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I'm hoping he can come home tomorrow and then I can visit at the end of the week! There's no way I can get past grandparents to see him at the moment!

Thanks, ill keep you posted. Im not too confident as I think I ovulated a lot earlier than I expected but I have my fingers crossed anyway.

Haha, I bet DH didn't mind at the time but I bet he wasn't a fan of you in the morning! I suppose you could go with usual antibiotics excuse but that might be a bit obvious!

Ah welcome to the world Benjamin that's a lovely name! Thanks for keeping us updated :)

Good luck on the 2ww woodwaj I have my fingers crossed for you that this is your month and will be checking in to see how you 're getting on. Really hope it doesn't drag too much for you.

I managed to find a successful way not to drink, I just accepted the drinks but then glass swapped with DH who helped me out, pretty sure nobody noticed.....but DH got so drunk because he was downing stuff so quickly and had twice as much as everyone else!! May need a re-think

Oh and still have Dolly Parton boobs!

Really sorry about AF onelife have some chocolate then chin up and carry on again!!

Yes it is my 2nd cousin, He has been named today! Benjamin They are well but in hospital again tonight. I want to see him!!

I read your post and figured it out and my 2ww starts today! I wouldn't have even looked if you hadn't have mentioned it as im not normally able to follow my cycle with no AF. So really it should be 4th Nov AF is due, I prob wont test unless its late or I feel I am!! Still DTD though as I cant exactly be sure I have ov'd

I know what you mean Vicky, I occasionally grace the infertility group now, but this group is much more active and friendly. Hopefully we can all move over to ante natal together!!

Hi Jenny welcome to the mad house, Good luck with the OPKs. POAS becomes super addictive!!!

Thanks girlies, is will try that November bus also.
Yes just invested in 50 OPKs so hopefull will make it easier!
Yes I'm trying for my first, its exciting but also stressful! And I also would love to be over pregnant for Christmas.
Oh don't apolagise onelife, it takes over and becomes an obsession.
Fingers crossed for us xx

Thanks Vix, mwah xx

Oh onelife I'm so sorry AF got you :( that's rubbish, I was really hoping this would be your month.

On the upside you still have plenty of time to get that pre-Christmas baby made, remember you, woodwaj and me are all getting preggers before Christmas!

I know it will take a few days but you will pick yourself up, besides there must be a November POAS party to organise! And you have your super duper CBFM to get you through it as well. I will pop into the November bus and see how everyone is doing :)

I still feel like a bit of an intruder on the ante-natal threads so I'm still hovering on this side as i'm more comfortable here and i love seeing everyone get their BFPs and all you ladies are so lovely.

Just remember, you will get your BFP :) ........and when you do it will be IMMENSE

Sadly there was no need as af showed up right on time yst Feeling v blue bout it all as don't understand why I felt so different&so certain when clearly it was nothing all along. Know I'll feel better soon&ready for the fun bit again but at the mo just feel so tired with it all.

Welcome Jenny, fx for you Please forgive me wallowing, i'm normally more chipper! These girls are lovely&im v grateful to have them

Congrats on your second cousin woodwaj! (think that's right isn't it, if it's your cousin's child?) How are things, are you still dtd or entered the 2ww?

V - love the thought of you looking&laughing at your boobs in the mirror

Hi jenny welcome to the madness. It does sound like it is just your system getting back to normal after the pill, I stopped taking my BCP in July and had 34/35 day cycles.

Have you tried temping or using OPKs? Different things work for different people and some people prefer to use nothing at all, but I found OPKs were really useful and let me know a) that I was ovulating and b) when I ovulated. For me that was a great comfort after taking the pill for so long and it meant we could focus on DTD at the right time. If your cycle vary in length then that could help you pinpoint when you ovulate each cycle.

There's also the monthly bus thread which is great, November Bus has just started, and there's usually around 50-60 ladies all ttc at various stages so some complete newbies on cycle 1 and some that have been trying much longer. I have also found these threads great and everyone is lovely.

Good luck to you, I hope this cycle is your cycle. Are you trying for your first?

Hi girls,
I'm a newbie to this, so bare with me if I make mistakes!
I'm 27 and tcc for 4 months, I came off the bcp mid June and have had 2 37 day cycles and 2 30 day cycles.
Do you think this is my system getting back to normal.
I'm getting a bit stressed

Ah amazing, that's great news!! Congratulations to your cousin. Enjoy those newborn cuddles :)

A few symptoms over here, mainly peeing like a trooper, was at father in laws house today and must have gone 5 times in a few hours!

Other than that ok, apart from having ridiculous boobs, they are huge and every time I look in the mirror I have to laugh

Onelife did you poas yet??

Any symptoms yet vicky?

I have a new baby cousin born today a boy!! He is gorgeous (baby no name)

Ah poor cousin, that's a long time. I hope the little one makes an appearance soon.

That's great you've found some info about it and it seems like it could well be early ov so get to work! Woo oho your other half is going to have a good weekend!

Still no baby, I went to see her before. She looked so bored!!

I googled it this morning and its actually normal to ov early on clomid. Hopefully I haven't missed it I will dtd again tonight. I found some really good info including why I had a scan...which I haven't heard about so I think that's a good thing.

No testing till Monday! Good luck with that, I hope your feelings are right!!!

woodwaj I agree with one go for it if there is any sign at all that it could be ov ( which it sounds like it could be). Ov can come early or late for many reasons and as you have been on the Clomid it could have just moved it forward, ou never know.

one I really like your positive thinking and will be so pleased if you get your BFP! A woman's intuition isn't often wrong. I'm so impressed with your will power to wait to test too. :) fingers crossed tightly for you.

Looking forward to news of the new arrival, best wishes to woodwaj's cousin!

Hey woodwaj, glad you got some dtd in. If your body is showing any kind of sign i would just go for it, but not too much as don't want to wear his little fellas out Have fun!

2ww going well thanks (ha! never said that before!) Have a v bizarre feeling that it's going to go my way, can't explain it and can't believe i'm even typing it but i just have this strong sense that i 'know' im pregnant. AF due tmrw or Sun so if no show plan is to test Monday, really hoping i'm not going to end up looking like a tool but it is genuinely how i feel, weird hey! Well only time will tell, keep your fx please ladies

And hurry up please woodwaj's cousin's baby, we're all longing to hear about your arrival into this world!!!

Haha that is some poor will power vicky!! Although my best friend will know right away.

Still no baby :( they will try and induce again after 24 hours.

Yeah his friend pissed off about 11!! I was looking at dates and im not even sure if it's possible to ov.. my period only ended last Friday. . Ill have to google later and see if clomid can speed up ov

Woohoo woodwaj sounds like it could well be ov time for you. I agree with onelife you should get on it!!

Has DH's friend gone home yet? How rude of him to stay and delay your action!

Best of luck for your cousin, I hope it's a speedy delivery, but also that her DH can be there to share, so exciting. Let us know when it arrives, we need details, name, sex, weight etc.

I spent the afternoon with a good friend of mine and her 9 month old, so lovely, made me feel all broody :) but totally had to fess up when he cracked a bottle of wine open. Didn't want to tell as way too soon but i love my wine and it was so obvious!

How's your 2ww going onelife?

OH has a friend over visiting the new house so waiting on him going home!!!

No new baby yet...! Her DH couldn't stay past 9pm so he's on standby at home! fingers crossed for tomorrow! I have a day off so baby visiting would be very nice!!

Hows your month going Onelife?

Ooooo get on it woodwaj, literally!!!!

And v exciting about your cousin, keep us updated, love news of a newborn

Im on month 13 VJ and you have had more in the few months than I have all this time, Stress can play a part in it too so try and relax (easier said than done right!)

Im sure I will stick Vicky!! Why wouldn't it!

I always wanted a girl but my best friend had a boy just over a year ago and its totally changed my mind!!

A bit of news from me today, had a few aches and pains in my both my left and right side and thought nothing of it, went to the loo after work and had a lot of clear CM. Im thinking I could be due to OV very soon?! I got no symptoms last month.

Also my cousin has been induced today which i'm really exciting about. She's due on Monday but has signs of preeclampsia so fingers crossed everything goes well there!

Ah VJ I'm sorry to hear that. I will keep my fingers crossed for you for this next cycle. I don't know much about B6 but I know a few of the ladies on the October bus have been taking it. I know it's the last thing you want to hear but it might just be a case if your body settling back down after the pill (I'm pretty sure I remember you stopped in recent months??)

Have you tried regular conception multivitamins? If not maybe give those a go?

Or I guess you could try to talk to yor GP for advice on how to extend LP?

It's normal and this morning I wanna cry again. Lp hasn't changed at all after three months and I've been on b6 for the last two. What do I do if this is the way it's going to be for me?? :(

Oh, and VJ it was 4 days earlier than AF was due so around 9/10 dpo (if I got my ov date right)

Hi VJ hope you're doing ok. I thought I had the beginnings of a proper period but it never turned into one. It was the oddest 'period' I've ever had. More than spotting, i.e. lots when I wiped, but only very very dark brown (no red) and kind of EWCM like - but brown.

Sorry for all that detail but I know you're worried so thought detail would help!

Are you having something like your normal start to AF or different?

Vicky That's interesting. Did you actually get a proper period? Or was it just spotting or discharge?