The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Conceive when its just not happening (12m+)

bigzippy

becca0417 wrote: »

Bz!!!!!!!!!! How exciting!!!!! Congratulations!!!!! I am literally so excited! Was this a natural cycle?!

Yes, completely natural cycle

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

OMG OMG OMG

I can't stop grinning. need details

onestep wrote: »

DETAILS!!!! NOW!!!!

So so happy for you both xxx

What details would you like?

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Kitten_Pie

When did you test?
How did you tell OH?
How are you feeling?
Anything done differently to help others?

Just need to know everything lol

Metranil_Vavin

Wow Zippy that is truly marvellous news.

Really happy for you. Congratulations! x

EverTheOptimist

Oh my god, that's absolutely amazing. So so so pleased for you. I did not expect to be reading that. How fantastic. :j xxxx

vseviour

OMG BipZippy!! I am sooooo pleased for you. Huge congrats!! xx

TTC40

Awesome! Xx

Whattodonow

Omg bz!! Massive congratulations!!!

Did you do anything different this time round?

bigzippy

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

When did you test?
How did you tell OH?
How are you feeling?
Anything done differently to help others?

Just need to know everything lol

Lol you really are a girl

We were setting off for a weekend away today, so I wanted to test this morning before we left. I don't know for sure how long my lp is, but I thought 15dpo would give me a definitive answer either way. Only I forgot to test with my first wee! :doh: So I had to squeeze out another 10 mins later I dipped the (superdrug jobby) test and went for a shower while it did it's thing ("please God"ing in the shower - as I have been doing every half hr for the last 2 weeks!). Came out the shower and sauntered in to look, expecting nothing or an evap, and to just throw it away and pack my af supplies. Then I saw two lines! I thought it must be one of those that makes a cross, and I'm missing the horizontal line...checked the pack, checked the stick, checked the pack, checked the stick...took a sharp intake of breath and started shaking :rotfl: Tried to remember where the hell I'd hidden the cb digis I bought naively 2 years ago(!) And then found them, ripped it open and dipped it without even reading the instructions for how long to dip it...then freaked out I'd not dipped it long enough, then freaked out that they were out of date (they are, by 9 months ), then couldn't take the stress and went to sit on the bed, still wearing only a towel, getting up to check and sitting back down again. Then when it finally appeared (they take AGES!) a squeal escaped my mouth and I started hyperventilating :rotfl: My eyes must've been like saucers!

I had to almost forget it happened (impossible, especially while wandering round in a daze) to get the packing finished and dressed and dogs sorted so I could leave in time to pick dh up from work! I definitely had to avoid coming online or talking to anyone til after I'd seen dh, or I couldn't've kept it to myself! He had a right to be the first to know I took both tests with me and bought pregnacare (only one month's, feels like jinx other wise, even though I don't even believe in that! ) on the way, as the ones dh bought me the other day have vit A in.

When dh got in the car I pulled over and told him I had a good news/bad news situation. He looked forlorn (apparently he thought I was gonna tell him af had arrived) and asked what the bad news was. I told him I couldn't take the vitamins he got me. He looked confused and asked why, so I got the pregnacare out and said "cos I have to take these instead" - the look on his face was indescribable :A he was confused and excited and scared all at the same time. I showed him the tests and he asked, with tears in his eyes, whether I was having him on! :rotfl: He started crying and laughing and kissing and hugging me all at once

We're both really excited, nervous, and keep freaking out. Dh described it as feeling like it's this fragile thing that if we look at out too directly it might get scared away or break or something. And it's so early he kind of wants to put it in a box, safe, and get it out again in a couple of weeks. I can understand both of those!

SS wise I feel normal except my boobs seem a little more round/swollen, I didn't get the really greasy hair/ibs flare/spotting I normally get just before af and my (already hypermobile) joints have been looser the past few days and I've had to wear my wrist splints as a result. I've had sharp ish pains on and off, cramps etc for days. I had a little spotting about 8-10 days ago which I thought was just post ov spotting or af on it's way... Maybe it was that illusive implantation spotting after all? :thinking: After the test I was so nervous and excited I felt sick for hours, but I don't think that's MS

I'm away with family this weekend so it's gonna be hard keeping schtum! Dh wants to digest it, and keep it quiet for a bit, and tell particular people first. I've told 2 friends today, which he agreed on One of those is my best friend who is 2 weeks ahead of me with her bfp! :shocked:

Whattodonow wrote: »

Omg bz!! Massive congratulations!!!

Did you do anything different this time round?

Can't say as I did much of anything different tbh. I temped for the first time in 2 years and didn't bd after ov! Didn't have much bd at all this cycle and really didn't think we'd've done enough for a bfp! (day before and on ov -by accident rather than design- and 3 days before that). No clomid for 2? Cycles, no anti spasmodic/smooth muscle relaxant. Maybe a bit of conceive plus (as usual). I had almost written this cycle off from the beginning tbh, what with dh's pain and scan etc!

I'm still in disbelief

Thank you so much to all the ladies delurking to congratulate me

P.s. QQ, I still want my announcement post

mrssmiff_2

Congratulations to you Hun, hope everything goes well.

Reminds me of when I told Hubby _ I put one beer on the table after work, not 2 and he thought I had crashed the car/was costing him money ?? He said - how much ?? I said 21+ years !

Like you say, don't tell family until it is "confirmed" - personally a friend who can be there for you is much better than raising your family's hopes. x

Fingers crossed and best wishes..

bigzippy

Thanks Mrsmiff, I will actually be asking if I can have a viability scan, as I've had dodgy tubes (shown up before my surgery) and was told I have a higher rate of ectopic. I'll have to see what the doc says tho...especially as my normal gp has left :cool:

What do you ladies think about what I should do with my fs appointment for the 28th?