Just MC and ready to try again? Pack your cake, wine and tightie whities and join us for more ranting, weeping and most of all laughing! All welcome! (Part 12)

Ooh, love the new available. Does alcohol (of the real variety, rather than the virtual!) the night before increase temp the following morning?

Velvet you go and enjoy yourself, perhaps you can remind your DH that being relaxed and happy has a positive effect on TTC so going out is in fact a vital part of the grand plan!

Izzy the cake still sounds good - if its covered in chocolate it will be delicious in any case. Reading that has made me want to bake too - last time I made Nigella's chocolate guinness cake, might look that recipe out tonight. Any recipe that starts by melting an entire pack of butter into a can of guinness, then adding chocolate, has to be good.

DW , Pink and Izzy thanks for the acupuncture info , will do some googling this afternoon.

Blackkat pleased you had a good day yesterday, hope today is good too. It was really useful reading your info on monitoring and clomid too.

Mouse your list sounds perfectly reasonable to me too. If you find the magic cure please do share!!

Chloe did you POAS yet? Keeping everything crossed for you (well, nearly everything).

Can I sign up for the SMEG plan too, as soon as af arrives.

Sorry for the self-pitying post the other day. Feeling much better today and a lot more relaxed about everything. Have been tracking temps and although I'm on day cycle day 48, ff isn't predicting af til end of next week - first month charting so really interested to see if this is right.

you can't put your life completely on hold for three weeks every month until you get your bfp - you'll go mad! Fx you've done enough anyway.

I'm still waiting for ov, and not sure that cbfm has got it right (is still on low, should have gone to high by now) so we'll see...

I have a feeling yrmotb might be away for the weekend but anyway x

mummya how did the secnod counselling session go?

Hello all,
In the interests of science I am pleased to report very good results from the grapefruit juice
BUT may need to take me off the SMEP list for this cycle as DH had emergency root canal treatment this am [serious pain emoticon]
He's asleep now from the painkillers so there may be some hope for later
Will update progress tomorrow

right time to catch up :)

hadrian have a great time. I am very too!

I love Red Dwarf too to those who have been talking about it. It reminds me of my mispent youth

orange glad to see you are venturing out and that things seem to have settled down for you.

AandR i am also jealous of your building plans. I'm all excited at the moment coz we are getting our bathroom done so dont know how I would be about a whole house!

helloooo Izz yrmotb how are you 2 getting along? Quite a bit of SWI but I wasnt expecting it to be on day 13 thats all even though thats when I had loads of eggnog. DH also REFUSED to DTD this morning even though bil was not in because I am going out tonight and he says that proves that I am not commited to having a baby. He thinks I should only have a life during AF. I can't carry on like that!

Mummya I'm glad that your counselling went well and that DH is keen - at least that's part of the battle won!

and anyone I've missed

hadrian have a fab time x

velvet why the panic? Did you get plenty of swi in?

orange the Victoria sponge cake didn't rise properly and was more of a Victoria sponge biscuit which we had to disguise by smothering in melted chocolate so don't be you're on your way now so soon it will be your turn to trash the kitchen with dcs while making very bad cakes

Cd14 here and cbfm still on low - this is unheard of. Had a most impressive temp jump this morning which would seem to indicate otherwise, but then again that may just have been the

Hurrah just sitting on the plane waiting for take off so thought I'd have a quick catch up. Am so excited! Still no sign of AF which is a bit frustrating but think I'll worry about that when I get back.

Oops better go as I'm being told to turn my phone off. Have a great couple of weeks ladies and here's to the SMEG SMEP experiment!

grrrr just did a huge post n lost it!

in summary;

hello to all
I've got FF crosshairs a day earlier than expected so I'm panicking (for no reason lol).

Will be back to catch up later properly

Nix I hope you're having a nice rest after your 1st week back
DW glad to hear you're feeling a bit better, no need to apologise we all have off-days - or weeks in my case
AandR I'm so if your building plans, and so looking forward to hearing about it. I just want to sell our pesky flat we've rented out then we can buy a house
Knitter glad you're making progress on FF and chart. Someone said that TCOYF says rely on body signs 1st so must be something in it
Mummya glad the counseling is helping, it's a good positive step. My counseling helped me no end, and I went back for a top-up session last week to sort me out. Well worth it
Chloe me and DH love Red Dwarf! When it was time to leave work the other day I sent him a text to 'break out the jet powered rocket pads and junior bird man the hell outta here' too far?
Izzy at Victoria sponge and wistful thinking about doing that with a dc one day
Mouse sorry you still have a BFP, fx your list happens soon

Curry was good even if I do say so myself. DH sounded a bit surprised when he complemented it cheeky! I'm venturing out first time on my own to go shopping today, silly as that sounds, since my bleeding [brave smile]

Just been lurking and found a thread in the mc section on acupunture and ttc which i though might be of interest to those talking about it....can't remember who. click here

Will post properly tomorrow, as i am too!!
xx

Thanks for asking Izzy first good day for 3 weeks, haven't cried once! Amazing.

blackkat hope you're doing ok x

scrap that, = even better!

time to turn off pc methinks...

First evening on the , just the one tho, since mc and before that October.

The slightly hazy view of the world makes it all seem so much better.

velvet cd13 here and I'm on the . The real that is, not just the virtual! we will get off the thread one day, until then no point living like a nun though!

hi Izz I agree the list is v strange. I'm drinking beer on cd15 which means I have absolutely given up hope of ever getting off this thread. Ah well, I had to start living again at some point :)

Hope everyone is having a good Friday night - I'm enjoying the rugby

The list looks odd these days, doesn't it? The TTC list is shorter than either the grads or the recent bfps!! Which is absolutely fantastic of course, but after so long of having a huuuuge list to shuffle every time it's updated, it just looks a bit odd!

< waves to mummya aandr mouse velvet blackkat lili chloe cep yrmotb lily and all our lovely diffeders and anyone else around tonight - passes round the >

well im not opking so i guess im somewhere in the middle!

SMEPers

1. AandRMum
2. Zamster
3. MummyA
4. Izzy
5. YRMOTB
6. Velvet
7. Collie
8. Knitter
9. Chloe55

Hmm that only leaves around 3 in the control group!

mouse totally in agreement with your five points.

Had the same conversation with my gynae ward today. Total rubbish - thinking of you

Going to need a couple of these while DH watches the bloody rugby, Cheers!

FRIDAY'S LIST

Chloe55 TTC #2, cycle 5 post MC#2 UCLrandom CD28
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2, MC#2, cycle 6 UCL 25-30 CD25
BackOnceAgain TTC#3, Cycle 6 UCL28-32 CD21
Getawiggleon TTC#2, Cycle? UCL28-32 CD20
AandRmum TTC3 cycle 4 UCL29 CD 16
Velvetcu TTC #1 Cycle 6 UCL 30-33, CD15
ZamMummyInGabs TTC#3 cycle 2 postMC#2 UCL26-28, CD14
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 cycle 7 UCL 24-30 CD13
Loola2shu TTC#3 Cycle 6 UCL35-38,CD12
Youremindmeofthebabe TTC#2, Cycle 6 UCL33 CD11
Kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 6 ucl28, CD7
Cep TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL24-28 CD7
Ochaye TTC#3 cycle 1 UCL 31 CD5
MummyAbroad TTC #2, cycle 2 (Post AS Op)) UCL28 CD4

WTTC
Choccybick TTC#1 (post mc1) cycle 6 UCL 27
Barrenbrook TTC#1, MC#4 Oct 2010
Hadrian TTC#1, MC#1 Dec 2010, WTF cycle
Mousebacon TTC#2 MC#2
Collie TTC#1 MC#1 Dec 2010

MIA
BrownB TTC#1 cycle 1 (post MC2) UCL 24-26

RECENT BFP's
Digitalgirl TTC#2, MC#3 Oct 2010
Emoo TTC#2, Cycle 1 (post MC1) UCL 26-30, 30/1/11
DachshundsRule TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL28 CD31 BFP 25 Jan 2011
Hairytriangle TTC#1 cycle 1 (post MC2) UCL ?28 BFP Jan 2011
Tigger15 TTC#2 cycle 22 UCL24-9 CD29 BFP 16 Jan 2011
Pinkfondantfancy TTC#1, cycle 5, UCL 28-35 CD29 BFP!!
Lemonsherbert BFP 18 Jan 2011
HongKongBaby#2, cycle 5 (post mc1), UCL 37, CD30 BFP 18 Jan 2011
MamaPower TTC#1, cycle 5 (post MC#2) UCL 25- 27 CD28
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 3 (post MC) UCL 31
LadyBee TTC#2, cycle 5 (round 3) UCL27 CD27
Owlbooty TTC#1, cycle 5
Nickstermum TTC#2 cycle 2 post MC UCL 30-40
PrettyQuichey TTC#1, (round 7) UCL 28-30
Lovebeingadaddysgirl TTC#? WTC cycle
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2

RECENT GRADUATES
BUnderthebonnet BFP 20 June
Muser BFP 22 June
northerngoldilocks - BFP 12 July
Magic8ballhastheanswers BFP 14 July
Hopefully BFP 22 July
IvySedai BFP 1 August
PenguinsMummy BFP 15th August
VivClicquot BFP 25 August
Loopymumsy BFP 29 August
CaribouMoo BFP 7 September
StarflowerGirl BFP 24 Sep
Appleblossoms BFP 9 Oct
Littlemiss72
Urbanlolly BFP 1 Nov
Inbetweener BFP 10 Nov

AandR I didn't really bleed much after the op just had some brown stuff (tmi) that came and went for a couple of weeks after the op.

Sign me up for the SMEP think it will give me something to focus on and knowing DH he will be more than up for DTD on a regular basis

lily06 thanks for info on charting will def give it a go

Hadrian Have a fab time!

Mummyabroad really glad the counselling went well and your DH enthusiasm is such a good sign

Evening to everyone else and hope you all have a fab weekend - I'm off now got some food to eat, wine to drink and embarrassing bodies to watch!

just a quicky as about to put ds to bed. I had a friend request on ff but when i click on the homepag or pm it just goes blank. isn't it supposed to show who it is??

oh and loving

Oooh izz my things to make and do OPK chart I made where I stuck them all down onto a sheet of cardboard showed that when I got a faint second line it went strong v. quickly, within a day or max 2. Looking good hun!

that's interesting about the cbfm. I've been doing cheapie opks as well in the afternoon, and today's had a faint second line so i think I'm gearing up to ov - will be interesting to see what the cbfm does (still going to bin it next cycle though!)