Heading for 💓day with fishy burps & wombs as fluffy as a 70’s bush we say UP YOURS TTC Bus 30

[Minster2012]

We’ve got the fastest TTC 🚌in the UK & we aren’t afraid of a modification or 2 as we have a bus with a beautiful panoramic roof seat where there is wine & snacks a plenty for those that need a bit of a breather from our race car but still hang on to our ride! 🌞

We are heading into February ladies & let’s be honest most of us thought we’ve have cute little babies by now, but instead we’ve got lockdown bellies, fishy burps 🐠from bloody omega 3 supplements & the BIGGEST STASH OF TTC drugs in the planet on this bus including IVF, TTC, vitamins, headaches, anti sickness for pregnancy & some other ones we won’t talk about. We also LOVE a good snack, a pet, a dildo and clit sucker but badly behaved BOSSES are NOT welcome.

So grab your crotchless panties and not much else for Valentine’s Day 💓and invite your men (or women folk) to dinner cos they are being treated like a REAL LADY. Forget January blues. February is where it’s at and we say UP YOURS TTC, we are cumming to get you 🙌🏻🥰

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@2020mission honestly don't read too much into it. I decided my progesterone was low based on it and tut blood tests say not. A really high temp doesn't indicate high progesterone and vice versa.

@Minster2012 I'm almost 33. I've never had bloods done - haven't had a chance to see the GP because of the pandemic so far. BBT has indicated that I've ovulated but not much good if I'm never going to be able to carry it with lows through the whole cycle. Sorry I'm just having one of those days 😭 ignore me! Deep down I'm just hoping someone will step up and tell me they got pregnant with similar low temps haha.

I took my temperature again after lying in bed for an hour reading (I had got up once during that time for a pee) and the temperature was up at 36.8 C. It's puzzling that it looks normal now but always so low when I do it as soon as I wake up.

Which day this coming week is your transfer? I hope you can bring more good news!

Thanks @paintfairy! It's so easy to just get stressed over these things when it's been over a year of negatives 😅

Happy Sunday lovelies! 💖

So I've ordered the easy@home opks, and downloaded the premom app ready for when this cycle ends!
Any advice on starting to test from scratch? It's all new to me 🙈 thanks in advance xx

@2020mission you are just a person with a lower body temp then! I'd try and phone your GP and say you've been try for well over a year and would like to have your bloods done & talk about a low body temp. It's honestly nothing, if your temp has indicated ovulation then that's the biggest thing, you know how some ppl are hot ppl? Well I'm cold!
They can only say no and go from there. We all know dr google is rubbish!
My transfer is Thursday, Tuesday is Covid & progesterone test (dunno if I'll hear Tuesday or weds if transfer can go ahead) so we've got @Kirky658's scan first for excitement & there's a few ppl coming up to testing around Valentine's Day I think?

Is anyone testing /due AF next week?

@LB20xx there will be some good advice on the OPKs from others here, @Vil10 @Juno231 @DJmum83 @blodyn91 who else uses the OPKs?

@2020mission your temp is only relevant when waking. Not resting. What does it sit at in the LP? I did mine a lot and cycles do vary. I've had my temp up to 36.80 before but often it doesn't get that high. All my charts look quite different. I don't do it now as it just stresses me thinking about trying to sleep through the night so I can do it. 🤣 As long as there is a shift between passes then that's all that matters. The rest there are too many variables.

@Minster2012 af due 10 February, I'll test early just because I have 25 test at home 🥺
What an exciting week for you and@Kirky658

@Vil10 I completely feel you every time I see my OH I know he will be the best Dad but our time will come, I just know it!

@2020mission sorry I have no clue about temps but just wanted to send a hug and say keep your chin up.

@Franklydear not sure if my cycle will be messed up with my loss but if it isn’t then I think we are cycle buddies.

...just catching up.

CONGRATULATIONS @HollieL567 - here's crossing fingers for a sticky one!

And it's a cliche @Vil10 but it's true, if this house doesn't work out for you it wasn't meant to be and there'll be a better one on the way (hopefully they'll extend the stamp duty thing and loads more people will put their houses on the market).

I'm another Welshie but in exile in England, from the middle like @lucyrp.

I'm OK, another cold and wet weekend trying to entertain a toddler who has decided to hate his Dad so I'm having to do all the parenting instead of a nice equal weekend split!

I've found January quite hard and pleased it's over...trying for a more positive February (I have eaten loads of shit and not done exercise in Jan despite knowing it would make me feel better...oh well...!)

Okay catch up time!!! (wow there was so much)

@hollieL567 ahhh congratulations!!! Lovely news. Keeping everything crossed for you - you deserve some good luck after your previous pregnancies 💕

@minster2012 god you really had a day yesterday with feeling so shitty and injuring yourself. I'm glad you're feeling a bit better today tho - look after yourself Mrs!!! And yes we will remind you that this is just progesterone so that you don't loose your mind!!! 👍🏻

@notyetamumbuttrying oh jeez those NHS waiting times are crazy! Seriously covid has alot to answer for but I'm glad your in a position where private is an option for you.

@DJmum83 ohhh I'm so sorry its come to this with your dog 😟 even though it is definitely the right thing to do for the safety of your family, it's still very hard & upsetting. Sending a big hug xx

@hopeful110 you sound like me with all the prep for ovulation but waiting forever. Patience really is a virtue 🙏🏻🙈

@dkdk123 @thinkingandblinking girls I feel you. I regularly have ovulation pains and it's really crampy, actually for me it's often more uncomfortable than af. I never feel like having sex but needs must, and I always ask DH to be a bit gentle and actually it's usually great sex... slow ovulation sex for the win (& once you're into it you soon forget about the crampiness). Hope you both got on it last night & it wasn't uncomfortable for you.

@gem176 I'm So glad you were persistent with getting your diabetes appointment. That's so bad that they didn't refer you straight away. Im with the consultant on this, it's so important to get your support early with type 1 - shocking!!! How are you doing anyway lovely? Managing OK? Not too many hypos I hope & hope the nausea isn't too bad.
It's fine to take a 400mg folic acid with the 5g. I asked the midwife at my booking in the summer as I was taking pregnacare but they wanted me to go on 5g of folic acid too. She said it was fine to take both.

@LB20xx I use ovulation tests and the general advice is not to use FMU but to test between 10/11am-3pm (please correct me if I'm wrong here girls). You can test once a day until you start getting good high readings then I would test a few times that day (basically with every wee for me) to catch your peak. With your peak the test line should be stronger than the control. Once you've had your peak I'd continue to test for the next day or 2 until its back to 'low'. Make sure you DTD when you're getting highs and definitely on your peak because it means that within 24-36hrs of the peak you're likely to ovulate. Some people get a peak quite quickly, personally mine rises from high to peak over 36hrs and then it's gone by the next day. So everyone is slightly different but its a guide.

@larrythelizard ahhh another member of the Welshie gang 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and don't worry I've had a similar January. I had intentions of eating better and overall I have but I upped all my fibre & fruit and veg but it's set my ibs off like no tomorrow so I'm really struggling with that. Low fibre food really helps my ibs settle but it's really not the healthiest overall. When I eat crap my gut is fine but I feel sluggish and when I eat well my gut is in turmoil making me so bloated and gross but I feel mentally more clear. So I really can't win. Its about doing your best and finding balance. And being kind to yourself 🌻

... And I'm up to date haha!

I know we have done the right thing.
It started off with food aggression and we have all worked so hard with it 2 different behaviourist and he still would really bite you if you go near him with food.
Lately it's not just been food and yesterday was a nasty one with my daughter and all she did was walk past him.
That's him away I know the couple well he will be so loved and we can visit.,
I'm heartbroken but I know deep down I have done the right thing for everybody.
Thanks for all your support today love this group.

On another note it's peak day. We have done it this morning do you think that's enough as both of us are shattered and I don't think we will get another in today or tomorrow 😢

@DJmum83 it does sound a lot like 'cocker rage' my friends had to have their dog put down because nothing they did managed his behaviour he eventually attacked her OH quite badly. I think him going to someone else sounds for the best but given he has attacked your dad also this doesn't sound just towards children so I'd be wary of him attacking anyone else again?
What a horrible situation for you to be in, I am so sorry. He is absolutely gorgeous 💕

@Franklydear glad that DH is home and ok, sorry to hear you've had a rough time of it !

@Vil10 ugh I want you to get the house ! Hopefully Tuesday they see sense! 😂🥰

@2020mission I know absolutely nothing about BBT but I know from a nurse point of view and I'm wondering if it could be a equipment issue as opposed to real life. What sort of thermometer do you use and where ? Could you use an in ear one to check your temp too? Though it won't be as accurate of course it would show if it was glaringly obviously different.. Your body temp is usually coolest around 4am but really anything below 36 / high 35 is pretty low. Like if you don't feel really cold at the time I'd say it's unlikely to be accurate.

@HollieL567 CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

@Minster2012 balls to feeling so shitty!!! Let's hope that progesterone helps Wednesdays embryo to stick 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 xxx

@blackcurrantqueen the couple know everything and have dealt with cocker rage before they have said so they said they feel equipped enough to deal with it.
They are older and kids have all moved out.
Just hope he is happy and they manage to have many years of great times with him.
Because when he is good he is a great dog. Just very unpredictable xxx

Thanks @Florence13 appreciate any support!

@blackcurrantqueen it's a femometer digital BBT thermometer I'm using. I suppose there's a chance it could be off as I haven't tried any others. It said you can read temps vaginally on it 😆 I wanted to do it the whole cycle though and that would not be fun during AF! I've been going under the tongue. I wake up feeling warm all the time never chilly though right now my room is quite cold as soon as you are up out of the bed as the weather is cold. I even wake up sweating in the mornings a lot during the second half of my cycle 🤷‍♀️ I have a foot thermometer. I might try it under my tongue right after my next BBT reading and see if they are similar. Thanks for highlighting it could be the thermometer thats off. If I can blame something other than my broken body that's a win 😆

FOOD thermometer not foot thermometer 😂

@djmum83 so sorry you had to give him away, it's really sad but sounds like it is the best thing for him. When I was living with mum and dad we had a yorkie age 6 and we got a shih tzu puppy. She was gorgeous, lovely little thing but bullied the yorkie something rotten, biting him all the time and we had to give her away. It's so sad but she's a happy one now and mum to two litters too!

Just been for a big walk - well I say big walk it was 3.5 miles which pre pg was nothing for me - I am now shattered and snoozing like the doggo 🤣

@DJmum83 this really is the best group, support for anything at anytime, I would be lost without you

So my periods are very weird, the first two days I'm bleeding galore, but then completely stops by day 3, I think yeah, that's nice, then a couple days later starts again for a day or so then is really over. Does this happen to anyone else?

@Florence13 thank you, just can't wait to actually get moving!

@paintfairy indeed! He's definitely one to watch. Have you seen the adverts for Temptation Island starting tonight? I never normally watch that type of thing but I think I might have too.

@Vil10 aww glad you're pampering yourself today ❤️ just what we need sometimes.

@larrythelizard jan is just the shittiest month isn't it, here's to a better feb!

@clolo i read @2020mission as food thermometer, you know the one you stick in the turkey and thought ouch! 😂 I am sure you're glad you brought it up now, how silly can we get

DH update, he is fine, blood showed eczemas? high so had to stay in a few hours, they think it could be a muscular problem, he'll get the gp to carry on the checks and also his blood pressure is quite high.

@2020mission your temps look like so many other charts I see! Do you have FF premium? If not I'll send you my pw so you can use the "charts like mine" function. You can filter for Celsius charts with temps in your range and you'll see that they have the same stats of roughly 30% pregnancy charts like any other xxx

@DJmum83 I'm so sorry about Ollie. Sounds like you're making the right decision both for your family and for Ollie. As for BD - of course you've done enough, the doctors only insist on every other day after all! And yay for peak!

No peak for me yet but it's gotten a bit darker today and I've got ewcm so hopefully it'll be tomorrow at cd16 like last cycle!

@Sausage1990 that really helpful thank you ☺️ so do I just starting using them after bleeding stops then I guess?

@Juno231 thank you.
I have a feeling Ovulation will be today? But it's usually a day or 2 after peak?
Fingers crossed for peak tomorrow for you xxx

@2020mission I agree I don't think it's an issue & im not sure using a food (or foot) thermometer is the way forwards!

@DJmum83 you are DEF covered on DTD don't worry about it, and Ollie will be very happy as well as well looked after by the sounds of it but MASSIVE HUGS your way hun, if he's just been "going for" your daughter for walking past then that's not right

@Franklydear wow eczema's?? That's some reaction there, how is he actually feeling? And 25 tests you say?! 👀

@Justanothercyster no idea hun 'cept it's fucking with you!

@Kirky658 ha ha I'm secretly revelling in your snooziness compared to your superhuman nature previously but it's Cos of that human in there growing so it's good!

I got assaulted by DH this morning, had gone for a shower after exercising & he pounced on me, said DS was ok on his iPad downstairs & we had five mins for a quickie...we literally prob didn't even have that before we heard a "mummy, daddy, where are you? What are you doing??" It was enough time 😜sometimes a quickie is so satisfying 😋

Just put tea in, Jamie Oliver clearly likes his lamb drunk too (the recipe said a whole bottle of wine but we've got a smaller bit of lamb so I saved some!)