33 yrs young ttc#1...need buddies:)

[Fruitful]

Welcome, 1st try - come and wait with us! How long have you been TTC? How have you been finding it so far?

I think we more or less followed the smep this month, so fingers crossed. We used conceive +, but I'm planning on trying Preseed with the applicators next month if this time doesn't work out. I just ordered some Preseed and lots of OPKs - banking on sod's law that if I order them, I'll end up not needing them Fruitful, what did you think of the softcups? And Tink, are you finding temping useful? I keep thinking about doing it, but I think it might freak dh out!

No symptoms to report so far, but I guess it's a bit early! How about y'all?

 

[Fruitful]

lol, Trolley Dolly - crossed posts! Sorry to hear you're feeling a bit rough - hope you feel better soon xx

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

lol well fruitful by what im reading on here no signs is a good thing fx.The softcups r ok the last 2 nites i have slept with them in but i noticed that they were there and i went to the toilet alot more in the nite...they r quite big i got a shock actually so did dh...ive been told i have a narrow womb and now i can tell from using the softcups they r easy to insert getting out is a bit tricky but if it helps the i will try anything.I got some left for next month and think i will order some preseed for next month too.x

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

hi ladies im in a bit of a tizzso i thought i was in the 2ww...but ive just done a opk and its a smiley face again...yesterday it was negative but think it was around midday when i done it...omg im so confused...has this ever happened to any of u ?x

 

[Fruitful]

Hi Trolley Dolly! Sounds like you need to jump your dh again Any positive OPK is a good OPK...

It's not happened to me so far (only my second month using them, and I ran out this month!), but I've read about it happening to other people. This is one possibility, I think:
https://www.peeonastick.com/opkfaq.html#9

Otherwise, just wondering, but you can sometimes get false negatives on OPKs if you've been drinking quite a lot of liquid before taking the test. Could that have been the case yesterday?

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

Thanx fruitful thats good little read...my cm seems to have dryed up...so i dunno but defo jumping dh again 2nite thats 3 nites in a row now...hes whistling to work lol.

Not sure what happened yesterday...i know it was like midday and todays was @ 4pm...but how many days r u supposed to ovulate for i thought it was only 2 days?

 

[Tink80]

hi, ladies.

well we tried to follow SMEP as much as possible throughout all the chaos and I think we did pretty darn well, we only missed one day. we used preseed and softcups and i was drinking grapefruit juice and taking the fertileCM pills and dh was kind of taking the men's fertilaid when he remembered, lol.

i find the temping very useful. it's another tool i can use against the opks and cross reference to get a better idea of what is happening. i would have assumed i was done being fertile on saturday or sunday if i had just been using opks and not temping as well. i just put the thermometer right by my bed with a notebook and once you get in the habit of doing it you don't even think about it anymore. i found the book "taking charge of your fertility" very helpful.

trolley, it could be that your body was gearing up to O and then the egg didn't quite release so now it's gearing up to do it again. from what i've read you can have "false starts" with the LH surge so i'd definitely jump your OH again

temp was 97.8 this am so fairly confident now about being in the TWW and my opks are getting fainter and fainter. last night i had horrible stomachache, i don't know quite how to describe it except my stomach felt very distended and gas/indigestion and even though i was hungry could not eat as much as i liked. been very tired but we've been moving things since last friday so it's probably due to that! the stomach thing was weird though. that's pretty much it though.

i keep worrying about the next two days we will be finishing our move and if it could affect my chances but i'm taking comfort in the fact that even if we got it right this cycle that the egg wouldn't even be implanted yet, it'd still be traveling down the fallopian tubes so physical activity probably wouldn't wreck that..i'm only 2dpo so i should just calm down!

 

[Fruitful]

Trolley Dolly, I'd say two days of positive OPKs is typical, but from what I understand it's not unusual for OPKs to be positive for longer than that for some people and it's not necessarily a problem! The main issue is that it can make it difficult to tell when exactly you ovulated. I'm not a doctor, though, so it's probably worth asking your GP when you next see him/her!

 

[Fruitful]

Tink, I'm glad that the smep and the move both went well! Woohoo! I can't imagine that amount of physical activity would make any difference this early on. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of us!

 

[Tink80]

oh and fruitful i have to add i also do the same thing stocking up on OPKs and pregnancy tests during my TWW hoping to "jinx" myself into not needing them..it'd be the best waste of money ever to me, lol!!

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

thanx ladies for the advice i really hope its what u guys r saying fx its not pcos...i will b gutted...just found out my friend is pg and my sister is due her baby in 2 weeks...found out my sis inlaw is gonna start trying again just feel like im being left behind...im very happy for them just wish it would happen to me too

 

[1ST TRY]

Welcome, 1st try - come and wait with us! How long have you been TTC? How have you been finding it so far?

I think we more or less followed the smep this month, so fingers crossed. We used conceive +, but I'm planning on trying Preseed with the applicators next month if this time doesn't work out. I just ordered some Preseed and lots of OPKs - banking on sod's law that if I order them, I'll end up not needing them Fruitful, what did you think of the softcups? And Tink, are you finding temping useful? I keep thinking about doing it, but I think it might freak dh out!

No symptoms to report so far, but I guess it's a bit early! How about y'all?

Thanks Fruitful for the warm welcoming I've been trying for over a year now until i decided to consult a gner who said i'm not ovulating the he prescribed me Fertomid 50 (clomid) that i was taking from the 19th of August to 23rd August then i went back to him to check if the tablet worked on the 27th (my 13th day of my circle) and he confirmrd that i do have forlicles and they are about 19mm, so from the 27th to 30th it was a do or die day. i will do the tests on the 12th of Sept.

 

[1ST TRY]

Hi 1st try welcome to the thread....have u had the big O yet???Is this your fist cycle trying?

Well i woke up this morning with a banging headache and really bad lower back ache...the headache was making me feel sick it was so strong as it was at the back of my head...dh got me some tablets and it seems to have gone....i still have twinges on the left side ovary....mayb im just run down still from the weekend.

Hows everyone?x

Hi Trolley_Dolley Well i can say this is my first cycle of taking things seriously. i'm waiting for the 12th now. can't wait!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome to you all guys.

 

[Fruitful]

1st Try, thanks for sharing your story! Sorry to hear it's taken a while to get to this stage, but it's great that you're able to try something new - fingers crossed for this month! Best of luck with your 2WW - I hope you're managing to stay sane I know I wouldn't... I'll probably be testing around the 10th/11th September, unless I get my period first.

Not much news from me. I feel like my lower abdomen is a bit tender at times, but I think it was probably the same the last six cycles, to be honest! Otherwise no symptoms. To try and keep my mind off things, I've started doing yoga, which is great. I've spotted some fertility yoga videos on youtube, and am going to try and do some of the poses at home.

Hope everyone's well! xx

 

[Fruitful]

thanx ladies for the advice i really hope its what u guys r saying fx its not pcos...i will b gutted...just found out my friend is pg and my sister is due her baby in 2 weeks...found out my sis inlaw is gonna start trying again just feel like im being left behind...im very happy for them just wish it would happen to me too

Trolley Dolly, it'll totally happen for you too . And when it does you can steal all their baby stuff I know what you mean, though - it does seem like as soon as you start trying, the whole world around you is pregnant!

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

Hi ladies how is everyone anything new....

I did an opk yesterday and it was negative so i think im officially in the 2ww....hope your all having a nice weekend x

 

[Trolley_Dolly]

Hi 1st try welcome to the thread....have u had the big O yet???Is this your fist cycle trying?

Well i woke up this morning with a banging headache and really bad lower back ache...the headache was making me feel sick it was so strong as it was at the back of my head...dh got me some tablets and it seems to have gone....i still have twinges on the left side ovary....mayb im just run down still from the weekend.

Hows everyone?x

Hi Trolley_Dolley Well i can say this is my first cycle of taking things seriously. i'm waiting for the 12th now. can't wait!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome to you all guys.

Hey 1stry well im glad your getting the right results and help from your gp...we will be testing the same weekwell thats if the witch stays away we need lots of

 

[Fruitful]

Hi girls! Well I woke up feeling kind of down and irritable today, for no obvious reason, and I have a horrible feeling it might be PMS kicking in a bit early I never used to get PMS until I hit my late twenties but now I really notice it - I'm usually super grumpy and emotional in the run-up to af. Do any of you get that?

How's everyone doing? xx

 

[Tink80]

Hi, ladies

Fruitful, I'm sorry you feel down. But remember!! Early pregnancy mimics PMS quite a bit (which is why we all drive ourselves nuts trying to tell the difference) so maybe you feeling hormonal is a good thing and the start of a pregnancy! Remember you're not out until AF shows up..fingers crossed you won't see her for a long while!

Well, we officially finished moving last night! Thank God, I'm so worn out. The new place isn't organized but we can take our time with that. As long as the old unit is cleaned out and ready for new tenants, I'm gonna celebrate by relaxing

A week from now I should know how we did this cycle. I feel like we gave it a good try for all that we had going on but I also know to not get my hopes up too much or read too much into things. I just pray it will happen soon.

 

[1ST TRY]

Hi ladies, hope you had a great weekend.

The only thing that runs in my mind is the pregnancy only, i even dream it, 3 ningths in a row. IS THAT NORMAL OR I'M GETTING MAD?