Pull up a chair for the 2ww...

Hey Ladies....hope you are all having a fantastic weekend??? I had a job interview so spent most of my day stuck on sweaty trains,( took a couple of hours to get there) dying to go to the toilet , and there were no loos on the trains?? now i feel like my UTI which had cleared up is back.....how annoying.... My AF is due , like now, well like yesterday and its not arrived yet!!!!! ....i'm trying so had not to get my hopes up ....could it be my turn this month to get a BPF??????? ....... i will see what happens though....definitely not testing as what normally happens is = i will test then my AF comes about an hour later!!!! ....plus it gets expensive...i have one pregnancy test left, sitting in my drawer calling out to me but i'm ignoring it.... a day late is nothing .... if i get to a week late, then and only then, will i do a pregnancy test....so i'm gonna take each day as it comes , ...........see what happens?!!!!???............ GOODLUCK GIRLS AND BABY DUST TO YOU ALL..........xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I will keep you posted xxx

Tea1, yep that's exactly what I did too.

DTD on Cycle days 9 - 13, plus 1 day after (just in case).

I used this calculator; www.babymed.com/fertility-ovulation-calendar-calculator

Hi Vjones, my fertile window (according to several apps / online calculators) was...

3 days before Ovulation + Ovulation Day + 1 Day After Ovulation = 5 Day Fertile Window

Morning ladies :)

So today I've had white ewcm (tmi but it was just there not from wiping or anything if that makes sense) I've done another test but bfn! Who knows what's going on!

Keden By 'fertile window', do you mean ov day and a few days afterwards or what?

Tea That's a good point. Did you dtd those days because you knew you were ovulating around then?

Still no AF here, still feeling positive and the latest wave of 'I really want to test now' impatience has passed...I was thinkig about it, if I test on 14th, I will then call the Dr on 16th and it's usually a 3 week wait for an appontment with 'my' dr...I could be about 8 weeks by then, lol!

VJones I was going to do the SMEP for Cycle #2.

Started out with it, then opted to just DTD within the entire fertile Window. It seemed counter-intuitive to NOT take advantage of every fertile day.

I POAS September 10, so fingers crossed!

Layla SMEP is the sperm meets egg plan, which involves using opks every day from cd8. You dtd every two days until first positive opk, when you dtd for three consecutive days, skip one and dtd once more.

All I've seen today is babies/pg women and it's got me down a bit... Will try to perk up though!

docs appt went great!! ...apparently all my hormones are working perfectly and i'm definitely ovulating each month!!! well pleased... AF still not here but expecting it by sunday at the latest.... but i'm so happy with results i dont care so much!!! lol.... scan is in a week or two tops, once thats been done they are gonna refer me to put dye down my tubes to check theres no blockages... then my partner needs to get himself checked...if all that comes back ok then its private treatment ... i'll have AM reserve blood test which checks how many eggs you have left..your kinda egg reserve, if i get that far i'll have some of my eggs frozen so i can do as many rounds of IVF or IUS as poss.... found a good clinic in london but thats about 3-6 months away yet... i may get pregnant before then ??? you never know!!!... sometimes even if everything is ok theres still unexplained infertility...weird eh?! ...ELR... i recommend using fertility friend website its free and it does your charting for you ... check it out but i'd do all 3 ... CM, OPK's to determine the first set of hormones and BBT, that will show you if you have ovulated ( by the rise in temp from progesterone, checking the other set of hormones) and exactly when you ovulated... i've just started to use it but i'm gonna use every month from now on.. just bought my thermometer to use from the first morning after AF arrives... check it out...its so clever ... you'll learn heaps about your own cycle and our own body as we are all so different ...it even has a symptom checker with a points system and anything from 80 points up over the cycle is you're probably pregnant!!!. ( its fun watching the points top up each day lol).. it gives you tutorials on how to use too its really easy...... BUT SO ADDICTIVE!!!!!! .....goodluck.... think we'll all be on the next round from next week ....here we go again!!! ....it's great having cycle buddies its certainly making this more fun for me.... have a great weekend everyone xxxxx

Hi everyone, fingers crossed layla for af to stay away ad hope your docs app is good this afternoon.
Just waiting for AF to go then we can start the whole process again! Thinking about getting opk's should I bother or just go with cm?
Have a great weekend everyone.....

hi guys... i'm on here just before i start work! ...lol.
.Vjonesy, i'm a dental Hygienist/Dental Therapist... basically i'm a childrens dentist , although i can do fills on adults too its mainly children i treat , taking their teeth out, filling them , pulpotomies (like root canal) etc, also All the hygienist work for the practice, cleaning teeth, gum/periodontal treatment and teeth whitening etc etc . I am self employed so work all over.. usually start early though !!..... VJones...what is SMEP???? am i'm missing something here?? ..
have you tried the website fertility friend? they make up special charts for you each month and find patterns etc to see EXACTLY how your body works its brilliant..it even gives you points on symptoms compared to all the pregnancy charts they have ...well worth a look..... chat rooms are not like this...i prefer this to speak to lovely ladies like you all but use their charting system its amazing!!...check it out.....
good luck Gnomiegrace...when you relax more and dont put pressure on yourself thats when it tends to happen the BFP.. you hear stories like that all the time dont you.." we were trying for years nothing happened it was so stressful so we gave up then wham bam 2 months later i was pregnant and we'd forgot about all the trying at special times it just happened naturally and so quickly!!"..... its true though eh, it happens that way a lot when you relax a bit .wish you the best of luck.... happy shagging!!..
.Tea1Sugar ...really pleased for you matey|!! thats great news... is it your first?? or are you lucky and have a whole tribe already??? ... that preseed i have heard of everywhere, everyone saying how good it is... i tried last month for the first time some fertility spray thats meant to mimic EWCM as i never find any of it around OV time on me/in me, is it like that??? or does it have added special qualities like nutrients or anything ???
i've still got some of this fertility spray left probably enough for 3 more rounds , so i would like to try preseed when its finished or before if its something different... where do i buy it cause i have looked and cant find it in boots or anywhere like that???....
. anyway...congrats...keep us posted every step of the way of your pregnancy... wishing you and bump , health, wealth and happiness...for the rest of you ...good luck...
who's still in this month????? my AF DUE TOMORROW ITS KILLING ME!!!!!!!!...i'm sure she'll rear her ugly head sometime over the weekend , if she is not here by tues i'll test ... but think shes def on her way as getting pms and twinges off i'm on my way i'm 100 % sure she's coming.......NOT AGAIN!!!!!! now too LOL!!!! ...p.s at docs today getting test results and organising more tests!!! scared but also pleased the ball is rolling..............
have a great day.....will check in again over the weekend....off to work i go.......xxxxxxxxxxxxxxe zt tu hf8
ONCE AGAIN , GOOGLUCK AND BABY DUST TO YOU ALL.......ooooops i think i just felt my af dribble...(TMI) sorry!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Right so AF has left the building! Ready for some action now! DH doesn't want us to "try too hard" so am not BTT or using OPK's if the good old shag till you drop route doesn't work in 6-9 months I'll move onto some more formal tracking but for now just gonna shag shag shag so pass the Stevie Wonder CD and the razor, gonna make myself gorgeous to tempt DH into some old fashioned rumpy pumpy, see you on the other side of the week! I'll be lurking so don't forget about me I want to see all those BFP's, even if for some it's just a formality ;-) good luck fingers crossed!

Hi Layla what do you do for a living?

Today I'm trying to decide whether to do SMEP this month or whether it would be best to try the relaxes approach :/

p.s I wish i could spend more time on here chatting to you lovely ladies but i'm always at work meant to be treating patients so i just do this on the sly when i can!!! hahahah...... have a good weekend...will pop back when i can.

hi everyone... hope all are well.... vjones...glad you're happy and keeping busy...remember the new fresh start , and with each try the odds get better i think personally, you can start all over again in a day or two ...yay!!! are you BTT too??? , i'm gonna start doing that next month as that'll tell you if you have actually ovulated and if the temp stay risen and doesn't go down it means pregnancy, which i think takes a lot of the heartache out of the dreaded 2WW... you'll know quicker.... MY AF DUE TOMORROW OR SAT .... having those twinges though that tell you its on its way, couldn't get to docs today but test results not back but going tomorrow to sort out proper date for scan etc. plus if I do need other testsi need to get the forms for those as will need more blood tests around mon/tues after AF arrives....if it does...HOPE NOT!!! .....99.9% sure it will however, so i'll be joining you again on the new start VJones. tea1sugar..you preganant???... didn't realise...wow..congrats .... really happy for you.... , refoca, jessica, nulanoo, bushprincess, lucy... and hopefully i've not missed anyone else..if so sorryand of course you are included.......GOODLUCK........ keep us posted .......xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...i'll be back within 2 days to tell you my af has turned up the old cow!!!

Nothing yet, have my fingers crossed, but don't think I'll be this lucky...

Anyway, was going to say, I have no idea about cycle per patch Refoca?! Oops!!

I have just popped to the shops and bought some cheap tests to see maybe over the wkend...hubbie keeps saying wait until AF is late!

Grrrrr mumsnet just ate my post

sorry hi Jessica have my fx for you - any sign of the evil aunt yet??? if not then let us know if you're getting lucky this month!! xx

haha Refoca the 14th!! I don't think I could wait that long... but the great thing is that if AF hasn't got you by then the bfp is just a formality!!

nunaloo... take a tip from Refoca... I don't suggest you wait out THAT long... but these early bfn's aren't telling you anything!

If no AF by next weds I think I'll be breaking by then... but trying in the mean time to get my head ready for dissapointment... as much as I'm trying to symptom spot I don't think I've got ANY!

have a great day all the 2ww'ers! xx