TTC Baby no1. The crazy lot. Thread 2!!

[CAG14]

New thread!!

Please tag anyone else I've missed as I have a terrible memory

@stabal
@mia1985x
@lt103
@lma27
@pippy20
@leobaby
@faith82
@butterfly5291
@stepmumsw5
@lozz22
@beckyBP
@crayon7
@jadeb1995
@nellyk84

OH just came home from work, handed me a beer and said "you'll need this".. I was like right, okay. He tells me first of all he got promoted to supervisor and second of all his brothers girlfriend is pregnant. We're both sat pretty emotionless. I really want to be happy for his promotion but this other news has really hit me badly.

@Stabal I'm so sorry. Did you know if they were trying? Do they know what you've been going through? Allow yourself to sad today. OH will understand you can't be excited about promotion xxx

You're right, Stabal. I will try to keep an open mind!

@butterfly5291 they weren't trying. They have a 4 year old and even back then when she accidentally fell pregnant (they'd only been dating 2 months) the news of that hit us quite hard as we knew it was probably never going to happen for us. She's always told me she doesn't want any more and that they're never intimate.. So even worse that it was a really easy mistake for them! They know about what we've gone through but only because of the miscarriage. I think they were shitting it about telling us so they've done it early, she's only 4 weeks. I'm not sure if I'd rather have waited until later to know or not. Enjoying my beer lol xx

@Stabal urgh that's so frustrating. Life really isn't fair!

So sorry, Stabal. I know it must hurt so much. I don't know enough to comment, but sending love your way.

@Stabal I'm so sorry to hear. I hope you had the beer and maybe a few more beers. I can't imagine how you're feeling but know that we are here for you.

@LT103 happy for your peak 💕 happy bd!!

@Stabal it’s such a hard situation. Hope you’re ok

Thank you everyone 💕

Hey everyone,

Just caught up after a crazy busy day in work. Aw @Stabal what a horrible situation, stable emotions must be everywhere so it's totally understandable that you are finding it hard to be excited on the promotion news.

@butterfly5291 I feel the same, disappointed I missed my high or peak OPK this month. Got all lows according to app but that day that I thought looked quite dark - I think it was. My temp went up again this morning a fair bit and OPKs now hardly have a 2nd line at all so looking like I have ovulated. So glad I temp as going by just the OPKs this month I'd convince myself i hadnt ovulated. Hope to see my temp stay up until AF arrives (or hopefully not) and then I'll know for sure.

@LT103 wow that is a strong peak right there! Glad you got your peak, crazy how some months ovulation can move by as much as a week isnt it.

@Jadeb1995 it looks like you possibly could have ovulated on CD10 but as the others are saying I would keep logging temp and OPKs so you have more data to go by.

Now I'm pretty sure I ovulated commence the TWW and pineapple munching 🍍

Who else is currently in TWW??

@Mia1985x I plan thy e same thing. Not sure if freezing affects it but I blitzed yo the pineapple core with some normal pineapple and a little orange juice and froze it all into ice cubes which are like little mini ice lollies. I plan to munch all of those next few days and have some Brazil nuts too. Anything’s worth a go haha

@Mia1985x temping is definitely the most reassuring tracking option I think...now to wait to see if temp goes up tomorrow! I totally forgot about the pineapple....just asked OH to get me some when he goes shopping. Not sure how I'll cope with eating the core though, don't normally like the hard bit.
How many days past ovulation are you now then?
Think a few of us are heading into our TWW...fingers crossed for some bfps!

@butterfly5291 if you have a food processor just blitz it up and have it as a drink or a smoothie

Ooooo that's a great idea @LT103 I love the sound of your mini ice lollies.

@butterfly5291 I was feeling the same about the core but last month I just cut it so there was a soft bit attached to the core if that makes sense and have to say I didnt really notice on most bits. So i think i must be 2DPO now (possibly 3 as sometimes my temp doesnt rise until 2 days after ovulation going by previous months). If following SMEP properly I should really DTD tomorrow as we done CD8,10,12 then our 3 in a row days were 13,14 and 15. Day off today. I'm thinking surely it's too late now but SMEP says day off and then another DTD. Not sure the logic in that if it's just to ensure all bases are covered incase peak OPK is early in terms of ovulation.

@Mia1985x Excuse my ignorance, but why pineapple?

@Mosherchick pineapple core contains bromelain which when taken on an empty stomach acts as a blood thinner and anti inflammatory which is supposed to help implantation. Basically acts the same way as aspirin

Oooh, that's amazing! Will have to bear that in mind for next time. 😊

Thought AF has come last night, but no, still in the game.

I am 2dpo so starting again. Used preseed this cycle 3 out of 4 times we dtd in fertile window (now I worry it's not enough) and ate pineapple yesterday at 1dpo 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Crayon7 I'm 3dpo so not far from you. I also fear we didn't dtd enough. My dh was feeling tired one of the nights so we did every other night instead of three nights in a row after lh Peak. We are having our honeymoon so I'm enjoying lots of virgin pina coladas 🍍

5 DPO here. I feel really anxious this cycle for some reason. I love that we're all close together!

@stabal I'm so sorry about your news. It seems so hard when other people have it so easy and by accident. I hope you enjoyed your beer (or 3!).

I am on CD9 so should have DTD yesterday for SMEP but we didn't. I feel so exhausted this month and don't know if I even have the energy for TTC and OPKs etc. However I'll be annoyed at myself if I don't come AF due date. We are away for our wedding on Wednesday evening so hopefully that will ignite some passion and effort lol.

@Stabal we are syncing online💕

@CAG14 we are away at the moment having our "covid-safe" honeymoon after postponing our big wedding indefinitely and having a super small ceremony earlier this month. We got civilly married early in 2020 but didn't feel guilty married until our religious ceremony. Enjoy your wedding and congrats xx

@CAG14 oooh congratulations and have the best time! I think it's totally understandable to have months when you just cannot be bothered. It's all exhausting and taking a break is good for the mind!

@stepmumsw5 aww congrats and happy honeymoon! It must be so hard to have had to cancel and re-arrange weddings this year. I really feel for couples going through that.

@stabal yeah I know what you mean. It is definitely good to have the mental break but I think I will still try to DTD as often as possible so we don't miss out, but I have so much else going on at the moment I can't focus all my energy and ultimately disappointment on it this month.

I'm probably overthinking but is it OK to have reflexology during the tww? Would you have it yourselves?