About to start / just started TTC No 2 (thread 2)

good god I need to put my specks on when I txt!

Swede i thought of you last night when I heard the news it must be quite surreal for you living so close xx
Atruth dont give up just yet I havr a feeling this is a lucky month for a few of you!
I have my first Christmas night out tonight with the mummies from dd's toddler group.
picked what ibeas eating mibths ago so its gonna need to change! No pate or goats cheese for me or cheeky glass of fizz! So what wonder ifbill manage to stay awake past 9:30 haha xx

ATruth - Its way to early to test so you are certainly not out. I agree with Hungry, wait until Sunday.

Yes it's all crazy here, everyone is in shock. We all knew it was going to happen soon but the death still catches everyone as a surprise - it is so final. We are waiting for the government to inform us of how the mourning etc is to be conducted. He will have a full state funeral so that should now happen very soon. It's so sad, I have cried several times this morning.

BFN. Gutted. I was so hopeful this mothing. I'm staying at my parents' house while dh is away so won't be testing again until Sunday at the earliest, but I think I'm out now anyway

swede - what news to wake up to indeed! Is there a day of mourning or anything?

windy - i love your explanation of things already being broken. I'll use that. And no lucy I don't normally plan late at night, but it would feel wrong to not discuss Mandela today. Did you manage to stay awake for dh coming home? Dtd to order is a killer isn't it?

What news to wake up to! The whole country is at a standstill. Every day on my way to work I drive past the street where Mandela lived. Today it was total chaos there. So sad. He was truly and extraordinary man.

So no symptoms this morning apart from a severely bloated tummy and gas (sorry TMI). My twinges were going all day yesterday but not so much this morning so they were probably nothing.

ATruth keeping my fingers crossed for a BFP for you this morning. Let us know how you get on!

ATruth, the way i see it is he didn't break the rules, they were already broken. He may have been a terrorist by some definitions, but he changed the world for the better and one can't always fix things by peaceful protest alone. If he could have, I really think he would have.

Also I am getting really tired and feeling less and less motivated to DTD tonight. Still waiting for DH to get home from work and just finished a mug of ovaltine which is putting me to sleep! Would it be a wasted oppurtunity if I skipped tonight and just did tomorrow??!

Oh and yes..I like the term 'freedom fighter', that is a good angle to go for! What age are your students? Would you be allowed to put all the facts on the table and let the children discuss and make their own minds up? Or is that more university level....

Hope you get your reassurance Hungry. Are you having any symptoms yet? Were you like this with DD? I remember when I found out I was pg with DD, my AF was a day or so late, I did one test in the evening which was a faint line, then another in the morning which was a nice strong line. I don't remember obsessing over it so much, and I certainly hadn't bought IC and POAS every day since 10 dpo! Wish I could get back to that frame of mentality...but then I did conceive the second month, and I was only 24
It will be nice to see 3+ for you Hungry!!
ATruth are you up this late writing up lesson plans for tomorrow? I am impressed by your dedication, it must be hard work being a teacher?
Huuuge good luck for the morning. They say things come in threes so with Hungrys bfp there's still a spot for two more....what time will you be testing?

Yes, as i understand it, with the hcg blood test you have another test two days after the first and so long as it's doubling it doesn't matter what the number actually is. Hopefully you won't need it though as the digi will reassure you x

Haha. If I bought them on Amazon they'd come off the joint account and then dh would realise how crazy I am how many sticks I've been peeing on!

On a serious note, if you are getting so anxious about the digis could you ask your doc to do consecutive hcg blood tests?

Yes, I think I'll go for that angle. I've found a powerpoint on the TES that discusses the words 'terrorist' and 'freedom fighter' in an interesting way. I can't not talk about him tomorrow. My lesson plans have all been torn up. They'll all be learning about Mandela instead!

I'm going to test tomorrow as DH won't be here on Sat and because I'm so addicted to POAS but I also managed to get a 3 for 2 box so there'll be another two opportunities to torture myself if it's BFN.

I can't tear myself from the telly I'm trying not to think of it as sad. Such an amazing life. I'm trying to work out how to talk to pupils at school about him. He's so loved, and yet he was a terrorist... how do you explain that?!

Mandela? Oh no, I haven't seen that...
Think I'll leave it a week or so before btd again after tomoz, so won't be doing it at all during my most fertile time so will be interesting to see what happens! Take that fate and chance and all this trying to conceive business!!!!
9/10 dpo hmm I suppose a FRER might show up a positive result...but then it might not and you still won't be any the wiser! Was it a pack of 2? If you do get a bfn you should try and put the other one away until a more likely bfp time! What is your gut telling you it will be? What cycle are you on again?

9/10 dpo tomorrow. If it doesn't show up on a FRER with FMU it's probably not happening is it? Fingers crossed for me please?

Sounds like you're squeezing in enough DTD Lucy

I'm just watching the news about Mandela

How many dpo will you be tomorrow ATruth? I'm excited too for some POAS action too!! i was very tempted to buy some FRER too last cycle, so impatient, and I just wasn't believing the ICs!
So funny that you get such different symptoms each time! I can't wait to find out what my next pregnancy will be like...
So I'm just getting everything ready for my big night out tomorrow, even though I am stressing out about getting everywhere on time! I just cannot relax, I am such a stresshead, even when it's not ttc related at all!
DH and I dtd last night, first time this cycle. Will try again tonight, and again tomoz afternoon before we go out I think, then stop for a bit and enjoy some nights out. I think I'm due to ov maybe over the weekend, so hopefully I've squeezed enough BD times in to count.
I realise this planning makes absolutely no sense, I think I've finally gone a bit mad from it all. I'm not trying yet I am trying......

Ooh I'm excited for tomorrow ATruth! I've never used a frer for an early result, but I always get a darker line on them than other tests once AF is late. I hope it's a BFP.

My first symptoms this time were wind (fittingly), and implantation bleeding followed by AF type cramps. Last time first symptoms were sore boobs and vomiting. So it's been totally different each time.

I've never had the metallic taste as such, but things don't taste normal once I get pregnant. I'm a total tea addict but I hate hate hate the stuff in pregnancy. Sausages and pork generally disgusted me last time, this time it's lamb.

Mrs, congratulations on the scan.

Hungry don't get too wrapped up in the digital tests, they're notoriously inaccurate.

Lucy and Kt, sorry AF has appeared, I hope next time works out. It's so disappointing but your time will come soon I'm sure.

Engels, congratulations on the bfn, I hope it's followed swiftly by a bfp.

That's odd. I'd written a long msg earlier but only the last line was published. I must have accidentally deleted a bit before posting.

swede -I'm with you on the symptom spotting. The metallic twinge is still there and I'm shattered and grumpy. I've also forgotten my pin number twice this week which has only ever happened when pregnant, but that's ridiculous because baby brain wouldn't kick in yet would it?! I go through phases of being convinced I'm pregnant and convinced I'm not!

I've bought an FRER for the first time (almost fainted st how much they cost!) to use tomorrow morning as dh is away this weekend so if there's going to be a bfp I'd love it to be before he goes.

Im so amazed at those of you who've finished shopping for Christmas. I've bought about two presents!