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

That sounds lovely @Kirky658, hopefully ddog will oblige!!

My DD is the same @bez91, it breaks my heart. She asked why she doesn't have a baby sister or brother. She calls herself sister when she's playing with her dolls. We're very lucky that she's a happy little girl and plays by herself but we both have siblings and would love that for her. Hopefully it'll happen!

Sorry I can't help you @2alreadywantanother. I just type in the names coz I can't click them when they show up on the browser. I'm not the most technologically able person!!

@martymcshy yea thats looking like what I'll just have to do. If I write a big reply I've ti copy it, the amount of times I hit post and it's gone 😢

Morning!!! I've made millionaires after SiLa last week 🤤 need my jaw wired or I'll eat the entire tray 😭 happy Monday and 1st of the month 😁

@Minster2012 I think, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but what was cd1 becomes day 1 when dating and then when scans are done they add on two weeks so your dates aren't massively out. So when I went I thought I was 9+6, 16th dec was cd1 and scan was 23rd feb but they dated me as 9+1. I think the two weeks is added as it's roughly two weeks from cd1 to ovulation/conception? Not everyone knows when they ovulate but most know their last period date 🤷🏻‍♀️ confusing because cb digital tests tell you how many weeks from conception. He's convinced boy as he's one of 3 and both his brothers had boys first.... I'm not sure that's how it works to be honest, it's not like the swimmers know what happened to the swimmers that went shooting of before... did they make a girl, did they make a boy or did they end up in a crusty old sock 😂

@Justanothercyster I did three before i really believed it 🙈

@paintfairy good luck today!! And yes, totally ignorant to a lot of it through choice but they are like that with so many things 🙄 tell them something 10 times and then they swear blind you never told them 😤 ears are just for show and occasionally something to hold onto 😜😂😂
Dog food question 😂😂😂

@Sausage1990 have fun practicing 😉

@Juno231 it's scary how green he is about it all, actually asked if I was going to be awake at all towards the end with how tired I am now, hormones nearly lead me to thumping him for that one. Told him to google first trimester and leave me alone 😂 he's been a lot nicer since!! Everything crossed for you catching that egg 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Daffodils v Spring onions 😂😂😂

@Vil10 great mindset to have and the break could be exactly what you are needing, a year of fun and adventure.... Definitely something you have to do while young, make the most of it!! I had dd at 23 and while I adore her and wouldn't change her I wish I had lived a bit more before kids.

@DKDK123 oh ffs! Just when you are content about it af turns up to piss you off! I sympathise, I've had some ridiculously short cycles but not quite 16day 😬
@paintfairy yay one more, def agree with 1 in 4 stats, someone is owed a bfp 😄 good luck with the appointment.

@Justanothercyster not insensitive at all! That's a beautiful bfp! I'm only slightly jealous 😂 mostly delighted for you x
@Sausage1990 congratulations on being fully vaccinated 😃 love your hoops!

@Juno231 the daffodils 😂🤦‍♀️
@2alreadywantanother I have all the same problems with the appand browser, no help!
@Kirky658 is that your 12 week scan on Wednesday? Good luck

@2alreadywantanother I think the app and browser are being temperamental atm - it's not you!

@juno231 trust me to try the app out when its temperamental lol

@2alreadywantanother when you put an @ a list of people should appear on the app and also you can bookmark where you last read so you don't have to go all the way to the bottom. also there are arrows on the top right which swap the thread bottom to top which is what I always do

@katao yep 12 weeks scan already, time is flying... I'll be 11+3 tho, so I'm kinda hoping I'm a but further along than I thought 😅 my EDD so far as been 18/09 to 16/09 so who knows. Not a big difference but would be nice to know lol xx

@Kirky658 wow that does seem to have gone quickly! I wouldn't get too hung up on it, my due date got moved to a few days later and then baby went a whopping 2 weeks overdue after that 😂 I think its something like 5% are born on their due date

@2alreadywantanother I can't use the app. It's worse than the browser imo. But sometimes it's funny about tagging and I have to scroll up or down a bit (like mm) and then press it and it works? 🤷‍♀️
@Gem176 yeah I think they love not to listen! Mine isn't too bad with that though. What he does do is actually 'do' things and swear blind he didn't (move something or whatever). Only 2 of us live here, so the amount of things the invisible man gets blamed for is untrue! He even thinks i question him to make him think he's going mad?! So he clearly has no idea he's doing it. They also have eyes they don't use. I love it when they 'look' for something that they can't find. Only for you to go look and it be right there? 🤣🤣🤣

@Lucyrp yeah when I hit @ and start typing, nothing. Its even doing it on here on the browser sometimes. And I have to copy my post, come out and go in again to post or it wont post.

Hello everybody 💕
@Justanothercyster that is nearly a dye stealer 🥰bet OH is over the moon! So so pleased for you!!

I use the app, tried to use the browser when the app was down and my god I was shit at it 😂

@Sausage1990 yay for second jab! Those cross stitch are really lovely!!! 🥰😍 can we put in orders? 😂

@bez91 @MartyMcShy DD is constantly playing babies walking round with one at the moment going 'awwww babyyyy' makes me feel so sad and broody!

@DKDK123 sorry Aunt Flo invited her unwelcome shitty cousin the 2 week period to visit!!! Hope you don't feel too bad for it x

I'm stuck to be honest. 12dpo today. Have had squintiest squinter of a squint since 9dpo and a VERY faint positive on a FRER today.
I know the line progression is not what it is needing to be and I'm feeling very period crampy this afternoon. AF due tonight / tomorrow.
Really disheartened, mad and honestly a bit angry with the world.
I've called EPU who were no help at all, I asked about aspirin or progesterone and they said they couldn't recommend either until after I've had the clinic appt that I'm waiting for. So I messaged bourn hall clinic to see if they had a dr that would privately prescribe progesterone, and I've bought some aspirin and taken one of those. And messaged an acupuncturist. At this point I have nothing to lose, but I feel like I'm losing myself. 😢
I mean this in the nicest way possible but pleaseeee don't tell me it's all going to be ok because whilst I need positivity I also need realism 😘

Sorry for being Debbie downer xxx

@paintfairy oh the famous "mans" look and "child's" look.... same in this house 🙈 if I had a £ for every time I've heard "have you seen my....." then found said item where they had already looked I'd be very wealthy 😩

Just leaving this here...

@MartyMcShy I had the blood tests and a scan and was told they couldn't see anything abnormal so just to lose weight. No mention of why the repeat chemicals (5) keep happening. We decided to change our plans and go down the adoption route rather than dealing with repeated losses. Have never had a mega short cycle like this tho usually 26-33 days so who knows what my body's doing, maybe peri-menopausal. 🤷‍♀️

Loving the embroidery @sausage1990, the sunshine one is my fav.

@Haiyaa I think your advice of buying the most expensive stick to pee on to induce AF is spot on 😂

@2alreadywantanother I think it was just a glitch earlier as I was having to type out full names this morn too but it's back to working now.

@blackcurrantqueen as someone's who's been through multiple CPs I can only give you the biggest hug and tell you while there is still the glimmer of hope that its just taking a while for your HCG levels to rise, if they don't rise then you're perfectly entitled to stamp your feet and rage at the world and just how bloody unjust the ttc journey is. And it sucks that the medical profession aren't being much use I found the same if you dont hit the 6 week mark they don't want to know. So yes it is shitty and it does suck and you are 100% allowed to feel how you're feeling.

Ahhhh @blackcurrantqueen 💕 sorry EPU were crap! When is your clinic app booked? I'm not saying it will be fine but there is still some hope there but I get it, been there myself!
I remember us being quite similar with MCs and everyone is entitled to be a Debbie downer in those circumstances - sending hugs. You're not alone in feeling like you've lost yourself either, it's such a shitty journey tbh xx

The revelation as to why people live in the 'proper' type leggings has happened. Omg. How are these so comfortable?!

@Juno231 🤣🤣🤣 perfect picture! It's just ridiculous @Gem176 - he's even tried to say I hide things so he can't find it and then just get it out again? Nope. It really was there the whole time! 😆

@blackcurrantqueen that is shit. 12dpo is still early though - and whilst I think my nature is to be positive I'm also a believer in when you know, you know. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 the dr will get back to you and it progresses.

Sounds like I have a similarly aged ratbag to @blackcurrantqueen @bez91 and @MartyMcShy - he likes looking at babies and says they're cute but I think he'd prefer a cat to be honest, maybe I should give up and just get one?!

@DKDK123 @bez91 @larrythelizard

Thank you so much ladies 💕
This would be number four...
just tired now!!
Same cycle same pattern !

I haven't got a date for the clinic through as we both needed to have our bloods done and resulted first. OH only had his done Friday and they are the genetic ones so they said 6-8 weeks really!

@Kirky658 cute 💕

@Gem176 oh god, how do you cope with it! I wish I was a little further along 😱 having such worried thoughts going through my head!

@Katao aww thank you x

@blackcurrantqueen he believes it now ahah, he didn't yesterday so that's why I wanted him to see it develop.
I'm so sorry about what you're going through :( xx

It's frustrating isn't it @blackcurrantqueen because it takes so long in between each one!

Sounds like nothing will happen really until your DH gets his bloods back?

Is there something else you can set your mind to for the next 6 weeks to distract you?

Yeah still cant tag on the app here. Will try browser later

@Justanothercyster just take it day by day.

I booked an 8 week reassurance scan for my second pregnancy, I'd really recommend it if there's one nearby - I had a MMC first time so wanted to know there was something there and it was growing as it should

You know my thoughts, And the days go sooooooo slowly @blackcurrantqueen it's horrendous. Alll the hugs because there is progression but not much and it's the worst thing to drive you crazy and you can't stop POAS. My DS makes baby things too. It's heartbreaking. We are here for you

@Juno231 the daffodils that's brilliant and love the picture 😂

@paintfairy the leggings. Welcome to comfy 😂🤣

@Gem176 my DH is like "where is the..." my first answer is "have you actually looked???"👀👀👀

@Haiyaa ah yes well I have lots of expensive sticks that's very good advice that's brought on many an AF of course. Good point

@Kirky658 was it weds??

@Sausage1990 loving the embroidery hoops 😘😍and if you DTD every other day from now that's good coverage anyway!

@MartyMcShy so you are with @Franklydear too for AF this week & aahhhhh things appear in our house all the time. Occasionally they don't & he goes "I thought we discussed that?" "Yes we did...but did YOU DO IT? No, did the fairies do it? No, ooooo so you expected me to do it?! Oh It wasn't on the list"🤨