May Bus

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Hey All

Welcome to the May Bus!

This is our second month of trying.

Good luck to everyone.

@Noble89 I've decided not to do those this time, I'm just doing line tests to see if they get darker and then after this weekend I'm not doing anymore, I just want to get past my period being due!

@Noble89 tough not to if you have them in the house! Keep us posted, fingers crossed!
@EllieJai44 best of luck to you! 🍀

I'm a great pal @Noble89 🤗 and yeah I forgot your hcg levels only dropped this month, you are going to kick arse at this pregnancy life. My mum is exactly the same as yours about pregnancy, her waters broke at work with my brother (her first) because she was so oblivious but she was 19 and there was no google so guess she didn't have a chance to worry really 😂

DP has asked me today why I'm not testing earlier than the 20th, so I explained that the apps predict my period on different days and he's just said 'you know it's due Sunday let's test if your period doesn't show up' so I guess it's 5 nights away 😬

@KRK05 still hasn’t sunk in 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m alright thanks. just tired and peeing all the time 😅

I saw that your AF arrived, at least you can start the next cycle and you’re not waiting around for it anymore. Hope this is your month, got my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻 💕

@SmileyT move back up north and we can whinge about the mortgage market and obsess over TTC together 😂. I'd actually not thought about it until today, but a month ago my HCG was still over 20 and a FRER will pick up from around 6 apparently so I'm probably not gonna feel any different than I have for the last 9 months.

My mum also had my brother at 19 (honestly at this point I wouldn't be shocked if it's the same woman😂). She had no idea she was in labour as all her pains were in her back so she just thought she'd pulled a muscle. Only went to the hospital when she was crying with the pain and they were like...yeah hun you're having a baby why didn't you come earlier? She told me everyone told her she'd get pains in her belly but these were in her back so she was sure it wasn't labour 🤦

Eeep how exciting! The waiting is bad enough without dragging it out further so I'm very on board with this plan!

Hi All, just woke up and been reading through the threads, looks like everyone is doing well. We’re all still waiting to that day where we are all praying for our BFP’s!! How exciting, I can’t wait for Saturday to be here. I said to my DH yesterday I would love to take the test together Saturday morning. I think I will let him see the test first then tell me what it is. I think that will be fun - however maybe not if he’s not like us (also has glasses) so he might not see that second line so early in the morning without them hahaha! Last time I got a BFP I did I discovered it all on my own in the bathroom.

Also not sure if anyone is into YouTube beauty/ lifestyle Vloggers? Last night I watched Desi Perkins Fertility Journey - its a 4 episode series on her youtube. It’s a good watch if you want to watch it - balled my eyes out in episode 4 (last ep) when they got the call of a BFP! Worth a watch 😊

Also I would like to introduce you ladies to a series of YouTube affirmations videos that has really transformed my fertility journey. They’re created by this Natural Doctor, Natalie who creates a short affirmation video set for each stage of your cycle. I listen to them every single day and they have helped me get through the cycle stages (especially TWW) with more grace and ease. I will leave then below, feel free to check them out.

Week 1 (Start of AF to end of AF)

Week 2 (end of AF to ovulation)

Week 3 (ovulation to implantation)

Week 4 (implantation to AF/BFP)

Week 4 (alternate set for cycle sensing AF is coming)

If anyone does listen to these please let me know what you think ❤️

@beautifuldream I'm so happy you are looking forward to Saturday and that you want to include your husband, it can be such a lonely journey in general and it's nice for him to be a part of it, I'm sure he'll make sure he put his glasses on first thing😂

How are you feeling in yourself?

I'm not really into YouTube stars talking beauty or lifestyle more of a fitness gal but I've been using those meditations the last two weeks, short and sharp which I like 🙌🏾

@Noble89 we are the same person 😂 how are you feeling this morning? I swear my mood goes from 'this could happen' one day to 'don't be ridiculous this isn't going to happen this first month' the next day, I'm at the stage of pleading with my body to just let me be pregnant 😩

I am feeling alright today actually. Probably the least amount of symptoms today compared to last few days. Im hoping I feel some sort of cramping tomorrow at 10DPO which is when I felt significant cramps last cycle and figured it was implantation cramping. But even if I don’t, I’m hoping not to get down about it. I read one article that said there is actually no such thing as “implantation cramping” although lots of women feel twinges and cramping around that time. Plus, I believe every cycle of TTC can be so different each time in terms of symptoms.

Do you ladies feel “implantation” cramping around the time of 10DPO?

@beautifuldream I think now I'm in the TWW I feel everything I haven't noticed before but I have no idea if that is implantation cramping or just normal twinges my body feels 🤷🏾‍♀️ I agree that every woman, every pregnancy and even every cycle can be different so I think there is little point in symptom spotting for me, it definitely doesn't change the outcome. Fx for us all this week

@SmileyT I know 😂. I'm sooooo tired, I slept in for work today because I just kept snoozing the alarm. And I feel really nauseous and have a headache this morning. Honestly my body is throwing every single pregnancy symptom in the book at me today so if I'm not pregnant I'm gonna be pissed cz I feel like shit. I fell asleep pretty early, before 11 for sure but I just kept waking up having super vivid nightmares.

I know mate, you think please let me be pregnant as I can't do this again next month.

@beautifuldream I don't think I ever felt implantation cramping. Whenever I'm TTC I seem to notice crampy twinges throughout the TWW but I assume that's a normal part of my cycle and I just don't notice when I'm not so hyper vigilant. I didn't experience any implantation bleeding last time though so not expecting that either.

Morning ladies, I woke up this morning feeling extremely nauseous so decided to test as I’m 13dpo but had a BFN on a Clearblue ultra early. I’m still waiting for my FRER tests to arrive. I’m probably out this month as only going off an app so will do OPKs in the next cycle. I just needed to share as can’t tell anyone else 😂

Hi everyone sorry to jump on this post! I’ve posted this in another thread aswell so sorry if anyone sees this twice! I have no idea how to use mumsnet can you tell?
I ovulated I think on the 4th of May (currently 9dpo) this is my first month TTC baby #2 and I’ve tested the last 2 days with extremely faint results so much so that I’m just deeming them as negative to be honest(pic attached). I am just here to moan really because honestly I thought I would be so much more chilled this time around and if anything I’m so much worse! I caught pregnant the first month with my DS and I feel like maybe that was all just a fluke and its bound not to happen again so easily this time! I know I shouldn’t be testing this early but I can’t help it I feel like I’m becoming obsessive with it! I’ve done one blue dye test on 7dpo and then 2 red dye cheap strip tests on 8dpo and they’re all coming up with a weird barely there line where I feel like I get a headache trying to look for it. Then I did another strip this morning with FMU and it didn’t do anything so god knows! I don’t necessarily trust FMU either because when I was pregnant with my son I got a super strong line at 8pm 12dpo and the next day At 13dpo with FMU it was really faint and then I was terrified I was loosing the pregnancy! I know full well I need to just wait until my expected period date now to test again which is still a few days away (18/05) . I’m going crazy over here someone please help me feel better (pic attached of weird unreadable results that are driving me insane) haha! Thank you all so much! And I am wishing you all the best x

Morning everyone, I’ve woken up very frustrated this morning. I had slight spotting just once yesterday morning and now I’ve had it again today. To me it’s a sign of AF but yet my body has given me every symptom in the TTW to suggest I was pregnant? I was hoping to test tomorrow morning 11dpo but now I’m not so sure I should? Any advice? Xx

@Noble89 I'm so sure you are pregnant and I'll be so happy but sad that you leave me 😂 I'm now thinking maybe I should test Saturday and just get my first ever BFN out of the way, think I need to accept it's just part of ttc x

@J0DI3 definitely not out if you don't know exactly when ovulation was maybe test again after the app thinks your period is due x

@Kodasmom if AF isn't here tomorrow then no harm in testing if you want to, good luck

@MrsDh2019 completely understand the frustration like you've said you know it might be too early to get a conclusive test, so hopefully a test in a couple days will be clearer x

@SmileyT it’s just so frustrating! I feel like if I accept the result for now I won’t be as disappointed if AF shows. Maybe I’ll wait until Friday as that is the day after AF is due! Hopefully the FRERs arrive before then!

How are you feeling? X

Thank you @SmileyT I will try and refrain from doing yet another test and just hope that the ones I’ve got aren’t ALL evap/indent lines?! But again like everyone can relate to I don’t want to get my hopes up. I’m due AF on Monday... I might get DH to hide the pregnancy tests until then so I’m not tempted x

@MrsDh2019 welcome to the mind fuck that is TTC. I think I can see a faint line on your tests but like you say the only way to know is to give it a few days and test again! I caved yesterday and tested way too early at 8DPO so I feel your pain. The waiting is torture!

@Kodasmom it's a nightmare isn't it. I think I'm having loads of symptoms but realistically I feel like it's just my body playing tricks on me 😭. I'm gonna test at 10DPO tomorrow as the wondering kills me but I'm fully expecting a BFN.

@SmileyT honestly my gut instinct is that I'm not. I don't know why, I just don't feel like I'm pregnant. I definitely feel out of sorts with the odd bit of cramping and the fatigue but honestly I think that's just the stress of wondering and my body playing tricks on me. Definitely test Saturday, although I was kind of mad at myself for testing yesterday when I know full well the likelihood of a positive is miniscule at least it took it off my mind for the day. It was better to be like 'right that's done and it's negative' than to be itching to test all day.

@Noble89 sounds like we are on the same dpo! I hope you get a more definitive result tomorrow. I have no idea when to test again. I honestly can’t stop thinking about it and it’s driving me insane now. Obviously being in lockdown is not helping with the overthinking!! I am like you though, fairly convinced I’m not pregnant tbh! I have had some cramping which I get anyway, but I’ve also had an achy lower back and sore boobs and I never ever get sore boobs or an achy back as part of my usual monthly cycle. But I have noticed today I’m very emotional which is usually what happens to me about 3/4 days before I come on my period so probably not looking good for me. Have my fingers crossed for everyone on here 🤞🏼 X

@J0DI3 my FRER were suppose to arrive Friday but came today!! So going to test tomorrow at 12dpo. I've said on another thread that I have my usual coming on cramps, bit of nausea, headaches on n off but you never know, they could be early pg symptoms. I was gonna wait until Saturday to test but fuck it, I have them now so will test tomorrow morning and see what happens! Trying for our first for 8 months so will be over the moon if it's positive! Good luck to all those testing the rest of this week!

@notyetamumbuttrying I ordered mine Sunday night and they were sent via 1st Class so hoping they arrive today! I’ve had no other symptoms other than a few days this week I’ve felt like I’m going to throw up in the mornings. I had a couple of twinges at either 8 or 9DPO but nothing since. I was convinced AF was coming the other night an it hasn’t showed yet. I think the wait is the hardest thing!

@J0DI3 all sounds pretty positive though! How many dpo are you today?

@notyetamumbuttrying I’m 13dpo if I ovulated when I think I did according to my app!

@J0DI3 ooh so will you test tomorrow then?

@notyetamumbuttrying well DH wants me to wait until Friday, which would be a day after AF is due!

@J0DI3 that's fair enough. That's what I usually do but I'm being influenced by this thread now lol! Plus all my uterus twinges are giving me false senses of hope to test early too so I'm going for it tomorrow, eek 😬