TTC baby no1. Looking for fellow crazy TTC friends!

[CAG14]

Hey

This is my 9th month TTC my first baby and I'm 33. I got static smiley on Friday on OPK, and now I'm in my TWW - again! I'm currently on furlough so the wait seems even longer and more painful and I definitely end up going a bit crazy 🤪

Anyone else in similar boat and need keeping sane?! Also any TTC tips you've heard of? I will literally try anything at the moment haha.

@1992EM hey welcome! I found when I first started using opks that my peak is different every month and different to the apps so hopefully it will give you a good indicator.

Hi to all the new people! Sorry I've been absent the past couple of days.. We finally finished our hall, stairs and landing and we're very proud 😂 now we just need to expand our little family to enjoy it. We have 2 cats which are our little babies. Ovulation in about 6-8 days for me, keeping everything crossed.

@Stabal it’s so satisfying isnt it?! We recently repainted our bedroom and now I’m like full blown Carol Smiley wanting to update every room in the house!

I had a really shitty nights sleep as just before I went to bed I went for a wee and there was a small amount of brown spotting. This happened when I got pregnant before although it was about 2/3 days before my period was due so at the time I thought nothing of it but it was probably implantation bleeding - hardly dare to believe this is what it could be now, there really wasn’t much of it but enough to notice. My period is due this Sunday/Monday so this week is going to be torture! I didn’t tell my husband as I don’t want both of us getting our hopes up/he always has about 800 questions. My boobs are also super sore but I can’t say whether they are any more sore than the last couple months which doesn’t help! I’ve got a really busy stressful week at work coming up which probably won’t help/may actually be a good distraction!

How’s everyone else getting on this week? Anyone else turned Sherlock Holmes like me looking for symptoms 😂

Help I need eyes!!!! So I had a lot of spotting at 3dpo and cramps and back pain then settled. Spotting again 8 and 9 dpo. I’m now day 10. Had a negative ic and frer yesterday. But spotting seems to have stopped and discharge now a bit yellow. Temp dipped a bit today but not below cover line. Had really upset tummy last couple of days, slightly tender boobs and sensitive teeth yesterday.

Did another cheap test this morning....

Forgot to add the pics....that would help. The line came up straight away and def has a little colour to it. Going to do another frer tomorrow. Don’t know what to think

@LT103 ahh exciting! Looks like a faint line on the final pic! Everything crossed for you!!

@LT103 I’d say that’s a positive! I mean you can really see the line clearly in the 3rd picture!!!

@Pippy20 that sounds really promising for you! I have never experienced spotting ever in my whole life so if I ever get that I will know for sure somethings going on!

I’m now 7 DPO and yes I’m scanning myself for symptoms every day. But I have zero symptoms so nothing really to get excited about at the moment! I just don’t feel anything so doubt this has been our month. I’m definitely a wait until af arrives person, unless I had really strong symptoms that were different to pms. Then I’d maybe test early.

@Faith82 yes I’m definitely a wait and see rather than test earlier - brings too much disappointment seeing a negative test - more so than seeing AF I find! I only have one frer test left so I’ll just wait and see if I’m late and then do it!

How’re you getting on?

@Pippy20 yeah I agree, I find it devastating seeing a blank test and definitely way less disappointed just getting my period.

I’m doing ok, some days I’m desperate for this to happen soon, other days I feel like if it’s meant to happen it will happen at the right time. It’s definitely a rollercoaster of emotions each month, from stress of “am I ovulating” to elation when get dark line, to feeling pressure of timing sex, then excitement, then disappointment then trying to gear up hope to try again. We must all really want it to put ourselves through all this!

A difficult time coming up at work with possible redundancies and so really need to be kind to myself and not let the stresses of everything affect me too much. Just taking a day at a time and not obsessing too much def helps me a lot!

How about you?

@Faith82 I could have written that myself - it’s somewhat comforting to know other people are going through the exact same things and it’s not just me! I have those initial few days of disappointment then excited as soon as opks pick something up, then worrying if we are doing it enough and on the right days/positions/times - whilst at the same time trying to keep it fun! We just end up totally knackered lol.

Yeah same about work - I feel like we are just waiting on the inevitable redundancies. There have been 2 so far and there’s just over 100 staff and it’s hard to tell what will happen next. Such a hideously stressful time isn’t it? I had a pretty rubbish 2019 with some seriousness family health issues, and we all swore 2020 would be better/a fresh start - we had a big family holiday planned with parents and siblings and their partners etc to celebrate which should have happened in June - I mean you’ve got to laugh really otherwise you’ll cry! Now we are all like bring on 2021 take two!

@CAG14 Thank you, at least this month won't be a guessing game .

@CAG14 Thanks, at least this month won't be a guessing game.

@Pippy20 That looks like a positive. Congratulations.

@1992EM those were @LT103 photos of the tests not mine! :-)

@LT103 definitely a line there! Let us know if you test again! 🤞

@LT103 Congratulations 💕
@Pippy20 Oh no. I am so sorry 🙈 I must not have been fully awake when I posted that.

@1992EM lol don’t worry! 😝

Oh @LT103 I agree with everyone else it does look like a positive! 🙊
I don’t know how you girls can test so soon, your so much braver then me. I physically can’t, I’m such a wimp 😂 The day AF arrives I always have a little sob on the toilet and then pull myself together but I’m too chicken to test sooner.

@Faith82 I’m only 3dpo so not far behind you, we have to make sure this TWW does not drive us crazy...

@Pippy20 the only way is up now. You’ve had a bad year which unfortunately has soaked into 2020. but just keep thinking positive, plus we still have half the year left to turn it around 😊

@Stabal ohhh yay you finished it! Let’s hope the cats like it this time haha

I’m handing the keys over on my house on Friday, I currently live with OH so sold my house. We’ve also sold this house and we’ve bought a new one together, hopefully looking like August / sept completion so I just can’t wait for that.

I’m definitely symptom spotting, I had a very odd pain that feels like it’s in my vagina like a shooting pain, it’s not awful it was just annoying. I’ve never had that before, and it’s gone now so it could also mean absolutely nothing 🙈😂

@1992EM hi, I don’t think I’ve said hi yet, sorry.
I didn’t know that about berries so thanks for that :)

@LMA27 don’t laugh but that’s called ‘lightening crotch’! I’ve had it before one month and was convinced it must mean I was pregnant - thanks to good old Dr Google. It’s like a mini electric shock that feels like it’s going right through your vag and lasts like a nano second. You’re probably sat there now like nahhh it’s not that and I look like a crazy person lol. But seriously google it - it’s bloody weird!

@Pippy20 that made me laugh!!! Reminded me of the episode of celebrity juice where he’s talking about shooty a*se 😂😂

@lt103 ahhh that is definitely a line! Get another frer for tomorrow! Will have everything crossed for you

@Stabal that must be so nice to have it all done. We finally had our bedroom furniture delivered and mattress, went and got some nice new fresh bedding on Saturday and slept on it all for the first time at the weekend. We moved in in February and only just sleeping in our actual bedroom! We also have 2 cats, and they are our babies too. Ours are brothers and ginger and white.

@LMA27 I just googled food that is good for fertility. 😂 Berried, pineapple, sunflower seeds, high fibre cereal , spinach, kale, broccoli etc as well . So my fridge is full of all of those 😂. If it doesn't get me pregnant, at least it will get me healthy. I also have low vit B12 so have had that jag today as it was due. Fingers crossed it helps this month as I will be full of vitamins 😂.

@1992EM @LMA27 haha I recently heard pineapple is beneficial for implantation so I’ve been munching away on it this last week - normally I wouldn’t eat the core as it’s quite chewy but apparently that’s the most effective part of it.

Lol I am the same with all the weird and whacky foods - I also have a shot of wheatgrass every morning, I mix it in with apple juice as it basically tastes like lawnmower liquid otherwise. Like you, at least if nothing else I feel like I’m being quite healthy! 🥴

Husband thinks I am absolutely barking with my excessive pineapple eating 🤷🏼‍♀️

@LT103 I also agree, definitely looks like BFP to me 🙌🏻 how exciting!! How are you feeling? What kind of test was that you done today? I see you said a cheapie but what was the sensitivity on it?
Just asking as I will be 9 DPO this Thursday and going a mini break on Thursday with family. I really dont think this month is our month but want to test just incase as I feel really uneasy about drinking if there is a chance. Obviously I am happy not to drink but I just know it will cause questions and I hate that awkward situation. Does anyone else feel like this in these situations?

@Pippy20 Oh I haven't heard that about the pineapple core and wheat grass. I couldn't get a whole pineapple so got the chunks . Will try get hold of one next time 😂. I am also adding sunflower seeds to everything I eat 🙈😂 . My oh just shakes his head .