TTC March / April

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Just continuing our thread so we don't get knocked off the old one!

@CycloGoose
@kaylsd
@KatieLooLa
@lucea87
@minthumbugs
@Sallyjo27

@CycloGoose I wonder if some supplements do make us sick. I was SO sick last month and am not pregnant.

I know we're not supposed to take them on an empty stomach as that can make you nauseous so I always eat. But I won't if there's something else that makes me sick.

Maybe @Veronika13 some of mine say empty, some say with food but I tend to just gobble them all down in the morning.

I've had no temp rise. Feeling a bit depressed about it. Good job I've got a lovely busy day ahead ☺️

@kaylsd that's so helpful for you having all those medical professionals around! It is definitely so hush hush, but it's amazing that you are talking about it with people at work already, because people don't tend to talk about it until they come out the other side! You never know, you might be helpful for someone who is going through it privately too. Really hope you get your answers and your bub soon! X

@CycloGoose oh I'm just taking it one day at a time. Pretty chill about it for now! Have a lot going on work wise so it's keeping me away from Google and I've also stopped temping since yesterday morning, don't think it's helpful for me after confirming ovulation. Sorry you've not had your temp rise (yet!) but it's interesting you've been feeling sick! Have you been tracking this whole cycle, is there any chance you have already ovulated? Or are there any other signs, could it be a late one this month? Glad you have a nice day planned! What are you up to? 😊

@MammaJ21 I get ovulation cramps! I feel them for one day on the one side. X

@minthumbugs we're staying in the peak District and meeting up with friends to do some walking and have dinner.
Been tracking with OvuSense. I had all the signs of ovulation except for the temp rise so I don't know what's going on. Guess I'll have to just keep DTD but I don't anticipate ovulation this month now. Think I geared up for it but it didn't work. Who knows. I've had 16, 23 day cycles and other than after the pill not had anything longer than 28 so doubt I'll have a late ovulation that could lead to a BFP anyway. Looks very much like I'll be heading for double digits on months trying!
OvuSense chart attached.

@MammaJ21

Yes *@kaylsd*, I think you're right. Just frustrating that there's no 'right' or 'wrong' based on evidence for us all. Hope everyone is feeling ok! Do many of you get ovulation cramps? Can't say I 'normally' do to be honest, but have a few cramps, bit like af cramps. Is that what they'd feel like? (Not implantation as it would be too soon and unlikely) Never really notice them mid cycle/ovulation but maybe I'm just picking up more on things these days.

Happy hump day all x

@MammaJ21 I do get ovulation cramps in fairness chick but I wouldn't say they differ much in pain wise it's just a little bit uncomfortable sometimes :)

@CycloGoose Omg I've just got goosebumps reading this message, how bizzare is that!!! I don't know if it's signs to come but wow!! Im gonna chase up the gp next week to see what the next plan of attack because I can be referred to either Gynae or endocrine as ones hormonal imbalances and Gynae being the cysts on my ovaries 🤔 I'm actually feeling pretty positive about it as I just see it as one of those as I can't change it so I'm not gonna sit there and dwell on stuff I can't change ✨ always partial to a positive mindset myself hehe, just excited to see what the year brings ahead if we can get on the right tracks for my fertility anything can be possible for us 🥰🌈🤞🏻🙋🏼‍♀️

Just for a giggle for you all - my hub made a pun about him going for SA, saying to me I wonder if they say thanks for coming afterwards 😂😂😂😂😂😩 boys will be boys!

I've also had a ghost of the past happen today when I checked my phone at lunch, my not so very nice ex unblocked my Instagram account, liked a photo from a while back, then unliked it (I only noticed as it came as a notification on my phone then couldn't find it again) and then when I tried to search his name to think surely not, poof disappeared!!! Who the hell does that when I've been with my hub nearly 8 years and it's been over 10 since I was last with them 😂😂😂 complements that he's still thinking about me though I guess ;) I told my hub and he was like what a weasel 😩😂

So much has been going on here since I last had time to read! Going to have to have a catch up. I think I’m out for this month. BFN @ 11DPO on a FRER and my mid cycle symptoms (sore boobs etc) are easing as they normally do before AF. At least it means I can also get my second COVID jab next week. I work in a COVID lab so kinda best for me to get it...

Hope everyone is doing ok!

@CycloGoose that sounds lovely! Sorry it's been a weird month for you. Maybe a wee night away will take some of the pressure off for you both and you can relax and it enjoy it. Really have my fingers crossed that ovulation is coming soon for you with a sticky bean to follow!! X

@kaylsd haha - men!!! You're so good at having a positive attitude, nothing is getting you down. WTF at your ex? What a creep!

@Kitty0389 sorry about the BFN. Fingers crossed you're not out but if you are that's a silver lining for you. We've been chatting about the vaccine a bit, definitely sounds like in your situation it's a really good thing that you will be able to get it!

@Kitty0389

So much has been going on here since I last had time to read! Going to have to have a catch up. I think I’m out for this month. BFN @ 11DPO on a FRER and my mid cycle symptoms (sore boobs etc) are easing as they normally do before AF. At least it means I can also get my second COVID jab next week. I work in a COVID lab so kinda best for me to get it...

Hope everyone is doing ok!

Hey hun..11dpo today and bfn on frer too 😒 Btw we are cycle buddies haha

Is it that time for you already @Iloveoreos?! How have you been, have you had any symptoms or anything?

@minthumbugs 11 DPO was Tuesday for me, but our cycles are really similar. I’ll probably drop out of sync next month as my cycles are short and most people on here seem to have the opposite issue!

Whoops @Iloveoreos and @minthumbugs I got the messages mixed up!

Sorry about your BFN, hope you’re still in the game...

@minthumbugs no symptoms as such.some twinges in the tummy as usual like each month.nothing else.

Our bodies definitely like to trick us don't they. Wish there was a way to make it easier for us to know when/if ov for definite.

so I and wha to would say was a pos opk Monday. Tues was much fainter. weds was darker but not pos
..now I'm sure today's is pos. lol(pic attached)
confussed as thought the peak was Monday. anyone else have experience of peaking then a few days later?

First vaccination done! 💉
Arm aches a little and been pretty sleepy today, had a 2 hour sleep with other half checking up on me every now and then.
Hopefully won’t get any other side effects but still early yet!
Spoke to my dad, he’s doing well, still not had his vaccine yet but he said that hopefully when the doctor visits him next he’ll get it then. Also made me feel jealous by talking about how he’d made an apple crumble 😂

How is everyone doing today? X

@MammaJ21 I've not had that because I don't check after I've had my peak (maybe I should!) but I've experienced what looks like almost a positive and then pretty much blank for a few days before my peak. Maybe it could be something like that? Do you think you have covered the right days anyway?

That's fab news @katieloola! That's good your dad is getting it soon too, hopefully won't be long until things are more normal and you can get together again ❤️

@minthumbugs I'm fairly new to the ook thing so I think I just want to make sure I'm understanding it, hence continuing using for a day or two. Maybe it was t a complete positive on Monday..but I'm sure the line was as dark! just like today's one. Just trying to get a hang of it all. Not feeling confident. Dtd Sunday Eve and weds morn.

Congrats @KatieLooLa 💉

@MammaJ21 that sounds good, if it was monday or today it sounds like either way you've covered the peak fertility days! And you still have the next few days too. Good luck x x

@MammaJ21

Our bodies definitely like to trick us don't they. Wish there was a way to make it easier for us to know when/if ov for definite.

so I and wha to would say was a pos opk Monday. Tues was much fainter. weds was darker but not pos
..now I'm sure today's is pos. lol(pic attached)
confussed as thought the peak was Monday. anyone else have experience of peaking then a few days later?

Sometimes our body can have multiple LH rise when the body gears up to ovulate but doesn't always mean happen on that first rise, they say if you do get more than one then baby dance just incase :)

@KatieLooLa

First vaccination done! 💉 Arm aches a little and been pretty sleepy today, had a 2 hour sleep with other half checking up on me every now and then. Hopefully won’t get any other side effects but still early yet! Spoke to my dad, he’s doing well, still not had his vaccine yet but he said that hopefully when the doctor visits him next he’ll get it then. Also made me feel jealous by talking about how he’d made an apple crumble 😂

How is everyone doing today? X

Eeek congratulations on your first dose chicken hopefully today you don't feel rubbish, if so paracetamol and rest when you can will do the trick 😘

I'm feeling okay this morning, strange dreams last night as always 😂😂😂 this time though I was pregnant which I've never dreamed before in terms of I actually saw a baby girl!!! Was strange at times like I had a Doppler and couldn't find heartbeat and baby scan the baby was yawning and shrugging the shoulders which would be so odd inside a womb 😂😂 but she was tiny when she was born but she laid on my chest like a little doll! Was quite comforting but funny at the part when I thought she wasn't getting any nutrients so I decided to whack up a IV medication bag for myself for her 🥺🎀🤞🏻

[quote minthumbugs]@kaylsd that's so helpful for you having all those medical professionals around! It is definitely so hush hush, but it's amazing that you are talking about it with people at work already, because people don't tend to talk about it until they come out the other side! You never know, you might be helpful for someone who is going through it privately too. Really hope you get your answers and your bub soon! X

@CycloGoose oh I'm just taking it one day at a time. Pretty chill about it for now! Have a lot going on work wise so it's keeping me away from Google and I've also stopped temping since yesterday morning, don't think it's helpful for me after confirming ovulation. Sorry you've not had your temp rise (yet!) but it's interesting you've been feeling sick! Have you been tracking this whole cycle, is there any chance you have already ovulated? Or are there any other signs, could it be a late one this month? Glad you have a nice day planned! What are you up to? 😊

@MammaJ21 I get ovulation cramps! I feel them for one day on the one side. X[/quote]
Aww thanks hunny I've just seen this, it's deffo perks to what I do for a job that and free black pens and plenty of tape, I usually use my dressing tape to wrap up presents 😂 I'm gonna be more than open with my journey if it helps people take comfort that they aren't alone like we do on here, it's amazing how many stories you hear when you do talk to people about it, as we only tend to know the end result with BFP and beautiful babies and not the bits beforehand! Xx

Well I am probably entering into symptom spotting territory now... 7dpo. Last month my LP was really short (AF would be due tomorrow if that was the case) so I'm just trying not to expect anything. Easier said than done but I'm one week through already 🤞🏻 how is everyone else doing?

Fingers crossed for you @minthumbugs what CD are you on? Hope it's a lovely 9 month wait until your next cycle!

@kaylsd hope that all these dreams are signs of the future. I have everything crossed for you! With your aunt having that dream, too! I'm so impressed with your positivity. I'm a bit up and down so I'm loving your optimism!

Hope you are feeling okay after vaccine @katieloola

Fingers crossed for you @mammaj21 it can all get a bit confusing and overwhelming!

Hope you get some late BFPs @Iloveoreos and @kitty0389

I don't really know what is going on with me any more. Was really hoping to be super-fertile this month. Temp is rising but realllllly slowly so I don't think it's looking likely this month.

CD32 @CycloGoose! I hope so, but we will see. 🤞🏻 There's a study that has said you're more fertile in the 3-6 months following a MC (that was a big reason for us deciding to try again!) but I think it does take a bit for your body to catch up again. It's really disappointing ☹️ but I hope your body gets with the program and you ovulate soon and it will be all go go go!

With all these nice dreams floating around, I had a horrible nightmare last night that someone broke into my house 😭 my OH said I yelped like a wounded animal, I was trying to scream for help in my dream but it wouldn't come out ☹️🤣

Ohhh I hate dreams like that @minthumbugs ! Hope you feeling okay this morning!

It's fine. Just frustrating with being on the school holidays at the moment makes BD a bit easier so I was hopeful! I am surprised though given how early the loss was to be honest. Xxx