Jump on the Polar Express to August / early September 2012

Thanks for the welcome ladies! Hoping I have AF pains today so she can come and we can get on with cycle 2!

VVV I haven't told anyone, but a couple of friend have said things like, "So you'll be having babies soon." There's a whole wave of us at my church who got married around the same time and several couples have either had babies or announced pregnancies. There's a bit of a sense of who's next!

I agree with MrsMellow, shell probably come round to the idea soon.

Gnomi - my record cycle was 108 days when I first came of the pill!! Hopefully yours won't be nearly that long.

Just on way home from a friends dd birthday party. Out of the 6 other ladies there one had a 8 week old and 4 were pregnant. Hopefully some of their pregnancy vibes rubbed off on me and I in turn can spread it over this thread!

Going to slob out on the sofa tonight and relax. Hope you all have a lovely evening.

VVV - told my best friend - she's TTC number 2 so hoping we'll be in it together - no pressure! (or competitive parenting?!)

Maybe your friend is also trying but doesn't want to say? or is just worried you'll have less in common if you have a baby? I remember when I was younger if someone had suggested it when it wasn't on my agenda it would have been as odd as if they'd suggested picking my nose for me! Don't be I'm sure once she gets used to the idea she'll be great.

Oh and just buy the pregnancy tests - you'll need them at some stage presumably! I felt like I was doing something illicit when I was looking at them in the chemist so I know how you feel!

VVV - have updated your stats on my nerdy list

Lollopybear (27), cycle 1, AF due 26 Nov
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
OptiMumPrime (37), TTC #2, cycle 6, AF due 19 Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ov sticks, AF due 21 Dec
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December
MyDaydream (23) TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 24th December
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#1 Cycle 1, AF Due ? 25th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???

Lollopybear (27), cycle 1, AF due 26 Nov
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
OptiMumPrime (37), TTC #2, cycle 6, AF due 19 Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ov sticks, AF due 21 Dec
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December
MyDaydream (23) TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 24th December
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
VeniVidiVino TTC#? Cycle ?, AF Due ?
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???

Sorry, it is now in date order - I'm a nerd, I accepted it years ago
Going to have now before Sunday night blues kick in - then watch masterchef on iplayer... no end to the excitement chez mellow..

Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ovulation sticks, AF due 21 Dec
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#1 Cycle 1, AF Due 25th Dec? (poss not as just off pill)
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December
MyDaydream (23) TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 24th December.
flamingo (34) TTC#1, cycle 7, AF irratic, irregular, irritating..
Lollopybear (27), cycle 1, AF due 26 Nov
OptiMumPrime (37), TTC #2, cycle 6, AF due 19 Dec.

Ooh, the Polar Express is filling up! I've added my stats to the list

Ooh, we watched The Polar Express the Christmas we got pg with DS. May it be a good sign! Have had five periods since having DS, and still BFing, fairly regular cycles though the last one was late, so not sure how to best judge my most fertile time for this month, but going by usual cycle length, AF would be due 19 December.
So,
OptiMumPrime (37), TTC #2, cycle 6, AF due 19 Dec.

Please can someone add me to the list, am on the iPad and cut and paste is a pita!

Think I might put my deccies up next week sometime - is that too early ?? can't wait to get the crimbo tunes on in the car as well I love Christmas songs !!

I have just realised how close we are to christmas, I haven't even thought about it yet - am now feeling slightly panicked! It is less than a month! I am going to try and get Christmas cards written today. I always write them and fail to post them - this year will be different!

Thanks for the cake dameflamingo is it too early to crack open the prosecco? It is Sunday and (fingers crossed) soon we won't be able to drink... If I'm not preg by Christmas, I shall console myself with an obscene amount of runny cheese and red wine. yum!

When are you lot planning on putting trees up?

permission to board! wearing both fleecy PJs and a Christmas jumper so no chance of being mistaken for Audrey Tatou in the chanel advert ( because ladies I look just like her without these clothes ; - D ). Bringing hot choc and homemade cake.

my vital stats - flamingo (34) TTC#1, cycle 7, AF irratic, irregular, irritating..

Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ovulation sticks, AF due 21 Dec
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#? Cycle ?, AF Due ?
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December
MyDaydream (23) TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 24th December.

I'm not ready for Christmas either, although I've made it easy for myself this year so don't have masses to plan. Hopefully having lots going on will make the 2ww a lot easier. And since me and DP will be apart for Christmas won't be driving myself mad testing like I was this month only to be disappointed by AF.

Hey all - gnomi - coming off the pill and having funny periods is annoying isn't it - and scary when you read some of the threads on here - makes me bury my head in the sand and not think about it...

I am not prepared for Christmas at all and need to get onto it... I'm normally very much a Christmas Eve shopper, but not spending Christmas with all the family this year so have to be pre-prepared. Might go shopping this afternoon... any suggestions for men - all of the Y chromosome holders in my family are a pain in the butt to buy for

Can I join? 1 ticket for the preggo train pleeaassseee!!

I have updated the list, sorry if I've missed anyone

Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ovulation sticks, AF due 21 Dec
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#? Cycle ?, AF Due ?
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December

Hopefully we'll get the best xmas present ever. DH might have to hide the tests from me! We're going to see the doctor on 15th so lets see what she says.

Gnomi that's one hell of a long cycle. Hopefully things will settle down for you really soon. the pill can take a while the recover from. hope af isnt too much of a bitch when she does arrive

have a lovely sunday ladies x

Haha signet I love your way of thinking

I think I might test on Christmas morning too . I just hope even If it doesn't happen this month that af doesn't come until after christmas because I was in a right state the other day when they came

I think I'll test on Xmas morning and if negative, enjoy a day of boozing!

We are moving house on Boxing Day so if its positive maybe I can laze around while DH hefts all the furniture and boxes

I am due christmas day but DP has made me swear Ill test after xmas. The latest I have been is this time. normally Af arrives on 30,31,32 never been 33 until this month. 30 is christmas day so he says if I get to 34 days I can test then. So If Im late I may have to pop into tesco for a sneaky wee!!!!

Hey ladies !!

I've noticed most of us are due AF around Christmastime ... What a great present it would be getting that pink line !! although on the other hand I can't imagine how rubbish it will be if they come ! To those who are due then when do you think you will test ?

Also think I might be the youngest am I right ??

getovaryit I'm nearly done my crimbo shopping just a few more things to get I can't cope with December shopping !!

I'd like a ticket on the polar express please. I can offer mulled wine and mince pies!

I came off the pill at the end of August and my first cycle was a long 38 days. Since then, AF seems to have disappeared! That makes this cycle now 52 days. I have tested, but negative so far.

MrsMellow I'm in a similar situation to you. Am definitely trying to chill out and let my body get back to normal, and try to enjoy Christmas.

chuckaluck I saw them in Manchester - incredible! And who would've thought Gary would be the fit one??!!!

getovaryit I'd done nothing until today but have now done some Internet shopping and sorted my cards - I think they're the worst thing, there's always someone you forget!

Keeping fingers crossed for all of us!

Gnomi (29) TTC#1 Cycle 1 AF due ???

Thanks for the welcome and the addition to the stats list! . Loving the Christmas jumper Teapig, is it a hand knitted edition??! . Has anyone actually done anything remotely helpful towards Christmas yet? I keep thinking that there's still loads of time and then I realised today that it's only 4 weeks tomorrow-aaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!

Hi all, can I join too? (climbs aboard nervously)

I'm 37 so think I'm the oldest, yikes! I am TTC #2. I have a 22 month old DD who is a delight and a terror in equal measure. At the moment she's a delight as she is asleep

AF arrived today so am on CD1 and according to my cycle chart AF due on 1st Jan. However I have very irregular cycles. My last 4 were 29, 43, 39 and 33 days long so goodness really knows when my next AF is due.

I'm counting this as cycle 1 as we haven't really been serious about it but I am now ready to get down to business so here goes:

Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan

Can I climb aboard? Passes round and flashes new Christmas jumper.

My first pregnancy ended in an MC in early November, I know it might sound crazy but DH and I are ready to give it another go. As soon as my first post-MC AF shows up we're be back in the TTC saddle so I'll hang out on the stairs and hope to take my seat soon. For once I'm wishing for AF to arrive.

(30) cycle 1, AF due (who knows!) think I am ovulating now though... So hopefully AF in 2 weeks? Well hopefully not, but you know what I mean!

thanks for the update signet

Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ovulation sticks, AF due 21 Dec
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#? Cycle ?, AF Due ?
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
northeastofeden ( ) TTC #1, cycle ?, Af due?
secretsparkle ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due
getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec

Updated stats ladies with blanks do you want to add yours in, got what I could from the posts hope I havent missed anyone!!!

Good luck ladies!

Can I buy a ticket?

The B*tch from Hell - AKA Aunty Flo' - arrived with a vengeance this morning.

But I have already calculated my new 'due date' for this cycle: 2nd September.

[waves to MrsC and Signet from other thread]

Let's hope its a lucky month for us!

PS: I'm the second oldest on the bus I think: 34yo, TTC#1, 3rd month of SWI! Oh yeah and AF (or happy news) expected on Xmas day as well!!

Time for a few - ooops I'm at work so maybe not til later...