TTC & Pregnancy

[CatiaR]

Hi ladies,

the other thread is full now!

I will try and add everyone back in but please check if I’ve missed anyone.

@Ncl31 really hope that this is a sticky bean 🥰

@Huriya hiya lovely! 20 weeks already! Time goes fast and a baby boy how exciting. Thank you only 5 and half weeks now so still feels unreal!

@Hotmalibu94 , @Hollie1802 , @etaketak1991 , @ginny93 hopefully you ladies are all doing well?

@Roseberry22, @EK37 , @Myna13 , @NLmum4 @thejollytrolleydolly good luck for this cycle!

@Hotmalibu94 yeah still quite high for me! I am on day 32 which is the longest cycle I have ever had so if I don’t come on tomorrow I am officially late, I seem to sit between the 29-32 day bracket and have done for the last 2 years! Well mr and my partner were gonna test tomorrow but now we are thinking about doing it Monday now if I haven’t come on just to be extra sure. I have such a busy day at work though I won’t get home until gone 6 so will be a long wait 😂
@NLmum4 ahh you never know could be implantation!! 🤞

@EK37 if you test Monday would you not do it before work? If you can't I'd probably be inclined to do it tomorrow with FMU. Not sure at what point it stops mattering what time of day you do it though 😅 good luck for whenever you test!!! 🤞

@NLmum4 fingers crossed AF stays away! You never know!!

@@NLmum4 I had backache at what turned out to be 9DPO and I got my BFP on 13DPO so fingers crossed for you.
@EK37 thats exciting - keeping everything crossed for you.

@Hotmalibu94 yeah I could do! Although he wants to be there and he leaves for work at 5 so I don’t think I will be awake 😂 I will see what it does tomorrow morning if it still stays high maybe test tomorrow!

@Ncl31 that's interesting - 🤞

For those who have had a bfp - if you were testing leading up to that when did you get your bfp. Looking on other threats and most people seem to be about 10dpo - my other pregnancies i was at least 12dpo. 10dpo seems early .

Any news, @EK37 ? 🤞

@NLmum4 I had a negative on 9dpo and a faint positive on 11dpo ❤️ That was with extra sensitive strips!

@NLmum4 I only tested on 13dpo so can't be sure but it was a very clear line, so I imagine it'd have been there at 12dpo and poss 11dpo. That was with frer :)

@NLmum4 I tested at 12dpo and was a pretty clear line (always saying I’d wait till AF arrived or not but never actually managed to follow through properly 😂)

I used evening urine and easy@home strip, I had honestly written off this cycle that we conceived on as it was so all over the place even tho we did do the deed at the proper times. I used a boots one the next day with FMU and it was very strong lines

Those were my tests at 12 & 13 dpo (evening and morning respectively)

fingers crossed for you! @EK37 let us know how you get on!

@etaketak1991 @CatiaR still no period yet 🤞 my temp dropped slightly today to 36.69 still well above cover line though and I did wake up stupidly early today at 5.30am feeling like I had hunger pains!! I was so sure I would come on today. I didn’t test yet as I saw the drop today so just want to wait a little bit (I am stalling I know I just really don’t want to see a negative test 😂). I did see this Pregnancy monitor bit on FF that has given me 75 points out of 100 which I am hoping is a good thing! Hope you are all well! I will
test tomorrow for you!

@NLmum4 i took my first test on the evening of 8DPO (ridiculously early I know, I have no self control!) and it very much looked negative but i could have sworn there was a shadow, I did another the next evening (I had more luck in the evening weirdly, just before bed) and again, it could have passed as negative but I was almost sure I could see a shadow. Then on 10DPO I took one in the morning and finally got a clear faint line - I also got a positive digital on this day 😊

I do think 10DPO is still early though! I must have just implanted early!

@EK37 Ooh everything is crossed for you!! 🤞🏼

I had my gender scan yesterday and found out that I'm having a little boy 😊👶🏼

@Hollie18 oh congratulations! You must be so excited! I keep saying to DH that I can't wait to find out who this little person is 😅
Was this a private scan? We are waiting for our NHS one but I'm so impatient now 😂 I'll be fuming if we get to the NHS scan and baby is crossing their legs or something after waiting all this time 😂

@EK37 still such a high temperature! Good luck for when you next test!

@Hollie18 @Hotmalibu94 thank you!!

yes still quite high considering I tested 2.5 hours than I usually would after a weird sleep so I am
not too concerned about the drop too much! If it drops again tomorrow I think I will be though so I hope it doesn’t!

@Hollie18 ahhh amazing news! How exciting a little bubba boy 💙💙

@Hollie18 ah how lovely a gorgeous little boy.

@EK37 fingers crossed for you.

ive had EWCM, slightly tinged pink this evening.
im absolutely exhausted after being at work after a leaving do last night. I’d normally not even think twice about BDing but ive told DH that we really should try. We did BD yesterday too, but I want to give this suggested increased fertile period following a loss the best chance we can

@Hollie18 Congratulations!! How lovely ❤️

@Ncl31 Best of luck for you 🤞

@Hollie18 aww a baby boy! Very nice 😊

I think we want to keep it a surprise but not sure if we’re gonna last! Got plenty of time still tho

@CatiaR since delivering babies via c-section I’ve always said I’d have a surprise as it’s so lovely to see the parents find out.

@CatiaR i also love the idea of a surprise but I don’t think I would be able to wait 😂

@Ncl31 ahh I know what you mean, it can become such a chore 😂 but needs must!!! 🤞 for you!!

@Hotmalibu94 yeah it was private, if I'm honest I wouldn't have paid for one but they had money off if you booked over Christmas and also when I had my 12 week scan they told me that in my area they no longer tell you gender unless they come across it, and that lots of people had been disappointed - so I just thought I would book one, I'm also so impatient 😂

@EK37 @Ncl31 @CatiaR @etaketak1991 - thank you all!! We were so conflicted between finding out or not, but if I'm completely honest we were both really hoping for a girl (obviously a healthy baby is paramount and gender does not matter) so actually finding out now has given us chance to think about having a boy etc and I can honestly say it has not taken long, we are both now so excited to meet our boy 😊 the only trouble is names! I'm so torn on boys names, I feel like girls names are so easy!

@Ncl31 - I really hope it happens again quickly for you, you've coped so well with this and to stay so positive, like you say, you've done it once and can do it again! I would be exactly the same, giving it my all especially for this first cycle when you are supposed to be extra fertile. Literally have everything crossed for you 🤞🏼

@Hollie18 Oof, they don't tell you gender unless they come across it?? How frustrating for some people, especially if they can't afford a private scan. We've already decided to do a private gender scan as I have zero chill or patience anyway 😂 Boys names are definitely tougher! I'm a teacher so lots of names already ruled out 🙃

@Ncl31 yeah I think it would be nice to have something to look forward to!

@EK37 not sure if I’ll cave tho, DH is for it either way 😊 but would be nice for him to find out first and tell me maybe

@Hollie18 oh I didn’t know that but again everywhere is so different, my booking appointment will be this week and at my home last week was only a 10 min call so who knows! And definitely boy names are harder and something me and DH don’t agree on 😂 we got a girl name we love but not for boy yet.

@Hollie18 if they'd told us that at my scan I'd have been going to a private one too! We know someone who's a month or so ahead of us and they seem to have found out from the NHS scan so hopefully in this area they do take a look!

@CatiaR I wanted a surprise, then I got pregnant and now I just want to know who my little person is 😍 I know they might choose a different gender in later life etc but it's the first imaginings of our little person ❤️