Feb Bus 2021 - no more TRYING to conceive, let's blimin do this!

[BubsNumber2inTheMaking]

Here we go again girls! 💕 Wishing you all so much baby dust for this cycle! 👶🏼
CD4 for me today, cycle #60000000 at least. 🤦🏼‍♀️ TTC bubs #2 since Jan 2020.
2 miscarriages, umpteen national lockdowns, at least a stone heavier 🙄 Let's do this 💪❤️

@dunkedbiscuit @TolkiensFallow sending loads of luck and hope the witch stays away 🤞🤞🤞

@MgW1 I'm grand now just in the dreaded ttw. Since it's after midnight, I'm now officially 3dpo 🥳😂 I'm glad you're getting a referral and will hopefully find out what is wrong at least xx

Just a wee review of the Conceive plus... they are a bit weird to use but seem to keep everything in there iykwim so hopefully that means taking the swimmers to the right place 😬🤞

Spotting here this morning which I think is AF on her way, 2 days earlier than I was expecting so think I prob got cycle length & O date wrong this month 🤔 feeling a bit deflated but hey ho

Good luck to @TolkiensFallow and anyone else still in this month!

@Dogmum13 that’s interesting to know re the conceive plus, thank you

@gracie2307
How did you get on with chasterberry? Iv ordered some , any side effects? X

@dunkedbiscuit and @bubblegeek22 I’m still in... not sure whether to test tomorrow or Friday when AF is due.

I really feel like the witch is en route though...

@TolkiensFallow personally l would test tomorrow as it's far enough along for a test to give you a definite yes or definite no. I feel like if it's negative it's one less day of feeling hopeful only for AF to come along and ruin your day.
But that's just me!!
Anyway I tested at 8DPO and it's been pretty stressful so I probably shouldn't be giving out opinions 🤣

Fingers crossed she doesn't show 🤞🤞🤞

Hi Everyone, I’m jumping back on this thread after a 2 month break. Was hoping that ditching the tracking would mean I had a magic accidental pregnancy but it’s not happened! Been trying since May 2020 and never thought it would take this long or be this difficult. hoping to get pregnant this year but I just wish I knew what was wrong with my body 😔

@bubblegeek22 I’ll take that advice! I feel like I need a little excitement anyway. I’ll get some tests and some Ben & Jerry’s. I feel like ice cream will be needed either way🤣

@TolkiensFallow absolutely on the ice cream! Should probs get two just in case 😜

Best of luck for tomorrow!xx

@MiniBaker I'm so sorry to see you are having a hard time. Do you mind if I ask how old you are? Have you spoken to your GP at all? Do you have any DC or trying for your first?xx

Hi ladies.

I'm new to this. I'm on day 18 today, I have been ttc for the last 2 cycles. I have come off my combined pill to ttc at the end of December. I had my withdraw bleed then af showed on 7th feb which made my first cycle 32 days. This cycle I have used ovulation tests and believe I got a positive test yesterday (day 17)Would you say I have ovulated? Wasn't sure if I could ovulate this quick after stopping the pill, also if I have recently ovulated I didn't have any egg white cm, don't know if this matters or not? I can't post my pics yet as I'm new but over the last few days my lines got darker and yesterday they were the same colour as the control line

Thanks Amy xx

Hey @bubblegeek22!

Of course, I just turned 30 this year. I have spoken to GP and had the 21 days blood test which came back normal. My husband has had his SA and came back normal. We are TTC for our first and only advice from our doctor following that was that sometimes it can take up to 2 years to conceive 🤷‍♀️

I’m not sure what other tests can be done?
How are you getting on in your journey? Xx

Well that’s me definitely out this month 😞 I had a day of on and off spotting yesterday, took a test this morning v clearly a BFN, and now bleeding has ramped up so looks like AF is here.

Welcome @amyannx sorry I have no wisdom around ovulation tests, but sounds like you prob did?

Sorry it’s been a difficult road @MiniBaker that sounds like an unhelpful response from your GP?

@MiniBaker that's a super helpful response from your GP 🙄 At least the tests are looking normal, although I appreciate sometimes that's even more frustrating when it's not happening 💐💐 I wish you the best of luck for the next cycle 😘

Aww thank you for asking ❤️ I'm actually due AF today and have had BFPs the last few mornings with okay line progression so I'm quietly keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🤞 This would be my third and final DC, I've got two daughters but sadly my first child died just before turning 1 so I've only got one living child who is nearly 1 and a half.

@dunkedbiscuit so sorry about your BFN lovely 💔

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking @Clapham4
@TolkiensFallow how are you all getting on? (Sorry if I missed anyone!!)

@dunkedbiscuit thanks for answering my question. Sorry to hear about your bfn. I'm 2dpp and feel like time is dragging. I used to test so much before my af was due, trying to hold off this time but it's so difficult

@bubblegeek22 I’m so very sorry to hear about your first daughter ♥️ But also huge congratulations on the BFP! x

Hi @bubblegeek22 , I'm so pleased your line is progressing! So exciting 🤗🤗🤗 Wishing you a super healthy and uneventful pregnancy and a beautiful, healthy dc xxx
I'm doing fine thanks. AF has arrived which is always a bit of a relief. Contrary to quite a few on here, I quite like testing early as it means I get the disappointment over with gradually over a few early testing days, so there is no big lead up to AF! That way, when she does arrive, I'm usually quite positive again and ready for the next cycle! I'm going to try taking a low dose of aspirin this month from ovulation onwards..I've done quite a lot of reading and there doesn't seem to be any negatives to it, but it could help with implantation and avoiding a 3rd mc 🤞 We shall see!
So pleased the sun has come out to play too. Makes all the difference to my mood 🤗

@dunkedbiscuit sorry to hear the witch has arrived for you too. Sounds like we are in sync to be cycle buddies in March though. Hopefully all the hope that spring brings, will bring a BFP for us too! 💜

Welcome back @MiniBaker ! Sadly I'm still blimin here but still hopeful! Keeping fingers crossed for you for a bfp this next cycle xx

Welcome @amyannx sounds like there is a good chance you've ovulated 👍 OPKs don't mean for certain that you ovulate but it shows your body is trying to. I get very little EWCM generally so just use opks and temping to confirm ovulation (well as much as you're able to!). Sending positive vibes for a BFP x

@TolkiensFallow sending lots of luck and baby dust to you for testing!xx

@MgW1 hope you're doing ok lovely?xx

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking
Fed up! But il be ok. Arrange acupuncture - 6 sessions starting next month so that should help? X

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking thank you. I have been testing since day 8 as I've come of the pill and don't have a cycle pattern yet! Since day 15 I started getting a more noticeable line and by 16 it was as dark as the control line and by 17 a little darker, my last cycle was 32 days so sounds about right. Just hoping I have ovulated as it's only my 2nd cycle since coming of the pill so didn't know if I would ovulate this quick again. My temp dropped a few days ago and has now had a little rise so I'm hoping so, just thought maybe I haven't as had very little cm although today I have creamy cm (sorry tmi). Just get so tempted to start testing early but don't want to be disappointed when I see bfn for testing early

Hi everyone 🙂 sorry this is a little off topic... my partner snores and most nights I don't get to sleep til 1-2am because of it. I have to nudge him repeatedly and tell him. I've never complained to him because I know he can't help it. Just mentioned it occasionally when he's awake. He's tried a couple of different things that are supposed to help but hasn't really made any difference. So he is trying to do something about it, even though I didn't ask him to. On Tuesday night I couldn't sleep and got up to go to the toilet. He heard me get up and asked what was wrong. I explained that his snoring was keeping me awake. He was really nasty and shouted at me that he couldn't have been snoring because his mouth was closed and basically told me I was imagining it. The tone was so nasty. Then he told me to stop being emotional over nothing when I got upset. Yesterday morning he apologised so I assumed he knew what had happened but after speaking to him last night it turns out he just remembers giving off a bit but didn't know about what he'd actually said or the nasty tone. I'm now really anxious and worried and don't know if I'm making a big deal out of something that I shouldn't be? I'm worried if we do get pregnant what he would be like being woken up every 2 hrs when baby arrives

@MgW1 hang in there lovely. Your sticky bean will come I just know it. I hope you're being kind to yourself? All the yummy food and relaxation vibes. Acupuncture sounds like a great plan. Sending strength xx

@amyannx that sounds as positive as you're going to get. I wouldn't worry about how soon after coming off your pill you'd ovulate - they say you can get pregs by missing one pill so I'm sure 2nd cycle post-pill you'd be back ovulating again. And I seriously wouldn't even think about cm post-ovulation as it's highly unlikely to mean anything at all. Good luck for testing when it comes round x

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking
Yes i am , im taking a needed break from all this. Put myself under a lot of pressure to get preg but just need some time out now , give my body and head a rest! Only 2 more cycles though so can start trying after end of April Af so not too bad 👍🏻 xx

@BubsNumber2inTheMaking thank you, hope you got your bfp soon, I'm 2dpo now so hoping af doesn't arrive, tempting to test at the end of next week so it's not a disappointing if af then does show

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is ok, took a few weeks off from the forum after AF showed up. Thanks everyone for sharing their kind words after I shared about my ectopic from last year.

I’m having the strangest cycle this month. AF showed up on 12 Feb which gave me a 25 day cycle which is so weird and has never happened to me before ever. My period was so strange TMI it was light but lasted like 4/5 days where as I’m normally 2/3 max period, it was strange in that it was blood but mixed with loads of stringy clear mucus for the first 2 days and then was brown discharge for the next 3 days. I never thought anything of it at the time but now 2 weeks on I have zero signs of ovulation... I normally start getting lines on OPKs from CD10 and by CD12/13 get my peak so presume I ovulate CD14. This month I got a hint of a line (fermometer read as 15%) on CD 10 on Sunday and since then I haven’t had a hint of a line (now CD 14) I’ve had a crazy pain in my back and a day or two over the last week I had a few blobs of snot like sticky discharge (no colour).... my BBT has been up and down this cycle ranging between 35.9 to 36.4c last two mornings being at 35.9c, had some cramping on my left side CD10 but nothing since.

Maybe I’m just ovulating later this cycle it’s just weird to see stark white OPK sticks after having a bit of a line at the start of the week.

@Dogmum13 if this is the first time anything like that happened I’d be inclined to put it as a one off, but maybe chat through your worries with him? For what it’s worth my husband is rubbish at night and rarely actually wakes up to DS (it’s amazing what he seemingly can sleep through?!) but when he does, or when I wake him up to come and help a paternal side takes over and he springs into action and has never been resentful or angry about it towards me or our DS (I mean he will go on and on about how tired he is the next day and I’ll want to bury him, but that’s another issue 😂)