Jump on the November bus! Thread for those that (if we crack it!) will have a Nov '11 due date.

[ravenlocks]

Jump on if you are a TTCer hoping that this cycle is 'the one' and will result in a sprog or sprogette due in November.

Welcoming season ticket holders and new passengers.

Ding ding!

[ravenlocks]

I am here 'being positive'. After being teased with a BFP last week, am back to CD1 with a thump. Onwards and upwards.

Hoping my cycle isn't too affected by the CP/ early loss and I actually have a chance this cycle.

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22 Feb

[ChateauMargot]

I'll join you, ravenlocks. Am being tested for PCOS this week (have had a few super long cycles since coming off the pill last year) but still going to keep trying!

ChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35

[ravenlocks]

Hi ChateauMargot. All the best for the PCOS tests this week. Good idea to keep trying too!

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22 FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35

[ravenlocks]

duh!

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35

[Iggly]

Hello ladies! Kicked off the October bus by AF yesterday, I'm jumping aboard. Just finished my first cycle post MC and seems ok. Wasn't sure I ovulated last month although did have a positive OPK but I got confused.

I'll update the list:

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35
Iggly TTC#2 CD2 UCL 28/29

raven silly question but are you sure it's not implantation? I had a 24 hour "AF" with my last pregnancy.

[ravenlocks]

Hi Iggly, good to have you here. Will be good to have someone to ask about post MC cycles if you don't mind.

I am pretty certain it isn't implantation bleeding as it has got really heavy (heavier than my usual period). Going to do another pg test in a couple of days to make sure pg hormone has disappeared.

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22 Feb
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35
Iggly TTC#2 CD2 UCL 28/29

[soppysue]

Hi Ladies,
Ive been waiting for this bus for about 3 months now... it was feeling like it would never get here.
I am TTC#2, already have DD who is 6 in May.
Not trying this cycle but next one which will give me a due date of 30th NOV..
So will try my stats
TTC#2 UCL27 AF DUE 24 FEB
Hope this is a lucky bus for us all...

[Iggly]

Hi soppy!

raven, no of course I don't mind. Although not sure how much help I'll be

[level]

Well I'll give a bus another go having failed at my 16th attempt to conceive #1 .

So....
TTC#1 UCL32 cycle17 AF due 24 Feb

I'm hoping we've just had LOTS of bad luck so far.

[Iggly]

level have you seen your GP?

[kat2504]

I am expecting to renew my bus travel season ticket this weekend so just checking out the bus and reserving myself a seat at the front of the top deck. Is there any bonus for loyal bus travellers who have renewed their season ticket a few times? I am sending wine and cake to the bus for you early travellers to keep going with.

[level]

Seen GP - went end of October.

DPs sperm is fine. I had a blood test early Dec but the day 3 test fell right over Christmas and the surgery was closed. I've booked in for day 3 test this Friday.

My cycles are regular and CBFM says I'm ovulating. Is it possible for CBFM to tell me this when I'm not? Luteal phase is about 16 days so on the face of it everything is fine.

Risk factors for me are age (32 - I know it's not that old but not exactly young), blood type O (anyone else see that research?), low birth weight (as I'm a twin), twin who stopped ovulating (mainly fixed now).

[kat2504]

Yes it is possible for cbfm to tell you that you are ovulating if you are not. The LH surge means you are getting ready to ovulate. It does not confirm that it happened (that is what the day 21 blood test does, or what temping shows). However, on the positive side, if it shows peak every month and you are having the period 2 weeks later, it is highly unlikely that you are not ovulating if you have a regular cycle, so I think you don't need to worry!!

[ravenlocks]

Welcome level. Sorry to hear your trials and tribulations. Good to hear tests have all been fine so far. Good luck at the docs this Friday. Sounds like it might be just lots of bad luck as you say. Was going to recommend temping to give you some assurances you are ovulating to combine with your CBFM, but looks like you are on it, and have also joined Charters Anon (me too!). Similar timeframe here - been 18 months since we started trying, concived twice in that time, one pg to 17weeks and the other only managed just shy of 5weeks. I am also 32, still childless, and feeling ancient. Is your twin identical?

Hi also soppysue, will save you a seat at the back!

Thanks for the wine and cake kat, good to see another 'experienced' traveller. Saving you a seat next to soppysue.

ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22 Feb
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35
Iggly TTC#2 CD2 UCL 28/29
kat2504
soppysue TTC#2 UCL 27 AF due 24 Feb (not trying til next cycle tho!)

[soppysue]

Thanks for saving me the seat raven ooooohhhh and the wine and cake will help pass the time while I wait...thanks kat.

Im sorry to hear of the trouble some of you are having, and also of your mc's raven :(

I am 33 and DH is 32 we were very lucky with DD we got a BFP after 1st month with her, I am under no illusion that it will be that easy this time though... it was 6 years ago now!!!

[level]

Hi ravenlocks
Sorry to see your BFP didn't last.

Yes, my twin is identical so if there's any genetic problem causing her to have the issues I'll likely have the same problems.

That said, our histories are quite different. She's had quite a few partners/unprotected sex which I could have contributed to her problems whereas DP and I have been together 16 years and had no other partners.

This place is great because all I ever hear at the moment is how my friends got pregnant accidentally first time. I find it hard to be around them/friends with kids much at the moment.

[ChateauMargot]

"blood type O (anyone else see that research?)"

No - what does it say??

[ChateauMargot]

Just looked it up. Crikey. I'm type O, but am 28 - so with any luck have time on my side..!

[ravenlocks]

Chateau/ level, what does the research say??

I am not sure what my blood type is, that is the sort of info my brain just refuses to commit to memory! I know it is one of the common ones though!

[BlueCrane]

Morning all... mind if I sneak on quietly and grab a seat?? Just been chucked off the October bus by you know who after an excrutiating wait for her - 5 days late!! Loads of symptoms for the past nearly 3 weeks but clearly not happenning! Only 'interesting part' is that I now have no idea on my cycle lengths!! . I was being a bit hopeful that it might happen first time round...but hey ho...on we go...!!

Stats:

TTC#1 Cycle 2 CD1 UCL 30-35!!

[ghosteditor]

Hey ladies! This is my first bus!

DH and I started TTC a little too late in my last cycle so I'm going to go ahead and call this cycle 1. Having had the most regular 28 day cycles in the world for my entire adult life, even after coming off the pill in September, my last two cycles have been unexpectedly short (21 and 25 days respectively) so I'm now completely unsure of dates. Naturally that means lots of sex . But it might also mean I'm a big faker on the November bus! Can I still play though?


ravenlocks TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 22 Feb
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35
Iggly TTC#2 CD2 UCL 28/29
kat2504
soppysue TTC#2 UCL 27 AF due 24 Feb (not trying til next cycle tho!)
bluecrane TTC#1 Cycle 2 CD1 UCL 30-35!!
ghosteditor TTC#1 Cycle 1, CD6 UCL 21-28

[itches to impose order on the list - what's conventional? alphabetical? by age? by cycle length?]

[BlueCrane]

hey ghost nice to see a familiar face! Think the list order is usually re. who's due to have AF first. I'm feeling hideous with horrible AF cramps today ...

[ghosteditor]

hey bluecrane, yes, I was thinking the same, good to see you here (well, obviously, not great because we'd rather have seen BFPs, but you know what I mean)

In that case I will leave the list making to an experienced bus traveller.

I am:

ghosteditor TTC#1 Cycle 1, CD6 UCL 21-28, AF due Feb 16th, at a guess (which means I may not strictly be a November bus-er I guess)

[lucyintheskywithdinos]

We're starting TTC number 3 this month, I'm breastfeeding and have slightly erratic cycles, due AF in a couple of days then we'll be all systems go! Hoping for lots of BFPs, I'm all twitchy about our chances and worried that I'm pushing my luck as we conceived 1 & 2 first month.

Lucyintheskywithdinos TTC #3 CD 27 UCL 30 AF due Jan 30th

[ravenlocks]

Hi new joiners!

Lucyintheskywithdinos TTC #3 CD 27 UCL 30 AF due Jan 30th
ghosteditor TTC#1 Cycle 1, CD6 UCL 21-28, AF due Feb 16th
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 29 AF due 22 Feb
FebChateauMargot TTC#1 UCL 35
Iggly TTC#2 CD2 UCL 28/29
kat2504
soppysue TTC#2 UCL 27 AF due 24 Feb (not trying til next cycle tho!)
bluecrane TTC#1 Cycle 2 CD1 UCL 30-35!!

Sorry about the bitch bluecrane. Good to have you here ghosteditor, feel free to impose order on the list! Lucy* hope you have brought some of those super fertile vibes with you! I need it. Grrrr!