TTC #10 “1DPO pregnancy symptoms”
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I literally have the rage that Sonia from Eastenders is pregnant. Tonight she said something like ‘we’ve waited for this for so long’ and I’m screaming ‘YOUVE KNOWN HIM FOR FIVE MINUTES!!’ At the telly. I probably need a full digital detox at this point for the sake of my health 
Absolute pounding migraine for a full day after period from hell (which I think might’ve been a CP) and so fatigued 
this month is turkey baster and juice cup trial. Ugh the things we do.
this month is turkey baster and juice cup trial. Ugh the things we do.
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congrats ! Everything crossed for youAbsolutely stunned - hoping this is my time after two miscarriages, fertility problems and years of infertility
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did you do anything differently this cycle?
thank you 🩷
I didn’t, that’s the frustrating thing! I kept my comment short because sometimes when you’re trying it’s a kick in the tits or annoying to hear (so please scroll by if this is you cos I’ll write my reply and hide it under a spoiler) 🩷
I have joined the IVF waiting list and gave up hope on ever getting pregnant this month! I have PCOS, endo, recurring infections, surgical scarring and issues with sperm.. it could be as something stupid as I just had the ‘working’ ovary ovulating this month 🫠
TTC was killing me- I focused on making sure I used this cycle to do what I felt like doing (not killing myself with exercise/ cutting myself out of social situations and not going to places I knew would make me stressed (why do we have gender reveal parties anyway?) and trying to do things from a holistic point of view. I tried to think of what I like doing (which is rotting on my phone in bed, scrolling aimlessly and eating), so I switched it for a few more walks in nice places, books and baths. I also put boundaries in place at work and cut my hours and changed my role (can’t afford it but work was killing me). It was nothing crazy though, just maybe an hour of my time spent differently each day in the hopes that it would improve my overall wellbeing.
I did notice my heart rate went down massively the last month or so. I don’t feel less stressed, but the stats seem to say otherwise and maybe that helped? I was going to buy the castor oil packs this cycle along with the sperm moon cups but im glad I didn’t! Ironically this is the cycle where I didn’t keep up with most of the daft things I’ve been trying - I’ll write the little things that were different too..
So in previous cycles I had taken aspirin and cough medicine, alongside really tailoring my exercise (tried doing a lot of walking, tried doing very little) and nothing worked. I just sacked it all off this cycle. Supplements wise, Holland and Barrett had my pants down and in other cycles I had a literal pill box.. but this cycle I couldn’t be arsed to take them because I thought all they were doing was giving me weird coloured wee and rinsing my bank account dry. Nothing helped in previous cycles anyway, so I stuck with my pre natal vitamin, my usual iron supplements and a b12 if I remembered. It might be that they built up in my system and I’m seeing the benefits now, but who knows?!
Sex wise we just did it every few days when we felt like it. I’ve tried sex every day before, and sex tracked to when it should get me pregnant in my cycle and neither of those worked! I tracked my cycle like a mad woman with all the apps and all it did was show something was wrong and cause me more stress because I was trying so hard at the best times and nothing was happening. All the positions and ‘waiting times’ online are suggested, but this month we didn’t bother having me lay on my back like I’m dead for an hour after sex. The only thing I think led to my (unsuccessful) pregnancies was understanding my cycle and using apps, ovulation kits and checking my temp to understand when I might be ovulating and timing sex for then. This time we monitored it but didn’t take it as gospel and probably only had sex twice.
I did make my husband follow all the suggested tips too. I won’t copy them out here as it would make this comment even longer but it might have been his sperm quality improved over time. Neither of us smoke and I don’t drink these days, but he used to like a good pint or 6 before! We also got really ill with the flu after us being so careful because illness can affect fertility, so we tried a couple of times when we knew it might be time but assumed it wouldn’t work 🫠
Diet wise I ate like tit sometimes if I felt like it and didn’t worry this month 🫠 I lived like a monk before as I was so scared of gaining more weight (I am overweight) and god forbid I pushed up my chances of type 2 diabetes with a bar of chocolate or caused DNA damage with my crisps. I was really paranoid about caffeine before but this time I had a balance between sensible and enjoying life. I followed an IVF diet for a bit but just couldn’t be bothered this month. I also got really into googling acupuncture and IVF and it seemed to suggest warm foods and warm feet would also warm the womb and cause you to get pregnant. That didn’t work for me, but this month I did eat at least several tubs of Ben & Jerries happily and it turns out this pregnancy likes ice cream, being cold and sugar
So yeah, probably mostly luck, slightly less stress and sheer volume of times we’ve tried. My advice is do sensible things yet don’t let it consume you, and tell anyone giving you unsolicited advice to piss off. If it hasn’t happened after a year (6 months if applicable) then don’t be stubborn like me and just go to doctors. I can’t stand people that say stress won’t help you when TTC cos how are you supposed to NOT stress? The only thing that stopped me stressing quite as much is knowing we had a plan and help was coming eventually. 🩷
So much lovely news on here 🩷🩷
I shoved all opks and tests out of the bathroom cabinet and into the back of a draw in the bedroom a few days ago so going to not bother with tracking my cycle this month.. hopefully I can keep away. I need to distance myself from obsessing over where I am in my cycle and just wait and see.
I told myself I wouldn’t let myself get consumed with ttc for a possible sibling but we’re only 4 or 5 cycles in to tracking ovulation but I think just over a year of not preventing? (Something like that) and I just can’t help but feel like it’s getting to me. I think it’s the whole ‘you’re more fertile after having a baby’ (I clearly wasn’t) and watching others with toddlers around the same age just easily get pregnant again without caring to or really trying. A long time of ttc #1 with unexplained infertility was hard enough it and it just feels so unfair all over again. It’s bringing the feelings and the pain from all of it back to me and it hasn’t even been that long of trying really.
I told myself I wouldn’t let myself get consumed with ttc for a possible sibling but we’re only 4 or 5 cycles in to tracking ovulation but I think just over a year of not preventing? (Something like that) and I just can’t help but feel like it’s getting to me. I think it’s the whole ‘you’re more fertile after having a baby’ (I clearly wasn’t) and watching others with toddlers around the same age just easily get pregnant again without caring to or really trying. A long time of ttc #1 with unexplained infertility was hard enough it and it just feels so unfair all over again. It’s bringing the feelings and the pain from all of it back to me and it hasn’t even been that long of trying really.
I wasn’t strong enough to do that but I banned myself from googling tips and stories. It’s so hard because I feel like unless you’re absolutely blessed (I hate you if that’s the case
) then life means you do need to know when you’re ovulating and track to be able to pick up potential problems if nothing else. I thought my cycles were quite normal at first but TTC made me realise I don’t follow the ‘norm’ and I do have hormonal issues 🫠 I tried to rework it so that I was tracking so I had a rough guideline and something to show to a specialist when we sought helpI hate the things people tell you about fertility when they’re sat there with their 4 kids they had no problems conceiving or carrying at all. I’ve blocked as much of that out as I can by being mindful of my company and deleting social media 🩷
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I have no idea if this is going to work..
12dpo, first vvvfl at 10dpo. This is looking like it’s progressed, hoping this is the one.
You lot are gonna think I’m mad but I’ve been keeping a sex diary I’ve never done it this many times before in my fertile window, and I just want to give it the best go I can this cycle. My husband must think all his Christmases have come at once, but come next week I’m staying away from him my vagina hurts okay
I’ve never done it this many times before in my fertile window, and I just want to give it the best go I can this cycle. My husband must think all his Christmases have come at once, but come next week I’m staying away from him my vagina hurts okay
Wow the effort here! I have to admit we’ve hardly ever done it more than once in a day in our entire relationshipYou lot are gonna think I’m mad but I’ve been keeping a sex diary
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hoping this pays off for you!i don’t think you’re mad, in fact that’s what I did! My husband was nearly crying in the endYou lot are gonna think I’m mad but I’ve been keeping a sex diary
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my successful cycle this time though was when I gave up on it so it was all that effort for nothing Can anyone tell me why the 2ww makes me absolutely insane?!
I'm not really any more pregnant at say 2dpo than I was between my period and fertile window... so why is it I can barely think about it in the first half of the month but go absolutely nuts in the second half?
I'm not really any more pregnant at say 2dpo than I was between my period and fertile window... so why is it I can barely think about it in the first half of the month but go absolutely nuts in the second half?
it’s the hormones! It drove me absolutely insane each time, plus the symptoms making you overthink everything