TTC May/June - may the eggs be ever in your favour

[CycloGoose]

A continuation from previous threads. All welcome! We've had some lovely graduates and there's some of us been here for a while. Join us for rants, ovary pep talks, motivational memes, poas addictions, freak outs, chill months and good old compassion.

May the eggs be ever in your favour!

@kaylsd
@minthumbugs
@iloveoreos
@Kitty0389
@els10

And many more - I'll post link in the old chat!

Morning ladies!
A rare day off for me, sat in bed with a cuppa, fur beast curled up next to me watching Call the midwife.
Later will involve a lot of alcohol and giggling as my newly out the closet gay friend is coming round for a makeover. The plan is to start off subtle and by the end of the night he’s gonna look like a tart.... with a beard.
I’ll be sure to take pictures 😂

@minthumbugs I'm sorry to hear about your loss too. It's such a scary experience. Great to hear you've had a little one since though, good job remaining tube!

I've got one more Clearblue FRER (non digital) in the house - I had that Triple Check pack with one digi and two normals. I just feel like it will be another negative but then I'll think... oh, well it wasn't FMU so it doesn't count... and I'll have wasted a stick but still have no "closure"!

Doesn't help that one of the symptoms I'm spotting is insane amounts of needing to wee - this is very out of character for me (I famously have a ginormous bladder) EXCEPT for early pregnancy. It was one of the first things I noticed both times. But it means that other than my FMU, I'm pretty diluted.

Tuesdays are my day off with my little boy (until he goes to school in September, sob!) so tomorrow I should be nicely distracted (read: literally not get 20 seconds to myself from 7-7). I bet I'll crack Wednesday though when I'm sat back here "working" (my timesheet is going to be appalling this week... I work for a law firm so I have to account for every 6 minute block of my time... I don't think there's a time code for "obsessing over what sort of cervical mucus I have today").

Hi @Kitty0389 - good to hear I'm not crazy.... relatively

@KatieLooLa

Morning ladies! A rare day off for me, sat in bed with a cuppa, fur beast curled up next to me watching Call the midwife. Later will involve a lot of alcohol and giggling as my newly out the closet gay friend is coming round for a makeover. The plan is to start off subtle and by the end of the night he’s gonna look like a tart.... with a beard. I’ll be sure to take pictures 😂

@KatieLooLa this actually sounds like the PERFECT day!

Morning @KatieLooLa, I love that! Is it just me that loves a guy with a beard wearing make up? 🙈 And I'm not a massive fan of beards haha!

@Rinylou I totally get that, every BFN is just money down the drain and more turmoil 😭 but even when you get a BFN you're still like well until AF is here I still don't really know! How many DPO will you be on Wednesday? Hopefully that will be more definitive. Hahahaha... Solid 600 minutes a day obsessing over here too🤣

Morning Ladies, hope you don't mind another one on this thread! I was on another one for a TWW in may but AF showed her ugly head yesterday lol onto the next cycle for me!

I have just recently turned 30 (OH is 31) and May was our first proper cycle trying so very new to how tricky it can be (think they lied in school lol!). I came off the pill last August so my cycles have regulated between 29-31 days. Just gotta get AF over and done with and then onto the next one, have bought some cb opks to try this time round, has anyone else tried those, if so how have you got on? Wishing everyone a nice Monday! :)

Just checking in, ovulation day tomorrow.

TTC since feb, I'm 34. Less and less hopeful with each month, but just KOKO and all that

My GP told me it took her 16 months to get pregnant, so I'm just staying positive and one day I'll get that BFP :)

So lovely to see all the positive tests ☺️

Little late to the party but just started my ttc journey. Lots to learn but sounds like you’re all a great support

@minthumbugs I should be CD31 on Wednesday and going by my last two cycles that I should be spotting (being blood when I wipe, but not enough I have to go get my pads) and "gearing up" cramps. Expect full flow by mid-afternoon on the Thursday...

Just glanced in the mirror and think I'm getting a small break out on my chin so maybe AF is making her way...

Hey @aries491 welcome and good luck! Sorry about AF, hope you're ok. Hopefully this is the month for you. I've used the CB OPKs ☺️ they're easy to use, the only thing I don't like is the loooonggg wait first thing in the morning 😴 but I'm just impatient!

Hey @Veronika13 fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻 the wait begins soon! Do you know what, I really like that your GP said that. It depends how it's said obviously but I've had a lot of GPs be really insensitive and show no empathy at all, and it's nice for them to speak from experience. Patience is a virtue and all that, but it's bloody rubbish 🤣

Hi @mousey3 how are you? What day of your cycle are you on? Good luck, I hope your journey is an easy one!

Symptoms are a bit of a head nip sometimes aren't they @rinylou? Wish PMS and pregnancy symptoms were clear as day! Me and one of my friends get terrible periods, really heavy and painful and we always used to say how great would it be if you could just get a text each month saying pregnant or not pregnant... Wishful thinking 😌

Thanks @minthumbugs my GP gave me her full life story of TTC 😂 I think she just found comfort in offloading it all onto someone - I was happy to listen!

She said she had a bit of a meltdown at 1 year mark with no bfn. She specialises in gynaecology and felt that people assume she must be good at ttc. She felt like a failure and towards the end she was onto her husband like an angry woman: 'ok it's ovulation time and you better be prepared!' 😂

She said one thing though is the long wait makes you realise how much you want this baby. When you see that bfn after waiting for so long she said it'll be the happiest day ☺️

Hi @Aries491 I haven't used the CB OPKs but I think I might have to invest next cycle... I've been using the Easy@Home strips along with the Premom app to "read" them and they've just so faint I can't believe the app is taking them as positive. I need a nice clear smiley face to be sure!

Good luck @Veronika13 - presumably you're getting down to business later??

Hi @Mousey3 - welcome to what I hope is a short and stress-free journey for you!

@minthumbugs I agree, this whole fertility nonsense needs far better administration! You're either not TTC and you've always a bit nervous you're suddenly accidentally pregnant (well I was in my 20s anyway!!) and annoyed you have to put up with the pain/disruption of periods... or you're like me, sat here obsessing over your cervix and wishing you could just take a quick peek inside to see what's occurring!!

I may crack and get one of those expensive fertility tracker bracelets if I'm not pregnant by the end of the summer. It will solve my issue of not being able to manually temp in the mornings, and also it will make me feel a little bit more in control/in the know about what's going on with my body, which - I'm sure you understand - is a peak anxiety after the ectopic experience! I had zero idea how many weeks I was that whole time because I hadn't had a period since coming off the pill and hadn't tracked ovulation, so doctors kept telling me there was nothing on my sonograms because I was too early, but I knew I wasn't and there was something nefarious going on...

If I was able to have temped this cycle at least I'd have likely seen the temp fall that signals AF by now and could be a little more relaxed (ha!).

@Veronika13

Thanks *@minthumbugs* my GP gave me her full life story of TTC 😂 I think she just found comfort in offloading it all onto someone - I was happy to listen!

She said she had a bit of a meltdown at 1 year mark with no bfn. She specialises in gynaecology and felt that people assume she must be good at ttc. She felt like a failure and towards the end she was onto her husband like an angry woman: 'ok it's ovulation time and you better be prepared!' 😂

She said one thing though is the long wait makes you realise how much you want this baby. When you see that bfn after waiting for so long she said it'll be the happiest day ☺️

@Veronika13 this is so true - although I only had a ten month wait for my son, that feeling when I saw the positive test, oh my god. I get butterflies just thinking about it now, almost 5 years later!

@minthumbugs @Rinylou
Welll my friend came up to me saying he’d been playing around with a makeup filter on Snapchat and wanted to try wearing makeup for real, I jumped at the chance!
I don’t have a lot of female friends here, so I get my girly day with my gay friends instead, another gay friend coming too but I’m going to just paint his nails.

@Veronika13
I think that’s why I like to come here and hear everyone else’s stories, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one that’s still waiting for that BFP after trying for so long.

Morning ladies. How have you all been

Hi @minthumbugs. I’m well thanks, how are you? I’m currently on CD13 and starting to notice my usual signs of ovulation so will take an OPK today and hopefully good to go on the BD front later! Where abouts in your journey are you?

Hi @Rinylou thanks for the welcome! Hoping this is a short journey too but also preparing to be realistic. Where abouts in your journey are you?

@Mousey3 I'm TTC no. 2 (just-turned 4yr old son and an ectopic pregnancy that resulted in emergency surgery 3 months ago). I'm on cycle 1 of TTC after the surgery so I'm probably at the start of a long old slog - I've only got one fallopian tube now. I'm on CD29 and period expected Thursday, driving myself loony symptom spotting but absolutely stark BFN on Clearblue this morning!

Hi @minthumbugs thank you, I'm fine first proper cycle trying so tried not to be too bummed out just gotta keep going. Although I am bridesmaid for a friend in April next year so almost trying to time around that despite my OH telling me not to live my life for other people and that we really want a baby 😅 nice to hear you have used them before, think i will be the same though I am really impatient haha!

Hi @Rinylou that's why I fancied them, the smiley face seems easy to read lol just cb ones tend to be pricier than the others but suppose worthwhile investment I hope!!

Hope we see some BFPs from us all soon :)

Having a little mini-break this weekend - just taking our son to London (belated birthday present from his 3rd birthday May 2020!!). Leaving on Friday and AF due Thursday...

I'm starting to do the packing and I'm eyeing up my bag of sanitary pads reproachfully (I use reusable/cloth pads so the rest of the month they all just live in a cloth bag in my airing cupboard). Still hoping you remain unused this month you bastards

Good morning @Iloveoreos whereabouts are you in your cycle?

@Rinylou waiting for ovulation. Last cycle and this one has been haywire in terms of dates. Even on metaformin. No idea why :(

@Rinylou sounds like you’ve had a rough old ride and I hear that symptom spotting is so addictive I just know I’ll be the same. I’ve got everything crossed for you!

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't posted on here for a while, I've been really busy with work. Welcome to everyone who has joined! And also I am LOVING the dog pics, keep them coming!

12dpo now and I normally get spotting from 11dpo and none has come. I bought some FRER today but they are stupidly expensive so don't want to waste them. So I just did OPK because I heard they can pick up hcg (and also because I'm impatient and just want to POAS) and it was positive. But I've also heard that you can get an LH surge before period is due? Anyone else heard this?
I know I should just use the FRER but I feel like I should atleast wait until the morning now for FMU.

Oh god @Iloveoreos - it's never easy is it

Wish we could just unzip and peek inside...

@Purpleshoes123 I feel you so hard right now!! CD12 for me right now and I expected spotting and cramps yesterday but nada. My only digital in the house had an error message this morning and then there was a stark BFN on the non-digital. I feel like I could run out at lunchtime and get another digital but need to wait for FMU anyway as if I get another BFN I'll just convince myself my wee wasn't concentrated enough and we go round and round in circles!!