Trouble titties, windy 🌬 bums, & full stockings of old 💦…TTC bus 50

[Minster2012]

When you don’t think about your days as “Monday Tuesday Wednesday” you think of them as “fertile week” or “CD12” we know the feeling.

We’ve tried baby dust (back in early 2020 I think we stopped believing in that!?, we’ve tried chocolate/pizza & sofa sex (remember that? Late 2020, that got a lot of babies!) and now we are onto manifesting, testing, pleading & yet there’s still some unwanted bleeding🤣😂well tough titties we are here to stay til we get those BFPs🤞🏻🙌🏻we just need to rinse out our foofs & get the nurses to wade through our stocking full of old sperm 💦

Whether you are TTC “normally”, IUI/ivf or anything we are a crew that cling together to the bitter end & always ready to help a sister out. We’ve had multiples, some losses so know two lines can be just as terrifying as none, and we’ve got ladies where those two lines are more illusive than a white Christmas 🎅🏻

It costs an embarrassing story for your ticket, doesn’t have to be TTC related as we know laughing when TTC is needed.

If you see mention of Instagram I have a public account where a lot of people are linked too:
Minstermusings, and a few people have created new anonymous accounts to record their TTC journey/life stupidities m/general annoyances on…just don’t mention TTC on a personal account.

Bumps & babies who want to keep track of us from our other buses 👀
@clairey844
@blackcurrantqueen
@lucyrp
@Catherinettc
@Ltay2
@BlondePotter
@Clairey844
@Gem176
@kirky658
@justanothercyster
@2020mission
@Hopeful110
@becarefuloutthere
@crazydoglady123
@Haiyaa
@lexber
@whatwonder
@bez91
@DKDK123
@minster2012
@feliznavidad2
@clolo
@gcat16
@Bea14

Story so far...

We’ve been around since March 2020 but @minster2012 took over in …
June 2020 24 BFPs
July 11 BFPs
August 18 BFPs
Sep 4 BFPs
Oct 7 BFPs
Nov 7 BFPs
Dec 14 BFPs
Jan 2021 7 BFPs
February 8 BFPs
March 5 BFPs
April 5 BFPs
May 4 BFPs
June 5 BFPs
July 1 BFP
Aug 2 BFPs
Sept 5 BFPs
October 3 BFP
November 1 BFP

Still in it for the ride are out sexy passengers:

@Franklydear
@Vil10
@Manifestingbaby
@larrythelizard
@kaylsd
@dmb91
@pennysays
@bundaberg84
@MrsBiddy

Just about hanging on with fingertips
@sausage1990

IVF/IUI/ICSI /clomid passengers as well as TTC on the side!
@somatronic
@manifestingbaby
@Dollybird89
@juno231
@paintfairy
@sunbird24
@InkyPaper

Newly promoted to the bump list;
@Bea14

@Minster2012 a friend of mine has a similar story about a bike at CP - the danger is real!! Have been to CP but not with my own child, just with nieces and nephew etc!

@kaylsd excellent news! I dunno, I think you can overwhelm yourself with info. Care actually send you loads of videos you have to watch, which tells you pretty much all you need to know.
@Franklydear i forgot to say- can you ring and swap your blood test? Say you now can't make that day or something and book it for when is sensible? Don't expect them to do something so logical. 🙄
@Minster2012 anyone that knows me, knows i never go out. 🤣 I think I've been twice all year! Neither am I a big drinker, unless I'm out out. I slept again last night, it was amazing.
I've done the bike thing. The noise that comes out of your mouth is not a good one! 🤣 They have ladies bikes for a reason! 🤭

Ouch @Minster2012 that made me wince just reading it!

@paintfairy I think I should, problem is I am so irregular no idea when cd 1-3 will be

@Minster2012 oh that sounds painful, I remember those days falling into the middle bar on the bike 😫😫😫 hopefully I can be added onto the bump list but for now a upgrade to the IVF one is a milestone enough for me 🥰😅
@paintfairy thanks hunn I’ve already watched a few what they’ve sent so I may hold off the book front if they remain informative 🥲 thanks thou!

@kaylsd there's also loads on their YouTube channel. But after our first consultation we were bombarded with stuff to read and sign. And watch. 🤣 DH was like- what on earth?
@Franklydear it can be done up to day 5. I would think pre ovulation full stop would be better than LP though.

@paintfairy it will be cd10, nothing before anyway, should be preovulation, but I won't be tracking this month, with covid and DH working nights half the week till Xmas I think there's no point, no chance this cycle so relax for once

Thanks all for the sympathy ❤ was sulking/dying with cramps yesterday so now I've fallen behind. Read a bit but will catch up on the rest tomorrow. Soz.
@Franklydear sorry af got you too.

@Kirky658 that's so tough. Honestly you are not alone. I think most mother's have been there. As @DKDK123 says it's just not hugely talked about. No harm in having a meltdown yourself, needs out sometimes. Earplugs might help. The actual noise level sends your brain into flight or fight gear, it's really stressful. I promise, this too shall pass x

@Vil10 that's shit about the house sorry. It will work out in the end but doesn't make it any less frustrating or disappointing now x

@kaylsd I've just come across you on a fb group. 😬 Purely because your post was so specific. I have 'liked' it.

@Franklydear although it sounds like they're mainly wanting to test your fsh to see if you're perimenopausal maybe? If so then cd10 should be fine as I'm pretty sure FSH doesn't really fluctuate throughout the cycle

@Minster2012 ouch your poor minge! I've done that as a kid before.

@minster2012 ouch!!!! I did that when I was a kid, I was at an athletics event and tried to climb between the rows and fell onto the seat 😭

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and support.

So just an update. Didn't start my actual EMDR therapy yesterday as the psychologist was concerned about my mental health state so it ended up being a big therapy session with me admitting about some horrible thoughts I'd been having. My support nurse then came to chat to me while Alice was asleep in my arms on the rocking chair. It was so hard and I felt wrung out afterwards.

@paintfairy awww thank you lovely! I stumbled across the group when my friend from work went on it when she had ivf which was successful with her baby girl 🥺 not too sure which one you are thou but thank you :D!
@Kirky658 I can only imagine it was a hard time both mentally and emotionally for you, sending love your not facing this battle alone we're all here at each step of the way🥺❤️

@kaylsd I'm the horse. 🤣
@Kirky658 I was wondering how you were getting on. It sounds like a huge thing to be dealing with but you've got help and that's the main thing. Someone impartial to talk to is brilliant. It might not seem it right now, but you'll get there.

@Kirky658 oh kirky I really hope they give you the help you need! It feels awfully slow so far considering how terrible you've been feeling ♥️

Woke up ill today 😭. I don't have time for this work wise! And lol it's messed with my chart

@Kirky658 I know I've said it before but I'm so impressed with how open you're being with your support team and how much you're asking for help, that's huge.

Oh annoying @Juno231. This is the first cycle for me using my Ava bracelet but I put it on when drunk on Sat so it thinks I've ovulated already (I haven't, it's about now I think) - I assumed there'd be a way to delete the readings if drunk like on FF! So im also annoyed!

Feel better soon @Juno231

@Juno231 I think that’s the working hypothesis, ok, I’ll do that first and take it from there, on the being ill, dh sentiments exactly, something has to give
@Kirky658 those horrible thoughts only mean that you need some help, as you are getting, not a reflection on how good a mum you are

So....change of plans, dh tested positive too, he can work from home, so far only has a cough and a bit of a temperature, like a bad cold, busy morning telling everyone and rearranging work, although things were already planned as this was so likely

So pleased it's not just me with the fanny crunching on a bike, you are right @paintfairy the noise emitted was def not ladylike! 😂and it really made me wince @Sunbird24 😂

One more sleep @Sunbird24 & @feliznavidad2 🤞🏻

@kaylsd a new section on the bus is still exciting 🙌🏻

@Manifestingbaby don't apologise!! AF is crap at all times & you often get it hard it seems

MINGE now there's a great word!! That's family friendly right @Juno231 😂😆sorry you are ill too, know that feeling, that's a pretty high spike!

@Kirky658 ouch on sears too not good! Admitting horrible thoughts can only be a good thing, I think you are doing so well & you have support & are getting help which is BRILLIANT. Just keep talking you will get out the other side ❤️

@larrythelizard im weirdly laughing at the bracelet when drunk I don't know why! Sorry 😬note to self don't add extra TTC aids drunken 🥴

@Franklydear well you can stop avoiding him now! Silver linings I guess 😂

Still ill here but enjoying CP, I think I might drown in my own green phlegm 🤢but I actually got a bit of sleep last night...not @paintfairy standards it seems but a bit

@Juno231 ill? Aaarrrgghhh.
@Minster2012 you stole it back! I didn't sleep well at all last night. Not from trapped wind (hoping I've sorted that, 2 fybogel a day seems enough) but just anyway. Had hot hands and feet. 😖

@Minster2012 and we have week exclusive staycation too, don’t forget to drink more than normal to help with the phlegm, if that’s possible, b vicks vapour rub is also good,as my doctor says better out than in when I complain about the grossness

Just been told I've to go to the hospital Monday morning as my downs syndrome result has came back much higher liklihood (1 in 83) so they want an appointment to discuss next steps. There's no way I'm getting the amniocentesis, it may only be a 1 in 200 chance of miscarriage but I've waited too damn long for this baby and not risking anything that might harm it, it'll be 100% loved no matter what.

Sorry to hear about all the sickos. I hope you all feel better soon. I read in the paper that my workplace is riddled with Covid, with over 30 people currently out sick but probably more (no information from management obviously, other than that we have to come to work with no exceptions) and now I have a headache so hopefully I'm just paranoid and it's nothing.

@Minster2012 yikes you poor thing. I did that on a wall as a child and had bleeding and everything. Horrible!

Had a small bit of ewcm 2 days ago (I usually have none) so I guess I ovulated yesterday or today but DH didn't play ball so no sex. If I can't get pregnant with letrozole and boosters and follicle tracking I probably can't get pregnant the good old fashioned way so I'm trying not to worry too much but it is frustrating.

@DKDK123 could you get a harmony or other private blood test? Unsure if they're more accurate or not but worth exploring; agree re the amnio. My friend's first child had flags for Downs and they had to travel quite some distance to a specialist children's hospital throughout her pregnancy for scans etc but baby came out fine so do remember it isn't definite xxx

Oh arse @Franklydear are you all stocked up with food and drink?

@Minster2012 don't even know why I put in on, I was staying at a friends and everything!!

@larrythelizard yes, thanks, I have a shopping coming tomorrow too, so will make sure to stock up on unnecessaries, also had a few do you need anything from a few friends we told, so if needed they can bring us whatever

@dkdk123 agree with @larrythelizard on this one, try and see about the harmony test it is much more accurate xx