Bus🚌24 Dec TTC Itchy nips poking thru homemade wreaths, Peeing on 🎄crafting sticks, Touch me up 🎅🏻baby with your festive 🍆cos all we want for 🎄is a BFP!!

[Minster2012]

Welcome to the longest running funniest bus ride in history! Or so we like to think anyway...

We talk sex, tv, work, more sex, food, slimming, RHR, charts, spicing things up or down, crafting (a more recent addition for 🎄🎅🏻) and help each other out in any way possible. Oh and yeah Trying to make babies gets mentioned a bit too but more often than not our bodies just do what they want!

When I say a few of us have been around the TTC block I don’t mean 🍆I mean as a MN group, not just a bus, a mini sanctuary since March for some of through the highs and lows of making babies through 2020 ❤️🥰

How we roll on this bus...
⁃ No judgement & each to their own on your TTC journey
⁃ Sense of humour DEFINITELY required
⁃ A few of us like a sex toy a few don’t, there may be sex toys discussed! 🤪a few of our fellas have enjoyed this aspect
⁃ Support each other, ranting is allowed, saying you are down is encouraged & celebrating our happy days too 😘
⁃ We have fun
⁃ If you have a pet, it’s welcome aboard
⁃ Now mandatory picture of your 🎄tree when up or Xmas decorations / Xmas jumper or similar
⁃ Ditto Wreath - extra points awarded if wreath is homemade 🥰
⁃ NOTHING IS TOO MUCH INFORMATION

@Vil10 currently holds the 👑for filthiest/most embarrassing story, can you beat her??? Though @lucyrp recently spewed sambucca over her fingers so maybe that’s debatable

Story so far...

June 24 BFPs
July 11 BFPs
August 18 BFPs
Sep 4 BFPs
Oct 7 BFPs
Nov 7 BFPs

2 BFPs in Dec already and it’s the 1st 🥳

How many more 🤔

@lucyrp to be honest I used to only do cardio when I could be arsed but then I did this challenge at the gym before my holiday in September and I had to do at least an hours worth of cardio everyday, so now I've just got into the swing of it but I do more like 40 mins than an hour! Deffo keep doing that if you enjoy it and are burning the cals, either way you're heading in the right direction just going to the gym! I eat about 1400 cals in a day, give or take a few, and usually in a deficit of about 1200, I'm not sure how true it is but I've been told off a few people that to lose 1lb, you need to be in a deficit of 3500, so say if add your deficit up over the week and it's over that then it should add up to 1lb loss or over depending how much of a deficit it is! Sometimes it comes off people a little different, for me I lose a lot in the first week of dieting then it slows right down after that, you might be the opposite!

@Minster2012 hahaha I wouldn't go that far, but I love weights and the gym, if I'm having a bad day and I go to the gym, I come out smiling, it's my release! Your friend must be crazy doing all that, I'd be drained!! Butttt suppose she's doing all that so she can eat/drink/do what she pleases, so fair play to her😂 also loving the hampers what a lovely idea!

@Vil10 I've been speaking to a pt tonight and she thinks I should eat 1700 calories a day and exercise 6 days a week 1-2 sessions of cardio about 30-40 minutes and 3-4 weight sessions. I also need to get more protein in at around 154g a day and I defo don't do that 😂

@LauraT94 good plan but he is suddenly not too tired now 😂😂
Men 🤷‍♀️
Does anybody believe in tarot readings.
I had 2 a couple weeks ago and they both said December would be an important month in my TTC journey and it would be a baby boy. 1 said I would see full moon either in pictures or things said on social media around conception and the other said I would see Elephants all around me in words, pictures etc.
Both these things I have seen constantly in past week.

I'm not sure I believe in it all.
What do you all think xxx

@DJmum83 I think if someone told me I would see elephants everywhere then I would spot them everywhere whereas at the moment I wouldn't really notice them.
That being said, I really hope December is the month for you then 🤞😊

@DJmum83 just sayin

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[quote SarahTTC2020]@DJmum83 I think if someone told me I would see elephants everywhere then I would spot them everywhere whereas at the moment I wouldn't really notice them.
That being said, I really hope December is the month for you then 🤞😊[/quote]
Yeah I agree I said that to hubby I think you go looking for it. X

[quote Minster2012]@DJmum83 just sayin

@Franklydear check message [/quote]
Yeah I'm pretty wary of it all.
You see what you want to see xx

Morning ladies
Is anybody good with BBT charts does this look like it could be a dip before ovulation. First time charting my temps.
Thanks xx

Well ladies, my temp dropped below coverline for 3 days now as supposed 5dpo til 7dpo today, so FF has removed my cross hairs, seems im waiting for ovulation again :( I did have watery cm but it says you can get several patches of fertile cm in one cycle so yeah, back to waiting....which means this is a very late ovulation :/

Sorry, catching up...

Not had a dream orgasm! FOMO here too. DH when he's very stressed, can have sex and still be asleep . Extras for me...shameless! So weird but not going to say no, especially when TTC.

I've been so bad since wfh not exercising. Walks and yoga are the hight of my fitness regime though normally so no wonder I dont have a six pack!

Great news about HR @Newbie0818, my HR team are evil. It really makes a difference when you work somewhere supportive.

@Minster2012 All that game sounds delicious...but the squirrel at the wedding sounds so odd.

Also can't believe the title got reported

I'm no good on the old charts I'm afraid @DJmum83 we'll have to call on @Juno231 or @blodyn91 for wisdom & as with all white elephants, take with a pinch of salt, else they taste awful ive heard. Like squirrel.

@Hopeful110 OV gone whereabouts how f ing frustrating!!

@NotMeekNotObedient yes same for me on the exercising, Pilates, dog walking & a bit of HIIT but it seems to have done ok, still searching for the secret six pack though! You get sleep sex 😱woah. Is it as good??

I got my "present" last night ladies.
A bunny joined us in bed!
I've never seen one up close. Massive!
I was spewing jizz so much all night it interrupted my sleep
DH went smuggly "well that's Xmas sorted" errrr that's our anniversary sorted love. 😂

@DJmum83 it sure could be but I'm afraid only time can tell! When in doubt, DTD though!

[quote Juno231]@DJmum83 it sure could be but I'm afraid only time can tell! When in doubt, DTD though![/quote]
Ok thanks.
How do you know if you have ovulated. Will my temp go up and stay up. Sorry clueless with this xx

@lucyrp yeah that sounds about right! Even if you're going just 3 times you're still doing something, and it's mainly the diet part of it, which I'm shit at at weekends, I just over indulge and probably undo everything I've done in the week😂

@Minster2012 yesssss love that!! Also it's huge!! "Spewing jizz" 🤣

@minster2012 that's bloody huge, you're braver than me 🤣🤣🤣

@Minster2012 Nice! Not the frying pan then!

The sleep sex is the same as awake but with more tongue! Favorite way to be woken up though sometimes I do roll him back away to his side of the bed. Luckily I'm pretty much always wanting some 🍆 so on the rare occasion it happens it's a nice extra. But yer, its a strange one and even though DH seems totally awake he doesn't tend to remember much in the morning. Aparrently it's similar to sleepwalking...but with orgasms 😂.

@Minster2012 I have a bunny too but a black one. Best toy ever!! And it is waterproof for the bath.

@DJmum83 the rule of thumb is 3 temps higher than the previous six. So for the next three days we'd hope to see a sustained higher temp. Ask anything, any time!

@NotMeekNotObedient omg! 🤣 Sleep sex. I thought i was lucky being able to wake DH at any hour and get it on request. But sleep sex is a whole other level!

@Minster2012 🤣 good present!

@Djmum83 @SarahTTC2020 yeah I completely agree. You see things that are on your radar. Which is why everyone TTC will be so aware of people seemingly having babies all the time! Anyone not TTC just wouldn't pay attention because it doesn't matter to them. You wouldn't register seeing an elephant on a normal basis. 🤣

[quote Juno231]@DJmum83 the rule of thumb is 3 temps higher than the previous six. So for the next three days we'd hope to see a sustained higher temp. Ask anything, any time![/quote]
Thank you. fingers crossed my temps go up , don't think hubby will manage anymore nights this week xx

@MayDay27 yes my luteal phase is about 10 days, I've been trying 18 months now, fell pregnant is Aug finally but lost it at 5wks. Nothing since! I think my luteal phase could be a problem as some people implant at 10/11DPO, so if we're getting our AF at 10DPO, i feel it's giving us less of a chance as if anything is fertilised it's getting flushed out by AF before it's even getting chance to implant!!
So this last wk I've started taking VitB as heard it can extend LP by a couple days🤞🏻

Just catching up on all the msgs now, & I got to yours & couldn't not reply, so I don't know if you've had a response yet, but I expect so

@lucyrp You are doing so well going that often and 1hr is plenty! I never count calories really. I also can only manage 30mins of strength training as it bores me more than cardio 😆 Proper cardio bunny here! But I never ran on a treadmill, always outside, just got to wrap up and invest in a headtorch for winter, but the fresh air is bliss.
@MayDay27 my LP was 11days, and Im now 21 weeks pregnant. I was worried it was too short, but worried for nothing. I did do seed cycling for two cycles so not sure if that helped. Also took DHA tablets.
@Minster2012 better than a gun then? 🤭

@blodyn91 I'm with you on this one, I can't stand the treadmill! Wrapping up warm and running outside is my therapy 🏃🏼‍♀️ 5 miles done in the sleet this morning, if that's not dedicated...

@NotMeekNotObedient it won't do much cooking that beast won't but it did a great job of getting me off 🤪😝the sleep sex sounds good though but I love my sleep sooooo much!!

@DJmum83 did you get some more sex this morning after your peak? Hoping your tennis go up 🤞🏻

@blodyn91 better than a gun 😂

@Kirky658 im cheering your running from the sidelines. No, honestly I am. The indoor sidelines. The warm ones (don't forget 2 dogs so I know the outdoor rain pain, but that's self inflicted!)

Oooooo wreath update too...

Thanks @Chlo2701 and @blodyn91 I can't help obsessing over it now! What is seed cycling? And what is DHA 😂 We haven't even started TTC yet waiting for next cycle so I know I'm just working myself up but I just can't help stressing about it. I've actually just seen some progesterone home tests for £45 I might do just to see what the levels are like.