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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:
Tibbycat · 12/08/2011 06:41

Rusulka and puzzletree try good luck for your stick pee'ing. From what I've read, a line is a line...full stop.

For the moment I've bought a cheapo pack of p-tests from the 99p shop (3 in a pack). Do you think they're less reliable? The price would indicate so but my marketing head says the likes of clearblue just love a huge mark-up!!!

Happy weekend bonking all! My fertile day starts today and we have people over this weekend. I've warned hubby that quiet (ssshhhh) swp us in orderGrin. Xx

Mama5isalive · 12/08/2011 02:31

Name - Age - ?? no.DC - AF Date =

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th August ish
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 (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
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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

just doing some admin and arranging list in AF Date order!!!!!!!!!!

mskatemc · 12/08/2011 01:12

I don't know if I've already fallen off the bus anyway: I have POASed twice with a FR and had a BFN but attempting to wait until Monday to try again... Was totally convinced I was preggers as have had terrible heartburn and odd aches but probably wishful thinking, it is only my first proper month of SWI in terms of working out ov date etc. So I will probably have to be patient... may be a challenge!

So nice to read all your posts and feel like I am not the only one going through all these crazy thoughts and feelings.

mskatemc · 12/08/2011 01:06

Hello, I've been on this thread but fell off the list so I will add myself back if that is ok:

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th August ish
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
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 (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
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

missuswife · 11/08/2011 23:16

Thanks festiemum, that's pretty much what I guessed.

I'm confused now when I ov'd because I had a twinge around the 1st or 2nd (like cramps, low down) and thought I was ov'ing and the online ov calculator said I should ovulate between 3-8/8. But then I got a cramp on my left side for a day either on the 5th or the 8th so not sure when I actually ov'd. My friend gave me a OPK so will try that out next month if we're not lucky this month.

I've been really feeling uncuddly this week. I had to apologise to DH because I didn't want him to think I was mad at him or something. Normally we have epic cuddles at bed time (with or without BD) so I don't know why I'm not into it right now.

Keep us posted all you POASers!

KinkyDorito · 11/08/2011 22:43

Evening all Smile. I've posted on another May thread, but that seems pretty quiet at the moment. I'm ttc DC3. Well, actually, that's a bit of a fib. I had some unprotected SWOI on CD11, and now think another baby is a blummin good idea, so we'll see what happens this month. If nothing happens then I will certainly be ttc properly next month. DH will be a very happy man.

DS took a while to get. In the end I gave up trying, and had one fun night around CD8, and fell pg when I wasn't expecting to. I want to try to stay relaxed about this Hmm. It isn't a great time to be having a baby, but I get the feeling I could be waiting forever for it to be 'right'.

KinkyDorito · 11/08/2011 22:38

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 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
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 (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
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

HeidiHole · 11/08/2011 21:36

So much excitement going on on this thread. Lots of people peeing on sticks.. OPK or Pregnancy ones.. i'm on CD3 now.. is it going backward?

Mama5isalive · 11/08/2011 20:58

hi all - nice to see we have some newbies climbing aboard( sorry if your not newbie and im just assuming you are)
Cosmicmouse -our AF dates are quite close, and i have had very strong tell tell signs that im Ov-ing right now( Pain on 1 side and cramping) these have lasted 2 days so far!!!!!! today was much worse!!!!!
CatsyCat - i gave DH a nite off because he had to get up very early and he came to bed very late!!!!!!!!!!!!! will use my seductive moves tonite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont want TTC to consume me but its hard not too move with the waves when getting pregnant in the past seem to just " happen" Hmm
ahhhhh boy after all this " baby making" im going to need a hol!!!!!Grin

pillowupmyjumper · 11/08/2011 19:32

P'd OAS ...Nothing... why do we do this to ourselves?

also run into another problem, DH is finding it difficult to provide me with the 'goods' so to speak ...and does in general ... i can see this being a long old journey ahead Hmm

imisswhitewine · 11/08/2011 17:22

ooh Ive now added hope I have added correctly??

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 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
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
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 (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
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

puzzletree · 11/08/2011 17:21

Hi all, I got the first signs of a line on a cheapy ovulation predictor stick this afternoon, yay! So I'm presuming it should get stronger over the next few days and then ovulation should take place soon after getting a line as strong as the test line. Veteran testers, is this right??

A bit gutted today as the festival we were going to this weekend has been cancelled due to flooding :( and the only positive thing about this is that we'll be able to get on with baby-making without being confined to a tent shared with small children, so it had better work!!!

tipp2chicago · 11/08/2011 17:14

Just going to insert myself into the list.

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 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
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
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)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
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

TTCMrsT · 11/08/2011 15:35

Hi me and my Dh have been TTC for a while now i came off the pill about 18 months ago but we've not been lucky straight away. we've done the 'lets see what happens' bit and are now working out our dates and stuff. i'm not regular at all, that was main reason i was on pill in first place and was on it for an age too. had some time off with stress n panic attacks so dont want to start worrying too much about dates, temperatures and tests coz i know that wont help. gonna make the step to speak to the docs next week. bit worried now but i know they'll tell me not to be yet. its hard trying to explain to my DH about my irregular periods and not truly knowing the length of my cycle

Rusulka · 11/08/2011 15:22

Mamma I have been scouring the internet for info to stop me peeing on the remainder of my 25, and there is a theory that some women don't get hCG wee. I think in that case no amount of sticks in the world will help- see your doctor for a blood test.

Also, after avoiding parmesan on my carbonara the other night just in case, I just found out that both that and mozzarella are fine. Grr!

Resolve to wait until Saturday to POABOS is crumbling as DH texted from work to request it tomorrow am.

Hmm.

MammaInTheMaking · 11/08/2011 12:54

7 days late now. BFN after 3 days late :( So yesterday i ordered 25 internet cheapie tests and will be peeing on millions of sticks this weekend!

Just don't know what else to do really!

mildertduck · 11/08/2011 12:47

ARGH.

I am crampy, dizzy, nauseous, tired (which probably has more to do with accosting Mr Duck for SWI last night) and still I have had no Aunty Flo nor any sign that I have ovulated. Saying that, I chug antihistamines like sweets for my hayfever so maybe I've unwittingly dried everything up...? And (excuse the TMI) every time I check my cervix it's in a different place. I swear it's bouncing about on purpose. Conclusion: MY BODY IS TAKING THE PISS OUT OF ME.

The urge to nip out to the chemist and get a test is very strong in this one. Very strong. But not quite as strong as the urge not to spend shitloads on tests.

imisswhitewine · 11/08/2011 12:25

oops in my excitement I missed the word colour from my last post!

imisswhitewine · 11/08/2011 12:23

Afternoon all and thanks for the lovely welcome!

I will take the advise given will start the count from last AF on Saturday. Not holding out much hope but I guess you never know.

On a slightly more random note after reading previous posts yesterday about those taking Pregnacare (which I started on Monday) I was disappointed that I wasn't getting with brightly wee side effect :( but I am please to say I do today which I know is a sad thing to be pleased about but glad that my body its getting on board with TCC :)

Quenelle · 11/08/2011 11:47

Hi everyone.

Still sounding good Rusulka. I had those cramps around when my AF should have been last time I was pg.

Continued with Operation KUMQUAT last night, should have been the night before but DH and I had an argument. We made up before bed but I just wasn't in the mood. I'm only on CD11 though so we're still just stocking up on the jolly old jizz ready for the big O around CD14.

DH is so funny though, I said I was feeling sick this morning which immediately started him off doing this sort of hip-thrusting thing, waving his hands around like pistols. He is so proud of his potency, if when I get updiffed he's going to take all the flipping credit, like we didn't even need one of my eggs as well Grin

Well that's the latest from this SWLOIer (great phrase Signet2012), how's the psycho symptom spotting going for all you 2WWers today?

LadyGrace · 11/08/2011 11:32

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Catsycat · 11/08/2011 11:07

Stop torturing us woman and POABOS!!!!!!! Grin

Only joking, but great news that still no AF. Am going Envy but also v.v. pleased!!!!!

Rusulka · 11/08/2011 10:59

I cracked and PO Another S this morning, even though I said I wouldn't.
pathetic wobbly possible P again.
And after I had an argument with DH this morning and ate a brownie to spite him I got lovely cramps. (Either a warning shot across the bow or someone saying STOP FEEDING ME THIS CRAP I WANT A BANANA!)

Still no AF. It's looking good, but I'm definitely waiting for Saturday to POABOS (pee on a battery operated stick!)

I really want to do it now so I can read the conception indicator- if I leave it til then, I think it'll be over 3 weeks since C, and it won't give me any clue as to when- I've narrowed it down to a window of 4 days, but I guess maybe the stick won't do any better than that.

FX.
If this has worked, and I get my BFP on Saturday, that will give me a due date of 18/04/12, so you may have to kick me off the yacht. :( How about if I keep my legs crossed though? 2 weeks later and it would be just into May. :)

Welcome to all the new people!

Wants3 · 11/08/2011 10:01

I also have noticed an increase in my libido since coming off pill after long time. Did not know what I was missing at the time! This makes it frustrating though as I have been advised to wait for 1AF before SWI! Hopefully just 2days until it starts. This has been the longest month in history. DH commented the other day that I looked like a lady in limbo!:)

Catsycat · 11/08/2011 09:49

Sounds good to me cosmic! I've never had very helpful readings from OPKs, though I know others get good readings...

Why have I done a pg test even though I know I can't be pg this month Hmm??? I think we all secretly love POAS (whatever the stick is for!).

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