TTC Thread #2

[Daffodil21]

Continuing the original thread:

First time TTC - help please!! Any one else TTC for their first time? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3914013-first-time-ttc-help-please-any-one-else-ttc-for-their-first-time

Tagging those in my tag list - sorry if I've left anyone out or tagged people who don't want to be tagged!

@AlisonLew15 @Bam27 @CEW19 @Dreaming101 @HJen22 @LennyAndToots @M4v3r1ck @Mrskcam @Rocky89 @SVC11
@TerryRose

And of course, our graduates:
@Peach1204 @Poppyismyfavourite @Summertime1992 I'm sure everyone here would love to hear how you're getting on!

@Dogscanlookup the gladiator thing is too funny and accurate! 😂😂😂

@acaciabluebell my (close) friends do know we're TTC, but I think they've given up asking 😂😂

I couldn’t bare the questions! I also don’t want any additional pressure. I’m also a bit scared to tell the in-laws anyways as they’re not completely against it but feel we’re too young (we are both 28 - I’m a primary teacher and he has his own landscaping business). My mum has been wishing me to for about 5 years so I know mine will be fine.

@Daffodil21 hahaha I've got some coming this afternoon, so impatient!!!

@acaciabluebell thank you so much 💓

Hope you gals don't mind if I stick around.... I find the read fascinating and I can't wait to hear of more and more BFPs xxx

[quote JTB123]@Daffodil21 I COULDNT WAIT!!!! Oh my GODDDD[/quote]
Congratulations!

@JTB123 not at all!

Also just a word of warning on the digi tests if you order them online instead of a shop - they can apparently give false negatives and even false positives. I think it's something to do with getting damaged in transit - Amazon is full of reviews saying this so if it doesn't say pregnant don't panic!!!!

@Daffodil21 oh sure thank you for that I'll take note if that happens!

Xx

Haha glad it's not just me on the 'hide it all' clean up @acaciabluebell @Dogscanlookup. I think lockdown really relaxed the 'where things go' rules, no one comes over so the OPK goes next to the toilet, pregnacare goes next to the tv. Most functional and visible places!

I should really say to people but I think it might put some kind of pressure on me, having to update them or something. Although that's just my anxious brain, not actually what would happen in reality.

Hi all had a couple weeks off but back in my 10 day wait now... I say 10 day as my lp is short. Not going to test early this month i swear! Been taking b bits so maybe the lp will increase a bit. How's everything, what did I miss, congrats on the bfps! X

AF arrived this morning, so I'm out! It was our 1st cycle trying so I'm not at all surprised. Hopefully this month 😊

haha @JTB123 I'm still here too, even though I'm now 11+4 pregnant! Love seeing good news! Still have my fingers crossed for the rest of you!

@Poppyismyfavourite haha that's funny! 😂 ah so excited for your! I'm holding out for more BFPs soon! 😍

It's just such a nice, supportive thread - it felt weird to "make friends" then just drop it!

@Poppyismyfavourite agreed ❤️ I've joined a pregnancy thread also, and they want to move it to a Facebook group..... no hunny I love MN!!! I feel like I can say anything because it's so like anonymous!

Yeah I'm in a facebook one and it feels a little weird tbh... I did wonder if I'd see someone I knew!

@Poppyismyfavourite @JTB123 how are you both doing?? Have you booked scans/midwife apps yet? How far are you now @Poppyismyfavourite ? So exciting!!

Hi @Daffodil21 I'm 11+4 now! My local hospital isn't allowing partners to scans atm so we actually had an early scan on saturday and saw our little baby jumping around (it was really active lol)!
TBH up til then it hadn't really felt "real" and I was paranoid about something being wrong, or that I wasn't really pregnant and had somehow made it up or peed on a stick wrong (although that's difficult to do wrong!). So... I held it together during the scan and cried all the way home lol! Luckily the scan place is at the bottom of our road.
We told our parents and siblings after that, but my NHS scan and tests are on thursday, so we're waiting to tell everyone else until then.

@Daffodil21

My apps now say 5 weeks! I assume between 4-5! Eek!
1st telephone midwife appointment is booked for 10th august then after that I think I am invited into my go office for bloods etc then I will have to wait for a scan letter!!

Altho as @Poppyismyfavourite said, they aren't currently allowing partners at the scans, that could change for me within the next 7 weeks but we're planning to have an early scan after the midwife appointment as were due to get married late sept and wanted to tell our family and friends before!

@JTB123 my booking apt was over the phone. Apart from the private scan I haven't seen anyone in person yet.

@Poppyismyfavourite wow I can't believe your almost 12 weeks already!! Please do keep us posted! Are you going to find out what you're having before?

@JTB123 wow a wedding and a baby - so exciting!

@SVC11 hope the wait isn't too long for you! I think I might have a short luteal phase too, so let me know how you get on. I've been having a small amount of brown bleeding from 9/10dpo this month and last, with the 'main event' appearing 13/14 dpo - does that sound like a short luteal phase to you? I'm going to ask the consultant on my next appointment

@Daffodil21 from what I've read it doesn't include spotting, so 13 days is really normal. It's probably because you aren't properly 'shedding' until youre in full flow so there's still a chance of implantation and production of the hormones that come after that. I come on my period properly after 10days... I'd really like that to increase to 12. I dunno if it will but fingers crossed.

@SVC11 ah ok, that's helpful, thank you. When I saw the brown on 9dpo last month I thought it was implantation (like an idiot!) but this month when I saw it again, I felt like my body had already decided it wasn't pregnant if you see what I mean

@Daffodil21 I know it's so weird... going to be telling work soon and not looking forward to that! (I've only been here nearly a year and it's only a 3 year fixed term job, so I'm basically taking a year out of the middle...)

I think we will find out the sex - I'm not fussed but DH really wants to know. I guess it makes choosing a name easier - not looking forward to that, I fear we have wildly different tastes and will end up with a compromise that neither of us really likes...

Hope everyone had great weekends!

@honeysun101 sorry to hear you weren’t lucky this time round, we’re just on our second month too 😊

I’ve just started to use the CB OPK today and yesterday. So far no smiley, but I wouldn’t expect one for a few more days yet! Does anyone know what the two lines are when you pull the stick out?? Today the second one seemed more faded, does there need to be two to show it’s worked?

@Poppyismyfavourite I'm sure they'll be absolutely fine. They must have things in place for this, and anyway, who cares, you're pregnant!! 😆

@Dogscanlookup clear blue says you should ignore the lines after you eject it. I ignored their advice last month and obsessed over those bloody lines. They seem to mean different things person to person - some people seem to have a clear progression of line and some people don't. I would suggest you eject and bin and don't look at it!!

@Daffodil21 ok I think I will ignore! I’m trying to relax about things this month, last month I read into everything at every stage and it did my head in! Thanks for the advice 😊