Chatterbox May Bus - part 4

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Thought I'd best start a new thread. I'm. It great at keeping track of the conversation all but i don't want to loose track of you all 💕
@Franklydear @MrsEmilyB @SmileyT @Juno231 @babyg123

@Hopefulmummie how many dpo are you? Fx 🤞🏻 you get your bfp, I've been extremely tired struggling to stay awake most of the time

Trying not to get my Hope's up to much x

@Newbie0818 No we haven't at all in a couple of weeks so I know there's absolutely no chance of me being pregnant, we most likely won't be able to in the next cycle either but it's nice in a way to carry on with testing and not have that added pressure of DTD scheduling, just getting to know my cycles and body more.

@Fluffkins14 I'm 11/12 dpo and temp has been elevated last 5 days. Don't wanna get my hopes up either x

@Ltay2 that’s a good way of thinking about it. Our bodies are such a mishmash of different things that it’ll be nice to have some clarity xx

@Ltay2 that’s a really lovely way to think about it 😊 I have to say, it is nice feeling like I actually know more about how my body works and what’s going on whereas as a teenager I didn’t care, and then spent the last 11-12 years on either the pill or implant so haven’t had a chance!

My DH just said that he’s been looking at Male fertility vitamins and that he would like to start taking some so that he feels like he is doing more to contribute. he’s generally so laid back in life (in a good way) and is so excited about TTC but also more of a ‘it’ll happen when it happens’ positive thinker so it was lovely to hear him bring up the topic and have been thinking about what he could also do to help.... so does anyone’s partner take any and can recommend which ones are any good? 🙂

@Newbie0818 @MoonW Yeah I have learnt more about my body in this cycle than ever and that's just from tracking CM as I never did that previously so this added time will definitely help! I'm also taking it as a positive that not being able to try for 1-2 cycles means that it gives my supplements that improve egg quality more of a chance to do some good 🤷🏼‍♀️

@MoonW I might subtly drop in conversation about male fertility vitamins to my OH too. He has been so deflated the last few days feeling like he's ruined everything for the next couple of months for us TTC and he won't stop apologising and then he sees me taking all these different pills knowing that we aren't going to get anything from it for a while. Of course I don't care at all, he is more important and his injury is in no way his fault and couldn't have been avoided but maybe taking some vitamins will make him feel like he's taking positive steps for when we can try again.

@Ltay2 Oh bless him, that could be a nice idea so that he can still feel like he’s doing something to help as well in a way, even though the main thing is he is home and safe like you say 💕 I think that’s why my OH mentioned it, because he watches me take mine, pee on ovulation sticks and log everything in apps and wants to feel a bit more involved in the process aside from the obvious - although tbh I was surprised he even knew they existed!

@Ltay2 are you sure you ovulated yet? I though I ovulated on CD19 because of Ewcm and when I usually ovulate. But I didn't actually ovulate until cd23! I've attached my chart as I'm crappy at explaining things.
As consolation to your OH - us taking vitamins even when we aren't actively ttc is important as it takes 90 days for any vits to impact our egg quality!

@MoonW My husband has been using Holland and Barrett pre-conception for him, but think we might switch to concieve plus when we run out!

@Hopefulmummie it all sounds very positive, are you testing soon?x

@MrsEmilyB gourmet burger sounds awesome! Got to treat yourself 😊 thank you, my stomach seems to have calmed down now, 🤞 got pains in my side which is usually a sign af is coming 😑 damn it why can’t af just show up with a bunch of flowers every month, would be so much more welcoming!

If anyone is in need of a pick me up I’ve just come across this thread! Made me smile 😊
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3916006-To-think-that-puppies-should-be-illegal?pg=1

@MrsEmilyB Thats interesting with your peak! I'm definitely going to continue testing and see what happens as I can't be sure I've ovulated yet. Yeah in terms of vitamins that the positive I am taking from it in that it's doing some good even though we have to wait for a bit it's allowing me to prepare my body and I am getting to know more about my patterns with CM etc as I only really started tracking that this cycle.

Ahh @RobinRose that was a cute thread! I've posted my puppers on there too 💕💕

I know. If AF could send a note a couple of days in advance, with flowers and a bottle of wine and a nice little note saying "hey beautiful! Sorry you're not pregnant this month, but it does mean you can enjoy this big bottle of vino and a hot bath when I arrive on Friday at 18:26pm" 😅😅

@MrsEmilyB aww your dogs are lovely! I don’t have any dogs (yet) but I do have a 3 legged cat 😊

That would be soooo perfect! Maybe one day 😂😂!

@Fluffkins14 going to hold off to Saturday or Sunday I think. Are you?

Cramps tonight and very slight spotting.. I would never get AF spotting this early so don't know what to take from it... AF not due to Sunday

Hope everyone is doing ok this morning! 🌻

@RobinRose good morning! How are you feeling today? 😊

I’m feeling impatient today, and swinging between feeling optimistic like this is the month because of certain symptoms to feeling like it’s never going to happen and expecting AF to arrive next week. I swear the TWW is the slowest 2 weeks of the months 😂

@MoonW I am ok thank you 😊 I feel that way too! It most certainly is the slowest 2 weeks of the month! Had cramps last night and agin this morning so af looks like it will be arriving soon 😑

@RobinRose remind me, when is AF due for you? I’ll keep fingers & toes crossed she stays away for you and that the cramps aren’t a sign of AF🤞

@MoonW Monday/Tuesday according to my apps! Thank you, and you! 🤞 when’s af due for you?

@RobinRose AF is due 27/28th May for me, but the fertility friend app has decided it should be due on the 25th this month as I had a positive OPK a couple days earlier than usual. So I’m going to go by 27/28th to wait to test IF not already shown up by then 🤞

Ahhhh can you ladies help pleaseeee! So I order some proov pdg test that turned up today just to check I did ovulate 🤣 anyhow I did! I had one frer test left and did it stupidly didn't see a line straight away (I know I should of waited) threw it in the bin just work up from a moody nap had one last peep and this was the result IC are negative.

I'm NOT taking this as my bfp but wondered what you ladies thought, I'm only 7/8dpo going by my peak x

Ok so I have done another 2 OPKs today and they still show nothing, so I am assuming that my peak was late Weds/early Thurs and I just missed it. I've added a manual result in for Weds night as peak so that Fermometer isn't thrown off by the EWCM I put in on Tuesday as it seems to class any day with EWCM as ovulation day unless you register a peak OPK. I think I am safe to assume that my ovulation day was likely Thursday in this case but will do one more OPK tomorrow just to make sure it's still blank. CM today is a lot lighter and more creamy again too.

@Fluffkins14 that definitely looks positive! But like you said it is early and perhaps after the time frame, test again over the next few days? When did you ovulate?