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 😊 for the cot I like the basic ikea one, and car seat there's a Joie one I really like that's a little bit more expensive than others but will last right up until they're 12 so in theory the only car seat we'd need to buy!

@noble89 Thanks 😊 for the cot I like the basic ikea one, and car seat there's a Joie one I really like that's a little bit more expensive than others but will last right up until they're 12 so in theory the only car seat we'd need to buy!

You should be excited it's so exciting!

@Blossom93 How exciting your first! Sending lots of baby dust your way 🙏🏼 my AF due 7th May so were around about the same time

@1izzie I recommend the joie swivel! DS1 has it. Rear facing for the recommended time too. He still is at 14 month and will be until he can't no more!

The only negatives are not having a seat to carry baby when you leave hospital and having to wake baby after a car journey to put in the buggy rather than just leaving them in the seat and clicking on etc.

Love baby window shopping! Getting excited with you hahaha

What's everyone's ovulation symptoms? Obviously I'm not tracking with OPKs & with being first month TTC I've never really symptom spotted before & promised myself I wouldnt get into the obsessive state of tracking everything but I guess I've caved 🤷🏼‍♀️

@krk05 The past three months I’ve had EWCM, cramps about 24 hours before ovulation, and, ahem, an increased desire to have my will with my fiancé! FF says to expect my period May 7 (though it’s been pretty wrong about ovulation this month) so I’ll be TWW buddies with you and Blossom!

@Pipthesqueak That is basically all the symptoms I had but was 2/3 days ago so guess I ovulated a bit earlier than predicted. Will u be testing early or holding out to see if AF has arrived first? Wishing u the best for this cycle 🤞🏻

Welcome @Blossom93 I think everyone goes a tad manic when they start TTC so you are in good company 🤪

@1izzie @Noble89 the only thing I was certain of was the babyzen yoyo for a pram, I live in pretty central London so will probably be getting on tubes and this one can be folded up with one foot or something and folds really small so it can just go over your shoulder.

@KRK05 this is the first month I'm tracking in full so no idea but last month I did notice a few sharp stabbing pains but tbh I had them intermittently through my cycle, I didn't seem to get any EWCM but will look out much more this cycle and try and drink loads of water.

CD5 for me and I decided to do my first opk of the month today, no idea why it's way too early 😂

@KRK05 I don’t normally get symptoms, but occasionally some EWCM and even more occasionally a stitch like pain in my left side. I think I have a lazy ovary (which sounds hilarious), as my cycles alternate between 28 days and 32 days (sometimes longer), and I only get symptoms on the 28 day cycle and pain on my left side. Should be due the non-lazy one this month, so hopefully my chances will be better than with the lazy bum one on the right 😂

@dizzypixie That would be so nice to have someone similar to me!

I am using Natural Cycles app to monitor my cycles and have done for about 2 years now in preventing pregnancy so hopefully now that we have switched to planning it will all be pretty accurate.

Just struggling with my BBT at the moment as I'm having a lot of mornings with disturbed sleep so having to decide half asleep at 3am/4am whether testing then is better than waiting a few more hours and hoping for 4 hours solid sleep is difficult

Well today is supposed to be my ovulation day and we BD last night but I have now ran out of OPK's so just going to leave it at that now and see what happens. Don't want to put a lot of pressure on ourselves in the early days as we might have a lot more months of this and it can be stressful!

So I guess my TWW starts from today/tomorrow!

@KRK05 Same as @SmileyT I don't think I have many ovulation symptoms either or none that I have really noticed so far! I am supposed to ovulate today and I guess all I have noticed is EWCM yesterday (medium about) and I feel like I have had some tiny aching/stabbing sensations however that may all be in my head 😂 I am only on Cycle 2 so will keep these in mind for my next cycle.

Exciting that a lot of our AF are due around the same few days (7th May here). Although I hope none of them come!! It will be nice to have TWW buddies and to try to get to grips with this whole TTC process a long the way with you all!

@dizzypixie - I think my husband feels I've gone quite mad 😂 it's normally the other way around! I'm the chilled one and he's the type A haha. But yeah, he's on board, albeit a little bemused right now!

@SmileyT - I'm doing online fitness classes currently and they're so fun! I usually go to them face to face but actually find I'm working out more at home! 3 times a week I do pilates, 1-2 glow tone sessions (like Bums leg and tums), 1 Clubbercise session (dance aerobics) and 1 combat HIIT. Highly recommend classes to keep you motivated!!

@Noble89 - gah! Baby names 😍 I've been name obsessed since I was about 12. My husband and I pretty much decided on a baby name for a LG back when we were 21! We both have the same favourite name for girls! But I'm still gonna hunt high and low. And we are stuck for a boy!

@1izzie - so organised! ❤️ What looks good out there? I'm clueless with all that!

@MrsEmilyB my OH and I are exactly the same! I think we were talking baby names by our 3rd date 😂. It's a good job too as we have completely different taste so it's literally taken years to come up with options we can both agree on. We're 100% set on Blake for a girl but we're still struggling on boys names. He likes really traditional names and I like really out there ones 😂. We're agreed on Lincoln at the moment but by the time we actually have a baby who knows what we'll go with.

@BabyG123 ooh I'll have a look thank you! I bet it saves your back too!

@MrsEmilyB haha I'm really not! I just like window shopping and looking at stuff like this makes me so excited 😆

@Noble89 - Blake is adorable! 😍 We love India for a girl, and I have since I read a novel aged 11 about a strong-headed female doctor in the patriarchal victorian era. So I'm pretty sure that's 100%. But I also love Florence! Boys are so much harder to name! He loves Oscar and Harrison. I like Henry and Theodore. But we can't find anything we LOVE.

@MrsEmilyB AHH thank you! We're dead set on Blake and probably going with Blake Harper I think 😊. You and I definitely have similar taste! I floated Indie for a girl but my OH prefers Blake.

This is hilarious, I don't tend to like traditional names at all for boys which is why were struggling. No lie there are 3 traditional names I like and floated and those were Henry, Theodore and Elijah!

If I could have my own way I'd have gone Rumer for a girl and either Maverick or Avery for a boy but OH is having none of it 😂

@Blossom93 - welcome to the Mad May Bus! Just scrolled back and saw I'd missed your post, sorry. You're in good company - I thought I'd be chilled but turns out I am much more of a control freak than I thought 😂

@Ltay2 - also a natural Cycles gal over here too 👋🏻 and my BBT has gone a bit haywire over the last month or so. I'm wondering whether it's a change in the weather?

KRK05 - my symptoms are definitely EWCM and LOTS of it (sorry, TMI). That and feeling ridiculously amorous 😂 ahem.

My OH has been dead set on a boys name since before he even met me and I'm so glad he told me early because I really wasn't keen on it at first and instantly dismissed it but I think it's secretly grown on me! 🙊

@MrsEmilyB So glad it's not just me with the BBT problems! I'm never quite sure whether I'm measuring properly because my early morning sleep is a bit erratic but I'm glad the app is 'clever' enough to know these things!

Feeling very ?relieved? that my fertile window is now done and I can chill out (if that's possible in TWW 🤣) hoping to not put too much pressure on myself and just enjoy the process.

@Noble89 - I think we do!! Blake Harper is so stylish. She sounds like one of those effortlessly cool girls everyone loves. We aren't sure for middle names - the first girl in our family always has the middle name of Anne going back about 5 generations - however I HATE it. So, I'm planning to update it rather than go off piste entirely. I'm thinking Anneliese as a middle. BUT, we need a buffer middle name in between India and Anneliese as it doesn't flow well.

DH is definitely more traditional with names than me! There's a middle name tradition with the boys too - first born son has dad's name as the middle. So "Matthew" in this case. Plus I'm determined to get my Dad's name in there so it'd be something Matthew John. So I really don't want something mega common. I do like the old fashioned little boys names. Jasper is lovely, but wouldn't work with our surname.

@Ltay2 - ooh, what is it? I am intruiged. I'm glad it's grown on you. You both need to love it.

Haha. I was chilled for week 1 of my first 2ww. I was a mess in week 2! I hope you remain more zen than me.

@MrsEmilyB The name is 'Evan' I thought it sounded too American at first but I quite like it now. The boys in my family, and my OH have a middle name of James so I think Evan James sounds nice.

No doubt I will be a panicking wreck in both weeks looking out for non-existent symptoms haha!

I love all your positivity!
I'm struggling to to baby window shopping as I feel it gets my hopes up...
Maybe il do some baby lists and try and get into the more positive frame of mind.
We have names ready and waiting!
Can't wait for a BFP and can start getting properly excited!

@Rotagilla I am going through a vicious cycle of stressing about every tiny detail, to remembering stress isn't good for me or for ttc, relaxing and going with the flow, and then back to stressing!

I've not done any window shopping at all I feel it's way too early for me. But will be looking forward to all that when the time comes!