Anyone struggling to get baby number 2??

[Mrs W 11]

Hi lil pixie, welcome! Sorry to hear about your loss. The thing with life is, just when we think we know what's going to happen, life surprises us, so you never know, just when you are expecting it to take a while to conceive you might get that bfp really quick!!

On a similar note I had a good chuckle to myself this morning when I realised i needed to buy more pregnacare conception today. Obviously in November/December being pregnant I was taking pregnacare. After my mc I went to buy pregnacare conception to help prepare my body and it was buy 2 get the 3rd free. I thought to myself well ill be pregnant by the end of January so if Ill only need one conception and bought the pregnancy vitamins for the other two slightly confident, I had no idea!! I got pregnant first time with my dd and mmc baby so I didn't realise how hard this would be. Every month I've trooped off to the shops for more pregnacare conception!!

Anyway.... Munchkin sorry your cycle is being so confusing. What cd are you on if you count Rowans birth as cd1? It's still early days after her birth so try not to put too much pressure on yourself if you can, but I know that's easier said than done. During cycle 2 after my loss I bled during ovulation so maybe that's what is happening to you? I think it takes the hormones a while to rebalance. If you think, we probably had a bit of on and off bleeding after the birth of our dds but we didn't really analyse it then quite so much. I hope your af comes very soon.

Has everyone had a nice weekend? We got Freya a sun hat and some new sandals today. Then we sat in the garden and played and we've skyped both sets of grandparents. Lush weather, it's been lovely!! Don't want to go back to work tomorrow!!

 

[Button#]

We've had a nice weekend thank you. Ashley has been out and about with OH while I've got some cleaning done and I had a lovely morning at my art class yesterday, very therapeutic.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

We've had a wonderful but super busy weekend, we've visited my nan on her birthday, been to see Xander's grandma and family who are visiting from London and today we've been to a birthday party at a farm which was amazing. Xander stroked/held everything that came near him, had a tractor ride and rode on a donkey without any help from us

We also had our first real head bump which resulted in a massive egg and a giant bruise right in the middle of his forhead. I've literally never seen anything swell that much or that quickly ever. Xander was over it in five minutes but now keeps telling everyone daddy did it

My cycles returned to normal right away after Xander but I didn't get my period back for 8m. after my mc they were in a complete tizz wazz for ages. I hope things sort out for you soon munchkin

 

[Munchkin30]

Hey lil pixie! I know a few women who really struggling concieving their first but fell right away the second so i really believe fertility (or luck!) can change over time.

Mrs W i take the pregnacare and i put them on my amazon subscribe order so i can cancel or change them when i need to! How annoying, i know how you feel.

I'm now on CD37 but i'm getting more red today, overnight had fair bit and today it's red every time but again not much. I don't know what's going on. I might treat sat as CD1 but not do my fertility monitor this month, just opks and only really 'try' when i get a positive. I don't think smep will work either because i don't really know if i'm at the start or the end of a cycle or what! Grrr so confusing.

 

[Mrs W 11]

I haven't heard of an amazon subscribe list munchkin, ill have to check that out.

To be honest this sounds like your af to me, maybe just a lighter version as your hormones sort themselves out. I agree I'd track with opks and bd when you get a + for this cycle unless you feel like doing it any other times. I'm cd10 today so we will need to get on the dtd train this week.

We are at the in laws this wkend for Easter over my fertile period, awkward!! Not just the dtd at their house but also taking my wee cup and opks along!!! They were pretty gutted and devastated about our mc and can't wait for another grand baby so they know we are ttc but even so! I'd rather do it in the privacy of my own home!

What's everyone else doing at Easter? X

 

[Mrs W 11]

Ooh also when we got home tonight I ran up to get changed so Freya and I could go out for a walk and enjoy the sunshine. As I got changed I could hear her shouting 'mummy, glasses, ferret, mummy, glasses, ferret'.

When I came down my sunglasses were in 3 pieces. Turns out ferret was threw it!! Oh good!!!!!

 

[Munchkin30]

If you subscribe to a few things you get a discount, I get 15% off. I think I currently get my vits, ohs vits, iron, mouthwash and charlottes favourite Ella's kitchen pouches. Worth doing! It's always awkward ttc with other people in the house, and the pressure is hard work!! I'm sure this is AF now, i had a good load of blood earlier and some clots etc (the things we talk about on here!!) it's not normal though and I know this whole cycle won't be normal. My me said last time to wait 2 afs and now I see why, I won't be waiting though!!

 

[celine]

Ow munchkin amazing that this is af! What day are you counting for cd1? Your cycle after the mmc took ages and looks like your body will sort itself out faster this time.

Mrs w you gotta do what you gotta do hehe, now i have to agree it will be awkward but sneaky can be fun too right? Well i gooe you get your easter bunny

My hubby has his birthday 22nd so hoping to do something with him...he is a workaholic of note so i never see him! This does lead to many fights tho as im always with the kids and dd has been acting up a storm lately with tabtrums and especially bedtime shenanigans in fact last night ahe totally "played me" i was so worried, hubby was at work googling ear infections wtx but truth was she just flipped out when i left her, so three hours of lying next to her in my bed with her giggling away i realized she was playing me and literally threw her in bed shut the door and ran! She then went all excorsit on me and threw stuff around her room and unplugged everything and found out that she could open her door! I then stomped in and somwthing came over her and she ran to her bed! I plugged everything back in, said goodnight and she slept thru til 3:30 &5:30( i ignored her those times and after a two min whinge she slept on)

Urgh the terrible twos are kicking my butt right now! She is so stubborn! Sorry for the off topic rant!

 

[Button#]

Ooh mrs W that is awkward!

Glad things are moving along for you Munchkin.

I'm not doing anything special over Easter. It'll be nice having two against one for an extra couple of days. LO is being a nightmare with his teeth. Part of me thinks oh no when we do have number 2 that's a whole new set of teeth that have to come through!

 

[Munchkin30]

Oh celine, I love the terrible twos! They're hilarious! Not. I do tend to laugh at Charlotte when she's having tantrums, and she's really good at them! They're also so good at pretending to be dying when they're not... it must be hard having your oh so busy, being at home with little ones is brilliant but such hard work. It's far easier being at work a few days a week. My oh works funny hours, he can be at home a lot or not here at all, but when he's home he's often 'working'. He is self employed so Has lots of paperwork to do by the also hides in his office a lot! I'd get really fed up if he was just gone all day every day, I enjoy the variety. He's off tidal so we're going shopping and then seeing his parents to ask about childcare when I move to bham next week (talk about last minute!!)

Not sure what cd to call this. My first red blood was Friday night with on off red through sat and sun and had more blood yesterday and today, moments of medium but mostly light. Certainly not soaking through a pad in a day. What do you all think?

 

[celine]

Maybe Sat as cd1?

Oh my bad mummy moment today...i relented and took dd to the doc, hoping to prove dh wrong that she doesnt have an ear infection, only to be told....she has pneurmonia! On antibiotics now and i feel like the worlds unfittest mum urgh!

 

[slg76]

Munchkin: I would call Friday CD1. Yay!

Celine: Hang in there! Terrible 2s make for funny stories but I know it's not funny at the time.

DD is 3 1/2. She does have a little cold right now but she is quite the drama queen when she's sick. Lots of crying and flailing about. Tonight she was holding her throat and saying in her best sick voice "I can't breathe!". Hubby was listening in over the phone and I think he was about to call an ambulance. She was just being dramatic She says "nothing will help and I'll have a sniffle forever!!!!!!" Ay, I hate it when she's sick!

 

[celine]

Lol at ur hubby ready to call an am ulance

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Slg I think that's the most adorable thing I've ever heard

Xander is such a trooper when he's sick but I never know what to do with him! I used to trust that he was fine if he acts fine but he's been hospitalised with his breathing three times now and every time he's been happy as can be this weekend he ran head first into a doorframe, his little forehead was huge and tuned purple and I still couldn't get him to sit down.

Celine, the moments when they're very two are hilarious when they're over but I know how frustrating it is at the time. Xander is still in his cot and I'm literally dreading moving him to a bed! I might keep him in it till its time for uni

I so desperately want to take Xander to the beach over the easter weekend. It's still pretty cold though :-/

 

[Button#]

Celine I hope she feels better soon.

Ashley is just starting his terrible twos, everything is "no". Last couple of days have been awful with his teething. Just hope he has a long nap today.

Munchkin- I would count Friday as CD1 so that you start doing OPKs earlier and you won't miss your surge. If you get your BFP this cycle (and I really hope you do) then a couple of days out won't make a huge difference.

 

[slg76]

pixie.... sounds like you have a rough and tumble boy on your hands. Maybe he could send a little toughness our way and things will even out.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

I think it's because his daddy is so clumsy, poor bugger is constantly in the wars. We've just had the same conversation 5 times in a row about why we don't cuddle bumble bees - he's leaning towards it being worth the risk I think

 

[celine]

I think it's because his daddy is so clumsy, poor bugger is constantly in the wars. We've just had the same conversation 5 times in a row about why we don't cuddle bumble bees - he's leaning towards it being worth the risk I think

Lol! My son once nagged atme so hard about wanting a dip dip egg (boiled egg with soldiers) and i kept explaining i needed to cook it a little bit and would get so mad at how im not supposed to cook it that one day i said fine and pit the raw egg in front of him. He was two. He ate the whole damn thing. I felt ill. Urghhh!

And i agree dont be rushing the bed thing! We took the side bit off my sons cot at 2,5 years and he was so funny he would stand in his cot and call us to take him out..he took a while to reaize it was "open", then at age three we gave him our old double bed and now at 4,5 he got a half double bunk thing. Now dd we thought tge cot was getting small for her at 2,5 and went and got her a toddler bed....she is still sleeping badly!

 

[slg76]

sometimes don't you wonder if the toddlers know something we don't? Maybe raw eggs are really good........um no...probably not

I finally got Emily to stop crying last last and I was rocking her in my lap. She was settling down and I thought she was falling asleep. She jumped up and out of my lap and said, "Mom, I CAN"T breath on you, you will get my cold"! Too smart for her own good!

A few minutes ago she ran up to me and said in her sniffly voice with a panicked look on her face, "I have a flu. It's even badder than yesterday".

My girl is such a scardy cat that she wouldn't go anywhere near a bumble bee. She won't even touch ants. It's to be expected really since both her parents are bookworm intellectual types

 

[slg76]

Good news from me, my progesterone level came back at 7 which means I ovulated again this month. I think that makes 4 months in a row. Take that negative-nancy-fertility-doctor!! I think I'm 9 dpo today. Tick-tock tick-tock waiting to test haha, not really, I already tested but of course it was negative.