OH better impregnate me good - August Bus 15

[Juno231]

24 BFPs in June
11 BFPs in July

BFPs in August so far:
@Ltay2 - Aug 1st
@somesome - Aug 3rd
@eloise27 - Aug 2nd
@Quercus3 - Aug 4th
@samilicious - Aug 4th
@blodyn91 - Aug 5th
@glowingtwig - Aug 6th
@2020mission - Aug 6th
@Nichelette - Aug 6th
@Beesy90 - Aug 6th
@sausage1990 - Aug 9th

Testing dates:
@2alreadywantinganother- August 11th
@mrscrumbtious August 13th
@QwertyBert- August 13th
@ZannaB - August 14th
@clolo- August 15th
@catharinettc- August 16th
@mumof23188- August 17th
@notyetamumbuttrying - August 18th
@JustMouse - August 26th
@Laceymermaid - August 30th
@samilicious - August 30th
@outwiththeoldforgood - August 30th
@namechangeTTC - August 20th
@Katao - September 1st
@Juno231 - September 2nd
@franklydear September 4th
@LV1987- September 4th

@Katao oh do you think they'd speak to me after 2 chemicals? I read on NHS inform that they'd need 3 recurrent losses before being willing to investigate, but I thought if I at least had a BFP they'd speak to me as I'd be pregnant... especially if I'm threatening to self medicate on aspirin 😆 . I've been using those pink LH strips you posted a photo of in past cycles and never got an obvious peak reading - 78% was my highest and the rest were all around 25% every day. I've moved to wider easy@home blue LH strips this month and got my first ever high peak (160%). I do think it's partly the luck of timing and urine dilution but I'd never buy those pink ones again and will stick with these ones. Have you tried others?

@2020mission honestly I think it depends on the doctor. Some are more proactive than others. It's definitely worth a shot though. How long have you been ttc altogether?

Posted to quickly! The only opksi have used are onestep and easy@home. Definitely prefer easy@home. I just judge them by sight, I don't use an app but the onestep I found very inconsistent (although it might be me that's inconsistent given my irregular cycles 😬) I only used easy@home for halfa cycle but they were much clearer to use.

@Juno231 glad to hear you have ovulated on the scab fingers crossed things are all looking positive

@Minster2012 a bath sounds perfect but decided since I’m in my TWW I’ll hold of the alcohol this time as feel I had a bit of a blow out after my short cycle last month!

Hello, cd 23, we’re in business, and doing my head in , cycles usually 25-26 days, so there about, have very mild pulling cramps, but not all the time, sensitive boobs, dark aureoles and nipples you’d think we are in Antarctica, bit of nausea, and pretty tired, nothing I didn’t have before, well, the nipples are new, dh asked today when af is due, Friday, or Saturday that should be, I really feel weird,

@2020mission I think they would. Although it probably does depend on the doctor

@2020mission the EPU said to me it needs to be 3 in a row unfortunately. I know its hard but we will all get there x

@2020mission @Katao I also use easy@home ones, and I do use the premom app to log them but mainly try and go off sight because they're usually so thick and clear! Definitely the best I've used! I like seeing the progression too😂

@Franklydear well they sound like very promising signs!!! Are you going to test before af is due or just wait and see?

@Vil10, I can’t stomach another bfn, I am waiting, also going away for the weekend, so not possible till Tuesday, and then see how long I last. I had all these signs before, even being sick, so I don’t trust it...

Bath sounds great @Minster2012 but we only have a shower 😔 so I'll just have to join you with a gin instead 😘

@Franklydear good plan to hold off, even better if you're busy to take your mind off it. Last month when I had the BFP the only difference I felt was my usual pre AF boob pain moved to underarms and was a bit more intense, and I was up for a wee in the middle of the night for a few nights in a row. Wouldn't have guessed I was pregnant without having been actively trying! Hoping this is your month.

@Busybee143 thanks for letting me know EPU told you that, I did think it would be the case. As soon as it happens again (and I have a bad feeling it will be chemical again whenever if another BFP comes) I'll be straight to the doctors and will push them.

@Katao Been trying since January but feels like a lifetime... I think because we started reading pregnancy books and I started taking folic acid in autumn last year, so it really feels like that was when we started. We mostly just held off to avoid a Christmas holiday time birth. Back when we genuinely thought it would just happen straight away 🤦‍♀️ how naive! How long for you?

Ooooo @Franklydear hoping that your Antarctica nipples are a sign that you aren't just in cold Yorkshire like me & it's a good thing 🤞🏻🤞🏻for you

@Katao tbh when I read it back it did sound a bit inviting but hey, I'm up for inviting any of you lovely ladies in with me to my bath, especially at the back of the bus, we'll have a riot!

@SarahTTC2020 chin chin on the gin then, sounds great to me!!

@DKDK123 im afraid I rather ran away 🤣😂😫

@Florence13 don't worry I will drink your alcohol if it gets your BFP xxx win win that way right???!! Xx

@grandmasterstitch fir the win 🤞🏻🥰🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Right then @lucyrp not gonna lie, I went quiet cos I had a wine...then I had a gin. So let's get this email sorted.

"Dear Dr...I came to you after a very anxious time where my body...how can I put it....politely...was...a...f*ck boy. I was told to wait...let me consult my notes. Exactly (insert days) until specifically DAY 21 Of my next period cycle to do progesterone blood tests as being the only next steps. My period arrived on (date) meaning day 21 was. As per your staff's recommendation I therefore booked my progesterone blood test for . (Insert date, time).

IMAGINE my surprise therefore when I was told the results were "normal" (told on date) and had to request specifically what that meant, to try & find out if I had ovulated. On (date, time) I was called by) to explain that actually progesterone was, in fact, NOT tested in the blood test, rendering it useless. It is now over (insert date since chemical /miscarriage) & we have now been trying to conceive for over 12 months during which time I have been receiving anxiety related counselling. Having requested the blood test I was told to ask for to try & reach the next NHS steps in our family I'm bitterly disappointed to keep having to call to try and get answers & would like to formally complain about the service & lack of empathy I have received during an already heartbreaking time.

Trying to understand what your body is doing is hard enough, trying to talk about it to strangers is harder still.

Yours sincerely

That may be a little strong but you can tone it up, Down, not use it, whatever made me feel good! Xxxx

Morning ladies, getting used to my new normal of going to work, everyone one is still surprisingly nice, manager is too nice, must want something....
@2020mission I am hoping, cannot help to be a bit too hopeful, but don’t trust it, this is cycle 11....
@Minster2012 I am in sunny south east, I don’t have that excuse😂

@lucyrp I like the email, obviously needs tweeting but...

Guys I could really do with some advice. I'm 5 weeks pregnant now after 2 miscarriages. I'm due back at work next week (I'm a teacher and up to now there will be no face masks) I'm freaking out because of what happened at that school in Scotland (17 members of staff caught corona) and obviously I'm worried I will catch it. I've contemplated telling work I'm pregnant but I don't think there's much they can do to keep me safer and if I do miscarry I don't want the whole world to know. What would you guys do?

@Busybee143 i completely understand your concerns, I would ask my GP & I would tell my work in that situation. Your GO might recommend progesterone support maybe?? Is there a department head you could ask advice/tell? It's so hard

@Minster2012 I'm getting you to write any emails of complaint I ever need! 😂
@Busybee143 are you in a mainstream or special needs class? I think the school in Dundee was a special needs school so they would have been up close to the pupils doing personal care etc. I work in a secondary school with pupils with autism who aren't able to social distance so I'll be telling my boss straight away when/if I ever get the bfp so that a risk assessment can be put in place ASAP.

I think the saying our bodies are fuck boys is highly accurate! I did another 2 tests this morn 2 diff brands both very faint positives after 2 days of negatives. Got all excited for a minute till I remembered it was 3 days since the last faint so it should be stronger by now ans my period is over due by 2days so it def should have been a strong line must just be the hormones still leaving my system. I still feel pregnant which is soul destroying :(

@Busybee143, maybe you can inform just one senior person that’ll keep your confidence, and can advice on changes needed to keep you safe, do you have an union that can give you some guidance? I had similar worries, but after a week and a bit I am very happy and feel safe, if I do fall pregnant, I will talk to one person very early, so to get help and advice, and if the worst happens then nobody else will know

Wowza is all I can say! It took 18 months to get pregnant with DS and the doctor told me chances are it will be quicker next time because my body knows what it's doing but I really wasn't expecting it to happen the first month!
Good luck to everyone else testing today

Forgot to say @Busybee143 if you tell your boss and tell them not to let anyone else know for now then it means you can get the RA and any supports needed in place and if the worst happened it would only be one person who knew and you might be grateful of them knowing as you may need some emotional support in work or some days off. I know what you mean tho about not wanting everyone to know, with my son I jsut told my boss and classroom assistant and both were wonderfully discrete.

@Franklydear yeah good idea, sometimes it's just easier when af arrives rather than that negative test isn't it!

@Minster2012 if I ever need to complain to someone I'm coming to you😂

@Busybee143 if it was me I'd tell one person higher up in the school, I'd want to know a risk assessment was drawn up, but feel confident that it would be kept between myself and them until the time was right!

@grandmasterstitch wowww that is one strong line!!! Congratulations!! What's your secret to get pregnant the first month??❤️

@Vil10 I don't honestly know! It took so long last time that I'm slightly bowled over. We DTD every other day until the day after I think I ovulated. Quite please scheduled sex is done though!

@DKDK123 it doesn't mean it's over for you because if AF isn't here you are still in with a shot and line progression doesn't always always show

@grandmasterstitch WOW that's brilliant! 🥰🙌🏻🥳first month! Congratulations! Not even a seat on the bus warmed 😂

@Vil10 I can write a stern email! Maybe not the fuck boy bit 😂

@Franklydear oooooo in warmer climes but hats nipples 🤞🏻

@grandmasterstitch oh yeah scheduled sex sometimes makes you feel like you're more in control and like you've done everything you can doesn't it!

@Minster2012 hahahaa the dr reading "my body is a fuck boy, just like these results"

@Busybee143 teacher here too, if you read the guidances it is very wishy washy I’m pregnant staff. I read it as not safe for them to return as need to work from home. Talk to your head and go about it. I think your risk is very low if you’re primary, secondary higher as there’s a new study shown over 10 carry and pass it like adults. Try not to stress about it and it wouldn’t surprise me if masks come in on England too!