May Bus

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Hey All

Welcome to the May Bus!

This is our second month of trying.

Good luck to everyone.

Thanks guys. Hopefully I can get some antibiotics tomorrow but in the meantime I've sent DP for some cranberry juice.

@SmileyT I do sometimes get like the start of symptoms if we've had a lot of sex but usually tanking water for a few hours sorts it out. No such luck today though and I'm feeling pretty rotten now. The good thing is the antibiotics work super quick so hopefully if I can pick them up tomorrow morning I'll be feeling better by the evening. I'm not letting it get in the way of the 2 most important days TTC though!

I'm literally in day one of the TWW and I'm over it already 😂. I'd forgotten what a blag it is. Roll on next Sunday!

@Noble89 yes get those antibiotics as early as possible tomorrow and get yourself sorted for tomorrow night. Our bodies really do test us don't they!? I've been on the fertility meditation today, trying to get into the mindset of 'by the end of next week I'll know whether this is my month and if it's not my month then getting ready for a valentines baby is just as much fun'

Having said that I'm already dreading a long weekend at home being 8dpo and wondering whether a little bean is currently implanting 😬

@BabyG123 fingers crossed for a quick week ahead and your patience being rewarded with a BFP x

Jumping on the may bus too! Testing on the 14th of may after our miscarriage April 23rd 2019, currently 7dpo, very sore nipples - hopefully it's a sign but I think it might just be something that happens to people at this time of their cycle maybe x

I'm gonna add I'm not hopeful for this month as my flow app said my ovulation was on the 28th but I only dtd on the 25th and 26th and then 2nd and 3rd but still not out yet so not getting my hopes up but still in the game I guess!

@SmileyT I've been up since 5am and feel rotten so I might actually kick the GPs door in when it opens 😂.

Despite all this I'm still feeling very positive about TTC! I'll be symptom spotting like crazy over the next two weeks but really the only thing I noticed last time is that I was super tired but I don't think that came until later and the molar pregnancy causes higher than normal levels of HCG so it's like pregnancy on crack but it still wasn't that bad for me other than being insanely tired. I figure if the stupidly high levels only made me tired I might barely notice normal levels. My Mam said she would never have known she was pregnant with me or my siblings if she didn't have a bump so I wonder if I'll be the same 🤷.

@babymaybeeee welcome and sorry to hear about your loss. The symptom spotting is a nightmare isn't it? I'd never noticed that I get sensitive nipples before AF in my life and then last time I TTC I was convinced I was pregnant month 1 when I noticed them. I wasn't and I've since figured out I get them every month. But then I still had it the month I got my BFP too so clearly it can be a sign. You'll be testing just a few days before me so hopefully a couple of BFPs coming our way. Are you using OPKs or just an app?

@Noble89 bless ya, really do hope you get these antibiotics and they kick in straight away, feeling crappy during the TWW is not what you need.

I'm with you on symptoms, apparently there is no hormonal differences in our bodies until pregnancy starts at implantation which could be 9-10dpo so our bodies only have about 4 days before a missed period to react to it. With my last pg because I wasn't ttc my signs were my rhr sky rocketed on my Fitbit, my period was late and we were on holiday and my afternoon naps were about 3hrs long every day but still felt tired afterwards 😂

@SmileyT thank you. I feel like shit today and have been up and in the bath before 6am two days in a row now so I'm over this and would like to feel better.

Yeah I always think if you're TTC then you're testing literally within days of implantation so the hormones just can't get high enough to show very obvious symptoms and annoyingly pregnancy symptoms are basically the same as PMS symptoms.

My enthusiasm for work today is zero. I want alllll the drugs and to go back to bed.

Morning guys ✨

@Noble89 oh no I hope you start to feel better once you get the antibiotics this morning. Feeling poorly is bad enough but when it leads to no sleep it makes everything worse 😩 are you still working or working from home? If from home, get yourself back into bed with your laptop ☺️ x

On to day 371 of the TWW 🤣 how's everyone feeling? I'm still feeling bloated and keep having hot flushes, both which could be for AF 🤷🏼‍♀️ only 3 days left to wait and see, but it was quite nice to wake up and not test today (even if it's because I've ran out of tests, not willpower) 😂 x

I have just been doing some research around vitamins and now I'm really worried I have been ruining my chances. I have been taking 1000mg vitamin c per day for about a month and a half now as I initially read that it was a good one to take in possible prevention of COVID-19 as it had been used in treatment processes. However I have now just read that high levels of vitamin c are also good to prevent pregnancy/implantation as it can make the uterus 'uninviting' to a fertilised egg 🙄 definitely going to stop taking it now either way as I've ordered some TTC-advisable supplements which also contain a small dose of vitamin c so don't want to be taking huge amounts but how annoying!! Glad I found out now though and not 6 months down the line 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Ltay2 i'm still weirdly positive after my BFN yesterday too! I'm due AF today, i'm cd28 and usually my cycles are 25-28 days, no longer. I had AF cramps for a few hours yesterday lunch time but no sign of spotting or AF (I always get spotting the day before I get full AF) and no cramps today. Obviously, there is still chance for her to show her face this afternoon or maybe i'll have a longer cycle this month, but it feels positive all the same!

Fingers crossed for you, sending lots of baby dust!!! X

@KateColx docs just rang and my antibiotics are ready so hopefully I'll be on the mend in no time! I am indeed, I'm in my PJs laid out on the sofa with a hot water bottle. The dog knows I'm not well and is curled up by my side so I'm happy 😊.

I'm on day 1 of the TWW and I'd forgotten how hideously slow the time passes. I feel like they need to come up with a day 1 pregnancy test 😂.

@Ltay2 oh I didn't know that about the vitamin C. I took pregnacare the first two months TTC last time then switched to seven seas after a recommendation from a friend and got pregnant first month on those so give em a try!

@SarahTTCx oh good luck lovely! Hope the old witch stays away and you get your BFP soon

@Noble89 thank you!!

Sorry to hear you're unwell! I had a UTI which started the day after ovulation and it was a persistent one! Luckily I got antibiotics pretty quick from the doc and i've been drinking 4L of water a day and it's finally gone! It threw me off a bit as I didn't know whether certain things were symptoms of possible preg of were caused by my water infection which is annoying! Our body's certainly do like to push us! Hope you're feeling better soon! X

@SarahTTCx thank you 😊. Unfortunately I suffer with them quite a lot and lots of sex is definitely a trigger which is not ideal when TTC 😂. Men don't know how lucky they are, being a girl is rubbish!

@Noble89 me too! I totally feel your pain, this was my 2nd in 5 months of ttc! It's definitely not ideal! Men definitely don't get it do they! I'm sick of hearing my OH say "just don't symptom spot then you won't get your hopes up" about TTC... I wish it was that easy haha! I said i'd like to see you try having your body giving you a million different feelings and pains and see if you could "just not symptom spot"

@Noble89 pleased you can curl up on the sofa, fingers crossed you'll be feeling better after today ☺️ haha god its the worst isn't it! Even if it ends in AF I'll be pleased for it to just be over 🤣 started getting slight AF feeling cramps, so I think she might be along soon 🙄 I'll have a look into the seven seas vitamins! X

@SarahTTCx exciting that there's no sign of AF just yet, everything crossed that it stays away for you 🤞🏻 are you going to see how the next couple of days go before testing again? X

@Ltay2 oh I'd never heard that about vitamin C! It's so frustrating because I think you can find pros and cons to anything when you look into it, hard to know what's best. X

@KateColx thanks, defo keeping fingers crossed! Yeah, i'm going to try and at least wait until Thursday if AF doesn't show, as I want to make sure i'm giving a chance for the hCG to be strong enough to detect! Just gotta keep fingers crossed AF stays away! I've just ordered a bulk of cheapy tests from amazon which are due tomorrow so I can take those first before using my FR!

Just catching up from last night, hope everyone is well today 💕

@Noble89 Sorry that your feeling rubbish today, hope the antibiotics sort u out. At least your in the TWW now so can have a little break from DTD.

@SmileyT So your due your AF today? Oh wow I hope she stays away & that's u got your BFP 🤞🏻 I totally agree with no actual pregnancy symptoms until implantation, I think il be one who has no symptoms cause I've not had any with any of my pregnancys 🤷🏼‍♀️

@KateColx I'm the same as u, no test today as I have none, yay🙄😂 I was thinking if we ovulated later than our apps predicted does that not move our AF due date to later? I'm just wondering cause I always have run up of like a week of AF pains before she hits me in the face but since yesterday had nothing & feel surprisingly good. Did u manage to stay away from amazon prime? I didnt but they come Thursday so if AF is indeed here il just put them away for next cycle so I dont waste them 🙈

@KRK05 well this is what I was trying to work out but without much luck 😂

I always have regular 27/28 day cycles, never early or late so if I did ovulate late this month would it push AF back (which as far as I can tell has never happened before) or would it just mean I have a 'short luteal phase' (Learnt that on MN haha) and I've never realised before? I've definitely had spotting mid cycle before which I've googled and put down to ovulation, so if my spotting last Wednesday was the same thing, it would only give like a week from ovulation to AF 🤯 do you always have regular cycles?

Glad there's been no more signs of AF for you though, especially if you normally have a week of it. Could be a good sign! 🤞🏻

Oh no I definitely didn't either 🤣🤣 we're so funny. I got some cheapy ones coming tomorrow! I have zero willpower x

@KateColx I had a little play about with Flo & I had 2 dates I 'think' I couldve ovulated as I tried symptom spot & one would make me late for AF & one would make AF due Saturday 🤷🏼‍♀️ but u make a good point my AF is always 28 days, theres been times when come 1 or 2 days early but never late (not that I can remember anyway so if it has it hasnt been significant enough to remember it) so interesting about the luteal phase I never even thought about that 🤔

@KRK05 oh really? Why so confusing 😩I actually put my info in Flo earlier this month and it said my AF would be due tomorrow but the app I normally use says Friday so 🤷🏼‍♀️ no I hadn't really thought about it until someone else mentioned they had it, and it made me wonder mainly just due to the spotting last week.

These CB tests will be insightful if we need them 😂 x

@KateColx Its just all so confusing 🤯 probably cause were not tracking so it's more of a guessing game for us which is so much more confusing!! Well I am that confident I am gonna get AF I've already ordered CB digital ovulation tracker, cheap OPK strips to log in an app & a BBT thermometer, gone all out gonna do the whole lot 😂

@KRK05 this was me last month before AF arrived I decided I might aswell be as prepared as possible for next month and if I was pg I wouldn't give a shit if id spent a bit of money on ttc stuff. Definitely a good idea to take temp from first day of AF. My first chart was a mess but think this months is much clearer that I ovulated when I thought 🙌🏾

@SmileyT Oh really that's good then cause I thought everyone would think I'm crazy being prepared before I even got my AF 😂 I dont care if it's a waste tbh cause would just be over the moon to actually be pregnant 🤷🏼‍♀️ TTC is expensive though but so worth it! Your chart this cycle looks good, what app is that u use to chart your BBT? I have about 6 diff apps downloaded but gonna try get it down to 1 or 2 to make it more manageable X

@SmileyT Jealous of how good that chart looks 😂 I end up missing days temping due to my erratic sleep!