POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

[AMS19]

@GreenApplesYo
@positivitytree2020
@jessi60
@DrS44
@PowerOfFlowers
@Bells20
@Dex1521
@Emmgrem
@Foxl2222

@CardioQueen just so you know where we are

Here we go ladies! The last thread was a lucky one so let's keep up the success on this one!

Morning - how is everyone today? @Emmgrem @Foxl2222 @positivitytree2020 are you charting and if so how are you getting on with it? And anyone else ttc who I’ve not tagged.

I had a big rise in BBT today the highest temp I’ve had which I am assume is an implantation dip. Just trying to stay hopeful 🤞x

Have a good day everyone. We’re all in this together 💙

Hey, I’m doing okay thanks. Just finished a night shift and back in Christmas Day.
Feeling abit down with the news on here yesterday. This whole TTC journey and then when you go on to being pregnant is so stressful and full of worry 😞 feel like it’s a never ending circle.
Hope everyone is doing okay and taking care of themselves xx

@Dex1521 Definitely could be! 🤞
Here's my chart today, another rise but mine are more gradual than your pattern. Had pains on my right side last night which woke me up in the night, definitely more frequent urination, nipples still like rocks too.. but sounds like a lot of people get those and it's still a bfn. Really worried now if I get a squinter and won't know whether to tell DH on Xmas morning and get his hopes up or not!

@jessi60 ahh I know what you mean. I feel like that too, imagining going through all this emotional and physical turmoil and that's not even at the pg stage yet. I can't imagine what the next stage of anxiety is like 😣 People really don't talk about this side of it enough- you just see the happy announcements and then the happy smiling babies at the end of it and none of the reality behind I suppose.

Sounds positive @Dex1521 🤞 eeek not long now until your TWW is over..and mine starting. I'm with @jessi60 on the BBT thing - don't really get it, but been making a half ass attempt at taking OPK'd so attached my chart- it looks like nothing 🤣🤣

@DrS44 @Dex1521 fellow irish 🙌☘️
I'm working over Christmas otherwise would have found a way to get home too. @DrS44 enjoy the time with your family ☺️

@jessi60 I'm feeling the same, I was not expecting pregnancy to be such an anxiety provoking time! I realise that might sound mad and I'm thinking now I was quite naive going into this. Terrible anxiety about something going wrong but also now some anxiety about what if everything goes well and I have a tiny new baby. I had a nightmare last night that I didn't know how to hold a baby and it's head was flopping everywhere, woke up crying and had to YouTube how to hold a baby 😂 It definitely doesn't match how I thought I'd feel when I fell pregnant!

@Emmgrem @Dex1521 charts are looking good ladies!

@Emmgrem charts looking so good! It’s funny mine is spiky after ovulation and yours was before it’s like we’ve swapped 🤣 I did a FRER this morning obviously a BFN just couldn’t help myself after seeing the spike in BBT but I’m not losing hope. Definitely this is like an emotional rollercoaster I really wish there was more support or awareness about it but I always find ttc is always very hush hush so you always go through it alone

@Foxl2222 that’s amazing! Where about in Ireland? I’m from the north coast of NI. Do you live in England too? Me @DrS44 and @jessi60

@Dex1521 yes I’m charting, having an anovulatory cycle tho, so hoping AF will show up in next week or two so I can just move onto the next! 🙄
Your chart looks great!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@DrS44 be careful trying to extend your LP! I’ve totally fecked my cycle up as a result! 😌 some people are fine but I’ve done a lot of research over the last few days and Vitamin B and/or Angus cactus has really messed some people up! Apparently the hormone balance is so delicate, and can be thrown off very easily! 😌 what I plan to do once my cycles come back to normal is drink some red raspberry leaf tea but only after I ovulate!

Ya I know what you mean @jessi60! Feels weird even writing in here after yesterday’s news! 😔 can’t get them out of my thoughts! 😔

@positivitytree2020 thank you for sharing that about the stuff to extend LP, I hadn't really given it much thought and have just been repeating what I've seen others say, I hadn't realised they could cause problems so that's helpful to know! Good to know there seems to be an alternative with the raspberry leaf tea!

I'm really thinking of everyone today, especially AMS and her partner x

@Bells20 I know 🙈 my heart is actually broken for ams and her partner I can't cope. Xxxx

I’ve just rang my gp to try and get a referral to the early pregnancy unit. I keep getting a pain on my left side, where your ovaries are. It’s really uncomfortable. I don’t know if it’s normal or me being a drama queen and convincing myself it’s an eptopic pregnancy😩 Waiting on a phone call back. Xx

@jessi60 definitely not being a drama queen always best to get checked! I’d be the exact same.

@Dex1521Yeah hopefully I am being a drama queen but I’ve had it a few days now. And it’s stressing me out! The thought of having a scan makes me want to vomit though, hate the unknown. Xx

@jessi60 you’ll be fine you’re strong and you know we are always here for you no matter what x

I’ve had a weird feeling in my uterus since around 2pm as if someone has put it in a clamp and holding it dead tight it’s just a constant dull ache not like an AF cramp. I was looking at baby clothes in matalan today and I’ve got this bittersweet feeling AF is on her way as I dared to look 😕 I’m so superstitious so probably being stupid. I’ve not had that on and off stabbing pain in my left side today though which I had yesterday so I’m in two minds weather it’s AF or implantation can’t make my mind up

@jessi60 as much as I dont believe you're ever a drama queen, I hope you are on this occasion and that everything is fine! Definitely always better to get things checked out if you're worried isn't it! Hope the EPU see you soon!

@Dex1521 I definitely find myself falling into that superstitious trap too but it's totally just magical thinking my lovely, imagine one of us had said we thought we jinxed it because we looked at baby clothes I'm sure you'd put us straight in no time 😉 just a few more days and you'll know for sure! Try and keep busy until then if you can.

Hello everyone,
You are doing the right thing @jessi60 - every time if you're in doubt, just give them a ring. Does it come and go? I only ask because I'm getting pains on and off over the last few days. Not at any particular side though, just middle. Hope you get seen to!

You have my sympathy @Dex1521 - its so easy to let your head run away with you. Few more days and you'll know 🤞🏻🤞🏻

I'm 5+3 today, feeling a little emotional / sad - i think its being away from family over Christmas, hormones, stuff that's happening around us, waking up at 4.30am and not being able to eat properly because I got braces fixed two weeks ago and one of the wires is digging into my cheek. Wax doesn't help it when I eat. Managed to get an emergency appointment to try and fix it tomorrow and I hope they can. Weird how everything happens at once!

That was quite efficient service😂 I’ve just got back, my gp asked me to go in so she could feel my stomach and do my blood pressure etc. She’s booked me for a scan at 12pm tomorrow so hopefully I can see something, might have to be internal if it’s too early or if not then a blood test for the HCG level. They dated me at 6 weeks and 4 days from my period. But think I’m more like 5 weeks to be honest so don’t know how much a scan will show! Let yous know how I get on. Xx

@Dex1521 @Bells20 thanks girls❤️
Hopefully that weird feeling is a good sign for you!!
@PowerOfFlowers it’s all on my left side. Like a dull throbbing pain. It comes and goes. But it’s been consistent the last few hours. It’s not really bad though, more like an annoying uncomfortable feeling. She did say the usual it could be things stretching etc. I wouldn’t of been as worried if it was just like central just more worried cause it’s always the same side!

I feel the same to. Nearly started crying in the Doctors 😂 just feel so anxious all the time. And then not seeing people and being at work all over Christmas. Feeling right sorry for myself.
Hope you feel better soon. Think of your lovely straight teeth after the pain.. be all worth it!

Oh wow @jessi60 - so fast!! It will be good for you to get that scan tomorrow, even if it's just as a reassurance. Wishing you all the luck with it 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Hah yes, I keep crying at random stuff. And then I realise I'm nearly sobbing at something normal on the tv and tell myself to get a grip! Hopefully this will pass 🙈😄

@PowerOfFlowers Thank you! Hopefully will see something. Don’t think I will be surprised if it’s too early cause I can never understand how they have me pregnant before I even dtd🤣
haha yep it’s like we are slowly losing the plot. The doctor said the worrying doesn’t stop and that she’s got a ten year old and still the same. I was like brilliant I’m no good already at this stage 😂 xx

@jessi60 hey! Great you could get appointment for tomorrow. Just to let you know, I also had some pain on my left side for a while, which has gone now. Sometimes it was like a stabbing pain, sometimes it was more of a burning sensation. I was fine in the end although it did worry me! Hopefully you'll at least get to see where the baby has implanted 🙂fingers crossed it's all OK for you, too.

Still feeling shocked and sad about Ams' news from yesterday (Ams19 if you're reading the messages I hope you're OK). Agree with everyone who said TTC can be a hard journey. It's a shame it doesn't get talked about more.

Glad you guys think the chart looks good 🤞👏

@Bells20 Oh god I can totally imagine that anxiety level. Stressing before it happens and then a whole other thing to worry about once it's happened and you realise what you've got yourself into haha. I haven't even let myself think that far ahead!

@Dex1521 Haha love that you tested again today!! 😆 I've actually been freaking out about whether to even test as early as 11DPO now. I really don't want there to be any doubt about it, but at the same time the baby grow arrived today and made me want to wrap it ready for Xmas morning just incase even more 🙈
You know what, I actually let slip to two friends today that we're ttc. One of them told me she was first, so I thought we could go through it together at least. It's really made me feel better how supportive they've been and I'd definitely want them there if things got tough.
I've had stickier CM today and googling that leads me to think there's nothing to suggest that's a good or bad sign either way 🤷🏻‍♀️ 28th day of our cycles now though right? So I'm taking that as a positive in itself that we've got this far.

@jessi60 Glad you're getting seen so quickly. Better safe than sorry! Let us know how you get on. I wonder if a scan will be able to tell you more precisely how far along you are if you aren't sure on the date they gave you.

@PowerOfFlowers oh i feel for you with the brace situation! I remember that well with the pokey wires. I remember one time they clipped the end of the wire off and clipped my inside cheek by mistake 😬 I cried! Take it as an excuse to eat lots of ice cream is my advice, or really strong whiskey swished round your mouth works a treat (obviously spat out whilst preg haha!)

@GreenApplesYo Thanks 🤍 That’s interesting because I said to the doctor it feels like a burning sensation sometimes aswell.
I love this forum for support and chatting to you girls but I do think it I didn’t read so many bloody things I wouldn’t be as anxious as I am now 😂
How you doing anyways? Things going okay?

I know, me too. She’s all I’ve thought about to be honest❤️ Didn’t know whether to continue posting on here as I know she will probably get the notifications and probably the last thing she needs right now.

@Emmgrem I know, maybe it will. Feel anxious about it but going to try and distract myself some how! Glad you’ve got some friends to discuss it with, I imagine it helps loads Xx

@jessi60 I think it might have been ligament pain/stretching pain? The burning was really odd and could last a few hours. It only happens occasionally now. Hopefully you just have the same thing as me (whatever it is haha! Seems harmless though).

So hard not to worry, either in the 2ww or the 12ww.

@Emmgrem aw atleast you have the support there that’s great. I’m losing hope tbh I know I’m only 8dpo but this weird ache I’ve had all today and the BFN makes me think AF is on her way. I only got to 12DPO last cycle before she showed so it’s only A matter of time 😞. Will still test on Christmas Day (11dpo) as planned but not holding out for it anymore.

I’m in a weird mood today my right nipple has felt so hard and sensitive to touch but left is fine. And still a dull ache in my uterus hoping it’s gone by tomorrow. A definite lesson I’ve learnt today is don’t test too early as you’ll end up a miserable lump like me 😂

Aww @Dex1521 I'm also NI- north east coast, Down. Live in London. You live north east England right? Keeping everything crossed for you that you will get your BFP in the coming days🤞 sore nipple sounds like could potentially be a good sign ?!

Good luck tomorrow @jessi60..will be thinking of you.

Such a lovely community on here, really hope ams can join us again soon. Been thinking about them all day😞

@Emmgrem aww that's so lovely that you have a friend in the same boat as you. You can keep each other sane 😂

First time dtd this cycle in the fertile window - let's hope we've a few good swimmers🤞🤞🙏

Xx