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Aaaaaaagggghh!! The two week wait for AF is bad, but what about the two week wait till ovulation??!! The month is just full of TWW!! Only on day 2 of cycle, another 15 till I ovulate. I know, moaning unhelpful....!

Updated my stats and username :o

Pregnantville - BFP!
DialM
Wellies&Pjs
MusicalMrs

SWI/SS/2WW-ing/POAS - abbreviations R us
Princessesmummmy(26) ttc#2 AF due 15 sept ish ,pram freak already chosen 1
mrsmellow (33)TTC#1 CD6 AF due ~18th Sept (ish) triathlete and happy camper (starting to knit - will outdoor sex follow soon? )
Mama5isalive (35)DC3 = TTC#4 - AF due- 20th Sept????????????
onlinefriend(36) TTC#1 AF due 22nd Sept
festiemum (38) TTC#4 AF due 24th Sept
Louloubella(27)TTC#1,AF due 25thSept, looks like an angel;swears like a trooper
jmjam (35) TTC#3 AF due 29th Sept
rubia (37), TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 30th Sept-ish
Grinningbee (40) TTC#3 Cycle 3, cd2, AF due 4th October (but who knows)
ffnorm (35) TTC#2,AF due 6th Oct,impatient rule follower.
Rusulka (30) TTC#1 Cycle 3, AF due 9th October, likes rats, making jewellery and writing inappropriate rhyming poetry, slightly kinky.
Readynow (34) TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 9th October-ish
MrsGrumpWantsABump (34) TTC#1, AF due 10th Oct
ChocolateWindmill (24) TTC #1, AF due 11th October
Pipbin (36) TTC #1 cycle 2 really, AF due 13th Oct
pixarmum, TTC#2, cycle 2, AF due 13th Oct
MoominGirl (31), TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 13th Oct-ish
Bradderswantsababy (29) TTC #1 cd 2 AF 18th Oct
Sn0wgoose (27) TTC#1, cycle 6, AF due 22nd Sep - experimental

Waiting for a sign, any sign
Prunella79 (32) TTC#1 CD1 seamstress tilting skyward
cheekycurls (25) TTC #2, cycle 41, CD 1, has 2 cats, a crazy puppy & completely worn out by school holidays!!
jemimapuddleduk (32) TTC#1, cycle 18 (cycle 4 after last mc), CD5. Will also be encouraging DH to perform lots of doggy style in between training our new puppy (sounds v wrong)
trilottie (30) ttc1, cycle1, CD10 very excited triathlete and bunny mummy
MyGoldenNotebook (29) ttc#2, 4th cycle, cd 6 will be trying it doggy style; enjoys knitting; isn't 2.
desperateoldie67 (43) - TTC#1, CD1 enjoys knitting; shags like a demon
Pillow(28) - TTC#1 - makes frilly knickers for a living
KinkyDorito (32) TTC#3 has 2 cats and a tilted womb. Used to knit, might explain outdoor SWI.
sweetpb (33) TCC#1
LittleMissT TTC#1 for the last 3 months. garden blogger and camper
GTR2882 (29) TTC#1 CD26 Jam making football fan who wants a dog as much as a baby but DH won't allow a dog, so a baby it is!
MorningHasBroken (29) TTC #1. Already has 2 stepkids, 1 puppy, 1 cat and a falling-down house but needs to add a bit more to the mix.

So AF turned up on Tuesday evening, am mighty pissed off. Still, 4 days early, at least she didn't string me along. It was rather annoying because I was so sure my PMSing was pregnancy symptoms, I went to POAS, got a -ve and an hour later AF came a-knocking. :(

But hey, straight back on the horse, so to speak! Am already looking around on figleaves for some new undies (any excuse. I have a disease. I can't stop buying bras!)

Pregnantville - BFP!
DialM
Wellies&Pjs
MusicalMrs

SWI/SS/2WW-ing/POAS - abbreviations R us
Princessesmummmy(26) ttc#2 AF due 15 sept ish ,pram freak already chosen 1
mrsmellow (33)TTC#1 CD6 AF due ~18th Sept (ish) triathlete and happy camper (starting to knit - will outdoor sex follow soon? )
Mama5isalive (35)DC3 = TTC#4 - AF due- 20th Sept????????????
onlinefriend(36) TTC#1 AF due 22nd Sept
festiemum (38) TTC#4 AF due 24th Sept
Louloubella(27)TTC#1,AF due 25thSept, looks like an angel;swears like a trooper
jmjam (35) TTC#3 AF due 29th Sept
rubia (37), TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 30th Sept-ish
Grinningbee (40) TTC#3 Cycle 3, cd2, AF due 4th October (but who knows)
ffnorm (35) TTC#2,AF due 6th Oct,impatient rule follower.
Rusulka (30) TTC#1 Cycle 3, AF due 9th October, likes rats, making jewellery and writing inappropriate rhyming poetry, slightly kinky.
Readynow (34) TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 9th October-ish
MrsGrumpWantsABump (34) TTC#1, AF due 10th Oct
ChocolateWindmill (24) TTC #1, AF due 11th October
Pipbin (36) TTC #1 cycle 2 really, AF due 13th Oct
pixarmum, TTC#2, cycle 2, AF due 13th Oct
MoominGirl (31), TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 13th Oct-ish
Bradderswantsababy (29) TTC #1 cd 2 AF 18th Oct

Waiting for a sign, any sign
Prunella79 (32) TTC#1 CD1 seamstress tilting skyward
cheekycurls (25) TTC #2, cycle 41, CD 1, has 2 cats, a crazy puppy & completely worn out by school holidays!!
jemimapuddleduk (32) TTC#1, cycle 18 (cycle 4 after last mc), CD5. Will also be encouraging DH to perform lots of doggy style in between training our new puppy (sounds v wrong)
trilottie (30) ttc1, cycle1, CD10 very excited triathlete and bunny mummy
MyGoldenNotebook (29) ttc#2, 4th cycle, cd 6 will be trying it doggy style; enjoys knitting; isn't 2.
Sn0wgoose (27) ttc1, cycle 6, CD2 experimental
desperateoldie67 (43) - TTC#1, CD1 enjoys knitting; shags like a demon
Pillow(28) - TTC#1 - makes frilly knickers for a living
KinkyDorito (32) TTC#3 has 2 cats and a tilted womb. Used to knit, might explain outdoor SWI.
sweetpb (33) TCC#1
LittleMissT TTC#1 for the last 3 months. garden blogger and camper
GTR2882 (29) TTC#1 CD26 Jam making football fan who wants a dog as much as a baby but DH won't allow a dog, so a baby it is!
MorningHasBroken (29) TTC #1. Already has 2 stepkids, 1 puppy, 1 cat and a falling-down house but needs to add a bit more to the mix.

loulou EWCM is great, isn't it? I now start OPK testing when that shows up :o

Eek, I think with all of these distractions (stupid work) going on, I've veered off mission slightly. Right, strict 4pm departure from the office today - back home, clean tip of a house; run; other course homework; then strict focus on SWI from 2000 hours. Phew!

I am coming to the conclusion that signs like CM and looking out for cramps, etc are going to be more useful than ov sticks and going by dates for me. Sticks are a good reassurance substitute for POA(proper)S but nothing shows pre-ov for me better than some cramping and a lovely spot breakout. Hope my icky skin clears up fast - looks like those pill hormones have well and truly cleared out of my system. Interestingly I never noticed ov cramps before - but I really do now - very wierd! To be honest though, the last time I was oving normally I was 18 probably and drunk half the time not thinking about that at all.

Festie, mama5 and others, any news to report? OOh I'm really looking forward to the end of the month when it's testing time!

Popcorn i don't rate those ov calculators because they can only go off dates - even if you are super regular, there is always the slight chance that your body will do what the hell it wants to do and when it wants to do it, as we are so frequently reminded!!

LouLou forget work and get some SWI in ok maybe go to work, but just make sure you have enough energy to perform tonight (or get DH to do all the work )

artist formerly known as Sn0wgoose

Yikes, quick loulou, get SWI! I think you're supposed to ov within 24 hours of getting a +OPK!

I got my first +OPK this month too and was oving a week later than I'd thought, too. Just goes to show there's no one-size-fits-all with those ov calculators floating around.

Hi ladies! Just checking in briefly as I'm back in work after a long weekend and a couple of days out of the office and have that doom feeling of a million trillion emails and jobs bearing down on me aaah get me outta here!

Anyway... seems that there has been an impressive amount of ov scrutiny going on :) I actually have a faint line on a stick at last - only an ov stick, not a BFP unfortunately, but hey you gotta start somewhere! Oh and after months now of checking, I finally have the fabled EWCM again, woohoo!

So, it appears that I am ovulating probably a week later than expected - thanks, body. This is actually quite a good thing as we spent last weekend in a caravan and only got one SWI in. I've been so shattered with work this week that any action has been non-existent. Maybe this is my ovaries giving me a second chance .

Welcome aboard Moomin - let's make this month one to remember (for all the right reasons) :)

My temp is on the rise, my cervix is now closed and firm - could i possibly have ov'd??? i don't want to get my hopes up but I have been crampy (these have now gone) and since Tuesday my temps have increased (not dramatically but definitely significantly!!). Am going to give it one SWI tonight and see what is happening with the temps in the morning!!!

Room for a little moomin? Fell off the May bus this morning so have had an enjoyable scroll through 13 pages and now feel ready to board the June! Have added stats below:

Pregnantville - BFP!
DialM
Wellies&Pjs
MusicalMrs

SWI/SS/2WW-ing/POAS - abbreviations R us
Princessesmummmy(26) ttc#2 AF due 15 sept ish ,pram freak already chosen 1
ChocolateWindmill (24) TTC #1, CD 7, AF due 17th Sept ...kinky etc.
mrsmellow (33)TTC#1 CD6 AF due ~18th Sept (ish) triathlete and happy camper (starting to knit - will outdoor sex follow soon? )
Mama5isalive (35)DC3 = TTC#4 - AF due- 20th Sept????????????
onlinefriend(36) TTC#1 AF due 22nd Sept
festiemum (38) TTC#4 AF due 24th Sept
Louloubella(27)TTC#1,AF due 25thSept, looks like an angel;swears like a trooper
jmjam (35) TTC#3 AF due 29th Sept
rubia (37), TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 30th Sept-ish
Grinningbee (40) TTC#3 Cycle 3, cd2, AF due 4th October (but who knows)
ffnorm (35) TTC#2,AF due 6th Oct,impatient rule follower.
Rusulka (30) TTC#1 Cycle 3, AF due 9th October, likes rats, making jewellery and writing inappropriate rhyming poetry, slightly kinky.
Readynow (34) TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 9th October-ish
MrsGrumpWantsABump (34) TTC#1, AF due 10th Oct
Pipbin (36) TTC #1 cycle 2 really, AF due 13th Oct
pixarmum, TTC#2, cycle 2, AF due 13th Oct
MoominGirl (31), TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 13th Oct-ish
Bradderswantsababy (29) TTC #1 cd 2 AF 18th Oct

Waiting for a sign, any sign
Prunella79 (32) TTC#1 CD1 seamstress tilting skyward
cheekycurls (25) TTC #2, cycle 41, CD 1, has 2 cats, a crazy puppy & completely worn out by school holidays!!
jemimapuddleduk (32) TTC#1, cycle 18 (cycle 4 after last mc), CD5. Will also be encouraging DH to perform lots of doggy style in between training our new puppy (sounds v wrong)
trilottie (30) ttc1, cycle1, CD10 very excited triathlete and bunny mummy
MyGoldenNotebook (29) ttc#2, 4th cycle, cd 6 will be trying it doggy style; enjoys knitting; isn't 2.
Sn0wgoose (27) ttc1, cycle 6, CD2 experimental
desperateoldie67 (43) - TTC#1, CD1 enjoys knitting; shags like a demon
Pillow(28) - TTC#1 - makes frilly knickers for a living
KinkyDorito (32) TTC#3 has 2 cats and a tilted womb. Used to knit, might explain outdoor SWI.
sweetpb (33) TCC#1
LittleMissT TTC#1 for the last 3 months. garden blogger and camper
GTR2882 (29) TTC#1 CD26 Jam making football fan who wants a dog as much as a baby but DH won't allow a dog, so a baby it is!
MorningHasBroken (29) TTC #1. Already has 2 stepkids, 1 puppy, 1 cat and a falling-down house but needs to add a bit more to the mix.

Welcome newbies - Pixarmum,Readymum & Rubia
I pray this bus will bring us all Positives!!!!!!
im expecting AF on tuesday and think it will turn up been having mild cramping this evening and i had that last month!!!! sooooooo all im waiting for is the hag to turn up and for it all to start over again!!!!!! oh how fun!!!!!!

Welcome aboard Rubia - it makes for interesting reading

Since I have just lost the best part of an hour reading all 13 pages I had better jump on the bus!
37 ttc #2, AF due 30 Sept-ish, first month of 'trying' and DH away day 11-13. Arggh! After years of 28 day cycles things have gone a bit awry so am getting to grips with the sticks, nothing as yet.

Also have tilted cervix, or so they say when trying to do smear so thanks for the 'styling' tip!
And congrats to those in Preg-ville!

Well tonight i have had the darkest line that i have had since peeing on them and it is good to hear that you don't necessarily have to have a line as dark as the control line to ov, despite what the instructions say. We SWI'd last night so am giving DH a rest tonight, as hopefully there will be a lot of SWI over the next few days My temps over the last few days have been fairly consistent (36.18, 36.17, 36.13) but today there was a slight rise to 36.20 ? am crossing everything that this continues over the next few days, especially if the OPKs do turn out to be positives and I ov in the next 12-24 hours!!!

I am with you on the tracking aspect Rusulka, although I am becoming completely obsessed with every twinge!!

Sometimes in these situations the only thing you can be is sensible, otherwise I would be a complete quivering wreck!! Thanks for all you support festie

Hmm, interesting GTR. I suppose that makes sense. And who's to say what a 'normal' cycle is?!! I think your plan is a good one. Give it 6 months, and if no joy see your GP. After all, the only way to determine absolutely whether you're ov-ing or not, is with a blood test from your GP!

Welcome Pixar!

I found last month with my ovulation sticks that when I ovulated I didn't get lines as dark as the control line at all- but they were the 2 darkest ones I'd had, compared to the faint-but-barely-there ones, and I was tracking my temp at the same time, so I just cross-correlated. I think the more things you're tracking, the better informed you are. I'd be going mad without all my stats! It gives me a way to fill in the interminable gaps between AF and the much longed for pregnancy...

Festie nothing is too personal on here!! You lot know more about my inner workings than my DH!!! I normally draw my cm from my cervix - will try the two finger thingy though, normally i just draw it when i am checking CP!! AF should be due 8th or 9th October.

No, nothing hormonal, i came off the pill last June (2010) and did not get AF until March or April this year (i did speak to the Dr and she said that it was normal for AF to take a while to get back to normal depending on how long you had been on the pill for - I was on cerazette so never had AF at all whilst i was taking it) and then had a really heavy flow in May, back to normal in June and then nothing in July and now nothing in September. My cycles for May and June were 29 days so I had been calculating on that rule, when AF did not make an appearance in July, I calculated for August and it did arrive as it should have, so Septembers should have been here on the 10th but was a no show and going off my rule of thumb it should arrive on the 9th October. I may just have very long cycles or i don't ovulate every other month!

If i don't conceive within 6 months i think i will go to the doctor, especially if my cycles are still playing up!!

Pixar and Ready, welcome to the mad house

Not sure where random numbers came from at the end of my last message!

Hi pixar - I got mine from boots. Needs to be a sensitive thermometer that reads to 2 places.

Your temp drops on the day you OV, then rises the next day and stay high until AF, I think :)

Can I join too? TTC#2 Got AF yesterday, so now on second cycle. Does temp monitoring really work? How quickly does temp rise after ovulation and where can you buy a basal temp thermometer? AF next due 13th Oct 

Oops meants 9th October - had September on the brain!

Hmm, GTR can I ask where you check your CM? Do you check from the opening of your vulva? Or do you actually draw the CM from your cervix itself?

I know, VERY personal and all that, but it might help to get a better idea of what your cm is doing if you use two fingers to draw the cm out.... (Oh, the things we do in the name of ttc!!)

Do you have any idea when AF is due? Sorry, can't remember, are you recently off pill or anything hormonal? Sounds like your cycles playing you a right merry dance at the moment! Sorry to hear that.

Hi Ready, welcome! That's the trouble with being hyper-aware of your body, isn't it? You notice things that you never would in normal circumstances!

Hi can I join? AF got me today :(
I am 34 & ttc#1 just starting my 8th cycle - AF expected 9th Sept ish (my cycles can be anywhere between 25 & 28 days!)
I do temp, do OPKs & check my CM but still do end up being confused about cramps & niggles during my cycle. I didn't get on at all with normal OPK's as the line never appeared to be stronger than the control line but since I have been using CB digital OPKs (the smiley face ones) I have been getting positive results (on either CD11,12 or 13 depending on my cycle length). I seem to get odd cramps & wierd feelings in my ovary area from about CD7 & on & off for the rest of the cycle?? Not sure if this is a bad sign or what this means?

I don't know what I would do without you festie :) thank you

The problem with my OPKS is that they are exactly as you have described them but i don't seem to have much in the way of cm (sometimes i think it is watery, sometimes ew and mostly creamy) and my CP seems to indicate AF (low and open, but kind of soft) I am so confused you are right the extra info is just adding to the mystery!!!

My cramps feel like AF cramps (I have had a rummage though and there is not even a hint of AF) and they are all across my lower abdomen!

Yes! Last time I was ttc, I got the pattern of very light lines, followed by a heavier line, then a heavy line almost as dark at the control, then a fainter line, then back to very faint. I know I ovulated cos I got pregnant!

This month I had what I thought was a +opk, but it was barely, so I went by ewcm and cp in the end.... Sometimes all the extra information isn't a help at all is it? What sort of cramps have you got GTR?