Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1

Oh, sorry Aquarius. Hope it happens next month - babies born later in the summer are healthier anyway.

so I'm out this month - af arrived at 3am with horrendous cramping - so cruel. Anyone else get horrible period paid? I've always had it - got checked out and they couldn't find anything wrong - so went on the Depo to stop the monthly misery (and now regretting it because it takes so long to get out of your system). anyone else been on the Depo?

janey better safe than sorry so yes, DTD!
I'm ok, no spotting or anything. I don't want to call the doc before I see 2-3 weeks on the CMD test first (should happen some time this week), so I know it is progressing. probably silly, but if I do go to the doc, I would get all excited about the pregnancy and I would be so disappointed if it was a non-sticky one again.

Oh and bunny - yes, clear blue OPK. No tricky lines, just a smiley face, or no smiley face. Easy. I say that but let's wait and see if it works!

Yes zombies, me!!

Sorry if TMI... But...Noticed lots of ewcm (first time since I came off the pill i've noticed it, although used to notice it pre-pill all the time) last night and duly DTD. Do we thank that the combination of smiley face yesterday on CBOPK and EWCM I have ovulated now? Or more DTD with sore bits tonight?

pip - damn it! Didn't think of that. We've been proper gym buddies this week and he's been in the jacuzzi with me about four times!

Hazle - how are you getting on?

Anyone else with sore bits!?

I have the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor and I use the cheap dipstick type tests from Amazon.
The dip stick ones take a bit of fine tuning, but they are super cheap.

I wouldn't think so Janey. When you think about it the water doesn't really go, ahem, 'inside' as such does it? All that heat might not do his bits much good though.

Happy - DP is just the same as your man! He just said 'babe, you know when you talk about mumsnet? Well it makes me feel how you feel when I talk about arsenal....'. Fair enough! So you are all going to have to endure my chat instead of him
So tell me. Big old on OPK this morning. DTD last night and planning to tonight obv. However I went to the gym and for a jacuzzi after. Is all the chlorine touching our bits going to somehow stop it working?!

Rache - got everything crossed for you..

I agree with Winkle Rach, it could be an implantation dip and spotting. Go to fertility friend and search for charts with implantation dips and spotting

Happylass I have held out so far and am hoping to wait until Friday (if AF hasn't shown her ugly face by then). I know it sounds stupid but if I don't test I can still dream of a BFP, whereas if I test now and it's BFN then it's all over for another month so basically i'm choosing to ignore the probable reality of a BFN so I can ridiculously daydream of babies for another few days. I also haven't really got any symptoms apart for the spotting (which also happened last month), and Winkle thank you for your positivity but I can't get excited about it being implantation because it was 2 bouts 4 days apart which seems unlikely for implanatation
Oh well, I suppose it's not over until AF arrives
Happylass Manchester is lovely at this time of year

When are you going to test Rache1S?? Have to confess I cracked and tested yesterday which, being so ridiculously early, obviously resulted in BFN and only served as a waste of money and made me upset and prompted DP to say "I told you so" Not gonna test again unless AF doesn't arrive on Fri. Really don't think this is my month though as haven't had any symptoms. Bit of a bugger tho as DP working in Manchester in a few weeks time so will have to trek about 200 miles in the name of TTC!

Rach - that could be implantation bleeding and also your temp can go down during implantation! Fingers crossed!!

Thanks Zombies, he is a right little cutie, although he somehow doesn't seem quite so cute when i'm cleaning up his little 'presents' he leaves for us overnight

Well ladies, AF is due on Thurs/Fri and i'm not feeling confident I spotted all day on Friday (8DPO) then yesterday my BBT dropped below base line and i've spotted again this morning (11DPO) but BBT is back up again today This is all quite bizarre because my cycle is usually a textbook 28 days and I never get any spotting, but for these 2 cycles we've been TTC i've been all over the shop! Has anybody had anything similar?

DH has just asked what i'm doing, so I said I am telling a load of ladies online about spotting and BBT going below base line, "Because you don't give a monkeys about either of them," and he just replied with, "I haven't got a Scooby Doo what you're talking about!" Point proven I think!

This cycle has been hard as DH had a SA exactly when I ovulated and you can't do it for 2 days beforehand! Feels like a wasted month! But then saying that I have been feeling really ugh today. Had lots of cramps down there and a bit of blood. Bad headache and quesy too. Am totally overanalysing it but would love a BFP this month!!

Us too, the every day method this cycle it is. Of course, life may get in the way.

Winkle The Every Day Method is the one we are using this month.
Not quite managed every day, as I was horribly ill last weekend. But it's been damn near as. Going to keep it up after I've OVd too, just to be sure.

lol yeah I think you have to take an educated guess as to when the smiley is about to appear. I think if you count 2 weeks back from the usual end of your cycle that will tell you when o actually happens. but the smiley comes the day before that. so there are a few days that you have a chance on!

rache your dog is PRECIOUS!! What an adorable face!
Fast forward a few years and you essentially have my dog. They're greedy little buggers though

Winkle my cycles used to be 30/31 but last two after mc were 33. Could also be that epo has delayed it.
I can't go for DTD every other day for so many days as DH could not cope with all the shagging for health reasons. So I need to time it quite cleverly!

Good point winkle - I shall duly inform him that last night might not have been pointless after all

Rache - I'm going to go for every day method next month if I'm not preg this month! It's the one thing we haven't tried.

Janey - dtd last night was good as its important to dtd in the day running up to OV too. So you have sperm waiting.

Lol how long are you cycles normally? That will help to determine when to start dtd. If you're unsure, start from cd8. That should cover you if you OV early.