Mumsnet Discussions - Two week wait - any other mad symptom spotters to test 16th June?

congrats mrsbeth

well day 34 here still no af. never had a cycle over 30 days before. of course i have peed on many sticks over the weekend. thought i had a faint bfp within the time but it disappeared after 5 min. and then had another that was bfn until i fished it out the bin the day after when it was a def bfp.

had one very light bleed day 21 that lasted no more than 5 minutes.

off to the gp's tomorrow AGAIN! i will have my own chair in the waiting room soon.

MrsBeth, glad everything's looking good.

Ooh, I'd better change my name back to normal!

Hi all
I had my 12 week scan yesterday and so far so good! Next appt is on 25th Nov with consultant.
I changed my name from maisieboo because that's one of the names I called the cat, decided I needed something a bit more grown up.
xxx

hello all, it's shyla here.

fancied a name change. being named after my dog was gettin slightly weird!

glad all is well with you mom 15weeks already. it goes so quick.

im all over the place at the moment. have had a bit of random mid-cyle bleeding this month. have totally convinced myself it's implantation bleeding of course!

dp would kill me if i got pg before seeing the cons. i have prmised to give myself a break for a while. the last mc really took its toll on me physically.

thell really wish i lived near you so you could practise your massage techniques on me. i have fractured my cocyx and having to sit in odd positions is playing havoc with my back.

anyway, onwards and upwards! only 4 weeks til cons appt. not hat i'm counting or anything! x

Hey, MDG, glad to hear you are doing well

The sickness is grim, but sounds like you are upbeat too...and it's all worth it in the end

Still waiting to ov this month - it's gonna be another long one after I disrupted last month with my exciting music project! But I am remaining stoic and concentrating on the massage course and bimbling along. Half term already!

Hello All,
How is everyone? Shyla - hope you get to see your consultant soon and they stop messing you about.

Fingers crossed for anyone still waiting to test this month, have I missed any BFP's???

Sorry I have been so absent - between work and DS I really do not know where the time goes - I assume that I am now filling it with eating and sleeping!!

Am 15 weeks this week, so far, so good! Still pretty sick, am still working 12 hr night shifts and they seem to be aggravating it. Am also knackered but can't really complain!!

So, what is everyone else up to????

you probably should give up, then you will almost certainly catch

well had to go and see gp on thurs, while there i asked if she could check on the results of the blood tests i had done while in hospital for d&c recently.

she managed to find them and i am really peed off to find there is nothing wrong with me! i really had hoped it would be a clotting issue (i have had other health issue's that pointed to this) i just want some bloody answers.

i know there are still lots of tests to be done but i just do not want to wait anymore.

i want a baby and i want one now!!

i have visions of having an appointment with my cons where he tells me 'all is well with you mr & mrs shyla, the 4 mc you have had have more than likely been bad luck' and me having a huge tantrum and rolling around on the floor kicking and screaming. it's all so bloody unfair. angry

rant over for now. i'm just so worn down by it all.

Hello Fumong

Afraid AF arrived, Friday I think.
Bah.

Wondering if I should just give up.
Wouldn't be able to cope with fertility treatment, too upsetting and I am a big wuss.

Massive hugs to the rest of you x x x

ha ha that obviously meant fuming

ah well that made me smile at least

good luck thell keep us updated please.

i am fumong today. just had a letter saying that my cons appt has been cancelled and rebooked for the 19th nov. i have already been waiting since march for this appt.

when i called them all the secretary would say is that he is away until then.

i am so angry

Hope you're enjoying your course Thell, only a few days to wait now, keeping everything crossed for you.

Another week to wait!

I'm 3 weeks into my massage course now, and uniform arrived yesterday.
If I do catch this month I'd be 6 months when doing the exam! Could be interesting...

Hi all,

think Shyla is right Thell, I decided in August I would forget about TTC and I got a BFP, was so convinced AF was on way.

Went to see Dr last week and she suggested I did another preg test (so did one that afternoon and a much stronger line came up straight away which was reassuring), she is also referring me for an early scan which I'm hoping I'll hear about soon.

The brown spotting is still here, happens about twice a day. Nothing I can do about it so trying not to worry.

On the plus side, boobs so sore, feeling quite hungry, and on the subject of dreams had a very x-rated one last night! No vomiting but feel really nauseous last thing at night and first thing in morning. Also if I don't eat in time I drop. Tiredness is better than last time but think the fact that I'm now on day shifts is helping with that. Am on nights next week but luckily they're split. Hopefully will have scan soon so will know what's happening.

xxx

Shyla, that may be true - as long as you manage to have some sex as well!

Temp up this morning, so I've ovulated - luckily we had some nookie the night before last, so at least it wouldn't have to be an immaculate conception wink

thell this should be your month then! having other things on your mind seems to be the best conception aid imo.

Shag week has not gone so well - I've been involved in a really exciting project for the first time in ages though, so that's why....we've both been too tired and preoccupied, and I think judging by my temps it's disrupted ov anyway.

Nevermind !! I'm too happy to care this month

)

Mousemole where are you? Not had a chance to keep up with this thread.

I have just ovulated today or yesterday not sure which. Thought it was yesterday. Actually felt it which I haven't for a while.

Might pounce on DH again tonight.

hiya lucygrif hope you have been keeping well. good luck this month

and vivid dreams are alway a symptom of mine too! not much of a dreamer unless pg. then they can get very odd indeed! x

hi ladies!! long time no speak!

Gosh, a lot has been happening whilst I've been gone. So sorry to hear all those who have received bad news... sad

nice to see some BFPs though!! smile

30th and engagement party all out of the way now, Egypt was good but I picked up a bug on the last day and ended up in hospital!! think that affected ov and af was a week late.

this time i'm on CD25 so coming up to the dreaded AF again!! arrrrrrrgh!

have had some very strange and vivid dreams, been waking in the night for no reason and have had horrendous indigestion for last 3 days even when I haven't eaten anything! Slightly tender breasts and really emotional this week, but thats usually AF on her way!!

thanks mrsbeth feeling slightly better now. had a good cry and a little glass of wine. really didnt think it would hit me this hard tbh and it has really made me question if i am strong enough to put myself through it all again. i dont think i'll be making any desicions before seing my cons.

anyway enough about me!

how did the docs go? any mention of getting you an early scan? that should put your mind at ease a bit.

xx

Shyla sending lots of hugs your way, it's a really difficult time. Really look after yourself. Hopefully it'll be no time at all before November 5th and you can see the consultant and hopefully he will be of lots of help.
xxx

thanks mrsbeth i have been doing okay until today.
my best friend had her baby early hours this morning. it made me so upset as we were pg at the same time. mt 3mc would have been due in the next few weeks.

have spent most of the day in the loo in work crying

although i am obviously very happy for her i cant help but be very jealous. all i want is a baby!!

anyway! hope the rest of you are well. hope the docs were helpful mrsbeth

hows 'shagweek'going Thell ?

hope your scan went well mom

Hope Shag week is going well Thell*!

*Shyla hope you're getting well looked after by your family, lots of love to you all.

Mom, hope today goes well. I'm Maisie with a new name by the way, I had a fab holiday and thought I'd return.

I'm doing ok, lactulose is taking care of the constipation and I'm off to the Dr's tomorrow to get something for piles. So it's all fun here! Have no interest in sex whatsoever at the moment, so have gone from one extreme to the other! The achey feelings I had in abdo have pretty much subsided and the brown spotting hasn't gone but is no worse. Will mention it to the Dr tomorrow again but am not fretting, just hope and pray all is and will be well really. Hope you don't mind me sharing all that with you!

Had to take the cat to the vets this am, she needed some antibiotics, to get me back she had a wee in the car on the way back! She then lounged in the sun while I cleaned the car!

xxx

Thell - Shag Week - love that expression!! I am joining you to cheer on all your reproductive system! Fingers crossed.

Shyla - Thanks, I hope you have a good meeting with your consultant too. I suggest you make an enormous investment in the Tesco half price wine offer between now and Nov!

I plan to stick around - find it too hard to hang about on the birth boards etc in early pg - too many sad accounts which make be uber paranoid.

Terrified about Wed but also so excited. Also wondering if I will get caught by the twins - 7 sets of non identical on my mums side but they skipped her generation. . . . . they also tend to be very good irish ginger twin boys. . . .My little brother is a huge strapping ginger rugby player though and just gorgeous and charming so I would not mind a couple like him!

glad to hear your doing okay mom will keep my fingers crossed that all will be well on wednesday. and please dont go anywhere! i am looking forward to hearing all about your pregnancy.

im just waiting around now! cant ttc again until at least november

have been making the most of i have an appt with my cons on the 5th and all my blood test results should be back, although the way my hosp works im not holding my breath!
just really hope they find something wrong that is easily fixable. dont know how i will cope if there is nothing wrong.

mrsbeth i agree with thell that your bleed sounds like implantation. still a worry though isnt it.

thell good luck with shag week!

Congrats, MrsBeth

Sounds just like Implantation to me too.

Hey there Mom, sort of glad to hear about your Morning Sickness - I remember everyone telling me it was reassuring hmm

Didn't feel like that at the time, but maybe next time round with a higher paranoia rate I'll be more positive about it!

Shag Week is underway - I am frequently putting a hand on my belly and silently cheering on my little gametes!

Hi All,
Sorry for my absence blush

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Shyla - so sorry to hear your sad news, thinking of you.

How is everyone?

Thing with me are ok, should be about 9 weeks now and have my scan on Wed, am terrified and excited all rolled in to one. Desperate to see a healthy baby.

Been very very sick so far this pg, which has been tough but reassuring. Fingers crossed scan will be ok.

So, what have I missed?

Hi to anyone new!!!

Hope you guys don't mind me sticking around, I am loathe to leave!!!

huge congrats to you mrsbeth,

Haven't looked in a while at the list, there's so many abbreviations used on here it's impossible to keep up, but I'm pretty sure CM is cervical mucous.

Ya its totally not on it!

Hi all,

glad the hospital were helpful in the end Shyla, take lots of care of yourself.

Hope Shag Week goes well Thell! Think that's a great name for it!

Well, I do have some news. AF due last week, just had spotting (pink then brown, tmi I know) did a tesco hpt on Wed and got a bfp! We're over the moon but taking each day as it comes.

The brown spotting is still here though, I told the Dr about it and he says it can be normal so just hoping and praying for the best. I don't have any cramps or pains but it's like I can feel everything and I mentioned this to the Dr too and he wasn't concerned.

Just so happy that we managed to conceive again as I was so worried that we'd never get the chance of another pregnancy, I think worrying about it has not been helping at all.

And CM is cervical mucous, homebound. I think there's a page on mumsnet which lists all the abbreviations

Can someone pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease tell me what CM means??!!

Good, I'm glad Shyla.

Yes, it's amazing how different your experiences can be from child to child. DD was conceived on a whim with no effort at all, so quite dumbfounded to have waited nearly 18 months this time! (I was going to say 'with not a sausage,' but that's not really appropriate under the circumstances blush

hello both

im doing ok. the hospital where atually very helpful in the end. once i managed to get the eprc done they did all of the blood tests needed for when i see my consultant. am a bit peed that i gave to wait until nov 5th to see him, but i cant reallt ttc before then anyway.

hope your both well. this ttc business is bloody hard isn't it?! i never realised how much i took it for granted when i was pg with my 2 dc.

and hope your doin ok mom if your still watching.

xx

Thanks MrsBeth

- it was quite upsetting last month, for some reason, but I'm totally over it again hmm

The interesting thing is my cycle has been a day shorter each month! Maybe heading for a nice round 28?
CD11 now, so Shag Week looms.
How are you getting on?

I still feel sad about Shyla's bad luck - how are you doing, my dear? I hope you've been to hospital and had no further complications [fingers crossed for you]

Hi, it's maisie with a different name, I thought a change would be good.

So sorry to hear your news Shyla, had so hoped this wouldn't happen. Hope the hospital gets a move on soon, it's not fair that they keep you waiting.

Thell, sorry to hear AF came along.

sorry to hear that thell

i'm still waiting around for my erpc. the hospital is so shit. really getting angry now.

just want it all gone so i can get on with things.

Back to the drawing board here - AF arrived yesterday.

Oh, Shyla - I am so sorry x

thanksthell

well..had the scan and showed lo had only made it to 8+3wks and no heartbeat

am obviously gutted.

going in for eprc in next week or so.

good luck to everyone else.

xx

Well, it's fantastic you've managed to get past the 8 wk mark this time!
Fingers crossed for you x

welcome back thell hope this is your month. will keepp fingers and toes firmly crossed for you!

mom how are you feelig? hope ms hasn't hit you too bad.

im doing ok, 9+4wks and still hanging in there! got a reassurance scan on monday pm. my last 3 pg's have ended before 8wks so fingers crossed this time!

Hey there - back to the 2 week wait for me! Temp up though, so I know I ovulated. Testing around 1st Sept.

I'm pretty good - bit of insomnia and bit sicky first thing but otherwise pretty good.

I have also got my booking in appt next Tues - phoned up to ask how many weeks I needed to be to book in and receptionsit told me not to worry about it and booked me straight in - I will only be about 6 weeks and I am sure I had to wait till 8 weeks last time??

Just really hoping this little dot hangs in there. Find these first few weeks so nerve racking!

How you feeling?

Where is everyone else in their TTC journey?

aww mom thats a lovely way of telling him.

im ok. still hanging in there. had my booking appointment with mw today.

got a scan booked in on sept 4th. fingers crossed for me please!

got a consultant appt on the 20th of this month so hping he might scsn me then aswell.

how are you feeling mom? symptoms kicked in yet?

hope everyone else is doing well.

oh and i am with you on the crying at random things. i was watching an old top gear on the weekend and cried at a clip of blackpool illuminations being switched on blush

whats that all about?!

xx

Thanks guys, DH is so delighted. I told him by putting our DS into a t shirt that said ' Worlds Coolest Big Brother'.

Took him a couple of minutes to notice it was a new t shirt and then he read it, burst into tears and since then he has not stopped smiling and hugging us. He is so cute for a big rough tough bobby!!

Still so early but hoping this little dot hangs in there.

thell - v glad your cycles are sorting out.

Shyla - how you doing?

Angel - how are you too?

Hope you guys don't mind if I stay on here - will try not to be too gushy but the hormones are already making me craaaaaaaaazy!! Butter advert had me in tears last night, gah!

Hurray!!

Well done Mom! About time too x x

I had AF just before holiday - but it's good because cycle length down to 32, so things improving all the time.
Hoping the Chinese Herbs are helping get my body back into balance so general health improving.
Once the effects of all the holiday cake and ice cream have worn off! wink

omg god mom that is so fab!

massive congrats to you and your dh. how did he take the news?

xx

Whoop whoop well done you, you must be well chuffed!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!

HI,
Did an early test yesterday and got a positive but not till way after the time I was meant to read it in.

Did another early test this morning and - faint but definite BFP.

Delighted and terrified - hoping this little one hangs on. EDD should be 22nd April 2010.

maisie hope you are ok. dont give up hope please.

mom good luck for this month.

have my fingerd firmly crossed for everyone!
xx

Shyla - fab news - keeping everything crossed (well, at least for about 10 days grin

) for you.

Maisie - still hope that you are wrong! You are not out of the running yet.

Will be looking for your update when you fell like returning - best of luck and hope you have a fab holiday.

Great news Shyla!

Well I'm pretty sure AF is here, seems my cycle is now a textbook 28 days. Retail therapy has called again. Going to dip out for a while, need to try and forget about this for a bit, may help things along in an odd kind of way. Good Luck to all and thanks for your support, see you all in a few months time.
xxx

hi all. just to let you know i had the scan and everythin was fine!

can hardly believe it. they couldnt find where the bleed came from, probably just a bit of old implantation blood or something.

very relieved, but still being a bit cautious as have got the this stage before and still mc'd.

thank you all for you support. dont know where i would be without you all!.

xxx

Fingers crossed for you both - will be thinking of you for your scan Shyla and Maisie I really do hope it is implantation.

I am CD 23 - so about a week left - if I manage to wait that long!

Hope all is good Shyla.

AF not arrived yet. Would like to think you are right Mom, would love it to be implantation.

thanks girl.

got a scan today at 2pm so fingers crossed.

bleeding has stopped and still have quite strong symptoms so you never know!

when will you be testing this month mom?

hope this is the month for you.

xx

Shyla -really sorry to hear you are having a bleed - hoping that it is a false alarm and sending positive vibes your way.

Maisie - hope that yours is perhaps implantation? I know, I say it every month - perhap this time I am right? Like your plan about taking some time out - lots of wine and naughty cheese/pate - should guarantee a BFP!!

Keeping fingers crossed for you all x

Think AF is on her way, some (pale) pink cm when I went to loo this am. Would say this is tmi but I think we're all used to that by now. Had some good symptoms too, breasts were really sore - until today, they've gone back to normal now. AF not due until Thursday too and that'll only be 28 days, another normal cycle for me.

Think I'll have a break in August, we're off on our hols in a few weeks and I don't want to spend holiday stressed about ttc. Also thought I was more relaxed about it all this month but have been really absent minded, really need to concentrate more in rl. So will check in later in week and then give mn a miss for a little while.

Thinking of you Shyla, hope you're ok.

xxx

Oh Shyla, hope everything is ok, will be thinking about you and sending all positive thoughts your way. xx

looks like i will be joining you all again ladies.

been bleeding since yest.

got a docs appt later to get refered for scan but not feelig very hopeful.

will let you know how it goes.

xx

You never know Mom, too early to give up hope. I agree, I've had some bizarre PMT signs the last few months. Was never going to symptom spot again. I think my symptoms are all in my head, I'd love a pos test so much I almost think it'll never happen but hopefully it will soon.

Enjoying all the TTC bit and have really tried not to obsess this month, just let my body do what it wants. Am so used now to odd aches and pains it all just feels normal.

Had to laugh at myself today though, was watching football with DH and nearly started crying when the footballers came on the pitch - funny thing these hormones aren't they!

Enjoyed a few shopping trips this month too, haven't had a good shop for ages.

Hope everyone else is well.
xxx

ho hum - CD 20 for me. Again, no syptoms for me this month. Tired - as usual. Sick - seems to be usual now too - perhaps a new and confusing PMT symptom for me!

OPK was positive really early this month - CD 11 instead of CD14. Did dtd across all the dates just in case OPK was wrong but am not very hopeful.

Symptom spotting a bit. CD 24. Don't want to get hopes up though. Not going to list symptoms in case I jinx myself!

Hope everyone else is well. Had lovely night out with DH last night. Great way to celebrate end of working week, - but back in tomorrow. Days off go far too fast!

temp dropped this morning.
:P

hello all.

havent been on for a few days, ms has hit me bad

loving all the bfp's though.

fingers crossed for everyone else this month
xx

Thanks everyone grin

I've got a drs check up on wednesday so I'm gonna tell him i've come off bc and ask about the symptoms. Not looking forward to it sad

Keep at it everyone wink

Ahh momde,

My OPK let me test today but its was still on 1 bar its only CD 7 today but could rise anytime

lets hope its our month now

Hello to Sky27, good luck girlie

Angel and Hoops - huge congratulations!!

What a lucky month it has been!

Sky - welcome!

Same old, same old for me. CD 13/14 today. Positive OPK yesterday so dtd as often as we can (not easy while we are working opposing shift patterns!!).

No testing till 11th Aug, seems so long away!!

Ooh yes, fingers crossed!

Of course on the flip-side, I would say don't focus too much on how weird / unhealthy you're feeling, because if you find out you're not pregnant it can be really depressing to feel your body is falling apart without a proper excuse!!

Sounds like what i'm going through, large sore breasts, cramps, can't eat certain foods,back ache. Didn't used to get these with af, I'd only know because I'd end up having a screaming row with DH. Fingers crossed grin

Sky - welcome to our little corner of craziness!!

DD was conceived during the first month, so it can be done

I had lots of PMT symptoms - very emotional, grumbly period aches, large breasts - which of course turned out to be pregnancy symptoms.
Good luck!

Congrats all with BFP. I'm new to all this. it's my first month ttc. Having symptoms but don't know if they are just due to me coming off the pil?!?!

Fingers crossed everyone!

smile

Good luck thell need some more bfp!!

Just poking my head back in to say-

Argh! I HATE WAITING! It's driving me nuts!!
6 more days to go!!
Ok - back to normal.

As you were.

Congratulations to Hoops and Angelfifi!! Great news.

Shyla, Hoops and Angelfifi - please stay, you give the rest of us hope.

Well I went to the baby shower and it was lovely , glad I went now. While there I heard of another 2 people in RL who are pregnant, and was also contacted that day by an old friend on facebook who is also preg! At least it is happenning for some!

shyla!

I'm sure the other March 2010 ladies will be lovely - you could even start a thread if it's not there already! But of course we won't abandon you

I'll be testing 1st or 2nd Aug, if I'm good. We're going off on holiday on 1st, so I don't want to test early - it would put too much of a downer on the hol if -ive. I'd rather AF just turned up I think. That means you may have to wait til I get back for any news

How's it going? Any MS yet? With DD it kicked in at 6 wks. Fingers crossed it's not too bad.

thell this is defo going to be a lucky month!

what date will you be testing? i know you have probably already said but i am way too tired to re-read the thread!

got a good feeling for the rest of you this month.

only prob is you will all be on april 2010 ante-natal threads and i'll be on march all on my own

promise you wont all abandon me?! {moi, needy? never!! lol)

Congratulations!!

I had a good feeling about 24th

Hopefully it will be lucky for more of us... I'm patting my belly and cheerleading my potential ball of cells into existence / implantation!

aww congrat's to you both.

Ahhh congratulations to you both, its so good to hear positive news, so it really can happen hehe, hopefully we will all be joining ya this time around.. well done girlies

I know what you mean i had a cp and a mc so am feeling a little scared but have to say it feels right this time the last 2 times didn't feel right even when i did a test with the mc i said to dh somethings not right it doesn't feel right but made it to 12 weeks. Fingers crossed it sticks for both of us, Congrates to you.

forgot to say congrats.....yeah internet says due on 2 April....just really hoping that this one sticks I really don't want to go through MMC again, cause it's horrible sad

Woo hoo hoops997 How exciting! We will prob be due together then! How exciting i'm still in shock!!

Hi Angel same here, BFP with cheap Tesco test.......woo hoo... smile

Hi all,
Just to let you know i did a fr this morning and got a BFP, still in shock and can't belive it but a very strong secound line!!!
Good luck everyone else fingers crossed for you all! xxx

bubba I think you're right with everything happens for a reason, and yes there must of been something wrong with him.....nature protecting itself......I am testing Saturday so everything that can be crossed is....how are you....hope AF isn't here too long!!!!

MAISIEBOO.. Yr right even though we know its luck we still try and find a reason why bfn each month, crazy huh? its hard to forget about it the only way is to be busy 24/7 lol

MOMDE... wish it was my cd9 id have the OH pinned to the bed, roll on next week.

HOOPS... Dont be terrified it well end bad, i think having a mc makes you aware of how easy it is to loose it, well it did me, (it just happens) like for no reason, but then i had to keep in my head how so complex that stage is and if somethings not right its fantastic how nature protects itself. It was easier for me 2nd time it happened although i was more shocked!! Everything happens for a reason, ark at me gabbling on.. good luck girlie cant wait for ya to test.

hello all. how are we all?

hope the bd is goin well. what date is everyone testing?

i have been fine. still nervous but just taking it 1 day at a time.

funny how during the 2ww i convinced myself that i had morning sickness and then the last week have been absolutely fine! not a heave in sight!

can feel the ms creep up on me last two days tho,

got a feeling going to be bad this time around!

good luck to you all.

xx

Bubba, I know just what you mean. Think I've turned into a TTC crazed woman. I can't drink alcohol without feeling guilty, I keeping wanting DH to give up fizzy drinks, alcohol, in fact everything and just BD all the time so we can conceive. Luckily I can vent all this on MN otherwise I think DH would think I'm a lost cause. In my sane moments which are 99% of time I know it's just luck and most things you do won't influence TTC. I know some really unhealthy people have no trouble at all and that if I relax and forgot about everything it's got a better chance of happening. I know that DH and I are healthy and I need to let nature take it's cause in her own time. But I'm still counting the days etc. Maybe after this cycle I'll forget all about it too and just carry on with life - but with no contraception!

Hi all,
CD 9/10 for me today so we are back with the bding, again.

Thell/Maisie totally know what you mean about hearing others baby news - a very clsoe friend who has been ttc along with me for the last few months announced that she is pg yesterday. I am delighted for her but also jealous and frustrated that I am not joining her - it's not that I don't want her to have a baby - they totally deserve the joy of a new baby - I just wish I was there too.

Really hope I am soon - feel guilty for moaning about ttc when we already have our wonderful son. I know I don't have anything to complain about but I just don't feel rational about this - I think it is because it is hormone fuelled - I want another baby and I am so cross and fed up that I can't seem to conceive, especially as I know I can do this.

Anyway, will finish ranting now.

Onwards and upwards - as ever - hope this is our month.

AF sung alright, was yesterday and i was only on cd 22

should only last couple of days tho it usually is quick

started up my opk ready for this month lol, its been made redundant since my mc. If i dont fall in the next few months think il give up, not sure i can take this big grey cloud every time... i just wanna relax and enjoy life!! HELLLLLLLLLLLLLP

PS. Bubba, did AF arrive? When I conceived DD I had lots of PMS symptoms and sore belly, so it ain't over til AF sings!!

Hello everyone, just popping in. 10 days to go, and the wait is dragging - ugh!

Maisie, I know what you mean about mixed feelings regarding others' news. I'm delighted when any of our TTCers on here gets a +ive, but if someone I know in real life announces it, it feels a bit like a punch in the stomach before I can be pleased.
And I feel guilty about that, because I have a beautiful daughter and really everything would be fine if we didn't have any more. I know people who are struggling to conceive, or who had a terrible time with their first and could do with a strightforward, happy pregnancy the second time round, and of course I don't begrudge them that at all.
But it's still not easy, is it?

Really hoping this is your month hoops*.

*Shyla, how are you doing? Hope you're keeping well.

Hello to everyone else, hope you're all having a good month.

Wish the sun would come out here, the rain is great for the garden but a bit of sunshine would be good. Enjoying our week off work, not doing too much really, lots of cat care as she's having a few off days. It's like living with a very old person, a very small one of course. She's happy though, sleeps and purrs a lot.

We're doing ok on the BDing front, every 1 - 3 days. It's CD 14 for me, probably carry on until day 26 if we can find the energy. Not sure if I have some kind of bug, feel ok but spending too much time near the loo, no more detail needed. DH feels fine which is good.

Friends' baby shower is coming up, should I be brave and go or pretend I forgot? Just heard this week another friend is 6 weeks pregnant, she's been trying for nearly a year. Feel happy for her, it's always nice to hear preg news. Kind of wish she hadn't told everyone yet though, although I know when you get that positive test you want to tell the world.

It's funny but at this stage of the month I feel kind of positive that at least we're trying to make it happen. If I have ovulated this cycle I think it was the end of last week though, as I wanted to BD all the time, and DH was very interested too which helped.

But also feel too broody at the moment and it's kind of getting me down. We have a holiday booked at the beginning of September and I'm trying to focus on that instead. Easier said than done.

TTC rant over, can breathe again now, thanks girls!

I really hope so but TBH if I do get a BFP then I will be terrified it will end like last time.........so half of me wants to test the other half doesn't!!

God, why can't this being a woman lark be bloody easy?!

Looking good then hoops

lets hope we get some good news soon, i can see myself being the only one left on here waiting lol. Ive had 2 mc this year and fell the 1st month i tried, so now its made me more dissapointed i havent got a bfp this time...im getting excited for ya

oh no, bubba that's rubbish!! My boobs are very sore now and have grown, got a few comments today from work hmm

ohhhh no i can feel AF knocking at the door

least its gonna be early and not leave me hanging on for days wondering ..

hi hoops, well mine were xtra sore when i was but hey every pregnancy is diff so fingers x my mc was end if april and this is my 1st cycle too

hi shyla ya lucky thing

lol thell
make the most of it, if he's anything like mr shyla it probably wont last long!

lucygrif was reading about a statue in egypt that boosts fertility. got to be worth a trip to the pyramids i think! dp and i didnt visit when we were there but apparently it has worked for thousands of women. i cant remember the name of it but will try and dig it out later.

hello to hoops and bubba

fingers crossed for some more bfp's soon.

BTW, I think I've created a monster!
DH and I managed to DTD 3 days in a row just prior to ovulation, which we had to make quite an effort for...but now it seems having broken through the pain barrier DH has awoken his inner frisky young person! blush

I'll be testing 1st August.
Good luck everyone!

hey bubba, only sympton is sore boobs but can't tell if I'm imagining them hmm

......I have resisited testing and won't test until Saturday.....had MMC in May and this is my first cycle since.....

hi hoops
have you got any symptoms?
same as me AF on 24th, have you tested yet?

Hi everyone, this 2ww is pants isn't it? AF due on 24th and this next week is going to be hell......

hi momde,
im being so good and not testing as iv got no feelings that i am , before my boobs went sooooo tender about a week b4 af date,oh and HEADACHES my god! never had that b4, this time nothing, but im sure im making myself think iv got symptoms,i usually spot on cd 21 or 22 then af 3 days later, should spot monday, if i dont im gonna test

still no af but my boobs feel like they're going to explode!! not had any PMT this month (DP may disagree though)
think the BFN was correct though but at least I will be able to drink on holiday and at my 30th/engagement party next month wink

don't fancy the "on antibiotics" - and I don't think it would wash anyway!!

Have no idea when supposed to ovulate but couldn't leave DH alone the last few days so I think that must be a good sign. It was his Birthday too so he liked the extra present. He also liked his other presents which was great as I spent a mad day searching for them!

Hope everyone is ok. Sounds promising for you Blah, fingers crossed.

Two days of temp up, so it looks like I have ovulated- phew! That's one less thing to worry about!
And it was just when I predicted it would be, and we had plenty of nookie at the right time, so I am finally having a cycle when everything seems to be in place and I don't feel like I'm in the dark

I almost won't mind if I'm not pregnant, as at least things are slotting into place.

(of course I'll mind! But I won't feel like screaming in frustration !)

lucy fingers crossed you just tested too early. good luck with the consultant and have a fab time in egypt. went there with dp last year and we loved it.

blah didnt get af this month that was last month. ehat you described does sound like imlantation tho. are you goin to test soon?

good luck to you all. x

Lucy - sorry you got a BFN - hopefully you have just tested too early? My DP has been very disappointed too - almost find it harder to tell him that to see the BFN myself!

Bubba - have you tested yet?

blah - sounds like avgood sign if you just had a little spotting - implantation maybe? Fingers crossed!

shyla, congrats!
when you said AF arrived - how long did it last for, what was it like?
I got AF yesterday - very pale pink and watery - and now it's completely gone....
I usually start like that but it doesn't dissapear after!
Could I be.....??????
Oh how weird.
TBH I wouldn't be gutted if I wasn't pg as I am starting a new job this month and don't fancy people doing all the mental arithmatic to figure out if I knew before I started or not!!!!

morning everyone - I too caved CD29 and BFN!! DP is going to be sooooooooo disappointed (I'm convinced he thinks it's my fault) but roll on Egypt next week and consultant on Monday. grin

Hi momde,
Im on cd 20, my usual ulc is only 25 but after the mc now i may be all mucked up as it took me 11 weeks to stop bleeding, oh well

there is always next month i suppose lol

Hi bubba - what CD you on now?

Shyla - lol at your dog stalking you!! My cat was fixated with me last time i was pg - would not leave me alone!!

I am willing away the days till we can dtd again. Last month the wait was not so bad because I was so busy with the party etc (which was ace!) but this month is going to be harder not to obsess - nothing but the usual grind of work. Also going to be hard to manage to dtd anyway because DH and I are on opposite shifts for so much of this month.

Most depressing.

hi everyone,

hope i can grab some positive vibes, waiting game for me as well, had af 29 june, but miscarried twice so far this year, so praying the days away till i can do i test, i usually ovulate day9 but who knows after mc
... love reading all the stuff on here.. lots of good luck to ya all

thell stalking has not been the word tonight! she has sat at my feet and cried since about 2.30pm. i cant even go to the toilet without being followed. she even sat and watched me have a bath! very odd.

not sure about the cat sick though.

but i can lend you all my dog see if she stalks any of you lot?!

x

Shyla
Don't leave! You are our reminder that people do get to leave the waiting room and move on!!

I've heard someone else mention dog-stalking recently. We have a cat - and she's been vomiting a lot again. Do you think that means anything?

forget to tell you all dp's reaction..

well, after i got that bfp on the cheapie test i decided to drop hints about it being a good time to test and all of that. he made me go and get a couple of the asda own ones (long story...there the only ones he trusts, thinks they are lucky etc etc...)

anyway. got up the next morning and did the test, took about a minute but a line came up.

dp says.....' oh i knew anyway because the dog has been stalking you for the past few days'

quite a random comment i thought! but there you go ladies. another symptom for you all to spot! x

thanks mom.

so emotional today.

sobbed like a bby while watching portland babies.

not being able to talk about it in rl is so hard. where wouls i be without you lot eh?!

xx

Shyla - no need to leave!! You will not be evicted and I certainly want to hear about how your pg progresses grin

hiya thell

to answer your earlier question my edd would be around 25/03/2010.

feel like last few posts have been very selfish blush

really hope you all have some good luck.

too scared to leave this thread in case i need to come back in a few weeks!

xx

-sorry, bit generic that one, but am just sending positive vibes to everyone for wherever you are.

Think positive, everyone!

x x x x x

hi all

spoke to gp and she hasnt really got a clue about aspirin.

got to see midwife nxt week to discuss plan of care but to be honest i dont even feel like will get that far

had such bad back ache. only in the evenings but it has been soo bad can hardly walk.

have had it in previous health pregs but never as early as 4 wks!!

hope the rest of you are well.
xx

Angel

about bfn...hope it was just too early for you

Mom im on cd18..af due 26th...i will be testing from 21st ish onwards i think...i ordered some cheapie tests from ebay..they have arrived today..so i now have a pack of 25 tests blush

staring at me grin

Hi all,
Well can't believe it i actually caved and did a test this morning - bfn i'm gutted cant believe i couldnt wait so annoyed with myself. I'm hoping it's to early for it to be a pos. I still feel icky so hope its a good sign

Hi fifisboys - - hate that two weeks wait - what cycle are you?

Shyla - how exciting - promise will try to come join you soon!

Thell - good luck - we all know what you are up to over the next 24hrs! grin

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Maisie - fingers crossed for you too - hope the lunar calander brings you some success.

I am still sulking at being back at the beginning again - really thought last month might have worked. Ah well, pencilled in the dates again for this month. . . .testing not till August 13th - seems ages away.

I was told that aspirin was bad for conceiving because it thins the blood and therefore the lining, making it difficult for bubs to attach - have been suffering all chuffing week because of a migraine too!!! can't take any until AF shows up apparently. Have also heard that small amounts (kiddies version) of aspirin can help.

Wow!! Congratulations Shyla, that's great news. Feel really excited for you.

Had a busy week here. It's DH's Birthday this w/e so need to spend all of today buying the present I should have sorted ages ago. Still have no idea really what to buy, may just buy a sheet and wrap myself up?! He'll probably only ask where his real present is though.

We both have some time off now so hoping for lots of BDing. Still into lunar calendar and apparently the next week is good for both of us.

Ooh Shyla - do you have your due date?

A lady on another thread (can't remember which!) said her pharmacist recommended soluble aspirin for pregnancy...?

CD 19 here, expecting to ov today or tomorrow, so will be watching the temps extremely closely. Thought I felt a funny feeling in my belly this afternoon, but could be my imagination - has been before!

x

hello all

sorry havent been on for ages soo busy.

told dp the morning after the 1st bfp. he was over the moon.
still dont quite belive it.

the rest of you need to get bfp soon because i dont want to go through this alone!

got doc this afternoon. need to ask about aspirin. havent had the tests yet but the consultant i saw after last mc seemed to think might be worth a try.

fifisboys welcome and all the best.

can i join you please??
Im on the dreaded 2ww and its torture!!

AF due 26th but im testing from 22nd onwards as wth ds1 i got bfp 4 days before af was due.
Im alos symptom spotting like mad...feeling queasy and have had a headache for 3 days now and tingly nipples, and the tiredness is doing my head in, ive had naps during the day for the past 2 days and i never do that...

Good luck to everyone else testing grin

CONGRATS!! shyla - have you done another test? And told your DP?

Hi Lucy - fingers crossed for you - perhaps the unplanned approach will actually be more effective?

No luck for me this month - bloody old AF is here so CD 1. . . . again . . .

Hi all,
Haven't been on here for a while! Just checking in to see how you all are!
Congrate shyla01 whoop whoop!!
Well i haven't got any idea what cd i'm on or when i ov'ed this month as we all had the sickness bug when it was my most 'fertile' time so don't know if i ov'ed then or later? So not sure anything is going to happen for us this month!! who knows will give it 2 weeks and do a test and hope i ov'ed later in the month.
momdeguerre you never know af hasnt turned up for you yet so still with a chance!! Good luck!

Bugger.

Guessing you had to dtd in all the heat last month - same as us - awful! Am hoping it might be a bit cooler this month!

Suspect I will be joining you tomorrow, CD 29 today and not a symptom to be seen.

CD 30 for me, and it is heavier now, so it is definatly the witch hmm

, oh well more bonking madness to follow grin

Nunnie - any chance it might be an implantation bleed? What CD are you on?

Woohoo, Shyla!!
Congratulations!! grin

Looks like I don't need to test, have light AF this morning, which I am sure will become a full blown heavy one by this afternoon hmm

oh well maybe month 23 will be the lucky on for me grin

Hope you are finally starting to believe it now?
The digital tests are way more reassuring - much prefer seeing it written down!! Am delighted for you! A march 2010 baby?

I am CD 29 of a 30 day cycle and got a BFN on a first response again today so I'm certain that I am out - again! Ah well, always next month. . . !

Let us know how you tell your DH .

x

oh thank god! so glad ur here

i have dropped loads of hints to him but im goin to wait till i get the digi one tomorrow.

i am so petrified. convinced that it was goin to be bfn.

the one i did yest had the faintest of faint lines on it after about 5 min

this one is still quite faint but defo there and was there within a minute.

i'm shaking like a leaf.

god knows how i'll cope for the next few weeks.

hope your ok...sending my luck your way now!

xx

Whoop whoop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shyla - amazing news!!!!

You can have a false negative but not a false positive - you are pg !!!!!!!!!!!

I got my last BFP on a proper cheapie - get a nice digital one - they are soooooooooooo reassuring.

Tell your DP - it will be such a wonderful thing to share.

xx

OMG!!!
really hope someone is on here tonight

did one of my cheapie tests.......

BFP!!!!!!!

I AM SHITTING MYSELF!

what if it's wrong? i'm too scared to even tell dp.

i know i need to do another test bu im terrified!!

please please can someone hold my hand???!!

xx

hello all..
cd 26 of a usual 30day cycle.
defo not testing until the 18th.
not many symptoms now except the usual sore boobs and being a bit tired.

although have had some strange feelings in my belly. not exactly cramps, more like a tender feeling. a bit odd really.

good luck to the rest of you but i really dont think this is my month.

and mom im sure you have just tested to early. got my fingers crossed for you

xx

hi ladies, not been on for aaaaaaaaages, too busy bonking!! grin

am on CD24 today, and dtd every day from day 5 to day 21 so I reckon DP will be really cross if it doesn't happen this time.
Off on holiday next week with DS and probably AF which I suppose is better than going around OV with DS around!!!

Hope it was too early, I do every month! Fingers crossed AF does not get us!

Cycle 22 for me hun. Maybe you did test to early its not over till the witch shows her broom! I will keep you updated my end, and if nothing will test on thursday morning smile

Hi Nunnie - welcome! What cycle is this for you? Tummy bug symptoms sound promising - I am CD 28 but not having any symptoms at all this month and had a BFN on a first response so am thinking that this is not my month. My own fault for early testing - good luck for Thurs - keep us updated!!

Thell - sounds like you are doing well this month - fingers crossed! I am East of England so will miss out on your massage. The chinese medicine sounds interesting - are you going to have some acupuncture?

Suggested names - Palm Therapy (?), Healing Hands ? I'm rubbish at thinking up names but will have a mull on it. . .

My tentative plan to try every day for a week has sort of faltered - first day I was too tired, and CM didn't seem right anyway, so didn't bother - ok the next night, last night DH was in a bit of a strop, so it put me right off! He was ready to try, but I was not having it :-p

Popped in to see the Chinese doc round the corner this morning. He was just off on holiday! But said he couldn't leave me stranded, and gave me some remedies to get rid of my cold. He said if it hasn't gone in a week then it means my immune system is low and will need treating before any fertility issues.
I'm pretty excited - he's trained in Western and Chinese medicine, which includes Acupuncture. Fingers crossed!

CD16 today, expecting to ov day 19 or 20, so kicking up a gear with dtd tonight.
Temp shows I definitely haven't ov yet, so we'll see.

Sorry Maisie x x

If anyone lives in South East London, I might need your services as massage guinea pigs!
Any ideas for a business name? 'Holistic Hands' gets used all the time. And it mustn't be suggestive!

I might join you if I can please. I am day 29 of a usual 25-29 day cycle. I was going to test friday if no show, but if other are testing thursday I think I will do it then.

I have lots of odd stuff going on not sure if they are symptoms or stomach bug hmm

Oh bum, sorry to hear AF has come. Hope you have been able to cheer up a bit with the shopping?

I am CD 28 - first response said BFN this morning so think I am out this month too. Bugger.

Ah well, don't think DH will mind another month of sex - think he might object when I tell him I plan to DTD every day for at least the two weeks around OV, he he!!

AF came on Thursday on CD 29, which is really early for me, so now I'm on CD 4. Had awful pmt moods and was disappointed so have been a nightmare to live with, but after some retail therapy am now ok and ready to start again this month. Hope you all get good news , will check in a few days to see how you get on.

thell put my name down for a massage too please!!

went and got my cheapo tests

obviously had to try one out...and of course it was bfn. 6 days early and wasnt even fmu!

loads of symptoms though. boobs are soo sore, extra extra tired and lower back ache.

loads of others but to tired to list them all.

new sofa delivered yest so off to have a little snooze and maybe watch harry potter.

xxx

Thell - I want a holistic massage!!!!!!!!! Sounds fabbo - love the image of you with a HUGE bump trying to reach!

Shyla - not long till testing for me either - I am CD25 and itching to take an early test but this month I am going to resist!!!!!!!!! Not long for you too - any symptoms?? I feel totally normal - not even a hint of a symptom! Boooooooooo!!

Hope the sunshine comes back too grin

thell good luck with the bding.
cd22 for me.still symptom spoting like a loon

they sell the strip tests in a shop called home bargains, used to be woolies. defo got to stock up on those!

hope the rest of you are well.

anyone testing soon?

Ooh, new layout!
Nice. Just different enough to spook me out and make me take two seconds longer to find anything hmm

Popping in to let you know I'm thinking of you all

Still waiting to start BDing here. Dh keeps asking 'is now a good time..?' when we go to bed! grin

It all begins on Friday, then he won't know what's hit him!!

I took an Anatomy & Physiology exam on Monday, which went really well, and am all geared up to start the Holistic Massage Course in September. Looking forward to it - but if I get pregnant this month, I will be 7 months when the course ends in February shock

The most ungainly masseuse ever! How will I reach people's backs?!

Shyla, which shop sells them for 99p?!

Maisieboo, you need the square brackets[]

Good luck Momdeguerre

Kittens - I do the boob thing - keep poking them to check. They were not sore but they are now!!!

Also attributing my terrible run time today as an early symptom.

Hope I am right.

never manage to get the smiley faces to work!

Found the hpt I hid last month yesterday, but will try and wait for AF first. Still no symptoms here so AF will most likely arrive next Mon/Tues. However, last month had every symptom under the sun and AF still paid me a visit, so perhaps this is better. Time is going quite quick though, having a new kitchen this week so lots to occupy my mind. DH has a lot of time off coming up so hoping to BD lots then. Hoping one month we'll get lucky. Still enjoying the sex, and when AF arrives will enjoy the wine again too (grin)

Glad your DS is feeling better Mom

Hi to everyone else

LOL Momdeguerre, I do the car sickness thing. I am in the 2 week waiting room too. I have sore nipples, obviously nothing to do with me constantly poking and proding them to feel if they are still sore (just did it now to check).

not testing until at least 18th.....yea rite.

found a shop that does two testd for 99p.
not good
xx

hello all. how are we all?

cd 19 and already symptom spotting! very very tired, sore boobs etc. hmm

obviously just my imagination, but there is no point in trying to NOT symptom spot. so just going to completely obsess for next 12 days or so.

thankfully dp wasnt interested in the 'moon' theory. one less thing for us to try.

shopping was fab yesterday. got lots that hopefully wont fit for long

only thing was had to go for a nap when i got home as was knackered!

xx

I looooove to shop! Drive my poor DH crazy with it! Just invested in a lovely maxi dress grin

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How is everyone?

I am still in the two week wait. Can't test till the weekend really but officially the 15th. Party is on Sunday so am at least very busy and the time is not dragging too badly. DS is also now a bit better and is looking like he will be well enough not to infect anyone at the party.

What has everyone else got planned? Anyone testing soon?

I searched for lunar calendar for the year I was born on google, and then lunar calendar for this year.
Shopping sounds good, we're still DIYing here.

maisie how did u find out what moon you were born under?
Dp seems to believe these random old wives tales more than anything scientific.
Wondered why fertility friend shows full moons on the calander!

Having new floor laid today so I'm going to keep out of there way and take myself shopping. Any excuse eh? X

From emotional to the foulest of moods here, was in a terrible one yesterday, DH said if I didn't stop being horrible to him he'd be horrible to me. Realising this could put a stop to BD practice for next month I bit my tongue. Really wanted to snap at him though and he hadn't done anything wrong. Was in a bad mood in work too so we put the world to rights there, always helps.

May try the everyday method next month if DH is up for it, we have some A/L coming up too so maybe there's a chance. If we've managed to finish the decorating by then they'll be an even bigger chance.

Have random abdo pains here too, was convinced I'd ovulated on day 8 as had left sided mid abdo pain, lots of CM and a 'show', but then had right sided abdo pain around day 19, and at moment lots of CM and it's CD 25. So no idea really.

Did read that apparently you're more fertile under the same moon you were born under, so I checked and I was born two days before a new moon so will looking out for that and DTD then! Grasping at straws really....

Hope everyone has a good day

He he - you would think all our DPs would leap at the chance of DTD every day!

When we were last TTC we DTD every day but I hasten to add we were on a 6 week honeymoon with not a care in the world trekking around New Zealand and Japan. Somehow real life gets in the way of my best intentions to DTD every day. Just o idea how we would find the time especially since we regularly work opposing shift patterns!

Ah well, not finding tww too bad so far. Will still be dissapointed if BFN but been so busy with work for the past couple of weeks that it has been a welcome distraction from my usual TTC obsession!!

x

Half jokingly mentioned this to dp.

Went down like a lead ballon!

Ah well..was worth a shot.

Have caught very easily in the past so fingers crossed it won't take to long this time.

Need to keep reminding myself that this only second cycle of trying this time. Just feels like its taking so long cos of the stupid miscarriages!!

Must learn to keep at least a little bit of sanity about it all! X

I know someone who took four years to conceive their first, and the month they did, they dtd every day for the whole month!
I'm pretty sure we couldn't manage that without being able to sleep all day!!

I was hoping to try every day, but my window for ovulating even with a more settled cycle is a whole week (too nervous to start too late, so must do it at least once before CD14), and not sure we can realistically aim for that. Oh well, have to see !

Oops didn't actually dtd cd11, getting a bit carried away !....wish we had now though

Wonder if I could persuade dp to do it EVERY night next month? Hmmm wishful thinking perhaps?? X

Hello all. hope all is well with you all.

Cd 17 have dtd cd 11 12 13 14 15 missed lst nite but plan on doing it tonight...one more for luck as it were!

Still in a bit of pain (as mentioned above) no idea if it's ov pains or what. Hope they are.

maisie bit teary here too. Shed a few tears over extreme makeover earlier. Althoughnot sure its hormonal with me. Got a feeling I'm a big sap!

We haven't managed every day, that's some stamina you all have, but have BD'd on CD's 4,5,8,10,13,15,17,18,21, hope that puts us in with a chance. Saying that I have no symptoms.

Have had another emotional fit of tears this am, although do save these for when there's just me and the cat in the house! Again feel better tonight, think chocolate is the answer, especially flakes. Not sure why so tearful this week, am on nights but sleeping ok. Do have some stresses but nothing that I can't cope with. Blame it on the hormones again. In the last two weeks of my cycle my hair always grows quicker and I do like this, so that's something to be cheerful about.

Hope all enjoy the w/e, I'm working some of it but will fit in more painting and possibly BDing (practice for mext month!)

Hi All,
Hope everyone well? Sounds like we should get some BFPs this month! Good work ladies (and DPs!).

I had to admit defeat on CD16 - bit cross with myself but poor DS has been very ill for days with a vomiting bug so no sleep for us, it was soooooooooo hot and my mouth was killing me. I told DP he was welcome to dtd but if he could avoid waking me up then I would be grateful!!!!!!!!! He felt this was beyond our 'relaxed' approach to TTC!!

Either way, I fell asleep and it did not happen. Bit cross because I feel like I might have messed up our chance this month but I know we have had a good effort with managing to BD days 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Hope it is enough. Got a negative OPK on morning of 17th too so hopefully it would not have made any difference.

We shall see. . . .two week wait for me now and symptom spotting officially commences!!! Wonder what my amazing imagination will give me this month??

lol..i have found that too. just try to keep an eye on it during the day.
thanks foe all the advice though. much appreciated! x

Ooh, another thing I found was that checking cm in the mornings after bd the night before was nigh on impossible! hmm

so I tried to check it in the evening before going to bed.

thanks thell

still cant feeel what you describe but will keep trying throughout the month so hopefully will notice the difference.

been trying to take my temp but ds has been ill all week and had to get up once or twice just before temp time to see to him so dont think will be accurate enough this month.

well at least we have managed to bd tues wed and thurs. going to keep it up at least over the weekend see how we go.

hope everyone is ok

xx

Well, I'm no expert, but if it felt like something was in the way, that could be a good sign that your cervix is lower because of ovulating.

If you're feeling for your cervix, it's a little nobble, about the size of your finger tip, about a finger's length inside...to me it feels like it's on the roof of the vagina, because the whole thing is tilted backwards. It's got a clearly distinguishable dimple in the middle of it, which is the opening. The opening isn't very big even when it's open... hence 1cm (roughly one finger's width) would be the start of dilation in labour.

EWCM is such a great acronym - ewwww!
Anyway, a friend of mine told me she always had trouble finding cm - never enough about to just check underwear, so she gathered it from the cervix itself by giving it a little squeeze. HTH.

Also, taking basal temp is a good way of finding out if you are ovulating (I discovered about two days ago trawling the web!). It's the main reason I've just started tracking it for the first time - to see if I really am ovulating! If your temp doesn't rise at all, then it means no ov.

But I reckon an ache in the belly around day 15, two months in a row, sounds pretty convincing to me!

Good luck Shyla!! <<go, swimmers!!>>

Okay...any ideas wha is goin on with my body??!!

Last month arond cd14\15 I got this really bad ache in my lower belly and back
Seemed like quite bad period pain. Had it a few times in the past. Never really thought much of it.

Since I have been looking into charting etc more closely I have read about cervix position being an indicator. Had a go and I haven't got a clue what I'm feelin for!

Anyway cd 15 this month belly ache is back.

After bd tonite dp say's ' don't know if you could feel anything but it felt like something was in the way'
He said the same last month.

Could this be my cervix closing? Would I even feel something like that??!!

Also if it is I haven't had much ewcm so does that mean i prob haven't ov this month?

So much for just symptom spotting AFTER ov lol.

Driving myself nuts with this. Please feel free to give me a good hard slap for being an idiot!!

Xxxx

Oh, and DH told me yesterday he'd been reading an article about conceiving, and the doctor's advice was,

Have Lots Of Sex!

Every day, was his recommendation.
I was expecting DH to give a weary look and say he couldn't be doing with that, but actually he got a glint in his eye and suggested we give it a try! I'm not convinced that notion will last, but we'll see in a week or so when Shag Week comes round wink

thell dd is the same she ecently named mil's kitten after her new best friend in school.

still got a few days of bding left. hopefully the weather will cool down so we can enjoy it a bit more!

not sure what day i am testing this month.
probably around 18th. if i can hold out that long lol.

xx

Good luck with all your BDing - I still have AF! Testing not til 1st August <sigh>

shyla - DD knows a boy at nursery called Henry. She often brings home names from there, even with children she doesn't seem particularly friendly with. She's called one of her teddies (and, incidentally, her future daughter when she is grown up!) Darcie !!

Ouch mom dp suffers with his teeth. Really feel for you. Hope oit doesn't get in the way of bding to much.

I take it back about it not being to hot! Sooo stuffy here this evening.
Really puts me off dtd

I agree with pp that all this sunshine is good for us - our moods if nothing else! Am very impressed with all the painting - I struggle to get anything more thean the basic housework done.

It is sooooooooo hot here. Almost unbearable!

Bit fed up - got assaulted at work a few years ago which really damaged my teeth - they look fine but I get endless probs with them and today I have woken up with yet another abcess which is just excruciating. So, am taking pain killers but trying really hard to take as few as possible in case it effects anything. Dentist tomorrow morning, again, third time this month which is impressive even for me!!

maisie decorating has gone well, but like you said, think the dog has more paint on her than the walls!
mom I have tried to keep the ttc to myself as much as poss but one of the few people who knows everythin I have been through is reaally insensitive. She is pg and keeps updating me on all her latest aches and pains.
lucy not too hot yet, had quite a few showers here so its not unbearable yet!

Glad the bding seems to be goin well for everyone. Defo goin to be a good month for us all!

Xx

Day off for me so more painting. By chance DH came home for lunch so thought it would be good to BD, he escaped back to work afterwards though...

CD 21 for me, think will try to BD for another week just in case. Thankfully, don't feel at all miserable today so will blame yesterday on hormones. Actually am really pleased that this is the first month I've had for a while that I haven't had thrush, giving us a real chance to TTC. Last two months we only managed a few times.

Our cat is enjoying the nice weather but won't eat anything. I guess she will when she's good and ready.

Mom I think it's really hard when people know you're trying to TTC. Much easier when no one knows as there's no expectation.

thell I wonder where your DD got the name Henry from?

shyla01 sounds like your decorating is going really well, I'm painting the kitchen and I think there's more paint on me than on the walls!

lucygrif Good Luck for this month, I think it's great when we're all BDing as much as possible and still enjoying it! I've made sure that we go for at least every 3 days this month, just pretending to DH that it's all spontaneous, or even better his idea!

hey ladies, not been on for a while. CD12 today (thought it was CD11) so plenty of bonking coming our way!! not that we haven't already wink

no clomid this month (end of the road for me) so have no idea what my cycle is going to be like as it has been going to CD33/34 on 100mg, normally a very regular 30 days.

hope everyone is well and not too hot!!!

Hi All,
Maisie - this is just the right place to come and vent! Hope that you are feeling a bit better, I agree that TTC can be so emotional/stressful. Amazing the pressure we out ourselves under. My sister knows we have been TTC for a while (she fell pg first month she tried for all of her DC) and at the weekend she asked me if I was pg!! I had no idea what provoked it other than she says that I was not drinking (driving) and I had a soft style bra on (wrong it is just a built in bra in the dress). I ended up feeling both offended (am only a size 8/10 but still made me feel fat!) and depressed because I then had to persuade her that I was not and because I felt upset and wanted to cry I kept smiling in an effort to stop the tears so she kept on and on because she was convinced I was fibbing. She did stop when she realised she had upset me.

She is lovely but she just has no idea at all.

Anyway, we have dtd every day from 11 - 15 and plan to dtd again tonight and then probably every other day from then. Had a positive OPK on morning of day 14 so I hope we have given ourselves the best chance we can. The heat is killing me and poor DS has had a terrible vomiting bug but hopefully he is now over the worst of it.

When should everyone next be testing? I should be holding out till the 15th July.

glad you are feeling better maisie.
we all have our down days. ttc is such a rollercoaster.

thell- my dd is always asking when our baby is goin to be ready to come out. i told my dc just before i mc the first time. ds (8) understands but dd (5) just thinks that the baby is poorly

always make me a bit teary.

anyway...cd13 and bd'ing starts today lucky mr shyla wink

decorating almost finished just a bit of flooring to lay and waiting for new sofa to arrive. cant wait!

think i'll take a rain check on helping with your decorating mom
sick of the sight of paint brushes and dust sheets!

Thanks, feel much better tonight. Have been on nights and I think being overtired hasn't helped. Been out for tea and doing some more painting, and gardening in between the rain. Think TTC really puts you at the mercy of your hormones, spend far too much time worrying that I'll ever get pregnant again when I haven't really been trying long enough to need to worry about that. Positive thinking ahead.

Absolutely Maisie, don't worry! We are all here because we need somewhere to vent sometimes without having it spill too much into 'normal life,' and we cheer each other up because we can understand what each of us is going through.

And without being too sappy, a virtual {hug} can be just what we need!

DD brought tears to my eyes this weekend, in a sort of happy/sad way. She was talking about one of her toys and saying 'When my brother Henry is born and grows bigger then we can play together...'
So so sweet I was a blubbering wreck for a while!
But I have warned her, we will not be calling him Henry!! grin

I've taken my temps three times now, and it's reassuringly stable, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a visible change that will confirm my body is at least working and we will know whether or not we will have DTD at the right time.

Don't be so silly maisie! You can vent whenever u want! That is what we are all here for. To support each other through the good times and the bad. (How cheesey!)
Seriously tho, we all go through similar emotions. I know myself this month has been a nitemare of emotions and the 2ww h*snt even started yet!

I tell myself everymonth that I will not symptom spot, but we all know that is rubbish!

Just relax as much as poss, stress really isn't going to help.
And as for the drinking..I'm sure most of us can say we have had a few 2 many while ttc. I defo have.

Hope you feel better soon. Xx

Not so cheerful really but trying to think positively. Feel like I want to cry all the time, think I'm a bit of a wreck emotionally. Very pregnant friend who's also a work colleague is about to go on mat leave and had things worked out for me I would have been too. Think I'll feel better when her leave starts as although I'm very happy for her and she's a lovely person, seeing her is a reminder I don't need. I know this sounds selfish but work feels a lot more stressful than it should be the mo, not helped by mad people saying mad things. However onwards and upwards.

Not going to symptom spot this month as had such a wild range of symptoms last month. But just so you all know, I have no symptoms at all at the moment.

Sounds like it should be your month Momdeguerre, and you're doing really well in this heat. Going to try to BD a few more times myself this month just in case. Was convinced I'd ovulated early in cycle as had a 'show' and low pain on left side, but then had really bad pain on right side this week and I think EWCM so I really have no idea. After pain went to centre it's gone now.

Felt really guilty at weekend as went out and had too much too drink, wasn't intending to but there you go. Now decided am going to pretty much give up alcohol as hopefully it will be 'the month' soon and I'd rather give my body the best chance. May just have the occasional shandy.

Sorry for the rant on such an upbeat thread, needed to vent, hope you don't mind. Will try to be more cheerful in future.

Love how cheerful evryone is - am certain that all this sunshine helps.

Anyone fancy coming to decorate my place for me??? Ours is is need of re-decorating but seems no point till we get out of the baby stage or it will all get covered in sick/carrot/rusk etc etc

CD 14 for me today. We dtd the last two nights and plan to again tonight - DH really very keen that this month is the month too and we aiming to dtd every day for the next week - even in this bloody heat!!!

No positive OPK yet (although I know they can be a bit unreliable) hoping that will get one tomorrow - helping me with my poas addiction anyway.

Party plans now in overdrive! Have spent my all day meeting looking very hard at work while I have actually been writing long lists of ingredients for all the food!!!

Hi, hope all are well. We're busy decorating too, hopefully nearly finished in a few weeks (then only doors to gloss but if I ignore it then DH may take on that job!). Am on CD 19, still BDing every 2-3 days. Probably going into two week wait now as cycle usually 32-34 days.

Well, AF arrived Sunday morning, and I was really pleased! So surprised, as I normally get various aches etc, and there was no warning, but a cycle of 34 days is really good. If it's starting to settle down then hormones must be normalising and I must be ov around day 19-20.

Not sure whether to try acupuncture yet - I'm worried it will all cost a lot! And maybe all I need is to get exercising hmm

Shyla - at least everything will dry really quickly in this weather - and you can enjoy the new look!

Hope you're all having fun with the BDing! I've got another Two Week Wait before we get round to it again

Feeling loads better today

Had a good talk with dp, don't think he really understood
very much about bd'ing. He seemed to think that women ov
on the same day evrymonth, irrelevant of cycle length etc.
He just wanted to know THE day that we should do the deed.
Showed him a bit of fertility friend and he seems to understand
A bit better. Just told him instead of me havin to tell him
repeatedly the poss best days he can just go through my chart himself.
Think he may start feeling a bit more involved.

Back to feeling a lot more relaxed. Let's see how long that lasts shall we.

Cd 11 today so going to start bding on tues.
Apart from that had a very busy weekend decorating. Not so good in this weather.

Hope the rest of you are well xx

Bum, always make me wish AF would just hurry up so I can start again.

Well, so far so good, BD last night and we have another night when we both homw tonight so fingers crossed. . . .even DH seems a bit impatient this month - he even asked if last night was a good baby making night! Maybe even he is getting tired of being so relaxed about it all!!

at you having everything in place!

Yes, my cycle is different every month. And ridiculously long. I was encouraged that things may have begun to settle by a 33 day cycle last month, but that day has come and gone (CD34, still no sign of AF yet).

I've just been looking in my diary, and unless I've accidentally forgotten to write in a BD, it's not looking good for a late +ive.

Oh well.

Sorry you got a BFN - I hate the months when I am late AND I am still BFN - just seems to pur salt in the wound. Is your cycle different every month? Can make it harder to track your ov etc so temping might help and at least (I feel) it is something positive to do.

We are just about to have a romantic dinner so fingers crossed one thing will lead to another. Think I will ov about day 14/15? Not sure yet as my cycle length vaires so, as you say, am going to try to have everything 'in place'.

Any chance of you still getting a late BFP???

Ooh, MDG, CD11 already?
When do you ovulate? (sorry, tried to skim thread to see if you'd already said,...) If it's CD14, then I'd start BD tomorrow, or even today and CD13

It's good to get those swimmers in there beforehand, as the egg only survives 8-24 hrs after ovulation.
Sorry if you know all that already hmm

- I'd just hate you to miss your window! DD was conceived from BD on CD12 (probably the one and only time I've ovulated when I should have hmm

<bangs head against wall>

I know what you mean about the BD. DH has even less of a sex drive than I do (used to be good when I was a bit younger...think he's dampened it down!), so I try to be relaxed about planning around the fertile days. Every 2 or 3 days...I try to aim for every 2 so if we don't really feel like it we can give it a bit longer. But I don't force him to go on and on, so if my cycle is long we probably stop doing the deed before I am fertile. (God, am I ever fertile?!)
I don't know about you, but here some months are definitely better than others. DH has been really sweet this month, others he's just a bit tired and fed up with it all, but then so can I be.

BTW looks like i am going to have to start temping, and force feeding DH vitamins. Big FAT Negative this morning. Still no AF, but really I think that's it for this month (CD35 today, long one again).
Feeling pretty angry

about it too.

Poor you - hopefully it is a good sign - lots of hormones and therefore firing on all cylinders!!

I do really empathise - I just hate the feeling that I am nagging/begging for sex!!! Really not good for my self-esteem!

It is my DS 1st Bday - am totally loving being able to channel all of my crazy baby planning into his party! Very good diversion. His actual brithday is the 15th which will be test day for me this month but is party is on the 12th so hopefully this might assist me in avoiding early testing. . . . . well, maybe!

CD 11 for me today. Next week will be the important one for us this month so fingers crossed. . .

Thanks mdg. Just feeling really low. Got a feeling this isn't going to be my month.
Af is still lingering, usually long gone before now. And I feel sooo hormonal.
All in all feeling crap!

I think I'm taking it to personally when he says he will 'see how he feels'.
I mean aren't I utterly irresistable ALL THE TIME??! Lol

Just going to try and relax, go with the flow and if it happens this month it happens.

See if I can get him to take me on a date around estimated ov day. (Wink)

Did you say it was ds' 1st birthday? Sounds like you got your hands full this month
Should take your mind off poas for a while though.
Xx

Shyla - Really feel for you! I have a super chilled DH - he is great but totally opposite to me - I like to plan/organise/prepare and ttc can be a bit of a sore point for both of us.

He says he wants us to be relaxed, no pressure, just dtd when the mood takes us and see what happens. All good for a few months but I find the pressure builds when I know we are missing the relevant dates.

I know when I ovulate and sometimes (because we both work shifts) it means that in order to hit the relevant dates we might need to stay up late or dtd before work etc. This clashes with DHs 'relaxed' theory and has caused a couple of terse chats! Much more, in my opinion, than if we just accepted that certain dates are important to dtd on and planning them in??

Same as you, DH mad keen for another baby but I do sometimes ask him how he thinks we are going to conceive the next one??

Luckily the stress is minimal but I really sympathise - it makes me feel a bit like we have 'wasted' a month when we miss all the fertile dates!

Anyway - on the party front - things are going well - trial cake made (giant cupcake with yellow icing, blue ribbon and decorated with fondant icing satrs and moons), decorations have arrived and look cool and nearly everyone has said they can come. . . scary but sooooo exciting!! Can't wait!

Should read 'just in passin' sorry..postin from my phone and can't always read before posting.

Hello girls..hope all is well with you all.

Not having a good time of it this week. Me and the mister can't seem to agree on anything.
I always make a point of telling him the best days to bd. Don't make a major deal of it, just I'm passing.

His response was 'if I can be bothered, I will'
P**sed me off big time. I know performing on demand is not nice but that's something we just have 2 put up with surely?
He wants a baby more than I do!

That's just one of many probs at the month, or so it feels.

Sorry for the rant...just needed to off load! Xx

Hope the party plans are going well mom.

So sorry Lucy, that's really horrible.

Hope you're managing to relax in the sunshine a bit before girding your loins again

I'm trying really hard not to carry on the frenzied symptom spotting - I've been really tired, with crazy hay fever and feeling bloated...but I can't dwell on it too much 'cause if AF turns up it will just mean I am putting on too much weight and not fit enough!! No AF is good news, but there's still plenty of time for her to turn up.

MDG - that sounds nuts!! I went slightly mad planning DD's third birthday this year and there were only 6 children and 4 adults there! Sounds like you will have a blast though.

Thanks Thell and Maisie - his bday party is on the 12th July - so around the time I will be testing this month - might be a good pressie?

Have loved planning his party - DH hired a fancy dress costume today - a cowboy - and is going to be chasing all the kids about. I really can't wait. We have hired a hall and have about 30 kids and 60 adults coming so it is going to be mayhem!!

Maisie - I think 2-3 days is fine - think some people recommend every other, some say every days and others every 2-3. I think it is as much about luck and timing as frequency - only takes one little swimmer!! Good luck!

Hi all, am CD 15 and the BDing is going ok, about every 2-3 days - is that enough? Even if it doesn't work this month it's been a lot of fun! Not sure if I'm on 2 or 3 week wait as have a feeling I ovulated last week.

Momdeguerre hope your son has a great Birthday!

Got my thermometer at last.

Thell and mom- with you on the mat clothes thing. Well pretty much any clothes shopping really.
I'm even worse when it comes to baby clothes shopping. My bf is having her first baby soon and
I have bought sooo much stuff. Little girls things are so cute!

Good luck with the birthday party when is his birthday?
Hope the sun stays out for it

Thell - I really love buying maternity clothes - I know they are a bit pointless and you wear them for such a short time but I don't often get the chance to dress like a girl (sounds odd but I am a police officer so in uniform at work and then at home I never seem to make the effort) but when I am pg I love having a great excuse to wear skirts and dresses!!

Lucy - good luck for this month - am pretty much on the same cycle as you, best of luck for this month.

Been out enjoying the sunshine today and spent this evening planning my little boys first birthday party - DH wants to dress up as a pirate for it!!!

oh god lucygrif. thats awful

hope you get some good luck soon. miscarriage is a real shit.

fertility friend is saying im on cd 6 so im going to go by that for now.

well off on my hunt for a thermometer now, and to stock up on the old vitamins!

hope you are all well.
xx

hello ladies!!
just a quick update as all my threads have disappeared, the witch got me on Saturday so CD4 today. really going to try and relax about it now, 6 years TTC can be exhausting!! a close friend just went for her 12 wk scan but there sadly was no baby there, she is devastated. sad

Hi everyone.
Still hanging about here.
DH has agreed to take multivits next month, which is good as he's been pretty stressed and run down recently.
If AF arrives and it all starts again I'm going to try acupuncture I think. Not sure whether to take a recommendation from a colleague (male, not fertility related) or go for the guy conveniently located at the end of my road (who was interviewed on Radio 4, no less!)

I had a fab maternity top from TopShop last time - I get far too excited about maternity clothes!

i will have to take a trip to boots tomorrow i think.
have no idea what i m doing with regards to temping. going to spend the evening googling wish me luck

Love the sunshine theory [wonders if she can persuade DH to book us a short break??].

I used the boots kithey sell for tempi- comes in a very discreet black case with charts and a thermometer - don't thnk it was expensive.

I ended up browsing the maternity section of TopShop today - really hope I fall pg again soon they have so much cute stuff!!!

good excuse to sit out the back and sunbathe then bells. if the it ever warms up enough!

can anyone recommend a cheap good thermometer for temping?. dont want to pay to much as hopefully wont need it for long

Liking the idea of lucky month Shyla and thank you for positive thoughts MDG

Further positive thought - apparently daylight bolsters fertility and we've got lots of it at the moment - so enjoy the long days everyone!

ever....you know what i meant lol! x

hello all. hope you are all well.
have no idea what cd i'm on.
just going to try an bd as much as poss this month and hope for the best.
this month WILL be the lucky one for all of us and this will be the luckiest thread erver!!

Congratulations nictorina - fab fab fab news

I have no idea what CD I am now as after initial bang followed by disapperance AF returned full throttle on CD6!! So think I'm CD9 but I may have to get some OPKs this month to guide me wink

thell - pee on a stick (poas)!! Sounds like you still in with a good chance of BFP so keeping fingers crossed for you!

Luscious - CD 7 for me. Have the bd times all planned in - think we are aiming for every other day from about now to getting a positive opk and then every day? Might be a bit optimistic - we had a two day pause last month just near to ov due to shifts etc and I am sure we missed our chance.

Am thinking positive thoughts for us all - I want to see a big crop of BFPs this month!!!

MDG im CD8 today, just wishing the days away. Getting ready to start BD'ing from Weds on but think just every other day this month eg day 10, 12, 14, 16. Think maybe sometimes you can bed too much which weakens the 'swimmers'!!
Fingers crossed this is our month!

Morning MDG!

Still waiting here. I did a test yesterday morning, as I thought if a +ive showed up it would make an awesome Fathers Day Present! But it was -ive and I'm not surprised, it was too early really. Trying to return to elegant poise as if nothing happened!! wink

I'm not holding out much hope for this month either TBH, and wondering if an OPK might help. But I do have a digital thermometer, so may try that first this month (although trying to get the ruddy thing to work properly will probably raise my temperature somewhat!)

<<BTW, what does poas mean??>>

Hi All,
How is everyone doing? We are back in the saddle so to speak! DH was really quite gutted last month and is adamant that this is our month!!

Going to be quite tricky with juggling shifts etc but hopefully we will manage to dtd on our fertile dates.

Still debating whether to use OPKs - thinking they might help with my poas addiction if nothing else!!

How are all of you?

Hi everyone, thank you all so much for your kind congrats! I really hope you all get your BFP this month!

I'm in shock still really, excited and nervous!

Momdeguerre, I'm new to all this so no interesting OH story I'm afraid! I bought a test on the way home and told him about the faint positive and he got all excited (especially that his sperm work, as he delightfully put it!) then we did the digital test and got the result! His face was a picture! He can't wait - his sister has a little boy and he dotes on him.

AND I get out of all heavy furniture shuffling tomorrow! Woohoo!

CD32 today so technically late but was CD33 last month so could still be early. My heavy feeling has faded away, so will test Sunday a.m. if no AF as the test i did was at 6pm and not 1st thing. I chuffing hope so this time, I am really starting to lose faith and so is DH. It's been 6 years now with only one pregnancy which was ectopic. sad

Congratulations to Doctorskidaddle and nictorina

Sorry for BFN's, same time same place next month?

I'm back to BDing. Also looking to improve DH's diet, think I may buy him vitamins, any suggestions anyone? I already sneak tomatoes into our meals on a regular basis and he no longer goes over his weekly units. He wears boxers anyway so that's something.

In my efforts to avoid thrush, which I sadly seem to be prone to, I have decided that natural yoghurt is the key, that and going commando at every opportunity (all week). This (not the yoghurt part) is very interesting to DH so hopefully we will get in a lot of BDing this month

Well, I think Zinc is the super spunk ingredient - pumpkin seeds being an excellent source - I have found a fab breakfast muffin/ cake recipe which I am going to slide them into to but zinc also in dairy and wheatgerm.

Selenium is the other biggie - that is in meat, fish and eggs.Sounds very atkins but I have been planning the shopping around it - I am practically veggie so am wondering if DH is going to rumble my cunning plan!!

Reducing alcohol intake is the other - my DH is pretty good but does occasionally have weeks where he probably drinks way over his units!! He is on-call most of this month so I think we are sorted on this one too!

Fair - how many dpo are you? I think First Response is a good early test but they are very expensive - I love those ebay cheapies - great for my poas addiction but have no idea how accurate they are since so far they have all been BFN sad

oh wise 2 week waiters!! How early can you really test? and which are the best/most sensitive tests? know could well get a 'chemical' or AF still turn up etc but need to know something is going on to make me feel weird! if not must have tummy bug!

So what zinc-rich foods should we be sneaking into our diets?? DH has an aversion to taking supplements on principal (believes in getting all his nutrition from eating kebabs a balanced diet.
And which fish count as 'oily' then?
I'm definitely up for some evil plotting.
<<mwah - ha - ha>>

thell - love that - elegant poise!

I agree - a BFN before AF does not count!!

Lovely to have some good news - really hope this sets the precedent for next month.

I have my fertile dates (29th - 4th) and DH has been briefed ready to be debriefed!!

Am thinking positive - want loads of BFPs this month ladies!

Lucy, isn't it way too soon anyway?
Don't be

just return to elegant poise. It never happened...

Aww lucygrif, I hate bfn's.

We all need to start lookin forward to trying again next month now

excellent nictorina!!!

I cracked and bought some cheapies from Superdrug, BFN sad

Excellent news!

Congratulations!!!

Awww that's more like it! Love to hear good news. X

Fantastic news!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

Let us know how you told your OH - so excited for you!!

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Hello...

Bought a clear blue digital test and have just done it... BFP!!!

It says 2-3 weeks!!

:D

im sure you will nictoria.

af has definately arrived now, relieved in a way.
now i just have the problem of working out which cd i am on?

keep us updated please nic. x

Doesn't the last half an hour drag! Moving into a new house from tonight as well and a bit stressed, so hope I do get some good news. x

Ooooooooooooooooooooo !

defo sounds like a bfp there nictorina.
congrats.

well...af made a very brief reappearance today. all getting very frustrating now. i've a blinding headache and all i want to do is crawl into my bed and sleep

i just want to be able to work out what cd i am on. oh well will just have to make up for it by bding loads next month wink

Nictorina - test sounds very promising - hope this afternoon goes quickly for you!

I ended up testing yesterday afternoon to see what's up with my erratic AF but BFN so guess I've just had a very short AF this month - oh well onwards and upwards

I'm stuck here til 5.30pm - noooo! No shops nearby so am going to have to somehow work all afternoon and then nip into Boots on the way home. Will report back then!

OMG nictorina hurry up!! we are all waiting!!

OK! I need to calm down! I'm all shaky now. blush

It means buy a digital one, do it again and then come back and tell us!!

Faint positive... what does it mean!! I'm a mess!

Fairly cheap asda one... on my lunch now... off I go to the loo...! Arrghh

It should b fine. What test is it? X

OK so I have the test... but I'm scared it won't be accurate now as AF is meant to be here today so not technically late, and it's not my first wee of the day... should I do it anyway?? hmm

I've got another week to go, at least! CD29 will be Monday, but with a long cycle (28-32 days when 'normal,' which it hasn't been for ages) I need to hold on as long as humanly possible.
So I am distracting myself from thinking about me by thinking about you all! To the extent I am checking MN obsessively now for your news hmm

Angel and Shyla, I feel your pain regarding AFs that just don't turn up. My longest cycle was about 49 days! Deeply frustrating.

Come on Nictorina!!
<waves pompoms>

I will be testing on Saturday or Sunday - holding off as long as possible as I have been a total bitch these last few days and my boobs are killing me!! Reckon I'm out this time (again) but still hoping...

Hi all,
Still no af but still bfn on test in getting really annoyed now, just wish it would get on with it!!
Shyla01 are you or have you tested yet? When do you think you will test? Do you feel pg? Fingers crossed for you.
Anyone else ready to test?

Hello ladies! May I join please?

TTC DC2 for almost a year. DC1 conceived at 1st attempt so I'm finding it hard not to get discouraged, esp as I am 35 next month.

I was due on 16th but nothing so far. Have done two tests, both BFNs (though one was early because I went to a wedding on Saturday and wanted to know if I could get sloshed have a glass of wine. If nothing happens today I am going to have to get some more sticks.

Af update...still no sign. Very frustrating!!

Mom-my dp was the same this month, he was actually a bit angry
I had to remind him that this was only the 1st month of trying

Good luck nictorina. Hope u get that bfp, I could do with cheering up today.

All the best to any one else poas today! Xx

Hi all, I am on nights. . . . .again . . . .

CD 2 for me - have already highlighted the appropriate dates in DHs diary for this month. He actually seems more disappointed than me about this month but we both hope next month might be our month.

I did have a smear mid cycle this month and I must admit that I do wonder if this made any difference to whether we conceived? The nurse assurred me it would not cause any problem but I am dubious - I did have a bleed after so hopefully this month might be better because no smear.

Nictorina - good luck for tomorrow.

Dr - how are you - has it sunk in yet?

Bells - welcome - I am also ttc number 2.

Shyla (and Bells) - what is with your AFs?? Very annoying!!

ooh fingers crossed for you nictorina.

I'm testing tomorrow - will report back. Nervous!

Hi bells, I do not have a clue what is goin on with our cycles!
Had another teeny tiny bit of a bleed earlier. Probably wouldn't have even noticed it if I wasn't
So obsessed with checking! I'm just going to wait a few days then see what happens
Although I do have a bit of back ache today so I shud imagine af shall be back with a bang soon!
How is everyone else doing today? X

Hi all - hope it's ok to join you?

I've been following your thread for a while as I was also due to test 16th June but AF arrived 2 days early on 14th June!

However - v intrigued to see your message this morning Shyla as I have had similar strange AF behaviour with it also disappearing day 2 and then reappearing day 3 but so lightly you could miss it - so thoroughly confused as to what's going on and when to call CD1.

I'm very new to this - only cycle 2 of ttc 1 and recently off pill so assuming strange AF/timings is just my bod trying to get back to normal?

<<fingers still crossed for everyone>>

Blimey, Shyla!
I'd say wait for a few days - if AF doesn't return then do a test - it could have been an implantation bleed. The timing is right.
Although I don't want to get your hopes u ptoo much...I hated those months with enormously long cycles, when every time I got a BFN some friend or other would say excitedly 'but you still could be...!'
Just too exhausting!

i would count yesterday as CD1 unless she comes back - very strange to last less than 24 hours!!

Well..got up today and af has disappeared! Yesterday it started with a bang then by the afternoon was very light spotting and has gone stopped completely!
Do I now start counting from yesterday or when she returns?
Why oh why can't my body just do 1 thing right?! So bloody frustrating.

Hope evryone else is having a better day

Hi ray81 am pretty much the same as you had ERPC on 14th May, should have had AF on sunday but have resisted testing, I'm pretty sure I ov'ed around 31st so just sitting out and waiting for BFP or AF, keep having heart flutters and boobs are a bit sore.......fingers crossed for everyone else

oh no shyla its awful isn't it? ELEVEN of my friends have gotten pg in the last twelve months, all but two of these were by accident!! why oh why does mother nature make it so hard for us?

and thell....having romantic dreams about boris johnson? hmmm hmm

aww was hoping to come on here and find loads of bfp's.

another month of tryin it is. poor Mr Shyla, he still hasn't recovered from this month wink

I have had my day of feeling sorry for myself, now just going to get on with things.
p.s just been on the school run and been shown 3 lots of scan pictures! really not what i needed to see today

(Adds tomatoes to list. . . .)

Poor DH does not know what he is in for!

lissielou - any news yet???

Hehehehe!! Good plan Momdeguerre i'm not sure if this is correct but i'm sure i heard along lifes way that tommatos are suppose to improve sperm as well! Not sure if its right though! lol wink

Thanks all (and for hugs!).

Can't help but feel a bit dissapointed but I refuse to give in. My planning must continue.

Have decided on cunning plan . . . I call it the Spunk-Plan!!!!!

Clearly any TTC problem will be the fault of my DH (I am perfect wink

). Therefore I am going to add lots of good foods to his diet (without his knowledge because he would think it was a step too far) and change his pants etc in effort to improve quality of his man jam.

Now planning crazy ways to hide pumpkin seeds and oily fish in his diet . . . also plan to shred/bin/burn all restrictive items of clothing!!!

He he he (evil master plan laugh). . . .

Hi ladies,
Sorry to ladies with bfn, i did a test this morning and got a bfn, sad

am getting annoyed now, just wish af would show her face and get on with it so we can carry on for next month!
Hugs for everybody and good luck to those thats testing!

oops - that was supposed to be a make-shift <sticks tongue out> emoticon.

Is it ok to give you a little friendly hug, MDG ?
[glances from side to side to check no-one is looking]
<hug>
[and a little <hug> for Shyla too]

Come on, you ladies - we need some more BFPs to get vicariously excited about!

Apart from Boris Johnson, I have no symptoms to encourage me.

Hi all. Got up all excited to do my test today only to find that AF has arrived.

Booooooooooo sad

.

Ah well, onwards for March 2010!!

Feel a bit down but not too bad, just a bit dissapointed really. Have already begun to plan next months fertile dates (29th to 4th July) and my next test date will be 15th July (my DS first birthday!).

Anyone else up for another mad month of symptom spotting?????

Who else is left for this month?

Ray - my cat is weird too - when I was last pg he would not leave me alone - tried to sit on me all the time - very odd!

awaits anxiously.... we need more bfp here|!!!

BTW, happy birthday lucy!

Morning - anyone else testing today?

Sorry about your AF, Shyla - but at least it's here on time and you have a predictable cycle to work with

Good luck for next time!

I had a very vivid dream last night - after watching a rom-com before bed, my dream was me in a rom-com type situation...with Boris Johnson!!!!!
WTF??
I hope it is a symptom, or I'm just a weirdo!

CONGRATULATIONS DOC!!! fantastic news!! fingers crossed a few more of us get the BFPs we want.
CD29 been having VERY vivid dreams, and been getting up to pee in the night, been exhausted and emotional but that could all be PMT.
Got a new digital camera off DP for my birthday and nearly started CRYING when I realised you needed a memory card to use the damn thing!! how pathetic!! blush

Have started with the sore boobs as I normally do before AF so looking like the uterine twitches were possibly just wind!!!

Should say bang on the dot for me! Its too early! X

Hi ray, sorry to her about ur mc, how very nice of ur cat! Wheneva I have been pg (2 dc 3 mc)
My dog always acts strange. Very protective and for some reason
Keeps trying to lie on top of me, which wud be fine but she is NOT a small dog!
Must say I'm very glad she doesn't bring me pressies tho lol,
Best of luck to you this month ray, it usually happens when u don't try too hard so fingers crossed for you.

Any way af has arrived bang on the dot me! Not too suprised.
Ah well, there's always nxt month! Best of luck to the rest of you

hi guys,

Have been lurking. I had a MMc 5 weeks ago and had a ERPC on the 12th may so 4 weeks ago. I know when i Ov so should be due on sun by my calculations.
Doctorskidadle i too have been having very vivid dreams but no other signs of Af at all which is not normal for me however i have a very weird symptom for you all.

Now i have a cat and everytime i am up the duff (have miscarried 4 times) she starts to bring me pressies, dead birds and thing (not nice) and very sad

. Sooo yesterday and the day before guess what my cat has brought me pressies. Now i think i am getting myself at it completely but my brain has made the connection so am wondering abit more than usual. Oh and we didnt realy TRY this month was just seeing how it went,ifswim.

nipped in, not nipped him! blush

Congratulations to Drskidaddle and fingers crossed to the rest of us.

Broke it to DH by showing him the postive test while he was reading the DC their bedtime story! Just nipped him, showed it, and walked out while his jaw fell on the floor - said he has never read the Gruffalo so fast in his life!!

BTW in hindsight the only symptom I had was having very vivid dreams - has anyone else had these? Could be a good sign

Only a few days until we get some more BFPs I hope - will keep checking - fingers crossed and wishing you lots of positive pg vibes!

sod it! is poor spelling a symptom?

congratualtions doctorskiddadle!

Hi everyone! Have tried to avoid MN for the weekend to avoid POAS and spending more money! AF due Thursday (18th) and I'm normally like clockwork so will test Friday morning. Eek! Fingers crossed for you all, and massive congrats to Dr - so nice to see some good news

Hi Shey - waiting is just awful!!! We love a good symptom on here - I can attribute almost anything to my phantom pg!!

Angel - glad AF is still away.

Flaming - resist the urge!! I have done an early test already this month and got a BFN - hold off if you can - not long to go!!

I am feeling awful again today - had a terrible nights sleep due to noisy husband, naughty cat and malfunctioning monitor. All very irritating and meant I only got about 4 hours of unbroken sleep before my 5 am start for my 12 hr days shift - I am grumpy!!!!

At least it meant I did not have time to do another test before work. I think tomorrow should be day 29/30 for me - I usually have a 30 day cycle but last month was 35 - anyone know if that is likely to effect this cycle???

Still hoping I might be in with a chance of a BFP - only time will tell. Not sure if I will test tomorrow - been really put off by that BFN - might wait to see if AF is late. Not sure if I will be able to resist the urge to poas though!!

Good luck to everyone testing tomorrow!

Ladies... I am so glad I found this 'conversation'!

I've got a 9 month old DS and I'm going crazy waiting for testing period, circa 30 June. I'm 2 weeks off but I'm having what can be pregnancy symptoms or crazy PMT (heavy cramping, nausea and painful boobs). ouch

Doc Congratulations! That's such fabulous news

Yes, how did you break it to DP? Over the last year I have fantasised about all sorts of methods - including icing it on a cake blush

- as first time DP got a text message!

Not long to wait now for all you 16th-ers. Fingers crossed for you all.

Momdeguerre sorry you're feeling fed up. I recently heard that someone we know is expecting again, and although I'm delighted for them, I admit I felt a bit of a twinge and was sad for a short while. I think I dread getting a BFN more than AF turning up now, so I'm going to hold out as long as I can.

Good luck everyone! Let's hear some more good news soon x

Hi All

I am in two minds whether to test today! P due on 18th - suspense is killing me and yesterday I convinced myself I was up the duff. Ooh! We have had a holiday this month so finally had a good go at it during ovulation!
Anyone else tested this early and got a positive result?!

H

Morning ladies
Hope u are all well. Good luck to anyone who is testing today.
No sign of af for me, hope she stays away! But will defo not be testing until in atleast a few days late now x

Congrates Dr thats brilliant!!
Well af still not here i'm defo right or so i thought with my dates, i'm usually 28 days. I'm going to try to hold off testing until tues, which is when a lot on here is SUPPOSE to be testing!! grin

Its so hard though isnt it I think i have been testing for over a week!!!!
Will keep you updated when af arrives or not!!!! Heres hoping!

Dr - Fab news!!! Congratulations!! How did you tell your OH?

Shyla - still sounds v good grin

.

Susie - welcome and hope you get your BFP this month - when are you testing?

Angel - I still hope your AF stays away and you get a late BFP - could your dates be wrong? Might it just be too early to test?

I am a bit fed up. My own fault really - took an early test which was BFN ^must take own advice on early testing^. DH is so excited that I let him persuade me and now am feeling pretty gutted.

AF due on tues so should really have got BFP by now even on an early test. Most annoying. Still have a little hope that it might be too early but think it might just not be my month.

Ah well, at least I can have another month of sex, wine, pate and soft cheeses (although perhaps not all at the same time - brie is a bugger to et out of the sheets).

thanks shyla smile

fingers crossed for you too - sore boobs sounds very promising..

Awww congrats doc, that's fab xx

OMG just tested and got a BFP!!!! Am in total shock! Good luck everyone - will be watching for more BFPs soon

Thanks..... AF due possibly tomorrow, can never tell for sure these days though!

Feelin like crap today ladies!, not sure how much of that is mornin after the nite before. Lol!
Reallly sore boobs, and they are massive! Just standing in the shower hurt loads.
Don't recall them ever being this sore before af.
So still at least a little bit hopeful

Hi sus1e, good luck to you. When is af due?
How is everyone else doin today? X

When are you due sus1e?

Hi everyone, and welcome sus1e its a nightmare this poas!!!
I am still waiting for af to show her face, was due thurs and still no arrival. Did a test this morning and was a bfn sad

. Just wish she would hurry up and come to get it over with!
Good luck to everyone else!! xx

Hi - new to all of this but have been following this thread, good to see lots of you ladies are in the same boat. Have spent £££ on POAS this month, all BFN!

Morning ladies, hope all is well with you all.
Good luck to anyone testing today! Let's get some
BFP's on here soon xx

Good luck to people testing!!! fingers crossed, i'm awful for testing, wish they could come up with a better test so we would know straight away!! none of this 2 weeks to wait! im so impatient!!!

With DD i was about 10 days late b4 i tested as wasnt really trying!

Scared to test incase its neg, but really shouldnt be as prob wont happen as quickly this time round!

I am a bugger for early testing - with my DS I tested and tested and got BFNs till a couple of days after my AF was actually due so I don't expect to get one early this time either but I have still done a sneaky test!!

Good luck with your test tomorrow - am so doing another early one if you get a bfP!!!!!!!!!!

I am the same, just found out this AM that my brothers partner is preg with number 5!!Shes 38 and my bro is 25, she had 3 sons to a previous relationship and a girl to my bro! Felt a bit of jealousy, which is what prob made me go and buy a test!
Dont really have a lot of symptoms except very tired!
Prob will do test in the morning but if neg, will wait til 17th!

My advice would be to wait.

As you can see - I have not taken my own advice and as a result have received a BFN. Does not mean that I am not necessarily pg but just that I am too early. If you can wait then the chances of getting an accurate result are much higher.

Also pg tests are just so expensive!

If you do decide to do it then try and wait till the morning - the hormone is strongest in your urine at that time.

I am going to try and hold out for Tuesday but it is killing me!!

New to this, been reading this thread for a few days now.
AF due on 16th June also, went at lunch time to buy preg test and was gonna do it at work but it says if 4 days warly should test 1st thing in morn.
TTC #2. Shud i take the test tonight? If i was preg would i get a positive??

Hi,
I have also caved and did an early test which was, of course, negative because I know (and I knew even when I was poas) it is too early [slap hand emotion].

Don't feel too bad about it - I am still hopeful - hope I will learn my lesson from the BFN and now restrain myself till Tues.

Shyla - good that AF is still away - may be a BFP yet?

Dr - hope you are having more luck than me in resisting the urge to test?

Maisie - make sure you do come back!! Enjoy your wine!

Really hope I get my BFP - dreadng how gutted I am going to be. . .

crikey doctorskidaddle i am panicking now!! just had lunch with unsuspecting DH and he was saying how tired he is...i thought 'not as tired as you are going to being 9 months time'

havent been too nauseous today but i am struggling to find any of my usual PMT symptoms, my tummy is not at all bloated and i normally am in lots of pain by now (i have endo and i normally get awful pains pre AF but not a twinge!!) boobs feel fine and they are normally aching. i am on day 22

i have been grumpy though....

hope you get the positive you are looking for, and hope i stop being silly and having phantom pregnancies soon!! when will i stop wanting babies?

ooh chuffinell - I had thrush in the "WW before I got a BFP for both my DC!! (and I normally never get it) - that sounds pretty promising to me.

sad

to the BFNs (esp maisieboo - but enjoy your glass of wine tonight!) but has anyone apart from maisie completely ruled out the possibility that they are pg?

I am now completely convinced I'm not pg so I bet I'll get a bloomin' BFP now! I am testing 16th same as momdeguerre...

Hi all, will check in on you next week, hoping for lots of bfp's! By that time I'll have waved bye to AF and so it all starts again!

Morning ladies, hope you are all well.

Caved and did another test this morning BFN again.
Aww well! Not really suprised.
Still feeling tired and have realllly sore boobs! Probly all in my head!
Will keep my fingers crossed until af makes an appearance
Good luck 2 you all, hope u have some better luck.

aw happy 30th to you! and best of luck for the test xx

i turn 30 on Monday but not due til the back end of next week so am going to try and stay strong and not test!!

lucy he will be gutted! he already has a 20 year old daughter from his first marriage, and we have DD who is 4 and a total handful

we are so skint we cant afford a new hoover! but i would desparately like DD to have a play mate

when is your birthday, is that when you are testing? hope you get the best 'present' possible!!

oh chuffinell I have got my fingers crossed for you. Do you think you DH might be cross or secretly over the moon??

nictorina they are just cheap dip sticks but i guess you get the same result eh? at that price you can all test test test!!

my imaginary symptoms continue, despite my negative test

theres no nice way to put this but i burped last night and sick came into my mouth (im so sorry, how revolting) thats the 3rd time this week thats happened

and i have thrush and NO pmt symptoms - i always get raging PMT

<deluded>

cant wait to see all your test results so i can kid myself it may happen to me !!

Angel - am still hopeful you will get your BFP - what tests are you using? Some of the normal (rather than early tests) are really not very sensitive.

Nictorina - sounds like you are going to have a busy couple of days! Hopefully you will have a good excuse not to lift any heavy boxes grin

Shyla - same here - all my symptoms apart from being tired have gone apart from feeling very tired and feel like I usually do the week before AF arrives.

Not long left to go now. . .

Ladies DO NOT TEST!!!! belive me i have had a week of testing and been down all the way with bfn!! What a waste!! Still no af but must be due tommorow am hoping it won't arrive but am ever hopeful! I have no syptoms so not giving much hope!!!
Good luck everyone fingers crossed!

I'm testing on 18th June! And moving house that day.. eek! I can't wait a week!

the plan is to test again on the 16th if no sign of af. not looking good tho. symptoms have all disappeared! never mind x

I am also fighting the urge to test. I know it is too early but I am now gagging to find out and either skip around for 20 mins before the 8 weeks of crazed knicker checking madness begins or I can get all depressed and eat chocolate for an evening and then start to plan doing it all again!!

Today I feel totally normal, not sick, not over tired just normal. I have mu usual pre-AF appetite and have been enjoing a bit of a carb festival but nothing unusual about that so I must admit I am feelng a bit annoyed.

Ho hum. . . not long to go now, hope the time flies!!

So, who is testing on which date?

Momdeguerre 16/07/09 (at about 5am because I am on earlies!).

i am going to hold off aslong as poss, already had 1 bfn this month. still got my fingers crossed!
hope we start getting some bfp's very soon xx

shyla01 NO don't do it i fall into that trap and its gutting im due today/tommorrow and have done nothing but test i could kick myself for all the tests i have wasted! wait until closer to af is due!!! grin

hello everyone! hope you are all well today.
was very tempted to do another test this morning, only thing that stopped me was that i only have a clearblue digital in so defo dont want to waste that one just yet.
no other symptoms to report except for eating almost everything in site today....no change there then! x

noooooooooooooooooo!! i am NOT, repeat NOT testing before my birthday for definite and will try and hold out until next weekend unless AF comes. I will not succumb to this peer pressure grin

and I will be strong!! DAMMIT!! (yeah yeah, will let you know lol)

3 for £1.44 in Adsa?! I paid £6.40 for a twin pack of Asda own! envy

go on, test, i wont feel so stupid then!!

you can have my 2 leftover ones - i got a pack of 3 for £1.44 in ASDA - and i wont be needing the other 2 thats for sure

omg just being on here makes me want to go test mental lol *slaps own hand away from the car keys*

how about a maltesers ice lolly and a can of shandy?

Heheheh oooh yum!! Haven't had a crisp butty for ages!!

is eating an onion bagel followed by 2 crisp butties a symptom? blush

Everythings a good symptom on this thread!!! Love it! Cheered me up anyway feeling very down today wish af would just hurry up and get it over with, although would love to be preggers but not holding much hope sad

onwards and upwards!!

i should be an inpatient!!

*IMpatient... is bad spelling a symptom?!

I had a cheap pack from Asda, did one the other day (WAY too early) DP slapped my wrist for being inpatient, and then I convinced myself it might be less accurate because it was cheap... we're all nuts! grin

Is eating chocolate a symptom? grin

my DH doesnt want any more but i do - so every time we do the deed, i fantasise that just one of his little swimmers has miracle strength...

we are all loopy on here, thats what this thread is for!!
had you decided not to have kids? is that why you weren't trying?

i know - that just proves i am going loopy. luckily it was a really cheap pack from ASDA

i have got to stop imagining that i am pregnant and get on with things (:-(

hope you are pregnant

if not due til next wednesday then too early to test anyway hun x

thank you both -

lucy my af is not due till next weds

nictorina i cant look my boss in the eye now, i just want to go home and blub

just done a test and it was negative so i am officially going mad/menopausal and need to be kept away from babies!

Chuffinell - I cried my eyes out at work yesterday and couldn't stop - have NEVER done that before, and am just a little bit red-faced today! All because my manager made a tiny dig about something I had done. Normally I can brush it off!

Should I be feeling so hungry already?! Or is this an excuse to pig out more wink

it feels like it temporarily relieves the sick feeling though!

Oo fingers crossed! I feel like I'm jinxing myself by even thinking about it though!

chuffinell when is AF due??

can i intrude please? i am having a mad phantom pregnancy. i am not even late and i am obsessing

i feel so sick i had to have a day off work. and now i have just had an informal warning and started crying! i have NEVER cried in work, so i feel so stupid

also, we are not trying and i am 42! we had a bit of passion when i was ovulating but he made sure its wasn't dangerous (catholic roulette emoticon)

i think its a panic/wishful thinking before my eggs take retirement

am i going mad? hope you all get BFPs and i will be so jealous

hi thell sounds like a good omen to me!!

i had to go to the toilet in the night desperately which i never do - really strange - hope that the uterine twitch thing was a baby to be!! Fingers crossed for everyone smile

Hi Ladies!

I've been TTC#2 for about a year now, with no luck so far.
Unbelievable, as #1 was a one-shot-wonder!!!

I've been through various cycles of symptom-spotting, then ignoring it again, but this month I can't help but be a bit hopeful because I'm trying a bit of aromatherapy, home-made agnus castus stuff, evening primrose oil and given up soya milk to try to get my cycle back to normal. It went nuts and was ridiculously long with v painful AF, but seems to have started shortening again, so fingers tightly crossed!

The year DD was born my ovulation day (CD14 at the time!) was DH's birthday, and by chance his birthday this year was also CD14. A good omen, I hope!

As for symptom spotting, I'm afraid all my pg symptoms so far have arrived before ovulation day hmm

, but I'll keep my eyes peeled for the next 2 weeks - AF due 21-25th June (if it's back to normal...)

Good luck everyone, and fantastic to hear from those with BFPs smile

Angel - will keep my fingers crossed for you too. Hope it is not AF.

Nic - welcome - totally the right place to seek signs!! Fingers crossed for the 18th for you.

NewM - I never got a +ive test result with DS till I was several days late - try not to worry - you are probably just early.

Maisie - gutted for you, bloody old AF - hope you won't dissapear off - I want to see you get your BFP! Wine and sex sound like a plan!

Hi maisieboo i'm sorry, although i think i will be joining you i did a test with fmu and was a bfn and i have had cramps getting worse since last night so think af is on it's way am due today/tomorrow so roll on anouther month! Good luck everyone else!!

AF got me this am, can't say I'm too surprised. Will raise a glass of wine tonight and drink to all your bfp's, and to lots more sex for me

Hi Ladies ...

I tested early this morning, and got a BFN - feeling so gutted about it just now! My only hope is that I OV a bit later this month, so maybe my cycle will be longer, if so I have tested FAR 2 early! Live in hope, but I doubt it this month, I have no feelings of being pregnant!

Sigh!!!!

Hiya

Hope you don't mind me butting in!

AF not due til 18th - argghh 8 whole days to wait! - I'm SO glad to find this thread and realise I'm not stupid.

Sore boobs, tiredness, hunger, nausea, dizziness... never been pg before so don't know whether I should feel this or not! I hope so!!

I thought I was being silly for hoping to feel anything this early... roll on next week!

I determined not to get too down about the bfn

It's only the 1st month of tryin since the mc
Also had letter from hosp 2day to say that our appt for
The mc test will be soon. Sort of makes me think we shud
Wait until we have atleast have some blood tests. What do you all think? X

Shyla - don't feel bad - we all do it!!!!

I should not test till the 16th but I have some of those early pg detector test strips from the internet and I am super tempted but I must admit that I will be gutted if they BFN.

think I might be able to restrain myself till the weekend.

Hi to all the new posters - loving how busy the thread is!!!!!!!

I am tired and a bit sicky but have been up for nearly 36 hrs now so not a huge surprise!!

Not too long now ladies - so hoping we have a fabby crop of BFPs!

Evening Ladies ...

Ouch still feeling tired but no other changes that I can see/feel. Although, I do have a very light, clear discharge - could this be a sign that AF coming towards the end of the week? Oh I dont know if I can handle another negative month!

Arrgh!! I am sooo mad at myself!
Couldn't resist poas an it was a bludy BFN!

I blame dp he made me do it!
I know its a way too early so am not 2 gutted yet
Someone slap me please! Hard! X

Hello, af is not due until the about the 16th, but that is assuming I am back to a normal 30 day cycle.
Had a mmc in march that ended in d & c on the 16th april 1st af after that was May 19th so I,m a bit clueless really!
I'm just desperate to know now!
How is everyone else doing this evening?

Hehehehe shyla01 i can never resist if i have a test in the house!! same q as lucy whens af due?

shyla01 - step away from the test!!

when is your af due?

Just been to do the weekly shop and a preg test magically appeared in my trolley!
No idea how that happened!?
How am I going to resist testing now? X

Thanks to you all. Will keep my eye on this thread and hope to read that you all have BFPs soon so that we can all move over to the pregnancy threads!

Bluesmartie - go clothes shopping at the weekend! I've spent so long thinking that I mustn't buy/try on anything that won't fit if I have a baby bump. When I decided to give in and splash out (well, a little!) to cheer myself up as no BFP - bingo - there it was! grin

Congrats FIZZYWHIZZ - i so hope my only 1 symptom like yours is going to be a BFP for me.

I have been going to the toilet loads today which could be a good sign, but it might just be the four large glasses of lemonade i had last night at a leaving do. No other signs as of yet

finding it very hard not to keep thinking about getting though the next 6 days. BF is going to the IOW festival this weekend so it will be me alone watching movies and stuff to keep mind occupied

LUCYGRIF you have a wonderful 30th and i hope it is the gift i bet you are hopeing for.

MOMDEGUEER - thank you for your encouraging words to keep us all positive while we wait.

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Only have one test in so don't want to test too early. If AF not arrived by w/e, will test early next week. But still expecting AF tbh, getting odd crampy pains quite low down. Tested too early last month and also mid cycle which I know is silly, but had such odd pains before last AF, was convinced it would be pos, but neg. So am trying to ignore the test (it hasn't started talking to me yet either which is good!!).

congratulations fizzy!! so nice to hear someone got a BFP, gives us all hope. I have had a dull ache on right side every 2ww for the last 6 months whilst on Clomid - not sure whether my ovaries are over stimulated OR whether its due to an ectopic pregnancy 4 years ago OR whether its all in my head!!! anyway, I am on CD22 of a normally 30 day cycle although have been late a couple of times recently so doubt I will test on 16th if I can help it!! It's my 30th birthday on Monday too and don't wanna spoil it if it's a BFN. The other day mind you I had an almighty flutter in my uterus, felt like there was a BIRD in there, only lasted a second or so but felt so strange, almost tickling feeling. Fingers crossed for all you guys xx

congrtas fizzy...hope you bring us all some luck! x

Congrates Fizzywhizz well done you!!
Have you done a test yet Maisieboo?

Congrats Fizzy!!!

I dont have any symptoms AT ALL... hmm

just mild cramping but that could be AF.... i keep checking and checking my chart but nope still have to wait til the end of the month to test... boo...

Congratulations fizzy, that's great news!!
No change for me, still pink discharge, just once or twice a day when go to loo. Last AF arrived on CD35 so that's Friday, waiting.....

Yes, thanks - really chuffed but with some disbelief!

By the way, did mean 'popped' home at lunch time, rather than 'pooped'! Oops!!

woohoo congratulations fizzy!!! {smile] you must be so chuffed.

I also had sharp pains around OV with my first 2 pregnancies so I reckon that is a really good sign.

Fingers crossed for some more BFPs!

Hi everyone,

Been following your thread although due to test a little earlier than most of you ladies.

Bluesmartie - yours in the first post I have found which describes a dull ache on your right side - a symptom I have had for my whole 2WW.

Anyway, couldn't wait any longer so just pooped home to test at lunchtime and got a BFP! Tested with FR when 1 day late.

No other symptoms, just a sharp pain in my stomach once at about ov time and then this dull ache/hot feeling in my right side ever since.

Hope this may help some of you with your spotting.

Hows things with you MaisyBoo any update hope af never came. Fingers crossed for you to.

I hope so shyla01, sounds good you feeling sick! Who'd of thought we want to be ill! lol! Thanks momdeguerre you are very encouraging! I don't know whats worse the 2ww or the last few days!!
Fingers crossed,

Lol at momdeguerre, just what I needed, a good laugh 2day.
Just tried to eat my lunch and the sickness has returned, so back
2 being a bit more hopeful.
The not knowing is killing me!

Also just wanted to say 'chin up' to angel I'm sure u only got a bfn
Becos u have tested too early. X

Right, feel like we are all on a bit of a downer!!!!!!!!

I refuse to give in!!

Lots of good things. . .

1. Still way too early for most of us and, as ar as I know, none of us have been got by AF yet so - all good grin

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2. None of us have been knocked over by bus/fallen into a man trap or been arrested (as far as I can tell) since last night so also grin

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3. We are all worrying far too much about something we can't control.

I am going to go and eat a HUGE and very naughty smoked salmon and avocado sandwich drippng in mayo none of which is currently a naughty food grin

and I think I might top it off with a cream cake - at least then I will feel sick again!!!!

Not feeling 2 optimistic either

Queasiness has gone not as tired.
Still got very sore boobs tho.
Bloody body is doing my head in!

Hope everyone else is having a better day! X

hi everyone,

angel sad

at bfn but doesn;t necessarily mean you're not pg, just that it's too early

thanks for the explanantion newmember! I knew ttc but that was about it!

wierdly I am now bizarrely hoping I'm not pg! Don't know if it is just me trying to come to terms with it but my two DC have been hard work (little one is teething, big one has broken her arm sad

) recently and I think I am worried I won't be able to cope with 3 plus I am worried about the money aspect of it. Saying that I'm sure I would be over the moon if I did get a bfp...

momdeguerre - that is such fantastic news about your friend. Stories like that make me appreciate how incredibly lucky I am to have got pg quickly both times - very humbling

Momdeguerre - you have got just under a week to go there is still loads of time for you, is it the 16th for you to test as well?
I feel as though time has gone and i should have more symptoms but havent!! the only symptom i have is a craving for pepper!! But might be just a fad at the mo!! Fingers crossed!

Angel - it is still early so try not to worry.

Must admit that I am not feeling very positive this morning - don't think that it helps when I am tired (have worked nights and am now up all day with my lovely boy) but I don't feel the sick/giddy feeling I have had over the past few days and i'm worried I hae just been ill.

Still a while to wait before I can test really, just going to have to keep my fingers crossed.

Hi all how are we?
Well i am due to test fri/sat but i couldn't resist and did a test it was a bfn sad

not even a hint of a line so don't think its happened for me this time round, i'm ever hopeful but not getting good vibes!
I think everyone else seems to be testing around the same time!! So lets hope it will be a good day for all!

Maisie - implantation bleed?? Could be a really good sign?

Shyla - hold on!!!! Will be so much better if you can wait!!

Angel - Cramps could be implantation too - I felt very crampy last time I was pg - I felt exactly the same as when I was due AF.

Tostaky - Welcome - hope you get your BFP, keep us updated!

Bluesmartie - looks like the 16th is going to be a busy day! Hope that this is your month too.

I am still feeling rough but feeling secretly pleased in the hope that it means I am not just ill! No chance of falling asleep tonight - work is manic - everyone seems to be hitting everyone else etc etc etc Not looking forward to having to stay awake all day tomorrow but at least it is a day with my little boy and that is always good.

Also, heard some very exciting news - I have a friend who has been trying for years and years to conceive and today she told me that, out of the blue, she has discovered that she is pregnant - with twins!!!!!!! She had no idea - think she had given up - she is 9 weeks now so I am really really hoping all goes well for her.

Hi maisie! To be honest I don't tend to get any discharge before af so I have no idea if that's what u are experiencing
Whenever af gets me it always starts with a bang, no warnings!.
Obviously I have my fingers crossed for you that this has nothin to do with the evil af!

Soo, still convinced am pregga's! Has spent all day being queasy, dizzy, boobs starting to hurt.
Will be so devo if it's not a bfp. Don't know I'm goin 2 make it thru the day without testing tomorrow!
Someone please talk some sense into me! X

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