🎵 Anyone for a spot of Sunday Evening Xylophone? 🌈 TTC Bus 52 🚌

[polkadotpixie]

Soooo....@Minster2012 is letting the lunatics take over the asylum as she's handing over the driving seat to the passengers and having a well deserved rest after driving us around since June 2020!

I'm sure she'll still be around and you can follow her on Instagram (Minstermusings) where a lot of passengers and ex-passengers have their own TTC or normal accounts too (just be careful not to out anyone on their non-TTC accounts!)

We have a fabulous history of BFPs on this thread since @Minster2012 took over and we need to keep it up...no slacking!

Anything goes and NOTHING is TMI on this bus! Whether you're doing it the old fashioned way or with some help from science, we're all waiting for those 2 pink lines and are here to support each other and try to stay (somewhat) sane along the way

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 BFPs
November 4 BFPs
December 5 BFPs

Still on for the ride are our fabulous passengers:

@Franklydear
@polkadotpixie
@dmb91
@pennysays
@Sausage1990
@MrsBiddy
@manifestingbaby
@chiatta
@Hann91
@LoveQ
@BellatrixK
@JuniperAndTonic
@user1019273703

IVF/IUI/ICSI/Clomid passengers as well as TTC on the side!
@somatronic
@Dollybird89
@pennysays
@InkyPaper

Already promoted to the Bumps list but still hopping on the bus to keep us company:

@clairey844
@blackcurrantqueen
@lucyrp
@Catherinettc
@Ltay2
@BlondePotter
@Clairey844
@Gem176
@kirky658
@justanothercyster
@2020mission
@Hopeful110
@becarefuloutthere
@crazydoglady123
@Haiyaa
@lexber
@whatwonder
@bez91
@DKDK123
@minster2012
@feliznavidad2
@clolo
@gcat16
@paintfairy
@Bea14
@vil10
@juno231
@sunbird24
@kaylsd
@larrythelizard

Apologies to anyone missed...40 pages is a lot!

New passengers always welcome and an embarrassing story buys you a cheap ticket...Beep Beeeeeep!

@Sunbird24 fingers crossed for you!

I'm so tired, I just want a nap. Temps are still zig-zagging, think I might be coming down with a cold that certainly doesn't help things. CM is playing tricks on me. Going to have to get some OPKs for next cycle I think.

@Sunbird24 does that mean what I think? 😳🥰

No, it’s a hangover Friday m the last one… 😢

From even!

I never got on very well with the cheapies @dmb91 but I also kind of ignored the text and compared the colours myself - CD24 looks the most promising, are you tracking in any other way?

Oh @Sunbird24 that's shit. Deffo call someone, hopefully it's an evap??

I'm a fan of a nap @Dawnbird, get your head down!

@Sunbird24 definitely a squinter :( would that mean retained product?

@dmb91 are those femometer strips? I wonder if they don't work as well in that app. I would think you missed your peak on CD15 tbh, is that possible? How long are your cycles normally?

@larrythelizard unfortunately had a full work Saturday, just got home, now time to crash...

@dmb91 I would say the same as the others that it could have been CD15 or CD24, I found the Femometer strips not as good to use as easy at home ones

@Sunbird24 yeah there's a squinter there, yeah you need to speak to them again. It might be that the hcg is less than 10 so might be ok but def need to be checked

@dmb91 CD15 and CD24 definitely look like the strongest, what time are you testing at?
I only ask and I'm sure you'd probably know already but when I was testing at 2pm they were much lighter than 6pm

@Sunbird24 sorry that this is so ongoing for you. Just wanted to send my thoughts to you. Hope the EPU/the GP look after you on Monday.

@dmb91 I was going to say the same as the others about either day 15 or 24. I find that OPKs stressed me quite a lot so I gave up after 2 cycles, so I’m certainly no expert. I am a huge fan of the smiley ones though. Although they’re expensive, I love the lack of guessing.

I have my day 21 blood tests on Wednesday… not sure what I’m hoping for there though really, but I’m strangely nervous.

Hello all - just catching up (does anyone else take CD1 week as a breather? Feel like a week of not temping, not weeing on anything and looking at my phone less is a bit sanity restoring. I’d better pace myself lol).

@Sunbird24 I hope you get some clarity on what’s going on and sorry it’s not the good kind of BFP ❤️

Fingers Xed for day 21 bloods @BellatrixK

@dmb91 I used a combo of femometer strips and Premom last month and I never got a peak! I did get a peak on the ClearBlue Advanced reader though and decided to just use that going forward to help me not lose my mind…

Not too much going on here. Drs appointment to discuss ultrasound results properly on thu. Going to ask whether, if the scan was normal as was told at the scan itself, I do actually have PCOS. I’m also going to query blood test results thanks to @Juno231 knowledge. AF has finished and am on CD5. Inseminations planned for between CD14 and CD18, booked an Airbnb near coparent so that we can be slightly flexible on timings this month and hopefully catch peak day and O day. Also started taking myo inositol and COQ10 and now can’t shut my little pill box.

@polkadotpixie we are getting close to the end of the bus, are you happy to keep driving, or we need to come up with a plan?

I'm totally with you @lakejupiter - I've definitely enjoyed not temping or peeing on things this week. Now I'm quite confident I ovulate later, I'll probably try to stay chill until CD18 at least.

@dmb91 I think it is probably going to have been CD24. I see you only tested in the afternoon/evening that day? I know that the advice is to not use FMU for LH tests but last month I got my peak in the morning! It might be better when you do two tests a day to split them by AM/PM?

@Sunbird24 that's a bitch, sorry. How long has it been? You're having a hard run of it. Hope the epu are helpful x

I can see in the I’m in section there are more comment, but doesn’t let me see them, post to see if it works, you know like turning on/off

Morning ladies

@LoveQ how you feeling? Any AF? 🤞🏻

@dmb91 I concur with @JSS15, I got my best lines at around 12pm & that's when I got my peak it varies so much for ppl I think more testing is needed

@lakejupiter alllll the pills, come on cycle 3!

@BellatrixK hopefully it will show good progesterone 🤞🏻

@Minster2012 AF hasn't arrived CD26 today and no PMS still ... did test again this morning though and still BFN, I really think my body is playing tricks on me.
Should be due AF tomorrow or at the latest Thursday

Thanks all!
Had EWCM CD14,15,17,21.
I can't really test AM/PM due to work shifts. That's also why I haven't attempted bbt as some days start work at 5.45am, other days I finish at 11pm so getting up at the same time every day isn't really an option 😂
I've only have 1 AF since we started ttc 8 months ago so don't have a 'regular' cycle length yet.
We are going to stop ttc for a month or two now anyway as I really don't want a December baby, if we're still not pregnant this time next year I'm sure I won't care what month it's born.

Also, I vaguely remember reading that opks aren't very good if you have pcos, is that correct?
I suspect pcos and have been waiting 2 months for a scan which I still don't have a date for.
They haven't been able to do accurate bloods due to lack of af 🤦‍♀️

@dmb91 surely they should give you something to bring on a bleed? It doesn't sound like you are getting much help. One period in 8 months demands attention. That's so frustrating, you can't even really ttc as such. What age are you?

@Manifestingbaby
My drs have been useless! They said they wouldn't do anything until it had been 6 months, so I contacted them at 6 months and they did the referral for a scan. They've now agreed to do blood test to check thyroid.
AF arrived 1st feb but who knows if she will arrive again anytime soon. Before contraception I only had a bleed every 8-10 weeks.
I'm 30, partner is 33, ttc#1 for both of us.

@dmb91 grrr 😡 some gps don't seem to be arsed at all. Hopefully you get your scan date soon. Does sound like pcos could be a possibility.

Hi everyone, sorry for the radio silence...we have had a crappy couple of weeks...seriously ill grandparents, family cancer diagnosis and then we got burgled 😩

@InkyPaper Congratulations! So lovely to come back and see your happy news!

@JSS15 Welcome! I'm a big fan of obsessive Googling/doomscrolling myself so you'll fit right in! 😂

@Somatronic Sorry to hear about the bad SA results and the need for ICSI

@Franklydear Congratulations on the new business, sounds like you've had a great start 😊 I don't mind regarding the next bus...I'm happy to drive again if people want me to but if someone else wants a turn that's absolutely fine too

@lakejupiter Sorry to hear AF got you too but glad your date with dildocam wasn't too bad and yay for no sign of PCOS! I also enjoy the first 7 days of my cycle...no false hope, no temping, no OPKs...so relaxing!

@Sunbird24 Hopefully it's just the very last remnants of HGC on the way down rather than retained products? Mine had faint lines for a while after my MC and you were a lot further on than me

@LoveQ Sorry for the BFN 😞

I'm on CD9 today. Started temping again this morning (joy 😬) and ready to go again. I'm still fairly convinced I'm starting peri menopause early (night sweats, aching joints, vaginal dryness etc but I'm only 37 and FSH was only 9.1 a couple of months back so might be jumping the gun!). Due to all the family stuff we've not managed to get started with the fertility clinic so this cycle will be au naturel. I've bought an OvuSense Core to try and address my temping anxiety too so hopefully I'll get more sleep!

Is this sort of temp variation normal while charting? Other than the 36.4 which I took late because I slept in on a Sunday, and one of the middling ones which I took early when I had to work early that day, they've all been within ~25 mins, (about 7:05 to 7:30am) and taken before getting up/doing anything.

Oh, @polkadotpixie I’m so sorry to hear about your grandparents and family. And getting burgled too. Are you okay? Hope everything is being sorted with insurance etc.
I’d be very happy with you continuing to drive the bus, if that’s okay?

@lakejupiter I only test with the clear blue OPKs for a week, but I am always so glad to stop weeing in a pot when I get a static. I find the first half of the TWW quite relaxing for the same reason… then I get too keen to test!

@dmb91 the drs sound useless. Maybe keep bothering them and hope that persistence gets you a scan date sorted? It is terrible that they’ve ignored you like that.

@LoveQ still hoping it’s just too early for a BFP 🤞 if you’re not due until Thursday, there’s definitely still hope!

Thinking of you @Sunbird24.

I have committed myself to ignoring TTC this TWW. Went out for a proper drinking and dancing night out (first in so so long) for my best friend’s birthday. Drank far too much and was out until 2! Hopefully ignorance and trying to relax will help!