TTC Festive Bus

[SunnydazeQ]

Hello ladies

This is a continuous of our bus from Dec. Please tag anyone I may have forgotten. Here's to many Christmas BFPs 🎉🎄🎁

@gracie2307
@MgW1
@SRyellow
@Sunflowers81
@SparkyLauz
@bmeggar
@PurplePops
@Highfalutinlootin
@ACNass
@Bizawit
@Dogmum13
@Raffie13
@Cinega

@Cienega
I have had a bit of that also .... my breast are sore but been having BAD cramps. AF due sat....i feel its hormonal for me. This is my first cycle i have had ewcm since my miscarriage. Im positive if i don't catch on this month... it wont he long xx

@Cienega
Sorry if tmi but is it a bit like cream snot?! God that sounds terrible 🙈 xx

@Bluepolkadots42 I use Femtometer opks...which used to work with my app but then my app corrupted and so now I've moved to Glow app🤦🏼‍♀️ Using up the rest of my mahoosive pack of opks. I only did 1 test today but have done mid nlorning and mid afternoon for the last 4 days - all negative.
They worked for me in the past (got pregs in July) but never a really bold 'peak', and since mc I haven't had any obvious peaks except when I was still registering as pregs on a preg test. I think it might be because I drink too much water. But it does make me question whether I'm ovulating at all 🤷‍♀️
Will try cb digital next month in case they help.
I've been trying to monitor cm this month. It definitely got a lot more watery a few days ago and increased but then we started having sex and if I'm honest, I couldn't say what was cm and what was 🍆 since! I think maybe I don't make that much cm generally. Idk..never really thought about it before!
I found temping to be really accurate in the past but my 4yr old often wakes me so the wake-ups make it less reliable. Who knows? I wish so much there was just a daily pee on a stick that told you definitively when/if you ovulate 🤦🏼‍♀️
I haven't had ovulation pain before I don't think, so my pain might be something else. What does yours feel like when you get it? This pain is sharp and stabby- a bit lower than belly buttons do only to the right hand side. Does that sound like O pain? X

*femometer (blimin autocorrect)

@MgW1
Yes I guess you could say its like snot! It's definitely creamy but not stretchy, more tacky maybe?
I've been having cramps too over the last couple if days but I had them last cycle and nothing came of it so I'm not trusting that symptom anymore 😆
I have had yellow discharge in the past but it was lighter, I guess this one seems different because of how dark it is when it dries. It's odourless so I'm not thinking infection

@Cienega yes I've definitely had that! I wondered whether it might be the teeniest bit of brown/blood tinging the white cm? No answers but I've def had it!

@MiniBaker welcome! I know what you mean about cm. I don't have much either. There is a lube called pre-seed which is supposed to help. You're supposed to shove a load up there before sex but I tend to just use it as normal lube to make sure we're not stopping the swimmers with other stuff. Might try the whole shoving a load up there if it doesn't take this month though.
In addition to that you can also try taking evening primrose oil for the first bit of your cycle up until you ovulate. Again, I'll be doing this next month too.
This is my second bubs and I didn't do any of this last time so it might not be necessary for you either but I understand what it's like to try for a while so at least this gives you Something to try. Also google the SMEP. Lots of people rave about it and it's on my list to try too!x

Girls I'm 3dpo and have terrible cramp on my right hand side, was the same last night. Not like a period type cramp more sharp. Anyone had this?

Thank you for the info @BubsNumber2inTheMaking 😊 it’s so nice to finally have someone to talk to about all this! It can feel really lonely when you are keeping it to yourself. You’re reply has really perked me up today. I hate the day AF arrives - most of the month I feel quite positive but this one day every month I just think - how much longer? Is it ever going to happen for me? Is something wrong with my body?

I will purchase some evening primrose oil and pre-seed and try that this month! I’m keen to try something different. Over the 8 months we’ve tried sex pretty much every day during fertile week, based on Fermometer’s estimates and sometimes I use LH peak as a guide and then sometimes I think right I’m not going to use them in case it’s stressing me out.

Do you mind me asking how long it took you first time round? And how many days do you get EWCM? Should it be like really clear and obvious and how far can it stretch? I did have a little bit of kind of cloudy slightly stretchy CM last month just 2 days around when I thought I was about to ovulate - first time all year - but it only stretched about half an inch and it was cloudy not clear. Does this sound like EWCM? Xx

@Cienega
I always have cramps , preg or not! I think its to do with uterine lining thickening for pregnancy or to shed during AF. Xx

@SunnydazeQ hello sorry to jump on your post trying to get some advice from anyone lol

For 3 days I experienced brown spotting not enough for me to need a liner or anything and then last night it stopped, this morning I woke up to a tiny bit of red when I wiped and then brown again all day still only light not needing anything and now stopped again.
The spotting has been along side back ache in my lower back (just above my bum), coming and going metallic taste and mild cramping that I just barely notice🤯 I just have no idea what's going on in my body

Sorry for the lonnnnnnnng post I just don't have a clue what's going on, this is so unusual for me to bleed/discharge before my period. I don't know my cycle it changes from month to month but I have to apps and from my last couple of periods, one app thinks I should be coming on the 10th dec and the other thinks I should be coming on 13th dec

Any help/advice is useful and appreciated Thankyou ladies!!🤞🤞

Hi @Anonymous2345!

Can I ask if you have recently come off the pill? Or some other form of hormonal contraception? When I first came off the pill ahead of TTC I experienced spotting quite a few days before I expected my period then it would stop and my period would arrive a few days later.

Now I always spot 1 - 2 days before my period arrives and the colour can vary, just like you described.

Completely identify with your frustration at what your body is doing! Hope you get some answers 😊

@MiniBaker

Hi *@Anonymous2345*!

Can I ask if you have recently come off the pill? Or some other form of hormonal contraception? When I first came off the pill ahead of TTC I experienced spotting quite a few days before I expected my period then it would stop and my period would arrive a few days later.

Now I always spot 1 - 2 days before my period arrives and the colour can vary, just like you described.

Completely identify with your frustration at what your body is doing! Hope you get some answers 😊

@MiniBaker hello I came off the pill March/April but I've been okay ish since then if that makes sense lol This is just out of the ordinary. I barely get any cramps unless I'm on and I'm heavy and it's pretty much I get the cramps and then I come on my period as the cramps are happening or just stopped or I get the cramps and get heavier. I never usually get cramps with no bleeding so this is weird for me lol

@gracie2307 yes we did! 🙂 Ended up 4 days in a row instead if 3 as I thought I'd hit the peak and then it went up a bit more 😬 and on the first day in a row we did it twice 🤣🤭 Yeah, I'd probably forget to use it 🤣 my ewcm has become much better since starting proceive

Just dtd! Flo says I ovulate in 2 days! (trying for our second baby). Fingers crossed. Should find out a few days before Xmas xxx

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking Thank you so much for your advice! Will definitely buy the ordinary version and see how i get on with it 👌 its horrible having acne so I'm glad its not just me who has gone through it. How are you? Xx

@03cclarke I'm on CD 11 so just about to O as well. Good luck to you! Are you doing SMEP?

Morning everyone 😊 So my SMEP plan this month isn't going that great. I've had 6 days in a row High Fertility readings from CB Digital OPK but no peak. Im on CD17 and so far have just been DTD every other day. Normally I get peak on CD15, 16 or 17 but nothing. I've even used some cheap OPKs the past few days to see but the LH line is fading not getting stronger. So I'm very confused and worried I've missed my chance to do the focused DTD. Don't know whether to carry on testing and just DTD every other day to AF? Any advice would be wonderful! Xx

@Dogmum13 Well done! Im glad you found your peak and managed to follow the plan 😀 what CD are you now? Xx

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking I also don't get lines as strong as test line on OPKs even when I'm at 'peak' and I also drink a lot of water every day so it could be down to that??
My ov pain is cramping on one side in line with my hip bone- tends to alternate sides each month, although not always. Can be really sharp sometimes- a bit like trapped wind or similar, and to be fair I am also really bloated and gassy around ovulation too.
I would like to know how soon after the pain you 'ovulate' as assume the pain is caused by the ovary releasing an egg into fallopian tube, but never had that confirmed! Not sure if pain is more the ovary 'warming up' for the release or what!
I am on 2nd day of no AF and still BFNs utterly fed up and incredibly emotional and weepy- much more than usual. Think it's combo of hormones and disappointment of BFN. I just want AF to show and put me out of my misery and so I can get on with a new cycle.

@gracie2307
Thats what happened to me this month and then i got a load of pains and ewcm on Cd 20. I would keep dtd every other day another 3 - 4 times and then see what happens. You dont need to do it every day - supplies will be too low !! 🙈🤣 xx

@gracie2307 I find it super easy to find my peak, always have done. Doesn't seem to help with conceiving though 🤣🤦‍♀️ I reckon it's going to take us around 18 months 🙄 I'm on CD 15 and 3 DPO

@Katiecorn I think we both need to do some self care. I'm working on some knitting projects, little chocolate orange covers, haha!
I might go to the gym, but I never know if that's ok during the tww? I think moderate exercise is ok.

Thank you @Mumtoalittlegirl, that's really helpful! That's pretty much what I did this month so far.

Thank you @PurplePops! I've heard that some people don't have symptoms in the beginning! That must feel strange for you though!

@Anonymous2345 the metallic taste is often reported in early pregnancy!

@sunflowers81 haha yes i agree. Doesn't help when my other half is constantly asking if I've peed on a stick yet 😂. I don't do the gym so think i need to find a hobby lol

Really hoping for a Christmas bfp but it's our first month trying so I'm trying but struggling not to get my hopes up.