🎄Is your turkey 🦃moister than an oyster?💦TTC bus 51

[Minster2012]

Wow that last bus was an amazing bumper BFP filled bus where we were all crying and screaming for joy as lots of our lovely passengers got their BFPs…🙌🏻we are having an ADVENT CALENDAR of a BFP each day! 🥰❤️

There’s still some ppl lingering on this bus so that’s it, I’m calling time, all the rest of you are due off this bus with your 2 lines please 🤞🏻

This is the bus where we’ve got lots of things going on, bumps, rainbows 🌈, ivf, and now lots more miracle BFPs before ivf! Maybe we should issue passengers with an ivf referral on your way in too to help spur those eggs & sperm into action!

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.

@LoveQ I'm sorry about that. Always makes it extra difficult around Christmas time. 😔
@Franklydear the grape thing is definitely bizarre! How to try to send your nation to hospital in one quick go. 🤭 I don't like grapes mind.
@Minster2012 one of the ones I read out (so had to read the answers) was literally so funny I couldn't read it and I was crying. It was brilliant.
@Sausage1990 I guess it upsets your natural rhythm for a bit? Not helpful if it's making your cycles really long though.
@pennysays sorry about AF. She's never welcome!

I went for a private scan today at 10+6. Everything is fine! I won't post anything on here, in case people don't want to see. But they are on my ttc Instagram if anyone does want to look.

@paintfairy aw glad all is well 😀 how are your ovaries? (Not sure I've ever asked anyone thst irl 🤣)

@LoveQ sorry to hear you've lost someone x

@Manifestingbaby 🤣 I can honestly say no one has asked me that in real life either! She said they looked like they were going the right way. And she'd seen worse at this stage. Which is, erm, reassuring?! 🤣 But it'll be 11 weeks tomorrow since egg collection so it shows how long it takes! I think to be honest it's worse when you get pregnant as the hormones don't help. You go back to normal quicker if you don't get pregnant or they just do frozen and give you a break.

@paintfairy congrats on all looking well at the scan! Happy for you 😃

@paintfairy I've seen worse, always reassuring 😂 ya I can imagine pregnancy hormones on top of all the forced stuff would just make the body a bit all over the place. Good they are going down anyway. How are you feeling? Have you your official scan in 2 weeks so?

@Manifestingbaby I feel less anxious now we've got this far. But I'm still a bit worried about the genetic tests etc and if all that will be ok. Yes the 12 week one is a week on Friday. So just under 2 weeks. I feel more excited now but then I'm also a bit worried to feel that way! Talk about rollercoaster. 🙄🤣

@LoveQ I'm sorry to hear that, always seems worse around Xmas.

@pennysays that sucks, does sound like a chemical. I struggled through a lot of events last year as I thought I'd be pregnant for them, it's tough.

@Sausage1990 ha...who'd have thought a folic acid prescription would be so exciting!! Long cycles are a pain though, hopefully they'll settle - are the RMC able to offer any reassurance on that front?

Have you started your meds now @Manifestingbaby?

Excellent @paintfairy - I want to try the grape thing, I might have a go when I next order grapes with the shopping!

I don't mind being a bad influence @Franklydear I'll take that! Sipping out kind of ewcm 😂😳🍆I've never had a gloop of ewcm at all so much to the point where if I checked & had ewcm I was then worried I'd scraped it all out 🤦🏼‍♀️

We were crying at some of ours too @paintfairy it was so funny 😆 then you get the ones where you are like "ppl are clearly just throwing cards away"

How are your ovaries @Manifestingbaby there's a new title contender for the next thread...someone take note! 😂

we had friends over for lunch & the afternoon
so been quiet on here but very noisy at home with 6 adults & 5 kids then 2 extra adults & a gorgeous newborn as our friends dropped in as well and she only had a c section on 28th Dec!! We played pass the baby & he was so snoozy & snuggly 💕🥰 the house is a state 🤪will put some pics on Insta

Hello!
Please can I join? This year we have had 2 early miscarriages in this time (one in July and one in October). It’s so difficult ttc and this seems like such a supportive bus.

We’re just in the fertile week this week, so lots of BD going on. I think I might have ovulated today, but my cycles have been a little wobbly recently and I’ve given up on OPKs as they were really stressing me out! Just decided to do lots of BD instead.

@LoveQ sorry to hear about your recent loss.
@pennysays sorry to hear about a chemical.

Glad to hear that so many of you have had recent good news… hopefully we’ll all be joining you with sticky BFPs soon.

Hi @BellatrixK welcome, this is the best bunch of women you can find, many of us have sadly experienced losses like you, mind giving us a bit more about you?

@Franklydear thank you so much for welcome! I’m a secondary school teacher (I teach English). I finally got married this year after Covid delayed our wedding, but it was so worth the wait! I also got a puppy in the summer- she’s now a 7 month, very bouncy, Pointer puppy!

Welcome @BellatrixK 🤚🏻sorry to hear about your losses, jump aboard...and we love pets here! a pointer you say! Great choice!! I have a Slovakian Rough haired pointer & a cockapoo, the pointer (though only 4) is the most tolerant thing of my toddler, he's regularly draped all over the dog & she loves it, here he is giving the dog a kiss 😚

@BellatrixK welcome! I'm sorry to hear about your losses - sounds like you're well overdue your rainbow 🤞

@Minster2012 that photo is so cute 😍

I've just spent the NYE weekend with this gorgeous wire haired Dachshund 🥰

That dog is beautiful @Juno231 and looks very happy 😊

@paintfairy not too long. I'm excited for you! Hard to let go of the nerves but hopefully after the 12 week one you will feel more at ease.

@larrythelizard ya. Can't say I've noticed any difference. No side effects and didn't push ovulation out any further 🤷‍♀️

@BellatrixK welcome! Sorry you've had losses. Hopefully you're sticky bean is just around the corner.

Loving all the pooches ❤

Can I join please? TTC baby number 2 (but my partners first) currently on second cycle but already aware of low sperm count. Any ideas how we can boost this.

@larrythelizard let me know how the grape choking goes. Don't forget to time it! 🤣
@Minster2012 pass the baby sounds a nice way to spend the day.
@Juno231 cute dog!
@BellatrixK welcome! To be fair this is probably a good place for you to be! Most of the passengers have been here a while and completely understand the struggles. And those that have been fortunate enough to fall lucky are also almost all very long term passengers as well. Nothing straightforward about this bus! But we try our best.

People, don’t try to eat the grapes with normal timing of the clock, most people don’t manage it and that’s with the clock slowed down, to play the bongs over a minute and a half or more, don’t actually choke, we also select the grapes very carefully, small, not normal size.

Thank you for the welcome everyone!

@Minster2012 your pointer is gorgeous! They’re so loving aren’t they? Mine loves to play with my nieces (and steal food from them!).

@Juno231 awww! The perfect New Year companion.

This is our girl both in running mode (her favourite mode) and sleeping very elegantly in her bed

P.S. I’m definitely in for this grape challenge! But maybe very much slowed down.

New people, sometimes I give funny threads, or rather appalling ones really www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4443002-Partner-visiting-children-with-his-exes-in-their-homes

I still think I could do the grape challenge, I need to buy some and try it @Franklydear don't worry you've dissolved yourself from responsibility for my choking 😂

@BellatrixK ha ha pointers love a random sleeping position, she looks lovely are you TTC number one?

@user1019273703 hey welcome to the bus! A few ladies have had partners with low sperm count on here @Manifestingbaby @InkyPaper was it maybe you guys too? I know some of the ladies who are now pregnant have got them to take a few supplements, one recommended was the tomato one my DH had from FutureYou health, I actually have some left I'm happy to send onto you? Other things recommended were stopping smoking, cutting down on drink & exercise more, I seem to think oranges were recommended too
These ones
futureyouhealth.com/fertility-plus

I shall have a nosy at that thread @Franklydear

@Minster2012 I couldn’t be charged with your manslaughter, but I rather you didn’t choke at all, 12 normal size grapes in one minute is really not a good idea, you should see my brothers with 5/6 grapes in their mouth, so far no hospital incidents, I must say, maybe give yourselves 2 minutes and see how it goes...

I can see the dm headline, serial killer gets women to choke on grapes in Internet forum 😂😳