The Pact Continued - 2021 WILL be our year!

[SS123456]

Just starting us up a new thread 😁

@Rotagilla
@kirinm
@whambam89
@Sansa87
@MrsB2019x

Who have I missed??

@Sansa87 ah amazing, 4D scans are so lovely! 😁. My DSs face still looks just like it did on his 4D scan!

@SS123456 ahhh 😍 so happy everything is going well for you! X

Our little rainbow baby! She’s just so perfect.

It’s our due date for the baby we lost last year on 23rd of this month, so I’m having a weird month emotionally. I’m still part of the Facebook group, & they’re all having their baby’s now. I’m so happy for them, but I keep thinking that my baby should be there. Then I feel guilty because we wouldn’t have this bubba if I hadn’t lost the last one, & then back to feeling that’s a horrible thing to think because this rainbow baby is just as important

I didn’t anticipate how emotionally hard and confusing this month would be.

This little scan bought us a lot of happiness though

@SS123456 Lovely scan! 😍 you must be so relieved

Those cheeks @Sansa87 🥺😍 she is beautiful!

@whambam89 How are you getting on?

Sorry AF arrived @kirinm 😔

@Sansa87 ah she is so beautiful 😁❤️👶🏻

Thank you @MrsB2019x , it was definitely a relief! I was hoping to see a nub as I'm desperate to know if we are team blue or pink but no such luck 🙈

@SS123456 I’m guessing boy going by skull shape... but I really don’t have any idea what I’m talking about. 😂

I don't really know what I am looking for either @Sansa87 🙈😂. I am desperate for a girl so you just know it will be a boy! At least if I find out at the next scan it will give me some time to get used to the idea of it's another boy. Obviously a healthy baby is all I really want, BUT I so hope it's a girl 😂

@SS123456 I’ve only ever imagined having a girl. My mum & I are the only girls my side, & there hasn’t been a girl for 80 years on oh’s side... a LOT of boys so even though three scans currently say girl, I don’t think either of us will believe it til she’s here 😂

Same as you, especially after our loss, we both wanted a girl, but all we really needed and wanted was a healthy baby.

@Sansa87 I know what you mean, I don't think I'd believe baby is a girl either until she arrives. With my DS there was no question he was a boy on the scan so it was easier to feel more comfortable with it. I have known lots of people have boys who were told baby was a girl though!

Obviously I wouldn't love a boy any less, and we are over the moon either way, but aside from wanting a girl just because I would 'like' to have one, my OH has some autism/special needs that run in his family (including his son from a previous relationship) which seem to run genetically with the boys rather than the girls. There would be no guarantee of course but I think I would be less worried about that side of things with a girl

Hi,

Thought I would introduce myself and join this group if that's okay? Been TTC since December 19. Absolutely no luck. We've just contacted gp. All my bloods came back normal but DH sperm morphology came back at 0.5. It might be that it wasn't tested quick enough as we live about 45mins away from where it had to be dropped off. So he has to go back again to retest. On top of that although my periods are regular I have been getting spotting as well - this month it started 3dpo for 8 days..... now waiting for AF to actually start. Gets so disheartening. It was bright red as well though definitely spotting only quantities???

Had a read through the thread and got lots of good pointers already. Dh is on wellman conception and I'm on seven seas trying for a baby - seems there are some other supplements to look into. Gp has just referred me to gynaecology for further investigations. It's hard to stay positive, especially with so many announcements / births going on around me. I hate the helplessness feeling and not understanding what's going on with my body..... but still really high but it has been other months as well before period started??

Anyway nice to meet you all! It is lovely (and motivating) to hear so many of you have had your bfp recently! Fingers crossed for us all! X

I'm early on in my cycle so my position could change but I think I'm going to stop 'actively' trying. I will still try to time sex but I can't keep going with OPKs and counting the TWW. I just feel totally done in by it.

I don't know if this is how I'll feel by the time ovulation comes around but I've spent a solid year timing sex, imagining symptoms, testing, calculating due dates only to be disappointed month after month and it's just tedious. I would really like to try and start thinking about something else!

I'm going to try and stay off the conception board for a bit although will obviously check in here.

Massive love @kirinm

How are we all? x

Hey @SS123456

I’m struggling a bit mentally/emotionally if I’m honest. I’m medically suspended now, which I’m glad about because I didn’t feel safe with covid at work, & it was tiring but it’s getting to me not seeing any humans apart from oh. Our original due date is next week too, & I’m seeing all the Feb babies being born on Facebook which I’m so happy to see, but also a big reminder ours would’ve been born.

Also hit the 6 month mark since I’ve seen my mum (excluding one present doorstop drop at Christmas for 2 mins)

I feel awful having things to complain about because I have everything I’ve ever wanted right now. Healthy pregnancy, perfect fiancée, and dream house, but I can’t stop myself from wanting to cry.

Sorry to offload, but you did ask 😜

How are you all?

The one and only cycle where I've had zero symptoms....absolutely nothing....🌈

@Rotagilla omg yay 🥰

@Rotagilla Omgggg! Congratulations lovely! 🌈 so pleased for you

@kirinm Totally understandable. Hopefully you can stay as relaxed as you can over ovulation and the TWE

@Sansa87 Think the due date milestone will always be difficult, especially when we are all so isolated so there’s not a lot to take your mind off it! Hope you are okay.

@SS123456 @whambam89 How are you both doing?

@Rotagilla congrats!!

@MrsB2019x sorry been laying low for a little while, I'm doing ok.. just out of my FW, I think 3dpo today.. got faint lines on more tests but they seem to be negative now and I ovulated at normal time so no idea what was going on! How are you? X

Thankyou @Sansa87 @MrsB2019x and @whambam89 ❤️

Incase it helps anyone....I did a few things differently this cycle.

It started with me trying to extend my luteal phase it was quite short and I wanted to try and fix it naturally before speaking to my consultant.

I took daily vitamin c with zinc, vitamin d, vitamin b12 and pregnacare conception.
I drank 150ml of pomegranate juice a day, ate a handful of almonds and ate lots of pineapple including the core.
I also made sure I kept my feet warm after ovulation.

Definitely worth a try if you don't already (but research doses of vitamins etc)

@whambam89 That’s so strange, hopefully that’s the last of it now 😔 everything crossed for this month for you lovely

@Rotagilla weird question but how did you keep your feet warm? Mine are literally always cold😂 I'm taking pregnacare and have all the other vitamins you mentioned so have taken them this morning although may be starting too late in my cycle. Also got a large pineapple coming with my food shop today.

Morning @whambam89 I'm always walking round in bare feet, hate socks and slippers. But I made an effort to keep fluffy socks on this cycle...I'd read somewhere it helps keep the uterus warm. And when you are ttc you will try anything right?

@rotagilla I've read the same but even with socks and slippers I have file feet and I can't sleep with socks on😂🙈

Oh no! 🤣
Maybe hot water bottles?

Urghh to sleeping with socks on!

@rotagilla maybe I'll get some of them hand warmers and put them in my socks 😂

On another note.. I've carried on using opks. Almost certain I ovulated on CD17 as from CD18 I had sore boobs etc but my opks are still really dark... Anyone ever had this before? I'm beginning to think that this pack of opks and hpts are just dodgy 🤷🏻‍♀️