TTC FIRST BABY - New cycle, let's go girls !

[Lila34830]

Follow up form TTC BABY #1 - cycle buddies.
For all the girls trying to conceive their first baby !

Sorry @Itstime2023 and @QuirkyPiglet if AF has shown ☹️ I was there a few days ago and it know it can be an upsetting time!!

@JessicaViolet don’t worry we all over share here and funnily enough none of us seem to have any shame in that 😅 we was saying the other week how crazy it is we literally post info on here like when we’ve DTD and what CM we have 😅

Sounding promising for you, fingers crossed for a BFP for you in a few days!! 🤞

@Gemmaemilyx so sorry to read your spotting, hopefully it doesn’t progress to AF I think some light bleeding can be absolutely fine. Keep us updated, here if you need people to lean on!

@Gemmaemilyx sending you love 🫶🏽

@Itstime2023 @QuirkyPiglet so sorry to hear AF arrived 😔

@JessicaViolet honestly we literally share everything, nothing can shock us 🤣 sometimes I imagine what everybody does for work in here, or how you all look like 😅

Anyone’s AF ever stopped and turned to super light spotting for a few days (not even enough to hit a pad, only when wiping) then started again? 🤯 I thought it was over, but I’ve got that heavy uterus feeling again like she’s about to come back. So confused never had this happen ever!!

@KT199 so odd !
4 cycles ago I had brown spotting for 2 days. Turned out to be what af was that month. So odd. Have you tested recently or did you stop at 10 dpo ? (From memory...)

I stopped at 11, but I did have AF as “normal” for 2 days, I never tend to have long periods and may sometimes spot a little on day 3 so didn’t think anything of the slight spotting yesterday or this morning really but it’s the fact it feels like it could show back up.. oh well will have to see what happens!! Typical to have normal cycles for a full year and then minute you want them to co-operate they start to mess up! 😒

@KT199 honestly I feel your pain +++
Regular cycles for 3 years between 30/31 days. The minute we started the ttc journey it went all messed up it's a joke

So annoying isn’t it!

How are you getting on? Are the symptoms continuing?

@KT199 @Lila34830 hahahaha, thank god everyone is in the same boat 😂 also love that you like to try and figure out what we do and what we look like too, amazing!
It's amazing when it comes to TTC how much we're willing to share with each other!
Fingers crossed it's heading towards a BFP, otherwise I feel like I am going mad!

Today I am CD 26 and AF due in 4 days, on Tuesday which is our wedding anniversary! I am 11/12 dpo. I nearly bought tests on my Tesco order just now but honestly, AF is the only way to know.

Last month when I was 5 late I felt so, so tired, felt sore. This month nothing. I am full of beans. I don’t even feel like I have my usual PMS?

going to be a rubbish present if I do get it!

@Clara202 - my COQ10 was from a shop in the US (literally no reason we bought it there other than we were on holiday and it was the first month we started trying)

you can get them on amazon

my fellow dino mum friend in Canada also recommended a fertility lube called Preseed which I’ll get this month I think. They’d been trying for 6 months or so aged 36/37 and Said it worked first time!

Am I totally ridiculous that I wanted a Cancer baby in July. August is a weird month. Am holding out for my little cancerian. Might go quiet til then xo

@Toppstileslover I actually have used preseed this month too! We have got make factor infertility going on and someone recommended it to me. They have 5 kids now and used it to conceive all of them so I'm hoping there is something to it!

@Toppstileslover how strong is the COq10 you have? I think it’s already in Proceive Max but don’t know how much etc.
I’ll have a look at preseed as well. I too pictured myself potentially holding a baby in summer, if it doesn’t happen next month we’ll be looking at autumn 2025 which just seems so far away. Although I will take a baby at any time of year!

tests are getting lighter and my bleeding is still pink but I think it’s slightly more so another chemical 😔 it’s so odd as I’ve had 2 babies no issues whatsoever so just gotta ride this out and wait for the next cycle and see if the GP is willing to do any tests! How’s everyone doing? Any BFP?? 😊 🩷

Are any of you avoiding alcohol altogether while TTC? I'm trying to, but to be honest TTC is just the excuse, I really can't do hangovers anymore 😅 not a huge drinker but I do enjoy catching up with friends over a couple at the weekend.
It got me thinking about coffee. I drink at least 3 cups a day and am afraid if I stop I'll feel rotten!! Forgot my morning coffee yesterday and had such a headache 😭

Hope you're doing ok 💛

I've given up drinking but I didn't drink much anyway!
I don't drink coffee but I do drink an awful lot of tea 😳 have you tried decaf coffee? I've started trying to drink decaf tea but its not as nice 😕

Same here I probs drink twice a year anyways so I haven't had to " stop " really ! I try and limit caffeine ...!

I don’t drink much anyway, I’ve had the odd 1 if out for a meal, but not had any in excess. As for caffeine I’ve cut down, I have one coffee on a morning and then have decaf tea and coffee if I have any other hot drinks throughout the day!

@ThisOchreTiger I feel you, I love and need coffee and it's so hard to reduce it! I'm only on my first cycle of TTC so trying to be good, stopped alcohol altogether for 1 month before, and 1w before ovulation tried to reduce to 1 coffee and 1 decaf a day, plus reducing chocolate because the caffeine easily adds up. Trying to stick to that now that I'm on the 2WW. But like I said, I'm only on cycle 1 so not sure how feasible this is if it takes many cycles of trying 😅

I also wanted to ask everyone on this. Do you watch what you eat while ttc, not just alcohol and caffeine, but avoid undercooked meat, sushi, unpasteurised dairy, etc just in case?

I don’t tend to eat any of that stuff anyway, may sometimes have steak but it’s not a regular meal for me would usually be if I went out for dinner ect

Sorry to hear that lovely...😔🩷
I think I'm 9dpo today but holding off until period arrives... other than sore boobs I have nothing else and I don't" feel " pregnant so I'm not sure at all ....

I haven't been avoiding soft cheese etc, but wouldn't eat much of it anyway. For me the coffee is definitely the hardest! I could do without everything else. Also spotted that the face serum I use says it's not suitable for pregnancy, but was planning on continuing to use it until I'm definitely positive...

@Clara202 here you go Dino darling - I need to look up what is strong / not strong but the US sell hospital painkillers in the supermarket so I assume they were higher potency. Meant to say I live in London and absolutely loads of people are our age (or older mums 35-43) trying so don’t worry, just get your tests going. My area is affluent and it’s extremely common (I see literally no young mums ever).

I stopped drinking significantly last year, like even went to Ibiza and didn’t really drink! I drink a lot less now. Makes me so sick now. I am quite highly strung so only usually have decaf coffee and decaf Diet Coke now. I do love a costa frothy coffee (though not the anxiety after 😂)

Hubs has a very boozy job with lunches but is trying to cut down.

Definitely keep on using it, i also read that for mine and I'm thinking the same. However I am trying not to fall into the " avoiding everything " thing as I feel like not living life whilst ttc could have a worse effect on me and my stress levels than trying to live normally if that makes sense. But I also totally respect people who try and be as cautious as they can about a lot of things ! (Tbf i don't drink so that one is easy I guess).

My staying healthy is going well.
Just had a kebab 😬