay until tomorrow night 😂

Quite a busy day today, got some stuff cleared out the house ahead of our move, caught up with some work (though I'm supposed to only work Mon-Fri... oh well, at least I can be at home in my comfies) and meeting the in laws later. Still managing to squeeze in some gaming though

Am getting used to being off the pill - I seem to be less hungry but friskier! And no sign yet of the semi-constant spotting I had on the pill, which is nice. It'll still probably be a while before AF returns though.

@rathernotshare sorry about your bfn, fingers crossed your work isn't messing with things too much. Agree with @whatsthecraic91 that in some ways we can't win; stress about TTC when work's quiet, but stress about work when it isn't!

@Kiza ready to receive, what a lovely way of framing it

@whatsthecraic91 if it's any help at all, I'm trying to work out my dates and I honestly have no idea when I ovulated. My temps and dates etc just don't make sense. Even my d21 progesterone tests indicted that I didn't ovulate on day 14. So I either ovulated very soon after AF or extremely late, but ovulating late doesn't add up with me being 7weeks +6. Sometimes our bodies are confusing 😬

Morning ladies :D 1dpo today confirmed by temp increase and a low OPK test after the peak :)

@whatsthecraic91 are you continuing with DTD untill you ovulate?

@coalcraft hope all is going well with the sorting! Were you on a progesterone only pill? Might explain the less hunger if it was

@FarmerWantsABaby I don't know what the hell is going on with me, I'm hoping it happens soon but of course me stressing about it will probably make matters worse 😐

@Annny27 TWW for you - time to drive yourself mad 😂 my temp is still flat lining 😥 yea we are DTD every 3rd day all cycle like Dr said so we defo won't miss it hopefully! We are to do it tonight I'm on CD19 and I ovulated last cycle on CD20 so I'm hoping for my rise very soon.

Guys....am I seeing something when there is nothing??

I can see something for sure @krissyMB !!!! How many dpo are you?

@whatsthecraic91 hopefully ovulation comes soon! Are you having EWCM?

@Annny27 I have no idea...I had my coil out on 12th February, I took a few opk tests but very sporadic!

Morning ladies!

Whose all at work today then? Has anyone managed to find any shop that sells toilet roll? Anyone else think we are being too slow to react to the situation and that the government needs to pull its finger out?

@whatsthecraic91its annoying huh? Plus when I went to the hospital the nurse calculated mine wrong so has put me down as overweight 😒I am super jealous of your lie in, cant remember the last time I slept past 6:30 😂

@rathernotshare sorry it was a BFN, I use the cheap tests from Amazon along with the Glow and Femometer apps which I find really good. We are in the office today but it is noticeably quieter.

@Anny27 I just hope I make the appointment and we don't go into lockdown before then.

@Kiza that is really interesting, how are you finding it? I always think that hypnotherapy sounds so relaxing!

@KrissyMB I deffo see something- I feel congratulations are in order!!

@KrissyMB super exciting can you get a FRER (first response test)?

@lozzlepop I am wfh and sort of social distancing, not going out on weekends and stuff at the moment. Atleast for a few weeks anyway! I think the government is right about not closing things too early but I still think people should avoid crowded areas and probably only go out for essential stuff.

@whatsthecraic91 thanks I am definitely going to start temping then as well. This may sound silly...but is it a case of just taking your temperature with a normal thermometer every day and tracking it somewhere? I will definitely buy the cheapie opk strips too! There is so much to take in.

Afternoon ladies, thank you for the advice on the ovulation tests, I've ordered a months worth and see how we get on I have a deep pain directly above my "mound" and wondering what this could mean? It's in the centre... my app only lets me record pain on the left or right but it's definitely not cramps

Still in work for the time being, won't be surprised if we're all sent home in the next few weeks though.

Waaaayy too much info but... Since stopping by pill withdrawal bleed cleared up a week ago, I've noticed my CM has become a different consistency - more liquid and less... Globby (sorry)... Hoping that means things are getting back to normal in there. Definitely no ewcm yet, but I'm not expecting to ovulate yet anyway