Happy New TTC Bus - Jan 2021 - it's going to be a corker!

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Thought I'd kick this off...

CD 7 for me following 2nd mc 🤦🏼‍♀️ Ready to kick the new year off with a bang (not literally, sorry husband), and get a blimin bun in the oven already!
Come on ladies, let's get each other through this. BFP's coming our way soon I just know it 😘💪🙌xx

Hope everyones well. My little girl isn't well so feeling very tired and not very good. Noticed my breasts felt tender during the night and period like cramps this morning. 6 days after from period though.

@Lottiebugz22 I hope your little one gets better 🫂.

We ♀️ have such weird & wonderful bodies. I wish it was easy to predict for us however it is a journey 😊.

@FluffyLittleDragon I can definitely relate to the feeling obese 😬 serious hats off to anyone who has lost or maintained there weight during this pandemic!!

Ah today is my Friday too! I find while I'm working I have time to obsess over ttc ( I work in travel insurance so there's not a lot going on at the moment!) I'm looking forward to being off and keeping myself busy!

@Lottiebugz22 hope the little one feels better soon!

That's odd! Wouldn't it be great if our bodies could tell us what they are up to!

Thanks everyone. Xx

@Tara1711 @SadieSazzle Also feeling "not pregnant" here. Only 3DPO but just have this "feeling" this isn't the month for us. And like you say, I'm okay with it?!

Does anyone else get "feelings" or believe in them? Do you think you can "know" you're pregnant before you actually POAS?

@FluffyLittleDragon - Thanks! your comment cheered me up. Its snowing here but I forced myself to take some walks and feeling much better today.
@SophieMorton - That sounds like the way to go. DH doesn't need all the details and it does make things a lot more relaxed! :)

@Tara1711 @SadieSazzle our AF is due around the same time isn’t it? 17/18th ? Sorry I can’t keep up with everyone.
Well I wouldn’t say I feel anything atm but I did just have to rush to bathroom thinking AF had started and it was a lot (tmi) of creamy CM. It basically soaked my underwear. I also woke up with pulling aches in my left side this is also the side I was getting OV painsz So j don’t know where that puts me? Trying not to think too much about it really.

I’ve just been reading about cold wombs. Apparently keeping the feet and hands warm in the two week wait is really helpful for implantation. Also eating 5 Brazil nuts a day 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Annabelle0852 how’s it going for you?

@Annabelle0852 apologies just seen your reply.

Yes I definitely believe in instincts although the last I was pregnant (ended in chemical pregnancy) I had no idea, my breasts were enormous but that’s it

I'm very confused. I've had a period, flashing faces on cb ov test and even a static but this looks like a line?

I did a frer last cycle and it was negative and my period but the only reason I did that test is my heart rate as been going crazy and I have no idea why.

@Sar1010 so sorry to hear about your CP 😔

My best friend is pregnant - just about to pop actually - and is one of these who fell accidentally after one go (genuinely happy for her but the typical TTC taste to the news). She swears she knew even though they weren't trying and only DTD once. It's funny how intuitive some of it is but yet others can be completely surprised.

I also had that "gush" you're talking about but mine was yesterday. Very creamy/sticky CM today (fertile definitely well and truly over).

I was talking to OH about it all last night and he shares my instinct that this isn't our cycle (but was looking forward to more BD!) I would like to think that this gives you ladies all the more luck!

@Sar1010 Yeah, due AF 17th. That is interesting about cold wombs...I have rubbish circulation so have cold feet and hands alot...need to pile on extra socks then!!
I have found I end up wanting a hot water bottle around OV time...not sure if this is my body trying to prepare a nice comfy environment?

@Annabelle0852 I think some women do get the "feeling" they are pregnant. I just don't think I'm very good at it though as there have been a few times I've "felt" pregnant and its been nothing...I don't trust my instincts now! 🙈

@SadieSazzle Definitely understand not wanting to trust your instincts. I'm a bit of a pessimist personally as then you can only ever be pleasantly surprised! Also, I had a hot water bottle on OV, too! But that might just be becaue it's bloody freezing atm!! 🥶

Sorry, missed your post @IndigoJam !
I can see a line! When was your period and the cb ovulation tests?

@SadieSazzle just got my static smile yesterday period started 24th December. Same day I took a frer and got negative. Its weird my heart rate is constantly in the 70s since my last period even when I'm sitting doing nothing which is strange.

I'm not convinced its positive cause it can't possibly be but no idea whats going on internally! Why are womens bodies so confusing?

Oh, I see @IndigoJam! Yes, that is a tad confusing then...! I've never had a line on a pregnancy test so I am definitely not the best to advise sorry...

I'm not sure if this okay to say because I feel ashamed for feeling it 🙈😳😕. When I read about or see other people becoming pregnant so quick, there is a part of me that wishes that would happen to me & I do feel a bit of envy. When I start feeling like that about anything, I remind myself it'll fall into place like other events in my life & to enjoy the now 😊. Does anyone else ever feel like that or it is just me? If it's takes this much work to get PG the first time then I can't imagine what it'll be like when we want a second child 😕😬🥴.

I remember in the 2010's there was about 2 or 3 years when a few people I knew were getting married one after another or buying houses. Eventually with a lot of hard work, savings & patience, I got those things too much later on. All of those events couldn't have been timed better 😏. My concern with TTC is my age & the % decline with age however I've met women who have beaten those odds. So it's not impossible 🧚🏽‍♀️.

Totally feel you @FluffyLittleDragon !
The envy is awful isn’t it, the shame of feeling jealous, the shame of it not happening, the worry that somethings wrong, the frustration that it comes easier to others. I think we’re allowed to feel these things, anyone would be lying if they said they didn’t. But I try not feel it for too long, like you said, i look around at all the things I do have. There could be something in my life that others would die for. But yes I totally have all those feelings too, especially the few days after AF arrives.
I like to see this journey as a bonding exercise for me and OH. If we can get through the sad cycles together we will certainly make great parents. Picking each other up, shared disappointment...etc.

Where are you in your cycle? What cycle is this for you?
❤️🙏

@FluffyLittleDragon I don't think you should feel ashamed for saying that at all! I have had to delete social media because I couldn't cope with all the pregnancy announcements.

My work friend found out she was pregnant after being told she could conceive and I was so happy for her but had a complete at utter meltdown at home about it.

This is such a tough journey, I definitely believe we are allowed to feel shitty about it sometimes!

😊

@Sar1010 I don't know where I am in my cycle because my implant was removed in Dec & I haven't had AF visit me for 3 weeks by tomorrow. I've mentioned before I'll do a HPT at the end of the month if AF doesn't visit. I've had no symptoms of being PG however I used to have most symptoms of when AF wanted to visit 😒.

It's comforting to know I'm not the only one who feels it & it's an emotion I've struggled with🤐. However I never allow it to consume me🦹🏽‍♀️.

Yes I totally understand about social media announcements 🙄. I have a tendency of either unfriended them or hide them & still be friends🤫. I struggle when I'm asked about pregnancy & due to WFH, I can avoid it from colleagues🥸.

I don't know what came over me the other day, I couldn't hold my tears back. I became highly emotional after reading an article about an awesome gran who lost her life to Covid in India. It hit a nerve & I was 😭.

I’m totally not feeling it either this month...how weird!

I have done two frer today and gotten reeeeeaaally squinty shadow lines on both within the 3 minute window. Not really sure how to feel a out them! I missed my peak so have no idea how many dpo I am.

@IndigoJam I sometimes get that line on those ICs...its where the plastic bends and from the thicker part of the max/dip end...maybe evaporation? That’s what I’ve always thought as the OV line on those ones is usually higher and sometime I get 3 on the OV strip.
It would be a bit too early for a bfp if you had AF on 24th? I also had AF on 24th and due again on 17th - I might have to try one now haha you’ve made me wonder 😆

@SalemsPot22 when was your last period? If you post clear pics of the test we can have a look for you!

Last period was 13th December. Nothing shows up in pics atm. My fiancé can see the line too just about it but he reckons it’s negative. It might shill just be too early to test.