Aiming for August 2012 BFP!!

We're still drinking but we have cut back.

thanks red

so can I just rely on checking ewcm to guess when I ov? or should I really be doing opks/temping to be sure when to stop popping those pills...?

yep stick to epo only up to OV zeux supposed to cause contractions in the uterus after OV which you dont really want.

Re: alcohol, I stopped drinking one cycle before we're planning to start TTC (been on the wagon for 3 weeks now...aarrgh). But if it it takes longer than a couple of cycles I think I'll be needing each time af makes its unwelcome appearance...

Other people who are taking epo/agnus castus - do you only take them for the first half of the month???

Right, I am coming over here. Think I will be out for July soon enough so should come meet the August crew! Some familiar faces too, August will be our month! It will!!!

Woody I find it's best not to put your life on hold, this is just personal preference as I find it gets too pressured and I think it actually effects the swimmers more then the egg but I have given up before and no joy, if you are worried about mc, I drank like a trouper up to about 8 wks with dd as I didn't know and she is fine and didn't last time as you don't really go out when you have dc and had been breast feeding and that's the time I mc so to me it's not helped or hindered

hi woody I don't give up drinking before the 2ww - i don't drink much..only the occasional weekend a few glasses of wine. I try and avoid in the 2ww but i am going out tonight and will have a glass of vino. Cannot put my life on hold.

newbie I won't be adding myself to the list yet, testing next Friday 27th.
If AF arrives I'll update the list :(

Please can you add me - cycle 7, bfp unknown at the moment

Can I ask if you are all drinking alcohol while ttc?

She feel preg when we were at uni and her kids are now 15 and 8!

grrrrr

Must start DTD this cycle soon!

i won't add myself to the list cause I have no idea what's going on with my cycle!

Just taken all my ttc vits and supplements.

pregnancy vits - so I have lots of folic acid & vit D
omega 3. - help brain development if I do get preg
agnus castus - might help regulate my hormones
Epo - for lots and lots of ewcm
1/4 aspirin - to improve blood flow to uterus (hoping it helps

implantation)

Right that's the vits sorted, have also managed to stear clear of chocolate and sweets for 6 days. A complete record for me, just goes to show how much I want to get pregnant.

Frustrated pants - Cycle 2 - BFP due 1st Aug
limesoakedmad - Cycle 1 - BFP due 1st Aug
TheQueensD - Cycle 1 - BFP due 2nd Aug
Letsdothisthing -Cycle 1 - BFP due 4th Aug
Bodi - Cycle 1 - BFP due 4th Aug
Miarosemum - Cycle 12 due 4th Aug
Aufaniae - Cycle 5 - BFP due 5th Aug
Aranrhod - Cycle - BFP due 5th Aug
Newbie2 - Cycle 3 - BFP due 6th Aug
LisaC2611 - Cycle 4 - BFP due 7th Aug
weechops - Cycle 2 - BFP due 7th Aug
babyjames - Cycle 4- BFP due
Resipsa ? Cycle 3 ? BFP due 13th Aug
YikesHereWeGo - Cycle 3 - BFP due 14th Aug
MightBeMad - Cycle 1 - BFP due 15th Aug
WhenSheWas - Cycle 4 - BFP due 15th Aug
HariboHeaven - Cycle 5 - BFP due 16th Aug
Polkadotmoon - Cycle? - BFP due 18th Aug
SunshineOut - Cycle? - BFP due 19th Aug
Zeuxippe - Cycle 1 - BFP due 21st Aug
Sheep2345 - Cycle 1 - BFP due 25th Aug
Frustratedpants - Cycle 3 - BFP due 29th Aug

Just thought I would change my af due date. Probably won't ovulate till 1st Aug anyway but I am going to try really hard not to test early this month.

lol I will try that tact aufaniae and kitty next time they try to offer their unwanted advice.

hi miarosemum :) this is my first month of charting (after trying-but-not-very-hard for a while) too.

can i just add even though on cycle 12 approximately, not really been 'actively' trying or timing ov, so thought best maybe start charting a little give us a better idea or when to dtd through out the month

Perhaps she has issues imagining her DBro actually having wild passionate sex. If she brings it up again, how about you say "i can assure you that's not the case. Do you really want to know what your DBro and I get up to in bed"?!

can you add me, ttc cyle 12, af due 4 aug, on cd16. 30 day cycles normal

Red- could you not point out to her that while you realise she is trying to help/ reassure ( best words to say instead of f**k off) that you know she's been in a similar position and can she remember how anoying it got with well wishers and their relax comments?

And the worst part is that she went through the same ttc emotions and would tell me how she hated people telling her to relax and enjoy sex. So for her to suddenly be so patronizing and insensitive just because shes now pregnant is making me so mad. Rant over.

I am just still pissed off that my SIL who has been ttc for over a year, gone through treatments and drugs, now doesnt seem to stop bragging about her pregnancy and then turns around and is asking me to make sure my sex life isn't regimented (yes thats the word she used!!!) and telling me to enjoy sex. WTF! I didnt ask for her advice even once. I just feel irritated and angry with her that shes presumed my sex life is regimented or I'm not enjoying it! What a cow! Sorry but I am so pissed off about it.

I've added another July thread and answerd you there winkle, just for red and anyone left

continuing from the July thread......

my thoughts exactly winkle Arrrghhh! why do these women insist we are stressed or making sure we "enjoy" having sex. It's none of their effing business. I'm just so pissed with my friend and SIL too. I wish that rule was highlighted earlier on! I wish I had not told them we were trying :( They are supposed to listen not analyse. Why can't people just be good listeners these days, I didn't ask for their opinion or advice

"Rule number one when trying for a baby - NEVER tell anyone you're trying for a baby!!"

Tricky though, isn't it? People keep asking me if we're going to have another.

I usually answer "well yes we'd like to but we'll see" which i hope hints that maybe we're trying without being too specific and that usually seems to be enough for them.

My best friends know we're trying, and they're good about it, they don't hassle me, but they do mention it from time to time - like if we talk about plans for next year they say "remember there might be a baby here"!

None of them try to give me well-meaning "advice" thankfully, that would drive me nuts!

winkle2 was she slightly merry? I remember my friends being so repetitive when I hung out with them when they were drinking, and I was pregnant. (Of course I was never like that when I used to drink lots before, oh no! )

So that was a surprise! Got a +ve on the stick last night. It's only day 11 of my cycle. I have fairly short cycles (25 days typically), but I wasn't expecting it yet.

Actually the maths does add up. 11+14 =25. Doh!
(You're meant to ovulate 14 days before the beginning of your next cycle IIRC)

Although I thought the tests don't actually go +ve on ovulation though do they? It's the couple of days before, isn't it?

DTD anyway, so fingers crossed :)