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The Elderberry Pavlovas are pimping everyday – a lovely thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 7)

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 14:42

Newbies very welcome provided they meet the entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 3+months, must have a special pot, NO instadiffers) and bring a bouquet of sausages when they join!

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happylass · 16/03/2013 21:53

Evening all! Just marking my spot on lovely new thread. Off to catch up on end of last thread a sbeen out celebrating all day because Wales won the rugby!! Grin

cherrycoconut · 16/03/2013 21:49

Fanks for looking at my chart guys, yes, the looongness of it is a bit depressing. I decided not to start it from the actual day of my last AF. The scrolling along to find the end would be just too tedious.

Frog the only reason it's in F is because I read tcoyf and all the examples were in F. Now I half wish I'd gone C but I don't suppose it really matters. Congrats on choosing your pot, liking the symbolism.

Merkin what day would you put O at? It only added the graphic when I put in the +ve OPK. longs for it to be true

Right, only 3 mins left on the rugby marathon; I may have to stop my chart preoccupation to put in some practice with DH...

ILoveMyCats · 16/03/2013 21:41

Sorry, just off the shuttle. Got distracted by the snack trolley.

ILoveMyCats, 31 ttc since sept 2012. Cycle 3 due to post-pill amenorrhea. Af any day.

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 21:36

I am not having an exciting sat night... 3 lime and sodas and a curry and now back home on the sofa in my onsie watching a film. Middle age seems to have struck hard!!!

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 21:26

cherry I think you've O'd. Not sure your chart and I agree on the day but fingers crossed in 2 weeks you're back on track. Hoping your temps continue to rise tomorrow. It's hard TTC long term anyway but to not even be able to get started on it thanks to your cycle being all over the place must be awful, I really feel for you.
A fairy small and mighty cap sounds good but can it stand up on its own without spilling (iyswim)? At least it won't get mistaken for a pot for your OH to put his toothbrush in!

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Frogcatcher · 16/03/2013 21:11

Oh & I looked at your chart but was totally thrown by the Fahrenheit to start with let alone the fact that it wasn't FF. merkin is queen of charts so she will probably be less phased than me!

Frogcatcher · 16/03/2013 21:06

Right storks. Thanks cherry. Might vary it up with a cabbage patch occasionally!

Also forgot to mention that I chose my special pot today for when I move from the posh Boots POAS OPKs to my ICs - the large measuring cap from an appropriately named bottle of Persil Small & Mighty looked like just the ticket!

cherrycoconut · 16/03/2013 20:57

Alex I see you're already peeing on sticks, you'll fit right in.

Oooh bunny enjoy your do and the strip later... it would work off the chocolate egg afterall though it may not salvage lent

My comeback for those who press me about children is nearly always something vague about storks visiting. lame Lurve lurve the 'are you saying I'm fat? comment Oh to master the art of the put down. If ttc does one thing for me, if not make a baby, I shall make it my mission to have more disdain.

cherrycoconut · 16/03/2013 20:45

Thanks Merkin OK I'm willing to believe this so desperate is she to ovulate... pray tell me more! I've decided I like my chart here for now so I've made it public for hawking at. I put in my +ve OPK on Monday and it's also decided I ov'd this week. How fab that would be!

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 18:47

Welcome in wide
tally if you're preg then clearly the temps did the trick... Your body realised that you were onto it!

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Tallyra · 16/03/2013 18:39

Hi Alex and Sargasso, welcome!

I'm slightly annoyed - I was just getting into this temping and ov prediction thing. If it turns out I am pg, hten that's all for nothing (hopefully)! Damn you all for getting me interested in finding out about my lp when I might not have a need...

WideSargassoSea · 16/03/2013 18:34

Hey guys, Can I join please? I'm 35. Been TTC since December and could do with some company.

Frogcatcher · 16/03/2013 18:33

Did my PIMPing for today & still no O so game on for shag week still. No dip in temp today either. Wink

Alexandra6 · 16/03/2013 18:28

Oh and no, I didn't get a trigger shot, I think the egg popped out on it's own or at least I got a smiley face after my last scan and 21 tests said ov.

I would probably be rubbish with drink swap too on the pg side, and end up sipping by accident!

Alexandra6 · 16/03/2013 18:26

Wish I still had some Internet cheapies hanging around but I upgraded to smiley face ones damn it!

Alexandra6 · 16/03/2013 18:22

Did an OPK today (heard it can pick up pg too) but no smiley face. Am still a bit hopeful about the pg test tomorrow though! Oh and I did crack at 6dpo and pg test then as well but surprise surprise negative!

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 18:21

barking do you tend to feel when AF is on the way?
alex did you get a trigger shot with your clomid? I'm still using the cheapy Internet tests as IMO they are more sensitive than anything else, I dipped a FRER and a cheapy Internet into the same pot and only got a BFP on the Internet one (although on inspecting the FRER by taking it to bits later I saw there was a faint line). Am saving my other FRER til Mon when I will be 11dpo, and assuming that's strong will buy a digi just so I can see the pregnant words.
Had never heard of the drink swap but I like it! Problem is I would probably unconsciously drink the wine! To be honest I had been setting up my 3 closet friends with the fact that I was going to stop for 6 months anyway

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barkingtreefrog · 16/03/2013 18:18

Eh? clarification ever.....

barkingtreefrog · 16/03/2013 18:16

Alex prepare to become obsessed with PIMPing and lose all logic of when to start/stop.
I'm considering another PIMP this evening yet I'm only 7dpo..... AF due tomorrow though.
I'm Ov PIMPing on the cheap internet sticks and at the same time POAS with the CBFM. At the moment, PIMPing with cheap pg tests, and should claeificationever be necessary I have a stash of digi CM so I can POAS.

Alexandra6 · 16/03/2013 18:12

Agree with thunder on the drink swap - I've done it for pg friends!

Frogcatcher · 16/03/2013 18:10

I once got v drunk at a hen do cos a pg friend gave me all her alcoholic drinks without me realising as well as my own - we were in a karaoke booth & kept putting drinks down all over place before you wonder just how ditsy I am! Evil pg plotting people merkin!

Forgot to moan earlier that went to a new hairdresser & got the frickin' do you want children question. If anyone has a really good comeback to this I'd love to hear it as the stepson line hadn't deflected it!

Thunderbuns · 16/03/2013 18:10

You both order same drinks (or both have wine at dinner). While you pretend to sip at yours, he merrily drinks his. Place em close together when you put them down and you always pick up the one with less in. Surreptitiously of course. Looks like you're drinking but he's doing the work...

barkingtreefrog · 16/03/2013 18:10

My mum's birthday is Christmas Eve and she hates it. My birthday is June which I love! Given the choice (ha ha) I'd have a September baby but that's the teacher talking!! Stupid SiL is of course having a September baby.

A Christmas baby would still be preferable to a July/August baby though, those summer borns can struggle all the way through school. And their friends are never around for their birthday as it always falls in the holidays!

Alexandra6 · 16/03/2013 18:10

It's my first cycle on clomid, I've got PCOS and it's the first time it looks like I def ovulated! So not sure when AF is due as my cycles before clomid were a bit crazy, but I guess this week sometime if they've regulated? Planning to test with first response! What brand did you use and how many dpo? (am nosy too!)

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CatsCantFlyFast · 16/03/2013 18:06

Ps barking you make me laugh
cherry did you see my note on the last thread re O?

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