The Elderberry Pavlovas, sausage bouquets, one giant sofa and the Gü pots of destiny! (thread 9)

Wow, and some of the ladies that got the bfps were real long term ttc ers!! Thanks for the prompt cats I've been and had a rub! I'd seen it before and dismissed it but why not?!? I will try anything, especially if it's free and easy!! I've downloaded the photo so I can rub it through shag week .

Hi cats, about the cbfm, if memory serves, my first month's readings were similar to yours, but from the 2nd month on, I'd get a few days of High readings followed by optimum (or whatever the highest reading is called) for 2 days, the another High, then Low for the rest of the cycle.

My understanding is that it does read the hormone levels in your wee, but also uses past cycles to factor in to the current month's readings. I could be totally wrong as I'm not quite sure why I think this. Starting othe 3rd or 4th cycle of using it, I began using ICs in the evening, just to back up the cbfm, but am still not fully confident that I'm reading them properly. Might be bc just the aroun 10pm & someone recently mentioned they're best between10 and 4, 2pm being ideal.

Really happy to have some cycle buddies & very glad you guys don't share my suspicion that we totally messed up our timing this cycle. I've had a pretty low-key 1st week of the 2ww, mainly bc I figured we messed it all up, but now I'm wondering if we're still in the running! Willie glad to lead the charge towards a bunch of bfp's, sign me up! Would be the most ironic timing ever for me, due to shag week botch-up but also bc I've joined a gym and am now working out happily every day, with visions of being tight and fit again by summer's end. Anything to take my mind off TtC!

CD18 pos OPK, yeah!
DH away on business, boo!
Hope tomorrow isn't too late

I'm good Bunny or should that be fellow OB (how depressing that the other original OBs can't be that far off giving birth!). Hope time passes quickly and you get some sort of answer from your DHs next test.
OK Sid, Frog and Puppy let's take it upon ourselves to lead the BFP revolution. Roll on next week!!

Hello!
Quick question for sid, as I know she uses the cbfm too. I've had 18 days of high and today it's low...does that mean I've ov? I didn't get a peak reading, but it's my first cycle of using it. I can't confirm ov with anything else as I don't temp and I didn't master the ic OPKs. Also very little cm this cycle, compared to last month.

Night night, berries. Thinking of you all and sending good thoughts. Have a look at the thread that's a light hearted experiment. There have been 5 BFPs and all you have to do is touch a pictured of fertility statues....

Sorry kitty but I'm laughing at the idea of frog doping at a yoga retreat! Never realised it was like the Lance Armstrong era of cycling!

happy cd17 here too. cycle snap!!

duh just re-read your post! defo don't take any hpts!!! love the idea of a yoga retreat, have you been doping it long? I've been doing it a while but still can't master a few moves

Not an OPK break blind but not take any ICs with me to tempt early POAS! I've only just got the hang of OPKs so won't be giving them up just yet!

frog if having a opk break helps then you should do it but just to warn you, I've been super anxious this month as I decided to 'be breezy' about the opks this month!

Boo to all doctors & tests going wrong. I'm really not looking fwd to going to see my GP but its going to become necessary next cycle when we've hit the 6m mark.

Hey sid & happy I'm also 7dpo so cycle buddy too. I don't think we did as well as Sid but 3 times in shag week so fx quietly. Helps that first time I've been able to pinpoint shag week with any certainty anyway. I'm going to avoid who am I kidding symptom spotting or early testing but think the only way to do it may be to take myself off on the yoga retreat this weekend when DP is working anyway. And not take my pot or sticks with me!!!

bunny ah I bet you?ll do a great job as godmother!

Boom Hope you?re ok after the ?incident? today, hope you spilt gravy over the horrible customers and not the nice ones. Actually, I think we should regularly get you to throw gravy over the instadiffers / fb show-offs / insensitive work twats ?..

Re the anniversary present, the 1st year is meant to be paper. We just gave each other our trip to rome tickets. If you need something that won?t cost anything, what about some Boombastic love coupons haha??? You could offer ?non baby making? sex!!!!

Re the picnic suggestion, I?m just imagining you with salmon sandwiches down your knickers haha

barking what a nob on the train!! If she wanted 2 seats then she should have paid for 2! I had a situation like that a while back so I snitched on her to the conductor (I?m so hard haha) but then I regretted sitting next to her as she reeked!

My mate texted earlier. Shes also been ttc for 2 years and she had a transvaginal scan today that found a polyp. Anyone know anything about them? Shes gutted as was meant to start iui in june but then I guess if they can remove it maybe she won?t need it.

Re my cycle, still no AF (not getting my hopes up though) and go on hol Thursday!!! There goes my sex filled holiday!!!!

Happy Anniversary Boom and fx for the anniversary baby.
Bunny sorry to hear the jizz test is taking so long. Did they say why it needs repeating?
Sid I think we may be cycle buddies this month as I'm just entering week 2 of the 2ww too. You did a hell of a lot better than us on shag week though!! Cd17 here and we've only DTD a pitiful 3 times. Boo to illnesses and busy lives

Right berries, I shall probably be out of action for the next few days - 3 night shifts in a row, going to deliver me some babies and not cry about it

Will bob in if I get the chance to catch up on the sofa gossip! x

list, not lust!!!

Happy anniversary BOOM!!

sid I would phone the consultant's secretary and let them know that you need an urgent appt, but I would also phone the go to ask if they could clarify to then too as you have s copy of the letter and can't see it mentioned...

I'm waiting for my gynae letter to come through so I can phone and ask to be out in the cancellation lust but it's not coming through so I might just call anyway soon.

Sid in my experience the letter is all that the consultant receives, they won't look at your details/notes until the appointment. So I would bring it up again with your GP, if she has noted that elsewhere then she can tell you so. Better safe than sorry I guess!

Fingers crossed for an anniversary baby...?

Sorted! I shall invest in some M&S posh nibbles so I don't have to waste time cooking, and may even break out the raunchy knickers to serve them up in!

Boom if the weather's nice, maybe a long walk where you could talk about all your favorite parts of the last year, followed by a nice homecooked meal? we did something along those lines on our 1st anniv, as we were both poorly.

Grr on behalf of berries with knocked up SILs and thoughtless friends/family. By and large I think people speak without thinking way too often!!

1 w of my 2ww down, 1 to go. DTD on CD8, 10, 11 12 and 15, our worst ever, but hard to not have a tiny bit of hope, so we'll see.

In other news, spoke to GP today who remarked that my referral request to a neurologist was 'routine' and could take 'a while' to come through. I reminded her she'd told me that she'd said she'd request an urgent appointment since we're TTC and the neuro would have to see me before a FC would agree to. She then said she'd put that in the request letter. She must not realize that I have a copy of that letter, and our TTC isn't mentioned anywhere in it. Is that sort of info included in something I wouldn't necessarily see, or did she just lie to me (or meant to include it, but forgot?)? Should I follow up on this, or just presume she did what she said but that it isn't reflected in the copy sent to me of the referral?

Sounds lovely- put a nice rug down though (avoid carpet burns )

Yeah nice music, some food that you can pick at and a glass of bubbly sounds fab.

Hm, Friday looks set for rain. Maybe we could have a carpet picnic! Sadly our bath isn't big enough for me and him (shoddy new build bathroom!!) so maybe it'll just be a naked carpet picnic with bubbly and champagne??!