Newbie looking for some support

[Peachycream]

Hi ladies,

I’ve been lurking for a few days, just seeing what the deal is, trying to work out some of the terminology used, mostly going to post but then getting scared and carry on lurking haha.

I don’t really have anyone I can talk about the TTC journey with in my real life as we aren’t telling anyone as it stands so I’m hoping maybe I can make a few friends here that I can obsess and stress out with 🤣

I’m currently CD 7 in my first cycle so tracking with OPKs every day right now so that I can get a clearer picture of my cycle each month.

I’m 30 and this will be our 1st,

If anyone has any advice/is in a similar position to me or just wants a natter I’d love to hear from you 😊

Xx

@SkeletonSkins my OPKs are usually around 0.3 before they shoot up high/peak. That’s a standard reading for me lol.

@Peachycream sorry about the BFN Peachy! You said you expected it this cycle didn’t you? Come and join the feta party with me and 🧙🏻‍♀️😂 we’re having a great time!

@Dannii892 that sounds like a really good sign Danni! I bet OH soon changes his mood when you whip out a pregnancy test!

@HRP1990 yeah I was, I almost had no hope about it at all this month so it’s not really a huge blow, more of a relief to be honest because now I’m not wondering anymore so just gotta wait for 🧙 to show her miserable face and then it all begins again!

You bring the feta, I’ll bring the blue and we’ll go halves on a bottle of 🍷! I’m also in half a mind to go to town eating fish, I don’t even like fish, but just because I’m told I can’t, I kinda want to! 😂

I'm so nervous in the gym this morning! Should I be doing all this?

@Dannii892 yeah why not? It’s safe to exercise as far as I’m aware? Especially if you’re already used to it, maybe try a lower intensity if that makes you feel more comfortable?

@HRP1990 that’s good to know, with having pcos I was half expecting absolutely nothing as my hormones are just crap so it’s a relief to be ‘normal’ haha!

@HRP1990 when I whip out the test .. actually dying 🤣😂😂😂
@Peachycream yes I'll just lower everything I think.. and I know I was thinking I know I'm being a moody cow atm but come on you've just opened your eyes .. so annoying!! It's a talent! X

@Dannii892 😂 whip it out. A little baby frer!

@Peachycream That sounds like the perfect Wednesday evening 🍷🧀 I don’t know why I’m even asking but I assume you’re not a sushi girl? 💔

@Dannii892 whatever makes you feel comfortable 🥰

@HRP1990 it does doesn’t it, especially in this weather!
I’ve actually never had sushi, I like Tuna and Salmon (especially smoked) but all the white flesh fish I’ve ever tried I’ve hated, like to the point it makes me feel ill as soon as it’s in my mouth 😂 so I’ve always stayed away from it because I don’t actually know what it is? I mean I know it’s fish and rice but that’s about the sum of my knowledge haha

@HRP1990 😂😂😂😂.. I have 1 frer left and 1 CB digital so hoping to use the frer Saturday and hoping if it's a bfp it'll show on the CB and I'll give that to him Sunday lol .. ive got a plan haha xx

We’re getting to the point where we’re going to need a new thread.

Do we have any name suggestions? I’m thinking “dirty, 30 and spread eagled” 😂😂😂

Hahahahaa omg I love that name 😂

God I really can’t be bothered with work today, hence my eternal checking of this thread 😂

@peachycream
The baby dancing group 😂💚

@Peachycream Omg well you’ve got to go and try some sushi whilst you’re still can!!! Yeah it get that! I have a thing for textures, certain things I can’t stand 😷

Let me have a think of something!

@Dannii892 and it’s Father’s Day 😭 it couldn’t be more perfect!! I’ve bought a card for my boyfriend.. from the dog haha

@SkeletonSkins I know that feeling all too well!

@Babyghirl that’s cute “BDing the AF away” haha

@HRP1990 I must! Yeah I’m the same I can’t eat certain things, makes me feel really vommy 😂

@Dannii892 Awh that will be so cute ☺️ I really hope it’s a BFP for you

@HRP1990 I know! Last year I gave him a card and he shit himself lol but it was from the cats haha

@peachycream thank you lovely.. keeping my fingers crossed 🤞 ❤

I’m hoping we can all be cute as fuck and get our BFPs within a few weeks of each other so that we can all go through everything at the same kinda times 🥰

Honestly girls but c if yous have a fair idea now abot your cycles after tracking them for a while and knw roughly when ovulation happens from me step away from testing for it I hated hearing it but the relaxing approach is the best way go with the flow dtd every 2 days everyday when u knw when ovulation is and relax. Also if yous r on folic acid try changing to folate its pure folic acid not everyone can break down folic acid so folate is better learned this from a fertility specialist. 💚

@Babyghirl I think some of us track out of curiosity and find it interesting and we’re all relatively new to it all, I think there’s a few of us where this is only our first cycle properly trying and tracking. I’m sure it become monotonous after a while and probably quite stressful long term though and at the end of the day you need to do what’s best for your mental health.

I know that for me, my other half an I regularly have conflicting work schedules and works away so it’s a lot easier said than done for us to DTD every other day or so as a lot of the time, unless we can both split in half, it’s not possible to do. So having a heads up from tracking can be helpful for us as there are occasions when we can switch things around a make a bit of time.

If we had the luxury of just being able to DTD whenever I probably wouldn’t be bothering with any of the tracking.

But for me, at least right now, I’m finding seeing the peaks and flows of my cycle quite interesting

@Babyghirl this is only my first month of trying but once I understand my cycles more and roughly when I ovulate I’m going to do exactly that. I’ve read so many things on here about women just letting go and it happens! Give it a few months and if I doesn’t happen with the tracking I’m going to do the same!

@Peachycream I’d love that! Progressing from the conception forum to the pregnancy forum with @glasspaw 💃🏼

@peachycream
I can say dtd every 2 days get tiring 😂😂😂😂😂 I look forward to when I knw ovulation has happened getting a break I tracked for ages but second time I fell pregnant I stopped tracking the month before and just went with it but getting to knw your cycle first is a must.
@HRP1990
It really does help I never believed it I hated people telling me it but realised when I stepped away from everything I started to enjoy dtd again like I felt when I was tracking I was only dtd for one thing and the pleasure turned in to a chore lol. 💚

@Peachycream it would be amazing! ❤ really keeping my fingers crossed for us all and our journey.
I wasn't tracking until this month and the clear blue dual was pretty spot on if this does turn out to be a bfp xx

@HRP1990 it’d be so lovely wouldn’t it 😂

@Babyghirl 😂 yeah I bet it does!

I think once I know what’s going on a bit more I’ll probably step away from it all but for now, I find it’s working for me and oddly, I had a few days leading up to O were I freaked as he was away but once it was over, I totally relaxed into it. I think it was the emotion of it being the first cycle TTC that lead to my freak out.

I think at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter either way, the truth is, if people are falling the month they stop tracking it’s quite possible it was going to happen then anyway. It’s one of those things that it’s either going to happen or it isn’t. That’s possibly a controversial opinion and as I say, it’s very early days for me so over the course of this that could well change 😂

Guys I have the driest mouth in the world! My saliva is literally foam x

@Dannii892 gross 😂

Anymore updates on the spotting front? I never thought I would have any interest in someone else’s bodily functions

@Peachycream 😂😂😂😂😂 it's pretty disgusting lol but it's forcing me to drink water! Especially if I plan on talking to anyone without my teeth sticking to my lips 😂😂😂
Still slightly spotting and light cramps but the spotting is literally pale pink on the tissue..
This is killing me - I'm dying to poas!