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Maybe a nice shiny new thread will get us all enthusiastic again. I am on my rubbish diet so I only have nuts and beans to put out on the table. Oh and gin of course ;o) Anyone got any cakes to tempt me with?
<Bucky gets her polishing cloth ready to shine her new thermometer ready for another round> Ding ding....let's...go
<<Picknmix rushes in a bit breathless 'cos she thought she'd lost you all>>
Lovely sparkly new thread Bucky thank you!
Have brought with me a few Chocolate Jezabel Puddings - be careful as they're hot out of the oven though (Bucky, cyber calories don't count so help yourself!!)
Will catch up on the last few days and then I'll be back......
Bucky what a lovely healthy thread, am also trying to be healthy for bean's sake so I'll have some nuts and beans ppprppppp...! Thanks for the hug but you squeezed so tight you made another one slip out pprppppp.. ! Ha ha we always knew you were mad missus, no doubt about that ! Enjoy temping and post your chart so we can obsess and analyze every dip and rise PnM have you tested ?
Good to see you on the emmsy temp thread missus. MOB come over too and we can interpret your chart too ! We're not always right but we give it a go pah eelcatcher indeed, you just dinnae understand ma Scottish accent luv
Just read about the bleed Mibbes, pleased you are sounding fairly upbeat about it, can I join in and give you a big <<hug>> as well?
Hope the next 7-10 days pass as quick as they can for you Bucky. Do you have to phone up and get the results? Take heed from Gryffinboys experience and time it just right so that a nasty Gestapo style nurse doesn't say 'sorry, you should've phoned 13 seconds earlier' or similar!!
Scary lovely to 'see' you, how are you feeling? Apologies if that is a dumb question....
What's going on Ei? When you had your DD did it take a long time to get a bfp? Sorry you're still in limbo land.
Fingers crossed for your blood test result Hatty on Friday.
JB how are you doing? 4dpo eh? Not long now til test time !!
Hi MOB!!
So....I did test and....it was a bfn.
Still waiting for af - am thinking that I didn't ov when I thought I did (it was all guess work anyway so no surprise there I suppose). My boobs are waaaaaaaaay sore and am the hungriest person alive at the mo (hence the choc puddings!) but this could all be pre af stuff. Oooo, and I just cried whilst watching Gok on How to Look Good Naked. Wierd!
Thanks for hug PnM, sorry for BFN, how many days do you think you are ? Scary <<<waves>>> hi hun, hope you are as well as can be. I got into trouble on another thread earlier for calling Sparkly Scary - oops!
Lots of people do that...strange isn't it? Like that sentence that has all the vowels taken out and you can still read it. I think people just see Mibbles even though it is not there...hmm
I'm only on cd30. LP is usually 16 days and I thought I worked it out that I ov'ed on Fri 21st (ewcm etc) so Sun 6th I expected af to arrive.
My cycles are very erratic (last month was 23 days, one before, 40 days) but LP is always 16.
For all I know I may not have even ov'ed yet!!! (altho sore boobs indicate I have)
Deffo gonna start temping again once af has arrived - this is confusing me too much !
Apologies for me me me post
Do you know I had a horrible moment today. I saw a couple of girls wandering round my shop and they both had children in buggies. One child was making a few noises (nothing bad, just general kiddy chattering) and the mum (?) shouted 'If you don't stop making that f*cking noise I'm gonna knock your block off'
I really wanted to say something but as she hadn't actually hit him etc I didn't. Istead I very selfishly thought 'how do people like that manage to get pregnant'. Gah. I hate what ttc makes me sometimes. It was prob just a bad day for the mum yet my brain automatically turns it around and thinks 'poor me'
Hello Mibbes and PnM I'm fine really, just waiting now for my hormones levels to fall so I can be sure the ectopic has gone. I am, of course, very disappointed, but it was all so very early that I wasn't thinking of it as a real baby. Also I did not feel "properly" pregnant and suspected something was amiss. It will be ok, and assuming the treatment is working, I will be back to TTC in about 3 months.
Hope you guys are well. Sorry to hear about the bleed Mibbles. I think you are sensible to be philosophical about it and remember, bleeding in the first trimester is very very common, so it does not mean anything sinister. PnM, do you chart? It can be really helpful with confusing cycles IME.
PnM that is a shocking way to speak to a child, you are quite right to think that. Good idea to start temping - I feel like I am the temping-temptress tonight... "come into my charting world ladies, and let me read your temps.."
3 months sounds like a long time Scary but I'm pleased to hear you ok and sounding fairly 'sorted' about it. Still a horrible thing for you to go through though.
I've temped before and thats how I found out my LP is 16 days... But I got fed up of waking at 6.30 each morning so haven't temped the last few months. Will definitely be starting again next month - as you both say, things become just that little bit clearer with temping!
Found you all!! Lovely new thread - thank you Bucky. Am impressed it's a healthy one - my new aim this month (apart from getting pregnant...) is to really lose some weight instead of talking about it!! Pass a nut, someone
scary great to see you here. Do hang about, and we will make the next 3 months go as fast as possible! And do come along to the meet-up if you are able, it would be lovely to meet you in the "flesh" so to speak!!
PnM sorry to hear about BFN, yet no AF. You are in limbo like EI. Do join us with the temping, although obv i hope you are pregnant and won't need to! How awful to see that mum behave like that. Even in the worst times when my 2 were tiny i never spoke to them like that (or anywhere near like that) When i see people like that i always want to whisk the child away!!! (have to change my name to mad old baby snatcher)
Mibbes hope you are ok, and that the bleeding is stopped. What a worry for you. Hopefully just miblet settling in for the duration. Thank you for the invite to the other thread - i will pop over there when i have a minute.
Good morning to everyone else, GG are you ok? Haven't seen you about? (Or haven't i read all the posts properly?!)
Hmm tinkerbell (love the new name !) did you have any other signs of ov where FF has your lines (opks/EWCM) if not then possible ov on cd17, it is very difficult to say... Equally the first rise could also be ov as FF thinks... Some ladies do have a post ov dip caused by an estrogen surge and maybe that is what has happened. anyone else able to help ?
hi mibbes great to hear from you thanks for advice. no no other signs of ov where they have line. got a bug on friday getting better now had runs and sickness
well in that case youe temps Fri-Sun may have been affected by bug. Maybe more likely you did ov on CD17 esp as you noted CM those days.. hope you were BD'ing loads
oh and some ladies also have a pre-ov dip then a slow rise which would tally up with a CD17 ov... FF may change your lines in the next few days, esp if you ask it to disregard Fri's temp.
scary <<<hugs>>> It is lovely to see you here, after you have had such a rough time. Do pop in again and let us know how you are.
bucky and MOB I hope your thermometers arrive today! I agree with mibbes about temping, at least I know what is going on and know when to test/expect AF.
mibbes Glad things are OK now. <<<hugs>>>
tinker If you get a high temp tomorrow FF will probably confirm ov on CD17. It can take a few days for a pattern to emerge.
P&M Where is your AF? If you ov later than you thought you still might be pregnant. Fingers crossed.
ei Any news from you?
Hello to GG, hatty and anyone I've missed!
Another high temp for me this morning, hurray! I can start 'symptom spotting' soon
hi ladies lovely new thread bucky no news from me im one day later than yesterday, no signs of Af and high temps im TCOYF preg now my body just needs to catch on 20DPO and fed up of it PnM so you are still in the club!! lets hope you tested too early and you can get a BFP for the both of us!! scary nice to see you hunny xx i hope you are well hope everyone else is ok <<<<<<<<<<ei waves>>>>>>>>> around the beautifully decorated clean and tidy room xx ei xx
What a lovely new thread. No doubt I will still be 2WW-ing when we run out of space on this thread . You cannot git rid of me!
Sorry I haven't posted for a few days. I have been royally shafted at work, but have some breathing space again. I am shattered -i haven't done such long hours in ages .
Mibbes - don't worry, I can understand your accent . I have been living in sunny Sassenach Land for the last few years, but still have my rough Weegie accent and can interpret for the others . How are things with you? feeling good?
Scary - hurrah! I didn't know you lived in London, so please come along to the meet up. I hope you are feeling ok after all the ups and downs of the last few weeks. IT's been a tough old time, but thinking of you
Bucky - I hope Mr B's test went well and the mercy dash to the hospital with his sample stuffed down his trousers was ok . Fingers crossed the results are fine.
Nothing much to report here. I am CD10 which is usually the start of the EWCM for me and DH is b*ggering off to Germany again for work on the key nights. The funny thing is that even though his sperm count is i the "nearly nil" category (my wording ) I still plot lots of BD-ing and panic if we haven't. I suppose you have to be in it to win it, and there is no harm in trying, although I certainly don;t get my hope sup (except during the 2WW ) DH and I have our referral with the fertility specialist on Monday 28th and I am counting down the days. DH will be packed off on his business trip with a copy of Zita West's TCOYF for reading on the plane (ha, can you imagine the looks he'd get ) and lots of Man Vitamins.
picknmix - woweeee, even the sound of Chocolate Jezebel Puddings makes me go weak at the knees! Do you make them?! Crying when watching HTLGN is definitely a sign of a bean in the oven. I love that programme! Maybe we could go on?! I can see the journalistic angle now....."All our ladies on tonight's show met on the two Week Wait Thread on Mumsnet! After having 25 babies between them they are shy about their bodies". hell, I;d settle for additional celulite and an even falbbier stomach in return for a baby <gryffin goes all misty eyed at the thought of a baby >
hello to hatty - how are things with you m'dear?
madoldbird - I am here <gryffin waves>. How lobely to be missed . Just had far too much on to post here.
ei - have you had an more psychic dreams which reveal my baby making potential?!
jolly - I have such a good feeling for you this month and congratulations on the tempretures being consistently high!
tinkerbell - I forgot to say hello to you earlier . Home And Away I don't think I have seen that in years! I didn't know it was still on the telly <gryffingirl = totally out of touch with popular culture >
i will let you off just this once lol i am obssessed with tv especially sopas i watch daily - honeandaway,neighbours,eastenders,doctors. also love holby city casualty and reality things
Feel like I need to join the gang and do a chart so have registered with FF. Just need to wait and see what it tells me.
Mibbes - the more people I speak to, the more people I find out had bleeding and still have beautiful children. I had 3 bleeds before 7 weeks with DS, my friend lost count of the number of bleeds she had when she was pg with DD2 and a woman I work with had such a heavy bleed at 12 weeks that she was convinced she'd had a miscarriage. Went for scan following day to make sure everything was gone and there he was...swimming away quite happily! Its very unsettling but hopefully by the sound of your posts your feeling good and positive
Just to top things off, its a really painful one this time as well - just to really rub it in!!
GG The choc jezabel is made entirely by my own fair hands and is, if I may so myself, absolutely divine!! I laughed out loud at the thought of us all on HTLGN - I would love to go on there! Sadly the Gok tears were a result of af hormones, not beany ones though....bum (for want a better word!).
Tinks good to see you back!!
How did Buckyboys trip to the Drs go Bucky? Have my fingers crossed for the results.
Ei where on earth has your af got to?! Yoour high temps are sounding so good - am feeling very positive to you
JB hurrah for the high temps !!
How are you doing today MOB and Hatty???
Hope you're feeling ok today Mibbes
I'm off to drown my sorrows - felt awful this morning, so depressed and 'why me' but have pulled myself together and given myself a stern talking to.... Its kinda working! (just to add to the 'oh woe is me' - I was so hoping it would be bfp this month as is DH's 30th on Sunday and wanted to surprise him, instead he now has to put up with a hormonal wife, bless him!)
GG I'm glad someone can understand me . Good on you being 'in it to win it' you are quite right to give it a shot,as it has been said before it only takes 1... PnM so sorry the witch got you and esp given that you'd pinned hopes on a double celebration. You'll just have to take advantage of non-PG status and get legless . I really don't like to complain but <<whispers>>> I miss wine already Have one (or5) for me chilled thankyou so much for the reassuring post. Every time I hear someone else say similar it helps me relax that wee bit more. Also 2 of my (many ) PG books say it is common in first 12 weeks to bleed (as many as 1 in 3 have it). Will be on knicker-watch until Dec but at least it will take my mind off having a glass of wine... Thanks for asking after me ladies xx
Thanks Mibbes and CMama (sorry to have missed you out CMama, am far too self-involved this evening ). I'll only partake in the one glass Mibbes as I'm a complete light weight and one is all is takes - DH will prob find me slumped infront of the tv in a choc/wine induced fug later tonight
PnM oh poo!!! sorry AF got you hunny what a bitch!! i had high hopes for you aswell (methinks my psychic abilities are clouded by my lack of AF recently- im very preoccupied by it at the mo!!) or maybe they were a bit premature and they will build over the next few weeks into a BFP prediction followed by a RL BFP for you GG nice to see you sorry you are having bother at work i have had absolutely no dreams whatsoever recently but i have a little list in my mind and i ticked 2 out of 3 off in the past 3 weeks (they ended sadly but still started iyswim) i am not in the habit of immediately revealing my predictions as i dont want to get peoples hopes up etc i have 2 names at the mo that keep popping into my head so who knows hope everyone else is ok xx ei xx
PicknMix I thought one of us would have success this month, stupid old stinking witch. She should just get over herself and realise she is not invited to the party .
My bleedin thermometer has NOT arrived yet!!! First class post my arse. I am really grumpy today. I can't sleep and was super stressed over nothing yesterday, today is a bit better but still...
AF has left here...pretty quick for me , but it was heavy so no chance of a bean hiding in the 'wings'!
Ei What does your chart look like now, are your temps still high.
Tink I would say you ov. sometime between CD17 and CD18
GG They wanted us after our pitch, but we are discussing fees. Sorry they are working you so hard.
<Bucky waves to everyone and goes out to buy more nuts and seeds...> Bring on the cake.
hi ladies well still nowt here from me!! temp still high, no AF and (possible) BFN i have had bad pains down my left side today so im deffo goin to make the doc sit up and listen tomorrow morning!!! i will scream if its another locum who wants a wee sample to send off!! (what is it about my wee thats so interesting to locum doctors) anywho i will let you know how i get on either way!! bucky sorry you have not had your thermometer yet but if they dispatched it yesterday it may not get to you til tomorrow depending on what time it was posted bloody postal service is poo!! mine was first class and i ordered it the day AF came last cycle and it didnt arrive til CD6 <<<ei hands bucky some thorntons continental for emotional soothing purposes>>> hope everyone else is ok xx ei xx
hi ladies i posted this on emmsys thread too but cant be arsed writin it again so i have copied and pasted so apologies for anyone wh has read it already ok update! i went to the docs and told him about everythin that is going on and about my magic 'optical illusion' test from yesterday. i also started spotting red blood overnight aswell and told him this and he has said he thinks it is an early MC/CP! it makes sense i suppose but he wants to send a wee sample off and when we get the result i will then go for a blood sample if that is neg if its BFP then i will be referred to EPU for an early scan due to my MC a few years ago! he was very helpful and i feel a bit sad now and funny thing is my temp is still high so i am thinking CP ah well i wont have any more concrete answers til next week now but im assuming i will be on cycle 6 by next week so hey ho off to cycle 6 i go!! hi to everyone else welcome heron good luck! xx ei xx
ei Glad the Dr was helpful. If the bleeding doesn't get any worse then it might be a viable pregnancy and just be implantation spotting. Hope you get good news <<<hugs>>>
P&M Sorry to hear AF got you . I was really at what that mother said to her child in your shop. Honestly, why should people like that even have children
GG I think you are doing the right thing making sure you bd at the right times. You DO have to be in it to win it and just one fast swimmer is all your need. Sorry work has been difficult.
bucky Glad to hear your DP has done his sample. I feel bad for recommending babymad and it took so long for your thermometer to arrive .
tinker It is really hard to tell if you have ov from your chart as they are erratic. You don't sleep with your mouth open do you because that can affect the temp? Hopefully after a few more temps it will become clearer.
Hello heron good luck!
I went for a job interview yesterday afternoon and have yet to hear . I think that means bad news. Sucessful candidates are contacted the same or next day usually are they not? Oh well. Still nice high temps so can't complain
Mmmm, well I'm not sure then! They are very rocky temps which may be because you are not long off the pill, is that right? (sorry if I'm getting you mixed up with someone else). It might be that your hormones are still a bit mixed up and you are having a longer than usual cycle and haven't ov yet. I'd keep bd'ing if you have both recovered from your bug! Even with rocky temps there is usually an obvious shift between pre and post ov temps. Sometimes charts can be difficult to read until you have a few more temps in though, so everything might be clear in a few days.
ei So sorry to hear your news, how sad if it is an early miscarriage hope you're okay ((((ei))))
gg You never know it could be your month!
bucky Hope the thermometer arrives when you get home and you can get temping
p&m I would be mad at that mum too..really really sorry to hear AF arrived
jb any news from the job interview? I've found it a good sign when there's no news as they may well be furiously discussing a tie between great candidates, obviously including you.
No news from me - we've had a grim week workwise with one of my clients having to let me go due to internal nightmares and DH being very quiet at work too - two self-employed people in one household is grim!
So deep down kind of hoping that this won't be my month, (whilst still hoping at the same time). Have managed not to think about it so much that I just realised I've forgotten to ring for my blood test results today! .
On day 28 and am very grateful that at least I am not getting my usual nightmare PMT that I've had the last few months, think that's because we've been so manic instead of because I'm pregnant. Think DH would cry if I got a BFP this month! Hopefully AF will arrive quietly and painlessly this month for once at the weekend!
Where is everyone? Its been quite quiet around here .
Ei sorry about the spotting/CP possibilities, I hope you get some answers soon to put your mind at rest.
Hi Hatty long time no see! Missed you.
My thermometer arrived on Thursday...hurrah. Don't feel bad JB silly billy, it wasn't even that long...I was just overexcited about it. Anyway, I have begun my chart.
One thing though, is it just mine or does the thermometer take AGES before it beeps! Mine takes about 3 mins which is a long time when you are waiting!
hi bucky i was thinking the same thing heres hoping your chart goes well. my thermometer takes that long too!! it does seem like forever doesnt it www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1f3edd here is my chart
Sorry for not being on for a couple of days. Stupid broadband playing up.
PnM sorry for AF arrival.
Mibbes hope all is ok after you had some bleeding.
EI pleased to hear that you have been to the GP but sorry to hear that it may be an early m/c. Hoping for better news for you next week.
Bucky glad you have your thermometer now. I have done two mornings now - need to go onto FF and work out what to do! Mine seems to take ages as well, particularly annoying as i am taking it when i am desperate for my morning wee! Exciting though, and i feel i am doing something positive. I'll show you mine if you show me yours!! better wait till we have some more dots first. Is it next week you get DP's results? I have lost track a bit of who's getting what results when.
GG Sorry to hear you have had a difficult time at work. Hope things have settled down. Has DH said how he's getting on with TCOYF??!
tink nice to see you back. It looks as though you may have ov'd on CD17, but as your last cycle was fairly long, it's difficult to tell. Keep BDing.
hattyyellow sorry to hear you are having work problems as well. Don't forget to get your resluts on Monday!!
JB yes, i agree, no news is good news about the job. Do let us know if you hear anything!
Sorry to anyone i have forgotten - i have only had a quick read before posting. Have a good weekend everyone
hey guys just poping in to see if i can join you? i post on the TTC thread and everyone seems to pop in here too.... im CD 20ish at the moment so can i please hang out here for a few more days....im keeping my fingers crossed this is my month going to try and wait till after CD32 because AF has usually showed up by then i hope i can hold out
I wrote a nice long message this morning and then my internet went down and the message was lost - grr...
I have also had a bit of a manic few days - had a melt down on Friday where I think all this ttc lark really got to me. Am exhausted today as have tried so hard to be upbeat as its DH's b'day. Bunny also poorly so stressed about that too (gosh, I sound really grumpy - sorry!)
Ei I'm so sorry to hear your news. I really hope you can get some answers next week, <<hugs>> until then.
Yay for the new thermometer Bucky!! Hope it gives you a feeling of empowerment (it did with me when I first started temping).
Fingers crossed you hear something tomorrow about the job JB*
*Hatty sorry to hear about job probs - I will try and post a reminder for checking your results tomorrow morning for you !
Same to you as well GG re the job probs - hope you've had a lovely to weekend to compensate?
How you getting on Mibbes???
Hi and welcome to Heron and Josie and a hello to Tink as well!
Tick tock tick tock, day 31 no AF - due tomorrow. Have had cramps in the night the last few nights so it's probably gearing up to arrive in the next 24 hours.
But I'm wondering if the acupuncture has helped with the PMT as I've had no PMT at all which has been bliss
I'm sooooooo not concentrating on work and it's only 9.30! Trying to get through to doctors for blood test results as well but it's the normal Monday morning rush for appointments so I don't think I'll get through for a while.
Hope everyone had a good weekend - tempers how are your charts going? Feel I should do mine just to join in! My DH always complains about the beeping when the thermometer has finished as it wakes him up!
good morning everyone - just a quic post as I am up to my neck in far too much work. I thought the credit crunch was supposed to put pay to all this ?
Hope you all had lovely weekends . We watched the London Marathon on the route because DH's sister was running. She is a pretty good runner and went round in something brilliant like 3 hrs 45 . In fact, she was so speedy that we missed her at the first place we tried to watch, so had to dash off to another part of the route! It also p*ssed it down, so we got soaked to the skin, but it was a great atmosphere. Now I keep thinking that I should really get fit (me, totally unfit Gryffin!) and run next year . I'm sure I'll get over this feeling by about lunchtime
I am on CD15 today and we managed quite a bit of BDing over the weekend, so at least we've given it a go - it's 14 days until our fertility specialist appointment and I am couting the days. I think we may have hit the right time with BD-ing, but who knows whether that is enough for DH's geriatric swimmers and their zimmers . DH is trying to get me to plan holidays, btu I don't want to arrange anything until we have a clear, mapped out, timetable for any treatment going forward. I am not going to miss out because we have holidays booked (which can be fitted in around appointments). DH isn't very chuffed at being told he has to wait, but what is the point in booking anything when we are both flexible about times?! He says he wants something to look forward to, which would be fine, but he can wait a fortnight and I wish he would look forward to our appointment as much as he looks forward to a week in Cape Cod, which is his current plan! Grrrr
hatty - fingers crossed that AF doesn't arrive for you and sorry to hear about the work stresses. picknmix - it seems everyone is stressed at the moment with work. Hope you are ok today. Any exciting news with you?
Jolly - have you heard back about the job interview yet. Fingers crossed!
Bucky - how do your tempratures look?
hello to everyone else. There must be a BFP or two out there this month
Must dash and do some work, so I'll "speak" soon. Broadband is playing up at home (do we all have a MN virus ?) so can only post at work, which is not very convenient.
Just phoned for my blood results, everything fine (yay no pcos!) but my TSH levels are a bit high...now sitting on my hands to not google madly but that seems to be mean underactive thyroid (great, new thing to obsess over!)
hatty - that's great news about the blood test results and no PCOS . Hopefully it is not thyroid trouble either, but my best friend has had issues with her thyroid since she was about 15 and she conceived her DD in 2 months, so I am sure it is something easily controlled if there is something spotted.
Cheers GG, looking at the list of symptoms for underactive thyroid I am a bit concerned that it may be a problem..
I am very tired, cold, dry skinned etc most of the time (but then isn't everyone in winter?!)
Once my new cycle begins I will need to book in a day 3 blood test with my doctor, so will grill her on the whole thing then!
Oh god, please make me do some work! A new medical thing to google and being at the end of my cycle really aren't helping my concentration! Do you think I could get MN to block my computer?
hi ladies GG great that you got some well timed BDing in hopefully your DHs geriartics have invested in some motor scooters to get to the egg and you may not even need your appointment hatty great news about your blood tests and FWIW an underactive thyroid is only a problem when it is uncontrolled so hopefully your doc will give you some meds and you will have no probs whatsoever JJB nice to see you over here hi to everyone else <<<<<ei waves>>>>>> xx ei xx
sorry not to say hello to heron yesterday. Good luck for this month.
ei - he, he, you make me laugh. Motor scooters is exactly what DH's swimmers need. I did read something quite encouraging last night while doing my "research" on poorly sperm . The statistics for TTC with a low sperm count were definitely better than I thought. An Austrialian study reckoned on a 4% chance of conception each month with DH's count, which is not terrific odds, but with enough months of trying at the right times, it is not utterly hopeless either.
madoldbird - where are you? . Did I read further down that your DP is considering going for tests too? Let us know all your news. Not long until the London meet up.
It's only 13 days until our appointment, but having done further reasearch into St Mary's Paddington. They do patient assessments at their fertility clinic, but they don't actually do ICSI/IVF there, should it be needed, which may mean another referral to a different hospital and more waiting . Anyway, mustn't dwell on that now. CD16 today for me and DH is finally off to Germany until next week, so we got the BD-ing in at the right time and he can now relax . last night I found a photo of DH when he was five (Year 1 school photo) and he is soooo cute in it . i went all gooey and sentimental and thought "I want a little one just like him" .
Big hello to jolly - what's happening with you?
Bucky - when are your DP's results due back. Any news?
hatty and picknmix - hello to you two . Hope work isn't as bad today. It has calmed down a bit here, but I still have too much to do. But I have made time to post here because there is no broadband at home (well, there is, but it's not exactly ours - we have been net surfing on the man downstair's unsecured WIFI because ours is knackered )
<Bucky waves to GG> CD9 here...temping is quite interesting, I have five dots already! FF seems a little confused though as it is telling me I ov but I think that is because there are not enough dots .
GG nice to see you back, I missed you .
Hatty glad the tests look good, try not to Google too much. I thought I had brain damage after I smacked my head on the door frame the other day (I obviously immediately googled to see what damage I had done) .
MOB you must have five dots too!! . How is your chart doing? Mine looks like a big zig zag....all over the place. Quite an interesting scientific study though...I think Gin makes your temp go up.
PnM how is bunny? Better I hope. Molly arrives (at last) on Thursday...hurrah. She is going to be a bit of a handful though. Hope she doesn't chew my furniture! Do you feel happier today?
Jollybear wheeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrre aaaaaaaare you?
Ei did AF turn up or are you still in limbo . I just wondered if you got some resolution re the CP or if you have had some good news?
Hello all, I am normaly posting on clomid site. I am on round 2 of 100mg of clomid, plus metformin 1500mg. I am on cd 28 today and yesterday I got a possitive ovulation test. Cant believe it as I have never had one before. Today it still reads possitive but I have had a lot of left side pain this am, so I think that was ovulation.
My temps dropped this am to 36.21 cel. They have been between 36.3 to 36.5 all this cycle. So should I expect them to go higher from tomorrow? I think I am now in the 2ww with u gyes.
supersteph if you ov today you should see a rise tomorrow. Some women do get a dip the day before the rise which may be what has happened with today's lower temp GG lovely to hear from you, not long now until appt and who knows maybe you'll be one of those couples that start getting fertility help and hey presto BFP Like you said the chances are not hopeless and well timed BD'ing will give you a fighting chance. Everything crossed for you xx Bucky teehee am glad you are enjoying charting and yes Gin does raise temp so we can tell when you've been boozing (when we see your chart!). Are you opking or relying on CM for ov prediction ? Look forward to seeing your temps in a few days when it gets to the exciting bit! Ei how are you today missus ? Hope you are feeling ok after AF messed you about. hatty well did she show or are you planning to pee on a stick soon...?
hey guys thanx for all your welcomes i feel quite at home now... god im never any good at this waiting lark im determined not to test untill day 32 i dont know why spesifically (sp?) day 32 as my cycle is never regular but im really itching to buy a test now, still not long to wait, i think ill be less disapointed if i dont test? and just wait and see ei i posted on TTC page how sorry i am but i will send you some more hugs here (((hugs))).
Things have changed somewhat in the ttc stakes. I had to put it off because I was waiting to have an operation, which I finally had last week.
In the meantime I had an ultrasound for weird periods and a gyne consultation. I have a polycystic ovary (just one, not PCOS), and they think I have endometriosis, but they won't do a laposcopy (sp??) until I struggle to fall pg. The best cure for the condition is to fall pg. Ah, the irony. So, given that time probably isn't on my side at all, we've decided to get on with it!
[grin} Yay for abbeymegs return ...Yes, I am still bloody here! Glad you have brought your ankles back for me to hold on to .
Mibbes I meant to buy some OPKs but haven't got round to it yet. Maybe tomorrow. I never have any CM to speak of so can't rely on that. I think we will just BD every other day from now until CD23ish...
Abbeymeg!! (were you around when I changed my name from cbcb, it's all go here!). Sorry to hear you've been having a rough time, hope that some way around the medical probs can be found or that a BFP suddenly appears..how are things with your little girl? Don't worry if you'd rather not go into it all. Lovely to hear from you!
Mibbes I have no HPT's in the house. And I am now officially a day over my longest cycle (longest ever tends to 32 days, I'm now 33 and counting).
Who was it that said they'd rather not test because then they could fool themselves that they'd never got their hopes up? Well, I concur with that..Josie I think you're thinking along the same lines!
Although I booked my next acupuncture appointment today presuming AF would have turned up by now, as she said it was better to treat when she knew I definitely wasn't pregnant so she could be a bit tougher in trying to knock my cycle back into shape..I can't get to the chemist before the appt so it's going to be a bit of a strange one unless my period does suddenly arrive, in which case I will so not feel like being jabbed with needles when I'm feeling rubbish! Isn't your pain threshold lower during your period? <whimper>
Bucky Not Google too much? That's so true but so hard!
GG glad you got some time this month before DH went away - hope the time to the appointment flies by..
Sorry for going missing I had a few days away and completely forgot to tell you all! Sorry! Thanks for asking after me though .
Abbymeg Welcome back! I'm really pleased that you got the gyne stuff sorted and are back to symptom spot once more.
Hatty How have you not tested?! You must have nerves of steel . How long are you planning on being late before testing? Fingers crossed for you.
GG Those odds don't sound bad at all! Did you pack DH off to Germany with TCOYF in the end?!
bucky FF can get confused! Once you have more temps it should remove those and recalculate it. How are you finding temping?
ei What is happening with you? Did they do blood tests in the end?
P&M Sorry to hear you've been feeling down and your bunny is ill . How is he/she now? <<<hugs>>>>
My temps have gone odd which may be down to having disturbed sleep whilst being away. I've also caught a cold so that might have made it high today . I'm 12DPO so AF is due on Saturday. Oh and I haven't heard anything about the job so I am taking that as a rejection!!
morning jb i am due sat 2 if 28 day cycle last was 55 days would luv any nosing @ chart thought i ovulated cd17 because of big temp drop temp up for me again today and bd last nite
<gryffin screams> ABBEYMEG!!!! You are returned to us!!! (or whatever they say in Jane Austen type-novels). I am still here too (will never leave the 2WW ). I hope you are ok after the operation. I am sorry to hear about the ovarian cysts and the possibility of endometriosis, but as the doctors say, getting up the duff will be the perfect cure for that! Welcome back!
Jolly - you are returned to us too . We missed you and your cheery good humour. Sadly, I didn't pack DH off with a copy of TYOYF in the end. He is in a bad mood with me because I won't go to on holiday to the USA in August (maybe I should be posting this on the "Am I Being Unreasonable?" threads ). He wants me to stay in a house with some of his clients and make small talk, like some sort of Desperate Housewives On Sea. Not my idea of a relaxing holiday! They even have a cake baking rota for when they guys come back from fishing ! No ta! We might be in the middle of IVF
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think I have been infected by your madness tonight Bucky, time to log off ! 
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