Sausages and j*zz - Sep Bus 17

[Juno231]

June BFPs - 24
July BFPs - 10
August BFPs - 18

September BFPs so far:
@catherinettc - Sep 4th
@mrsi2020 - Sep 6th
@KateColx - Sep 21st

Testing dates:
@Missgoldilocks - September 23rd
@franklydear - September 27th
@SarahTTC2020 - September 28th
@Laceymermaid - September 29th
@galatea - September 29th
@clairey844 - September 29th
@Juno231 - September 30th
@hopeful110 - October 2nd
@mrsbear1122 - October 5th
@2020mission - October 6th
@notyetamumbuttrying - October 6th
@minster2012 - October 12th

Okay so I think I must've ovulated early, just did an opk after a 3 hour good and hardly drank anything today and it tested as 0 in premom app!! I'm still wet but not noticed any ewcm, so I think when I tested on Tuesday pm I might've caught the back end of my peak? I'll attach a pic of my Tuesday night and now!

@BellsB1 & @notyetamumbuttrying I got awful PMS when I was TTC naturally in between IVF and then my doctor told me my progesterone level was 0 so I basically had no excuse I was just a moody bitch 😂🤣

@Vil10 I def think you ovulated early & the ewcm was the better indicator & you are already in a slippery bonky TWW 🥰

@2020mission right? It's weird isn't it.
Sorry about bfn, but at least you can enjoy a nice drink!

@Minster2012 thanks so much for sharing! Yes I remember your little eggy pics, it's all so interesting. That makes a lot more sense now x

@notyetamumbuttrying yuck to pms! It's the worst. Hugs x

Just think @Vil10 your ENTIRE BONKFEST holiday was fertile week & you didn't even know it! We might have another @KateColx coming back from hol to a BFP from all that sun sea & shower shagging 🤗🏖🏝⛱that would be amazing!

So I'm having fun at work playing around with words created by the drivers after they've dropped off toilets in this app called 3 words. Basically the app is a location app which can pinpoint the location of something (you) anywhere in the world by the 3 words which then is basically like a grid reference for a 3m triangle. My hubby keeps saying "it could save your life" but in reality it's just better than a postcode as it's much more specific & anyone can find it like when we have to put a toilet in the middle of a field it then means our drivers can find it as opposed to with a postcode where they often can't.
But it's amusing cos the 3 words are so random. "Bank.system.ideal" is a shipyard in hull or "leads.organs.mess" is hull city tigers, I couldn't put in "chum.become.snuggle" into our system & I don't know if "block in pipe" on the spread sheet are 3 words or a problem with a toilet??? but I want to be the person that makes it up!!

Small things making me chuckle 🤣

@Minster2012 the only clue's in my profile name, I'm originally Yorkshire too but that was 15 years and 7 countries ago now. I'm a bit of an expat EU interloper on Mumsnet but hopefully won't be found out and kicked off And yes! Hirsutism is one of the main outwards symptoms. I have nothing compared to some women I've seen. Proper beards that need shaving! Aren't doctors the best? My favourite was when they would look at the mental health issues on my medical record and blame everything on that. Like yes sure, it's my mental health causing me to bleed constantly, uh huh, tell me more.

@Vil10 I had that gut feeling with endo. I just knew something wasn't right, even when doctors told me everything was normal. Have you had an ultrasound to check? And yup, this is baby no.1. I definitely have my days of not being so positive! Honestly though a year ago I never thought I'd be well enough to think of children, so it's just remembering how much better things are even if it turns out to be a journey getting them. My OH and I talked things out before we started trying and agreed we'd go the IVF route ASAP if things aren't working, at least for no.1. I think if my tubes are blocked they don't make me wait the year. Just have to try and see what happens now. How much longer until the year mark for you?

@notyetamumbuttrying thanks for reminding me I've also lost my bullet and need to buy a new one 😂we moved 2 months ago and it's disappeared. Lovehoney will suddenly be getting a rush of sales from this thread 😂

@BellsB1glad I'm not the only lurker who's joined recently! Keeping my fingers crossed for you getting double figures this month.

@Minster2012 that's probably me 😂 I'm so moody, I'm lucky OH is so laid back he's practically horizontal.

@Vil10 welcome to the TWW!

@NestinginNL AF hasn't shown yet, and it's day 9. If I get to lunchtime tomorrow I'm taking it as a win 😂

Yes it makes total sense @NestinginNL and don't worry we won't tell anyone! We love globe trotters here, and if you have a beard we certainly don't care! That must have good for your mental health telling you it was the root of all your problems...Jesus 🤦🏼‍♀️🤔

I think lovehoney certainly got a rush of sales from us around the April/ may mark was it?? When we were still full of the joys of TTC in lockdown sun and thought it was still fun?!! Remember those days those of us who have been around forever! 😂🤣we named a thread the purple bullet thread I think

Oooooi @BellsB1 are you gonna test tomorrow then 🤔or Sunday if AF doesn't show 🤞🏻

@Minister2012 I'm thinking maybe Monday... just in case haha. Although I'd be lying if I said I didn't test today when AF wasn't here. So realistically I'm probably testing every day until AF now 😂 when you only have a 1WW it's nice to POAS sometimes!

I agreed with my OH that I wouldn't test without him... if only he knew 😂

@NestinginNL you've got to love doctors telling you your imagining it, as if we haven't got enough to contend with! 🙄

@Sausage1990 things I found helpful were cocodamol, make sure you read the dosage as I read the child dose and was taking that, which is actually half the adult dose 🙄 the pharmacist might ask what you need them for, I sent OH as rather not have to say it out loud.

Also stock up on the heaviest flow pads you can get your hands on. I had heavy flow for a few hours and it was good to know the pads were huge and were basically nappies and I had a big stack of them so wasn't worried about running out!
Be prepared for actual bits of things to come out of you (gross) just know it's normal and part of the process, mentally be ready for that.

Have OH lined up to do meals for the day at least, I didn't feel like eating much once it properly started but would be a good idea to aim to eat a decent meal before the cramps kick in to sustain you.

Hot water bottle A++
TV
Sofa
Blanket
Cuddles

Just seen your tag @Minster2012 so thought I'd come say hello 🙋🏼‍♀️ it's nice to see some new names on here, welcome newbies 🥰

Hows everyone doing? I've been popping in now and then but work has been super busy.

How you feeling @Minster2012? Are you in a full on TWW Oreo fest?

Where's @lucyrp at? She's been quiet! Either that or I haven't been on when she's messaged.

Date night with hubby tonight and I'm excited to put some make up and a dress on! Although so tired I could fall asleep 😴

Took my last test today (it was taunting me 😂) and got a little dye stealer 🥰 I'm done now, promise I haven't ordered more 😂

Happy weekend girls 💕

@Minster2012 just seen your love honey comment 😂 between Lucy's porn stories, toy recommendations and Netflix soft porn we definitely upped the love honey profits between us

@BellsB1 what OH's don't know won't kill them, they don't get the urges like we do! See I'm the same now I know that actually my TWW isn't a TWW I'm like hmmmm I haven't ordered any FRERs at all (maybe) but I didn't put them on urgent so that's it, I can't test til they get here.

@KateColx I'm ok, madly hoping pains I felt yesterday meant something but think it was too early & now worried that my raging hard & tender boobs of last week from the hormones suddenly feel nothing 😳but oh yeah I'm cool as a cucumber 🥒that's a brilliant test you need to keep that one there's no denying that bad boy!! Date night sounds great, we hand that tomorrow too going for an Indian, yum yum & LOTS of Oreo choc. Oh yes.

And bloody hell I think we sustained love honey for over a month, though mines a bit small. I need an upgrade!

@Sausage1990 I second what @Amy00 says but I bought a load of black tena lady pants which meant I could see less & felt more secure. Then just mooched in leggings.

Everyone stop talking about testing! I'm only 6dpo and genuinely feeling the urge to poas😂🙈 send help 🤪

@Katao it's me the bad influence now. I had a bad google session last night I couldn't help it sorry. Next weekend yes!!! Maybe

@Minster2012 I really hope that's the case and I've been shagging through the whole fertile week without even knowing it!!

@NestinginNL the only thing I had was a scan on my ovaries about 5 years ago when I was getting pains and they said they looked absolutely fine, turned out the pains were ovulation pains then all the blood tests and everything a few months ago came back perfect, my periods have always been regular, never bled in between, so I realistically I'm okay, I think all women jusr have that feeling!
If it takes going down the IVF route to get your baby then that's what it takes, I'm sure you'll get there one way or another, I have faith❤️ I came off the pill in January but we started trying in May, so I'm only on cycle No.5, nowhere near as long as some women on here so I feel awful for complaining sometimes!!

@BellsB1 ahhhh Thankyou! Gonna test again tomorrow to double check but I'm gonna guess I'm about 1/2dpo!

@KateColx look at that line!! Have a lovely night🥰

@Minster2012 I forgot it was at zero! 😱
@Newbie0818 thank you lovely. Hubby is sitting in fear at the end of the sofa 😆
@NestinginNL mines new since the summer mainly due to this group lol, I'll find it eventually. ESP now that Dh is moaning about a bad belly. I'm always horny before my period so gonna have to sort myself out some way!
@KateColx Lucy's taking a little break from here. Congrats on the bfp hun!
@Katao eek defo don't test yet! Do it next weekend with @Minster2012 👍🏾

@Minster2012 next weekend, absolutely, 100% . Maybe 😂
@KateColx that test is a stunner 🤩
@Vil10 yay to counting up the dpos!

@notyetamumbuttrying am I missing a message?! What's zero? I'm so confused! And why is your hubby on the sofa in fear? 😩

@Katao when would you test ....asking for a friend who may have tests coming 🤔😆

In a rage this evening! Tesco shopping is late and we want burgers for dinner! Where is my driver? I can’t even blame pms yet, but I had no snacks since lunch and I am starving

@Minster2012 the struggle is real 😂 I have to say I am getting better. The earliest ive tested is 8dpo...pointless! I now try to wait until 11dpo earliest. With previous pregnancy I got a bfn 10dpo and a bfp 11dpo so ive made that my realistic goal and get annoyed if I test before that as its just wasting a test really isn't it. So with the tranfer being a 5 day embryo dose that mean your wait essentially starts at the equivalent of 5dpo? I know the clinic want you to wait 14 days but if ypi want to test earlier is that how you would count it?

P.S. I have tests in the drawer so Ive nothing but willpower to hold me back 😂

@Franklydear are your burgers here yet???

@Katao ok that makes sense, and yes you are absolutely right, so 5days post transfer (the acronym is 5dp5dt) is like 10dpo so lots of ppl test on an FRER from then 😬but it could get chemicals the same as it can otherwise which is why the clinic want a full 14 days after as then it's a true positive. And reading on the surrogacy site that MUST be it if you can get a 2-3 weeks on a digital from 9 days post 5 day blastocyst transfer right?? Is that right? But I'm like you guys, I want my time to test 😫 I did order a few FRERs today but it was after the 3pm cut off for getting them soon so I don't think they will be here until Tuesday pm.

Delivery arrived!

@Minster2012 I mean I think it depends on how early test will affect you. Will a bfn put you on a downer even if it's too early to be reliable? Or stress you out? I dont mind testing early because I can sort of live in a state of half denial/slow acceptance but I do hate all the squinting and line imagining 😬

@Minster2012 haha soz! Was referring to your ovulation being zero. And my raging pmt is making Dh be in the corner of the sofa too scared to come any closer to me lol!!
@Franklydear yay to burgers!
I had hunters chicken and chips tonight 😋