Supporting ‘small changes’ into spring whilst TTC...🌱🌼🌸🍀- Fun Bus 34

[Minster2012]

Last time we actually got reported straight away, for being too fun for MN...was it a week ago?? Maybe 😋😝but they can’t hold us back as the Harry Potter speed bus flies...

We’ve worked out a fleshlight for horses on a MN bus is NOT WELCOME, but how do I know what you have in your suitcase? I’m just the driver, a passenger’s belongings is their own responsibility, and my bags have LOADS of OPKs, loads of pills, fruit, veg, wine, gin & trainers for my workouts.

We aren’t just challenging ourselves to get pregnant & trying to help each other do so, we are also trying to help each other get fitter and sharing small changes we are making in our lives and trying to inspire & support each other with these too...

Have a look at the small changes beside the names and see if you want to try them yourself or add in your own!

We are in this together 🥰♥️🙌🏻💪🏻
Spring is coming, and so are we 😘🦄🍀🌸🌷🌻🌼

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

4 BFPs for February so far, still time left ladies

@Vil10 ba ha ha ha ha that made me lol!

@Dollybird89 have a look on eBay for sure. I have an Apple Watch and love it!

@Franklydear do it!

I've done my workout for the day, it was vile and made me feel sick but it's done, just waiting on DH to dish up dinner (out of the Tupperware - I cooked it all at the weekend!)

That is awful @2020mission no wonder you want out!

@Dollybird89 @larrythelizard I am completely shattered, I think I'll go to bed now, Ill probably will, let's see how I wake up, everything hurts, funny enough except the arm of the injection

How do you all have so much exercise time haha are you all working full time too? I get a walk in at lunch and do a wee HIIT yoga after work but then I'm done for the day 😆

@Juno231 yes definitely!! That's doable and also maintainable, you can do it girl!!

@larrythelizard hahaha however I do want some meat later before af starts properly in the morning!

So girls, me and OH have come to a big decision, it wasn't one we came to easily and have been discussing it for the last few days, but basically we've alwayssss wanted to go to the Philippines, it's been our dream destination to travel around for 3-4 weeks, so we've been saying if Mexico got cancelled we'd use the money to go to the Philippines for Christmas and new year, but now we're saying we don't want to waste the chance to go, so we've decided to put everything on hold and go for Christmas this year, which means putting TTC on hold, it's not something we'd be able to do with a child and definitely not when I'm pregnant, and I don't want to always think "we could've gone there and seen that and done that", so even though we've been TTC for almost a year now and it'll be hard putting it on hold for almost another year, it's not something I'm going to regret, I'll have the memories to tell our future child! However I'm going to stick around if that's okay with you all, I've become so invested in all your journeys and would love nothing more to see all of you, and the originals I started here with a year ago, get your BFP's❤️

I think it's good when you make a decision that just feels right @Vil10. Philippines sounds amazing! I love researching holidays so am jealous you get to do that as well as go away!

My sister went here when she went - the chocolate hills - don't they look amazing?!

Oh, and my body is a fuckboy. Day 5 of period, usually more like discharge at this point but not this time, really sore and crampy again with clots! Wtf?!

@Vil10 I completely get your decision. I got all my travelling/exploring out of my system in my 20s, it's definitely something you should do now while you have the time. I'm sure time will fly by anyway and you'll be back trying again before you know it 😅 definitely stick around here with us.

@larrythelizard I feel a little emotional because I've invested so much time and effort into TTC, and a lot of my friends have babies and I said to my OH I don't want it to get to a point where all my friends have children and engaged/married and I'm just plodding along, but I also need to remember this group of friends are all 4+ years older than me🤷🏽‍♀️ yes my OH is 31 this year but for men it's okay and hopefully he'll age well like his dad so won't look an old dad😂 yesss we want to go there, think they're in Bohol! Fucking witch messing you around, hope it eases up soon!!

@2020mission weve both been to some lovely places together and separate, some of my faves being Adelaide and Sydney, Jamaica and America, and he's been to thailand twice too, so I'm desperate for us both to do what we love to do together, it'll be such an experience!! Absolutely!! Going to put the tests on hold until next January once we're home too, just have to either use condoms or OH is gonna have to have a good pull out method😂

@Vil10 he's not old still, DH was 34 when we had DS and that's pretty average round here (I'm a year younger). It's definitely an advantage having kids after your friends as you then get loads of cast offs (DS is very lucky to get lots of hand me down toys!) you'll get people who said they travelled with little babies but I'm lucky enough to have done a fair bit and I can't really see why I'd have wanted a baby with me?! Definitely good to go do it whilst you're unencumbered and free!

@Vil10 use the pull out method and you'll end up pregnant by accident after trying so hard all these months 🤣

Sorry late check in!

Colouring a 🍆to de-stress!

@Franklydear gosh everything crossed for Monday then 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻loving DH's positive attitude!

@Juno231 I guess so on the salary/mat leave, I'm a bit rubbish at maths so I'm just gonna agree with you 😆🤣

@2020mission eh??!!! Def tell hmrc, but then what would your employer do?! I work part time around DS, 2 full days when he's at nursery then half day on another day & couple of hours when I have him, but our business too so we work it around me. DH does whatever is necessary which usually means long days, v little holiday & extra at weekends.

@Dollybird89 could you get a Fitbit from Facebook marketplace?

@Vil10 BOOM GET YOU!! Yessssssss for the chocolate hills of the Philippines, def travel whilst you can 😘♥️

@larrythelizard welcome to the fuck boy crew, high five!

@blackcurrantqueen I am def proud of you not POAS, I will POAS for you 😝

And blog sorted! Thank you @Dollybird89 & @Franklydear

@Vil10 what a lovely idea. Defo get the time in with oh while u can. And like u said memories will last a lifetime ❤

Ooh looking forward to the next MAFS!! XX

With the hormones in Milk... There are hormones in Milk because the cows still produce it naturally while lactating (just like breastfeeding women) so we can't get hormone free cows milk, it's biologically impossible however the amount of hormones present are in such small amounts that they're broken down during digestion and aren't harmful. Some countries however use extra growth hormones with their cattle and then it's in higher volumes and could be harmful but its not allowed in the EU so we don't have to worry a that (I think it's a bigger issue in the USA).

@dollybird89 well done on the smaller clothes sizes 💪🏻 amazing progress already!!!

@dkdk123 yes it definitely was a cop-out and completely inappropriate. Yeah we like having different birthdays, we never have to choose to see friends or family because we have 2 days to celebrate over, however the biggest bugbear was how often people would say "oh so you're not really twins then?!" 🙄 ummm yes we definitely are, it's just a time thing... Literally born 14mins apart lol some people just don't get haha 💕

@vil10 wow lots of big decisions this week. Good for you - not putting life on hold & following a different dream is such a positive vibe!!!

Nothing new for me, cd14 and have done a few opk but all 0 so far. I don't expect I'll start seeing a LH rise for at least another 10days so just chilling out patiently waiting. I've got my 2nd vaccine booked for Monday tho so that's good!

@larrythelizard I've always wanted to be a young mum, and i still will be but have amazing memories whilst I'm at it! Yess that's so true, didn't even think of that! No I definitely wouldn't want a baby with me or to be pregnant whilst travelling!

@2020mission hahaha that's so true, we'd go from trying to hard to conceive to trying so hard not to and then end up pregnant!!

@Minster2012 I definitely feel like it's the best decision! Just read the blog, love it!!

@Catherinettc we'll never get these years back so might as well make the most of them before becoming responsible for a little human!

@Sausage1990 Thankyou lovely, I feel good for it, it'll be nice to have a break from stressing and tracking and wondering if im ovulating

Who else is testing soon? @2020mission @larrythelizard ? I'm thinking of testing Sunday morning which should put me between 10 and 12 DPO.

I've been successful at holding off after my early testing fiasco last month (7DPO, 8DPO, 9DPO, 10DPO - morning and evening, 11DPO...you get the idea) and I feel a lot better for it.

@Vil10 My partner and I didn't TTC for a few years because of all the travelling we wanted to do. Looking back I have absolutely no regrets. We had so much fun and did a lot of things that wouldn't have been possible if pregnant/with a baby!

Oh nope - sorry @larrythelizard I just scrolled up and saw you're on day 5 of AF!

@Juno231 is your appointment tomorrow? Or next week?
@Vil10 I am old. And we should have ttc earlier maybe. But I wanted to get married first. And have some time together (been together 5 years now though). I just didn't want my kid at my wedding and I wanted a nice honeymoon. I've never been anywhere exotic. We went to Mauritius and it was amazing! Some people hinted ttc was more important but to me i just didn't think so. The wedding wasn't that extravagant but it was what I wanted and the whole thing just wouldn't have been the same after having a baby. So that's what we chose. I don't doubt that I'll never get anywhere that nice again (if we can even travel!) so I don't regret it. You have to do what feels right for you.

🥔 day for me. I literally cannot walk up and down stairs. I'll be amazed if I manage a workout tomorrow, but certainly couldn't today! Horrific.

MAFS! Tomorrow looks exciting! 🥳

@Vil10 we also did the travelling/bad decisions while childless, we had ds at 32 and 34
I went to sleep just before 8, and just woke up to be sick, worried ds in the process, takes a lot for him to ask are you ok? He normally assumes I am

I added a couple more on Instagram, no idea who they are but had several of you following, so I cannot be too wrong

@Vil10 how amazing and such a brave choice! Makes sense when you're both still young. We also wanted to make sure we got travelling in and had a fab honeymoon in Bali and Singapore. We did the US twice as well so I totally get where you're coming from! In fact, we've booked to go Santorini tonight for our second wedding anniversary in august 🥳
@larrythelizard that pic is stunning 🤩
@2020mission that is so true! She will won't she 😂 awks that I'm the product of the pull out method 🙈thanks for the insight mum 😝
@Franklydear ah hope you feel better soon? Something you ate perhaps? Hope you sleep well 😴

@notyetamumbuttrying i am blaming the vaccine, had it this morning, they said it was possible to feel quite ill but only for a couple of days if any longer to call 111

@Franklydear hope ur feeling better, how many days since u got the jab. My mam caught covid few days after 1st jab and wasn't well at all. Then my dad and brother who live with my mam. Thankfully she's well on the mend but still not 100%
She was just out of isolating and her sister took a massive heart attack and passed away 😢 she really didnt need that, but sure who does.

Anyway. So 1dpo I think, mad mad sensitive nipples tonight which I'm hoping is good as I'd get that regularly every cycle nearly but nothing since mmc. So I'm hoping they are a sign things have settled and are ready to do this

Sorry just copped u just got it @Franklydear

@2alreadywantanother, yes just this morning, they said it could happen, and to call the doctor if it lasted more than a couple of days, sleeping at intervals now, arm started to hurt, guess all the adrenaline carried me yesterday, bossboy said I looked spaced and high when I got to the office yesterday, sorry about your mam, and rest of family, the protection builds over time so I'll take a week to build any significant one, I feel very relieved as I've been out on the community for a while now