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

Bloody faceache!!! Another diffed friend. Well, school friend who just got married but I haven't seen in years. not just the usual announcement though, oh no! she puts the scan photo up and yells us it's a girl all at once!

And I'm with you all with the SIL thing too. we both started TTC at the same time. she had a few problems but ds is now 16 months and they are talking about another one. MIL was talking to me about it as SIL lives in Africa and MIL pretty much treats me like a daughter, which is lovely, but she knows enough about me and our problems to be able to comprehend that this might hurt, surely?!

In my case, I think the stork has permanently migrated...or been shot by a hunter...or is caught in a garden pond fishing net somewhere. It definitely hasn't been anyway near the BoodlePad.

Perhaps I should get DH to agree to the ol' turkey baster technique. I could put a whole tube of sperm friendly lube in with it and then just go for a 'tidal wave' approach...

-only half joking now I think about it

Hmmm. Working title: "How babies are made when the stork keeps dropping them in the wrong bloody places".

There's a lovely children's book in there somewhere, Barking!

boodle I have visions of lots of little creatures with spears lining the walls of your womb and stabbing sperm on the end of their spears like they're catching fish.
Flush them all out with sperm friendly lube!!!

Hmmm, MrsBoombastic - the EWCM that indicates ovulation is on the way isn't the same stuff as the wetness you get when sexually aroused though. I have read this online before but not from a massively reputable source... here

I don't get much in the way of EWCM, if at all but I am usually fine for DTD, as long as we put in the preparation time! If we can't be bothered, that's when the 'conceive plus' comes out!

I've been pondering this lately, as FC did mention the possibility of having a hostile environment in my uterus (oh Monica and Chandler, if only I'd known...) whether I should just squirt a load of lube up there before, and then a load more afterwards to try and ward off my potentially sperm-murdering womb!!!

Id never even heard of preseed (but glad I have now!). Don't think you need anything unless it's to help the mechanics so to speak... but others might know better.

Ok, so I have a lube question that is going to be WAAAAY tmi, but going to ask it anyway.

I don't need preseed, because when I'm in the mood there's plenty in the way of natural lube. But don't get EWCM ever unless I'm in the mood for rudies (ie never get it spontaneously as an ov predictor), so got told to use preseed to make it a less hostile environment (hostile. huh. Not like it has teeth now is it?) But surely if I get ewcm when I'm getting my jiggy on, I don't actually need preseed? I'm very confused about this now...

Don't - a friend of mine got pg 'by accident' last year ... I mean, seriously?? at our age, do you not know what might get you pg??

Aha, Blind, but note that her FC didn't say what kind of effect the preseed has on the swimmers! Maybe it makes them swim like Michael Phelps!? If that's the case, I'll carry on with it, thanks very much!
Alternatively, perhaps her FC has shares in Robitussin and wants to try to lure people away from the magic EWCM in a tube.

Charming, I use cheapy OPKs, and if I start using them very early in my cycle, I get faint lines that must be just my natural LH level. They then start to get gradually darker, usually taking 3-4 days to get to a positive reading. After that they quickly return to the very faint 'baseline'. In other words, when I see my line starting to darken, I get on with DTD, and then more often than not, Ov comes 4-5 days later.

I wouldn't get through shag week without preseed and given the number of reviews on amazon from happy upduffed women I'm going to stick with it (or not ).

well if I made a bit more effort I wouldn't need it, but when you're dtd every other day I just want to get on with it! Maybe I should try some 50 shades or something before hand haha!

did ask the fc about it but she initially rubbished the suggestion, only to actually suggest it later on! who knows?!

Not that I've tried it, I can't imagine it would! Has made me wonder whether I should try to go without though...

Idiot fc! if we need lube we need it. I actually need it fairly often, and water is worse than nothing.

oh and guys, my mate went to see her fc the other day and he told her not to use preseed as all lube can affect sperm, and if she was was desperate to use water!

barking gutted for your friend. Does make me realise how lucky I have to have a dh on the same page. I think its time your friend finds herself someone who wants to comit! Thinking my ttc issues might actually be karma now as I was very blatant with my wedding planning!

thunder managed to keep to just 2 glasses. It?s the pizza that came after today! Ooops!

Poas earlier and surprise surprise the usual, but then not quite sure when af is due anyway

goose, I've only just started using the monitor, so it's not tuned to my cycles yet and has only given 'high' readings for 18 days, so don't want to miss ov. Also, decided to throw everything at it this cycle to see where it gets me.

Berries who use ic OPKs - advice please. The line has been getting darker over the last 4 days. Today it was still not as dark as control, but definitely darker than yesterday. Does this mean ov is coming? So, would today be a good time to dtd?

Oh and Goose crosshairs are the red lines FF puts on your chart to predict OV. I switched to FF from another charting app a few months ago because I wanted the crosshairs!!

Charming so sorry you're feeling down. Sending massive hugs. My SIL mentioned the other day that she wants another baby. She's my bridesmaid and got a feeling she's going to try to pop one out before our wedding next year - which is exactly what I'm trying to do grrr!! Looks like I'm going to have to put a no sex clause in my wedding invites so no one gets upduffed the weekend of my wedding!!
Other people's announcements don't usually bother me but I've seen 4 on FB in the last few days which is really taking the piss!
Cd15 here. Was feeling really pleased with myself for climbing southern Britain's highest mountain this morning. Feel totally rubbish now though and think I've caught DP's lurgy. With both of us having been ill there hasn't been a great deal of DTD action in the happy household this cycle

And about the appointment, I don't know how it works where you are but my next appointment is my first with the doctor at the fertility clinic and s/he will then have the results of the hsg and the scan to discuss with me so s/he'll know whether to pat me on the head and give me clomid or whether there's a bigger problem.

I just hope I see the results of the hsg as they happen, I'm really not good at waiting!!!!