Yoga slurping & keep fit POASticking - TTC unconventionally BUS 33

[Minster2012]

So our valentines treats did the trick & we’ve got some BFPs for February...HORRAY!! 🥳♥️😘

We’ve picked up some newbies who come armed with a flesh light for horses, 🐴a penchant for McSteamy & 2 extra Sausages 🐶🍆for us to add to our rowdy bus.

If all else fails we can send our dogs round the country...stud them to each other cos they don’t understand social distancing and get a hella cute bus loads of pups instead, they can then teach us how to do it!

Grab your popcorn for Married for at First Sight, your briefcase for the horse spunk & make your decision on whether you are McSteamy or McDreamy...🩺

We’ve got the fastest TTC 🚌in the UK & we talk like it’s a WhatsApp group so be prepared...but don’t worry cos long as you pop in and out & say hello once in a while you can sit on top, we’ve got room for you to chill out if TTC gets too much.

We are a rowdy bus of newbies, oldies with history, excited ladies going forwards for IVF & pregnant mates we can’t get rid of and we are now OWED BIG.

And if you see mention of my blog then blame these guys they made me do it...#shamelessplug

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Story so far...

June 24 BFPs
July 11 BFPs
August 18 BFPs
Sep 4 BFPs
Oct 7 BFPs
Nov 7 BFPs
Dec 14 BFPs
7 BFPs for jan

3 BFPs for February so far, plenty of time left 🤞🏻🤩

@Dollybird89 excited to try the workout today. I’m in week 4 of a 4 week yoga challenge but Mondays are the day off so I’ll have time.
@Minster2012 I can’t find who was asking about IVF recently but egg collection/stims for me was much more invasive and hard work than the frozen cycle. For stims I had to inject twice a day and go for dildo cam scans every 2-3 days for two weeks and then do trigger shot, wait 36 hours then had the egg collection. I had 24 eggs as they over stimulated me and ended up very poorly with OHSS and my fresh transfer was cancelled. Am convinced that I’d be pregnant now if that hadn’t happened! Rage!
Frozen cycle was a doddle in comparison just a week of one jab a day then pessaries and tablets to prep for transfer. I found transfer uncomfortable rather than painful. But it didn’t work so pah!

Meeting with docs today to discuss transfer number 2. Really hope they allow me to go ahead in March.

Ah crap hit send too soon!!

What are people’s thoughts on caffeine? Should I give it up entirely?

@Vil10 True! I'm doing ok thank you a bit uncomfortable now as so huge but hopefully won't be such a whingebag this week 😂

@33Carr I remember you! Wow congratulations on the BFP!! Amazing 🙌🏼

How is everyone this morning?

@Vil10 I'll have none of that counting yourself out thank you!

Thank you for that @Gensola it was @Crazydoglady123 who was asking about the IVF, have a look at that, @Gensola got a lot of eggs whereas I had less so she found it harder, the stimulation bit is the much harder bit definitely and you have a lot of scans at the end which is time consuming so you will def need your mums help.

@33Carr yes I remember! Congratulations! ♥️🌈that's fab!

On the caffeine @Gensola ever since we did ivf I have been down from about 6 cups a day to now one caffeinated per day & the rest decaf. My clinic say it's one of the best things you can do bit I'm not pregnant yet 🤣. However I do have a Klean Kanteen insulated flask which keeps my one cup of black coffee hot for about 5 hours so I can drink it for ages and convince myself I'm having lots 😂🙌🏻

@Ltay2 you can get on it once bubs is around. Fingers crossed anyway!

How is everyone else?

Morning gang !!!

I need to cut down on the caffeine 😴 @Minster2012 @Gensola

But I never cut it out completely before, I don't know it can't hurt but equally sometimes it's all that keeps me sane!!

@Vil10 you aren't out until the red lady sings 😂

Ooh a blog to read!!! Will go do that now lovely Minster!!
Decorator in today and baby home = not fun. We are going to go and do some puddle splashing soon to get us out the house!
How are we all?
I am 5DPO and trying not to symptom spot 😂

@Minster2012 ♥️

@Vil10 how're you feeling today? Has the back pain eased up any?

@blackcurrantqueen yay!! Hope you enjoy the workout! Definitely allow time to lie on the floor recovering afterwards 😂 I might just be desperately unfit but I was flopped down on the floor for like 30 minutes afterwards 🤣

@notyetamumbuttrying you're not wrong there! Hoping your appointment goes well today! 🤞

@33Carr congratulations!

I'm walking like an old woman this morning after the workout yesterday 🤣 everything hurts today and getting up and down stairs was interesting 🤣 it did really help with my low mood yesterday though so that's something.

Hope everyone is doing OK 😊

Morning all,
@vil10 it's not over till AF shows her ugly face! All crossed for you. Got a good feeling for you this month.
@inkypaper I've got visions of you crawling across the floor 🤣 I don't miss these hardcore workouts that's for sure
@gensola I cut out caffeine completely, it was really hard as I drank so much coffee but now I'm drinking expensive decaff tea (clipper), that's helped me to not drink much decaff tea either, lol
@33Carr I think you were before I joined the bus of fun but a huge congrats anyway lovely that's nice news for a weekend!

I literally sat down at my desk this morning and thought, I really can't be bothered I am sooooooo tired. Might have to sneak off for a nap later!

Morning all
@33Carr fantastic news!
On my way to work, I put the app and is 3000+ steps from front door to bus, before the day even started...
Done my nails this morning, galactic over indigo colour

@gensola I've cut down to the 200mg/day recommended by the NHS but I'm not convinced it does anything. Emily Oster's book on Expecting better goes into the research around it and it seems rubbish. Basically women who drink less are less likely to have a miscarriage - but it appears that link is correlated and not causational. I.e. women less likely to miscarry also have stronger morning sickness and therefore are less likely to want to drink coffee/tea - the caffeine itself hasn't been proven to do anything I don't think.

@33carr I remember you!! Congratulations! Did you do anything different this time round?

Morning ladies! Just finished my first EMK session and I feel like a raped horse. Or raped by a horse. It involves a horse.

Update on yesterday's tests: I'm pretty sure I can still see faint lines on cheapies, probably even more visible than before. Nothing on FRER though. I think it's most likely a faulty batch. Not counting myself out just yet (10dpo today) but I think chances are low now. Plus I did EMK hiit today with no lack of energy whatsoever, so that can't be a good sign 🤣

I'll catch up with everything and everyone soon. In the meantime, let's all get hot like it involves a horse while we wait! 🤟

Morning ladies 🥰

I miss two days (Saturday I was getting in a rage with the app and yesterday we had a family day/getting ready for back to school) and so much has happened!!

Grabbing a cuppa and going to try and catch up! Wish me luck 😂

@Minster2012 @Gensola I definitely feel I drink too much tea. But I hate decaffeinated! 🤮 I am trying to cut down because I can drink like 5 or more a day easily. I drink little else.

@InkyPaper the day after I did my first workout, I couldn't walk down the stairs! It was agony! 🤣

Morning everyone, still BFN for me and back hurts like AF on the way so think I must be out. Expect AF tomorrow or Wednesday. Hopefully you are still in @Vil10 but if not we will at least be cycle buddies again. Going to have to get some vitamins for DH but don’t think it will go down well.... Because of course it is never a mans problem 😂

Love the nails @Franklydear, haven’t been able to do mine in ages with infection control being so strict but hoping to be able to get out for a manicure by the summer 💅🏻

When is AF due for you @Tornado2Inc? Weird that you keep getting those positives on the IC but not FRER.

Not heard from you in a while @larrythelizard, you ok? Or am I just skimming too fast and have missed you 😂

Ladies who temp, is it super important to take reading at same time each day? That’s what has put me off so far as some days I need to be up earlier than others and at the weekend we take turns so that one of us gets a lie in. But I really also want to see if I am actually ovulating and that seems the best way to do it.

Going to contact acupuncture clinic as soon as AF arrives but worried about fitting it in around work if they are really strict on what cycle day they do it.

On the tea and coffee front, I find decaf Yorkshire Tea to be the closest to regular tea and Union coffee for the cafetière (or my beloved Aeropress). To be honest it doesn’t bother me too much, and have had decaf tea for a while as I can get anxious and think caffeine seems to make it worse

@Haiyaa in 3 days, according to Clue (it's always been accurate to the day). Yeah, very strange indeed. I'm pretty sure it's just dye run on cheapies. Then again, they don't normally do that, but in the past 2 days it's been the case with every single one. Maybe they are more sensitive than it says on the packaging, and picking up a chemical again, who knows.

I trust FRER more, so until that confirms, I'm having my morning dose of caffeine!

@Franklydear those nails!!! You have inspired me to sort out mine 😂

@33Carr I remember you! Congratulations!

@Ltay2 how many weeks are you now?

@Minster2012 hahaha sorry, I'll do it quietly

@blackcurrantqueen hahaha you are right but you know when you just know??

@InkyPaper it has eased a lot Thankyou!! I was a mess last night, hot water bottle on my back, then switching between the massager and the shakti mat for my bum and groin! But majority of the pain has gone today, just a little sensitive when I wee and wipe😂 glad the exercise helped with your mood💪🏽

@Kirky658 ahh I hope so, at least if she does show up I'm prepared, I've kinda got it in my head we'll be going for tests so anything less is a bonus!

@Haiyaa sorry you think af is on her way!! Yesss to being cycle buddies!! Hahaha mine is the same, he thinks it's a money making thing, and when I started these pregnancare all I've done is complain they've affected my cycle so he was like "well I told you so" 😂

@Haiyaa I'd say it's important you do it same time MOST of the time. Doesn't have to be every single day - just use a bbt temp adjuster for those odd days when you have a lie in or whatever.

Morning all! Another wet Monday. Signs of spring all of the place with bulbs in the garden and my trees growing some buds so trying to be more positive!

@Haiyaa AF arrived on Sunday, not surprised but sulky yesterday! Have been for acupuncture this morning, she thinks that my hormones are massively out of whack and did a 'factory reset' and I'm going back next week.

@Dollybird89 make sure you do your measurements too, I lost 3 stone last year and some weeks/months I barely lost any weight but lost inches still!

@Vil10 NOOOOO to cramps, fingers crossed it's just a little implantation cramp (I think that's a thing?) and not signs of the witch.

@Franklydear LOVE your nails! Mine are a mess at the moment but waiting for rash on my finger to go before painting mine!

@Juno231 I was going to say the same about caffeine. Interestingly the BFP that turned into a MMC I was still into coffee, the one that turned into DS I couldn't deal with the smell or taste of coffee from pretty early on.

@Tornado2Inc my fingers are tightly crossed that faint lines get darker!

I'm off to call a recommended fertility clinic and get a 'fertility MOT' booked, decided to splash the cash and then I'll know categorically what my body is doing and I can take the next steps from there.

@Kirky658 you're not far wrong! 🤣

@Tornado2Inc 10dp is still pretty early to rule out anything in my book so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for you!

On the tea and coffee side of life, I only drink decaf tea. The caffeine was making anxiety and IBS worse so it had to go. I drink Tesco's cheapest decaf tea and I like it 😂 although I do get Yorkshire decaf if it's on offer and Tesco decaf is out of stock. I've never personally noticed a taste difference between caffeinated and decaffeinated but then again I also drank cheap caffeinated tea so likely my opinion can't be trusted 😂

@blackcurrantqueen some caffeine is fine don't worry maybe we can add it to the "let's make small changes!" List knowing it's for for us anyway that's what I'm trying to do, not gonna go to the extremes but small changes which are good for life overall anyway AND might help TTC

What can others add to the small changes?

@InkyPaper I'm also walking like that so you def aren't alone on that one, and I'm so glad it helped your mood 🙌🏻what's on today's agenda? In general I mean? I shall do another one tomorrow

@Kirky658 I feel I need a nap already 🤣🤣

@Franklydear love it!! I'm infecting you all with bright colours ♥️🌈

@Tornado2Inc the horse, actually lolling!! But damn the bfn as you know. Onwards and inwards, with no horse. Unless he's hung like a....

And @Haiyaa too. Bloody damn it

@Gensola good luck for today! 🙌🏻

@tornado2inc just to let you know before my BFP I had zero tiredness really, a few days before so about 11dpo I ran the fastest run I'd ever done... Then about 16dpo it all went downhill haha! Keeping everything crossed.

@franklydear I love your nails! Mine are growing ridiculously fast now!

@Minster2012 glad it's not just me!! I think I'll be doing yoga today to try and stretch my muscles out a bit. I love the Yoga With Adriene videos on YouTube, they're really good 😄

@Vil10 33 weeks so not long to go, ready for him to be here now! Think OH will be glad when I'm no longer a snoring hippo next to him too 🤣

Sorry to hear of the bfn @Haiyaa 😫 and @Tornado2Inc fingers crossed for you!

Hmmm small changes @Minster2012 mine has got to be getting out for a walk on my dinner break, I'm half home half site based but so bad when at home on my dinner break. Always find something else that needs doing like cleaning etc. I'm prob not the only one!

Thanks for the workout insp ladies. Been doing Sweat programme for a while but this 'spotting' (or whatever the eff it is) hasn't let up today so onto day 4 of spotting and feeling a bit pants so will try the yoga recommendation @InkyPaper

@bez91 that's a great idea! Perfect small change and especially now it's coming up spring I think that's a good mood lifter too 🙌🏻♥️so there's one to add to the list

@Ltay2 33 weeks!! Literally can't believe it!

My nails have all just split from doing silly workouts and normal life after I soaked off the SNS from Xmas but it's nice to have a fresh start and they aren't in bad condition so that's good

@InkyPaper yes I was thinking Pilates today but it's an exercise with DH night tonight so he will want HIIT. Amazing 😂

Oooo I missed you @larrythelizard you are going for an MOT! That's a good spring clean thing 😂🤣