TTC a 2012 baby, this is (still) our year!!!

I know mrssparky we were supposed to be moving on the 5th but the landlord accepted another months rent from the current tenants, so we can't move now til 17th I was not amused. We are going to sign a contract tomorrow so that they can't do it again. I'm really excited about moving though the house is so much nicer than where we are now! and lots of extra space for when we need a nursery!!!

Sorry to hear that Wouldbe. :(
I'm on CD 17 bot not Ov'ed yet. Has anyone tried Pre seed? Does it make any difference to conceiving? I have bought some to try this month.
Ooh all the best with moving babybrain, so close to Christmas! Yeah I agree you'll need all the energy you can muster for all the packing and unpacking!!

Good luck for next month wouldbe I'm holding out for a new year BFP, were moving house on 17th Dec so am kind of (dare i say it) hoping we don't get one this month, I will need all the energy I can get for moving. Would be happy if I did get it this month though obviously! how's everyone else getting on? It's been a bit quiet in here!!

hi mrssparky. did a test yesterday and BFN, and then AF got me last night and have had really bad cramps this morning. oh, well. it's all about next month now!

wouldbe did you do a test today?? x

Have a glass of wine peapop and keep your chin up, your body is probably just getting back to normal, I'm sure it will sort itself out soon....

Def my body being weird, af got me today and at only 9 dpo too

Thanks for thoughts on drinking - think I'll stick to the odd at beginning of cycle. Tis nearly Christmas after all!
peapop I had that last month - but like you I've mc recently so assumed it was just my body being a bit confused.

I've never been a big drinker, and I've cut back a lot. I have a bit when AF is actually here (not usually more than 1 small glass of wine for maybe 2 or 3 nights, if it's the weekend, maybe not if it's in the week - but possibly 2 glasses the first day!), but stop as soon as that's tailing off, so by CD 3 or 4, and don't have any the rest of the month. For one thing, my tolerance limits have plummeted!

I'm finding cutting back on the coffee is harder! I know you can have some, but I'm trying to limit it. I only drink coffee at the weekend now, and I'm switching to rooibos (don't know how to spell it) and other caffeine-free teas for some of my tea-drinking (I drink a lot of tea!) DH has also cut his alcohol right back, but nothing would tear him away from his coffee! but coffee in the week is my treat when AF turns up!

peapop I have had that this month. had a really clear OPK stick, and then loads of EWCM about a week later, which made no sense, but then my cycles never do, so I just assumed it was being as stupid as usual. don't know why it happens, though. sorry I can't help more.

CD21 here. had my blood test taken. not sure when I'm going to try to hold out til before I test. Sunday would be my earliest test date, but I might try to wait until Tues/Wed of next week.

Hi ladies, just a quick one I'm afraid and possibly a tmi I'm on cd34 (post mc so in for the long run this month) and fertility friend says I'm 8dpo. Today I have had a lot of ewcm and I mean a lot!! I've definitely had a rise in temp so I think I trust fertility friend that I ovulated on cd26 but where has this ewcm come from?? I've never had this much before. Anyone else had this? Is it just my body going a bit loopy after mc?

I don't drink at all, just because I don't like it, so sorry I cant help. I don't see it making much difference to whether you conceive or not though. This last month I even tried to cut down on the caffeine, but it didn't work. :( Ooh you're in about same place in your cycle as me....hope we both (all) get BFPs this month!!
Anyone anywhere near testing day yet?xx

Thanks for the welcome! I'm right at the beginning of a cycle - cd6 today - so feeling quite positive.
Can I ask how much or whatever you drink, if anything? I'm not a big drinker but tend to drink 'normally' for me until a few days before ovulation which if I'm going out a few times that week might be 4-6 units. Wondering whether I'd be better off giving up altogether. What do you reckon?
The coffee however... no way I'm doing without that!
Hope everyone's had a good day.

Welcome CautiousOptimist I also hope your stay here is short! I've stopped talking to friends about ttc, as I'm sick of them asking if I've done a test, gets me down! So I'm really grateful to have this place to vent! :)
I'm cd 7 now so still early days, have been temping and charting, lets me feel like I'm doing something.

welcome CautiousOptomist! delighted to have you with us and hoping your stay is short! we also have a lovely graduates thread for all those who have gradated from this thread but didn't want to say goodbye to friends made - so let's hope we'll all be on there soon!

DH and I started trying about a year ago too, and I very foolishly assumed it would all happen very quickly...... I got excited about a positive OPK stick this month - my first positive anything!

so share anything you like - rants welcome if you need to get it off your chest. we always have and and for those got by AF. welcome!!

Hi all,
Mind if I join you? I've just read through your thread and it sounds like such a familiar rollercoaster - would be wonderful to be able to share it with you all as I think I'm in danger of driving DH and certain friends crazy with talking about it!

It's almost exactly a year since we naiively decided to 'see what happens'. I got my first BFP on cycle 7, had a mmc days before my 12 week scan, jumped back on the wagon after the summer and had a chemical pregnancy last month. .

Sorry, this is a fairly depressing way to introduce myself - but I know from reading your thread that many of you have been through the same and I'm sorry to hear of your losses. You're all still going, still hoping, still shagging, which gives me hope, and as the name suggests I am by nature an Optimist (if a little Cautious after the last year).

Good luck everyone. We'll get there. Sorry for the long post!

Here are my stats:

CautiousOptimist (29) TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL 28-32 days AF due 10 December

hey all, hope you're having good weekends. beautiful weather here!

went to the doctor this week. she was very nice, and said that nothing I had told her about my (extremely annoying and over-heavy cycles etc) caused her concern. she's going to get another progesterone test done just to check, but she thinks I'm ovulating ok. and poor DH is going to get his tests done too. he can 'produce his sample' at home and then take it in, keeping it warm! I'm trying to moderate my laughter with sympathy, and he's taking it very well. of course it's serious, but I think we both have a strong sense of how ridiculous some of the practicalities are. I think he'll get a taxi - imagine taking it in your pocket on the bus!

so the doctor recommended trying for a few more months, since my cycles were so irregular in the last year, but set a deadline after which we'll go to the next stage. so I guess by April we'll be putting our names on the waiting list. but after trying some more, the next step is full IVF, which I'm reluctant to go into unless we have it - it's a really big deal! proper medicine, surgery etc, so not going to rush into that. we'll be entitled to 1 cycle on the NHS, and then if we need more, we'll have to find the money.

but for now, I'm assuming we will be successful before it comes to that. Nov went well. lots of SWI at the right time, so FX. am nearly half way into the 2ww now. so if it's next month will be using monitor, OPK sticks and hopefully temping to really try to get this done! treading a fine line between staying positive and preparing myself for this all getting much more complicated.....

sorry, lots about me there. FX for those with tests coming up, and bon voyage for those leaving AF behind!!

That happened to me too last cycle.. Weird.

hmm, something really not quite right here. AF is here AGAIN after just 2.5 weeks. Last AF must have been a fake one. very odd. Will stay at 30 days UCL but who knows what's going on.

freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30 days AF due 10 December

Go Babybrain!! AF over for me too, so I'm giving temping a go, and will be pestering DH as from now! :) I've heard baby news from about 4 different friends this week, seems like there's a bit of a baby boom going on...hope we can all join it. I really wanted to be pregnant before Christmas.

Right, that's it, AF out of the way... I am determined to make much more of an effort this month after our break... My app says that my fertile time is next weekend, so to be on the safe side, I shall be badgering DP all next week right into the weekend-whether he likes it or not! I will get pregnant again!!!

I temp mrssparky it is really easy and I do find it very helpful, also gives you something to do to help make it feel like you're actively doing something if you see what I mean

I think the advice for night waking is if it's near the time you usually get up then take your temp then but if its in the middle of the night then wait til morning as you need to try and do it at the same time each day. I use fertility friend website to chart mine and it is really helpful, loads of advice to help.

I'm on cd29 and fertility friend says I ovulated on cd26 which took me by surprise really as thought it would be a really long cycle as post mc. Don't think we really swi enough to be in with a chance but I'm not putting any pressure on myself this month. Obv I would be over the moon if it did happen, I suppose I'm a bit scared to get my hopes up so soon after mc.

Hope everyone else is ok, anyone due to test??

Thanks Peapop and Babybrain. Im determined not to get as obsessive this month. It ends up being all I think about and then when I'm getting bfn I am miserable the whole day!
For those that have been temping, how easy is it?? I read you need to do it at the same time each morning and after at least 3 hours sleep. So if you get up for the loo in the night, 3 hours before you get up will temps be inaccurate? Thinking of giving it a go :)
How is everyone else getting on? xxx

And welcome mrssparky too

Hi 1sttime and welcome xbox

Well, my cycles have continued to get shorter....this months was 21days.... AF arrived this morning, how on earth am I supposed to work out the best time to dtd if they keep getting shorter?!?!?! grrr

Hows everyone else doing? Anyone got any symptoms??

Hi All, Havent been on here for a while, was getting a bit obsessive!! will try and catch up with everything but could take a while!
Congrats to all the bfp's while i have been away.
Now been diagnosed with pcos and am no longer having periods, any advice on how to get them back would be appriciated!! Getting a bit fed up with it all to be honest, any other pcos's who have any advice on how to deal with pcos or anything that might be of any help please let me know. It would be great appreciated.

Updated the stats :-

eurochick (35) TTC#1 Cycle 11, UCL 25-30 days, AF due 19-20 Oct(ish)
AhsataN (24) TTC #2 cycle 1 UCL 28-32 AF due 3rd Nov
Fishpants (24) TTC #1 Cycle 1 UCL 30-37 AF due 10-12 Nov (ish)
Babybrain3 (29) TTC#3 Cycle 7 ucl 28 days AF due 12 Nov
Lugsie (26) TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 30-32 days AF due 22 Nov
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 30 days AF due 22 Nov
Wouldbemum (32) TTC#1 Cycle 11 UCL 27-31 days AF due approx 23rd Nov
Poppyjen (29) TTC#2 Cycle 2 post mc UCL ? AF due ? (will update later)
Springles (?) TTC#2 Cycle 5 UCL ? AF due ?
LittleJesmiah (29) TTC#? Cycle 13 UCL 32-47 AF due ?
1sttimetryer (26) TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL ? days AF due ?

Not Counting

Summerbird73 TTC#2 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update
Vegasmum (?) ttc#3 cycle 3 (post mc in feb)
Weimy (35) TTC#1
BraveGirl (37) TTC#2
LouLou (27) TTC#1
Twinkle (34) TTC#2 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update
Peapop (29) TTC#1 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update

MIA

JamaicanSunshine (?) TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 30-60days AF due 1st July
Shonajg (36) TTC#2 Cycle 11 UCL 28 days AF due 11th july
Itsohsoquiet (?) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 34 days AF due 11th July
Signet (?) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 34 days AF due 26th July
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 26 AF due 6 August

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