TTC a 2012 baby, this is our year !!!

carlita as far as I know those kind of stats apply to a healthy couple having sex every other day throughout the cycle - I think! I don't think it can do any harm finding out about ovulation etc though to have an idea of what days are best for you

shobbs congratulations!!!!! That is wonderful news well done! I hadn't considered using ov kits as seems fairly obvious from cm - is that why you thought day 14 or was it because that's the average? Would be good to know so I can make a decision on it though I is quite tempting just as a good luck omen. Also, anyone know more detail about the 'normal' stats - ie 20% chance on any one cycle for a healthy fertile couple - is this using ov kits and charting or other indicator or is this just without using contraception iyswim? Would one's chances be improved if using kit etc? Same goes for the 'one yer is 'normal'' thing.

Oh shobbs fantastic news! So pleased for you!

Well I'm out for this month, af arrived bang on time this morning. Kind of expected it but its hard not to be a little bit disappointed. Will update my place on the stats.

Welcome emmalou - will add you to the stats

Poulette ttc1, cycle 2, UCL 28?days, BFP
fragglerocks,27 ttc#1 cycle3 ucl 33days AF due 14th April
shobbs 24, TTC 1, 33DY cycle, AF due 14th April
JustShaggingForNow (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1 UCL 29/30 days, AF due 15th April
carlitawantsababy (29) TTC#1, cycle 0, UCL 30, AF due 17th April
EsmeWeatherwax (39) ttc #3, cycle 1, ucl 31 days, AF due 19th April.
TreacleChops TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL god knows! estimated AF 20th April (ish- will be able to up date stats once i've noticed Luteal phase)
Toddle ttc#1 cycle3 ucl 24days AF due 20th April
weimy (35) ttc#1 cycle5 ucl 28days AF due 21st April
MickyLee TTC#3 Cycle2 UCL-28days AFdue-22nd April
babysadeTTC#1 cycle 4,UCL 31-33 days, AF is due 24th april (ish).
kittycat(25) TTC#3, cycle 1, UCL ?, AF due 24h April
trope, (32) ttc#1 cycle1 ucl 23-28(!)days AF due 25th April (ish!)
75sarah (35) ttc#1 cycle 3 UCL 28 days AF dues 27th April
Levana (31) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30days AF 30 April
wgm72 (34) TTC#3 cyle 2 ucl 28days AF due 30th april
wouldbemumandotherstuff (32) TTC#1, cycle 4, ucl 26-39, AF due April 30th??
Liliana (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 ucl 28 (ish) AF due 1st May
MollyDefoe (31) TTC#1, Cycle 2 UCL 31-34 days, AF due 1st May BoogiesBunny (28) TTC#1 cycle2 UCL28days AF due 2nd May
Poppyjen (29) TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL ? AF due 2nd May (ish)
eurochick (35) ttc#1 Cycle 5, UCL 25-30 days, AF due 2-7 May
Naynay80(30)ttc baby 2 circle 2 ucl28 days AF due 3rd may
Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle1 ucl27days Af due 5th May
Woody17 TTC#1 UCL36days AF due 7th May
ghosteditor (27) ttc#1 cycle 4 ucl 26-28 days due 7th May
emmaloupolman (28) ttc#2 cycle 20 28 - 35 day due 7th may
Tanif (25) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30 days AF due 8th May
orangehead (33) TTC#3 cycle 4 UCL 25-27 AF DUE 10th May
fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle ? ucl 31-38 due 12th May.
Whitegold (26) ttc#1 cycle3 ucl 30days AF due 19th May
OBeSomeOtherName (23) TTC#2 Cycle2 UCL 38days AFdue 19th May
Summerbird73 TTC#2 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update stats
gonerogue TTC#2 Cycle1 UCL-28days AFdue-?
D0gface(24)ttc#1 Had an early mc late last month, so not sure when af will arrive

IKWYM Liliana. I am so happy when friends and work colleagues tell me they are pg, and you can have 'that conversation', asking the questions, being happy for them, and then after it's like 'I want that too!! when when when??'

Haven't tried ov tests yet, but I'm kind of adding one additional effort each month, partly as a boost for myself, and partly to keep me from driving DH crazy (I'm the organised one at the best of times, so I don't want this to end up too military! he's enthusiastic at the moment and has wanted kids for longer than I have, but still, it does have to retain the fun part too!) if nothing this month, maybe I'll try the tests, as they seem to have helped shobbs

Shobbs thanks for the tip and sorry if I'm ranting - really really happy for you!

should actually go to work now! have good days, ladies!

Shobbs congratulations where did you get the uniplan tests from online eBay????

Thank u everyone for ur comments still in shock the fact my DH was working away and did the OV test the night he got back, was sure we missed our chance this time

I would recommend buying uni-test ovulation tests online, 4 of us have got pg after first month using them,

I always assumed I ovulated about 14days into cycle but unitest clearly stated I was on day 20 so was calculating wrong, I have everything crossed for u all and will be dropping in from time to see ur all doing xx

Yay shobbs so pleased for you.

Sorry to hear about AF obe

wouldbe although I class myself as on my 5th cycle thats when I started manically working out dates and all that, we've been 'casually' trying for a year and finally realised the have fun and hope style was not working for us. V frustrated now and like you EVERYONE seems to be pg. I am pleased for them but jealous too - [stamps feet] when's it my turn?!!?

Sorry, seem to be suffering from insomnia and its making me cranky. Apologise for rant - just ignore me, sure I will feel better tomorrow

Congratulations Shobbs - wonderful news and hopefully a good omen for all of us!

Am struggling to even imagine being pg at the moment. the first couple of cycles I was convinced it would happen so quickly - I mean all that effort trying not to get pg for years had to be worth something! if AF seemed to be overdue at all (my cycle varies so much it's hard to tell), I'd be drifting round the office like I had some wonderful secret, and imagining finally being able to tell people (DH and I have been married for ages and so many people will be so happy when we finally announce, and we've always insisted we'd only do it when it was right for us, and now it is right and I want to be able to make them and us happy with it!!) and then the BFN and AF again each time.

Am telling myself to be patient - taking a year or more is normal - but feels like forever!

and everywhere I go, work, friends etc everyone I come across seems to be pg!

sorry. small rant; nearly over. had EWCM on Thurs eve, Fri and Sat, and DH didn't get back from work trip til late Sat eve, so we SWIed Sat night and twice on Sunday (was also pleased to see him again ) but really convinced we have missed out for this month. right. positive thinking. there is next month.

roll on BFPs for all of us!!
plus have finally caught up reading all the posts so feel like I'm getting to know the bus a bit better!! lovely to be spending this time with you al!!

Congrats Shobbs

Can i join bus???

emmaloupolman (28) ttc#2 cycle 20 28 - 35 day due 7th may

Also i am on clomid

Oh Shobbs that's fantastic news, congratulations to you and your DH! Needed some good news today

oh, and to all though in the SWI zone, remember its a full moon tonight - whether it is true or not its got to be worth trying to harness a bit of lunar magic to enhance our chances!! (No need to do it in the open air though I don't think )

Yay shobbs what lovely news for a monday

hey ladies,

sorry ive been late in updating, did a clear blue digital pregnancy test with conception indicator today and got a BFP 1-2weeks,

i was so excited i nearly fainted, lil one asked if i was ok cos had to sit down shaking lol

rang husband and was so excited xxxxx

Hi ladies, sorry it has been an age since I last checked in...have been lurking though We found out a week or so ago that there is a chance that DH job could be relocated overseas (New York) and we have been mulling over what to do. Initially we were both enthusiastic and decided to hold off TTC until everything had been settled as neither of us fancied the stress adventure of new city, new country and new baby.

Anyway a couple of tearful heart to hearts later and we have decided not to go so its back on the bus for me it would have been interesting but with DS only being 1 I think I wouldn't have been as much fun as it sounds...hardly the SATC lifestyle!

So CD15 for me today, EWCM for the past 3 days (definitely had the most today) so we'll see what the next few days hold for my temp but fx I will actually ovulate and have normal cycle this time!

Looks like there will be a few of us testing around 2nd May

Oh no, what a pain! Yeah, it took me forever to get home too - I don't live in London, so had another train journey after I got from Southend into the capital. We landed at 8.30pm, but I wasn't home until about half midnight. Gah. I really hate travelling sometimes!

That's true. Although it took us AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGESSSSSS to get home to sauf London last night. And I got frisked at Southend and hubby had his rucksack searched. I went through Heathrow and Dulles in DC a week before with less hassle!

Yeah, the plane's were pretty uncomfortable, eurochick - and you're right, the propellers are so loud! But the whole checking-in and disembarking procedure at Southend was amazingly quick. Wonderful not to have to join a queue of 1000 people at passport control at midnight, like I had to do at Stansted a few weeks ago.

Thank you ladies. Yes, it is a relief knowing now Baby
Also a relief to be able to have a glass of wine tonight!
Feeling refreshed and positive for TTC this cycle now that I know where I stand. Although god knows where I stand WRT UCL! Will put it as 38days as that's all I have to go on.

Any news Shobbs?

Poulette ttc1, cycle 2, UCL 28?days, BFP
fragglerocks,27 ttc#1 cycle3 ucl 33days AF due 14th April
shobbs 24, TTC 1, 33DY cycle, AF due 14th April
JustShaggingForNow (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1 UCL 29/30 days, AF due 15th April
carlitawantsababy (29) TTC#1, cycle 0, UCL 30, AF due 17th April
Whitegold ttc#1 cycle2 ucl 30days AF due 19th April
EsmeWeatherwax (39) ttc #3, cycle 1, ucl 31 days, AF due 19th April.
TreacleChops TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL god knows! estimated AF 20th April (ish- will be able to up date stats once i've noticed Luteal phase)
Toddle ttc#1 cycle3 ucl 24days AF due 20th April
weimy (35) ttc#1 cycle5 ucl 28days AF due 21st April
MickyLee TTC#3 Cycle2 UCL-28days AFdue-22nd April
babysadeTTC#1 cycle 4,UCL 31-33 days, AF is due 24th april (ish).
kittycat(25) TTC#3, cycle 1, UCL ?, AF due 24h April
trope, (32) ttc#1 cycle1 ucl 23-28(!)days AF due 25th April (ish!)
75sarah (35) ttc#1 cycle 3 UCL 28 days AF dues 27th April
Levana (31) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30days AF 30 April
wgm72 (34) TTC#3 cyle 2 ucl 28days AF due 30th april
wouldbemumandotherstuff (32) TTC#1, cycle 4, ucl 26-39, AF due April 30th??
Liliana (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 ucl 28 (ish) AF due 1st May
MollyDefoe (31) TTC#1, Cycle 2 UCL 31-34 days, AF due 1st May BoogiesBunny (28) TTC#1 cycle2 UCL28days AF due 2nd May
Poppyjen (29) TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL ? AF due 2nd May (ish)
eurochick (35) ttc#1 Cycle 5, UCL 25-30 days, AF due 2-7 May
Naynay80(30)ttc baby 2 circle 2 ucl28 days AF due 3rd may
Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle1 ucl27days Af due 5th May
Woody17 TTC#1 UCL36days AF due 7th May
ghosteditor (27) ttc#1 cycle 4 ucl 26-28 days due 7th May
Tanif (25) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30 days AF due 8th May
orangehead (33) TTC#3 cycle 4 UCL 25-27 AF DUE 10th May
fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle ? ucl 31-38 due 12th May.
OBeSomeOtherName (23) TTC#2 Cycle2 UCL 38days AFdue 19th May
Summerbird73 TTC#2 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update stats
gonerogue TTC#2 Cycle1 UCL-28days AFdue-?
D0gface(24)ttc#1 Had an early mc late last month, so not sure when af will arrive

I hope you had a good time in Galway. I probably saw you at Southend airport. We flew out on Friday at 20.45 and returned from Waterford at 18:55 last night. I hated the planes. The seats were hard and propeller jobbies are always so damned noisy!

I am sure my MIL thinks I'm duffed. I am cutting down on caffeine and alcohol while I am TTC so I was refusing coffee and wine this weekend. And then I ate something dodgy so I was feeling a bit sick and refusing food on Sunday. She's going to be disappointed in 9 months' time!

whitegold I'm totally with you on not wanting mother to find out about TTC! I don't really mind friends guessing, but I certainly don't want my mum to know, for all the reasons you describe.

TBH, I've already told Friend A, whose hen do it is, that DP and I are TTC. So it would be OK not to drink at her hen do. But, weirdly, because DP and I aren't married, and don't intend to be any time soon, most of my other friends have assumed babies aren't on the cards for us either. Another friend overheard me and Friend A talking about TTC, but assumed that it must be Friend A who is planning a baby - not me. Probably stupidly, I was a little bit offended, deep down! DP and I have been together for much longer than Friend A - and I was a bit narked that just because we're not planning a wedding, we're somehow thought of as not having such a serious relationship. Or something like that. I was just being silly, anyway.

About 2 years ago, I had a whole year without drinking, sponsored (for charity), but also to establish a new relationship with booze (I'd been drinking too much before then; not worryingly too much, I hasten to add - just a bit more than I thought was sensible). So friends and family don't think it's too weird, these days, when I'm not drinking at all.

I know what you mean molly but I just don't really want the inevitable "any news yet?" questions from people who know we're trying just yet plus my mum loves to interfere help out so she'd probably start buying us things/knitting stuff for us! Lovely of her but we're just not ready for that yet. I definitely don't want anyone at work knowing as my role will change quite a lot once I'm pg - I wouldn't put it past my bosses to make a start on this now if they knew I was trying, but it could be ages away yet before its necessary iyswim. Are you planning on not drinking at all at the hen do then? I'm not so worried about events that my DH will be at too, but at the upcoming hen dos I'll have no one to hide behind! Maybe I should let my best friend in on the secret...

God I'm so distracted today - working from home but haven't managed to get much done - af due tomorrow and I can't stop thinking about it! I should put a temporary block on all pregnancy/baby related sites during working hours! No, not really

Eurochick Yes, I was on an Aer Arann flight from Southend to Galway - but it didn't go via Waterford. It was a pretty late flight on Friday night (9pm, arriving 11pm), and last night I got the 6.45 from Galway. So I don't think we were on exactly the same flight, but very similar ones. What a weird coincidence! I hope you enjoyed your time away!

So far none of my friends have really noticed that I'm not drinking, and I've just said that I'm "on a health kick" anyway - which isn't that unusual, so noone's questioned it. But normally I am a relatively heavy - no, let's say "enthusiastic" - drinker. And my best friend's hen do is in about 2 weeks time, my step-father's birthday is on Friday, and the in-laws are staying this weekend; and it will certainly look unusual if I'm not drinking for those events. Ah well, I don't really mind if people suspect we're TTC...