THE DINO CLUB #1

[Lila34830]

Follow up of the two following threads of TTC Baby number 1 🦕🦖

Good luck lovely !
I use premom yes ! So usually with the prep mom ones you take a picture at 5 minutes. This is when the "water lines" have disappeared and the test is clear ! Xxx

Ooo do PreMom strips clear at 5 mins?! I use One Step and OpKs seem to take an absolute age -at least 10 mins - to develop properly, far longer than HCG strips in any case...

@curliegirlie They typically are valid from the moment they are clear without any streaks! I personally really like them and they predicted my ovulation right as I had a scan before to confirm recently. I'd say 3-5 minutes is a good timeframe ! X

Still checking on you! Whilst thriving in my completely back to normal non hormonal non crying emotionally balanced self post MMC! I could even TTC! Only one week into waiting for my period to come back though so it’ll be a while yet.

Moving house / relocating this month and super busy with my new role so that’s helped me refocus and feel good.

Rooting for them rails/lines for you girls especially Queen of the dinos @Lila34830 🥰🥰🥰

Just realised I haven’t actually done a pregnancy test since my surgical management but I feel so emotionally balanced and have no bleeding that I cannot possibly 🤣 the hormones give it away!

i couldn’t touch my boobs when I was pregnant if that’s a symptom for you?! Xxxx

@Toppstileslover you're too sweet !
I hope you're ok !! I am so glad you're perking up like the strong woman you are 🩷
Guys I've bought a digital clear blue ultra early - BFN. I am 9 dpo so I think it would have been positive surely as an ultra early if I was pregnant ! So I'm just gonna chill now! AF is due in 3 days !

Awww you can’t count yourself out already @Lila34830 !! 9 DPO is SO early, most implantation isn’t until 8 so you wouldn’t even have enough HCG to detect at 9 DPO!! Keep us updated, got everything crossed for you!

So many people who have got positive pregnancy tests seem to have had some very early symptoms also, nausea, fatigue, metallic taste, back pain. I always tend to rule myself out by day 10 if I have none of those! I know loads have no symptoms but lately all I see are people with pretty obvious signs. I still test obviously but I don’t think I’d ever think I was pregnant now if I didn’t have some sort of sign after oversaturating myself with TWW signs/symptoms posts on here 😅

I actually thought the exact same, until the month I got my positive I had the least symptoms I’ve ever had. I didn’t even test until 12 DPO as I was so convinced I couldn’t be.. that test was a very obvious positive. I’d had sore boobs but nothing different to how it normally feels pre period. After my test I started to get a lot more but definitely didn’t in those early early days!! So you really never know and every women reacts differently!

Hi ladies!
I will wait for AF, tbh I don't believe in symptoms that much as the hcg level is so small it can't be symptoms but more the luteal phase and hormone change in general. I think I'm out as I had bfn 9 dpo and 10 dpo but who knows. AF due tomorrow or Thursday latest. I am in a vile mood and exhausted which is definitely periody like 😅

I agree @Lila34830 !!
Shame about the BFN but your not out just yet.

I had my scan today, which was better than the others. I still have a tiny amount of tissue left but it’s not vascular or attached to my uterus anymore so they’re pretty happy it will make its way out with my next period. So now the wait begins for that to arrive!!

I'm so glad it is on its way out and your ordeal is almost over @KT199 you've been so strong girl ❤️❤️
Take care of yourself !
I will let the club know if AF arrives or is late, who knows!

@KT199 glad the scan went well, hopefully AF will arrive soon and you’ll be out the other side of the whole ordeal x

Thank you @Lila34830 and @Clara202 , I’ll probably still lurk around here all the same not going to lie 🤣 I like checking in to see everyone’s journeys!! So, I’ll be here to congratulate any BFP’s in the meantime.

Our TTC will be resumed end of March / April depending where my cycle decides to fall, im secretly hoping fertile week magically falls over the wedding so the deed doesn’t have to be too scheduled for the first try 🤣 !

The starkest of whites / BFN this morning at 11 dpo (or maybe 10dpo but pretty sure 11!). Now I'm waiting for AF tomorrow !
In all honesty I might test tomorrow though still because I've been testing since 9 dpo so .... 😂 I know I am out because I had night sweats - my typical pre period .
What a journey I swear.

@Lila34830 I get those night sweats too. I didn’t realise how many various symptoms I was getting at different stages of the month, the pill masked so much! Those stark white tests are horrible, I have come to really dislike days 9-14 of the TWW! Sorry it’s not what you were hoping for.

Does anyone do temping? I started this month, would love to see what other people’s patterns are!

So annoying @Lila34830, it’s never nice seeing the stark white!! Will you continue with TTC if this isn’t your cycle or take a break?

@Clara202 I temp yeah, I am happy to share a few of my BFN charts and my BFP chart if you wanted to see 😊 only thing with temps is you’ve got to be so accurate so if there’s a couple of varying temps that don’t look right to me, or I didn’t sleep well ect I will have excluded them!

@KT199 thank you! Would like to see what exactly I should be looking out for. I have a digital clear blue, cheapie opk and temping all on the go and they all seem to be doing different things 😅

@KT199 I will definitely take a well needed break until after summer !
But there's drama.
So period is due today or tomorrow, and early afternoon I had a super small amount of brown discharge on my pad. Like, the size of one penny coin. Nothing else. I never spot before period. (Watch me spot from now on 🤣).
I've checked my cervix since (one thing I promised myself I'd never ever do and here we are 🥲) and nothing else ? My ovulation strip peak was 1/02 - not 31/01 like I thought. So I am not sure of anything anymore. I could either be 11 or 10 dpo. I feel like it would be too late for implantation to be honest.
In all honesty, I'd just wish AF would arrive already.
I guess the saga will continue. Let's see what happens tomorrow but I think I'm gonna wait until Friday to actually test again... I have no symptoms apprt from big sore boobs but I always have sore boobs before period !

@Clara202 I don't temp sorry ! I feel like I couldn't handle taking my temp as I already find the opks so stressful already 😅

How the hell did you check your cervix!!!!!! Seriously I need details

I do need to test to check I’m not pregnant but I am so sure I’m not that I just can’t be bothered. I did say to @KT199 i thought I’d be a bit sad if I wasn’t but to be honest my new role has been 15 hour days so I don’t have time to care 😂

and I’m moving house in 2 weeks!

think that and stable hormones is the reason I am being so strong

weirdly my mum piped up and asked if I was tracking my temperature! Apparently she used to have a chart on the wall 😳 this is so not like my mum I’m still thinking about it 😂

anyway no I just went for it and hoped for the best (this will be approach when AF reappears). Think it’s been about 3 weeks since surgery then 2 weeks since bleeding stopped.

then I’m straight back on TTC definitely changed tack and will be having a whole year off 😂😂

Awww you're also on a journey of your own @Toppstileslover !!!
I'm glad you're getting better 🩷
Can't believe your mum used to track bbt ! I thought it was a thing for the ladies of our era only for some reason 😅
Erm, in the shower, with a finger 🤣🤣🤣 (after deep cleaning of my hands! god, Mumsnet makes us do insane things I swear). I probs won't do that again though as I don't think it's any indication of anything. Appart to check if there's blood I guess. But yeah, period coming tomorrow I think. !

@Clara202 I’ll send them in a private message shortly! Which app are you using for them? I’ll try send the ones from the app you use. Oh don’t I’m a nightmare for tracking I do exactly the same.. I drive myself crazy but feel I need data to be in the know 🤣

@Lila34830 Oh do not worry - embarrassingly I have been there too.. I checked when I was pregnant as I spotted a little a few days after I found out. My issue was my cervix was SO high I couldn’t even find it. Apparently when your pregnant it near on disappears and can confirm mine did!! Not something I plan to attempt again 😂😂😂

I hope AF doesn’t arrive for you, but if it does it’s all just a part of this annoying journey. I’m sure you’ll thrive in your TTC break and come back more determined than ever!! You deserve this so much and I can’t wait to be here to celebrate your two lines, you’ve been so supportive throughout my whole journey. You’re going to make the most amazing mum one day.

@Toppstileslover hey girrrrllll!! Glad to hear your doing okay 🫶

@KT199 I can only say the same for you girl 🩷🩷🩷 you are so nice thank you so so much. I shall let you (and the 🦕 club) know !!!

@KT199 I’m logging on fertility friend and Flo at the moment!