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

@lucyrp & @notyetamumbuttrying yes I think I feel the same, if I didn’t keep going I think I’d have awful POAS regret especially as it’s the first proper cycle I’d like to try to see, @Skip86 I’m doing the ICs too but they’ve shown basically 0s so far & im so bad at not weeing & drinking litres of fluid I’m not sure that they are accurate anyway!! I have another 8 sticks I think & im going to order more so I’m not caught short again 😤

@Skip86 oh yeah I mean winter & its 21 degrees 🤔😩thats tropical for us! Mind you I have vitiligo as a side effect of my chemo (means it’s working so I don’t mind) so I need to be careful so my “not so” darling hubs would say my nickname is leopard 🐆

@J0DI3 you would def need a bigger car with a Dalmatian too! We have a big pointer & a cockapoo so my car has gradually got bigger as our family went...us...a cockapoo...a pointer....a child too 🙄😬

@RobinRose welcome! Sorry you had to join another bus but fingers crossed June is lucky for you 🤞🏻

@Vil10 difference in CM def normal xx

@Minster2012 you know exactly what we mean then! It’s the first car our Dalmatian can fit in without her head touching the roof 😂 I feel it’s a car that will stay with us until it gives out now! Xx

Omg I can literally never keep up with this thread at all! 😂😂😂 Have to agree about Normal People being like soft porn tho - Connell is something else 😍

So I think I ovulate today a day before my apps thought as I had my darkest line on my strips yesterday! eeeek!

Anyone else about to start the psycho two weeks? Haha...

Also... v random but I always get really burpy around ovulation and feel a bit sick? Does anyone else experience this or am I just weird lol? Xx

Cool defo keep going in solidarity then lol @Minster2012 💪
Haha @TTCgee there's a lot chat I know lol! I don't get that but it's not to say it's you being weird! I'm always burping no matter what as I get quite bad acid reflux so anything that goes down comes bk as a burp, even water lol! Feeling sick for me comes with pms so before af arrives which is so confusing for thinking I'm prego!

@TTCgee omg ovulation buddies! I'm ovulating today too! Connell is fit 😍

@SmileyT if ovulation was 24th I’ll be fuming because we didn’t DTD yesterday because OH was working all day and most of the night!!! But we did on the 23rd so hoping that’ll be enough! I had ovulation pains on the 19th, 21st and 22nd!x

@notyetamumbuttrying I tested yesterday with my CV digital and got the standard day 1 blank circle and the same today. I think I had the for about 3 days last cycle then flashing till the evening of CD15 so ovulation would have been CD16/17 so expecting similar this month but who knows!?

@SmileyT mate I stand by it. BD is just hideous. If I asked my OH if he wanted to baby dance I think he'd leave me 😂.

Yeah I agree it's not fair to them, they're not spunk machines and honestly I'd be well pissed off if he only wanted to have sex to have a baby. I'm far too fabulous for that 😂. I've not watched mindhunter but I've read the book it was based on and that's brilliant so give it a whirl.

@Cocoblue22 omg I love line of duty. I can't wait for the next season!

I'm currently working my way through modern family again now it's on Netflix and I'm watching the last dance about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (I'm sports mad and went to America for uni so I'm obsessed with the NBA and NFL) once I finish those I'll check out working mom's.

@KateColx oh the dreaded TWW now. 100% get yourself some and thank me later. Plus your OH can use em to restrain you and stop you testing too early. Dual purpose and all that 😂

Who knows indeed @Noble89 ovulation can vary month to month. I was worried about ppl talking about flashing smileys as mine just goes straight to smiley from blank and then I realised you lot must use the 4 days of fertility one whereas I use the 2 days.

@Noble89 we’ve just watched the last dance! Was fab & I love your comment “I’m far too fabulous for that” totally lady

Currently enjoying crazy bank holiday sunshine & my pointer is being loving today too it seems in a position I was in not so long ago, whilst I’m here googling “how to ripen your eggs to ovulate”

Me. Crazy. Nooooooo

@Minster2012 cute doggo! So coQ10 is good for egg production! I've started taking it this cycle.

Only catching up now! There's a lot to catch up on! 🤣
@minster12 wow, your story is so inspiring. I got a tad tearyeyed when taking about his birth. What truly amazing friends you have in each other.
@jodi3 I'm the same, AF is due to appear on my birthday this month.. Would be amazing if it didn't and I got a different kind of present this year! 🎁
I must be one of the later testers on this group. Testing around 22nd June! So quite a while to wait yet! Only cd7 for me. So happy to follow all your cycles in the meantime! Wishing everyone luck 🤞

@notyetamumbuttrying ahh love Greenwich my friend used to live on trafalgar grove just by the BP garage... such a nice place to live, close enough to central but still feels very green, enjoy 😎

@TTCgee last month I did note feeling sick and gassy just after ovulation, it's funny that I've not been on hormonal contraception for about 7yrs I think and never noticed anything in my body apart from cramps during period but now I notice everything and it's so interesting.

@Vil10 ahh you probably have it right then, I've only been tracking last couple months and mine seems to be day after peak but think timeframes are different for each of us.

@Noble89 I recently watched all of modern family 😂 I'd seen it all before in bits but actually watched start to finish and it was even better... last month I got a bit obsessed with the sex for baby making and OH would be like 'do you need me to fill you up today' even though we followed SMEP actually think we had less sex than normal because I felt mentally exhausted by the organisation and it felt a bit forced, I'm trying to be more chill this month aswell, let's see how we do xx

Ooh we're not far from there at all! @SmileyT
Relatively new development just behind it and close to the river. Yeah it's best of both when working in central London but obvs now I could be anywhere as permanently wfh 😆 we're looking to sell up and move this year, just need corona to do one and we can get going.

Oh God I get sick with pms too @notyetamumbuttrying, it's horrible and also very confusing when you are ttc. Also sick for all 9 months of pregnancy too so hope that won't be the case for you.

@Katao I'm almost certain I'll be sick with pregnancy. I'm very hormonal and if I'm anything like my sister I'll be sick when pregnant too. It's ok though, small sacrifice to get a baby at the end of it! I say that now of course, all pregnancy free and no experience of it it lol!

@Maybe333 don’t worry I’ll prob still be waiting for a no show of ovulation at the point you are testing I’ll be pumping hubs to death going “BUT THE BUS HASN'T REACHED THE END OF THE LINE YET YOU WIMP”

@Minster2012 😂 😂 in it to the end! Fingers crossed for us all!! 🤞

Hi ladies,

Just briefly tried to catch up!

@Minster2012 how frustrating for you!! I agree with the others though, I'd be tempted to keep going and see where you get to. Also the wimp bit in your last comment 😂😂😂😂

@TTCgee I think I'm around 2DPO so I'm all in for the psycho TWW 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️ I find I get realllyyy bloated around ovulation, I'd never thought anything of it before but now I'm noticing everything I've noticed it every month.

@Noble89 hahaha he's probably that sick of me talking about babies he'll get me set up and then just leave me there for a while 😂

I'm enjoying the sunshine in the garden with a gin and 50 shades book I've just rediscovered in the spare room! X

"Pumping hubs to death" 😂😂😂 oh @Minster2012 I don't know whether to laugh with you or cry for you! 😢 I'm so so hoping you get those ov lines soon (for poor hubs' sake too 🤣)

Wow AGAIN loads to catch up on 😂 its lovely sunny day here so enjoying the bank holiday outside in the garden with a bbq 👌🏼 hope everybody else is enjoying bank holiday 💛

@Minster2012 Your doggy is so cute 😍 I have to say aswell your story is so beautiful, I have such admiration ❤ give me goosebumps & a bit teary while reading it. Your friend is truly amazing too.

@RiverRoo I feel u I'm the exact same. I had static smiley on Friday, followed by a peak IC. Saturday they went low so thought yay I've ovulated but Sunday was an even higher peak than Friday & today is even higher than both. I'm ready to give up🙄 if it's still peak tomorrow I'm just not gonna test rest of the cycle & see what happens & start afresh from next. I was so tempted to test again with my CB now static smiley has disappeared but it says not to do that so I didnt want to add extra stress on top 😂

@lucyrp 4 times wow, to be 22 again 😂 also with a 5 year old, do they nap & I dont know this ????🙄 we have to wait until bedtime for our son & can only do as we please when hes away for a sleepover. I definitely couldn't do it while he was in the house & awake, that would be faaaaar too weird & I definitely wouldnt be excited by that 🙈

@KateColx Have u had any ov symptoms alongside your static CB? I dont seem to notice ovulation so I cant even guess what day I actually ovulated 🤔 I've had some mild pains in my lower belly over the last few days but that's it.

Btw loving all the netflix recommendations, I've watched quite a few of them already. If nobody's watched Power then I 10000% reccomend I've watched the whole series 3x now it's that good 🙌🏼

@KateColx yas girl!! 😍 Also I think I need a mani before I ever post a pic that has my nails in it, to keep up with all of you! Your colour is 👌🏼 and so well coordinated with your drink!

@KateColx I was just away to say the same as @Skip86 your nails are well matched with your drink, looks lush 😍

@KateColx loving the matching fingers and toes👌🏼and the gin looks amazing. Might have to make myself one 😍

@KRK05 how old are you if you don't mind me asking ?? No 5 year olds definitely don't nap and they hardly sit still at all 🙈😂 I only manage it if he's outside playing in the garden or having his time on the iPad or watching his programmes, any other time he has to know exactly where both of us are 😂
You're scaring me now with your peaks 🙈how am I going to know when I've ovulated 🙈

@Minster2012 “pumping hubs to death” 😂😂 I feel ya! My OH asked this morning if we needed to have sex again (I hadn’t tested yet) as we had other things to be doing, I was like I don’t care just pump and dump I need the sperm 😂😩

@KRK05 No I can't say I have really! I've felt quite bloated but I haven't really noticed any stomach pains apart from a couple low down Saturday morning but that's it. I'm just gonna hope it was Saturday because we had sex Saturday morning haha. Oh god just seen your message about another peak IC 😩 I wonder what's going on?! Are you going to stop testing now? How annoying for you.

@Skip86 oh my nails were so so bad but luckily my best friend is also my nail girl, so she lent me her kit and I sorted myself out last weekend haha.

@lucyrp thanks lovely, can't beat a gin on a day like today 😍 I always feel like I shouldn't drink during the TWW but we need something to see us through dont we 😂

@Bear127 pump and dump 😂😂😂

Anyone else's fella find having sexual just to get pregnant a turn off? I'm not sure if mine is just being hard work 😂😂 but he's said a couple of times that he hates when it feels like a routine. I'm gonna be propping up Ann Summers sales soon I think 🙄 x