Entering 2021 in a Bum flap onesie for lockdown lovin, squinty lines & foul words - TTC Bus 27

[Minster2012]

It’s a New Year TTC bitches and of course it’s time for a new bus...

2020 was a bit of a TWATFACE for us
2021...is surely EXACTLY the number of babies we are owed by now.

We’ve read up on what we need to do to get pregnant, if you haven’t, see last bus or read my hotly anticipated blog and join us.

We are here, we are ready, so get your tickets for the bus, grab your seat, your roadie & your snacks cos I’ve sent out the memo to the stalks- bring us our babies!

Story so far...

June 24 BFPs
July 11 BFPs
August 18 BFPs
Sep 4 BFPs
Oct 7 BFPs
Nov 7 BFPs
Dec 14 BFPs
2 sneaky ones just before New Year!

2 BFP already for jan!

So what’s everyone’s New Years resolutions then? Who is gonna get the first BFP of 2021?
And what should be the title of my new blog?🤔

@Idreamof2more £1635 lighter, started the northisterone again & apparently got a zoom appointment on Thursday I knew nothing about but other than that just your average Monday 😂had it sunk in yet??

Uh I'm finding this really glitchy today. I keep missing posts and then they appear next time. Just saw you tagged me @Vil10, thanks, and also just saw yours @Minster2012 where you said uoucan make the appointment work. Which is great! Also @Minster2012 you have written that ££££ figure several times and every time my jaw drops. I mean it's great wecan do ivf and miracle babies and all that but it just seems so mad when its still not a guarantee or anything and you are shelling out all that and still have all the torture of the tww and everything 😬

So seven seas came back and said the trying for a baby is safe during the whole pregnancy and also similar to the pregnancy supplements.

I prob have written it shedloads of times @Katao sorry, that's not the drugs either, will pay for those on Thursday! I've missed posts too 🤣

Hi ladies. How are we all?
@blackcurrantqueen I had 1 miscarriage and a cycle that lasted 112 days before next period that then lasted 5 weeks. And I've managed to get tests and referal to clinic so after your cp I think you should be able to have some tests done at least deffo speak to Dr.

This cycle for me is such a pain as it's had to work out when I'm actually late because of the 5 weeks of af. I'm 16 dpo (what I guess anyway due to slight cramp and ecwm) if I worked it out just counting the last week of af I should be due anytime now... god it's frustrating LMAO. I sometimes wish I was a bloke so I could just go stand in front of a mirror and helicopter the 🍆 to amuse myself 🤦‍♀️🙈🙊

@Minster2012 bless you will be worth it though have you taken those before.
No it has not sunk it at all. Literally NO-ONE knows (apart from you lot) not telling dp until week 6 due to past loses. He gets over anxious and really struggled last time so once I get past the danger zone I shall reveal. At 6 weeks I normally get very ill so won’t be able not to. Xxx

@Katao no worries hun I’m sure the universe will hear you backing you the whole way. I can’t bring myself to leave you girls as I really want to see you all get your BFPs. I’ll just take a seat and hide at the back of the bus quietly observing.

Omg a few days and you're near enough half way through a new thread!

I'm officially back from Dubai now and have been at work today, deliriously tired! But I'm back on the MN daily checking schedule so I won't be so quiet now!

Hope everyone's ok ❤️

@Idreamof2more so do you have to tell your consultant now? And don't worry that's what we are here for!

@Justanothercyster WELCOME BACK!! 💓♥️how was it?!

@Florence13 errrr why quiet???

@Franklydear how was it???

Oh that's good to know @ahobbyaweek thanks.

@Minster2012 no I didn't mean it that way, it's just shocking isn't it! And more on top 😬

@Dollybird89 Sounds promising to be possibly 16dpo, have you plans to test?

@Idreamof2more do you suffer HG? Gosh tough to have to keep itto yourself though.

Welcome back @Justanothercyster, this thread is going crazyfast!

@Minster2012 thanks 💕 it was so nice to be with my family, I'm definitely feeling down being back now :( always hits me hard coming back. But getting some sun and being less restricted over there was great ☀️

@Katao thank you! How are you?

I'm on CD5 now and dh is starting his special sperm tablets and I've been taking the magical seven seas 🙏🏻

Who thinks we'll be in lockdown after BoJo's announcement at 8pm?

@Minster2012 I mean don’t have to be quiet I’ve never been very good at it anyway 😂

@Justanothercyster aww hope you had a lovely time sounds like you did. The magical seven seas did it for me so hopefully they will work for you too!

@Justanothercyster welcome back! Hope you had a lovely hol! Any scenic pics to make us jel?
Good to hear Dh is on the sperm tablets! Which ones? Oh we'll defo be in lockdown!!

Just had a big catch up but there's too many to tag! Sorry for anyone with BFNs (hugs), congrats to all the BFPs (hurrah!)

Getting some serious bump envy from all you hot mummas! Beautiful bumps 💕

With the announcements, definitely don't feel bad! I've promised myself that when I do finally get to "announce", I'm going to be very honest and open about it all and just say HOW BLOODY DIFFICULT it is to get pregnant. Especially if you have fertility issues on top of it all. I hope it'll help other people trying and struggling.

I've started writing a ttc journal in a new shiny pink book, logging the whole experience now. It's been quite helpful even if it's just a few days and dh has written in it too. I'll give it to our miracle child one day to read as each entry starts "Dear bean" ❤️

@Minster2012 yay for blog! Going to hit that up!

@Franklydear hope ds is doing ok x

@Hopeful110 that looks like my chart last cycle, rocky, all the signs of ov but no temp shift, and then af turned up, so I reckoned anovulatory. I hope af stays away for you and it's IB 🤞🏼

@Florence13 let's hope Seven Seas have the power to take away pcos and make sperm normally shaped 😂 congrats 🎉

@notyetamumbuttrying he's been prescribed Impryl, who knows if they'll work 🤷🏼‍♀️
As requested, some pics (although I didn't have many without me in them haha) those are of the desert safari sunset and my daily morning pool sesh ☀️💛 serious withdrawal right now!

I am going to post before catchyup, cos there's 3 pages
Bossboy hasn't spoken to me, not even to say hi, how are you... He did throw a bar of chocolate in my general direction, left before I could say anything, so I put it out of the way, and I left it there, he can come talk to me when he wants, he did a task I had to ask him to do...
After school club is closed for two weeks 😢 will have to see how we manage

@Justanothercyster aww those pics are giving me serious envy!!

@Franklydear Bossboy being his usual self then what an absolute arse still think you should take @Minster2012 up on her offer.

@Justanothercyster welcome back!! Glad you had a lovely time, and also think the TTC journey book is a lovely thing to do! Writing down how you feel definitely helps!

So I'm not sure if anyone remembers a few months back me saying about these dull aches I'm getting in my left ovary, and that's why I had those blood tests and they were all fine? Well I've had that same dull ache in the same place from Sunday to this morning, not a proper pain and hasn't stopped me doing anything, just an ache, then on my run this morning I got a sharp pain and the dull ache has gone and is fine!! So over the weekend I've been researching and I think I might have been getting ovarian cysts?? All my symptoms add up, so I rang the doctors today and he said he definitely thinks it's something to do with my ovary so has requested an emergency scan and I should get the appointment through this week! Got to say girls I'm really worrying now, but also I'll feel relieved once I know it is!!

@Justanothercyster welcome back! Love the TTC journal idea although I'd find it hard to write stuff having to censor CM/BD etc knowing it's for my future kid

@Dollybird89 haha you made me laugh with the helicopter comment. I'm sorry about how crappy these cycles have been for you, I can't even begin to imagine a 5 week AF!

@Justanothercyster heyyy! Good to have ya back! Those pictures make me wanna fly away haha!
Yeah my cycle is pretty confusing this time, and the spotting hasn't got any darker or anything, put a pad in just incase but its empty, only when I wipe so who knows, AF has always shown up overnight so this spotting lark through the day is very new for me 😂 but she'll probably rear her ugly face overnight 🤦‍♀️ if she doesn't then it'll be hard not to get excited aye xx

I'm making this for dinner tonight for the first time:
www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/12/serious-eats-halal-cart-style-chicken-and-rice-white-sauce-recipe.html

Kenji is a bit of a legend with his Food Lab so I was excited to try this only to realise the recipe states the wrong amount of sugar for the white sauce (1TBSP instead of 1TSP - luckily I only put half the amount in anyway) and I've kinda ruined it now lol. So annoyed, I hate waste.

For you foodies out there I did the salt fat acid heat ragu last week and it was the best ragu I've ever made! www.saltfatacidheat.com/fat/benedettas-ragu for anyone interested.

Somebody asked, ds is fine, we've twick the medication and talk to the school, just need to be careful and keep an eye on him

Don't worry @Katao I don't take offence easily! Especially from an OG!

@Dollybird89 of course the really long cycle, and did you have a leak in your flat or am I thinking of someone else?? 🤔i have a weird image of your OH standing under a leaking roof doing a 🚁😂

@Justanothercyster I think def going into another lockdown 😕I was just in the middle of sorting a Sainsbury's delivery for next week, had a slot and everything and nearly finished and it's bloody just kicked me out. So annoying . Look at those pictures 😳wow. Errr yeah amazing. Not. Jealous. At. All. Fuck yeah totally jealous good on you though. And whoop for your journal too!!

@Franklydear I think chocolate (even thrown at you) is better than nothing?? Maybe he heard my threat?? @Florence13 isn't so sure he should get off that lightly though?? And that's good for DS too, medication wise, not after school club wise 😫

@Vil10 I think it's DEF better to know. And good you can get a scan quickly. Let us know when it is.

@Juno231 that sounds great! We've had vegan pea & spinach & kale risotto tonight as part of our meat free Monday...might put the recipe on the blog if I can 🤔

Gotta do exercise as well soon after DS goes to bed. DH in a shocking mood after work, he left the house at 5.35am, got back at 6pm swearing to high heaven about the more staff we employ the less that bother to come to work & yesterday DS kept saying "bloody hell" when he couldn't get his men out of a car. He's 2.5. Only a matter of time before that gets worse 🤨

@minster2012 I had a leaky roof yes.. all been fixed now (thank God I have a decent landlord !! who's actually a homicide detective!!) I told my OH aboit my helicopter comment and we sat here in fits of giggles .. he agrees.. it has to be done 😂🙈🍆🚁

On another note.. OH been stressing for last few days over money etc and asked him today what else was worrying him and it's the ttc! He's concerned that I don't have any family close by for support if he has to work away (I moved 180 miles away to be with him) and that I'd be all on my own when he's got work plus all the restrictions with covid and not seeing an end in site... poor guy! Hes always got my best interests at heart which makes me love him so much more... he's gonna be a great dad...

I ain't got any friends up here in durham and only 1 back at my hometown (due to crazy ex keeping me away from everyone for years) so you guys are all I really have.. needed to express myself one way or another. On a plus note I got an assessment with the wellness team tomorrow to help me get back in shape and drop some serious lbs which will help ttc 😁😁