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Big congrats to our girl @Sydgal22 🥳
18 BFPs in June so far who will be next!?

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Not added anyone that I don’t have dates for but I’ve not forgotten you just let me know when you know you ovulate/ know your test dates ☺️

@blodyn91 yeah last time i spoke to her i'd had the faint positive and negatives and she thought i was pregnant but this time she was like oh no you won't be pregnant now and she went back and forth saying how the depo provera would have impacted my feritlty until i said for the second time thag mt cycles had regulated since christmas and then she asked was i really trying and really wanting a baby and i was like um.. yes and i mentioned i'd been doing the OPKs and then had done some since to see what was happening and they were all high and she said i shouldn't obsess over it because it would stress me🙄 so then she said i have to wait until AF arrives and then until CD21 when they'll do my bloods because of the progesterone level and they'll check my thyroid etc i'm not entirely sure what i've got from this other than the checks they do for you after 12 months of TTC il be having next month x

@blodyn91 to be fair the standard approach by the NHS from what i gather is not to investigate unless AF is missing for 2-3 months first, so I'm not surprised the doc said that!

@lucyrp I'm glad they're getting the ball going on testing for you!

@lucyrp So rubbish that you don't get any real answers at the moment but hopefully AF comes around soon and you can get on with tests and get the answers you need 💕

@Ltay2 it's nothing really as i knew i'd have to wait anyway. yeah and hopefully the tests are fine and nothing wrong 😖x

@lucyrp that sucks you still have no answers but I think you need to now try and take your mind off it as much as you can (I know easier said than done) enjoy going all lucy on OH anyway and hopefully af will arrive soon and then you can just start again with next cycle and have bloods done on CD21 anyway since they've offered but who knows you could get your BFP then anyway - it certainly won't hurt and will put your mind at rest if it all comes back normal and this was just a random blip. So let's just try and send you lots of AF vibes moving forward. Maybe stop doing any testing etc and focus on eating well and resting so you're in tip top condition ready for next cycle. And if you need to vent about it feel free to tell us because that's what we're here for. AF can't hold off forever. Just a thought could you be anaemic? If your iron and vitamin d are low you might not have a regular af? Maybe take a supplement and up your meat and leafy greens intake? X

@Cocoblue22 it's fine i did kind of think thay would be the case anyway, i've relaxed a lot this week so its just a waiting game. had spotting on monday and tuesday and again just now so hoping that means AF is on her way although the doctor did mention that i may have had an early CP this cycle also because of the faint positive🙄 i don't really have an appetite at the moment so going to have to force myself to eat. i have been anaemic in the past yes and i used to go for regular blood tests to check my levels even tho i normally eat a lot of red meat and veg anyway. i do have some iron tablets from previously so i may start taking them, can you buy iron tablets from the supermarket ? x

Morning ladies!
@J0DI3 massive congratulations 🥰🥳💕that's awesome!! What did DH say?!

@Lucyrp have the doctors phoned back? Please always moan here

@Lucie91 wow that's a big statement to say to others "when would the baby be due?!" When starting TTC! I would be mortified tbh

Loving all the suggestions last night for all your wee containers, I'm deadly boring & just use a small plastic cup but still manage to wee on my hand constantly!

I'm massively cramping here & wiping blood each wee but there was no blood upon waking in knickers so I don't know. I guess it is a small AF bleed. Another flashing smile on CB, day 7, CD15 for me

@lucyrp did the doctor suggest anything about you previously being anemic? I think I would aslo take Iron tables like Cocoblue22 mentioned. I'm low in Iron and so is my mum and sister, I just take multi vitamins.
Sorry a lot of doctors have pissed me off over the years being so blazay. To be having those high OPKs, obviously means a certain hormone is constantly high. Especially if you are feeling ill. But lack of jron would make you tired. I suppose you have to be drastically ill to be seen 🙄

@Minster2012 oh no 😔 Was hoping there would be no more blood for you!

@Minster2012 i have written it below whag she said! sorry its such a long essay i won't write it again to clog up the feed 🙈

@blodyn91 nope she didn't even mention it! what multi vitamins do you take ? i might get some as i should probably take vitamin C also. no its fine i'm the same 😂 yeah i said id been having high OPKs since the weekend and she didn't seem to be phased by that she just sort of carried on talking about something else!

@lucyrp you can buy them from boots not sure if the pregnacare vitamins etc already have iron in? They have vit d too as that helps with the absorption of iron x

I would recommend either pregnacare or berocca I always take berocca and then switch to pregnacare when TTC x

Pregnacare contain Iron and vitamin d plus the folic acid and enough vit c too x

Berocca don't have iron or vit d so when I take them I take a vit d supplement too boots own brand x

There's no calcium in pregnacare but only 13% daily intake in berocca so need to really be eating that anyway xx

@lucyrp sorry that's all happening! It's so annoying when you have no idea what's going on! So glad she will start the investigations for you though that's the first step to answers! I had the Depo injection I think I may have said already but basically it really messed me up and even though my periods came back to normal I didn't get pregnant for like a year or so after. The Depo shot is so bad it really messes with you x

So I would say pregnacare is your best bet Lucy but they just aren't as high in vitamin c and b vitamins as berocca which are like 500% RDI which seems really high!! The pregnacare seems to have enough of each in though. I'm going to try eat more dairy (chocolate counts right?!?) and vit c if I can too x

Ladies, do you have any recommendations for vitamins for him? I am going to try and convince OH to take some this cycle. 🤞🤞

@Cocoblue22 can i start taking pregnacare now or should i wait until AF?? i need to start taking something now really if it's making me tired etc ☹️x

@Missgoldilocks was it a year or so after your periods came back that you got pregnant ? i've kind of given myself until christmas and then il worry even more. yeah they literallt didn't tell me anything about it i was just given it and subsequently actually got really fat and really depressed anxious and ended up on antidepressants to control it and seeing counsellors etc and i didjt even know until after i came off it that it could cause both those! and now i feel so much better. i've been actually fine since i wasn't on contraception x

Reading up on all my vitamins now. Selenium is in pretty much everything but the Brazil nuts are really high in it don't eat many of those ladies or you will easily exceed the daily intake!! You're not meant to have over 400mg a day and apparently 6-8 nuts is 544mg which is too much and it says only eat them a few times a week! Also if you are taking pregnacare that already has 50% RI of selenium and it's in most things we eat meat milk fish cottage cheese etc anyway.....I don't think I'll bother with the Brazil nuts x

Someone mentioned not too much pineapple because of selenium but I can't find that anywhere x

Okay so just found pineapple is good in small portions but too much pineapple can cause excessive menstrual bleeding as it thins blood which is useful for preventing blood clots. And eating too much core can cause fibre balls in digestive tract. So basically again not too much and apparently unripe pineapple is toxic to humans!!

So I've learnt a bit this morning!! Sorry to anyone who is bored by my post haha I just thought it was worth a share if anyone is interested!! X

@lucyrp you can take it whenever I believe I started it mid way through my last pill packet before I stopped taking pill and before af x

@lucyrp I take these
@LV1987 My OH takes these (first cycle with him taking them)

@LV1987 I get my DH to take berocca and a vit d (boots brand) every day even when not TTC because it's good for general health and helps with energy levels.

We try to eat a healthy balanced diet too but still have some treats and take aways usually once a month but more like once a week in lock down but I cook healthy and varied foods every other day.

I need to eat more fruit though I'm just not overly keen I don't not like it I just often cba to eat it! Then when I do it's nice! X

@Cocoblue22 thanks for that, it was me that had said that about Pinapple but wasn't sure, I watched a video and I couldn't remeber why you should only eat a small amount each day.
So easy to over dose on your trace elements!

This is pregnacare ingredients FYI x