The May Bus

Oops, in my excitement I didn't answer your question Scotland - I actually don't know if they would plan to give me an early scan but I imagine it's likely given what I've been told about the potential for problems. I think I will probably push for one even if it's not immediately offered.

Thanks fledtoscotland - that's what I keep telling myself! Am soo soo excited I can barely concentrate at work and I'm walking around with a ridiculous grin on my face :) Just keeping everything crossed that it all works out!

Good luck to you too - two days ago I would have sworn blind that it hadn't worked this month, so you never know!

oh wombat thats fab news - fingers crossed for a sticky bean. remember that there is a 50% chance that everything will be ok.

will they give you an early scan at EPAS?

sending a very unmumsnet hug

Morning all. LOL at the CM question/descriptions. I find that on a good month there's absolutely no need to hunt for it iykwim, but on a bad month (like this one) there's virtually none even when I do.

Thats said, it appears lackk of EWCM may not be a problem...

I did poas again - last night and this morning - and I think, just maybe, I have a twp!!! :)

I'm not quite ready to go on the graduates list though if that's okay. I'd rather wait until the line is stronger and the weekend has passed with no sign of AF (due sometime Fri-Sun).

I have mixed emotions because of the very high risk of abnormalities even if it sticks, but most of all I'm so soooo excited!!

Wish me a sticky bean with good chromosomes!!!

morning ladies - day 3 of the 2WW! Thanks Zinnia for making me laugh, am probably not quiet as patient as you.

Have DTD at the "correct times" this month, lots of EWCM but somehow I just don't feel positive. This is probably just me talking mince since with DS1 I was so ill, I don't actually remember any of the early pregnancy signs and with DS2, I was 9 weeks before I realised I hadn't had a period.

Have just done the online sainsbury's order for next week and ordered 3 bottles of vino in preparation for the BFN but in the meantime have kettle chips if anyone else fancies a chance from chocolate.

quick question - which day PO do you POAS? do you leave it right up until the day AF is due?

Actually, having done a quick cross-check with last week, think kiwi and totally were both out by a day, sorry ladies.

Corrected (I hope) passenger list:

Vallinnapod TTC#1 Cycle 1, UCL unknown, CD142 (no, not a typo!)
DustyDiva#2 cycle UCL ??? CD38
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 CD30
Digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle2 (post 2nd mc) UCL42 CD30
Lobyd ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 33? CD30
lateatwork ttc2 cycle 5 UCL 32 CD29
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 UCL35 Cycle 1 (post 3MC's) CD29
Nicolaplus1 TTC #2 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD27
Tigersmummy TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL29ish CD27
Eskarina TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL prob 33, CD27
misstilly ttc#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32-34 CD27
lolaclare ttc#2 Cycle 1 UCL 29 CD27
PrincessBoo ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL26 CD24
8rubberduckies ttc#2 cycle 5 UCL 28-64 CD24
omnomnomtom ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD24
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD20
zinnia TTC#2 cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD20
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28 CD19
Rosieposey TTC#5 cycle 8 UCL 29-35(ish) CD19
totallyfloaty35 TTC 4 cycle6 UCL 26-28 CD18
kiwidreamer ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 29 CD18
BrassicaBabe ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD16
PixieOnaLeaf ttc#6 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD16
fledtoscotlant ttc#3 cycle 2 UCL 27/28 CD16
Rockbird TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 34(ish) CD16
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 29 CD15
brilaunt ttc#1 Cycle 14 UCL 28-48 CD15
cherrytomatobomb TTC#1 Cycle 20, UCL 27, CD14
Owlshoes ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD13
crazydayz TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 24-28 CD10
lemonsherbet TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 30 CD9
rosieroseanna TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 28 CD9
Bicnod TTC#2 cycle 9, UCL 28, CD7
OverThePond TTC#1 Cycle 5, UCL 28-9,36 CD6
Lib76 TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 29-44 CD5
Ses TTC#2 cycle 2, UCL 30 CD5
broughthimroundtotheidea TTC#3 cycle2 UCL 29 CD4
takingtheplunge ttc #2 UCL 28-35 CD3
JuneBugJr ttc2 cycle 1 ucl30 cd3

GRADUATES:
Sloathy BFP - 17 Aug

Morning everyone
Thanks for kind words, day 2 of the 2WW for me so I'm going to settle myself into my seat, crack open the chocolate (regretfully stowing the wine away in the luggage rack for now) and put my feet up.

Anyway, in the meantime:

Vallinnapod TTC#1 Cycle 1, UCL unknown, CD142 (no, not a typo!)
DustyDiva#2 cycle UCL ??? CD38
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 CD30
Digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle2 (post 2nd mc) UCL42 CD30
Lobyd ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 33? CD30
lateatwork ttc2 cycle 5 UCL 32 CD29
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 UCL35 Cycle 1 (post 3MC's) CD29
Nicolaplus1 TTC #2 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD27
Tigersmummy TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL29ish CD27
Eskarina TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL prob 33, CD27
misstilly ttc#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32-34 CD27
lolaclare ttc#2 Cycle 1 UCL 29 CD27
PrincessBoo ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL26 CD24
8rubberduckies ttc#2 cycle 5 UCL 28-64 CD24
omnomnomtom ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD24
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD20
zinnia TTC#2 cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD20
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28 CD19
Rosieposey TTC#5 cycle 8 UCL 29-35(ish) CD19
totallyfloaty35 TTC 4 cycle6 UCL 26-28 CD19
kiwidreamer ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 29 CD19
BrassicaBabe ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD16
PixieOnaLeaf ttc#6 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD16
fledtoscotlant ttc#3 cycle 2 UCL 27/28 CD16
Rockbird TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 34(ish) CD16
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 29 CD15
brilaunt ttc#1 Cycle 14 UCL 28-48 CD15
cherrytomatobomb TTC#1 Cycle 20, UCL 27, CD14
Owlshoes ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD13
crazydayz TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 24-28 CD10
lemonsherbet TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 30 CD9
rosieroseanna TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 28 CD9
Bicnod TTC#2 cycle 9, UCL 28, CD7
OverThePond TTC#1 Cycle 5, UCL 28-9,36 CD6
Lib76 TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 29-44 CD5
Ses TTC#2 cycle 2, UCL 30 CD5
broughthimroundtotheidea TTC#3 cycle2 UCL 29 CD4
takingtheplunge ttc #2 UCL 28-35 CD3
JuneBugJr ttc2 cycle 1 ucl30 cd3

GRADUATES:
Sloathy BFP - 17 Aug

Are everyone's CDs right? Esp. totallyfloaty35, yours is correct for your position on the bus but let us know if it's somehow got a day out.

Thanks guys! Will take a look and FF and you never know, may well end up exploring tonight - what a charming image, eh!? Hope none of you are reading this thread over breakfast!

Feeling a bit as friend of mine just updated facebook status with 'has a bun in the oven' followed by a 12 week scan photo. Cue loads of comments on her status with congratulations and far too many explanation marks and..... Argh! Happy for her but don't mind admitting my heart sank too. Loads of other friends posting photos of their babies on what feels like a daily basis. Give me a break!!

Maybe it is just the mood I am in but does your scan photo reeeeally have to go on facebook?? Poor mite social networking from the womb! Having lost a baby at 17 wks I wouldn't do that.

Grrrr!

Lol Loopymumsy, im right there with you! Last night was the last night of SWI for me (hooray now i can have SFF but NOT till the weekend, i need some time off), got a higher temp yesterday and another one this morning so hopefully (although i have had two disturbed nights in a row with DS) that means i have ov'ed and the :) on the opk was a surge. I am soooo relieved! Poor DH he is very stoic and i fancy the pants off him but 5/6 nights in a row is a bit much for us.

Ravenlocks I find it doesnt work that well if i retrieve (i must have short arms - just a wipe does the job though and there is usually sufficient to identify if its stretchy or not - good luck!

Zinnia excellent observations about the 2ww there, i feel bad wishing my life away for the next 10 or so days but month after month its always a no for me and like everybody else on here just to see that second line would be great.

Im rubbish at symptom spotting as the only one i get (and only when i am pg) is sore boobs, thats how i knew with DS 3 days early, my boobs were just so sore and luckily i dont get that with AF so i just knew. I dont really get sick either so its a boring 2ww for me - no symptoms to spot!

Oh zinnia your post did make me giggle but I see the :( side too, there is just so much friggin waiting with this TTC business its just so frustrating!!

Booo for feeling poorly at the worst possible time for TTCing 8rubberduckies, hope you feel better really really soon (gawd that sounds like I mean just so can jump your man but I do mean it for your sake!!)

I'm up for answering super minging Q on CM ravenlocks... tmi alert I find if its the right time of my 'fertile window' (was a girly swot and did the Fertility Friend power point presentations on ovulation last night LOL)then the proper clear stretchy wet EWCM is easy to find right there on panty liner or with a wipe and yep I do the stretch test regularly. As I get within a day of OV it tends to be less obvious and I've had to... ahhh... go looking for it but I find if I have to do that then its usually more paste like, less clear and more opaque and a bit more tacky. I say this cos this month I was sure I had ovulated cos I had several days of good EWCM and then I had to go looking for it and it wasnt so clear n stretchy so I thought I had OVd and then woke up 4am Monday morning with hideous OV cramps. Dont know if that helps at all or was just me sharing waaaaay too much! Also now that CM is such a large part of my life I am recalling at when I was younger I had LOTS more of it and that's when I started wearing panty liners but now I'm coming up 35 and its lots lots less, I think that is normal from what I've read.

Only on day 2ish of TWW and already trying to trick myself that sore boobs are not cos my bra is too tight and might be something much more exciting... even tho bruises under my arms is all the evidence I need that bra is defo too tight.

Hi Everyone, (jumps on bus and tries to remember where she was sat)... I've missed you all, but am now back in the land of the connected as internet is up and running at home. Have just spent the best part of an hour catching up with everyone, and am happy to see we already have a graduate - congratulations!!! zinnia thanks for making me giggle just then

I am still waiting to OV but think it is imminent as have got a bit of EWCM. Trouble is, I'm currently curled up on the sofa in my dressing gown suffering with a nasty virus and the last thing I feel like doing tonight is the deed, haven't even got the energy to brush my teeth .

Its been quite refreshing this month not thinking too much about ttc, what with not being able to even log into FF. Feel a bit more relaxed about it, so hopefully, if I can get my ass into gear and get over this lurgy in time, it could be my lucky month

Tee hee zinnia, hilarilous!

Am getting concerned about lack of CM. Qu for those passengers who check CM, do you guys dive right up there and retrieve it to obsessively analyse it or wait until it lands in your underwear?

Sorry that is an uber minging qu!!

Thought I might try breaking down my 2WW into "manageable" chunks to avoid the vista of its stretching away from me apparently endlessly:

Day 1 po (today): possible post-ov signs (neg OPK, raised temp etc)
Day 3: FF deigns to recognise that ov has occurred (hopefully)
Days 4-8: Trying Not To Think About It/Ridiculously Early Symptom Spotting
Days 8-12: poss AF appearance. Every trip to loo an exercise in anxiety. Constant stream of heavily pregnant women in street/at work/on Tube etc.
Day 13 (if make it that far without AF): Desperately trying to convince self that it's not happening this month in order to prepare for inevitable crashing disappointment of...
Day 14: Test. Get BFN. Cry. Wait for AF to appear.

Now I write it down like that it all sounds like such fun, no?

Hi all, internet has been down for days and only got back on yesterday so loads to catch up on.

Firstly - congratulations to Sloathy on the BFP :) thats fab news!

Just starting the 2ww here too. Not exactly sure i have ov'ed here for sure but signs are there (ish) CBFM hasnt given me a peak but then again you do have to test first thing in the morning and i never seem to show symptoms of ov till the afternoon - had a bit of af pain (which usually accompanies ov on Sunday) so used a leftover cb digi ov test and it gave me a :) - although it was gone again by 8 in the evening so it must have been a very short surge given that the cbfm didnt even pick it up in that morning. Fingers crossed i ov'ed - am temping too but its not going that well - temps seem all over the place, will test approx 10 days from now though just to see.

All this SWI'ing every day during the fertile period is getting a bit ... well boring to be honest - im sooooo tired mostly all i want to do is sleep!

Huge congratulations sloathy! Hope you have started a trend

am now at the start of the dreaded 2WW but am stressed with interview for promotion at work so am sure cortisol levels will impact on any possible pregnancy this month.

Fab news sloathy! , yeah our first Grad!

Wombat how exciting, sounds pretty positive to me, let us know how you get on after next POAS!

Welcome bicnod and JuneBugJr (have added you to the list June)

Vallinnapod TTC#1 Cycle 1, UCL unknown, CD141 (no, not a typo!)
DustyDiva#2 cycle UCL ??? CD37
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 CD29
Digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle2 (post 2nd mc) UCL42 CD29
Lobyd ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 33? CD29
lateatwork ttc2 cycle 5 UCL 32 CD28
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 UCL35 Cycle 1 (post 3MC's) CD28
Nicolaplus1 TTC #2 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD26
Tigersmummy TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL29ish CD26
Eskarina TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL prob 33, CD26
misstilly ttc#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32-34 CD26
lolaclare ttc#2 Cycle 1 UCL 29 CD26
PrincessBoo ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL26 CD23
8rubberduckies ttc#2 cycle 5 UCL 28-64 CD23
omnomnomtom ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD23
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD19
zinnia TTC#2 cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD19
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28 CD18
Rosieposey TTC#5 cycle 8 UCL 29-35(ish) CD18
totallyfloaty35 TTC 4 cycle6 UCL 26-28 CD17
kiwidreamer ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 29 CD18
BrassicaBabe ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD15
PixieOnaLeaf ttc#6 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD15
fledtoscotlant ttc#3 cycle 2 UCL 27/28 CD15
Rockbird TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 34(ish) CD15
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 29 CD14
brilaunt ttc#1 Cycle 14 UCL 28-48 CD14
cherrytomatobomb TTC#1 Cycle 20, UCL 27, CD13
Owlshoes ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD12
crazydayz TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 24-28 CD 9
lemonsherbet TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 30 CD 8
rosieroseanna TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 28 CD 8
Bicnod TTC#2 cycle 9, UCL 28, CD6
OverThePond TTC#1 Cycle 5, UCL 28-9,36 CD 5
Lib76 TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 29-44 CD 4
Ses TTC#2 cycle 2, UCL 30 CD4
broughthimroundtotheidea TTC#3 cycle2 UCL 29 CD3
takingtheplunge ttc #2 UCL 28-35 CD2
JuneBugJr ttc2 cycle 1 ucl30 cd2.

GRADUATES:
Sloathy BFP - 17 Aug

Over here I am POAS OPK (2nd cycle of doing this) and temping (first cycle). My temps make no sense or pattern whatsoever, I seem to have no CM of any description and -ve OPK so far. By this CD last cycle I had EWCM and a +ve OPK. DTD on CD 11,12 and 13 so far in readiness for the big Ov. Come on my little egg, hatch!

Hello all! Am over from April bus too, didn't end up SWI last month, but am going full force this month. Am on my phone so can't cut an paste. My stats are
ttc2 cycle 1 ucl30 cd2.

May seems a lovely time for birthdays so fingers crossed.

Congrats sloathy that's fantastic news!

Phew loopy sounds like you've had quite a week, you poor thing. It's hard enough trying to keep track of everything when you're under a solid roof and in the daily routine, let alone with canvas/holidays in the mix. Hope your DH sees the error of his ways and doesn't doubt you in future.

Think I may have ov'd yesterday, on the basis that temp goes up after it happens, right? Got a fairly strong (but I thought not strong enough) line on the OPK on Sun and DTD that night, then a much fainter line yesterday. Then a v high temp this morning, but that may be to do with the fairly large quantities of wine consumed last night (DD at my mum's so we grabbed the opportunity for a meal out). So even more confused now than ever, and not sure if we caught the pre-ov window. However this must mean I'm on the 2WW at last, surely?

Slothy Congratulations!!!!

Loopy sorry to hear you had a bit of a difficult camping/TTC experience! Thanks for your thoughts. I am getting support, esp from my DH who is being amazing and the genetics serviice have been good too. We are now wondering whether to stop TTC to allow time for tests etc (which may or may not reveal anything anyway), but as you said, it might be too late for that anyway. Poas this morning at 11 dpo and the line was sooooo faint I am convinced I was imagining it. Have bought more tests and will update you all tomorrow.

Hoorah, Sloathy congratuations :)

May there be many more this month!

Yay and big congrats sloathy wishing you the stickiest of little beans xx

Ah well in the end I decided it wasnt worth the bother of giving it one last shot, was getting a bit obessy about the biz which is a right mood killer for DH apparently (still makes me a bit HUMF when its okay for him to be keen when I'm not so much and I still make an effort), highly unlikely this will be our month which is a bit sad making but I guess it only takes one keen little swimmer ;-)

And here we go on another TWW... any of those delish brownies left bicnod and I'm not even gonna ask how many WW Points are in them some times brownies are medicinal!

sloathy massive congratulations to you hunny

Morning girls - I've hopped over from the April bus and recognise lots of names on here. I bring gooey chocolate brownies

congrats sloathy fingers crossed for lots more BFPs

Here's Tuesday's list with me added on:

Vallinnapod TTC#1 Cycle 1, UCL unknown, CD141 (no, not a typo!)
DustyDiva#2 cycle UCL ??? CD37
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 CD29
Digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle2 (post 2nd mc) UCL42 CD29
Sloathy TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 32ish CD29
Lobyd ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 33? CD29
lateatwork ttc2 cycle 5 UCL 32 CD28
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 UCL35 Cycle 1 (post 3MC's) CD28
Nicolaplus1 TTC #2 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD26
Tigersmummy TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL29ish CD26
Eskarina TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL prob 33, CD26
misstilly ttc#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32-34 CD26
lolaclare ttc#2 Cycle 1 UCL 29 CD26
PrincessBoo ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL26 CD23
8rubberduckies ttc#2 cycle 5 UCL 28-64 CD23
omnomnomtom ttc#2 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD23
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD19
zinnia TTC#2 cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD19
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28 CD18
Rosieposey TTC#5 cycle 8 UCL 29-35(ish) CD18
totallyfloaty35 TTC 4 cycle6 UCL 26-28 CD17
kiwidreamer ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 29 CD18
BrassicaBabe ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD15
PixieOnaLeaf ttc#6 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD15
fledtoscotlant ttc#3 cycle 2 UCL 27/28 CD15
Rockbird TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 34(ish) CD15
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 29 CD14
brilaunt ttc#1 Cycle 14 UCL 28-48 CD14
cherrytomatobomb TTC#1 Cycle 20, UCL 27, CD13
Owlshoes ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 CD12
crazydayz TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 24-28 CD 9
lemonsherbet TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 30 CD 8
rosieroseanna TTC#1 Cycle 2, UCL 28 CD 8
Bicnod TTC#2 cycle 9, UCL 28, CD6
OverThePond TTC#1 Cycle 5, UCL 28-9,36 CD 5
Lib76 TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 29-44 CD 4
Ses TTC#2 cycle 2, UCL 30 CD4
takingtheplunge ttc #2 UCL 28-35 CD2
broughthimroundtotheidea TTC#3 cycle2 UCL 29 CD3