June/July cycle - new cycle buddies please!

[tiggertea]

I have no symptoms as yet - only a few days post-o though so fingers crossed...
although i'm pretty sure there'll be no this month.

Need some advice too - tell me to shut up if you like!
Basically, we all know stress isn't good - even when ttc. I'm majorly stressed in work right now and coming to the end of my teather with the whole thing. My plan is to leave when LO is born anyway - should i pack it in now in the hope that our ttc efforts are more successful with the lack of unneccesary added stress or stick it out another few months?

 

[Loula]

Rosh - entirely poss if your OV is late that your AF might be late too, so don't give up hope just yet xx
I really battled wether to say or not, but I do try to say it as it is where possible, I don't like false hope etc, so hope youa re ok xx

me - see thread in TTC, FLAPPING!!!!

 

[tiggertea]

me - see thread in TTC, FLAPPING!!!!

I replied but don't think it will make you feel much better....

 

[rachelle1975]

Rosh - entirely poss if your OV is late that your AF might be late too, so don't give up hope just yet xx
I really battled wether to say or not, but I do try to say it as it is where possible, I don't like false hope etc, so hope youa re ok xx

me - see thread in TTC, FLAPPING!!!!

Hey guys

Loula chick don't worry i know it was said with the best of intentions - you are saving me going nuts next week!

There seems to be mixed feelings as to whether will be late since O was late -who knows! All i do know is that i now have creamy CM and CP is medium/medium so it's a waiting game now.

I have been proactive tho - have got an appt for docs next Friday. I know it's only 8 months but i'm nearly 33 and if there are any probs i wanna get them ironed out! Plus, if i'm ovulating CD14-16 and spotting starts CD25.... luteal phase isn't that long so there may be something they can suggest eh?

Is there anything i can do to make my luteal phase longer or do you reckon it's okay since it's been the same for the 2/4 times i've checked it?? cycle is always 27 days too, without fail!

Thanks for all being so great - sorry if i'm doing your heads in

 

[Schmelly]

I have no symptoms as yet - only a few days post-o though so fingers crossed...
although i'm pretty sure there'll be no this month.

Need some advice too - tell me to shut up if you like!
Basically, we all know stress isn't good - even when ttc. I'm majorly stressed in work right now and coming to the end of my teather with the whole thing. My plan is to leave when LO is born anyway - should i pack it in now in the hope that our ttc efforts are more successful with the lack of unneccesary added stress or stick it out another few months?

How long have you been trying, Tiggertea? If you can afford to pack work in now, I'd go for it. However, if you've only just started ttc maybe you could give it a few months to see how it goes? Good luck

 

[tiggertea]

How long have you been trying, Tiggertea? If you can afford to pack work in now, I'd go for it. However, if you've only just started ttc maybe you could give it a few months to see how it goes? Good luck

only a few months into our ttc campaign (i know, i know - i'm a newbie! hehe)
i know everyone gets a little stressed by work sometimes but my current situation has even my mum worried about my general health and mental wellbeing lol (and she doesn't know i'm ttc!)

It's prob just me being completely sick of it all (all the details would take a decade to type!) that has me using ttc as a "great" excuse for telling my boss where to get off.... been discussing the financial situation with DH and we are on a "definate maybe" at the mo coz he's a worrier and often thinks we can't possibly survive on both our wages let alone cutting it down to just his.... i make it my mission to prove him wrong!!

I'm wondering too if i could look into doing something part-time.... get used to less money now and not be as big a shock in 9+ months time....
aww i dunno - can you tell i'm even confusing myself?! hahaha

thanks for being patient!

 

[Lu28]

It can't hurt to look at other job options Tiggertea, you might find something else you love. Ok it wouldn't be ideal if you got a new job and fell pg straightaway but I don't think you can put your life on hold when ttc and the stress can't be doing you any good

 

[rachelle1975]

Hey Tiggs i would definitely look at lessening your stress levels - what about cutting down on your hours or finding something different?

Im a detective in the MET and i work for the child abuse team - it's pretty stressful and awful so i have volunteered for a 6 month stint which is a desk-based role - kinda hope that this helps. We can't get rid of the stress that TTC causes but at least we can get rid of the surrounding stuff x

 

[tiggertea]

Thanks Lu - that was my main reason for sticking at it even this far - i thought it would look kinda bad if i started a new job then went in a few weeks later and said "ooops - i'm pregnant bysie bye bye!!!" lol but at this stage I'm just kinda getting to the point where it would def be worth it!

And Thanks Rosh - your job would be permanently heartbreaking (sorry to point that one out! lol) and makes my own situation seem so much more preferable! But I just don't know how to "fix" the problems in my work - you know? Cutting hours isn't an option where i am right now but moving somewhere else, with less hours and less responsibility might be.... "We can't get rid of the stress that TTC causes but at least we can get rid of the surrounding stuff" - my thoughts exactly!

Think I'll look into a change rather than packing work in entirely just now.... but you never know - i could have changed my mind again in an hour! lol

 

[Farie]

Tiggertea - perhaps try to find something p/t that's light and easy and fun? If the stress at work is that bad it's certainly not going to help TTC ... but financial worries won't either!
Loula - thinking of you
Rosh - Vit B6/12 is meant to help lengthen the LP, its worked for mine. fingers tightly crossed for you
Lu - hoping the dip doesn't mean anything
Schmelly - your back how's this cycle going?

As for me .... still waiting to O ......

 

[Lu28]

Farie, hope you O soon hon

 

[rachelle1975]

Tiggertea - perhaps try to find something p/t that's light and easy and fun? If the stress at work is that bad it's certainly not going to help TTC ... but financial worries won't either!
Loula - thinking of you
Rosh - Vit B6/12 is meant to help lengthen the LP, its worked for mine. fingers tightly crossed for you
Lu - hoping the dip doesn't mean anything
Schmelly - your back how's this cycle going?

As for me .... still waiting to O ......

Thanks Farie - hope your BDing efforts are rewarding fruitfully this month! fingers crossed O occurs soon for you hun

Re B6/12 is it worth me asking DR or just buying it? Got appt next Fri evening after AF has arrived - at least i can talk some things through with her

 

[Lu28]

You probably could just go ahead and buy it, its not expensive but if youre at the doc next week, maybe just hang on to see what she says. Good luck

 

[tiggertea]

Tiggertea - perhaps try to find something p/t that's light and easy and fun? If the stress at work is that bad it's certainly not going to help TTC ... but financial worries won't either!
.................
As for me .... still waiting to O ......

I'm on the lookout for something fitting that description.... i have a huge list of things i know i'd love but unfortunately not qualified for them yet! (i study part time too ya see!) Aw well. It's another project - I'm calling it "operation find debz a cool job" (original eh?)

Thanks again to all for your patience while i whinge!

Fingers crossed you O soon hun xx

 

[Schmelly]

Schmelly - your back how's this cycle going?

As for me .... still waiting to O ......

Hi Farie...thanks! I'm tentatively back. Have still been checking in, just needed (still need????) to distance myself a bit. Was getting too tough. Anyway, as usual for me I have no idea when to expect O. I'm trying not to even think about it. We are BD'ing quite a bit, so just leaving it to nature......ha ha ha ha. I'm determined not to symptom spot this month...after last time when I had textbook pg symptoms but no bean. I guess I'll still spot the symptoms but I'll be pretty cynical about them!

Good luck waiting for O...do you know when it might be? How you feeling this cycle? Hope things are a bit brighter for you this month


Tiggertea (oooooooooooohhh every time I say your name I want a 'tiggertea'!!!) - I was in a similar situation last autumn. My job was draining me, I was working 80 hours a week in a difficult school, and it was 80 very stressful hours. I ended up getting injured by 2 fighting kids in my class and had to go off sick. I decided when I was off that I just couldn't go back as I'd either end up with a nervous beakdown or a premature divorce (or both!). Have taken a sideways career move since (and a large salary cut!), but workwise I've never been happier. DH and I are also much happier and don't argue and fall out like before. It was the best decision I've made for a while. I was worried about getting pg soon into my new job, but as the others have said, you can't put your life on hold when ttc. 6 months later we're still witing for our little bean (11 months after starting ttc)...so who knows when, or if, it'll happen? Good luck in whatever you decide

 

[Lu28]

Temp was down today and I had some slightly brown tinged cm this morning (sorry tmi!) so I registered that as spotting on FF and it came back with possible implantation. I'm not convinced though, think it's too late in my cycle. I haven't had any spotting since this morning though so I'll just have to keep an eye on things.

Hope you're all well today!

 

[rachelle1975]

Temp was down today and I had some slightly brown tinged cm this morning (sorry tmi!) so I registered that as spotting on FF and it came back with possible implantation. I'm not convinced though, think it's too late in my cycle. I haven't had any spotting since this morning though so I'll just have to keep an eye on things.

Hope you're all well today!

Hey Lu - had a look at your chart. it could be implantation if it took a while to fertilise and travel down into your womb?? Is the spotting out of character?

It'd be the opposite for me - always spot so if i didn't i think i would hope i was PG!!

 

[Lu28]

I'm really hoping it's implantation but seeing as my LP hasn't gone beyond 11 or 12 days before and its 10dpo today, I'm not deserately hopefuly. I never used to spot before AF, I did last month for the first time with taking B6. It started on the day AF usually would have arrived and then she came properly the next day. There's definitely not as much as the last time, just a small bit this morning and another tiny bit just now. No cramps and no spots like I usually get before AF. It just seems a bit too late in my cycle to be implantation.

Hey ho, I guess I'll know for sure if my temps rise...

 

[hollee]

hi girls

i haven't able to be on for a while as doing loads of ot in work and im knackered, im pretty sure i o'd on cd11 i go a positive opk but it wasn't anywhere near as dark as the other line, i had a faint line on cd 10 & a neg on cd12. im still a bit unsure about it all to be honest.

tiggertea - i think its a great idea to get a new p/t job, its horrible working in a work environment like that, it affects your whole life.

rosh - your job must be very stressful and its a good idea to take a break, but you really do make a huge difference to peoples lives
farie - have you o'd hun?
lu - i hope its implantation for you.

 

[Lu28]

Glad you're back Hollee, we've missed you!