TTC - Ovulation etc.

[MrsRosaline]

@newtolineofduty @hoola23 @LittleDoveLove @wannabeamummysobad

Think we need a new thread as I tried to post on the old thread and it wouldn't let me!! Please tag in anyone else I've missed who may want to join us here!

@newtolineofduty I'm sure we will have similar behaviours, but I'm prepared for this (as much as I can be!) What they will struggle with is that my baby will be with me and my DH 24/7 and they won't do naturally they will have those thoughts. Their mum has another child but they never seem bothered about missing out on stuff! They'll just need lots of reassurance and to just accept the fact that nothing really changes so once that happens it's hard to get them to understand. They need to feel it not hear it I think.

It's so nice to speak to someone in a similar situation! I don't know any other step mothers and actually my closest friends don't even have kids so I'm totally alone! It's such a strange dynamic having step children sometimes. It's kind of like having your identity changed overnight. Sometimes I feel like I've lost "me" after getting married and TTC and having step children!

@hoola23 yes I know exactly what you mean!!!! It definitely introduces added complexity to life!!!

Have you thrown your internet cheapies away!? Xx

@newtolineofduty indeed!!🤣 I haven't thrown them out but I haven't done any! In fact my dads coming over for lunch today and I'm already having a glass of rose (I never drink) that's how I know I'm not thinking about TTC now 🤣🤣🤣

@CShandy01 I think you're right on the whole feeling ready. I do feel ready but maybe my body is not letting me for various reasons, work stress defo being one of them! I really really try to relax but I'm so bad at it! I never stop, always doing something. Especially psychologically, my mind is always thinking! It's ironic as my background is in psychology and a large part of ny role in work is therapeutic with great success for clients but not for myself 🤣

Hi all - I am two lates - feel like I have morning sickness but yet another BFN this morning!

I keep telling myself I will have to wait now until next month , as surely I'd have a positive result now my period is late.

But then I convince myself I am pregnant . Ah

@hoola23 I think I may join you in the taking a step back thing. It really can just take over your life. Never thought I'd say this, but I genuinely cannot wait for school to start again on Monday and for me to focus on getting back in the classroom. These 6 weeks have just been a bit of a nightmare with counting down cycles, checking CM, doing tests stupidly early etc.

Saying that I don't think I'll ever stop symptom spotting!!

@Nailingnow maybe just wait it out and see what happens? I have had friends who have only got a BFP a week after their period should have started, so it can happen.

If you're unsure you can always book an appointment to speak to a doctor or nurse

@CShandy01 I've also been off work this week was supposed to be away but covid has stopped that as flights got cancelled! Back on Monday and work defo keeps me busy as I'm sure it does you! How do you feel about not testing at all next month? Shall we make a pact to just trust our bodies, we can log CM but that's it!

You know what @hoola23 I'm down with that I'm 100% certain that this month is a no go anyway, and AF will rear her ugly head. So I'll definitely be up for going along with Mother Nature. No tests, and hopefully not too much symptom spotting!!

@CShandy01 let's do it! I should be done with the this cycle by weds and then we can start again with NO testing, just listening to our body and DTD as much as poss!
@newtolineofduty @MrsRosaline how about it?! I mean fingers crossed NONE of us are here next cycle!!

@hoola23 yeaaaaahhhh DTD for me probably won't happen that much with a toddler and having to get up at 5:30am to get to work however, I paid more attention to my CM this month and sort of saw the EWCM for 2 days, and that I had a day in between that and then a positive OPK. So I think I know what to look out for 👍🏻 that and I felt like I had been stabbed in the right hand side when ovulation! My husband did say that with the OPK's he felt like he was in the army and I was ordering him to DTD...I mean that might be some couples version of foreplay but for us it was a pain

Lurking around and keeping my fingers crossed for you all

@hoola23 ordinarily I would but this early ovulation this month has freaked me out! I have commited to not doing any googling/symptom spotting though which I'm doing well with!!!! Xxx

@newtolineofduty ok no googling for you!!! And myself and @CShandy01 pledge to do NO testing in the month of sept! I'm already anxious 🤣🤣

@wannabeamummysobad thank you! Hope you're feeling ok! X

@CShandy01 oh gosh I bet that is hard going! I WFH now but I still feel too knackered to DTD most days 🤣 AND I don't have a toddler!!

Really good thank you-just counting down the days till my first scan.

@wannabeamummysobad eeeeekkk! That will be amazing to see!! X

OH MY GOD WHEN WILL THIS TWW ENNDDDDDDD?!?!?!?!

Just checked in - so many messages to catch up on 😄

@CShandy01 that only happens to me when I take vitamins. Are you taking anything new? Also, you are so right about our bodies just knowing. By the way, are you a teacher? Because - me too! 😊

@hoola23 that sounds really tough. A month without the OPKS and testing might reset your thinking and put you in the right head space. Go for it if you think it'll help! I also cried and cried when my period came this month ☹️ I could be up for joining an all natural pact!

@newtolineofduty your period will definitely come before then if you're not pregnant I'm sure! Will you hold off until then!? I think I might be 3DPO but OvuSense usually takes a few days to confirm.

@wannabeamummysobad so nice to hear from you! When's the scan?

@MrsRosaline not taking anything new. I actually don't take any vitamins or tablets. I wasn't even on the pill before we TTC (just used condoms). And my midwife in my last pregnancy had to tell me about folic acid because I had never heard of it before.

Yes I am a teacher I teach secondary. Used to teach 11-18 but since I've gone back part time I don't teach A Level anymore, so just 11-16. What about you?

@MrsRosaline thanks- i feel invested after all the great support on the other chat. Glad you are all doing well (as well as possible during a TWW).

My scan is on Saturday (7W2D since AF)- nervous but so excited! Don't have my NHS scan/test until 13weeks so this helps break it up.

Hey @wannabeamummysobad! Aww I had an early reassurance scan. It was the most wonderful experience hearing her beautifully strong heartbeat!!!!

@MrsRosaline so we're actually going away on the monday before I'm due on the Thursday and we're away until the Friday, so I'm trying to work out whether id enjoy the holiday more if I tested on the Sunday (15dpo) before we go so I could start to accept it being negative, or whether I hold on to the hope and test when we get back! If AF hasn't shown! The holiday will be a lovely distraction either way! X will you test this time again? I know you said you weren't sure whether holding out felt helpful last time xxx

Morning all!

Ok please don't send me to the naughty corner BUT I went to bed super late last night and I decided to do one of my crappy pg tests and I'm SuRE there is a line on it. Half an hour later I did another one and this one also had a line! They are so incredibly faint it's barely detectable when I take a pic but it's defo not stark white. Woke up this morning and have done another one and there is something there again but it's actually fainter than the other two (if that is even possible!) will defo be getting some decent tests today to check and never using these cheap crap ones again! Do you think these tests just hate me and like giving me false hope?!

I don't even think the camera picks anything up but I'm sure I see something! Will be getting some FRERs