50 shades of TTC (June bus part 2)

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Let's all intro ourselves again...so people can use the top of the thread as a quick reference to where we are at and maybe find some cycle buddies - everyone welcome to join the madhouse of the June 2020 bus x

@SmileyT yeah could be. I’m just a worrier! Just catching up reading through went to bed early last night got up at 4.30 sat morn so felt exhausted!

@lucyrp I'm named after Elan Valley!

@slat3 CD means cycle day and DPO means days post ovulation!

@SmileyT I didn’t have Chinese either I cooked bolognese....really craving one now though but I don’t think our local ones are open yet! We’ve been having a curry take away every week tho in lockdown it’s the highlight since we can’t go out and gives me a night off cooking!! X

@LittleRa I DTD every day of the month when I conceived DC1 so in my opinion the More often the better 🤣 x

@lucyrp I too will eat the shit snacks that I don’t like if desperate I buy orange clubs and Bourbon biscuits for DH because I generally won’t touch them! Although he’s discovered my stash of haagan dasz and took a liking to it 🙄

Also I use the app x

@Slat3 i use the iphone app alongside fermometer and flo! if you input stuff on flo you can link it to your iphone health app so you don't have to input twice! i'm the same i have a silver cross travel system from DS and nothing wrong with it but already been looking ag new ones 🙈

@Vil10 are the easy@home ones just the little strips ?

@33Carr oooo that's interesting what's your name if you don't mind me asking?🙈

@Cocoblue22 i have a load of hi fi bars from slimming world in a tub alongside aldi kit kat's etc and haven't touched them but its getting desperate times now 😂 it was just me being nosey trying to find more out about everyone🤪

CD21 STILL with flashing smiley 😭 @Minster2012 so 10 days of flashing smiley.

I didn’t get a static last month until CD20 but that cycle was unexpectedly short (28 days rather than 38 previously). I’ve tried to look into why I had a late ovulation and early period and aside from all the scary answers that somethings seriously wrong with me, I did see that it could have been the egg was fertilised, didn’t implant and that triggered the period. Or I could be pregnant and had heavy implantation bleeding. I did a pregnancy test yesterday (curiosity mainly) and it was negative, so I suppose that’s one option ruled out 😂😩 I just want my static smiley! I’ve had 10 days of high estrogen and DTD 6 times in that time. 😰

I love how many of you are northern girls! I’m also from Manchester, currently living in Bolton 😊

@lucyrp yeah the strips, think they were £8 for 25 on amazon! But they’re really good and clear and if you downloaded the premom app you can log the results in that and it tells you what’s your low/high/peak etc!

Wow this chat is on fire 🔥 I wake up to soooo many msgs lol! I can't remember who said what but using that bookmark option now! Normal people is good and got me going a bit but Dh didn't move a muscle lol! I could make him watch 50 shades but he'd prob say it was shit lol! I need to get the porn out with him I think 😝 I will be poas tomorrow to see if I'm gonna ovulate Tuesday or whether the Angus has done the trick and moved by ovulation to later. I need to get a session in today as we're trying every other day until smiley and then 3 days in a row. Haven't actually told Dh this so should prob make him aware considering I always initiate anyway. I live in London btw but love northern birds 😂

@Cocoblue22 omg where are you finding Bourbon biscuits?! I've been searching for them for weeks as they are my fav biscuit but people seem to have been panic buying them in my area - nowhere to be found!!! Forget loo roll - Bourbon biscuits are the priority!! 😂

So will be using opks for the first time and trying to keep track of the things you guys do..
So when should I poas each day at the start when I'm only poas once a day?
I've been taking my temp first thing when I wake up. Should I be testing more than once a day with BBT? And how does BBT help.. Does it rise before ovulation? And dip straight after?
Thanks for all your help ladies!!
Ps. I'm from N. Ireland!

@Vil10 yea I'm using the cheaper easy@home ones too for this month to get my bearings.

@Vil10 oooo okay! i'm probably going to stick to my CB for the next cycle if i don't get anything this time and see how that works but then saying thag il probably change my mind soon enough 😂

@Maybe333 i think if you're using ICs its better to do it later in the day not first thing in the morning, BBT you only take first thing in the morning before you move, this is my current chart so i'm guessing it should rise before ov

Hi everyone,

Hoping from the May bus. This is my fifth month TTC baby number 2 at the grand old age of 32! 😁

Still waiting on period as Mays cycle seems to be very very strange for no known reason, but three negative tests can’t be wrong can they...

Good luck to everyone trying this month. Let’s hope it’s as lucky as the May bus was. 🤞🏻

@lucyrp My name is surprise surprise Elan haha my parents went on a date there when they started dating and viola, rest is history!

For those liking the 50 shades (or not liking anna 🤣) try normal people on bbc....my OH kept walking in thinking I was watching porn haha!!

@KRK05 I click last and then prev until I find the last one I read which I bookmarked.

@lucyrp yeah I do always find it hard watching a film after a book, I hated the twilight film first time round because I preferred reading it but after I'd seen it 100 times I now love it 🤣

Yay to static smiley... don't worry too much about what femometer says your ovulation date is just yet, it's still working on it and it will move through the month until it gets additional info, put in your peak lh test and it will probably move ovulation to tomorrow. Then in about 4 days it will confirm ovulation date with temps. I think if you mark your own ovulation it won't confirm it with temps so I wouldn't mark your own ovulation x

@Skip86 love poas and first day the blank circle doesn't stress me out 🙌🏾 have all the pains gone now? That's very strange hope it's nothing serious x

@Minster2012 yes smash all that cranberry juice, don't want a UTI kicking off just as you get your static - i have faith it will come x

@unluckyducky how are you feeling today? normal people on the BBC? I've heard good things about this. Any other recommendations from people let me know x

@Amy00 welcome and good luck for your first month... I think the first TWW after the pill always feels a bit strange as you haven't ovulated in so long your body isn't used to any of the hormones. Keep yourself busy and take a note of everything you feel daily, hopefully you don't have a 2nd month trying but if you do it's good to be able to look back at what's normal for you at each stage xx

Hey @Pixielou16 I'm also using the cup and honestly loving not having the feeling of cum dropping out after sex 🙌🏾

@KateColx oh I love Manchester in my party days I used to spend many a weekend there 🍻 👀 I'm from Essex but live in North London now x

@Slat3 Tbh you don't need to track things that tightly if you have regular sex, it's just so you know when to test... how long are your cycles? X

Sorry standardly really long message for me, I'll probably let DP sleep until about 2pm so I'm really trying to psyche myself up to go for a walk and start my diet today. When I say diet I just mean not eating choc for breakfast, lunch and dinner with no moderation - yesterday I ate a twix and a sharer bag of Haribo around my meals and didn't leave the house so definitely didn't burn any calories 🙄

Hi @NemoBear7 👋

@Maybe333 temp should drop before ovulation and rise after (I've attached my chart from last month) you can only take bbt once a day before you do anything at all as it's your temp at rest x

@33Carr lovely name i must say 😉 what a small world!

@Cocoblue22 i'm trying to convince OH to change the channel so i can watch normal people!

@SmileyT it's saying that ovulation has passed by 4 days even though i have put my peak ovulation test in today ??

Ok so I always pee after sex, I've managed to wait 10mins but then feel I need to wee as I'm so scared of getting an UTI. Managed not to last night 🙈 these cups sound interesting though, I hate when its all leaking out 😆

also @lucyrp is that Rheaydr near Builth? I've stayed there when the Royal Welsh show is on in the past 😆 Im from Snowdonia. Not giving more than that away 😏

Also I feel this chat is like a text version of a soap! Love all the updates.
I think my TWW starts today, AF due 7th June (not 30may as i thought before 🙈)

@blodyn91 my af is also due 7th/8th, well according to my app! I just need to use an opk this afternoon to check whether it’s lower than yesterday then I’ll officially be in my TWW!!

i always wait half hour before moving and then i go to the loo!😂

@blodyn91 yes it is! so gutted the royal welsh isn't on this year i love that week😂 ooo north wales is lush, we used to holiday up there when i was little!

my TWW starts on wednesday i believe!

@unluckyducky just seen you like normal people too (reading through in order Im begins after an early night and a lie in) normal people was a lot raunchier than I expected!

@Minster2012 sorry you feel rubbish infections suck the cranberry juice will sort you out tho!

@Skip86 you’ve made me want brownies or cookies or all things sweet now!

@Amy00 hello 👋🏻 I’ve recently come off the pill too!

How long do you guys lie there before peeing after DTD? I find it chafes a bit if you leave it too long! The joys 🤣

How is everyone getting on? Where are you all in your cycle? I'm 1dpo! Happy Sunday lovelies xxxxx