Of course it takes a village when you're dealing with fertility f*ckery TTC bus 41

[larrythelizard]

Ding Ding

Agency bus driver here so expect driving past the normal bus stops, someone incapable of working the ticket machine and definitely no change given!

In all seriousness I really hope I have all the right names in the right places!

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 the boss' blog then blame these guys they made me do it...#shamelessplug

minstermusings.co.uk for the blog that’s where the full stuff happens
& minstermusings on insta - some of our ladies have made special anonymous accounts so we can link up via minster 🥰
If you want to sign up & get updates please do, please note your username if you comment shows up to others so maybe make it anonymous she won’t be offended 😂🤣(unless you are mean)

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

So into May we go, and plenty going on...
2 May @madeoftea @crazydoglady

🤞🏻💓😘🥳🙌🏻

Taking up their seats & buckling up...

@Franklydear
@Vil10 - here for ride, not of the TTC kind for now!
@Michellescarn
@lexber
@MoominC
@amy2503
@2alreadywantanother
@JJ93
@Jam291
@InkyPaper
@bez91
@haiyaa
@minthumbugs
@Katao
@larrythelizard
@DKDK123
@pennysays
@Dollybird89
@justwant2beamum
@EllieAdam
@Hopeful110
@blackcurrantqueen
@clolo
@MessyBob89
@DKDK123
@amy2503
@kaylesd
@ArrrMeHearties
@wicketbasket
@Billythecat
@Messybob89
@tornado2Inc
@sausage1990
@Minster2012
@KayL1988

IVF/IUI/ICSI /clomid passengers as well as TTC on the side!
@somatronic
@unCliche
@clolo
@notyetamumbuttrying
@katao
@Dollybird89
@MartyMcShy
@juno231
@paintfairy
@gensola
@Sunbird84
@babyghirl

Newly promoted to the bump list!
@madeoftea
@crazydoglady123

Bumps & babies who want to keep track of us 👀
@clairey844
@Missgoldilocks
@lucyrp
@KateColx
@blodyn91
@Catherinettc - shout out for Caolan
@Busybee143
@Ltay2
@BlondePotter
@Clairey844
@Gem176
@kirky658
@Hollie657
@justanothercyster
@DJmum83
@Thinkingandblinking
@florence13
@2020mission
@Asthenia
@Hopeful110
@katiekattty

@Minster2012 ah house viewings how exciting!! Boo on SIL though :(

Just booked my vaccine for Tuesday! I'm 33 so ladies my age - check if you can too :)

Arghhhh it's done!!!!

Been really busy today so only just got on. In the drs waiting for appt for day 3 bloods so seems apt I should catch up with you lot!

@Vil10 I think DH is going to deny that there is an issue with protein shakes and supplements...I'll report back!

Glad your heads ok @Minster2012. I love stuff like your affair couple - DH and I have a running joke about the parentage about one of the kids on our road!

@Dollybird89 you are mental on the monster that early!!!

BFPs are rolling in for May now, who's left in?!

I had the text @Juno231 but will wait to hear from my surgery, doubt it'll be long!

I'm feeling pretty flat about TTC but have found another (no. 3) promotion to apply for at work so trying to think about that instead.

Managed to order the wrong supplements and not the tomato ones but I contacted them and they said to keep the wrong ones and they'd send some new tomato ones - very impressed with their customer service!

Aww @Minster2012 it's going to be so tough watching your SIL go through this pregnancy now 🥺 but hopefully in a month or so you'll get your BFP again 🤞 one small positive is a due date after Christmas/NY is more desirable. I'm glad you got some drinks out!

@Dollybird89 nice job with the cake 👍

@Vil10 how did OH take the news about protein shakes or have you yet to share 😅

Never mind @Vil10 just scrolled back and saw you said he took it ok! That's good to hear

Have you told him @Vil10 ?! Men are very dramatic! He can eat a lot of chicken instead but not overdo it 🤣

@Juno231 that's great, DH had his today, he's 37, I told him to dose himself up on paracetamol /ibruprofen but don't know if he will as he hates drugs

@larrythelizard yes I needed the customer service to ask if the krill oil was safe in pregnancy & they are good, really fast dispatch too. Seen your bathroom on Insta it looks LUSH! Hmmmmm new project

@Dollybird89 😍

@2020mission yeah she always ends up having extra scans Cos dates behind so another scan in 2 weeks. Yayyyyyy

@Dollybird89 that’s amazing. Well done!

@Minster2012 I’m sorry your SIL’s timing is so rubbish, hope you’re doing ok

@Haiyaa I asked the recurrent Mc clinic about aspirin and she said not advised so I'm trusting her, though I know equally from medical friends their isn't much risk to taking them!
I'm going to tell my acupuncturist tomorrow morning as I've got an appt at 10am. Shall I wave a stick in her face?😂

@MichelleScarn wooo congratulations lovely!!!🥰

@Minster2012 your night sounds brilliant. Though boo to the bleeding 😩 xx
I'm sorry about SIL 😢 that'll be a difficult reminder, but your rainbow WILL COME 🥰
Keep us all updated on the affair. This is JUICY!

@larrythelizard consider a new job and you'll get pregnant I bet!

@Dollybird89 that cake is amazing !!!!

@Juno231 that's brilliant news about the vaccine, must mean OH can be done soon 🤞🏼 hopefully you'll feel ok with it!

@Sunbird24 fingers crossed for your histology results that it is something fixable and nothing major xxx

@polkadotpixie good news about the breast clinic!

All good here, 3 long days at work done!

I did another FRER this morning to check for progression - I'm really struggling already with anxiety. But again these are the best lines I think I've had so I'm really hoping and praying this bean is staying stuck.

Progesterone suppositories are like shoving bits of chalk up your vagina twice a day then spending most the day feeling like you've pissed yourself. But if they help it stick I'll do it for 9 months if I have to 😂

Thanks I'm really pleased with it @Minster2012. Definitely up for more distraction projects - all ideas welcome!

Beautiful lines @blackcurrantqueen, definitely progression 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@larrythelizard I haven't even received the text yet, just booked it straight on the nhs website. Fingers crossed all goes well with the blood test and they don't mess it up like @paintfairy lol

@Minster2012 omg yes I forgot to comment on the clandestine couple! Disgusting really - I'd be tempted to follow one of them and tell their OH

@blackcurrantqueen yay for progression! Chalky pants are the worst though, yuck.

Blood test seemed fine, nurse said to ring back and book for progesterone which is good as I was going to ask about it, will ring them on Monday.

I can't be bothered to drive a minimum of 30 mins away @Juno231...probably should look though! Giving blood on Tuesday so needs to be after that otherwise I'll have to cancel blood!

@blackcurrantqueen I honestly can't work out how morning progesterone ever works! The night ones aren't so bad. But being upright kind of isn't helpful. 🤣
@Dollybird89 omg. Stop it with the cake. I love cake so bad! 😆
@Juno231 surely no GP can be as useless as mine?! 🙄
Interesting (or maybe not) RHR this month. My rise month one went to 66 and then 67 about 7dpo. The IUI month it went up as high as 69. This month its flat lined at 64?? Although the pre ovulation number was lower than past months. (61 as opposed to 63).

Wow congratulations @MichelleScarn

Hmmm pinching @Vil10 🤔 when's AF due? Hahah @DKDK123 is right, bulking back up must be easy right!

Wow @Dollybird89 those cupcakes are epic 😋

@Minster2012 hahah, did you walk past them and shout them a hello, I would definitely do that. I once caught someone shagging in a car in the works car park, I recognised the man as a manager of another department, he was married but only that the woman was blonde so I spent 3 years trying to work out who it was 😆 boo too SIL too ☹️ it really does sting doesn't it 💕 my brother really got it today 😆 we're getting a new car which is bigger than the one we have and he asked why are we having triplets? I said no not with my fucked ovaries to make him feel a bit awkward (he knows nothing of us TTC or losses) he then went on to tell me about his friend who is accidentally having twins 🙄 I said it's always the ones who aren't trying isnt it for him to piss himself about it... cue.... "I mean look at your girlfriend" (for context his girlfriend has 2 kids neither are my brothers and with other men, one of them she doesn't have custody of) maybe I went a bit far but he knows how black and white I am 🤣

@larrythelizard glad you've got something at work to distract you from TTC, I'm sure you'll smash them 💪🏼 good luck with DH on the protein chat 😬 I might still be in for May I'm 4 or 6 dpo but not holding out any hope! Good news on the bloods, I must check if I've got my results

@blackcurrantqueen I like the caution photos 😆but I'm sure no one minds at all - congratulations again! Yes deffo take your PT along

@paintfairy sounds in line with pre ovulation RHR but interesting that it went higher with progesterone supplements. If you'd temped I'm sure you'd have noticed higher than usual temps as well during the IUI!

@larrythelizard ah well done you on giving blood - I really struggle to in London as it is just so poorly organised I think. Here, have this one hour slot in the middle of the day that is inevitably an hour late. I also find it shocking that the standard snack here afterwards is crisps and chocolate?? Back home it would be some juice and crisp bread with cheese, not ultra processed food handed out by the NHS in what is one of the fattest countries in Europe. But don't worry - I may be foreign but I love this country

@michellescarn congrats!
@minster2012 f**k your SIL. How dare she.

No news from me really, very wriggly little girlie. Feeling very fed up as the drain is blocked so when the downstairs loo flushes all the toilet paper comes up the drain on the driveway in the heavy rain... Yay

Hey everyone, I've been reading along but I'm struggling to keep up with everything right now. Had my appointment today with endocrinology, and it resulted in my blood tests 😂 the doctor was absolutely lovely and said he thinks it's probably going to be nothing to worry about, at worst it could be a micro prolactinoma that can be treated with meds, so that's something at least. It did mean I had to lay on a bed with a cannula in my arm for aaages (then it blocked and I had to have another one in the other arm). Just have to wait on those results now.

Bright side, now got a week off from work and I intend to eat many caramacs now we've all been talking about them for ages 😂 if you've not had one they're basically sweet caramel chocolate. Delicious!

@Minster2012 hugs ♥️♥️

@larrythelizard how did it go??

@2020mission I was pleasantly surprised!! He doesn't show his emotions much and before me he was never interested in becoming a dad, now he can't wait so I think this was a minor thing for him to change while I was thinking it would be huge for him!

@Minster2012 hahaha yes, he took it to the extreme and said he'll have ice baths now instead of hot ones too😂

@blackcurrantqueen that's definitely a line! You are pregnant!! I understand you being anxious but keep your head up lovely! Sending hugs and hugs congrats again x

@bez91 well going off my longer cycles because of pregnacare, which seem to be getting 1 day shorter each cycle, it should be another 2 weeks?? But I had loads of ewcm last weekend so think I ovulated last weekend so af should be a week off maybe? I literally have no idea at this point😂

@bez91 I really should have done that!! Note to self do that next time!! Hindsight eh?!

I will try keep you updated if I see them again but it's where my parents live so don't know if I will 🙄

@notyetamumbuttrying have a fantastic weekend away!!! I hope you get to steer near of awkward questions

15dpo No AF No BFP I have no idea what my body is doing so filling up on red wine and googling every possibility. I'm hoping my body is trying to return to 28 day cycle after the last 6 mths of being messed about

@blackcurrantqueen Great line progression! 🙌

@InkyPaper A friend of mine who wasn't able to get pregnant found out she had a prolactinoma and has managed to have 2 children after starting medication for it, fingers crossed it's the same for you 🤞

Pretty sure I'm 1dpo now, DTD again yesterday so that's O and O-1 so we did our best considering the circumstances!

I don't think my BBT thermometer is working properly though as it's stopped beeping and although it did show a rise, my temps have been really low all month...yesterday was 35.92 and rose to 36.41 today. I'm normally around 36.3 pre-ovulation and 36.7 in my luteal phase so I've Amazon Primed one and it'll be here tonight, not ideal to switch mid-cycle but it's definitely on it's way out

Amazing cake @dollybird89 👏🥰

@blackcurrantqueen no denying that line progression! 😁

BFN this morn which I was expecting as its only 9dpo but also feel like AF could show early either today in the next day or two (tho there's that 1% clinging to the hope it could be implantation cramps) and despite the rules my lutal phase isn't constant and can be between 10-14dpo so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for it to arrive this early 🙄
However the plus side of BFN is I can now go to the wedding and get hammered guilt free! It's my first proper day/night out in ages AND it's a free bar, winner! 😂

Sounds dangerous @DKDK123!!

Hmm not as well as yours @Vil10 - as expected he didn't believe it and got the packet out to show me there was no soy in it and it was all whey... generally I have to sow the seeds then let it hit home so I'll wait a bit!

"Trying" to catch up 😕

@blackcurrantqueen congratulations on here too 🥳🥳🥳 Line progression is looking 👌 Pessaries are lovely aren't they 🥴

@paintfairy maybe it's in relation to how strong ovulation is for you? Your IUI you had more than one follicle?
@paintfairy @Juno231 Also regarding RHR mine hasn't changed at all with my BFP ☹️ I keep checking everyday and nothing...

@DKDK123 enjoy the wedding and free bar 🤩

@Dollybird89 that cake topper is amazing!

@MichelleScarn congrats 🥳🥳🥳

@MichelleScarn congrats! It’s wonderful to see, I am 22 cycles in and firmly on the land of this isn’t going to happen....
@DKDK123 what a wonderful first day out
@Minster2012 time to treat yourself to new faves, and time to open a P E agency, 😂

Trying to channel this...might not work but trying 🤣

@DKDK123 that's one hell of a plus side tbh 🥳🙌🏻🍸🥂