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!

Thank you everyone 🥰🥰

And of course here with a meme, meme queen @kaylsd 🤣👑 my fingers are crossed so tightly 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Purpleshoes123 and @minthumbugs

Congratulations to you both! I'm delighted to come on here and see there are more positives! So happy for you, and it gives the rest of us hope too! xx

Oh my gosh @CycloGoose gave me the good news and I had to come and say HUGE congratulations @minthumbugs 👏🏻 👏🏻 I hope everything all goes well for you 🎉 🎉 xx

Hope all of you lovely ladies are keeping well. Sending you all massive egg vibes!!!xx

Thank you so much @lucea87! It's so nice when you pop back on, it's funny I was just asking about you the other day as I knew you had your scan coming up in may. So glad to hear it all went well, how have you been keeping? Can't be easy doing double the work 🤗

@minthumbugs

Thank you so much *@lucea87*! It's so nice when you pop back on, it's funny I was just asking about you the other day as I knew you had your scan coming up in may. So glad to hear it all went well, how have you been keeping? Can't be easy doing double the work 🤗

I'm doing great thank you, just had our 12 week scan last week & got my results back this afternoon to say all low risk which is a relief. Sadly just a single pregnancy now - one of the twins stopped growing at 6 weeks but my other bubba is growing beautifully & looking super healthy and we just have to be grateful for that xx

@minthumbugs congratulations! Now just the rest of us to go!

I'm so sorry @lucea87. I'm sorry for putting my foot in it 😔 that's really tough but I'm so happy that your little one is growing well ❤️

@minthumbugs

I'm so sorry *@lucea87*. I'm sorry for putting my foot in it 😔 that's really tough but I'm so happy that your little one is growing well ❤️

Don't be silly, you weren't to know and we are ok with it now so don't you worry!

I'm so excited for you! I hope everything goes smoothly for you, exciting times ahead. Although I have to say I am not going to miss the first trimester at all!!!!xx

Just a little update for you ladies! I received my letter in the post today for my e referral to the NHS infertility clinic :')

I've just booked in and they will ring me when my appointment is but if I don't hear anything by 10 days time I've got to ring them myself! The clinic options were 4 in the catchment area, my local trust has a waiting list of 52 weeks to start treatment so I've opted for another trust which is just 25 minutes away with a waiting list of 27 week to start treatment 🤓 luckily it was the only one out of the four which didn't have a huge waiting list! I was quite shocked when I read into them tbh 🙈🙈🙈

Absolutely over the moon for our graduates today with their BFPs something must have been in the water for this thread ;) I'm thinking @minthumbugs laid back approach may be proof it's beneficial! Sorry I've not had chance to catch up properly just been in a pub and treated myself to a rhubarb crumble gin and have been baby sitting my hubs best friends little girls, 2&5 year old, absolute cuties 💞💞

@CycloGoose im sorry to hear about your hubs hunny I hope he's okay soon, hopefully it's a quicky job in the hospital for him 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🙈

@kaylsd the gin was well deserved!

I can't believe how long those waiting lists were! Where in the UK are you?? Definitely work a drive to get seen quicker!!

@minthumbugs massive congratulations!! Wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy!

@CycloGoose hope your hubby is okay!!

[quote KayL1988]@kaylsd the gin was well deserved!

I can't believe how long those waiting lists were! Where in the UK are you?? Definitely work a drive to get seen quicker!![/quote]
I'm in West Yorkshire darling :) my local trust is 52 weeks, Sheffield fertility at Jessops hospital is 52 weeks, Rotherham general is 52 weeks so I opted for Doncaster royal at 27 weeks 🤣🙈 when I saw it I was like dayuuuum I never even thought about that kind of things 😳

@lucea87 these are (supposed to be) the best weeks coming up for you 🤣 hopefully you get a bit more energy soon. ❤️

@kaylsd amazing news 😭😭 that was fairly quick to get your referral, you must be pleased! OMG at those waiting times - is that just to first appointment? The good thing is though it won't be as long after the year mark if you get to that thankfully since it's all happened already for you. Small silver linings! Well the laid back approach worked and I was also in a much happier mood this month 🙈 enjoy the well deserved gin, it sounds soooo nice, that's right up my street. X

@minthumbugs I knew it 🤩 So happy for you!!

[quote minthumbugs]@lucea87 these are (supposed to be) the best weeks coming up for you 🤣 hopefully you get a bit more energy soon. ❤️

@kaylsd amazing news 😭😭 that was fairly quick to get your referral, you must be pleased! OMG at those waiting times - is that just to first appointment? The good thing is though it won't be as long after the year mark if you get to that thankfully since it's all happened already for you. Small silver linings! Well the laid back approach worked and I was also in a much happier mood this month 🙈 enjoy the well deserved gin, it sounds soooo nice, that's right up my street. X[/quote]
No darling it's starting time for treatment for couples they put it as 9/10 couples start treatment by 27 weeks or 52 weeks like my local one said 🙈 I researched their performa guidelines on the clinic and this is what kind of schedule we will be going off with the looks!

oh my goodness. Just having a quick scan through today. Huuuugr congratulations @minthumbugs . Sending so much positivity!

@Purpleshoes123 big congrats to you too.
sending lots of positive vibes!

So pleased for you both.

@CycloGoose hope DH head is ok?!

I've just done another opk...line Def dark but not as dark as control....so confused still ss cd 26 and not sure if a fairly dark line 2 weeks ago was my peak or whether just not ovulated at all!

Here is today's OPK.i know it's not as dark as the line but just confusing. although maybe this means AF is due which it should be end of the week so guess that ties in!

Congrats again both x

Oh that's good @kaylsd, so if nothing by the end of the year it will all he happening! That flow chart looks veeery in-depth. You never know, it might be sooner. X

Thank you @MammaJ21 (and everyone else!) That OPK does look almost positive. You might be having a month where your body is preparing and then just not quite doing it. Hopefully this is it now, keep testing over the next few days!

Thank you so much everyone for all your nice words today, it didn't feel real until I shared it with you all. Xxxx

@Purpleshoes123 wow congratulations!!! So pleased for you! And @minthumbugs same to you!! Congratulations! How long were you TTC for??

Really interesting to hear what your early symptoms were. With my son I remember having period type cramps the day before I found out. I don’t even know why I did a pregnancy test but it was a SHOCK to be pregnant as it felt so much like a period.

@kaylsd thanks for the explanation of the treatment options. It’s actually really reassuring to hear all the different options that exist for different types of problems - sounds like the medical world has it all under control... fingers crossed anyway!!

@Veronika13 I’m also 33 and expecting AF on Saturday.

Do any of you have partners who smoke? My partner vapes and he really doesn’t believe it can be bad for you. I am convinced we’re not pregnant because of the bloody vape but I haven’t asked him to stop doing it yet. I figured I’d leave it to the doctor to suggest... but if he ignores the doctor there’ll be an argument brewing!! Does anyone know what the official advice is on vaping?

@minthumbugs Yes maybe I'm just not going to this month... so frustrating. AF due end of week so will just hopefully move forward on the next cycle

Just stuffing my face with goodies haha! How are you feeling?

I really want to reply to everyone but I'm so tired. Need my bed! Only 12hrs 45 mins today 😂😩🥱
Hubs is fine. All glued back up and surprisingly chipper.
I can't read the flow chart @kaylsd That's all exciting though. So hopeful for you XXX
Sorry not to do proper replies still! It's going to be a proper mission scrolling back and doing everyone's messages justice! Hopefully soon x

@PaleGreenAndBrightOrange my partner vapes too, I don't think it's a problem? Nicotine isn't bad apparently, it's the tar in cigarettes that's damaging?
Mine uses the sauna a lot at the gym and that's what concerns me the most, as sperm is kept in testicles which are separated from the body for a reason - sperm must be 2-3 degrees cooler than the body otherwise the heat kills the sperm.

He went for a check up at GP and got told it's too early for tests as we've been trying since feb.
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@minthumbugs MASSIVE congratulations 🥳!!! Of course tell us , that's what we're here for - to share the joy (and frustrations) 😁 amazing news for you, send any tips of tricks our way 😁 x

Couldn't hold out, took my last Clearblue first thing. Another stark BFN and now I have to get another one into the house secretly before my husband realises I've been taking tests on the sly 😂 Exhausted by the symptom spotting, just ready for AF to begin her approach later today...

@minthumbugs thank you chicken I can hope for some kind of miracle before it all, you just never know these days :') how are you feeling today? I hope everything's well 💞

@CycloGoose I'll send you link incase you want to read it's like saying basically what to expect at each stage platform-ccg-live-eu-2.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/attachments/2302/original/Fertility%20pathway%20RT%20Guideline%20FINAL.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ3TZGA3TUZPPHIWQ&Expires=1622015161&Signature=YXdmLZKc%2FKP49HErlaTpWkKCMbg%3D

Hope your okay lovely lady and I hope work isn't too bad for you 💖 so glad your hub is sorted and glued up back together! Xx