A dozen eggs collected in a box, waiting to hatch, someone call the sperminator! TTC bus 40

[Minster2012]

Welcome back to the bus where anything goes, hop aboard, tell us about you & we’ll be here for you (there’s a song in there somewhere!).

This bus has a growing bunch of gorgeous black and white springy pups on board, tortoises & 2 feisty little kittens so bring your pets and pictures are obligatory 🤗.

We’ve got TTC happening in many different forms, shagging conventionally, unconventionally, with the help of scientific intervention, IUI/ICSI/Clomid/IVF & even just watching from the top of the bus 👀. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been trying for days, weeks, months or like some of us we’ve been around each other for so long we can’t bear to leave, nothing is TMI and there’s never a silly question...

Hell we KNOW TTC is tough, lots of us have had heart ache & are chasing 🌈so we are there for each other, as well as trying to have laughs along the way 🥰☺️

Oh and we like an embarrassing story to get your ticket for entry please!

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
jan 7 BFPs
February 8 BFPs
March 5 BFPs
April 5 BFPs - @Minster2012, @Asthenia @2020mission
@Hopeful110 @katiekatty

So into May we go, and plenty going on...

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@Minster2012 that's a bit shitty! But you have us to hold your hand whatever happens, all the best for tomorrow 💕

@Minster2012 sorry to hear about your folks. Not a great reaction, even if you know they mean all the best. Is mustering some enthusiasm really that difficult?! And hey, who needs parents' approval if you have a bunch of internet strangers cheering you on?

@Franklydear symptom spotting buddy! 5dpo here, pulling and pinching the whole day yesterday (with a drop of spotting) and some more today (no spotting). If this happened 2-3 days later, I'd be all over it as that's exactly the feeling I had when I got preggo with DD. Right now, considering my dpo, I only suspect UTI 😒

So my first month ever charting BBT! It's actually kinda fun! I had a very nice temperature rise after O; here's to more data 🥂! I really need to get better at programming...

@Tomrnado2Inc @ Franklydear symptom.spotting buddy 5dpo according to app. Not sure why I'm even looking had negative OPKs all week 😅. Swollen heavy boobs, pinching pains, piddling past myself and being a bitch to everyone gotta love TTC🙈

@Minster2012 hope everything goes well tmora. Sorry you didn't get the support you were expecting from your parents maybe they're anxious and worried but aren't saying so. We'll be here waiting with high 5s

Just popping on quickly to say good luck for tomorrow @Minster2012, sorry your parents weren’t too enthused, I could try and think of some excuses but they just sound a bit shit to be honest. I know if it was my daughter I would just be happy that she was happy unless she was putting her life in mortal peril!

We’re all with you whatever the outcome but obviously that outcome is going to be a healthy little bean and a vanishing haematoma! Manifesting all the good vibes for you over here!

Thank you ladies you are the best, yeah they can only do depressing as opposed to worried but supportive, being "happy" or happy for us would be a definite stretch to far, they are very black and white.

@Tornado2Inc let's hope not UTI but symptom 🤞🏻

@minster2012 I'm gonna be driving alot tomorrow and up super early so I'm sending all my happy thoughts for you for tomorrow and hope everything is all rainbows 🌈🌈

@Minster2012 I don’t know what I should say but I know what you would say to me... good vibes for tomorrow —for my goddaughter— 😘
How about Valentina? I haven’t given you names for a while

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4241843-Strangest-question-a-recruiter-has-asked-you
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@larrythelizard good luck for the promotion 🤞🏼

@Minster2012 sorry to hear you parents are shitty about it. Thats really crappy when you need the support 💕 sounds like you've spoke to someone that was lovely though in equal measure, it's always so nice when people take the time to listen and make you feel like they care and you matter. So fuck your parents and all hail the nice consultant lady 🙌🏼 Sending all the love in the world for tomorrow!

@blackcurrantqueen hmm yes expensive like £600 for initial scans, AMH, SA then a plan of action 🤦🏼‍♀️ DH asked how much I just said don't worry about that just make sure you get plenty of overtime call outs this month 🙈 glad DD is feeling better, she must be if shes onto you like that 😆

@Tornado2Inc oooh nice chart, although not with you that charting is "fun" 😂 not necessarily UTI either unless you're weeing for England 🤞🏼

@DOB78 snap my app also says 5dpo but no one ovulates on CD7 so keeping going with the OPKs. Good symptoms though, for you at least - not everyone you're being a bitch to 😁

Hey, sorry I'm so rubbish on here; I read whenever I can but just never seem to get round to commenting. Am just catching up from Sunday as it's been full on so far this week; work yesterday then drove to my mums to stay overnight ready to have my nephew for my sister's first day back at work today then drove home this evening and am at work again tomorrow-I will defo regret my crappy/lazy packed lunch tomorrow when I'm starving and gaze at my pitiful lunchbox 😂

@Ltay2 you poor thing, sounds like a right palarva. And just to second the awful smell of Nutramigen-my friend's baby was on it and oh the stench 🤮 but if it's helping then all good ha ha.

@Crazydoglady123 the video of the cells is amazing-just fascinating to watch. How are you doing? Must feel like such a tortuous wait for OTD!

@Sausage1990 sending all the love, seeing others go on with their pregnancy and thinking that would have been me has got to be the hardest part-a constant reminder of what should have been. 😥 wish I could say more or at least something helpful but just know you have so much support here.

@blackcurrantqueen that's another MN name I can now match with those I'm following on Instagram lol. I am the social media novice who set up Instagram a while back then added all people I knew/it suggested (plus loads of darts players cos I'm cool like that) to then realise I didn't want to share stuff with a lot of them (work colleagues etc) so mine is pretty much bare apart from some photos someone else tagged me in that I'm not even actually in 🤦🏻‍♀️. I do go on to watch people's stories a lot which I really like. Have seen from Instagram DD is still feeling rough so sending get well wishes and calming vibes your way, and obviously 🤞🏻 that you've hit the jackpot getting so much 🍆 in before ovulation-at least you know you've done all you can.

@BlondePotter that whole mac n cheese table set up looks amazing 😍

Saw your Flamingo Land pics on IG @Minster2012 looks like you had a great day; just one more sleep to get through. Sending you all the love, positivity and damn right you deserve it-ness ahead of tomorrow's scan. Sorry your parents don't seem to be sharing your happiness though 😬 I second what @blackcurrantqueen said about use them for your physical needs; we're here for you emotionally, as well as your lovely DH.

Night lovelies xx

@Minster2012 just want to wish you luck for tomorrow. Hope everything goes well and you get some reassurance. It must be so stressful between scans. Sorry to hear you parents didn't react very positively, not what you need right now. Sending virtual hugs.

@Sausage1990 thinking of you. Hope you are coping ok x

@bez91 my cycles are barmy apparently they're 24 days now so O was CD10. I had good signs ewcm and horny as hell got pregnant twice with these signs before so who knows.

Well this isn't going well 😴

@DOB78 🤞🏼 for a good egg 🥚

@Minster2012 thinking of you, hope you got some sleep after your middle of the night posting 💕

With you in spirit today @Minster2012 🌈🌈🌈

Morning, just sending @Minster2012 vibes, you got this🥰

Thank you, after that wake up (2.21 thanks DS for no reason) I was at least awake til 3.30 as I checked my phone then he woke up again at 5.30 so yeahhhhhh might have a nap later no matter what!

@Franklydear that's an interesting thread for me, I was a headhunter so high level recruitment...def they were just fishing for contacts but some of the other answers are weird. I was asked by a few companies to find various ways to find out plans for family for women 🙄

It is international nurses day, honouring the birthday of Florence nightingale, a shout to all our underpreciated health professionals 🙌🏽

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4242443-To-get-annoyed-with-being-used-as-a-postbox

@Minster2012 good luck for this morning lovely. Will be thinking of you and have everything crossed 🤞🏾 xx

Good shout out @Franklydear 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 for all the nurses.

I've been asked many times about kids etc in interviews @Minster2012 - as I've got older I've got a bit better at not getting flustered and telling them to do one but it really used to worry me!

@larrythelizard so illegal!

@Minster2012 best of luck today! It kinda made me laugh how your stranger (doctor?) on the phone had more empathy and emotional availability than your own goddamn parents 🙄.

@Minster2012 all the snuggles and rainbows for this little bean this morning 💕🌈

@Franklydear thank you!!!

Happy International Nurses Day to any fellow crazy people! 🥰👩🏼‍⚕️

Popping on just to wish @Minster2012 good luck today ❤️

And BFN for me this morning at 11dpo (having been testing since 6dpo!! 🤫) so mindset is onto cycle 7 for me. I am going to try soy isoflavones cycle day 2-6 to try and bring ov forward from the horrendous CD30 I had this month. I always feel like I have to change something each month, as my brain says "well what we've been doing isn't working, need to change it up". Even though I know we only have a c20% chance each cycle even if everything is perfect (which we know all too well life is not perfect!!!)