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 🤞🏻🤩

@Juno231 I work as a cafe assistant and the main part of my job is being a barista. I like to think I can make coffee to the best of my ability at the moment but some people may say otherwise. I pride myself in knowing the difference between cappuccino latte and flat white at least. Espresso ..... don't even get me started on that "is that it ?!?!" Yes hun that's an espresso if you were just after a normal coffee you should have said Americano, especially when I double checked with you if an espresso is actually what you wanted ... 🙄🙄🙄

Yesss @Juno231 💪🏻it let's get that blood flowing for lots of fluffy wombs & also feel good for spring 🥰

@larrythelizard have you had any checks with your GP before?

@lucyrp you can make me a coffee anytime ☕️

@Minster2012 no, none - will be interesting to see. Means that this month if it works it will be thanks to acupuncture and more supplements as it'll all be over and in the TWW (for me a 1WW) by the time I go for tests!

Oooo new workout just landed... I'm deffo doing this one today! It's features "pump it by black eyed peas" that song is epic lol I can already see it being a killer 🤣🤣

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUi21jZpw0g&feature=youtu.be

Finally getting 2mins to myself to sit down and catch up.
Congratulations on the bfp @33Carr 🥳

Gorgeous nail colour @Franklydear 😊

@haiyaa, I dont religiously temp I just do it whenever I wake up which ends up usually being around a similar time give or take 30mins. It means my graphs a bit more jaggy than those who temp religiously would have but it still shows me an overall trend of lower temps then higher after ovulation so casual temping works for me. If you were doing it that way tho you just need to bear in mind not to obsess over every fluctuation and just to look at the overall trend.

Small changes @Minster2012 I've started to meal prep my lunch for the days I'm working at home, I make 2 days worth of salads in tubs at a time and its definitely stopped me from grazing those days. I dont graze at all at work but as I've been working from home more I felt the weight creeping back on. Also doing 30mins active minutes on my fitbit each day, @Dollybird89 videos have been great for that! (Sorry to hear about your dad's uncle @dollybird89!). And bought a 2l water bottle to drink each day (think it was only about a tenner on amazon but it def makes a difference for me as I make sure its finished before bed each day). Oh and cutting down on my phone use too. I didnt realise I've actually been doing lots of little changes till I typed them out 😂

Right off to catch up with your blog now @minster2012 as I'm way behind on that too.

Hello, thanks on the nails everyone, it was a wimp, I had 10 min spare and I said this is what I am doing, sod it
@Dollybird89 sorry about your uncle, and on the toxic side, lesson learned, no more checking on

@Minster2012 small changes, I started listening to happy music on my morning commute

My childcare is opening again on the 8th march, happy dance, no more silly work hours and back to normal pay for DH, needed to finish 3 hours early daily, his boss is also going to do happy dance

Evening ladies!
Randomly my last post has disappeared. But I know it was published as minster replied to it 😂
I also can't see @33Carr post- it's like a chunk of time from my mumsnet is missing - but I can gather a BFP so CONGRATULATIONS!

How are we all?

@Dollybird89 condolences on the sweet uncle and the shitty family! It sounds like you are best placed miles away from them! 😢🥰
You really are doing us, and yourself, proud with all this exercise and wow on the inches lost too girl💃🏼

@Franklydear yay for childcare!! 🎉

I've not managed the fitness video today as the decorator has been here and frankly I think he'd have thought I'd totally lost the plot 😂
I'm loving the thought of the black eyed peas one too so I WILL give it a go!!

A barre video sounds fab too @Juno231 if it is good please will you share!

I used to love to exercise. I've just totally lost it these days 😢 Feel like I've lost myself a bit to be honest!

And coffee 😍 I drink it in any form really. We got a filter coffee machine for Christmas and honestly coming downstairs at 6am to the smell of a fresh brew when I can't peel my eyes open is heaven. Not the best coffee in the world but does the job!

@Kirky658 yay for broken HR monitor and also reduced furniture !!

I'd like to nominate for our list of small changes... self care please @Minster2012
Ive been taking the time on a Sunday eve to do a face mask and have a half hour pamper and I think I'm feeling better for it! Xx

@larrythelizard I've had no more cramps since so god knows!! Did you manage to book your mot??

@Ltay2 wow that's gone so quick!!

@notyetamumbuttrying yeah I think I'm going to do an IC on Wednesday when I'm 11dpo! Hope you're appointment went well!!

@larrythelizard that'll whizz by though! 🤞🏾
@Minster2012 aw that's nice that @InkyPaper inspired you on the kintsugi. Love learning new words and meanings ♥️

So in typical nhs fashion the appointment time was booked too late for a SA 🤦🏾‍♀️ so he’s booked in for that on Thursday morning now. We both got bloods done tho. Amh and rubella for me, genetic testing for him. Asked about endo, she said the waiting list for a lap was 1 year 😱 so she’ll put me on that and hope ivf works in the meantime. She also talked about stronger painkillers so hopefully that’ll come out in her notes. Also asked about the private rounds and she said 2 meant one fresh, one frozen. Oh and it won’t be instant SA result. Prob get a letter within two weeks or chase if we need it any earlier. We need the AMH to go private so I’ll be chasing that up next week! So all in all semi successful. We really needed that SA result to determine when we’d go private as we’d keep going naturally and just wait on nhs if it’s improved to the averages. Oh and she said wait times were 3 months for funding rather than the 6 the lady on the phone said the other day. She said July would be realistic to start...

I'm feeling soooo tired 😴 does progesterone really wipe anyone else out? God knows what actual pregnancy will do to me haha.

@33Carr I remember, congrats 🌈

@Minster2012 yay blog! I read it sporadically when my eyes are playing ball, so I will get round to it I promise! Love them.

@larrythelizard that's good news re the fertility clinic, good luck!

@Haiyaa haha I've been drinking decaf since uni because of anxiety, but I just go for own brand. Same as @inkypaper hehe. Yorkshire Tea is my fave though 😫

@Dollybird89 So sorry about your loss :( screw them like you said, you're better than that and did the right thing. Hugs x

@Franklydear yay happy dance!

@notyetamumbuttrying ughhhh nhs wait times are killer!

@Vil10 how you doing cycle buddy? I've just been having af cramps :(

Hey ladies. I'm feeling really deflated today. I had to have a nap about 5pm 30 mins before I finished work today and went to bed for an hour, just exhausted. I'm also feeling really down about the lockdown easing. I'd personally much rather forgo the pubs being shut if it meant I could actually see my family in their own home - probably not the most popular opinion but for me they're my support network and I'm finding it incredibly hard at the moment. I'm just having a bit of a downer at the min I think, it's horrible to say but I aren't enjoying being pregnant at the moment as I feel so rubbish, and I keep thinking well I can't do this that or the other any more now. And I keep worrying about work now that retail is due to open mid April how that's going to affect my role when the midwife has told me I've basically got to shield as I can't have the vaccine...

Sorry for the rant just needed to let it out. I know I am so so so lucky to be pregnant, and I am so grateful and I hate to be so down about it when you lovely lot have been trying for so long. Xx

@Vil10 good idea! May as well set your mind at ease. It went semi ok I guess 😂

@Justanothercyster yeah they're not the best! Plenty food for thought though. Yeah progesterone knocks me for 6, I'm always very tired when due on. Are you taking pessaries?

@Kirky658 aww you don't need to apologise for having a hard time. Lockdown is hard enough never mind all those pregnancy hormones and symptoms on top of that! I'm sure it will get better soon, it can't get any worse!

@Justanothercyster I fall asleep on the sofa almost every night in the last week of my cycle which I assume is due to progesterone 😅 so I know what you mean! How many DPO are you? I'm only at 6 DPO.

@Minster2012 Just got to your most recent blog and saw you shared your name... I'm struggling to think of you as any name other than Minster though 😆 another good read!

Scrap that. I realised I was making excuses.
Just did the greatest showman one. WOW.
@Dollybird89 @Minster2012 @InkyPaper

@notyetamumbuttrying it's annoying that you have to go back for the SA but at least the bloods got done! Bloody hell though, a 1 year wait for a lap? 😱 Fingers crossed all the results come back quickly and show the answers you're looking for

@Dollybird89 sorry for your loss, lovely ♥️ glad the service is being livestreamed for you so you won't have to deal with horrible family members again

@Minster2012 🥰 loved your latest blog entry, it was lovely 🥰

@Franklydear yay for a return to mini normality!

@Justanothercyster hurrah! Glad it's not just me on the own brand decaf tea 😄

@Kirky658 there's no rule that says you must enjoy pregnancy, so I think you're allowed to have a grumble about it every now and then. Big hugs, I hope tomorrow is a better day for you ❤️

@blackcurrantqueen yaaaaaaaaaasssssss!! Just getting everything set up is half the battle tbh. How're you feeling?! I was literally on the floor when it was done 😂

@Kirky658 how come she's told you to shield ?? Do you have any underlying health conditions ? X

@notyetamumbuttrying overall good news from today then ! Xx

@2020mission @inkypaper ❤️
@lucyrp I've got asthma & usually have the flu jab so she's advised me to not officially shield as such but based on my job she thinks it's safest - I basically travel round the country having face to face meetings

@Kirky658 oh I guess that makes sense! My OH has bad asthma and has been working throughout Covid despite being told not to ... men what are they like. Can you not continue to work from home to minimalise the risk ? X

@lucyrp lol, men! That's what I'm hoping for I can do virtual meetings but I know my boss is going to be really annoyed. I've only worked for them for 2 years in April and I spent 6 months off on furlough last year. I got married 4 months after starting at the company and she wasn't pleased about that interfering with things... So I don't think she's going to take the news well. She's not a family orientated person x

@Kirky658 don't feel you need to justify feeling that way, it's bloody hard! With pregnancy hormones and everything too. Pregnancy should be a happy time with family and friends around you and people are being robbed of that in this crappy situation, but you have all of us to hold your hand on your down days and it's ok to feel rubbish every once in a while xx

@2020mission pessaries? Explain 🧐

@InkyPaper always! I don't mind own brand tbh, but there's some things I have to go with for brands haha. Tea is not one of them.

@Kirky658 I'm kind of hoping the advice for staying not forward facing from 28 weeks stays as it means I get to do my favourite part of my job and not the shit part 😂🤣 x

@justanothercyster you lot are awesome I love you all ❤️

@lucyrp fingers crossed lovely haha!

@Minster2012 I've finally had a big blog catch up sesh had tonnes I hadn't read yet. You made me laugh at times, you made me cry at times, you made me want to go give you a big hug at times but above all you made me so damn proud for you for facing life head on and saying bring it on when most people would have crumbled and refused to rise. A phoenix must be your spirit animal 🥰