June TWFN friends 🌸💕

[A95x]

Hello ladies carry on thread
@dabs9
@gcs34
@LeopardLover
@Bubblesandtroubles
{mention:DuchessofSuffolk}@Sealover123

Your husband is a legend @Bubblesandtroubles!! I love this. I got banned from talking about it for a week 😂 polar opposite of your lovely support hero!

Where are you now? Are you in fact ovulating or is he just chancing his luck at a Monday night session 😂

Aww thank you, that's a lovely idea! Nearly Friday 🤞🏼 weirdly I'm quite a patient person, I can leave a box of chocolate or packet of biscuits alone for months as long as they aren't open 😂 maybe that's the same with testing, if I cant see the test... 😂

Am I reading right that you're 37? Ans how long you been TTC? Sorry - I feel like I've been away for 3 days and missed loooooooads!!
I'm with you on the chocolate thi - unopened and it's not a threat. Opened, game over. I have an Easter egg from last year. I Don't dar open it! 😂

Where in the world are you based? Nice to meet you anyway and nice to have another recruit to the mental house. X

@GCS34 thanks! My husband has had a sperm test and all good on that front. His balls are in excellent working order, so both of us have the all clear. Thank you so much, I’m in Scotland though so a totally different health system and rules (I think). Just gotta go with the flow with this, it is inevitably going to move at a snails pace!

@LeopardLover GPs definitely like to keep you in the dark but I’m always wanting to see the raw data 😂 even though I’m not a doctor!

I love shopping been sorting out my stuff for ages 😂 I like to be organised when my oh is totally opposite and will pack the night before🙄 are you excited for glasto ?xx

@Annapolis35 as soon as I sent that I was like, I know Anna is in Scotland why did I even ask that. Turns out you can't edit OR delete posts on here. Who knew... 😳
Great that Mr. Anna is okay too. A friend of mine had secondary for absolutely no reason, had he first without trying really.
All in all, bodies are nobheads 😂 how's the weather up there? I have a new obsession now with checking my hive heating app to see how hot rooms are in the house. I was just walking round with it yesterday until Mr.G confiscated it 🙄

I'm with you! Do you ever google stuff and end up on some medical report paper and I have no clue what it's saying or about yet I still read it! Did you gp tell you what the next steps are?

Haha yes all the time @GCS34 and I wonder what the hell am I doing! The weather is beautiful up here, but I am stuck inside attending pointless meetings! How about down south? Ohhh we don’t have a hive! Our house luckily stays really cool in summer (I’m wearing a jumper indoors!).

Does anyone know how long you’re supposed to hold urine before an OPK? I am using easy@home and used to use the clear blue ones which are just FMU. Mine are all reallllllly low (like 0.03) and wonder if I’m just drinking too much water. I’m on cycle day 13 and o usually happens day 17/18. I am confused and may just give up with them.

@Annapolis35 I usually do 4hour hold. And your reading is fine. You’ll se a rise at about cd16.

Anyway I’m 1dpo today and another tww has started. Anyone else?

Thank you @emmatcc1 thats really helpful. Good luck in 2ww! Will be there soonish

You're wearing a jumper? Good lord the amount of jealousy right now is next level. I'm working in a t shirt and pants. WFH life perks 😂It's beaut here, but too hot for me. I don't do heat. I'm such a pathetic blonde pale white girl who burns when the sun even pokes out the side of a cloud. Honestly, the burns are next level. And yeah the medical reports I don't even understand the long words yet I'm like oh yeah definitely, hmmm yeah interesting, like I have a PHD in fertility or something

Pass on the holding the urine thing. Is it the same as a preg tests where it's FMU, or is it just whenever? I've never shown up on them before (mainly cuz I don't ovulate naturally), but I also drink a lot of water like you say. Do you always ovulate exactly the same each month, if so, I would go with that! x

@Annapolis35 no problem. If ai remember correctly cb digitals detect something else along with lh so you can do them with fmu while everything else detects lh only. You can still do them fmu but lh rise shows in urine in the evening. I got my peak at about 3 pm past two cycles.

@Annapolis35 I probably do it wrong but with my easy@home I use 2nd morning pee and I don't drink anything til I've done it. Probs about a 2 hour hold after the first one.
And if I'm doing in afternoon I try to hold for 4 hours and not drink during that time too. It's probs going to be impossible in this weather to not drink for that long 🥵

19 degrees and I feel pathetic absolutely drenched in sweat! 😂

Thanks @dabs9 thats really helpful. I’m gonna struggle to not drink water in advance of the opks! @emmatcc1 yeah it tests for estrogen too I think. Last month I got a peak on cb in the evening so thought I’d try with another brand to see how it goes.

@GCS34 😂 a PhD in fertility made me laugh. I think it’s our because our house is old with massive thick walls so they really do keep the heat out - gets cold in winter though. Are you burnt already? There are a lot of bright red people up here as you can imagine. I’m Indian so don’t really burn but I am careful in the sun.

I can ovulate anywhere between day 16-19 but it’s usually 17 or 18. I may not bother as we have been dtd every other day and will do days 15-17 or 18 in a row and I can see from wrist temp on watch if it’s happened or not. I think I’m just gonna leave it as the faffing about with weeing in a pot and drinking or not drinking water is confusing me and it doesn’t really matter as we will be having sex regardless.

Hiiii
been a little quiet recently as just been super busy! How is everyone? According to my app I entered my fertile window today. Let the shagging commence!

what have I missed?

LOLLLLLLLLLL. Way to make an entrance Welcome back xx

That might be why. But still VERY jealous. My house makes zero sense. It's roasting in the summer and freezing in the winter, so it defies all science when it comes to temperature. I'm not burnt today, no. But that's because i've been hiding away in a dark room. It's good you don't burn though! Do you have dark skin, or more olive tones?

DTD every other day? Blimey! Mr. Anna must think this is the best week in the world 😂Exactly - up the sex, up the vits, down the stress. I must say I'm really not missing the anxiety and stress and obsessiveness with tracking atm while I wait for next week. It has been a welcome break. xx

Not sure if this will help anyone but thought I'd share with you lovelies. xx

https://rescripted.com/posts/everything-to-know-about-protein-and-fertility?_kx=mP-c09lNbLfKdhHOIZRlomb0aczzb3JA0JuP8ROHh9E%3D.YpbJbt

This was interesting thank you! I defos done get enough protein in my diet so that's gonna be my new obsession lol.

@DuchessofSuffolk omg good luck with all the shagging in this heat! 😂 we might all have to invest in fans or air con units hahahah.

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@DuchessofSuffolk 😂😂😂 I’m in the shagging week too!

@GCS34 That house sounds annoying and completely wrong! Ours is cool in summer and freezing in winter 😂 also not ideal in Scotland! Protein thing is interesting… I’ll defo keep an eye on that. I am sort of mediumish I guess? Not too light but not that dark.

Awww I bet it’s so good to have a break from tracking and being hyper aware! It’s the thing I hate most about ttc and being constantly aware of my cycle. that’s why I may abandon my attempt at OPK testing. So good you get a break! X

@GCS34 that's so interesting. I think I have a generally well balanced diet all things considered but am going to have to look up and loosely keep track (okay, obsessively measure and record) my protein intake. We want the best eggs afterall! Who knew Brussel sprouts had protein in- every day's a school day!

Urgh. Definitely too hot to DTD! Every window in my house is open as well as my fertile window! Just in the bath now to freshen up before getting down to business. If only there was an arms length, cooling way to do this! Definitely no cuddles!!

@GCS34 @Vic231 Send all your unwanted unopened chocolate this way! 😝

@Annapolis35 I'd love to see the data too! Good plan re ditching the OPKs. You're covered anyway!

@A95x I love that you've been sorting for ages! I think I'll feel excited after the weekend. I need to buy some clothes and get everything together!! OH is the same as yours, but at least he's a chill packer. I get overwhelmed 😅

@GCS34 How hot have your rooms got!? We don't have a hive but I need to get one. Our bedroom (where Adolf also resides 😅) is over 26 degrees right now 👀 glad you've had a relaxing break between treatment! 💜 Thanks for sharing that article re protein. Controversial but I do think I'd be a lot healthier if I went back to meat. I just don't think I could stomach it!

@DuchessofSuffolk There she is 🤣 sending you and the others in the FW, cool vibes ❄ pop a frozen water bottle in front of a fan.. . I might steal that one for next week 😅😜

I know right. I know I have a healthy diet but I 100% don't have enough protein. I struggle with nuts and stuff that I know people snack on. I think I need to find some alternative protein sources that aren't meat. Open to suggestions pleeeease. Defo upping it to get good babies out of it!

Hahaha I love your fertile window analogy. Have you dtd or you still figuring out if your turkey baster is a viable option for non-contact sex?

@Annapolis35 yeah the house is broken. I reckon theirs something to be said for not tracking and just having lots of sec and being chill. I must say that the past 2 weeks I've felt like I'm more me again and not this psycho baby monster. It might have something to do with not being jacked up on drugs butttttt 😂 how long you been trying did you say?

@LeopardLover WELL. We reached peak at 29.6'c at 5:00pm so I declared I was booking a hotel. Went for the windows shut, blinds shut technique. opened them back up about an hour ago and we are making great progress 😅 new obsession while I'm on my break 😏

Do you reckon you'd ever have it again? do you like the meat replicas like quorn chicken etc? What's the temp down in Bristol today? I'm so jealous of how close to the coast you are! Please tell me you have mr whippy on the daily. Xx