Yogurt pot yuppies, sexy basters and UFO discs - part 3

[eloiseislost]

Starting yet another thread on self insemination before our second one locks down!

Welcome to THE most supportive group you could wish for if you’re starting or you are already on a self insemination journey.
Remember, nothing is TMI and you are not alone. 💖

Calling the usual suspects, in no particular order (and sorry if I missed anyone 😊):
@ComebackQueen
@Makingnumber2
@Janefx40
@AdriannaP
@MrsKin90
@primrosechill
@bigsweetpotato
@Sydney1986x
@Bluey18
@Birchybirch
@Lori23TTC
@Cathie102
@Labrat3
@DinkBoo
@Oilyoilyoilgob

Let it rain BFPs!!! 🐣

@MrsKin90 There is definitely a complicated interplay between inflammation and implantation. If you think about it, the uterine lining has to be thick for successful implantation and inflammation causes white cells to accumulate which cause thickening, much like on a skin wound. Very interesting indeed! I'd be afraid of the potential for infection, but I'm sure if they are offering this, the risk has been properly assessed.

F@ck me, I made the mistake of testing again with a Tesco 20mlu cheapie this afternoon, dipped the test, cleaned up and left it there and forgot about it. When I came back an hour later, I could see a hint of a line, like a shadow. And I know that the test is invalid after 5 minutes and this is an indent and I'm now I'm in a spiral and I hate myself for being so stupid with obsessive testing!
CAN SOMEONE BAN ME FROM AMAZON, EBAY AND ALL UK PHARMACIES AND SUPERMARKETS PLEASE? 🤣🤣🤣

@eloiseislost oh Eloise you do make me laugh bless you... I know this is prob the wrong thing to say but do you have another test to try and you can check after the 5 mins they advise to see if it’s the same? I’m sorry you have been feeling crappy too 😩 Monday blues.

@MrsKin90 sounds interesting but makes my insides feel funny just thinking about it 🤣 that’s so unfair about you not being eligible for the treatment... hopefully it will happen naturally for you soon anyway 🤞🤞 xx

@Lori23TTC I'm here to entertain like the clown that I am 🤡😂
The thought crossed my mind but I don't have another test at home (I shouldn't even have these but they were a quid for two and I caved 😆). I fished yesterday's out of the trash (yes, I went there 🤢) and I think I saw the same kind of line. Clearly they have indents where a line would be if the hormone is detected and that's why after they are bone dry, you can see a shadow. 🤷🏻‍♀️ If AF is late, I'll order a packs of FRERs.

@ComebackQueen how long is your luteal phase normally? I am sorry if AF appears early. Well done to your hubby for going out for sanitary pads 😂 I'm not sure mine would know what to get. I dread to think what he would come back with!

@eloiseislost a bin line is much more of a line than I've ever had so fingers so tightly crossed they turn blue 🤞🤞 lol I'm usually so sensible but if I had a line (even if it appeared a day later after coming out of the bin and being held up to the light) I'd probably test again the next day 😬

@MrsKin90 I don't want to get my hopes up because I feel like AF is arriving which I didn't at all when I was actually pregnant, but maybe I will include a test in tomorrow's shop… because I'm a glutton for punishment! 😄

It's been a difficult day, one of my patients passed away from COVID and it hit me quite hard. As much as I am a professional, some people just have a deeper impact on you and their loss feels quite upsetting.
I won't lie, I had some wine and allowed myself to eat pasta 🍝 so I'm feeling a bit better. God I love alcohol and carbs!!

@eloiseislost loads of big fat hugs ❤️ that's really heartbreaking. Carbs and wine are amazing, but make sure you also decompress. Do you get to talk it through with anyone? A manager or colleague? What a tough day for you. That's awful xx

@MrsKin90 my lutheal stage is usually between 14-16 days but acupuncturist did say my cycles will be even more confusing before they settle.

Hahaha, the husband uses going to the supermarket to get them as a break from me when shark week starts lol! Been in a foul mood, just want AF to rear her ugly head and, then plan for next month.

Thank you @MrsKin90 ❤️ I spoke to my line manager and she reassured me that it's OK to be grieving even though the relationship was professional, it was a relationship and a bond nonetheless. This helped a lot.

@ComebackQueen LOL at "shark week" 🦈 I hope this is not what's happening but I couldn't help but giggle at the term. Your DH sounds very caring! 🙂

@eloiseislost if it was my family member, I'd be touched to pieces and so happy that you'd been caring for my relative and felt grieved by their loss. I know it's a funny thing to say but I think it's really lovely you feel it so strongly and care so much. It would have been a great comfort to them. I think throw some chocolate into the basket tomorrow next to the pregnancy tests lovely. Chocolate and tests go together like carbs and wine 🍷

@ComebackQueen really interesting that acupuncture can have such a strong effect on cycles. People really rave about it but I've always been skeptical. It's a bit fascinating how it works!

@MrsKin90 Thank you for your kind words, I know exactly what you mean. I had actually discharged the patient prior to her falling ill, but her mum contacted me to let me know about her passing and thank me for providing the care that I did when she was alive, I couldn't stop crying after this phone call. Lovely family that has been more than its fair share of suffering for this life and possibly the next. It's hard to do the job that I do and not genuinely care. It comes with immeasurable joy but also sadness.

It's been one of these days I guess, now I'm lying in bed unable to sleep even though my body is knackered.
Chocolate and pregnancy test sounds like a solid plan for tomorrow! 💁🏻‍♀️🍫 I'll keep you up to date and provide entertainment with my shenanigans! 😂

@eloiseislost pregnancy and chocolate definitely sounds like a plan.

Good luck testing and hopefully this is your month!

@MrsKin90 i know for fertility treatments acupuncture is recommended but because I’ve just started for my cycles. I’m confused as hell. I woke up this morning with no extreme bloating, no twinges in my boobies or back ache and no sign of AF. She’s due on 31 January or 1 February on a 35 day cycle. Maybe I only ovulated a few days ago and I’m back to my 45+ cycles.

I need to probably invest in ovulation strips and really start charting to avoid this.

Last few months my cycle is c35 days so maybe because of my uti/kidney infection it’s stressed my body and the acupuncture actually induced my ovulation.

This is all so weird, I did do a quick scan of early pregnancy symptoms and I have none so won’t be testing, as I wouldn’t have SI in the induced ovulation window.

Oh well, we live and learn as they say.

@eloiseislost I hope you managed to get some sleep in the end! Fingers crossed for your pregnancy tests. Will you wait until the morning to use one? 😊 If there was a line then it should come up better then?
My RHR on Fitbit is being confusing. It's gone back down to 66 from 68. Usually it stays up fairly consistently after I've ovulated, making its way up to 70 and plummeting on AF day from 70 to 67/66. 🙁 Too much to wish for that it's an implantation drop and I'm half expecting AF to start tomorrow now.

@ComebackQueen it's so hard to know isn't it when you're not tracking. I'm tracking with BBT and still none the wiser 😆 everyone is always saying AF symptoms and BFP symptoms are the same so it's hard to know! If I were you I would do a test if no AF by 1sy February maybe? I don't trust pregnancy symptom lists 😁 they're constantly telling me I have all the pregnancy symptoms and all the AF symptoms at the same time. They can't be trusted so don't be disheartened by them!

@MrsKin90 I wish I could wait until tomorrow morning, but let's be honest, I'll probably just hold my pee and do it in the afternoon! 🤡
My RHR shut up today, but I have no idea if it means anything or is just the stress and terrible sleep. In the screenshot, the purple line is the pregnancy cycle (and you can also clearly see the miscarriage 😔) and the orange line is where I am now. The other 2 lines were unsuccessful cycles. At least I'm kind of consistent overall, but today can go either way. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@MrsKin90 ok I might do a test on 1/2 Feb for the sh*ts and giggles.

I was Googling though people that have really bad bloating around ovulation and PCOS may also experience the bloating until AF if more cysts have formed. I’ve had to have cysts removed in the past via laparoscopic surgery so these symptoms are probably a sign my PCOS is getting worse or the acupuncture is triggering/forcing the hormones to balance and I was warned it would get worse before better.

I have no nausea, no metallic taste and no bleeding.

@eloiseislost that's a really good RHR rise. I think it's a positive sign. I'm quite excited for you 🤞❤️

@ComebackQueen don't let me tell you what to do! 😱 I feel I'm bossing everyone around telling them to test when I adamantly refuse to test myself 😂 hypocrisy.

That's interesting! I get lots of bloating and cramps I blame on my PCOS and often think I can feel cysts popping. This got worse when I started taking Myo inositol, which is meant to help balance hormones, so I think it could very well be your acupuncture having an effect. Hopefully that's a good thing overall as it can't be a bad thing to get rid of them!

@MrsKin90 Aw bless, don't get too excited, I have a feeling it's not my month! But thank you for your confidence! ❤️
Also, I personally very much like being bossed around by you, wouldn't have it any other way! 😄

@MrsKin90 definitely not bossing anyone around I really appreciate it, I would be the type that wouldn’t test then could potentially miss the early care you get and then be moaning on here about it.

It’ll be my first ever time pee’ing on a stick and I turn 39 in end of February so who knows

@eloiseislost so sorry to hear about your patient- the fact you cared so much is testament to what an amazing healthcare worker you are, and what a comfort for that family to know that whilst in hospital their precious family member was in such good hands. I'm glad your line manager was sympathetic and could give you some words of comfort too. That heart rate increase is pretty impressive!! I'll be keeping everything crossed for you!

@ComebackQueen you mentioning about cysts and painful ovulation has reminded me this is something I need to get followed up. I was suffering with horrendous ovulation pains when I came off the pill 3 or so years ago, coming off it for the first time in 10 years. I had just been referred for a scan to look for cysts when I got my BFP with my DD. I still went to the scan appointment as I literally got the BFP the day before and they refused to scan me. My ovulation is often very painful, feel super bloated, get really sharp stabbing pains on and off including (very embarrassingly) ones that I can feel in my bum to the extent it can be painful to be sitting down for 20 seconds or so. I will ring the GP today although I imagine with covid I will be lucky to get a new referral anytime in next 6 months (not their fault but just way it is).
@MrsKin90 I hope AF stays away- keeping everything crossed!

Wow looking really good @eloiseislost !! 😍🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

OK, shopping done! ✅
I found the CB digital with weeks on offer and couldn't resist. But they say to use FMU if testing early so I think I'll be sensible and wait until tomorrow morning. Due to my POAS addiction, I decided to use an OPK because I've heard that they can sometimes pick up hcg. This is what I got, it's not a positive but the line is darker than my baseline for sure. 🤷🏻‍♀️
I'm very crampy, I could swear AF had arrived when I was out, but turns out it was just CM (TMI 🙈).

@eloiseislost so sorry to hear about your patient. The care and compassion you gave would’ve been so appreciated by them, making them feel safe when unwell. Big hugs. Good luck for testing tomorrow, that opk stick looks interesting 😃🤞🏻

@ComebackQueen here’s hoping AF stays away and you get to do your first poas next week too-crossing fingers for you!

Aww I really do hope we start seeing a flurry of 2021 positives, I’m keeping very hopeful xx

@Oilyoilyoilgob & @Makingnumber2 Thank you both so much for your kind words. 💝

I might do another OPK later just because peeing straight into the toilet bowl is so 2019 🤣

@eloiseislost I have read the same about OPKs and hcg! That is a really decent line and the fact you're in the TWW means it can't be LH it's detecting... And FWIW I have done OPKs when I've run out of HCG cheapies and I have never EVER got any kind of line, not even a hint, NADA.
Keeping EVERYTHING crossed for you when you test tomorrow morning! [Grins]

@Makingnumber2 I’m glad it reminded you, I should also follow up with my gp now as this will be the first time she’s going to deal with this as previously my other GP was the one handling this issue.

@Oilyoilyoilgob thank you and yes, baby dust to all, let’s get some BFP for everyone this year

[quote eloiseislost]**@Oilyoilyoilgob* & @Makingnumber2* Thank you both so much for your kind words. 💝

I might do another OPK later just because peeing straight into the toilet bowl is so 2019 🤣[/quote]
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That OPK line is looking great.

Last day of AF for me I think. Going to try temping this month 🤞🏻