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 I've used ICs, FRER & a boots own, all negative:( think I'm just having an odd month! I'm gonna stop testing for now, I'm just getting disappointed everytime they show up negative:( xx

[quote UnicornBorn23]@Dogscanlookup I've used ICs, FRER & a boots own, all negative:( think I'm just having an odd month! I'm gonna stop testing for now, I'm just getting disappointed everytime they show up negative:( xx[/quote]
I tested today too and got same as you :(

It never gets easier doesn't it.

@UnicornBorn23 it might be to do with what was mentioned before regarding irregularities with lockdown and stress etc

@Crayon7 ah sorry to hear!

We gotta all stay positive, it’s hard at times though

I'm on CD18 today. Not been diligently testing with OPKs like last month... Just dtd every other day. I've got some EWCM atm so I think I'm around ovulation. Unfortunately I think I've just got what sounds like a UTI for the first time ever... Hurts to pee, pain in my lower tummy and feel like I constantly need to pee! So so horrible, I'm hoping it goes away on its own. It's putting me off DTD which is annoying as I think I'm around ovulation, also the pelvic pain is confusing me as I'm expecting/waiting for ovulation pelvic aches!

Hello ladies

Sorry to hear about all the BFNs. That usually puts me in a foul mood for the rest of the day, so be kind to yourselves and do something nice ❤️

I am absolutely fed up with the stresses of TTC. Struggled a lot this week. My FW will be in the next 1-3 weeks so I just feel like it's 'here we go again'. I have booked a reflexology and hypnotherapy appointment for next week, which I am excited about. I'm hoping the reflexology may help stimulate ovulation, and also relax me; I'm hoping the hypnotherapy will help me able to switch off from obsessing all the time. The lady seems lovely and took 8 years to conceive, so I feel I'm in good hands.
I'll let you all know how I get on!

Ooh @Daffodil21 you'll need to let us know how hypnotherapy and reflexology goes! I love there are so many different ways to approach these things, in addition to what we get from a doctor's surgery.

Aww @acaciabluebell that is some rubbish timing, are you doing ok? Are you going to give this month a pass while you recuperate?

I had some long months since March, @UnicornBorn23, but I can't imagine how stressful it must be doing tests and keep getting negative results. Hope you're doing something to treat yourself and managing your mental health xx

Personal update: had my bloods taken today, 7 day wait and then I hear if everything is as it should be (bloodwise anyway!). So I'm in the TWW and now in a special edition OWW (not the best acronym, the nurse was very good and it wasn't painful!).

@Dogscanlookup @Crayon7 yeah I think it might be stress tbh! I have been very stressed at work and this afternoon I've started feeling period cramping on my left side :( so she's definitely coming!

Hi everyone hope you don't mind me jumping on this. This is my first month TTC and il be honest I've done everything I promised myself I wouldn't. I tested way too early three times all negative before they would have been able to pick anything up really but I ruled myself out. I've also had a problem with the folic acid and had an allergic reaction to it, the reaction has gone down now and bought a different brand as pharmacist has questioned if it was the binding agent in the tablets.However I am due AF on Sunday and took a test this afternoon and I don't know if I'm imagining it but I'm sure there is a faint line! What do you guys think?

@stumblingthroughlife I can definitely see a line! IME if the camera can pick it up then you're definitely not imagining it!

Thankyou @Daffodil21 I thought I was loosing my mind. It was a pack of two so I'm going to save one for first thing in the morning!

Fingers crossed that line keeps getting stronger @stumblingthroughlife

AF arrived! Onto the next cycle! good luck to you all!

@stumblingthroughlife that’s deffo a line! And it seems about the amount of strength if you’re due Sunday when comparing to all the other millions of photos I’ve looked at online! (Yes I need a hobby) so fingers crossed!
@UnicornBorn23 sorry to hear xx

AF is due on Sunday and did a Boots early test this morning, I'm sure I see a faint line, and DH sees it too, but now I'm freaking out that I'm just imagining it and I've convinced him that it's there too. In my head I would try for a baby, do a test, see a line and hurrah I'm pregnant. But not as straight forward as I thought Guess I need tips on how to distract myself for the next 24-48 hours before I test again! Help!

@CEW19 I guess at least it’s the weekend a gorgeous weather, take yourself out somewhere!

So I have a question, I’m on CD11. My calendar predicts FW from weds just gone with ovulation due on Monday. I’ve still not got a flashing smiley on my advanced CB OPK. Is that normal? It’s meant to detect 4 fertile days. I really thought I might see a flashing smiley!

Also has anyone tried babydance lube? Maybe TMI but DP and I tried it last night and it was amazing! Doesn’t feel sticky etc like normal lube and he loved it too. Hopefully it’ll help but you guys might wanna try, it isn’t cheap though x

Morning @Dogscanlookup, my CB OPK used to predict the 4 days, but since starting prenatal multivitamins, mine can go from blank circle one day to static smile the next. I wonder if you're having a similar zero to hero experience this month?

Any more weird dreams last night?

I havent heard of the babydance lube, but once the preseed has ran out- I might give that a try!

@Dogscanlookup we usually have Conceive Plus lube on the bedside table - definitely helps! Have bought pre-seed but haven't used it yet. Have tried the Tesco fertility gel which was actually pretty good!

@CEW19 fingers crossed for you!!!!

I keep looking at the test and might just be an evap? Haven’t had a line of any sort before so have nothing to compare to. What do you think?

@Tofu35 I’m taking the seven seas folic acid but that’s it. I heard prenatal vitamins could mess up a cycle and as I’ve only come off the pill recently I wanted them to settle on their own. Do you think the seven seas could affect it? Would you expect for me to have a flashing smiley by CD 11? No more weird dreams thankfully!
@Daffodil21 I’ve heard good things about pre-seed so might try that in the future! How are you feeling today? Sorry you felt so fed up of all this the other day 🙁 hoping the sun will make you and everyone here feel better about things! ☺️

@Dogscanlookup I've actually had a lovely day and I'm feeling good! We were supposed to have asbestos removal in today but they couldn't go ahead because they forgot to get a skip permit 🙈 so I had today booked off and went and did some shopping and mooching around the shops!

Now sitting outside and about to read my book with a nice gin (no danger of being pregnant!) and then tonight DH and I are going out for dinner for the first time in months. I'm soo excited!

Thank you for asking, how are you?

Hope the sunshine has perked everyone up!

@Daffodil21 ah amazing! Just what you needed! Hope you have a lovely dinner 😊 and enjoy that gin! I’m ok, about to head out for dinner myself with my bestie so my mind might get a rest as she doesn’t know we’re trying so convo will be elsewhere which is just what I need 😊

@Daffodil21 what gin are you drinking this evening?

Sorry hon, I don't know enough about how folic acid can affect cycles to give any sort of steer- just know what's happened with me. Hope you get a flashing smile soon @Dogscanlookup! Also, enjoy your dinner with the bestie!

@Dogscanlookup that sound lovely!

@Tofu35 it was the tanqueray with Sevilla gin 😋 have since moved on to wine and cocktails though!

I figured we may as well enjoy the 'non baby' things atm. My friend who has a child longs for this sort of thing. Of course I would rather have a baby than gin, but 🤷‍♀️

Guys I got a flashing smiley today!!!