The July Bus

Hello can I buy my ticket please? The nastiest AF has got me today. I've bought brownies and cava to cheer us along :)

Bit of background- TTC#2 have a gorgeous DS. Have PCOS, had Clomid now having a break and going au-naturale.
Have very iregular cycles so still bit unsure of LP and cycle length.
So-
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?

First time on a bus, its nice and cosy :)

Welcome Wombat especially with the cheese!

Very sorry to hear your MC news - lots of MN hugs for you from the July passengers.

Plenty of first timers on this bus, really hope it's our lucky month.

Any updates from the front of the bus? Have my fingers crossed for you...

Hello July bus ladies! May I join?? I come bearing choclate, wine and blue cheese for those at the back of the bus and 'virgin' mojitos for those at the front!!!

We're ttc our first. Had a MC last month and have been told we have an uphill struggle due to genetics issues, but we're trying to stay positive! DH is due to be away on business at the crucial time this month, but I'm hoping maybe this will make me relax a bit (some hope... :)) and if we SWI when we can then you never know...!!!

I've 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

Hello all - welcome to all the new passengers, especially those from the June Bus. I've been away for a few days and missed the alcohol, cake and general ttc madness

Great idea on the date stats Ravenlocks and thanks to Knitter for sorting out.

Jigglebum on another thread I read a few people talking about a 'chemical pregnancy' with people saying they got a BFP before AF was due but then they got BFN a few day later and AF arrived. Not really sure what this is?!

I have bought an OPK this month... My obsession is clearly growing...

Hello again - and hello Jigglebum, I know just what you mean about seeming to get loads of symptoms. I suppose it must happen that an egg gets fertilized but doesn't implant. On the other hand personally I'm very suggestible and I know I can make associations of symptoms which I just wouldn't see if I weren't looking for them.

I made our first doctor's appointments (for this Monday). Have a smear booked for this afternoon too - joy of joys.

I got copies of Toni Weschler's book and Zita West's "Plan to get Pregnant" so I've been reading like mad! Very interesting. I suspect our problems might focus on lack of sex on the right day, poor diet from me and perhaps the result of a childhood operation for DH. We will address the first two, I'll start keeping charts, and perhaps a test will give some idea about the sperm count.

I've also decided to stop taking the strong red clover infusion I was because I think it's giving me muscle pains.

stats for today

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)

Goodmorning Ladies
A big welcome to the new arrivals jugglebum the two bottles of red wine are accepted!!!!The month I fell pg with DS1 ( my lucky mistake, as I call him cause I was on the pill) I was in Italy and went out 4 nights in a row with my best friend and got wasted Came back to the UK and found out I was with child So IF I managed to get pg this time, even this one will be a child of the booze!!!!! the day after I ovulated I went to see my newborn niece and was the only one there who helped herself to the bubbly we had opened to celebrate the birth
Went to see the GP yesterday and he apologised for the way the other two Drs treated me and admitted the GP don't know much about fertility cause they are just generic Drs and that I was sort of wasting my time with them cause I need a specialist to look at y charts and tell me what's the best action plan...Got my consultant appointment through and it's ont he 18th of November...6 weeks away...gosh

Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct

Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 CD8

Can I join please?

Fell off the June bus hard and taken a few days to recover, but raring to go again.

Afternnon ladies - I have finally fallen off the June bus, after a long journey and I'm scrambling aboard this one instead. Decided to bring along lots of red wine for the journey this time as 2 months of very little drinking and too much planned SWIing doesn't seem to be working for us.

My stats

Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 November

That is actually a very depressing thought that I have to wait until Nov to know. I was so convinced that we had been successful ths month. I had loads of symptoms I thought - but clearly not. Is it possible to be pregnant for just a few days and it not "take" so to speak?

I thought we had done everything right last month so after extra tips if you have any. Have bought DH zinc tablets as have read this is meant to be good and someone mentioned SWIing in the morning can be more effective. Not ideal for us with a toddler but we can try. Any other top tips?

I think I will cry if another friend announces they are pregnant. none of my friends seem to have had any problems at all with TTC no 1 or 2.

I love the optimisim of me getting AF on 23rd October - I will eat my hat if my cycle is that organised.

It does seem a really good idea to have dates and will hopefully prevent me from POAS until 24th at least!

Feel really tired at the mo - LO is waking me up at 1am and 5am, crying loudly for 30secs to a minute (yes really that short) and then going back to sleep, unfortunately I lie there wondering whether she has gone to sleep or is just building up to another drama.. am I crazt TTC#2?

Good call on the change Ravenlocks

Well, I am shattered. DP has a chest infection and so the last two nights one of us has slept in the spare room.
I have starting temping as best I can but there's no way i'm going to manage the same time every morning, but i think for now at least it feels like i'm taking control.
I also have this stuff my herbalist gave me.......blimey it tastes foul, something that tastes that bad surely must be good for me I'll cry if i don't get pregnant this month, not sure how long I can tolerate taking it for!

AT long last! I think my bus ticket is here for tomorrow morning. Just a little spot of a bus ticket now, the conductor will be inspecting at 6am. But, if someone is doing a list tomorrow, could they please paste me in? I'm off to mainline some feminax!

kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 CD1

My partner has at least 4 family members with july birthdays, reckon it ought to be lucky for me!

fledtoscotland I know just what you mean about the opks. It is particularly hard during the "moment" when you know it is "the right time" too. And then when it doesn't come to anything it is worse. too much pressure!!

Aw, sorry you are . Good though about seeing the doc, hope it goes well, let us know about your experience. Sending you lots of positive vibes.

ok, I apology for the spelling....watching a movie at the same time

It would be nice but I don't feel very hopeful tings are tooooo weird at the moment.I did 1 PGtest and it was negative...did two OPKs and the morning one was very positive but the second one this late afternoon was not positive. THe seond line was there, very visible but not as dark as the control line.
I'm seeing the DR tomorrow and I'm going to see if I an get some blood test done but several times throgh the next cycle sot hat we can see what my hormones are during during the various phases

On that basis - go Luce, let you be our first grad!

Thanks Ravenlocks - genius! I think that's a great idea. Saves all the updating & slips that go with

Ravenlocks I think you had a good idea!!!!

good idea ravenlocks makes it easier to read thread without all the three-times-daily stats updates. I'm all in favour.

Still wish I could add myself though.....

Hi everyone,

Am bored tonight. DH is out on a night out. So I am MN'ing.

One thing I have just been pondering... why do we do the stats as we do, that need updated all the time? If we listed AF due date rather than CD, we only need to update when someone joins or leaves the bus, or when someone who is charting has a change in AF date coz of knowing when they ovulated etc. Did it based on longest cycle length.

What do you think? Flip it back if you don't like it. I may be breaking MN law or s'thing. It has passed the time on a dull Monday night, however!

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
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 26 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

queenrollo I have the same situation in reverse! My partner has a son with a previous girlfriend. It is me that wants the I created it feeling! I see it in other people and want it for me too. When i type it like that it sounds rather selfish, but it isn't, it is something in me that I can't really express in words. A strong need.

FHG - hope the weekend goes well.
hippyhen hope you have some luck with the doctors. A hard step to take for you maybe, but the start of achieving your goal perhaps?

luce wish i had that with all the ewcm! I can barely get any at the so-called right time! Let alone any extra supplies!

Phew - it worked! Looking forward to the journey & lots of luck for many BFPs :)