TTC#2 and SO EXCITED! join me

[marieb]

Ahhhhhhhh Holly! You're new baby ticker in your sig!!!!!!!!! Just seeing that addition to our thread has a huge grin on my face!!!!

I was going to wait but i figured what the hell! I'm so happy, I want everyone to know why lol!

I agree!!! Gives me hope it will happen for the rest of us soon

Did you just DTD when you knew you were fertile or were you using anything else?

No I didn't use anything other than lots of
The only things I take are prenatals, and in that case I just never stopped lol.

I'm always interested to see if people did anything different the month they got their BFP.

We've been BDing after day in my fertile window so I'm starting to wonder if that's too much. I think we'll switch to every other day this month and see if that does anything for us!

 

[runnergrl]

Welcome new ladies!! Ellie, our babies are so close in age! My DS will be 15 months on Thursday.

I wish AF would hurry up and get here!! I'm ready to start this next cycle already!!!!

 

[MamaMac123]

Hi I hope you don't mind me crashing this party a little late!

This is Cycle 3 for us so fingers crossed that this months is the month! Our DS is 3 now so we are well and truly on the ttc#2 baby train! lol

to all! xx

Welcome welcome! to you as well

 

[MamaMac123]

Room for another little one please?!

I've got a 14 month old daughter (and remember runnergirl from last time round!) and this is our first month ttc. We're trying to have another girl so it may take longer but there's no rush yet, although I am symptom spotting like crazy! AF is due in 2 days and I won't test until then because I was a total poas addict last time.

Congratulations Holly!

And good luck to everyone else. Looking forward to seeing more BFPs!

Welcome to the thread! for you!!!

 

[ellieb31]

Hey ladies

Thanks for the warm welcome! How's everyone doing today?

I'd been feeling quite hopeful because I monitor cp and it had gone a lot higher when it is normally low until AF. However today it feels really hard so I'm not as positive. I know you're not out until AF arrives but I'm adjusting my hopes now so I'm not too upset.

Runnergrl, Abbies birthday is 13 march so they're very close! What is your ds called? I must say, I never thought id be back on here quite so quickly but abbie is an easy baby and I'm not getting any younger!

Hope you all have a lovely day! Anyone testing today?

xxx

 

[marieb]

Well AF arrived today right on time with awful cramps that kept me up half the night

We're on to month six now which is so frustrating. I'm 22, DH is 24 it shouldn't be taking us this long! It's getting harder and harder not to worry that something is wrong.

 

[runnergrl]

Hey ladies

Thanks for the warm welcome! How's everyone doing today?

I'd been feeling quite hopeful because I monitor cp and it had gone a lot higher when it is normally low until AF. However today it feels really hard so I'm not as positive. I know you're not out until AF arrives but I'm adjusting my hopes now so I'm not too upset.

Runnergrl, Abbies birthday is 13 march so they're very close! What is your ds called? I must say, I never thought id be back on here quite so quickly but abbie is an easy baby and I'm not getting any younger!

Hope you all have a lovely day! Anyone testing today?

xxx

Brady is his name and I love the name Abbie! so cute! Is she all over the place and into everything? I am finding it so interesting the difference between boys and girls even at age 1...arent you?? Its pretty funny. He is 100% boy for sure! into cars, balls, golf, and puppies!

When do you plan on testing? I hear you on the not getting any younger.. I turn 32 this year in October! If I fall pregnant next cycle, we will find out the sex of new baby right around my birthday just like last time. That was the neatest birthday present last time!!

The TWW is long, but waiting from O to your next cycle is torture!!! I wish I could just sleep until its time to ! LOL!!!

Good luck to all this week testers! I've lost track!

 

[MamaMac123]

Well AF arrived today right on time with awful cramps that kept me up half the night

We're on to month six now which is so frustrating. I'm 22, DH is 24 it shouldn't be taking us this long! It's getting harder and harder not to worry that something is wrong.

I'm sorry Marieb...

Have you guys done any testing yet? It's probably been long enough now you could look into it if you haven't already. I think you mentioned before you guys had BD every day of your fertile time and you worried that may have been too much. From what I've read, that's only a concern if your hubby has a sperm low sperm count etc. otherwise, dtd daily shouldn't be an issue. Hang in there.

 

[marieb]

Well AF arrived today right on time with awful cramps that kept me up half the night

We're on to month six now which is so frustrating. I'm 22, DH is 24 it shouldn't be taking us this long! It's getting harder and harder not to worry that something is wrong.

I'm sorry Marieb...

Have you guys done any testing yet? It's probably been long enough now you could look into it if you haven't already. I think you mentioned before you guys had BD every day of your fertile time and you worried that may have been too much. From what I've read, that's only a concern if your hubby has a sperm low sperm count etc. otherwise, dtd daily shouldn't be an issue. Hang in there.

Thanks! I'm going to get my prolactin and thyroid levels checked as soon as I book an appointment. Then if we haven't conceived by August we'll be going back to my doctor's for some additional testing.

DH has never had his sperm tested so I have no idea what his count is like so I figured it might be a good idea to BD every other day just in case. My doctor also suggested trying to time it so we BD a couple days before ovulation, right before or the day of ovulation and the day or two after. I figure it can't hurt to try for a couple of cycles.

 

[MamaMac123]

Well I've basically given up on OPKs for now. Testing has been making me crazy and I'm so tired of the negatives starring me in the face....no AF at this point. I swear I've had ovulation symptoms the past 3-4 days (minor lower back ache, increased sex drive, watery and ewcm, cervix is high, etc) but OPKs were all saying negative and temp hasn't gone up yet. So frustrating! Is it normal to have all the ovulation sighs without ovulation? Should I be expecting AF at some point or not until after I finally ovulate? (if I ever do!) feeling so deflated about it all today. Wish my body would just work! It's only our first cycle so I could deal with it not happening for the first couple tries, but to know I'm not working right to even attempt it is so hard to deal with and having no idea when it will start working is torture!

 

[mimismom]

Im sorry mamamac, I have heard ppl say that your body could be trying to O but not releasing. do you think your stressing too much?

 

[HollySSmith]

Well AF arrived today right on time with awful cramps that kept me up half the night

We're on to month six now which is so frustrating. I'm 22, DH is 24 it shouldn't be taking us this long! It's getting harder and harder not to worry that something is wrong.

I'm sorry to hear that the got you. It must be incredibly frustrating but i agree with mamamac, it would be a good idea to do some basic testing now to rule things out. On the other hand, it can take perfectly healthy couples up to a year to conceive (I think we only have a 25% chance each month to conceive) but if there is an issue, then it's better to have it found sooner than later.

 

[HollySSmith]

Well I've basically given up on OPKs for now. Testing has been making me crazy and I'm so tired of the negatives starring me in the face....no AF at this point. I swear I've had ovulation symptoms the past 3-4 days (minor lower back ache, increased sex drive, watery and ewcm, cervix is high, etc) but OPKs were all saying negative and temp hasn't gone up yet. So frustrating! Is it normal to have all the ovulation sighs without ovulation? Should I be expecting AF at some point or not until after I finally ovulate? (if I ever do!) feeling so deflated about it all today. Wish my body would just work! It's only our first cycle so I could deal with it not happening for the first couple tries, but to know I'm not working right to even attempt it is so hard to deal with and having no idea when it will start working is torture!

I'm sorry to hear that...do you chart at all? I never used opk's because I've heard several people having the same problem (never getting positives) and also, I'm a cheap person lol. I think you can have a 'period' when you don't ovulate but I'm not sure. What bc were you on before or did you have irregular cycles before too. I know some kinds can be really bad for messing up your cycle....

 

[HollySSmith]

Hey ladies

Thanks for the warm welcome! How's everyone doing today?

I'd been feeling quite hopeful because I monitor cp and it had gone a lot higher when it is normally low until AF. However today it feels really hard so I'm not as positive. I know you're not out until AF arrives but I'm adjusting my hopes now so I'm not too upset.

Runnergrl, Abbies birthday is 13 march so they're very close! What is your ds called? I must say, I never thought id be back on here quite so quickly but abbie is an easy baby and I'm not getting any younger!

Hope you all have a lovely day! Anyone testing today?

xxx

When is AF due? When will you test?

 

[HollySSmith]

Ok
Here are some old pregnancy photos of me...though the furthest they go is 31 weeks. Go figure, the photographer doesnt have a picture of her belly at term lmao!
The first one is just past 17 weeks

This one is 27 weeks

The last one is 31 weeks


I seemed to have gotten big real fast but then I grew very slowly from there. Now I regret not having a full term shot....I know I was huge but I cant remember exactly HOW huge lol.

 

[marieb]

Well I've basically given up on OPKs for now. Testing has been making me crazy and I'm so tired of the negatives starring me in the face....no AF at this point. I swear I've had ovulation symptoms the past 3-4 days (minor lower back ache, increased sex drive, watery and ewcm, cervix is high, etc) but OPKs were all saying negative and temp hasn't gone up yet. So frustrating! Is it normal to have all the ovulation sighs without ovulation? Should I be expecting AF at some point or not until after I finally ovulate? (if I ever do!) feeling so deflated about it all today. Wish my body would just work! It's only our first cycle so I could deal with it not happening for the first couple tries, but to know I'm not working right to even attempt it is so hard to deal with and having no idea when it will start working is torture!

Did you recently stop using birth control or anything like that? Sometimes it takes awhile for things to regulate themselves after that.

I know some people hardly ever get a +OPK because they have such a short surge. I'd just keeping BDing every few days to cover your bases.

 

[marieb]

Well AF arrived today right on time with awful cramps that kept me up half the night

We're on to month six now which is so frustrating. I'm 22, DH is 24 it shouldn't be taking us this long! It's getting harder and harder not to worry that something is wrong.

I'm sorry to hear that the got you. It must be incredibly frustrating but i agree with mamamac, it would be a good idea to do some basic testing now to rule things out. On the other hand, it can take perfectly healthy couples up to a year to conceive (I think we only have a 25% chance each month to conceive) but if there is an issue, then it's better to have it found sooner than later.

It would definitely be good to know sooner than later!

i just wish I had some idea why it isn't working. I'm at a healthy weight, eat well, avoid alcohol and caffeine, exercise. I know I'm ovulating and have fairly regular cycles and as far as I know I don't have anything like PCOS or endo.

I think this month we'll just try to BD every 2-3 days. I'm also going to try to focus more on my son. I get so wrapped up thinking about wanting another baby when I should try to be 100% focused on the one I already have!

 

[runnergrl]

Holly- love your pics, I totally remember them! I cant believe you dont have a full term one either. Just curious, did you nurse?

How old is everyone on here? just wondering if I am the old grandma

 

[ellieb31]

I'm 34 now despite my name (35 in sept) so want to get this baby making malarky done now!

I'm going to buy a test tomorrow and save it for Thursday fmu assuming the witch doesn't arrive. I realised when I checked my cp this morning it was straight after bd (sorry, tmi) so I checked again this pm and it's really soft again (and still high). It was checking my cp that made me realise I was pregnant last time do it's hard not to get my hopes up!

Brady is a lovely name too! Yes, she's into everything! She was walking from 10 months so I'm used to that now although I do still get the odd shock - like when she could suddenly reach stuff off the worktop and got hold of an incredibly sharp knife!
What really amazes me is how quickly the new born stage is over. I never thought I'd be ready to go through all if that again so soon but here I am hoping and praying for a BFP!

 

[ellieb31]

No I'm not! I'm 33 now, 34 in sept!

Baby brain??