Egg hunters vs the virgin wife - find the BFP - TTC bus 36

[Minster2012]

Ok so we need to get back to us ladies, back to fun games, POAS & getting fit, but you need to help me Cos Minster is flagging with a fuck boy body worse than the rest 🥺

Guess what...it’s nearly Easter & know what that means! 🐰🐣...We don’t want the 🐰to have the fun but bloody hell sometimes it’s a f*cling egg hunt all right 🙈🤣.

March and April we’ve got a lot of exciting times ahead with people going for Clomid & IVF as well as a lot of straight up sex for the “normal” TTC gang so let’s get shagging & FIND THOSE 🐣🌈.

We are still working on our spring challenges alongside trying to get pregnant and we’ve had great results so far- feel free to have a catch up on those and add your own.

And we are still helping each other get fitter, more positive through sharing small changes we are making in our lives and trying to inspire & support each other with these too...as well as of course being there for each other during the sad times.

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
8 BFPs for February

One for March

Let’s go go go!

PHEWWW finally caught up!!
Congratulations on the 2 recent BFP's!! How exciting!!

@Justanothercyster sorry to hear about your pain, hopefully it is just a case of you worked too hard and because things are loosening up hopefully that's all it is. When did you say your scan is?

@Ltay2 awwww I've been thinking about you hoping everything was okay! So happy to see you've given birth to your beautiful boy! He's so gorgeous!! Sorry to hear it was tough! Hope you continue to heal nicely and you get to take your boy home soon!

@Gem176 awww gutting about your DD cheeky thing bless her. When do you think you'll be announcing? How far are you now?

@Vil10 that story about the nose bleed killed me off 😂😂🙊 that is just..😷😂 also I really have a feeling you will fall pregnant unexpectedly now that you have decided to hold off!! Can you imagine!

@Minster2012 glad you are starting to feel a little more like you!! ✨It's super hard isn't it bless you.
My due date should have been month from my MMC & it's so hard and everything s worrying me being pregnant again now but trying to remain as positive as I can.

Sorry for TMI but Can any of you preggo ladies tell me if you experienced anything like this around this time...I'm 10+4 weeks from scan measurements and since last sat I've had the 💩!! I'm not going any more than usual at all but when I do go it's diarrhoea for some reason? It has been worrying me if something is wrong...I'm just hoping it's normal but I don't know what brought it on?

@HollieL567 yep, pretty much the whole of the first trimester I had the shits. Every morning without fail. I think it’s the hormones/contractions etc.

@notyetamumbuttrying, hope you get your date soon and it is successful. Would be nice to get a few extra surprise BFP’s this month though - I’m looking at you too @Vil10 😂

@Haiyaa it would be wonderful wouldn't it!!

@Ltay2 congratulations Evan James is beautiful. At 4lbs he's really proving that good things do come in small packages 💙 look after yourself and fingers crossed for going home today!

@HollieL567 I'll be 14 weeks on Tuesday. We are telling my mum face to face tomorrow and then can do social media after that. OH is meant to be telling his brother today but he's avoiding it, has been all week. His brother and wife lost a baby very late on some years ago and my OH doesn't know how to tell them 😢

@Vil10 they are lucky we find them funny 😂

@Haiyaa piss fest 😂 I haven't proposed SMEP to DH yet, maybe next month. I'm not sure he'll be impressed 😒 ooo wonder what the bleeding could be for you!
4dpo here today, feeling crappy with a headache and body aches which I've had every month for the past few cycles think it's must be hormones so trying to have a chilled one today

@Haiyaa piss fest 😂 my next order of FRERs don't arrive until the 26th but I might join you then. I'm 6 DPO today but not feeling confident it's going to happen this month after my GP poked in my cervix yesterday and made me bleed.

SMEP did nothing for me ladies but always worth a try if you haven't.

Happy belated birthday! @notyetamumbuttrying 🍰

Did you test this morn @Hopeful110 or did you manage to hold off for tomorrow?

Glad the dogs were OK @dollybird89 what a fright you must have got! Hope you managed to stream the funeral OK for your dad.

@bez91 that's good that you're getting bloods done a bit earlier than you expected, that's a bonus.

Take it easy @larrythelizard, a phased return sounds like a better way so that you don't overdo it but still get to feel productive.

Your windows 😵 @minster2012 how frustrating!!! Hope you had a big glass of wine last night! I was laughing at your DHs reaction to being 'average' it's such a male ego thing isn't it 😂 Seems like it's the month for jizzing in a pot as my OH got his SA tub thru the post yesterday. To be fair we'd forgotten all about the fact there's also every chance the problem might be him! He was referred for SA way back in Oct I think it was but was told there's a big backlog due to covid and we forgot all about it. I can tell he's nervous now, it's not till mid April he's to hand in his sample.

@ltay2 congratulations! He's absolutely adorable 😍 All the nightmare of the birth will eventually fade into a distant memory once you've got him home. So chuffed for you.

@gem176 exciting times telling the family, tho I do feel for your OH not knowing how to tell his brother, very bittersweet.

Whilst my birth does sound a bit traumatic when reading it back, I'm happy with how it went in the end and how I coped with it all as it gave me my baby and I am recovering really well from the surgery so please don't be put off anything from my story! I know there is likely nothing that can put you ladies off as you're all so strong and determined but just wanted to make a point of saying it's all worth it in the end regardless of whether the birth does or doesn't go to plan ❤️

@DKDK123 heyy, yeah I just re tested after just over 3hr hold and I'm losing faith, I can barely see a line 😒 I wasn't expecting blaring bfp but atleast darker than 3 days ago, and it isnt... so I'm gonna call GP tomorrow and ask for hcg bloods to be done, i done an IC today too and I feel like theres something there but Its probably just wishful thinking :( lemme know what you think?

@Hopeful110 I'd say mine was the same Hun, very very faint until it was sort of day of when my period was due but even then it was still quite faint. How many dpo are you now?

@Haiyaa ahh thankyou! I hope so! It was mainly just because it's come out of the blue like I haven't had it up until now x

Oh no @Hopeful110 I hope it isn’t a chemical 😞 when is AF due? I can’t see anything but I know pics aren’t great at picking up a faint line and I am the absolute worst at spotting them so don’t take my word for it. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you.

@Hopeful110 keeping everything crossed for you ❤❤ xxx

@HollieL567 oh really?? I know I'm impatient, I'm just so anxious it's not a sticky bean :( I thought by now at 13dpo that it'd be a darker line than at 11dpo :( aghhhh it's so stressful, I'm hungry all the time, even woke at 5am for breakfast 🤣 no cramping or anything though just feel bloated xx

@Haiyaa that's what I'm worried about :( AF isn't due til tomorrow and no sign of the witch yet. I really really hope its a sticky one xx

@Catherinettc thankyou lovely! I'm really hoping and praying I just had a good line at 11dpo because it was a really long hold, think it was like a 5/6 hr hold xx

@Hopeful110 all my lines were in the evening for some strange reason? Never with fmu. Hold onto the hope that there is still a line there mrs ❤ I'm really praying it's a sticky bean for you xxxx

@HollieL567 how disgusting!! Thing is he lives in the same town as me and I see him sometimes and we always say hi but I just can't not think of that when I see him😂 I've thought that myself, because I've relaxed so so much, deleted my apps, no idea where I am in my cycle, and it's been so refreshing!!

@Haiyaa hahaha I'll keep you all up to date!! Think af is due around the 30th maybe?? But that's just a guess from my last one!

@Hopeful110 keeping my fingers crossed it's a sticky one🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Catherinettc up until what dpo were they only in the evening? Some people do say that. Funny isn't it? Everyone is so different! Have you tried a later one? @Hopeful110

@HollieL567 scan is Monday night :) funny you say about 💩 dh and I were at the park and I had to sprint home this morning because I needed to go so badly! Apparently it's normal, either constipated or that, the joys 😂

@Catherinettc ahh I really hope so!! The more I look at todays one the more I see a faint line (line eyes) xx
@vil10 thankyou lovely xx
@paintfairy I might try holding for a good 5hr tonight and do another one. I have another box of 2 on the way anyway so nothing to lose. If it's a cp though should I get AF tomorrow? Seeing as the line is so faint today? Xx

@Hopeful110 everything crossed for a sticky bean ❤️ You still aren't officially late and everything online says that despite what tests claim about detecting before af is due that they aren't all that accurate in the days leading up to af. Some say 80% accurate and that means that they will miss 1/5 of pregnancies before af is due. When you put it like that they are missing quite a lot of them. Take into account everyone's differing hcg rates, completely unique to each person, the levels are vastly different eg. for 4 weeks it could be anything between 5 and 426!! 5 will not give you a blazing line, a line won't even register until 25 on some tests and if you start at 5, doubling every 2-3 days it could take 4-6 days to reach 20 never mind 25.
Also a 3 hour hold is a bit below the recommended minimum of 4 hours and if you were awake and drinking it could have diluted it down further. I'll take my sciency hat off now and apologise for the massive reply 🙈

@DKDK123 in all honesty I'm really not that bothered about telling people 😳 I know I should be but I'm just not excited about it in the slightest. Maybe it's lockdown and because the people I see regularly know that I'm not really bothered about anyone else 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm quite happy with our little bubble knowing. I think I was just so happy to get pregnant that I'm just not willing to share that with anyone else, it's mine!!Channeling Gollum over here. There is probably also the worry of judgement, the people that do know are all delighted and that's nice but despite being together almost 4 years we have only lived together coming up 18 months and we aren't married, I already have a child etc etc head is mince 🤯

Today is boys and their toys day.... a forklift, a wood chipper and many, many chainsaws! OH is in his element! Finally getting some daylight into the house 🙌🏻 I'm sure 40 years ago planting some trees seemed a great idea!!

@paintfairy I had my bfp very early. Not 100% on dpo though as I didn't track. I assumed ov was cd 14 and took it from there. So between 7dpo and 9dpo I got a faint line in the evening. Only tested as I had insomnia and headache that I couldn't shift. I just felt off if that makes sense xx

@Gem176 ohhh thankyou for that! It's reassuring for sure! I'm not gonna drink anything after 2.30pm and test again tonight, im hoping I just have really low hcg to start with and maybe doesn't double for 72hrs, so today is only 48hours after the first test I done. I guess when I put that into perspective I'm expecting too much from any other tests I do. I will put my big girl pants on and suck it up... only thing I can do is wait now...nothing I do will or can change the outcome...if its ment to be it'll be 💕🥰 thankyou lovely xx

@Gem176 actually after we announced on social media the next day I had a bit of a slump as it wasn't just our secret anymore! OH and I have been together 5 and a half years now but only lived in this house together since September 19 although we lived together at his dads before that! I also already have DS!

@Hopeful110 you are more than welcome, glad it's reassured you a bit. As I said I have everything crossed for you 💗 I'm not the most patient person so waiting kills me but if you can try and hold out for a couple of days if tonight's isn't as clear as you would like. It's only been two days and could well take the full 72 for you to double xx

@lucyrp I'm so glad you said that (not glad about you having a slump obvs) I thought I should be worried about my lack of enthusiasm to share. Up until November '19 we lived together 3 days a week then we moved here together properly. We are very settled and stable, I wouldn't have introduced my daughter to him let alone moved in with him if we weren't. We weren't in any rush, I think we both like to be sure after making mistakes in the past. We both talked openly from the beginning about what we wanted, marriage isn't a big thing to either of us as I think being with the right person with or without a bit of paper is more important. We are now at the point of being settled and starting a family that we both wanted it's just that we know it's right because we have taken a bit of time to get here. I'm confident in our decisions I'm just unsure of what others will think because we all know how people love to assume!
It's I quite like it being a wee family secret (DD obviously doesn't share my love of secrets 🙈😂) xx