The Elderberry Pavlovas who occasionally sausage wang – a fabulous thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 8)

Good luck today pip.

Keep us updated frog!

cd23 here and no sign of Ov. Not that we've managed to dtd more than once this month with the camping holiday followed by far too much alcohol at the wedding for him to perform, followed by his hangover followed by me being with my mate and him visiting his mum.... First cycle in 16 I've just lost interest and not been demanding it despite circumstances just because it's shag week. We spent 4 weeks in a campervan last summer and that didn't stop me. I've got myself convinced it's not going to happen until someone helps lengthen my LP so dtd is just pointless . Still, we did dtd on Friday so if temp goes up tomorrow we do have one chance in there. And if temp doesn't go up I'll see DP tomorrow so could put another in the bank.....

Good luck Pip with your appointment today.
and fingers crossed frog for tomorrow.

I'm currently on holiday in Cyprus with OH and his mum and dad. luckily we went on cd19 so dtd on that morning and don't really need to bother again, cos we r in the worlds NOISIEST bed ever!!!

I shall be up at 6am for a run, followed by a big poo, and I shan't eat or drink anything after breakfast. The stupid lengths we go to.

How many DPO are you Frog?

frog there are just too many symptoms to ignore . It sounds like of course you are definitely duffed and will not need us in a week or two . You just have to try and hide those ics from dh. is that going to be difficult? Fingers crossed for you!!

Oh & don't think the ICs will arrive till tmrw pm at earliest so may not pimp till weds am. Anyone feel free to join me - more chances in a syndicate!

I rummaged when I got the pink CM as I wanted to see if it was AF's advance advance party

You're not alone in the rummaging merk....

Bunny I've tried the Robitussin for EWCM and it worked by making it more like egg white as (TMI alert) I felt it was too thick and 'blobby'. However it obviously didn't work in terms of me getting upduffed Maybe I need to persevere but not keen on taking medicines that I don't really need.
Yes have a secret pimp tomorrow Frog. I may join you in a show of solidarity even though its too early and I haven't had a single bloody symptom

bunny you know you've totally jinxed yourself now- baby Noel comin up!

merk I'm not much of a furtler myself, but haven't been much of a spotter either and wouldn't draw the line at Anything I have read about spotting at ov time though- done folk just get it. Altho this is a bit late for ov you suspect?

frog when do they arrive?!

Right I'm now carrying team berry into the charge - hope I've not just set us all up for massive collective disappointment. Have got some ICs on express order!
Loving the names bunny I was teasing DP about xmassy names at weekend - twins called holly & robin anyone?

Can I ask a TMI question? When you are spotting do any of you then have a 'rummage' to see how much?? (Sorry). spotting would have just been when I wiped this afternoon but a couple of more thorough checks have suggested its more like a very very light period.
Suspect I'm the only weirdo but just wondered how odd I am...

Yes frog! Start us off! When are you pimping next?

No barking I'm not at all of those things- that sucks! AND adds insult to injury too! But if someone blocks you because of not being enthusiastic enough then sod them. Idiot.

bunny are you cycle buddy still too?

Love the fact we all went for the big poo option. Us berries are a classy bunch
frog 1. Why did nobody tell me I might O late this month?? FFS strips off PJs and swaps for nice knickers 2. I have never felt anything like the twinges I had last month. Across multiple cycles I have had strong sense of smell, nausea, back ache, funny taste bla bla bla and nothing. However my stomach twinges/pains/feelings (no good word to describe) were obvious and odd and resulted in my first bfp. So crossing fingers for you. And in summary, its NEVER over until the bitch turns up. I am tuned in for pimping results....

They can be funny about the BMI barking. My gp said I 'only just snuck in' for the referral criteria yet I'm not skinny (I used to be, I was a size 6 and then 6-8 then steady size 8 for years) but in the last few years - since I turned 30 in fact! - I've put on some flubber curves, finally gone up a bra size and a dress size and my old baggy trousers that needed a belt or they fell down are now too small - so I'm bloody not too skinny!!!

Happy Birthday Pip Without wanting to be crude, drink plenty of apple juice early tomorrow morning, then you'll go to the toilet and lose a few pounds from your bowels . Don't drink any more fluid after that. Wear your lightest clothes (e.g. not jeans and a heavy jumper) and do the heels in the air trick again . You'll be sorted .

thunder don't be too of me, I've got a pg colleague (in my face all the time, she's very loud and can't stop talking about the baby) and a pg SiL (who, in a bizarre twist, seems to have not only defriended me but blocked me on fb?! I 'hid' her updates as soon as I knew she was pg as I couldn't bear to see her announce it on fb and get all the congrats. Maybe I've been blocked because I didn't gush over the announcement?)

Good luck pip & happy birthday too. BMI is such a rubbish measurement - isn't every professional rugby player technically obese using the BMI index or something?

Welcome newbies! Right I have decided that as I still have no AF I am going to think positive & start the BFP gold rush right now.

Facts & hopeful suppositions! to support my claim:

1. my previous cycle average 28 days
2. last month's cycle was 31 days
3. last month I was convinced I was pg, had a lot of symptoms & DP says I was emotional basketcase when I don't normally get PMT that bad
4. I didn't get BFP because I didn't have any sensitive tests / tested too early but in fact it was a CP hence "AF" was late
5. if it was a CP then this cycle I was extra fertile
6. apparently anecdotal evidence on Google suggests if you have a CP you ovulate later the next cycle
7. the closest FF came to giving me crosshairs was CD21
8. if I didn't O till around CD21 then I'm getting BFN still as I'm still only 13DPO
9. my coverline is in fact quite low so all my temps now are above it & the dip at 9DPO was implantation
10. the early cycle crazy above coverline temps were due to the fact I was ill & DP was ill so would have been heating the bed up hugely
11. I had pink CM & 1 day of spotting around the time I would implant
12. I've had cramps & what I can only describe as twinges in the bikini area
13. I feel bloated all the time, my sense of smell is going insane & I had a weird grease explosion on my hair a few days ago

Therefore 12 reasons I am definitely upduffed or completely barking... DP has barred me from pimping in the next few days so I will have to do it in secret

If you're referrable (real word) then you should be treatable too- surely they can't waste your time that much to get you in the door and send tu away?

Small brekkie and a big poo before appointment I think

pip I am sure you will be fine tmi but can you have a big poo in the morning? sorry I have my fingers crossed for you. I have great faith that once one of us gets upduffed the rest will get dragged along too!

Just the number.
I had to get it 30 or below to get referred by the GP. So I had to go to the nurse to be weighed and measured. Because I'm so damn short, 5ft 3, every pound in weight is about 1 BMI point. I figured that although on the day I weighed what I did and couldn't do anything to fix that there and then, but I could cheat a little on the height, so when I was measured I didn't quite put my feet flat on the floor!
Now I have been watching what I eat and exercising, I run three miles three days a week, but I can't seem to get any more off. Obviously I know that really I need to drop some weight, but it isn't as easy as all that really.

Do they just go on a number pip or do they take reality other things into account?

I asked Merk if my BMI is too high then they'll send me home and ask me to come back when I'm not such a fat fuck.

Managed to take half an hour to write one simple post and even then forgot to say welcome newbies and good luck pip!

Happy birthday pip, do you have cake? Maybe inappropriate in the circumstances, but it's cake!

Am you don't have so many new announcements but barking I pity you feeling those nerves on a regular basis.