Post Pill TTC - Still Partying

[MintGreenLife]

No idea how we managed to smash through 1,000 messages (40% of them are probably me anyway, ha!) in such a short space of time, but a new thread is needed for the post pill TTC party, so here it is...

Tag anyone I've forgotten please, and new party-goers always welcome :)

@juno231
@kay00
@flowerkm
@pumpkineverything
@ams19
@sarahp2308
@cams50
@sperr
@moocher90
@lisalx

@Sperr the one at 4.30 was rubbish, hardly any line. But I could only hold my bladder for about 1.45hrs and my urine was really watered down so hoping that is why. My cervix is very high and soft. DTD already, couldn't wait 😂😂 will do another test as late as I can hold it for, I'm terrible at not drinking too much water and needing to go after like 30mins 🤦‍♀️

@AMS19 I’m the same! I just about manage to do my evening one- I actually go to the gym just to avoid drinking and peeing (the peeing part sometimes puts me off the gym 😂) and probably end up dehydrating myself so much 😂

Ahhh well let's see what happens this cycle with this officially geriatric mother 🤣 relaxing bday weekend and we managed to escape for the hotel night we had booked for birthdays 🎂

Hope your Monday's are short, coffee is strong and Baby Dust is sprinkled in copious amounts ❤️❤️

@Sperr TMI but the colour of my wee just now can't be healthy 😂😂 honestly holding it for 2 hours and not drinking any water kills me! Anyway, worth it has i got a "high" reading on premom - 0.81! Yay!

@AMS19 I feel you 😂. You’ll definitely have your peak tomorrow! Exciting!!

@mrsmacmc ooh, that sounds lovely 😍 I hope you thoroughly enjoyed yourself!!

@ams19... eek exciting!! Thats a nice strong line! Make sure you DTD tomorrow too!! In answer to your question im on CD34 and no ovulation yet... my last two cycles were 32/34 days long so if I ovulate now then this will be an extra long cycle!

Oh wow @kay00 so definitely worth keep testing just in case?! Is there anything you did differently this time? Isnt it odd how our bodies can be so random like that! Hope something shows up soon for you!

@mrsmacmc hope you had a fabulous day! Sounds amazing! ❤ geriatric for 35 these days is absolutely ridiculous!

Morning!!

@AMS19 yay for high readings! Hope you get your peak 🤞🏼

I’ve woken up with a sore throat 🤨 my RHR has taken abit of a dip but still higher than it normally is! I’ve got a funny feeling in my right side but as I’m only 5DPO I’m trying to not read into things too much.

I think we’re going to need a new thread soon ladies!

Morning Everyone :)

Sorry I went AWOL for a few days, it's been a bit full on. Our house purchase fell through on Thursday, but DH went up to where we are moving and saw two houses Friday morning, we put an offer in Friday afternoon and it was accepted. So pushing forward and hoping this goes through quickly and smoothly! Feel relieved to be honest as the other house was turning into such a headache, and it would continue to be a headache even if we did manage to get the sale through.

CD13 for me, not much happening. I'm being a bit rubbish and completely forgot to do an OPK yesterday and forgot a few of my supplements over the weekend (I'm taking so many!). Promised myself to be more focused on TTC this week. The EWCM that I had on CD9 disappeared again, so not sure what that was all about.

Been scanning through the messages from the last few days. Sorry to hear about the BFN @Juno231 hope you're OK.

We will need to set up another thread soon, as only have about 15 messages left on this one! x

Great news @MintGreenLife so glad you've found somewhere! And we missed you, nice to have you back 🙂

@MintGreenLife oh did you offer on the house you told us about? the one that was in good nick and would make life a lot easier? Congrats! Hopefully it all goes through quickly now.

12DPO and BFN again so I'm definitely out. Had big arguments over the weekend with OH as well as I'm sick of shouldering all of the responsibility for TTC. He has his SA tomorrow but he'd forgotten when it was, hadn't looked up any instructions and after I told him that you're meant to "take care of yourself" 3-5 days pre test he still didn't do it. He has ONE test when I do a million things and he can't even care enough to do it properly. He said I'm being a martyr and how much of an ask is it really for me to be telling him these things. And that me nagging about his lack of involvement is making TTC into a chore and is so typical.

Nevermind that I nag because he won't man up and take some responsibility/initiative!

Morning girls! Happy to set up a new thread, what we thinking namewise, suggestions welcome! Post Pill TTC - Party Harder? Will tag everyone so we can find it!

Thanks @AMS19 fingers crossed this all goes a lot smoother!!

@Juno231 I think so ha, it's hard to remember! It is in good condition though as was renovated two years ago by a builder (we're buying it from the builder). It's not as old as the other house but still has lots of character. Feel much more positive about this, fingers crossed!

Sorry to hear that, I'm not surprised you've ended up having a barney! That sounds extremely frustrating and upsetting. I have no idea why all of the TTC responsibility falls on us, it's really not fair and we definitely take on all of the emotional strain. I really hope he spends some time looking at the instructions today and makes the effort to understand the situation and just gets on with it without having to ask you what he's meant to be doing and when etc. Oh course you end up badgering him, sounds like he would have just completely forgotten otherwise. So sorry, that's not fair really xx

@TheHotelCalifornia Party Harder sounds good! x

Just catching up, apologies for being AWOL too! Busy weekend which was good as I needed a distraction! Thanks so much for all your kind comments on my minor breakdown last week :D AF has now left thank god, just 4 days so much shorter than when I was on the pill still! I’ve officially started taking agnus castus because after doing extensive research it seemed like the only potential downsides were hormonal/mood swings etc so I’ve decided to take the risk as I would love to shorten my cycle and lengthen my LP if possible. Also on iron tablets from the Drs! So folic acid, agnus castus, and iron each day haha! A veritable cocktail of drugs.

@moocher90 sounds like ovulation pains to me!

@mrsmacmc happy belated birthday! Did you have a lovely weekend celebrating? 😊 officially geriatric mother made me actually LOL

@curcurbita yes lots of us have had very light periods! Weirdly light!! As above, my 2nd period off the pill after being on it 15 years or so was only 4 days – 2 of which were alarmingly heavy but it was all but gone by the 4th day so I can’t complain! Good luck with the temping – it’s a really good way of keeping an eye on things and confirming ovulation. Don’t worry too much about abnormalities like if you had a stuffy nose, it’s better to look at the overall picture 😊

@ams19 yesssss congratulations on your peak!

@sperr I hope you’re feeling better! Love the commitment to DTD despite not feeling great!!

@Kay00 no news on ovulation still? Hoping you get a sign soon! Any sign!!

@Juno231 so sorry you had an argument ☹ It sounds like he’s being really unfair about it, I totally would be pissed off too! I just feel like they don’t understand what it’s like for us, they think it’s so easy ☹ and I’m so sorry for your BFN too, but still not out until AF comes right? Sending you positive thoughts xx

@mintgreenlife welcome back!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you re: the house, so exciting! What an emotional rollercoaster you’ve been on!!

@MintGreenLife problem is his test will be a bit skewed now anyway as his swimmers will be ancient at this point! If the results are bad it might give him a wake up call though. I told him I'm sad I'm the one who has to initiate DTD during FW and tip toe around whether or not he's in the mood all the time whilst he makes flippant jokes about having to DTD again and sighing. I have to physically hand him his vits for him to take any. When AF shows he's not once done anything to take my mind off it or seemed to realise it's tough on me.

I sent him this today and told him to in particular read the first comment and the one further down by babelhead. It's worth a read girls if you have numpties for OHs too.

www.reddit.com/r/TryingForABaby/comments/j7ef84/how_can_i_better_support_my_wife/

@MintGreenLife sounds great about the house, YAY!

@Juno231 I feel like that is just a typical male response, I dont think they understand (or want to understand) how difficult it can be to get pregnant and how many factors can have a negative effect...My OH about me nagging him when I remind him about stuff but when I don’t remind/nag he forgets 🤷🏼‍♀️

@TheHotelCalifornia I like party harder, sounds good ☺️

@Kay00 if you u think you haven’t ovulated do you usually continue to take EPO or do you still stop?! Xx

Sending hugs @Juno231 men are just totally shit at anything like this! Their brains are wired differently, not that I'm given them an excuse. My husband with be the same, he doesnt take things seriously at all. I'm really sorry you had a downer!

Party harder sounds perfect 👌

@Juno231 well like you say, if the results aren't great it may give him the reality check he needs. That thread is really helpful, hopefully this helps him understand better how you are feeling. It's not an easy process, and then it's made harder if you don't feel like you're in it together. Really hope he wakes up and realises it's something you're doing together, not just something you want and he has to put up with! Sending big hugs xx

@TheHotelCalifornia thanks! I still feel pretty terrible but Im trying to power through. Thank god for working from home!

@Juno231hope you’re okay! I don’t think men will ever understand how hard it is to be a woman!

Question- since I’m ill and I’ve looked at a few charts people have posted and my temp is higher than theirs. Will it be really hard to tell if I’ve ovulated since I’ll probably be better and my temp will be lower than it is now?

@sperr you should definitely mark the chart with being ill - unfortunately it might mean you won't be able to notice a pattern this cycle because of it. I'd carry on temping anyway just in case it works out though.

@AMS19 yep it's ridiculous. My friend down south was 'geriatric' at 30 apparently health boards can set their ages. Had a lovely time back to the laptop tomorrow to see what's happening in work land!

@Kay00 we did thank you a bit strange but nice to have someone else cook and different walls to look at 🤣

@TheHotelCalifornia glad it made you laugh (if I didn't laugh I would be a crying mess!).