The June Bus

Hello to all the lovely ladies on the June bus. Just popping in to see how you are all doing, and also to wish those at the front of the bus good luck!

There is a June 2011 thread started in ante-natal - hope to see you all over there very soon :)

Hey Ladies - sorry i haven't been around for a while, i have been very busy SWI -ing..(also my screen on laptop is broken)

feeling very horny horny horny in the few days, so hopefully this is 'the' month - you never know!
trying to be +ve, come on ladies!! theres alot of people SWI tonight! Wooo HOO!!!

Sat's stats.

Few ladies at the front of the bus now, fingers crossed for you!

Nicolaplus 1 TTC #2 CYCLE 4 UCL 28 CD30
Queenrollo TTC#2 UCL 35(ish)Cycle7 CD29
Baby2b TTC#1 Cycle 1 (post resolved ectopic) CD28
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 UCL35 Cycle 2 (post 3MC's) CD25
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle1 (post MC and ectopic) CD22
itsbeenawhile TTC#2 UCL28 Cycle 4 CD21
BrassicaBabe ttc#1 cycle 7 UCL 27 CD21
Fledtoscotland TTC#3 UCL 26-28 cycle3 CD21
NervousNelly TTC #1 UCL 28 Cycle 1 CD21
PixieOnaLeaf TTC#6 cycle 3 UCL 28 CD21
jigglebum TTC#2 UCL35 (but last one was 40) Cycle8 CD20
StarflowerGirl ttc#1 Cycle 3 (post MC) UCL 26-32 CD20
Rosieposey TTC#5 cycle 9 UCL 30 (ish) CD20
Totallyfloaty35 TTC*4 cycle 7 UCL26-28 CD20
Serendipity27 TTC #1 UCL 28 Cycle 2 CD20
Ravenlocks ttc#1 cycle 5 UCL28 CD19
CosmicClara ttc#1 UCL 27 cycle 22 CD18
Whywait TTC#1 UCL ? CYCLE 1 CD17
charlottesclan ttc #4 cycle 4 UCL 28-29 CD17
drdolly TTC#2 UCL25-30 Cycle 2 CD16
mrsden ttc #1 cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD16
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 26 cycle 3 CD16
Teds77 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL 26-28 CD14
loueybtg TTC#3 UCL 23-24 cycle 7 (post MMC) CD13
8rubberduckies ttc#2 cycle6 UCL 28-44 CD13
FluffySparkles TTC#1 UCL35 Cycle 1 CD13
sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 5 UCL 28 CD13
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 1 (post MC) UCL32 CD13
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 30-35 CD12
BenignNeglect TTC#1 UCL 26 Cycle 4 CD11
mrswantstobeamum TTC#1 UCL 27 Cycle 1 CD10
HarderToKidnap TTC#1 UCL 28ish Cycle 2 CD8
BroughtHimRoundToTheIdea TTC#3 UCL28 cycle3 CD7
MoogHasNoBrain TTC#2 UCL 26-30 Cycle 7 CD7
OverThePond TTC #1 UCL 28-36 Cycle 6 CD6
Milanomum TTC#2 UCL 27-28 Cycle 6 CD6
Goldmaple TTC#1 Cycle2 UCL30 CD5
Girlsworld TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL28 CD3

Lurking
PlumBumMum TTC #4 UCL ?? Cycle 1 CD ?

BFP's
suedehead 6th Sept
Lizzyy 9th Sept
GoodVibrations 14th Sept

The joys of symptom spotting! Am imaging morning nausea, heightened sense of smell, cravings for cola bottles (same as with ds1). The sixtyfour thousand dollar question will be answered nxt friday!

Im on my 2ww and i have NO symptoms at all i used to think i was having loads when i was first ttc but now i know my cycle so incredibly well,i know the same stuff happens every month.
Im getting quite down about it actually and starting to think it will never happen.Im over 40 now and my mum cheerfully informed me to keep an eye out for the hot flushes as " it starts early in our family".

Hey, sack the reason, let's get a big plate of brownies and tuck in anyway!

Have never managed to make a decent brownie myself, they always come out dry and biscuity [muses]

I probably get the last brownie since I am honestly wondering if somehow AF was just an implantation bleed and I might actually be pregnant...:) it has been documented before!
and my lack of symptoms is due to... errr... I'll get back about that one.

Ok it's 5.23am and I am wide awake because I've been dreaming about spot bleeding and symptom spotting!!! Yes you heard right! So do I get the last brownie??!!

ravenlocks surely a peek of the pope makes one prone to pregnancy...

Hee hee! Yes, no one can say we are not giving it a good go.

The Pope was in town and he was passing by in his Popemobile not far from my office and I thought 'what the hell, I have tried everything else with this TTC lark, can't hurt to see if catching a glipse of the Pope will make a difference!! I am not Catholic or even religious.

Do I take the for being the most bonkers on the bus!?

Anyone seen Notting Hill when they go round the table trying to see who is the most pathetic and therefore who is deserving of the last chocolate brownie? I reakon we could do the same on the bus with a biscuit and a stories of TTC induced insanity.

Who wants to have a go?

:o

Twice a day ravenlocks, gosh, I feel like a slacker at the back of the class!

I have wondered about that every 2 days thing, At the moment doing everyday and trying for twice a day once +ve OPK. With every two days I suppose I get frustrated knowing I could conceive and yet let 48hrs of that precious window go with out getting another few million of the little swimmers up there.

I know it is quality not quantity, however.

Great that everybody is asking the questions that I feel too shy to ask!

I read somewhere that it was good to leave 2-3 days before SWI at ovulation but then you've got to be pretty sure when ovulation is - at the moment my cycle seems to be a bit doo-lally.

What makes me smile is the teenagers who insist they 'only did it once'... obviously they'll be more fertile than geriatric old me but not that much

Good luck to all the laydees who'll be at it this weekend!

I have read in a few places that SWI every other day is preferable as it allows the gents to build back up. That said, a friend has just gone through all the tests and as her DH is healthy with a million-man count they said he didn't need to let them rest.

Thanks everyone - so I need to keep SWIing all weekend is the message loud and clear!!

I swear this had better be our month!

There is a really good app for the iphone that would help you ladies with all your calculations around fertile days and when you should be SWI. It's P Tracker and it is about 59p. Also they have the male version of it that can link up with yours so he knows when you should be SWI too! I would highly recommend!

jigglebum - get going now! I read somewhere that the six days leading up to and including ovulation are the peak times because the sperm can hang out waiting for an egg for about 5 days. I'm not sure if average sperm can survive 5 days or just super fit sperm.

I've heard people say that every other day is enough but I'm living by the more the better rule

Hi all! Thanks for the welcome.

I second the advice re sperm lasting 5 days or so. Also for OV to last 24 hours (in some cases 48hr+ but think this is unusual, yet not impossibly unusual).

Keep SWIing!
I think as much as possible before ov then on ov and then immediately after ov. Does that help? :)

I am bored with the wait-before-the-ov-before-the-2ww. Bored!

jigglebum sperm can hang out for 5 days waiting for the egg, so get going now! Apparently every other day is sufficient, but I kind of think that the more the better (if I can be arsed ).

I am still sickly and need to start SWI soon, so I am trying to get better by lying on the sofa watching crap on telly as much as possible and conserving energy!

Right - quick question for you ladies. I expect to be ovulating in the next 3- 5 days. Should I be having sex now or at ovulation time or just keep SWI ing just in case! Is every second day the way to go? I really want it to work this month - so tired of waiting. Thanks

Clearly can't spell as distracted with symptom spotting... Abodemon whatever that is was supposed to be abdomen!!!

Afternoon All

Brassicababe I am totally feeling your pain on the 2WW. It is driving me mad! the next 9 days are going to be the the longest ever!!!

I've spent most of the morning trying to work out if the dull ache in my lower abodemon and lower back is a symptom ir is it just a result of a visit to the osteo yesterday? Is my extreme tiredness a symptom or just that I have been burning the candle at both ends too much? Are my boobs a teensy bit tender because I lay on them funny last night or because that is a symptom too? The other really annoying thing is that all of that could just be because my body is getting back to "normal" after being on the implanon for 3 years.... Argh I don't know!!!! Am I an obsessive symptom spotter or possibly PG????? Who knows!

To top it all off I seem to be coming down with some sort of cold bug thing. sniff sniff Oh woe is me!!!! Have I whinged enough yet?! Sorry ladies I will try and be more positive later in the day. Hope you all have a good afternoon.

Ravenlocks apparently the egg actually lasts between 24-48 hours after being released so there is still time! I work on the basis of SWI for 5 days before OV and 2 days after if that is any help.

queenrollo My DH was pretty shocked with how small that window is too. I went to a Catholic Girls school and I can assure you they taught us bugger all about the biology of getting pregnant. I didn't know what OV was until I went to the doctor when I was 12 years old because I had AF pain just 10 days after my first AF. Madness! Hopefully times are changing!

Ok lunchbreak is over I had better at least pretend to do some work now! Byeeee!

My DP commented that he never knew that there was such a small window to get pregnant in the cycle. I know what he means, certainly my sex ed at school told us you could get pregnant at any time in the month and that's why you should always use protection.
Get to the point where you are trying to get pregnant and suddenly it's not that simple at all is!

Nothing happening here, no symptoms though my hips have suddenly started really hurting. I had bad SPD last time and this morning hobbling around thought to myself 'do i really want to go through that again?' Oh and my left boob hurts but only when i lie down in bed at night
We're away for the weekend so that will take my mind off things until at least Monday when we get back and i will be counting down the days to see whether the two 35 day cycles were a blip or not.