Aiming for August 2012 BFP!!

Thanks :)

Only on CD5ish. Hubby's going for his sperm analysis tomorrow.

Then we start dtd eod from Monday.

Oh winkle I'm sorry. I wish there was some kind of fairness to this ttc thing. You're quite early in this cycle aren't you? I think you're still getting over last cycles shit-ness and it will be a little while before you're ready to feel ok for this cycle. I was the same when af came this time that's why I wasn't posting very much until now. Give yourself a break and it's ok to think 'it isn't fucking fair' because it isn't

I feel like 'why not me' this evening :(

As soon as I've had a -ve test, I'm going to start testing about 2 weeks after that as I have no idea when af is due!

I've got my fingers crossed for you all.

I know this sounds selfish but I'm pleased I'm testing in the second half of the month. Last month all the bfps were great, but I'd already had my bfn at the beginning and knew I was out for July, so although I was pleased for people, I was a bit jealous and 'why not me' at the same time.

This cycle I'll be on the 2ww while a lot are testing .... I think this might make the days go faster for me and I'm hoping there's lots of bfps for you all.

Obviously even if I get a bfn - which to be honest I'm expecting this month, I feel very differently to how I did last month when I was sure it was going to happen - I'll still be pleased for you all and still want the testers after me to get bfps too.

August is less than a week away ladies - exciting times ahead!!

Good luck to our 1st bunch of testers frustrated, lime, thequeen and dexi

Fx for BFP's for you all, cheers

Ah ok, thank sunshine
I'm not taking anything apart from a santogen mother-to-be thing - it's for before and after conception and contains folic acid etc.

I'm hoping for a -ve pg test by the end of the wkend so hopefully I might start ov soon!

I was taking epo to get EWCM.

Kitty my cycles have ranged from 27-43 days over the past year! So frustrating and annoying!

Hubby's booking his sperm test in for Friday. Means we can start dtd this weekend which is cd8/9 so good timing.

sunshine - I forced dh into doing the dtd this month when we were both ill! it was a labour of love believe me!!!
was that your first cycle since bf? maybe it was just your body still with hormones and it will start shortening down? It could be the same for me except id have thought 3 months on would be getting back on track? Im only 3 days over my longest cycle but when I have had 25 day cycles and this is 35 and im desperate to concieve its really doing my head in!

woody it's evening primrose oil. I thought it was meant to shorten your cycles though?? Glad I was lazy and didn't get any for this cycle now.

winkle

What is EPO?

Sunshine I dtd when I don't want to - that's just part of TTC!

I took EPO for first time this month. Hope not messed cycle up! Arrggh so confusing isn't it!

aufanaie I was down to 3 feeds a day, 6 hours between them. Dropped to two and introduced formula, then replaced another feed. At end was only bf for 5 mins at night before giving bottle and still no af until about a month after stopping completely. The human body is strange, I just hope mine's ready to conceive now.

We're trying to make an effort to dtd before teatime, as afterwards we're just too bloody tired from getting dd off to sleep. Sometimes it's hard to switch it on when if you weren't ttc you would probably just go to sleep instead I hope I'm not the only one with this problem or I'd feel a bit tragic sharing. Don't want to miss what could be a potential conception date! cd19 here and based on last cycle not expecting to ov 'til cd28(!) but really it could be anytime from now (damn unpredictable cycles)

Ah, kitty I hope you find out soon either way. I really felt for winkle too. That bit where you've accepted you're not pg but still waiting for af is horrible. Well, either you are pg, which would be lovely, or you'll actually be pleased to see af for once when she does turn up.

Thanks for all the replies - I think it seems like I need to wait until about 2 weeks after mc to expect -ve test - not sure if that is from end of bleeding or from scan when there was nothing left. Guess we will just enjoy dtd regularly just in case!

Hope everyone is ok!

kittykatsforever - I dont know if it was the EPO but that was the only thing I did differently to other months. I'm not taking it this month.

I did one yesterday sunshine and a resounding bfn!! Before then did one the Thursday so was starting to get hopes up ( I know you've been there!) my last cycle after mc was 32days which I expected as late because of late ov etc and before birth of dd my cycles have been from 25-32 days although only 2 in their 30's, the rest in the 20's, I'm now on cd35! So I've never been this late before, I guess with it happening to you and winkle though it's much more likely a late missed af then pregnancy though
Just would like to get on with it

kittykats have you done a test?

WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid thanks :)

I never thought of myself as lucky for my periods coming back so early! Puts a different perspective on it.

I never knew that BF could continue to keep them away if you weren't exclusively BFing, that's interesting. Unpredictable things bodies aren't they? (And the reason we're all on this thread I guess!)

sunshine I've just started OPKing this month. Previously TTC by simply not using contraception but not worrying too much about it. Not even keeping track of AF dates. After 4 cycles and no joy, thought maybe we should actually try a little harder! Particularly as at 37 I'm not as young as I once was, fertility-wise, am I?
I did OV on this cycle, according to the sticks. Don't feel very pregnant now, but who knows?!

I think having my Coil out has messed up my (normally predictable) cycle as I ovulated on 21st July (CD20) so if my AF does not arrive on 28th as expected, I will be testing for my BFP on 4th Aug after 2ww.

If AF arrives as due on 28th I will be hoping for my BFP on 25th August.

Sorry to mess up the list

Woody I'm late to reply but I think if your tests are still +ve then your body still thinks you're pregnant (cause hCG levels still high) meaning you probably won't release an egg for fertilisation. If it helps, I bled after my MMC until mid-April then got +ve OPK on 29 April.