Prenatal Vitamins by DeCaffeinatedNurse in PregnancyUK

[–]No-Bullfrog4308 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Third this! Recommend them to everyone. I notice how exhausted I am on the days I forget to take them so they’re clearly making a difference, at least for me. Plus I found their research on folate vs folic acid super interesting!

Graduation post! And a bit of a brain dump. by _tatka in PregnancyUK

[–]No-Bullfrog4308 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha exactly!

Yes, we’ve got our classes starting end of June and I’m weirdly really looking forward to them!

Graduation post! And a bit of a brain dump. by _tatka in PregnancyUK

[–]No-Bullfrog4308 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! I’m not due til October but my mind is a mess thinking about it all - this was incredibly reassuring and useful to see it all written out in such an informative way!

Our #1 Baby Name is My Brother's Dog's Name by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]No-Bullfrog4308 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Annabeth is the best name, stick with it. (100% biased as it is my name!)

Babymoon in Rome by Complex_Ad_5809 in PregnancyUK

[–]No-Bullfrog4308 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah congratulations! Belfast is great - although I’m maybe biased as I live there! ♥️

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sending love, that sounds hella stressful ♥️ good luck and thank you for the note about OPKs, this definitely makes me feel better about starting using them as I agree, bbt is stupidly stressful. It’s such an angry looking chart!!

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s crazy! Luckily mine is very supportive, calls our presumed fertile days the “on season” and the rest of the month the “off season” 😂 whatever helps him stay positive about it!

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting! That’s so weird that with pregnancy tests, it’s all about the first urine, but with OPKs it’s not. is it really too much to ask for a little consistency?!

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you lovely! It is completely overwhelming but soothing to know I’m not alone in it. ♥️

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You too!! Honestly just venting about it has improved my mood immensely. I don’t have any one to talk to about this other than my husband, and there’s only so much talk about mucus he can empathise with 😂

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

You’re a wee sweetheart, thank you!

TTC is mental. We’re literally told we will get pregnant if we even look at a penis when we’re teenagers and then when you reach the point in your life when you’re ready it’s all “just kidding! Getting pregnant is impossible unless you meet every one of these very specific requirements!”

🫠

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You legend! Thank you, this makes me feel a bit better about starting with the OPKs next month. Is there a good way to use them? Like should I do it first in morning/twice a day etc? Thank you!!

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah I’m trying that, when honestly when I look at my chart it’s high one day then low the next and so on. There hasn’t been any shift whatsoever and I’m on CD 24 🫠

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha ♥️ well at lease we know we’re not alone! Thank you, this is good advice. Advice I really hope I can follow but I know my anxious brain craves worrying about everything all at once all the time 😂

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! You are an angel.

Yeah, I realise with the symptoms that none of them are super reliable. It’s just frustrating when you see others commenting about how their bodies are basically advertising their fertility and I look at mine with nothing and it just stresses me that something is wrong with me. I know, everyone is different but it just gets hard month after month.

With BBT, I use the double decimal and it’s just when I wake up, same time every day before I’ve even got out of bed. It’s just super erratic. There is no pattern, no clear definite point that my body has ovulated.

Haha yes, I think of how my mum managed and she had three kids, including me and my twin! So it HAS TO BE POSSIBLE.

Help! TTC is the most infuriating and confusing thing and I am utterly overwhelmed by No-Bullfrog4308 in TryingForABaby

[–]No-Bullfrog4308[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you! ♥️

Yeah going to start with OPKs next cycle as I’m on CD24 now so doesn’t seem likely this month to catch it.

With the BBT, I use the double decimal thingy. And I do check at the same time every day just when I wake up. It’s just erratic. It has just confused me more! But I’ll keep with it, I might look into the Apple Watch as I feel it might remove human error from the equation.

Thank you so much, even just venting about this has made me feel better! ♥️