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[HollyMonkey]

2nd pic. Seems to have worked this time, I cropped them, maybe they were too big..Standing baby!

 

[newbie_ttc]

Try again for those pics...

Hello HollyMonkey, how you doing? Not having much luck with those pics of LO are you?
I'm sure you'll work it out sometime. GL and lots of and

u put the 'loon' in loonies!

 

[newbie_ttc]

Holly your gets cuter by the day! Thanks for sharing pics of regularly, so we can continue to have something to gush over.

Hi ladies! How is everyone? Congrats on entering your TWW Sarachka!

Crunchie We wouldn't dare leave you behind... how else would we be able to keep up with crumble??

So I'm 5dpo and I was wondering, what is the proper behavior for the TWW? Besides the obvious, no smoking or drinking, are there other things you ladies do or don't engage in during the dreaded wait?

for everyone!!


P.S. my real name is shannon, but newbie is fine since that's what everyone has been calling me for the past month or so

 

[Sarachka]

I nix my pain killer habit in the tww too.

 

[newbie_ttc]

i read somewhere that you should avoid hot baths i've taken a bath almost everyday since O b/c it's been so cold. hope i haven't screwed myself with that!

what about DTD? specifically having an orgasm? i'm afraid the contractions from that will have a negative affect

 

[Sarachka]

I wondered abt DTD. Like say it's the moment the blastocyst tries to implant & you're 'jiggling around' - will that stop implantation ?

 

[TrinityMom]

Hey Molly we have a real Dr!
Sorry Dr Trinitymom! Life in Sth Africa sounds great; gardens you can get lost in, maids, (even if they do steal baby outfits!) bunny chow...
In France at the moment Hello Kitty is big stuff- EVERYTHING is Hello Kitty!
The paddling pool I got in the summer is Hello Kitty, but it wasn't deliberate, it was the only one in the shop! Apart from that I've not gone in for Hello Kitty too much, I'm sure the day will come when LO insiststhough !!

Life in SA is pretty great. I know it sounds weird to anyone in Europe that I have a maid but it's pretty standard here. Unemployment is so high that if we didn't, about 30% of women wouldn't have jobs. I have someone who lives in so that if I have a mom in labour (I'm a doula too) I can leave and there's someone for the kids

I'm a Homoeopath so according to most gp's in SA not a real doctor.

I must admit I'm a bot of a Hello Kitty freak (got quite a few in my car) but it ends there.

Your LO is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! Please tell her to speak to the girl angels for me and send one south to me

tww no no's.....I don't take my painkillers either (not sure if you were serious Sarachka, but i seriously skip them). It's killing me at the moment but I want a baby so......

 

[TrinityMom]

i read somewhere that you should avoid hot baths i've taken a bath almost everyday since O b/c it's been so cold. hope i haven't screwed myself with that!

what about DTD? specifically having an orgasm? i'm afraid the contractions from that will have a negative affect

I'm a hot bath addict so I always had hot baths and it didn't stop my boys implanting.

Not sure about the effects of DTD. i don't imagine it would make a difference because everything is happening on a microscopic level

 

[Sarachka]

I do usually take pain killers daily for my bad back. Last tww was horrible, I almost dreaded 9 months of no pain relief

 

[TrinityMom]

I do usually take pain killers daily for my bad back. Last tww was horrible, I almost dreaded 9 months of no pain relief

I have MS so i usually have pain blocking meds and then pain killers on top of that - was taking 6-8 per day. Haven't had the blissful pain blockers for 4 months since ttc and was only taking pain meds before O. Then I read that if it has an anti-inflammatory component it can stop ovulation (because basically it's and inflammatory process) so I have only take paracetamol twice this cycle

Usually my symptoms go into remission when I'm pregnant but the flare ups since my last child's birth have been worse than ever so not sure what will happen. I'm hoping for a pain-free 9 month

 

[HollyMonkey]

The basic question I'm asking myself is "have I ovulated yet?"
My ticker is a day out, so it should read '1 day til O' but it's set according to very irregular cycles so I don't trust it much. My 1st +OPK was yesterday morning. Tonight's is neg, as pic shows. No mittel/s pains, a bit of AF type cramping yesterday and today in the afternoon.
Any opinions welcome

 

[TrinityMom]

The basic question I'm asking myself is "have I ovulated yet?"
My ticker is a day out, so it should read '1 day til O' but it's set according to very irregular cycles so I don't trust it much. My 1st +OPK was yesterday morning. Tonight's is neg, as pic shows. No mittel/s pains, a bit of AF type cramping yesterday and today in the afternoon.
Any opinions welcome

Wasn't it more positive yesterday? (looked at so many liney pictures I'm losing track!) If so, I'd say that the end of your surge so O might have happened already or be about to (if we go on O being 12-48 hours after LH surge)

 

[HollyMonkey]

I don't change anything for the 2ww,(but I don't take medication) but this time if I get any convincing early symptoms, ie sore boobs for me, I wont have my wine! Around implantation with LO I was in the UK- didn't know I was preggars of course, and swam in 8°C Thames Estuary water in April with my nephew for a dare, went to the pub for beer regularly etc etc. Did have a very early BFP though, so the damage could only have been for 8 days or so. And I intend to test early this month too- I have some 10iu tests....
But I'm a bit of a .
Oh yes one thing, I may not go running. It doesn't change anything in the doctor's view, but I had an mc at a time I was running alot (again didn't know I was prgnt) so I'm afraid of that now

 

[Crunchie]

I do usually take pain killers daily for my bad back. Last tww was horrible, I almost dreaded 9 months of no pain relief

I have MS so i usually have pain blocking meds and then pain killers on top of that - was taking 6-8 per day. Haven't had the blissful pain blockers for 4 months since ttc and was only taking pain meds before O. Then I read that if it has an anti-inflammatory component it can stop ovulation (because basically it's and inflammatory process) so I have only take paracetamol twice this cycle

Usually my symptoms go into remission when I'm pregnant but the flare ups since my last child's birth have been worse than ever so not sure what will happen. I'm hoping for a pain-free 9 month

I hear you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a bad knee injury and my GP told me to go crazy with ibuprofen to get my swelling down...........told me to take them 4 times aday for 4 weeks and then I thought I was going mad as I had about a 70 day cycle...got the booklet out and it states " leads to temporay infertility " grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr took ages to get to my 40 odd day cycles lol !!!!

 

[HollyMonkey]

The basic question I'm asking myself is "have I ovulated yet?"
My ticker is a day out, so it should read '1 day til O' but it's set according to very irregular cycles so I don't trust it much. My 1st +OPK was yesterday morning. Tonight's is neg, as pic shows. No mittel/s pains, a bit of AF type cramping yesterday and today in the afternoon.
Any opinions welcome

Wasn't it more positive yesterday? (looked at so many liney pictures I'm losing track!) If so, I'd say that the end of your surge so O might have happened already or be about to (if we go on O being 12-48 hours after LH surge)

My view too. I just want O to have happened already, we started BDing too early, been a week now, and I'm bored with it and I think I've pumped DH dry! Yes much more positive yesterday.

 

[Crunchie]

1st pic

I want oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[TrinityMom]

The basic question I'm asking myself is "have I ovulated yet?"
My ticker is a day out, so it should read '1 day til O' but it's set according to very irregular cycles so I don't trust it much. My 1st +OPK was yesterday morning. Tonight's is neg, as pic shows. No mittel/s pains, a bit of AF type cramping yesterday and today in the afternoon.
Any opinions welcome

Wasn't it more positive yesterday? (looked at so many liney pictures I'm losing track!) If so, I'd say that the end of your surge so O might have happened already or be about to (if we go on O being 12-48 hours after LH surge)

My view too. I just want O to have happened already, we started BDing too early, been a week now, and I'm bored with it and I think I've pumped DH dry! Yes much more positive yesterday.

I get 'bored' with it too

 

[HollyMonkey]

Hey Trinitymom your ticker's wrong. It should say 3 days left until testing

 

[HollyMonkey]

I do usually take pain killers daily for my bad back. Last tww was horrible, I almost dreaded 9 months of no pain relief

I have MS so i usually have pain blocking meds and then pain killers on top of that - was taking 6-8 per day. Haven't had the blissful pain blockers for 4 months since ttc and was only taking pain meds before O. Then I read that if it has an anti-inflammatory component it can stop ovulation (because basically it's and inflammatory process) so I have only take paracetamol twice this cycle

Usually my symptoms go into remission when I'm pregnant but the flare ups since my last child's birth have been worse than ever so not sure what will happen. I'm hoping for a pain-free 9 month

You poor thing, I'll be hoping too that you have a pain free 9 months

 

[HollyMonkey]

i read somewhere that you should avoid hot baths i've taken a bath almost everyday since O b/c it's been so cold. hope i haven't screwed myself with that!

what about DTD? specifically having an orgasm? i'm afraid the contractions from that will have a negative affect

Oops I have a hot bath every night!