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

@kaylsd did you get as merry as I did?! Very merry 🤪sounds great though, but we need to be careful on the sunburn😎

@notyetamumbuttrying AMAZING that's such good news brilliant 🤩 they inject it straight in I did not know that!

@bez91 I nearly wet myself realising you had posted 😝and I've felt the need to get involved in things too @Franklydear how are you feeling btw @Franklydear?

@paintfairy that's so rubbish on the timing of the next cycle how frustrating

@Juno231 well 12day LP is much better but when the hell will our bodies stop throwing things out we haven't had before 😖

Hey all, may I join with everyone's journey too? Me and my fiance are TTC our first baby. May is our first month trying.

I am 9dpo but the past couple of months I've only had 10day luteal phases, so I'm expecting AF to arrive tomorrow (really hope not) 😓😓
Since ovulation I've had little shooting pains in my pelvic region and on and off cramps. Very sore boobs started about 4/3 days ago which is normal for me for anyway.

I think the veins on my boobs have become more visible but I may just be imagining it.

Just thought I'd message this forum to have some people to chat to about this as it's getting me worried and anxious. Really don't want AF to show up tomorrow 😞😞

@Minster2012 better, more relaxed, ewcm is gone so I get we have rolled the dice.... eating pizza with my boy before we go to a play date with a paddling pool
@KiwiTTC1st welcome, embarrassing story for your ticket, people have started not paying, and fingers crossed for you

Embarrassing story eh?

Ummm a few weeks ago, at home I was wearing a flowy dress and quickly popped upstairs to got to the loo. Came back down stairs where my fiance's parents were and they looked at me funny and I realised I had part of my dress still tucked in my underwear 🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh dear

@paintfairy no me either, I think this variant crap is all made up to be honest😂😂 apparently there's the "Thai variant" now🤔

@Juno231 thankyou!! Yeah completely fine, a little bit of a tight chest this morning and maybe coughing every hour or so but other than that I'm fine, managed a garden workout this morning and OH is re pointing all the house, so both good so far, Thankyou! Sorry for your weird bleeding, but at least it was a normal LP length for you, maybe cycle 19 is the lucky one?? Sending hugs x

@bez91 Thankyou lovely! I feel so much better for it too, I've never had bad skin but I feel like my skin is more glowy and my hair is silkier too! Good idea, who knows, focusing on health and not your cycle could make a world of difference and could help conceive🤞🏼x

@notyetamumbuttrying 10 eggs!! Wow how exciting!! How do you feel??

@KiwiTTC1st welcome!! Hahaha class embarrassing story😂 hope it's a short bus journey for you!

@KiwiTTC1st oh no! I had the exact same thing happen to me, but in a room full of people I had just met for a counselling training course I was doing 🙈 worst day ever. Hope it's a quick bus ride for you!

Exciting day, sending you love for your appts @bez91 and @Somatronic!

Hugs @Juno231. It's shit but chin up xxx also deffo better to be on a 12 day LP with some fuckboy body action that 9 days.

10 @notyetamumbuttrying!! Wowsers! Excellent news!

Sounds like a perfect agreement for a week off @Franklydear!

Haha at your feet @Minster2012...get some aloe Vera on them!

DH was super conscious he might feel ill after his covid jab @Vil10 and kept thinking he was ill and then realised he just expected to be ill and wasn't. I enjoyed telling him that's how the TWW feels like most months!!

I think I excelled at my lunch break today...!

Thanks @Vil10

@Juno231were you vaccinated recently? I can't remember where but I definitely read something about women bleeding after the jab, i remember it saying there were even reports of menopausal women having bleeding after being vaccinated.

Opposite for me, period is gone awol. Also with you on being very invested in @notyetamumbuttrying ivf 😀

@paintfairy uh thats crappy time, just makes mooore waiting. Always waiting!

@bez91 thank you. I wonder if it depends when you get it? I got mine early in my cycle so before i was due to ovulate. Oh and I also had a fertility appointment (violation) while on af. Yuck 😅

@notyetamumbuttrying 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥳 fantastic!

@Somatronic I'm sorry I seem to have missed what you have going on today but good luck! Luck
@Minster2012 sounds like are on it 😃 good luck d

@Franklydear glad you are feeling better and you are right there's been a few non payments!🤔

@larrythelizard loving your lunch break set up! And OMG you guys as well @Vil10 too
are totally right about the bloke Covid jab/TWW thing mine was like that & I said "don't THINK you are joint to feel shit or you will convince yourself you feel shit" but yesss it's totally like TWW!!

@KiwiTTC1st heyyyyyy welcome! Let's hope AF doesn't arrive for you and you can hop off soon! Loving your story, were you wearing nice knickers???

@Juno231 ahhhh thanks yeah I thought you could get ewcm but not ovulate damn it I just want to know what's going on 😫and I know we allllll feel like that and I shouldn't be so ridiculous as it needs to settle after MC but I feel like we've only had one shot at TTC and I'm desperate to find out if Its screwed

@Katao did you say you'd had the jab in which case it might have changed your OV too

I do think it was the jab that made my OV go AWOL and brought AF on a week early…

@Katao ah you're so right - I literally had my jab last Tuesday!

Did a one hour walk around St Paul's and the Southbank with OH at lunch today and I'm in a nice summer mood now :)

@blackcurrantqueen hehe thank you! How are you today?
@paintfairy thank you 😊 how you doing?
@Minster2012 yeah icsi is like crack for the eggs so why not if it's free! 😏
@Vil10 feel sore. Not a nice procedure but needs must! I'm ok if I lie still so just laid out on the sofa with the tele on.
Erm there's a Thai variant now, are you shitting me 😂
@larrythelizard aww thank you. Loving your lunch break effort 👍🏾
@Katao aw you're sweet! We are OG's after all! How's your investigations going?

@Vil10 yeah I reckon they make it up too! To keep you in.
@Katao I know right? Waiting.......

@kiwittc1st welcome, love the story, hope they enjoyed the view 😂 I hope it is a short journey for you both.

@notyetamumbuttrying @vil10 there will be so many bloody variants before long it's ridiculous. I am still considering getting the jab now it is picking up again as I'm now 25 weeks. And don't want to be too scared to go out x

@Minster2012 is right @KiwiTTC1st you need to confirm what sort of pants they were...!

@notyetamumbuttrying 10!?! Yipeeeee 🥳 fingers crossed for the call 🤞🏼 .
Chilled afternoon on the cards if you're not feeling tip top 💕

@Vil10 that's good if skin improvements too! I've had adult acne since turning 18, been through the nhs to solve to no avail and no continuation of treatment if you're TTC (unsafe in pregnancy) the only thing that's ever made my skin better is pregnancy with DD so it's hormonal. So there's no hope for me 😆

Thanks @larrythelizard appointment done so just got to wait for consultation to discuss results in a couple of weeks. Looks a perfect lunchtime to me ☀️ 😎

@Minister2012
I don't know if I was up there on the same level of tipsy but I did end up singing destiny's child all the way home just was gutted I wasn't as fortunate as you with fun with hubs as he passed out snoring like a fart.. no thanks💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️

If anyone's from the area of Leeds or surrounding and has not tried chow down festival, wow I loved every bit of their street food trucks! I'll attach a food porn pic 😋 wish I wasn't sweating in my car right now in my nursing tunic with chub rub thighs and back there right now 🤣🙈🙈

@kaylsd destiny's child brilliant!! boooo to the passing out snoring 🤪I was in Leeds last Thursday for my scans and had some food at a lovely Thai place near where John Lewis is. That looks lush!

@KiwiTTC1st we def need to know the knickers 😜

So I feel super productive today (btw I've just reapplied suncream for 3rd time others should too!) but you know when you are productive in a way where DH will go "what have you done today?" Then be able to notice no difference cos it's all admin or watering plants kind of thing?? When sat outside ive been FINALLY setting up my old iPad mini for toddler...so toddler uses it and had done since October BUT I never made it "toddler safe" til now so for instance an embarrassing incident a few weeks ago was I dropped him off at MILs & went to leave the iPad there, suddenly realising that as it's on my iCloud account it had access to all my apps & photos...including Premom, Femometer, Clearblue connect AND this was when I was pregnant so had pictures of my positive test and the Instagram I did about it
Cue me grabbing iPad out of MILs hands saying "ooooo actually I can't leave that" in a really heavy handed NOT at all guilty looking way and she said "why not?" Errrrrrrr "I want to watch it?"

So toddler now has his own iCloud account linked to mine so he can't download any apps or make any in app purchases and it has none of my apps on it so it's also safe for anyone else to see. To me, that kind of stuff takes ages to do 😳so a good job done

Oh and I watered the plants and ate an ice cream 🤣

Thanks a million for all the good wishes. You're all great!

@notyetamumbuttrying good result! Woop!

Had a mad day. Work was crazy busy and we had a huge crisis 2 hours before I was due to leave so that was fun. It's 4.30pm and I'm finally eating my breakfast before I face back into work.

Had my appointment at the fertility clinic. It was sort of fast and furious. The doctor hardly said hello to me! We struggled to understand one another because she had a strong accent and we both had masks on.

She sent me away organise a load of blood tests and the tube test and she'll see me in a few months.

Afterwards I got verbally abused by a homeless woman outside the hospital so that was a nice end to the day haha.

@Minster2012 i know exactly what you mean - I call that my pottering. Where I've done a million things and not stopped moving but none of them are substantial really. Well done on setting up the new icloud as I could see a lot of future disasters coming your way otherwise! Eg flashback to when you searched something really inappropriate on the company amazon account that OH's workers could then see...

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome 🥰🥰
Luckily my knickers were sensible ones, like little shorts 🤣🤣.

Been feeling more and more like AF is going to show her ugly face tomororow but I'm also getting little twinges which I don't usually get before my period so 🤷🤷

One thing I have noticed about this month is that I have been a lot more tired, very tired in fact. More than usual 🤣

Is implantation bleeding quite common? Should I be worried if I don't have it yet?

@kiwittc1st you don't have to have implantation bleeding, it's actually not as common as it's made out to be. I had nothing at all, but my mum when pregnant with me had essentially a period for the first 3 months!

@bez91 I haven't gotten off the sofa 😂 hope it's a successful outcome and they can offer you something!
@kaylsd yum! That looks so delish 😋
@Minster2012 well done on the productivity!! 👏🏾 more than what I've done 😆
@Somatronic cheers my dears! Oh not a nice experience today then but good tests are being done! 👍🏾
@KiwiTTC1st welcome! Good embarrassing story and lucky on the pants choice 😅Implantation bleeding isn't common at all so don't worry about that. Will you wait and see if your period shows before testing?