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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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anyone starting the 2ww?

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NinjaChipmunk · 30/09/2010 15:34

i'm due af on 12/10 and not sure if i can mentally make it that far on my own! anyone else care to join me?

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NinjaChipmunk · 14/10/2010 13:08

thanks afa and really sorry to hear how you're feeling. It sucks and I totally get the whole disappearing thing, sometimes its good to have a break from here as it gets inside your head too much otherwise.
still you know where we all are when you need us!

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AuntFlosAssassin · 14/10/2010 10:48

congrats on your bfp doitorelsa!! good luck with your pregnancy Smile

Hows everyone else doing?

Af arrived for me yesterday Sad. I think i might disappear for a while to wallow in self pity. been ttc for 29 months so needless to say im a bit peeved off atm. i go through stages like this every few months. i thought after the hsg in august and the +ve opk i was in with a good chance,but apparantly not.

Will just have to keep enjoying my gorgeous ds and count my blessings, and keep trying.

ninja in relation to the opks it is advised not to test first thing in the morning. though i def think testing twice a day is the best thing to do. maybe afternoon and evening would be best?

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 21:35

by that rational it should take about 8-10 months i think for me!
thats an awful lot of swi!!

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 21:13

Thanks Ninja

Its good to give your thoughts an airing to someone!

Read on average it can take 104 attempts of BD before a result.

So quite a few to go... Wink

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 21:11

maybe read up on some statistics to prove to yourself that you are well within the time it takes. 3 months is very little time even if it does feel like years and years! i think positive thinking goes a long way too.
you'll get there, it'll just do your head in on the way Wink but we are all here to help!

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 21:06

I feel I need a new hobby :)

I also can't stop thinking because I don't have any kids that maybe something is wrong.

I realise it stupid to feel like this to early into TTC but can't help it.

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 21:01

6 months. but like your friend i got pg with ds after only 6 weeks so was spared the whole ttc thing last round.
it totally takes over even if you try hard for it not too. i find i'm better when i'm at work as i'm distracted so don't think about it as much. you'd be amazed at some of the lengths people go to when ttc, its like they become possessed or something!

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 20:48

(I might hang my head in shame a bit) only 3 months. But its amazing how quickly ttc takes over everything and just about every conversation you have!

Plus had a friend that TTC for 3weeks and hey presto! Preggers. Urgh!

So I know I am being absolutley riddiculous but also can't help it bizarelly.

How long you been?

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 20:44

how long have you been trying?

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 20:40

You will likely have enough. I had loads left this month. Im not getting them again this time. No doubt AF will come since I got BFN today.

I think they stressed me out more this month than I had been previously.

Not sure what plan to adopt this time. Maybe just a shag and see approach :)

Think Ive been too clinical about it and now Im on a total downer!

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 20:34

thanks babyfever, i've bought a pack of 30 strips so should hopefully have enough, i've read a few times about testing twice a day so i think that could be a good idea.

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 20:32

Hi,

Ninja you would start using them the day after your af stops.

Can I suggest you ignore the instructions and test twice a day as you can miss the window!

I'd do a morning and an after dinner time one!

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 20:29

wow congrats doitorelsa thats lovely news. our first bfp on this thread.
babyfever and alien good luck to you two too! you never know!.

can anyone tell me if my cycle is a standard 28 day cycle what day would i start to use the ov sticks? and i guess you keep using them till you get a positive?

ooh, a bfp! on a thread I started, how lovely. Grin

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sufferingbabyfever · 13/10/2010 20:09

Great news doitorelsa!

Its always positive when you hear someone get a good result. My ERTD is late today but got a BFN.

I would like it just to hurry up and come so I can get a fresh shot at TTC. Move it ovaries (Suffering looks disapprovingly at lady style organs!).

doitorelsa · 13/10/2010 18:58

I had BFN last night. Any other symptoms? I know I am lucky, feel a bit uncomfortable about my good fortune now, but at least i struggled first time around!

alien06 · 13/10/2010 18:55

wow well done!! you are so lucky! I am on cycle 3 at the mo, ucl 31-32 and day 32 today, boobs swollen but no sign of ERTD yet but had BFN this morning so think may be late :(

doitorelsa · 13/10/2010 18:53

Thank you Alien. This is my 1st month but DS1 took ages so I am in shock! I can't believe this has happenned to us! Good luck everyone x

alien06 · 13/10/2010 18:51

congrats doitorelsa have you been trying long?
so happy for you! x

doitorelsa · 13/10/2010 18:42

Oh! BFP! Can't believe it!! Woooooooo Grin

doitorelsa · 13/10/2010 13:42

Hi, AF due today (usually when I wake up) and not here yet! Also feeling constantly sick (could be nerves) and hungry. DH buying PTK today so will do it tomorrow (if I can wait that long) if still no AF. Really trying not to get too excited...

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NinjaChipmunk · 13/10/2010 13:29

Hi peevedeve sorry af got you too. I would go for the grapefruit juice if i actually like grapefruit but I can't stand them so i think i may just rely on more water being drunk and good old conceive plus!
Have ordered my set of ov sticks too. be interested to see if it works. maybe i have a v short viable time? or maybe i ov much later than i think i do?
any news from anyone else?

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PeevedEve · 12/10/2010 21:48

Sorry AF got you ninja and missy. Arrived for me too today. I've bought a CBFM and plan to start charting this month so hopefully it will have some affect.

ninja i tried grapefruit juice last month (on advice from another thread) and I do think it made a difference for EWCM. It has to be 'not from concentrate' and I got it from the chill cabinet. I drank it from CD1 until after ov & I did notice more EWCM

doitorelsa · 12/10/2010 10:49

I have just ordered some OPKs from Amazon as I thought that way I can assume AF will arrive tomorrow and I have done something positive. I am trying so hard to convince myself I am not pg but I keep catching myself fantisizing about telling people, and have to give myself a slap on the wrist Grin I am in for such a fall!

doitorelsa · 12/10/2010 10:38

Ninja, you maybe don't need to worry about the ewcm if you are using Conceive Plus as I think this does the same job anyway. That is just my opinion though, could be wrong. I think Pre-seed is the sdame sort of thing but comes with an applicator so you can apply it near to your cervix. Who says romance is dead huh?? Did I hear somewhere that eating grapefruit can help produce more...?

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NinjaChipmunk · 12/10/2010 09:29

afa there will be mil, fil, sil, bil, 1 x auntie, 2 x uncles, 3 x family friends, plus both my parents.
from friday till sunday.
and sil is pg.
and mil is mega clucky about said pg.

GOD HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankfully they aren't actually staying in our tiny flat but still.......

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