The July Bus

Between 28 and 40 days since having my son based on "normal" cycles. On post-miscarriage cycle this time so been testing since day 17 post-mc, finally got a positive cd29!

How wonky are yours?

The sticks are fine, just need to make sure they are equally as dark or darker than the control for a pos. Ignore the fainter ones, even if they are almost as dark. they still don't count. But they do work, I promise!

thanks LadyGoneGaga that's really useful, I will order some of those. ClearBlue were going to make us bankrupt!

How variable is your cycle?

Mine was always fine before I went on the pill but afterwards it has been all over the place. Been off them over 3 years now, so should have settled down by now!!

Getdowm I have a variable cycle too so abandoned the outrageously expensive ClearBlue after getting through whole packet with no sign of a smiley! Got these instead.

£10 for 40. They work just as well and much, much cheaper so I feel happy testing twice a day in case I miss the surge. Using in conjunction with charting, chcecking mucus and cervix (plus the secks of course) covers all possible bases I reckon. Obsessed, moi

Hello ladies, can I join too?

Trying for a summer baby, so I can buck the family trend for December birthdays

TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL between 27 and 45 days (I know!) current cycle day 18, still waiting for ov - I think.

Chart is all over the place because of stupid insomnia Anyone else have their chart wrecked on the crucial day(s) because they can't sleep?

Tried an OPK for the first time yesterday but was negative. Don't know whether to keep going with them as they are so expensive and with such a variable cycle who knows when I'll get that little face!!

LadyGoneGaga it would be nice but I'm not at all hopefull...
I'm off to play Euromillions soon after I've dropped DS to school, me and other 4 friends ( one of whome has been trying for a second for the past 2 years and we've spent all yesterday afternoon comforting each other and scoffing on homemade apple tart )have founded a syndicate! ok we're not getting pg but mayeb we'll be winners tonight LOL

Fingers cross AF doesn't turn up in full swing for you, Luce. I spotted day before my BFP. The tarts sound nice though!

What a good way to get up.... I'm spottig I expect AF to turn up full swing but he end of the day Yesterday I REALLY felt pg but it seems that it didn't last...Oh well I can stay on this bus and hope for a JUly baby then....
soooooooo,I'm taking some nice little tarts filled with caramelized onions and goats cheese and vodka,limes,sugar and passion fruits!

Hello all. Please can I join this bus? I've bought some red wine and chocolate. :)

I've decided I must try and chill out a bit more this cycle. Ha! Like thats going to happen.

Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 5 Oct
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 AF due 8 Oct
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 16 UCL 27-28 AF due 13 Oct
Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
MrsP81 ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 30-32 AF due 5/6 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov

Just realised that I haven't brought a picnic for the bus. Anyone fancy some homemade mince pies?! (Yes I know it is early but I loooove mince pies!) Drink of choice - chilled lager (so uncouth).

I'm ok thanks Wombat. Still good days and bad as you will know. SIL announced she is pg yesterday - due a month after I was due - happy for her, sad for me. Went to a acupuncturist the other day to get a bit of extra support - she's a fertility expert and was really good just to get a lot of this stuff off my chest. How are you gettiing on? Sorry the first cycle didn't work but at least your cycle seems to have normalised pretty quickly.

Defo hoping for a stickier bus for both of us this time round!

Thanks for the welcome, Kat. I'm not a big pate fan but I'll take your camebert and wash it down with this bottle of red wine, thanks.

LadyGG!! Hello!!! How did I miss your ealier post? I think I was too busy drooling over virtual paté How are you? Glad to hear you've got a positive OPK. My SWI during the WTF cycle didn't get me anywhere but hey ho, another month 'n' all that. Let's hope this bus is luckier and sticker for us both than the April bus was xxx

Evening all! Only one more day until the WEEKEND! God I can't wait!

Thanks for the yummy camembert Kat.

Ooh wombat good idea! I love paté. I'm bringing camembert in the hope that none of us will be eating any until next summer!

Welcome to the bus Gaga sorry to hear about your m/c. Hope your wtf doesn't last too long, pleased to hear you've got positive opk, hope you are "enjoying" it ;) Thanks for the gin!

Hi all! I started on the grapefruit juice today. It' only day 2 but I thought I better try everything I can to get that all important EWCM if I'm hoping the swimmers are going to hang around long enough to meet the egg while DH is away on business. So much for chilling out about it all this month :o))

I've brought paté for everyone today in the hope it is the last we'll eat for 8.5 months!

Hello, can I get on the bus

I was on the April bus right to the end but sadly lost baby at 7 weeks. Still on WTF cycle but OPK has just gone positive so back in the saddle (ahem). Hoping for a sticky one this time.

Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 5 Oct
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 AF due 8 Oct
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 16 UCL 27-28 AF due 13 Oct
Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov

Morning. Am hopping on as I have just left the June bus. I'm newly married and was hoping for a honeymoon baby but AF got me today - 4 days early (started Pregnacare vitamins so am wondering if it's that which shortened my cycle also mrsden) Have added myself on although I'm not sure of my next AF so have put the later one to be sure.

Good luck everyone!!

Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 5 Oct
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 AF due 8 Oct
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 16 UCL 27-28 AF due 13 Oct
Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov

Morning all. I've been away with work and glad to be home. Brought some Danish pastries for the bus.

Jigglebum and Teds - I had a chemical pregnancy in January. From what I understand the egg does get fertilised but doesn't implant properly so AF arrives. I did feel pregnant & got a BFP on the day AF was due(but it was faint & took a while to come up). AF turned up 4 days later.

It's good to see there's lots of company on the bus

Welcome to all the new passengers, this bus is a good one!

Great idea about the stats Ravenlocks. 31st Oct seems a long way off for me though, wish I could fast forward a bit.

jigglebum I hadn't heard about the morning thing, maybe I'll try that this month. These are all the tips I've heard or read, no idea if they're correct, not worked for me yet!

1. Don't smoke (also important man doesn't smoke too because smoking affects sperm quality)

1. Limit alcohol drinking

1. Take pre-natal vitamin incl folic acid (I take the pregnacare ones and I don't know if it's coincidence but my cycles seemed to have shortened from 35+ days to 29-30 days since taking them)

1. Zinc for man

1. Boxer shorts no tight underwear!

1. Avoid hot baths or anything that raises body temperature

1. Limit caffeine intake

1. Start Swi-ing 6 days before ovulation and for 48 hrs afterwards

1. Avoid woman on top position

10. Raise your bum in the air for 10 mins after Swi-ing, or lie on your tummy with a pillow under thighs if you have retroverted uterus

11. Try not to get up for 15 mins afterwards

And I'm sure there are others that I've forgotten. Has anyone got any other top tips?

I'm still totally confused about how often to SWI, I've read conflicting stuff. Some say everyday, some say every other day, some say as much as possible etc, etc.

And of course I know people who don't follow any of these tips and get pregnant straight away!

i'm feeling generous tonight
so I'm taking smoked salmon,tart tatin and a lovely Moscato di Pantelleria for everyone on the bus with me

Sorry I forgot to make a new contribution to the bus snacks! I am sharing a lovely bottle of wine with you all, along with a delicious plate of cookies (choc chip) and muffins.
Here's to us all having a lovely bus journey this month and hopefully quite a few arrivals at the destination, especially for you ladies who have done a fair few bus tranfers already.

Thanks for the welcome all. And the chocolate!

hippyhen I hope your appointment goes well and your Dr is better than mine ( I saw 3 over the past 9 months and the one I saw yesterday admitted that he's justa generic so he can't help me with specific fertility problems..I guess I need to appreciate his honesty!!!LOL )

Wombat33 welcome aborad!
so sorry to read about your MC sending you virtual hugs and some nice virtual chocolate!
allthatjazz hi there my cycles are a bit irregular too ince January I had 22/20/22/22/23/24/35/24/25/26 and this cycle I'm on CD 36 and waiting for AF to make an appearence.
IF I managed to get PG this month it's a miracle considering we only had sex twice... did a test yesterday and one today and they both came up negative so I'm not hopefull...I think I'll go an treat myslef to a glass of MArtini cheers girls

updating my details...

Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 5 Oct
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 AF due 8 Oct
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 16 UCL 27-28 AF due 13 Oct
Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?

I added myself to the list...

Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 5 Oct
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 AF due 8 Oct
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 16 UCL 27-28 AF due 13 Oct
Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL?? AF due ?? (CD1 on 5/10)
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?