From WTT to BFP: Teaup & Brenn are best buddies!

[teacup]

After a long 5 days of spotting on and off AF has finally come on properly this evening! Last bit of hope has gone for sure. At least I can look forward to my next fertile week now! That cycle was 40 days long! A record for me - I don't know why it was so long.

I think I'll go out for a drink this weekend!

These are my new baby birthdays based on 33 day cycles:

March 17th
April 19th
May 20th
June 21st

I normally base them on 31 days but after the last couple of cycles I think 33 days is probably more realistic. I'm going to try to be more relaxed this cycle and not symptom spot so much.

Hope the houses on Saturday are good! Let me know how you get on. xx

 

[brenn09]

I'm glad AF finally quit playing around and came on properly! I don't think it is so bad when AF shows up, but the is she or isn't she??? is sooo hard to cope with! I'm sorry you had your hopes up and she dashed them like that

Umm, I think a drink is absolutely required when AF shows. I even drink now just because AF shows even though we're not trying

I hope this second cycle is more relaxing- the first one just seems soo stressful! Please be prepared for me to drive you crazy on my first one Remember, your odds of conception go up every month because most women conceive in the first year! Well, this is how I look at it!

The realtor will call tomorrow to find out what we want to look at and what is our wants/needs list and hopefully we'll go out on Saturday. I'm pretty sure that is the plan but I guess I don't really know that for absolute certain. I'm ready to get started looking though!

I hope AF is short and sweet- time for the very fun fertile time!! Are you considering doing OPKs? Not that I think you have to or need to, but I find the months I don't use them, I freak out about whether or not, or when I ovulated, so I am actually more relaxed the months that I do use them. I am a complete control freak though, so I completely understand if you don't think they're a good idea for you!

 

[teacup]

I'm glad AF finally quit playing around and came on properly! I don't think it is so bad when AF shows up, but the is she or isn't she??? is sooo hard to cope with! I'm sorry you had your hopes up and she dashed them like that

Umm, I think a drink is absolutely required when AF shows. I even drink now just because AF shows even though we're not trying

I hope this second cycle is more relaxing- the first one just seems soo stressful! Please be prepared for me to drive you crazy on my first one Remember, your odds of conception go up every month because most women conceive in the first year! Well, this is how I look at it!

The realtor will call tomorrow to find out what we want to look at and what is our wants/needs list and hopefully we'll go out on Saturday. I'm pretty sure that is the plan but I guess I don't really know that for absolute certain. I'm ready to get started looking though!

I hope AF is short and sweet- time for the very fun fertile time!! Are you considering doing OPKs? Not that I think you have to or need to, but I find the months I don't use them, I freak out about whether or not, or when I ovulated, so I am actually more relaxed the months that I do use them. I am a complete control freak though, so I completely understand if you don't think they're a good idea for you!

False Alarm! I just went to the bathroom to change my tampon (sorry TMI!) and it was virtually dry apart from a small amount of light brown cm!!!! I thought AF had come on properly, because when I checked earlier there was a tiny amount of red, so I thought "here she comes". Yet I was wrong! So confused.

So AF isn't here yet, and I'm still not on cd1.

I'm going to do another test if she still isn't here by Saturday. This is the weirdest cycle ever. I only normally spot 3 days if at all, but this on/off brown cm has been going on for 5 days. I will keep you posted!

If I EVER get to my next cycle then I'm going to have another go without opks, and if we don't conceive again then I'll begin using them. I know what you mean about freaking out about ovulation - I had no idea. Didn't really get EWCM so couldn't monitor it that way either.

Have a good weekend and enjoy house looking!

 

[brenn09]

Omg! It would be such an amazing story if you got your bfp! FXed you finally get that positive pee stick

 

[teacup]

Omg! It would be such an amazing story if you got your bfp! FXed you finally get that positive pee stick

SHE'S HERE!

Finally finally, AF has properly got going for definite! I have cramps and full flow! I'm actually relieved. I knew deep down I wasn't pregnant, but a tiny bit of me hoped I was in that 5% of women who spot in early pregnancy and don't get their bfp until about 18dpo.

At least I know next cycle if I start spotting, AF is most likely almost here. Yay to starting my next cycle! Woo cycle day one and a drink at the weekend!

 

[brenn09]

Yay!! I'm glad you finally got an answer from AF! I'm having some wine tonight too, toasting your second, lucky, and hopefully bfp-full cycle!!!

 

[brenn09]

CD10 over here- nothing special or noticeable about this cycle. I haven't had any noticeable fertile CM today but I also haven't checked...

How is AF treating you? I hope she is gearing up to head out, so we can analyze your cycle!

I wish I could talk OH into trying this cycle, but it makes a lot of sense to wait and I've been feeling relatively un-broody. This morning laying in bed, I realized that August will be here before I know it and then I'll be trying and wondering why I was so impatient! I can't believe it is the 10th of June, already! I'll probably be so broody tomorrow I'll be moaning about getting started and hating the wait

I hope you're feeling ok with AF hanging around.

 

[teacup]

CD10 over here- nothing special or noticeable about this cycle. I haven't had any noticeable fertile CM today but I also haven't checked...

How is AF treating you? I hope she is gearing up to head out, so we can analyze your cycle!

I wish I could talk OH into trying this cycle, but it makes a lot of sense to wait and I've been feeling relatively un-broody. This morning laying in bed, I realized that August will be here before I know it and then I'll be trying and wondering why I was so impatient! I can't believe it is the 10th of June, already! I'll probably be so broody tomorrow I'll be moaning about getting started and hating the wait

I hope you're feeling ok with AF hanging around.

Hi Brenn! Yep AF is on her way out! I'm looking forward to my fertile week now (but still dealing with hormone related acne!). I had the worse mood swings ever leading up to AF this time. I'm sure a lot of people probably think I'm a bitch now! I was very snappy and cross.

I kept the last pregnancy test I did (I like to stare at them days after like an obsessive!) and the super light line I could see when I did the test is now a super dark line. So it is a positive now. But I'm pretty sure it's a fake positive because I had my AF. I know you aren't supposed to look at them after the 10 minute window, but I have never had a dark line show up like that before (I always revisit my tests). So I might not use Frer tests next time, as I saw a super light line on both the tests I did, so I'm pretty sure it's an 'indent' or something. Frer never used to have indent lines, and they drive me crazy.

Think I'll use clear blue next time, but I'll wait until I'm actually late to test so I don't waste loads of money!

I can't believe how long my cycles are, according to my ticker I still have over 2 weeks until ovulation! I think I'll BD leading up to that just to be sure.

Glad you are positive and excited that TTC is around the corner. I'm excited for you too! I hope we become bump buddies!

How were the houses you looked at over the weekend?

 

[brenn09]

I have not been ignoring you! I have been swamped at work and working late so I barely have time to workout in the evening! Im hoping I get better adjusted soon!

Anyway, I'm wondering if you had a chemical, and that is why you're period was late and you had a line! This month is your month, though- I can feel it!!!!

OH and I may have had a whoopsie- we have been cutting it closer and closer to o day to start pulling out these last few months and this month we didn't pull out on cd 11, 4 days before I usually o... well my opk is either positive or close to it today so I'm ovulating a day early for the first time in about 7 months! I guess it isn't a whoopsie since we are happy with whatever happens and we both knowingly chose not to pull out on a borderline day. I'm rather annoyed because we have been waiting this whole time and it feelslike a waste if we were to fall before it is ideal- I wwon't do this next cycle!

3days before o is not a likely day even if we were trying to fall so I'm not really thinking I have a real shot at falling pg but there is a bit of a chance I guess. One research study I looked at said .20 on 3 days before o so very unlikely.

That's all my update! I'm testing later this afternoon too so I will let you know!

How is your cycle going?

 

[teacup]

I have not been ignoring you! I have been swamped at work and working late so I barely have time to workout in the evening! Im hoping I get better adjusted soon!

Anyway, I'm wondering if you had a chemical, and that is why you're period was late and you had a line! This month is your month, though- I can feel it!!!!

OH and I may have had a whoopsie- we have been cutting it closer and closer to o day to start pulling out these last few months and this month we didn't pull out on cd 11, 4 days before I usually o... well my opk is either positive or close to it today so I'm ovulating a day early for the first time in about 7 months! I guess it isn't a whoopsie since we are happy with whatever happens and we both knowingly chose not to pull out on a borderline day. I'm rather annoyed because we have been waiting this whole time and it feelslike a waste if we were to fall before it is ideal- I wwon't do this next cycle!

3days before o is not a likely day even if we were trying to fall so I'm not really thinking I have a real shot at falling pg but there is a bit of a chance I guess. One research study I looked at said .20 on 3 days before o so very unlikely.

That's all my update! I'm testing later this afternoon too so I will let you know!

How is your cycle going?

You're testing this afternoon? What cycle day are you? Ooooh! How exciting - it's def possible you could have caught the eggy!

My cycle is going fine thank you, AF has gone completely, and hormone acne is slowly subsiding. I'm going to a cocktail party in a few weeks, so have been distracting myself by looking at dresses etc.

Let me know how testing goes! Leave it until at least 10 dpo, or you may be getting a false negative! xx

 

[brenn09]

Oops, I wasn't clear- testing to make sure my opk turned positive, which it did! It was the same color this morning and now the test line is much darker. Sorry for the confusion!!! I'm cd 13 today.

 

[teacup]

Oops, I wasn't clear- testing to make sure my opk turned positive, which it did! It was the same color this morning and now the test line is much darker. Sorry for the confusion!!! I'm cd 13 today.

Your cycles sound lovely and regular, you'll have no prob conceiving when you start trying! So did you work out how long before Ovulation you BD'd?

How is house hunting going? Hope you have a good weekend! xx

 

[brenn09]

Your cycles sound lovely and regular, you'll have no prob conceiving when you start trying! So did you work out how long before Ovulation you BD'd?

How is house hunting going? Hope you have a good weekend! xx

We BD'd on cd 11, and I am ovulating today, so three days before O. After looking around, it seems really unlikely we could conceive but not unheard of. I will be thrilled if we do but I really can't believe we did this, after being so careful this whole time then to do this the cycle before it would be okay to conceive!!!!! Next cycle I would be due in early April so I could still get the ins payout even if it was cutting it close. I'm so annoyed with the two of us! Well, I guess more with my cycle, since this is only the second time I have ovulated on cd 14 in 15 cycles!

I get to thinking my cycle is dependable so it screws with me to show me who is really boss

Still haven't found a house, but we are going looking on Monday at several places so FXed our dream home is out there!!

 

[teacup]

Your cycles sound lovely and regular, you'll have no prob conceiving when you start trying! So did you work out how long before Ovulation you BD'd?

How is house hunting going? Hope you have a good weekend! xx

We BD'd on cd 11, and I am ovulating today, so three days before O. After looking around, it seems really unlikely we could conceive but not unheard of. I will be thrilled if we do but I really can't believe we did this, after being so careful this whole time then to do this the cycle before it would be okay to conceive!!!!! Next cycle I would be due in early April so I could still get the ins payout even if it was cutting it close. I'm so annoyed with the two of us! Well, I guess more with my cycle, since this is only the second time I have ovulated on cd 14 in 15 cycles!

I get to thinking my cycle is dependable so it screws with me to show me who is really boss

Still haven't found a house, but we are going looking on Monday at several places so FXed our dream home is out there!!

Wow there is a real chance you could have caught eggy. I'm excited to find out! Hope house looking goes well today! I've had a busy weekend with family staying, having a quiet moment now they have all gone!

We'll be BD'ing in a couple of days time as I could ovulate anytime between 19th - 28th! Will try every other day this time as we ran out of steam during the most important days last cycle!

Let me know how the house looking goes! xx

 

[brenn09]

Wow there is a real chance you could have caught eggy. I'm excited to find out! Hope house looking goes well today! I've had a busy weekend with family staying, having a quiet moment now they have all gone!

We'll be BD'ing in a couple of days time as I could ovulate anytime between 19th - 28th! Will try every other day this time as we ran out of steam during the most important days last cycle!

Let me know how the house looking goes! xx

I am fine with either conceiving or not, but I'm definitely coming down on the side of it didn't happen. I'm not really worried about it at all, we didn't try and it hasn't really been on my mind. OH is rather hopeful it happened, and idk how we'll get through another cycle of NOT ttc

I hate hamburgers, don't really eat hamburger meat except in spaghetti, and yesterday coming back from the wedding we attended, I was starving and craving a bacon cheeseburger- OH looked shocked. I mean, I don't think I've eaten a single burger in the 6 years we've been together, because I really don't like them. His first question was "Are you pregnant?" I tried to tell him even if I was, we wouldn't know it now, 2dpo but he is taking it as a good sign and when we got home, I asked him what was for dinner but he was still full from lunch! He asked several times yesterday if I was pregnant... It was adorable, but also going to be really hard telling him when AF shows

We have some great houses to see and one in particular has OH and I really excited- we hope to make an offer on it tonight or early tomorrow morning!

Every other day sounds great- every day would be exhausting if your fertile time is so long!! We wouldn't make it,

 

[brenn09]

OH and I submitted our first offer on a home!!! I don't care how it turns out, it was very exciting!!!

How's the bding going? Still trying for every other day? AF is due next Thursday or Friday- ff thinks Friday, I think Thursday.

The only thing happening is my usual sore boobs and creamy cm! The last half of the non-trying cycles are boring but only one more to go before we start ttc and I start complaining about not falling pregnant after waiting so long and everyone else is blah blah

How are things? Its been slow in here!!

 

[teacup]

OH and I submitted our first offer on a home!!! I don't care how it turns out, it was very exciting!!!

How's the bding going? Still trying for every other day? AF is due next Thursday or Friday- ff thinks Friday, I think Thursday.

The only thing happening is my usual sore boobs and creamy cm! The last half of the non-trying cycles are boring but only one more to go before we start ttc and I start complaining about not falling pregnant after waiting so long and everyone else is blah blah

How are things? Its been slow in here!!

Hi Brenn! Wow that's so exciting! Good luck, I hope they accept your offer! Let me know how it goes.

BD'd once so far on Monday, but probably wont ovulate until Friday at the earliest. I've been distracting myself with work to pass the time. I have a cold at the moment with a reeeally sore throat, headache, and sneezing phlegm. So not feeling in the mood for BD'ing! Hopefully the cold will go as quickly as it arrived.

The weather is crazy hot here at the moment, but cloudy too! Felt like I was in an oven walking home today. I have two days off with OH from tomorrow, but rain is forecast! Booo!

Looking forward to hearing if your offer gets accepted! Also if your whoops has resulted in a bundle of joy!

 

[brenn09]

We were supposed to hear about our offer on the house by today at 5pm, but the guy apparently had to miss his meeting because of work and we still haven't heard a thing! If we don't hear by noon tomorrow, I'm going to be completely angry and start trying to find a different house. If he didn't want to sell, why list it? If he does want to sell, why take more than 48 hours to even see the offer? He doesn't even know what our offer consists of, much less what he wants to counter!

6dpo today and just sore boobs and creamy cm. OH came in and asked me if I should be starting soon and I told him no, not for another week and then he was like, ohh... are you still having cravings?? I told him no and he was quite disappointed. I feel bad!! I definitely don't want to tell him if/when AF shows, this cycle or any other one! Maybe he'll be up to trying next cycle though! FXed!

Hope your cold has cleared out so you guys can get busy making your baby!!! O is coming up, right?? Wahoo!!

 

[teacup]

We were supposed to hear about our offer on the house by today at 5pm, but the guy apparently had to miss his meeting because of work and we still haven't heard a thing! If we don't hear by noon tomorrow, I'm going to be completely angry and start trying to find a different house. If he didn't want to sell, why list it? If he does want to sell, why take more than 48 hours to even see the offer? He doesn't even know what our offer consists of, much less what he wants to counter!

6dpo today and just sore boobs and creamy cm. OH came in and asked me if I should be starting soon and I told him no, not for another week and then he was like, ohh... are you still having cravings?? I told him no and he was quite disappointed. I feel bad!! I definitely don't want to tell him if/when AF shows, this cycle or any other one! Maybe he'll be up to trying next cycle though! FXed!

Hope your cold has cleared out so you guys can get busy making your baby!!! O is coming up, right?? Wahoo!!

Aww sorry to hear you haven't had any news on your offer. I hope you hear back by tomorrow. Let me know what happens!

That's sweet that your OH is excited and hoping you're pregnant. It sounds like he'll be up for TTC next cycle for sure! (If you're not already pregnant!)

I still have a cold but it didn't stop us BD'ing last night! I thought I may have ovulated today because I have had a little EWCM the last couple of days. But today would have been the earliest I would have ovulated since my cycles are between 28 - 35 days. So we'll continue BD'ing every other day until the end of next week in case ovulation is late like last cycle.

Have a great weekend! xx

 

[brenn09]

Aww sorry to hear you haven't had any news on your offer. I hope you hear back by tomorrow. Let me know what happens!

That's sweet that your OH is excited and hoping you're pregnant. It sounds like he'll be up for TTC next cycle for sure! (If you're not already pregnant!)

I still have a cold but it didn't stop us BD'ing last night! I thought I may have ovulated today because I have had a little EWCM the last couple of days. But today would have been the earliest I would have ovulated since my cycles are between 28 - 35 days. So we'll continue BD'ing every other day until the end of next week in case ovulation is late like last cycle.

Have a great weekend! xx

I hope you ovulated sooner this cycle! Sound like you guys will have plenty of coverage regardless!!

Still no news, she said he has the offer but isn't getting in touch with them about it. We don't know what is going on so we are starting to look at other places and if he comes back we will deal with that then.

I'm so glad it is the weekend!!! I needed a break so much!! I hope your weekend goes well, get on that bd'ing!!