August - first month of TTC? Join me!

well i am very proud of myself today, i walked straight past the ov tests in wilko, even though i havent got any left, i resisted the temptation to buy some. cause i am sure this is the month! (yeah right)

gold maple symptoms sound promising but isn't it cruel that pg signs are similar to AF ones? Yesterday I was getting what I can only describe as an achy feeling in my ovarian area which was odd but gone today. Other than that a very dull ache right down below. Strange. Been very stressed today with my daughter's tantrums which doesn't feel conducive to baby making/growing!!

gruffalomama sorry about the bfn:( but you never know until AF shows up. I am still holding out hope (for both of us:) ).

wobblewatcher I've had several mild symptoms lots of CM, being really weepy/moody, ssore boobs, and felt sick yesterday but they are all the same as my normal pre-AF symptoms (except for feeling sick and the CM, which has stopped).

Anymore news cowboylover?

Hi all. Sorry Goldmaple - hopefully you'll get a positive next week. Cowboylover - my AF is due on Sat too. Good luck - will be thinking of you then. I caved and tested today. BFN but will try again at the weekend if AF doesn't arrive Feeling pretty low, I was sure I'd been feeling some symptoms. I felt post-ov (implantation?) cramping, nausea and bfing DS has been very tender. Nausea mostly gone now and feeling very much like I've got PMS instead.

I know it's mad to have thought it would work the first month - DS took us 14 mo to get. He was worth every day of the wait but am having a low day. I know I just need to pick myself up and get shagging but perhaps I'll let myself wallow just for today.

Hello gold maple ah well, now you have to be good and wait some more, not too long to go though. I have a test in my bag and I'm very tempted but that would be very ridiculous seeing as I'm not due for another week! Do you have any symptoms?

petitech I was on Yasmin 21 for 3 years and before that my cycles were very regular 28 days... so I haven't gone back to completely normal, or maybe 30 days is normal now.

Hi wobblewatcher! I need distraction too. AF is due on the 13th and I already POAS today... bfn:( but not surprising.

hehe it's a proper gadget I think it's name is Julia :) with a little microscope, got it on amazon... if I do start window licking though I'll now that it has all gone horribly wrong :-)

Hiya landl

It's horrible isn't it when you are not sure and waiting to POAS...I need distraction!!

wobblewatcher hiya! finger crossed we all get it sooner rahter thna later, i am due on next thurs or roundabouts and this morning felt everso slightly sick (or was it cause i had breakfast late???)

Hi I wondered if I could join this thread. Am an old Mner but haven't been on for ages and have changed my name as I was bored. I'm not one of the famous ones though

I have a 3 year old daughter and before her I had a missed miscarriage.

This time round I'm on first month of TTC, not quite sure of my CD but due on 17th Sep. Did plenty of jiggyness so hoping for BFP when time comes but also aware this is first month so don't wanna get too carried away.

Who am I kidding? I'll be poking my breasts and pretending I have heartburn before I know it.

do you have to buy special things to do this saliva test? r can you just lick the window and not clean it for abit see how it looks in a few hours?

[goldmaple] do you mind me asking what pill you were on? I was on mini pill which in theory sorts itself out pretty quickly but we'll see...am going to try with my saliva test thingie this month and see how I get on... isn't this glamorous between spitting and peeing on things hehe!

Yep that was me!! LOL!!

Im still feeling good about it and was expecting to be devistated but im doing ok.

Sorry to hear about the bfn cowboylover :( But it is probably just too early.

Ont he bright side, in another thread someone said 'egg cups' full of CM is a symptom (exact wording has been changed to better suit August-TTCers )

petitech after I went off the pill my cycles were 28, 36, 37, 30, 30. Temp really helped during the second long cycle because of course I thought I was pregnant for the first long one even thought we didn't SWI at the right time!!:)

cowboylover, I had thought BFN and was three days late, then AF lasted 2days, v bizarre. That said if you were due on on Monday then by Saturday you would be pretty late. With my only 3 days I decided that it's probably just cos I assumed 28 cycle and perhaps it's actually 31 days, has been so long since I've been on pill, forgotten what a normal cycle would be like

Well I did a test and a BFN from me but as I have only just got used to my cycles it may be just that so will wait now til Saturday and see what happens if AF doesnt come.

cowboylover I think that you get a pretty accurate result if you POAS on or after the day AF is due... So you can go for it:)

But there is the chance of having a chemical pregnancy where the egg is fertilized but doesn't implant (apparently 80% of fertilizations don't implant so it is normal but very disappointing:() but i don't know how early that happens (maybe the risk is over by the time AF is due?? does anyone know?)

I want to wait and see if my temp stays up for 18 days... but if my internet cheapies ever get here then I might test on saturday (two days before AF). Anyone else testing then?

Thanks BabsH, I have never had any problems in having periods after coming off depo before, have had one always the month after. It is just so bloody unfair that once we make such a big decision to TTC we have to wait for my body to start ovulating.xxxx

Hi Emmy,

I was on Depo too, last injection was in November and I still haven't had a period, but apparently it can take up to a year to wear off, so not going to bother the doctor for a couple more months, fingers crossed things are quicker for you!!!

Hope everyone had a good weekend, we went to Dundee Flower and Food, the Hairy Bikers were there so DH had a grand time watching them whilst I sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine and the people watching!!!

....hehe you made me laugh on a Monday lovely ladies, I literally have visions of people balancing over egg cups hehe!
To answer the saliva testing question it doesn't give you a yes or no it's a pattern that you view... you basically put some saliva on this lens, it's small, the size of a lipstick, then if you're ovulating the saliva forms 'fern' like patterns... have only used it for a week adn not close to ovulating yet so not sure if it works... will keep you posted. Boiled egg and soldiers for tea anyone hehe!

Thanks all as it was the first time I had it and was LOADS! Like im sure I could have filled a few cups; now that is weird!

I am now on my usual AF day and nothing yet besides huge hunger cravings so when do I test if nothing happens? I need someone to tell me to or not and then wont want to let them down!

hi all, has anyone else had issues with their monthly cycle and conceiving once you have come of the Depo Contraceptive Injection. I came off it in March, first bleed was last month and nothing since, driving me mad!! x

not, not dont

i have got visions of people now trying to gather all their CM to see if it fills an egg cup nice way to ease myself back into the thread dont you think!

i still have abit of CM so dont really know when i ovulated, although the sodding stupid bloody tests are still negative. dont feeling it for this month tho

Hi Emmywoo!:)

cowboylover about CM... (TMI alert) def not an egg cup full, for me at least, but more than even during OV (except its not EW). Its just more than I'm used to... but it has tapered down a bit now at 8DPO

I think just shagging is the way to go but I temp (and can't give it up) so I know when I'm fertile. Is there a + with the saliva checker petitech? or does it give 'high, peak, etc...'