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

@Lexber don’t forgot to put on your sticker that says ‘if the van’s rocking don’t come knocking’ 😂😂😂😂.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a camper baby then we can figure how to camp with a newborn.
My DH goes on about newer models as well and how the drivers never wave 🤣🤣🤣. We still need to do some more work on ours. Last year the turbo wouldn’t work absolute nightmare going uphill.

@Katiekattty I've bought us a sticker for the back that says "if you think this is slow wait until we go uphill" 🤣🤣
We've done lots to ours over the last 6 months, plenty of body work stuff including colour changes and some expensive welding but he is an investment!!
We looked at newer models and they're more practical but.... come on let's be honest you have a T4 for the love and character not the mod cons 🤣 we have a bucket for a toilet 🤟🏼

But we have side seats in our back that we change to a bed instead of a R&R bed and that's what sold it to me - it's individuality 💙💙

For OH birthday recently I got him a personalised plate 🤣

@lexber you can't say that and not tell me what the app is! My insta name has 88 in it if it helps! Sorry AF showed but Cornwall sounds promising!

@Katiekattty @lexber OH is getting really excited about a campervan baby and I'm due to ovulate then so it looks like it could happen lol.

@katiekattty bug spray with lots of DEET worries me when TTC, that's the only problem... I might have to cave anyway though. I'll bring lots of citronella sprays as well though.

Sorry another random question please! Has anyone ever had two ovulation tests show completely different results?? I've taken two of each at different times today... both the clear blue advanced digital tests are showing high and both the easy at home strips are showing low levels.

The clear blue been showing low previously - so don't think it's broke.... I just want to know if I'm ovulating damnit!!

[quote Juno231]**@lexber you can't say that and not tell me what the app is! My insta name has 88 in it if it helps! Sorry AF showed but Cornwall sounds promising!

@Katiekattty @lexber OH is getting really excited about a campervan baby and I'm due to ovulate then so it looks like it could happen lol.

@katiekattty bug spray with lots of DEET worries me when TTC, that's the only problem... I might have to cave anyway though. I'll bring lots of citronella sprays as well though.[/quote]
There's 2 I found with 88, I've followed both so hopefully your one of them, if not 2 people have a weird request... 🤣🤣🤣

@Lexber I followed you back just now!

@KayL1988 I think I'd trust the CB somehow knows better! Carry on testing with the cheapies for another couple of days to make sure but def jump OH in the meantime!

Thanks @Juno231! I guess I'll start tracking my basal temp next cycle too... trust me to have to rely on the most expensive ovulation test 😂😂 I'll end up with the fertility monitor I insisted I didn't need before I know it!

Also OH has already had a message this afternoon - in such demand!!!

@Juno231 I will be due to ovulate just as we get home so lots of cuddles in Cornwall... 😉😉🤣

Best check the suspension before we set off... 🤣🤣

Loving the holidays chat, but the only place I'll camp is 4 stars hotel..
The diet bus is needed, the only luck is that I haven't been hungry for a few days so I am hoping to drop some pounds
Had a little scare today, a bit of very faint pink in my cm, but nothing came yet, sorry @Lexber
@Kirky658 cheer up, it's only figures, my manager likes to berate me with them but I don't give a fuck anymore

Tomorrow's music will be Simon and Garfunkel, I might regret that in the morning

I am crampy and bloaty as hell, I wish AF would show up so I can just crack on!

My boobs used to almost go up a cup size before my period, just realised I don't know when that last happened - a sign of my wonky hormones I think!

@Kirky658 sorry work is tough, the travel industry has really taken a hit. Tough for me too and unachievable targets all round!

@larrythelizard same here boobs are like cannon balls, they weigh a ton😫. I have informed OH that we will be having lots and lots of sex coz we need to get pregnant in June or else......

I like the or else @DOB78!

DH isn't aware yet he's about to be put on fertility supplements!

Just jumping in my seat whilst I try and catch up. I'm lucky if can stay awake past 8pm at the moment.

Spotting! So I am out

@larrythelizard £100? Totally relaxed 😎😂

@KayL1988 yes I had a peak at CD7 on a Clearblue and there was nothing on the cheapy. Now CD18 and peak on both so could be a false rise and you may peak again?

@Franklydear arggggh damn AF, sorry 😞

Been having really intense ovary pain today so hope it's ov. DH opened his SA pot in front of my bloody dad 😂 in error this was as he didn't have a clue what it was - I did! I'm not convinced he saw sooo 😬

^which came in the post that should have read

@franklydear thanks hun. Don't think my manager dares to berate me atm as with my hormones I'll probably cry! Sorry about the spotting lovely.

@larrythelizard it's even worse because my colleagues seem to be doing pretty well but my lot have gone to sleep 😂 I was really hoping on getting some more bonuses before going on mat leave but that isn't looking likely.

@katiekattty loving this campervan chat! My parents have had a touring caravan for as long as I can remember but it's permanently on a site now like a home away from home. All the mod cons, shower etc. DH and I are going there for a week in the summer ❤️

@Kirky658 that’s awesome. It’s definitely a thing in my DH’s family. His dad has a monster of motorhome.

@Juno231 I didn’t even think of the deet. I need to start reading the fine print.

@Madeoftea I have to have an afternoon nap or I can’t function. I’m just a zombie otherwise.

Thanks for the bus @larrythelizard are there any seats left?! I might just run behind..... 🤣

Spotting stopped! Wtf!

You're like the Hokey Cokey @Franklydear in out, in out!

@bez91 cringe! DH had a panic as he thought I'd left my new supply of CB OPKs on the stairs when his parents came round - idiot man hadn't realised they'd come in the post which had come way after his parents!

Have also ordered some natural progesterone cream. Definitely relaxed.

@Kirky658 they've still got time before you go!

Cracking up at your relaxed approach much like my search history whilst not being able to stand up for MC pain I'm Googling "when do you ovulate after MC" and "can you use CB OPKs straight after miscarriage?" @larrythelizard 😆have you gone for tomatoes for DH??

@Franklydear you are still in there 🤞🏻

@Lexber you are fully fledged member of the I'M NOT CRAZY IM JUST TTC & ITS ALLLLLLLLL I CAN THINK OF GANG 😘

Thanks the new bus @larrythelizard, seems like you are doing a great job on your maiden voyage 🥰

@Tornado2Inc laughing about your disappointment on the covid test being negative; I think it's the one test most of us aren't holding up to the light at every angle possible incase there's a hint of a second line ha ha.

Just putting myself out there as the non-healthy eating passenger who is sat with a bag full of crap if anyone fancies a caramac or some peanut m&ms to pass the time. I am fully embracing the opportunity to blame something else for any weight gain 😂 although I really need to channel the determination of this bus and stop stuffing my face as I'll be so annoyed when I have so much weight to lose 😬

@BlondePotter wow 37 weeks already, hope you're doing ok. I was a Nov BFP so am 30wks tomorrow.

@Lexber sorry AF has arrived but maybe it's fate and you're meant to conceive in the camper 🚐 🥰

Loving hearing about everyone's campers-not quite as flash but me & OH travelled round NZ for just under a year and we lived in a converted 4x4 so we were proper shower dodgers a lot of the time as it had no element of any hygiene facilities bar baby wipes and bottled water for cleaning our teeth if we couldn't find a public toilet 😂

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Oh @Minster2012 sending love for the pain and lols at your search history. I've only had a MMc and surgical mgmt so nothing helpful to add to a natural one.

I've ordered men's and women's of these...