No April Fools on the April BFP Bus, we got cookies

Hi everyone,
can I jump on too please? Some familiar faces from previous buses - I've been keeping my head down for the last cycle or so in order to try and reinforce the 'JS' approach but am caving in again today!

The folic acid question - 400 micrograms is recommended for most women but some have to take 5milligrams (much more!!) for certain health conditions so taking 800 micrograms will not cause any harm. Personally I'd veer towards the higher dose of VitD but that's because working long hours I don't get much sunlight on a regular basis - again at those kind of numbers I don't think you can overdose! Reminds me to go take my own!

TTC number 1, cycle 4 or 5 I think - leads me on to a question of my own - last few cycles have been about 39 days long, last weekend on cd26 started very light spotting which has continued thus far, doubt it's implantation bleed because the timing of DTD doesn't quite add up, has anyone had similar experiences of this and any opinions on whether it's a random light period or something mid cycle?!

Chocoloulou33 ttc#2, cycle 7, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Wardy17 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Mortifiedadams ttc#2, cycle 1, bfp due 1st April
whiterose2011 ttc#1, cycle 6, bfp due 2nd April
Marie456 ttc#1, cycle 5, bfp due 3rd April
Deliasmithy 29, ttc#1, bfp due 4th April
Ela88 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 4th April
Padster75 TTC 2, cycle 6, BFP due 5th April
weechops TTC #3 cycle 10 bfp due 5th April
Sunshine2013hopefully 1mc TTC #1 cycle 3 bfp/af due 6th april
barebranches ttc#1 cycle 3 bfp 6th april.
Springbells, Ttc #2, cycle 4, af/bfp due 6th April
ganetgob, ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due on 7th April
PistachioTruffle, TTC #1, cycle 7, bfp due April 7(ish)
MrsTwinks ttc#1, cycle dont ask, BFP due april 8th
Zeu ttc #2 cycle 2 bfp due 11th April
ttcnumero3 #3 cycle1 bfp due 11th april
SciencegeekGirl ttc #1, cycle 2, bfp due 13th April
Lisbapalea ttc#2, cycle 3, bfp due 14th April
Bajas ttc#1, cycle 7, bfp?
Dogandbeth ttc#3, cycle 2, BFP due mid/end of april.
Lyndsey90 ttc#1, cycle 10, BFP due some time in april.
Dutchyoriginal TTC#2, cycle 15, last AF 14/3, BFP due between 30/3 and 9/4 (cycles range between 16 and 26 days, last was 25, one before was 16)
LondonSuperTrooper, TTC#2, Cycle 5, BFP due 14 April but will be testing early

Oh hello! Can I jump on? TTC # 3. Dc are 8 and 6 and we thought we were done so I'm so VERY excited...feels like TTC#1 again! This will be first full cycle since coil out last week. AF / BFP due mid April (11th?)

For the last two days I have had positive OPKs and then today negative. Does that mean I've already ov'd or that I'm about too?

Finally on the dreaded 2ww. Plz go quick!!!

Sorry for typos in my previous post.

I agree with Blondie about taking EPO from CD1 till ovulation a.

I don't know the implications of taking too much folic acid but I doubt it's harmful. A friend was having IVF and she was prescribed 2000mg of folic acid a day!!

ganet I dont think you can have too much vit d3 but not sure about the folic acid?

Hmmm....

Thanks for replying! Perhaps I should ask further afield than our bus to be sure?

I'll be back with a definite answer hopefully!

Hi all!
I read that you should only take epo from day 1 to ovulation day as it isn't good for pregnancy hense only first part of cycle if that helps?

I'm no expert but I think I read somewhere that you shouldn't go above 400 micrograms daily of folic acid. So far as I know the only vitamin supplement to avoid is A but no doubt someone more knowledgeable will be on soon to let you know for sure.

Hi Ganetgob - afraid I don't have the answer but have been puzzling over this kind of stuff myself!

I am taking Seven Seas B6 + Folic Acid - was taking this pre-TTC as heard B6 was good for PMT (was trying to curb my moodiness/tearfulness to try and make things a bit easier for DH - and me - in the week leading up to AF!). Since TTC I have seen people mention B6 being a good thing so am keeping up with it although not sure what the B6 is for! But the folic acid has got to be a good thing so I will keep up until anyone tells me not to!

Am also taking EPO every day, also because of PMT, but wondered if it's good to take it when TTC and if so should I only take it on selected days - have seen people on these threads saying they only take it for the first few days of their cycle?

So I am in an equal muddle! Hopefully someone will come along and help us out!

Evening all!

I have been trying to keep away until closer to my bfp date (to stop myself obsessing!) but I've got a quick question you lovely ladies might be able to help me with.

I have been taking folic acid and vitamin D for a couple of months now. The folic acid is 400 micrograms and the vitamin d is 25 micrograms. In the last couple of weeks I have also started taking the seven seas 'trying for a baby' vitamins which contain 400 micrograms of folic acid and 5 micrograms of vitamin d.

I didn't think anything of taking them all at first but now I'm not so sure. Should I stop taking the separate tablets? Is 800micrograms of folic acid too much? Is 5 micrograms of vitamin d enough?

Any advice would be warmly welcomed!

Just updating list with my stats:

Chocoloulou33 ttc#2, cycle 7, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Wardy17 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Mortifiedadams ttc#2, cycle 1, bfp due 1st April
whiterose2011 ttc#1, cycle 6, bfp due 2nd April
Marie456 ttc#1, cycle 5, bfp due 3rd April
Deliasmithy 29, ttc#1, bfp due 4th April
Ela88 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 4th April
Padster75 TTC 2, cycle 6, BFP due 5th April
weechops TTC #3 cycle 10 bfp due 5th April
Sunshine2013hopefully 1mc TTC #1 cycle 3 bfp/af due 6th april
barebranches ttc#1 cycle 3 bfp 6th april.
Springbells, Ttc #2, cycle 4, af/bfp due 6th April
ganetgob, ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due on 7th April
PistachioTruffle, TTC #1, cycle 7, bfp due April 7(ish)
MrsTwinks ttc#1, cycle dont ask, BFP due april 8th
Zeu ttc #2 cycle 2 bfp due 11th April
SciencegeekGirl ttc #1, cycle 2, bfp due 13th April
Lisbapalea ttc#2, cycle 3, bfp due 14th April
Bajas ttc#1, cycle 7, bfp?
Dogandbeth ttc#3, cycle 2, BFP due mid/end of april.
Lyndsey90 ttc#1, cycle 10, BFP due some time in april.
Dutchyoriginal TTC#2, cycle 15, last AF 14/3, BFP due between 30/3 and 9/4 (cycles range between 16 and 26 days, last was 25, one before was 16)
LondonSuperTrooper, TTC#2, Cycle 5, BFP due 14 April but will be testing early

Hello ladies

I'd like to hop on the bus too please!

I got a positive opk on saturday. Have been doing sperm meets egg plan too but didn't manage to dtd on sunday which i think was the crucial day unfortunately but we've tried our best and bfp due 1st April.

BoomBaby ttc #1 cycle 1 bfp due 1st April

Ha ha choc, I've been doing that quite a bit over the last 10 days, let's hope it helps!!

Haha choc good luck I hope those swimmers made it!!!

Hello all, good weekend? I am on my phone reading thru all posts etc as need to fill some time as I am currently laying with my legs up the wall lol! sorry if that was tmi gonna try help them swimmers as much as possible! I've had +opk yesterday & 2day & dtd both nights but that's first time in a week. So hoping its enough. Usually do it more but difficult when OH works nights.
juggling how lovely! What a nice story. Rly hope april is good luck. My bfp due on the 1st x
Welcome sun thanks for the amazing weather here too in rainy old kent, blimmin rubbish! X

Hello ladies, can I also jump onto the April bus to shelter from the rain with you? I bring (slightly damp) - what a beautiful weekend it's been in this part of the world !

Sunflowered, ttc #1, cycle 3, I will not poas before bfp due 17/18 April

Just saw your thread title and wanted to wish you all luck because 14 years ago my DD was born on April 1st after nearly a year of TTC (plus 9 months obvs) - that year seemed like forever ! April 1st only April Fools day because people tried to move the new year to January, whereas some of us know it really starts in April with the springtime as it always did
Shouldn't really be here as with DS(11) too we have our hands full - just popping by to wish you the all the luck of the season

Thanks zeuxippe that's really helpful will give that a go

I mean don't think time of day matters too much. I think the day after is the most crucial?

Thanks for updating list weechops. Am only ever on my phone and rubbish at cutting and pasting on it!

wardy I'm doing sperm meets egg which says as soon as you get a positive dtd that day, the following day and the third day then have a day off and do it one last time on the fifth day! Hope that helps.

Got my positive OPK this morning, dtd last night and will do again tonight, does it matter what time of day you do it, the OPK instructions say within 24/36 hours of getting a positive, does it matter when?

Updated list :)

Chocoloulou33 ttc#2, cycle 7, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Wardy17 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 31st March/1st April
Mortifiedadams ttc#2, cycle 1, bfp due 1st April
whiterose2011 ttc#1, cycle 6, bfp due 2nd April
Marie456 ttc#1, cycle 5, bfp due 3rd April
Deliasmithy 29, ttc#1, bfp due 4th April
Ela88 ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due 4th April
Padster75 TTC 2, cycle 6, BFP due 5th April
weechops TTC #3 cycle 10 bfp due 5th April
Sunshine2013hopefully 1mc TTC #1 cycle 3 bfp/af due 6th april
barebranches ttc#1 cycle 3 bfp 6th april.
Springbells, Ttc #2, cycle 4, af/bfp due 6th April
ganetgob, ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp due on 7th April
PistachioTruffle, TTC #1, cycle 7, bfp due April 7(ish)
MrsTwinks ttc#1, cycle dont ask, BFP due april 8th
Zeu ttc #2 cycle 2 bfp due 11th April
SciencegeekGirl ttc #1, cycle 2, bfp due 13th April
Lisbapalea ttc#2, cycle 3, bfp due 14th April
Bajas ttc#1, cycle 7, bfp?
Dogandbeth ttc#3, cycle 2, BFP due mid/end of april.
Lyndsey90 ttc#1, cycle 10, BFP due some time in april.
Dutchyoriginal TTC#2, cycle 15, last AF 14/3, BFP due between 30/3 and 9/4 (cycles range between 16 and 26 days, last was 25, one before was 16)

I can't update list on my phone sorry x
Got a +ve ov test yesterday so dtd last night may squeeze one more in 2nite but OH working nights does not make things easy! X