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Let's make some May babies

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louloubellamozzarella · 23/07/2011 21:12

The end of July is drawing near; SWI with DP hasn't been as frequent as hoped; and I've decided to err on the side of caution.

So. Here's a thread for anyone else hoping to make a beautiful May 2012 baby.

I am 27 and TTC #1. Been on pill for an age so unsure of cycles. Only been trying for a couple of weeks - the more I type the more I note my wild optimism!!

Anyone else who knows more about this business than I do? Please come and give me some hope that a May baby might be at all possible :)

OP posts:
orangehead · 14/08/2011 22:03

Yes love the parkruns Loulou, recommend them. I think they have really helped increase my speed rather than just plodding along by myself.
Welcome MoominGirl
Oh catsy I dont know what to say. Hope you get answers soon

Catsycat · 14/08/2011 21:58

Hi cosmic and rusulka, can I join you in being rather fed up??? Another BFN this morning, AF was due today, but the old witch has obviously gone somewhere else.... Am convinced this was a chemical pregnancy, because I had 2 faint but definite positives from two different makes / types of test, then BFNs every morning since, added to the late AF, it doesn't look good :(. Feel crampy, boobs nearly exploded last night, weeing lots but probably down to the Dukan diet! Weight loss has slowed too, which always happens when dieting and coming up to AF, even though I have kept to the diet absolutely to the letter and am actually enjoying it .

Now just waiting for AF to start so I can have the day 3 tests, and hopefully start ttc again. At least my GP is back from his hols after the bank holiday, so can talk to him about whatever is happening... Confused

Hello and good luck to the newbies - hope you will get the May babies you want!

MoominGirl · 14/08/2011 21:57

Hi all,

Can I have a seat on the May bus plz? Missed the April one so am currently enjoying a nice big glass of Wine

Have added my stats below.

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
ChocolateWindmill TTC#1 AF due 20th/21st Aug ish
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Kduke748 (32) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
MoominGirl TTC#1 (31) AF due 11th Sept
mskatemc (35) TTC#1 AF due 12th September
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

Good luck everyone :)

Original poster
louloubellamozzarella · 14/08/2011 20:45

Ah sorry to hear you're having a rough time of it cosmic and Rusulka - sending a glass of Wine your way - and sounds like you could both do with drinking it in a nice hot bubbly bath. Hope you get the chance to chill out and take the pressure off TTC a bit. Sometimes it's good just to step back and not beat yourself up too much about it. Or if in doubt; beat up a pillow - works for me :)

Hey pinkapples - hope it turns out well for you.

orangehead and others - don't want to turn this into a parkrun thread; but do you enjoy it?? I signed up well over a year ago but have still not hauled my lazy ass to one yet - shameful!

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orangehead · 14/08/2011 20:35

Welcome pinkapples, sorry you having difficult time

pinkapples · 14/08/2011 19:55

Hey, I've been lurking a bit tryin not to get to into it as it always ends in disappointment but thought I'd post now Smile

Im on CD 11 ttc 1 so SWI starts tonight every other day for the foreseeable! Grin not doing opk's as I have pcos and when I have done them in the past they said I ovulated I didn't so best to leave it.

Had 6x Clomid and have an apt on the 30th so if this cycle is unsuccessful theyshould move me onto something else... Fingers crossed it works tho I have had enough now Sad

orangehead · 14/08/2011 19:16

Hope you get sorted Rusulka, how frustrating.
Glad you had a good holiday loulou
Welcome chocolate and duke
Sorry you got chucked of bus Sassy,I always sulk at the back of bus for a day or two then Im back in full swing. Here have a Brew and cake. I think you need some too cosmic, I had a day like that a couple of days ago, hope you feelng better soon.
mildertduck Grin
I do the parkruns too Badger and Quenelle

Rusulka · 14/08/2011 18:25

Well, I don't have any new sticks to pee on because the wanker DH talked me out of it saying they were a waste of money.

ARGH!

I guess he's right- if my 10mIU ones aren't picking it up, what hope have I got with less sensitive ones? It'd just be more bad outcomes to upset me.

This morning's internet cheapie came out with a neg- not even a vague possible. WTF is going on??? Still no AF, and tomorrow it will be a week late.

Keep getting tight pains on my lower left side at front, so have convinced myself it is ectopic. Hoo-bloody-ray.

Going to ring GP tomorrow and try to arrange an appointment- maybe they can do me a blood test to confirm, nothing else is bloody working.

I just want to know what's going on!

CosmicMouse · 14/08/2011 18:04

Arrgh, am in a miserable pit of symptom spotting and pessimism and general pissed off-ness SadAngry

Got every flamin' symptom under the sun, yet am only 7dpo. Feel up and down like a yo yo. DH is ill and I have precisely zero compassion. I'm currently annoyed because he was talking about takeaway and then changed his mind to beans on toast at the last minute. So he's fed, and I'm sat here fuming because I now want takeaway. And even if I didnt, there arent any more beans. Unreasonable. Moi? Blush

Roll on thursday so I can put myself down out of my misery.

mskatemc · 14/08/2011 17:27

Hello again, put myself back at the bottom of the list and added ChocolateWindmill.

Also ordered preseed, thermometer and ovpks from Amazon... ready to go.

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
ChocolateWindmill TTC#1 AF due 20th/21st Aug ish
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Kduke748 (32) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
mskatemc (35) TTC#1 AF due 12th September
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

Original poster
louloubellamozzarella · 14/08/2011 16:19

Well hello again people! I'm back from beautiful hols on the Italian riviera (dahling). Why the hell isn't it sunny here?! Hmm Got plenty of SWI done so fingers crossed for a baby with a ridiculous Italian name.

I did try to go through the ten pages of thread that I missed while away... got as far as Manjo, sperm cups and baby dust Grin, then got sidetracked impatient so I'll have to fill myself in when I have a little more time. Looks like we've got a few positives/possibles coming through though; great news and good luck to those who are playing the waiting game!

Annoyingly I am still stuck at the bottom of the list as frikkin AF is still a no show (well a definite AF). There's enough TTC stuff to think about without not even having any dates to go by - bastardly reproductive system. Oh well... I've been feeling a little sick in the morning for the past few days and have had a bit of tummy cramping like I'm getting my period so I'm fooling myself that I could be up the duff for the moment till I test maybe next week. Equally, it could well be AF - either way, some kind of progress would be lovely!

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ChocolateWindmill · 14/08/2011 15:30

Eek hello. This is my first ever post here and I am a little overwhelmed, only just worked out what SWI means! Blush

Have been TTC #1 for just two months, last month was rubbish as we both got really ill the week that I was ovulating, so I wasn't very optimistic.

This month has seen at lot of SWI Grin however it's also been our wedding anniversary and we've been to several birthday parties so quite a lot of wine has been consumed which I guess isn't ideal! AF due 20th - 21st so we'll see either way! I'm sure if it happens I'll only feel guilty for a short while about it's exposure to so much alcohol so early in life!

duke748 · 14/08/2011 14:07

Hi ladies. Can I join in? Just popping over from the TTC whilst breastfeediing thread.

My DP has been here on and off most of this week (he usually works away during the week) and we have been doing loads of SWI! I don't get to see him for a week or 2 now, Sad so we have done all we can for this month.

I am on day 16 of 2nd cycle since DS was born in January. I OVed day 16 last cycle, but despite 7 days of high readings on my CBFM, I am yet to have a peak. So, in essence, I am waiting for the 2 week wait! Ha!

TMI warning... We DTD 12 times this week, so I think we did the best we could possibly do! Fingers and toes crossed.

I'll have a look through the thread now, but for now, can I add myself on?

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
mskatemc TTC #1 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Kduke748 (32) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

mildertduck · 14/08/2011 13:24

I AM OVULATING FUCK YEAH!

Or at least I have the fabled egg white. Oh poor Husband is not going to know what hit him... I am doing a dance of excitement since I am so relieved that I have a clue now about what is going on downstairs. So goodness only knows what the weird symptoms have been about recently. Unless my plumbing has been going 'woohoo let's ovulate, baby! ...hang on, no, she's really stressed. Will try again later'. If that's the case, and if we conceive this month, it may be thanks to Atomic Burger in Oxford. Sure they'll be delighted by that.

Anyway congrats to the ladies with the positives! I have to say I have heard crap things about the digital sticks so I am hoping v much that they are lying to you.

Have amended my guesstimate, so the bus queue now looks like this:

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
mskatemc TTC #1 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

Sassymk · 14/08/2011 13:11

Hi ladies

AF just kicked me off the April bus 9 DPO so feeling especially shitty today! Going to and my details then plonk myself at the back of the bus and sulk!

Good luck to everyone!

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
mskatemc TTC #1 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

YeahThatsTheBadger · 14/08/2011 11:30

Thank you for the lovely welcome Smile
No Quenelle I didn't venture to parkrun-like you, rl got in the way.

DS is 3.9 and it took at least 8 months ttc. DD is 2.11 and we got her on the first go! I think because it was so easy last time we assumed it would be the same again.

Nice to hear lots of lovely +ves!
mskate hope your dog is ok
rusulka fingers are crossed for you.
Thank you catsy for the reassurance. And the detail!

threecurrantbuns · 14/08/2011 10:54

I agree puzzle, the Dr when I went with my first pregnancy almost seemed irritated and told my anything could happen so not for doing much for now Shock I was so upset esp being my first talk about worrying me.

puzzletree · 14/08/2011 10:38

msKate hope your dog is ok, how scary for you :(
Rusulka hope you get your gp sorted out soon but don't expect them to do much other than remind you to take folic acid and refer you to the midwife when you say you're pregnant. I've always gone straight to the midwife when pregnant, the gp doesn't want to see you at our surgery unless there is a problem and they've never given me a preg test, they just take your word for it!

threecurrantbuns · 14/08/2011 10:17

Hope he is ok msKate, looking like there will be a few positives coming out of this thread. I did another test this am and its definitely got two clear lines eek!

orangehead · 14/08/2011 08:41

Hope he ok mskate

mskatemc · 13/08/2011 21:11

Thanks for the nice messages, was really horrible morning/day but feel a bit calmer now. Dog is being looked after at the vet hospital while they find out what's wrong. Saw him earlier and got a little wag. He's not eaten for 3-4 days so pretty weak. Seems to be something gastric or bowel related causing low protein levels (please please don't let it be c**r). Thank goodness for insurance. Anyway I realise this is a baby not dog forum... and I do avoid saying I'm his Mummy but he is quite special to me & dh so just hoping he pulls through.

Thanks heidi for making me realise I am not quite out of the May basket, will just have to stock up on Preseed and some ovpks. And a thermometer perhaps. Amazon seems to have some good deals.

Congrats to the BFPs or the possible/faint Ps.

Rusulka · 13/08/2011 20:19

Hi everyone, thanks for all the messages of support. I did have a few 'oh my god, is that it?' moments earlier, but all false alarms, so still in with a chance.
Going to get myself some shop cheapies either tomorrow or Monday, £3.00 in Wilkinson doesn't seem too bad.
DH is v.confused about what's going on. (but usually is, so whatever).

I'm going to use my internet POAS tomorrow again, and try to get hold of some others asap. Grr. It's not that I don't trust the internet ones, I just wanted to see the words 'pregnant'... I guess the doctor will do that for me though. Still waiting for my GP registration to go through, so I guess I could always pop to the walk-in centre.

Congrats to those with promising results, fingers crossed I'll be joining you soon doing the happy dance.

Quenelle · 13/08/2011 19:51

Hi Badger! Welcome aboard Smile Did you do parkrun today? I confess I didn't due to RL getting in the way.

What ages are your 2 DC? Did it take long to fall with them?

Afraid I can't advise about oving, I tend to just go for the keeping myself topped up at all times approach (see start of thread).

Many many congrats to the mamas, 3cb and rusulka (hope I haven't missed anyone). They all sound like BFP's to me. You too Catsycat, the mixed results must be because you're still pre-AF due date.

Sorry you've had such a crap day mskate I hope your dog is better very soon.

I'm still mid-SWI. Except DH is out doing a gig tonight so I'm going to find a nice girly rom com to watch and enjoy a lovely glass of wine. Cheers all.

orangehead · 13/08/2011 19:25

Oh no mskate, whats up with your dog? Hope s/he ok.
Welcome YeahThatsTheBadger I second using temping or opk's, sometimes I get ewcm later on in cycle even though already ov

Catsycat · 13/08/2011 18:51

Hi Badger - nice to meet you!

In RL I would never introduce myself by discussing your ovulation patterns, but as this is MN... I ovulated (according to my chart and the EWCM) on day 15 this month, 8 days before my AF is expected, so I am also a late ovulator... If you want to pin it down a bit more, you could chart or try OPKs, though its a bit of a PITA!

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