Late October/early November Superbus!!!

GTbaby - so far we've just been having swi at least every few days throughout the month, I've got the period tracker app too which tells me OV is day 18 of my cycle (have no idea how accurate this is though!) so we try for at least every other day around that time. Sometimes though life gets in the way and its just not possible, but we're doing our best!

We haven't used any ovulation kits or anything so far because, like stetsons mentioned, we didn't want the added pressure - swi is supposed to be fun after all! However, we've been trying for a while now with no joy, so that might be something we look at if nothing happens soon. I am determined to get pg this year!

Himmmmhmmhph

Hi all!! DH & I have had a lovely toddler-free afternoon and getting busy...

GTbaby we conceived our DD w/out even 'trying' so this time, having made the conscious decision, I'm already obsessed, esp as didn't hit the magic day last month clearly... I have PT on my fone but set as a standard 14 ov (although averages cycle length for me, which is handy) so trying to DTD everyday this weekend, then prob back to every other day until about a week before AF is due. I'm also keeping a vague eye on my CM so I can guess when the fertile window is finished and big just when through birds in the window on my app have gone!!! If 2 cycles on we're still having no luck, I'm going for OPKs. Don't think I can handle temping when my DD might get me up s couple of times in the night. Too stressful all round.

Stetson you must be one of those lucky women who don't get their AF til baby is down to like no feeds... Mine came back when DD was just 4mths and still feeding like mad!! [Hmm]

Welcome aboard everyone! (said as if I own this superbus )

GTbaby - I think we're going to aim for starting SWI a week after AF finishes, then aim for every day for a week [exhausted already]. That seemed to work when we conceived DD - on holiday so we had the opportunity and energy. I won't let myself buy ovulation kits either, as then I'll definitely start putting too much pressure on myself as if I haven't already.

Sunshinejanuary - I'm also BFing a toddler. My cycles seem to be working, I've been timing them ever since they returned in the summer.

Hello All,

I have been lurking for a while and am ready to make it official, (as if the actual trying doesn't count!), we are trying for #2.
Like @magneto I feel slightly panicky! And we also got preggers first time last time. I doubt that will be the case this time as I suspect I am ovulating this weekend and DH is away. I am also still breastfeeding, although DD is a toddler so it isnt effecting my periods.

So, I add myself to the list!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02

so what are the SWI strategies your all using?

last month we DTD when we thought i was ovulating, according to my period tracker app. we were aiming for every other day, however as we were really tiered one day we ended up with no SWI for 4 days during our window.

also unless i temp or POAS i wont know when exactly if deff ov, and i have read quite a few post where ladies mention they ov very late or very early.

im not sure i want to start investing in sticks or temping and take this too seriously [who am i kidding].

so this time we have decided we would go for every other day from the day i wave good bye to AF. hoping this will be effective... also feel like we need to have more Sex! more fun sex!

Welcome newbies and those from the shuttle!!

Just a quick note to say... Aargh.... I hate the 2ww! It's a Saturday night and I'm pacing around unable to settle and I just realised why!! Who's with me in the phantom pregnancy symptom spotting just minutes po?!

Hi All
May I Join in? I've just started cycle #2 - AF got me yesterday. Still feeling positive though, and counting down to next Ov....... and lots of SWI.
Alex

Thanks, Tuesday, I will do. I hope this month is the lucky one for you! :) I doubt it will be for me, as I have a feeling I'm mid cycle at the moment and will be too late to catch ovulation this month by the time the coil comes out.

hippo thank you for the reassurance. Rang Nhs direct last night in slight panic but seemed to be reassured that while not exactly is not entirely unheard of as body settles down.
Thanks again, here's hoping for a bus that's as lucky as it is friendly!

Can I jump on? DH and I finally agreed that this month is IT! We have an 18 month old ds, conceived the first time dh ever looked at me without using contraception (at least that's what it felt like to me! I was hoping for a month or two to get my head around finally deciding to TTC so it was a bit of a shock!).

I'm very indecisive when it comes to having babies! I panic constantly until... well actually I think I'm still panicking about having ds So this is making it official!!!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02

Hello ladies, may I join? Was on the Sept/Oct shuttle but AF got me. Now gearing up for OV again, so hoping this is going to be a luckier bus for me. Sorry about your tragedy bluetinkerbell but sounds like this is an auspicious month for you, so fingers crossed it turns out that way for you and for all of us!

Sticklebricksuk I had a lot of spotting and things in my first cycle after coming off the pill, so hopefully it will settle down for you. We weren't TTC then so I don't know whether it would have been a problem for that. This is my 8th cycle since coming off the pill but only the second actually TTC, and things do seem to be back to normal now.

Adding myself to stats.

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)

Hi ladies, I've been directed here from another thread by chunkychicken - hope you don't mind me jumping on?

Will read through the previous posts on this thread now!

Stats:

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)

Welcome to the bus backward can I see your ticket? Do you want to add your stats to the list when you have coil taken out? Fingers crossed you fall quickly again!

Hello ladies, room for a wee one? I might be in the wrong thread actually, getting coil removed next week and we'll be TTC straight away, though I suspect it'll be next month before we will be able to try properly. We fell first cycle with DS, so hoping TTC #2 will be as straightforward (fingers crossed) :)

thanks all :) I think she is watching over me, as my AF came a whole 10 days early on exactly the same day as my LMP was with her pregnancy :)

I will probably test around Valentine's day... excited!

LOL Stetson I know what you mean, but he's eaten some Xmas cake & cheered up so its looking good :)

AF finally arrived this evening, so we are ON for a November baby (y'hear that body??)

I will never look at eggs the same way again Chair and Chicken Although thanks for the lesson - I will bear it in mind in a couple of weeks.

Bluetink - sorry about your DD2. Hopefully she is watching and helping you with DC3.

Chunky, I am actually visualising Monica & Chandler's fake make up sex when you talk about your DH. Sorry but

Sorry for the wasted eggs Tuesday. :o

DH is a really f*ing grumpy mood & not sure I want to DTD but heh, a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do!!

Hey celebmum maybe this bus will be as lucky for us as the shuttle was for others!! :)

Hi ladies, im kind of between shuttles/buses at the mo so im bagging myself a seat here!

DH and I are SWI at this week! AF due valentines day so either a LOVEly gift for DH or a shit valentines for me!!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)

Sorry that you've had to experience something so awful bluetinkerbell

Gosh I am learning a lot here. Like some of you, I never really put much thought into ttc ds and dd. This time things are a bit more complicated. Not entirely sure if dh is on board so if I only get him to swi a couple pf times, they need to be at the right times!

Hello lovely ladies... Putting my hand out and hoping the bus stops to let me on!

According to my fertily friend charter I will be due my next AF around 1st March, it's my DH's 30th Birthday on the 2nd so wouldn't it be a wonderful b'day present for him to have a BFP!!!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)

I think may sign up for FF. DH has the app on his phone but I like the sound of daily emails about my cervical mucus!

Stetson AF was exactly one week late for my last month the bitch and I was convinced I was PG. I have learned the hard way that late period may mean late ovulation and not an impending BFP. But fingers crossed a BFP is on the way for you!

Thank you Chair. Both for the info and the reminder to breathe... Can you tell I'm a bit of an obsessive/determined/perfectionist type??!!

That's very reassuring and means that there's still a chance I think... :)

Have seen many, many references to FertilityFriend and have resisted it a bit because a) the mobile web site isn't as easy to read/use and b) that would mean we were seriously trying and not just letting it happen who am I kidding here Might have to take a look, but prob not a good idea to do on my work computer!! :o

Hi ChunkyChicken. Firstly - breathe!

I signed up for fertilityfriend.com, who now send me a daily lesson on such things (who'd have thought pre-TTC that such things were possible).

It's too long (and far TMI for this time of the morning) to paste in full, but ends with a handy table/list thing. Basicaly, EWCM is pre-ovulation, and designed to help sperm survive while they knock about waiting for an egg...

Dry (like immediately post AF) - Probably Not Fertile

Sticky - Probably Not Fertile

Creamy - Possibly Fertile

Watery - Fertile

Egg white - Most Fertile

Link here but you may need to register to see it.

Hope this helps, and isn't too gross a start to the day.