TTC no 3? Anyone just started / about to start / about to start thinking about it?

Hi max. I really hope any hopes you have are not in vain! Fingers crossed for you.

Well AF showed. We are both fed up of trying. DH says if we're having another he'd really like to get on with it, as he's 40 and wants to feel like there is an end in sight regarding little children, nappies, disturbed sleep (little does he know how teenagers will disturb our sleep with their staying out late, etc...). Anyway, I'm 36, no contraception really since having DS who is 15 months, and definitely been trying at least 6 months, but I think actually more like 8. So I have a doctors appointment in a couple of weeks. We've agreed that we'll exhaust the NHS options, but not go private, or do anything that increases our risk of twins. I reckon I have a blockage.....

right ladies. look at this. Please!

tranqulity I think you're doing the right thing, not that you need the approval off a random off the internet!

Welcome marvelous. I also struggle with the chaos and the noise, well, more the noise really. If we have another boy it's going to get a whole lot louder! We are still deep in nappies and stairgates due to DS2, bottles less so, as we're past sterilising. Maybe the father of your DC's is no longer your DP for a reason, maybe a baby with your current DP will be a whole other ball game...in a good way. It's not an easy decision, I think be guided by the way you felt after the CP.

Here, no news really. 8 DPO, AF could come any time from friday, though I'm hoping that the B6 will put it back a bit, what with needing a longer LP etc. We DTD at all the right times this month, and replaced our usual lube (sorry TMI) with something called Balance Active which DH got, it's meant to support the swimmers better than normal lube.

tranquility that must be very hard. Have you had genetic counselling? If you have it will you get your DCs tested? My FIL is a BRCA2 carrier. DH and I decided not to get DH tested before ttc ds1. DH's brother did test as was negative. DH's sister has had cancer (aged 30), has not tested but has regular scans etc. One of DH's cousins is a BRCA1 carrier (inherited from his mother who is related to DH by marriage, not blood). He and his DW had IVF to select embryos who were non carriers. It has not been straightforward. And not something we wanted to do, hence not testing.

3isourmagicnumber great user name (though I read it at first as 3-sour-cucumber! Sorry for your CP. Out of interest, when does a CP actually become an early mc? Ive had a mc, late enough to be definitely that, and somehow feel that the term CP belittles what you must have gone through. Good luck for your onward journey....

cake i'm feeling a bit crappy about the whole thing too. I'm on CD 17 and due to ovulate on Wednesday . DH is being a twat generally, not just over this. I did an OPK yesterday, or maybe it was Saturday, it was negative, as I expected but I'd had some ovulation pains and cramps so thought it was worth checking. He noticed it, asked what it meant, I said probably best to dtd anyway every other day until I get a +ve, or EWCM or whatever. All fine. So last night would have been one of those nights, but he acted all surprised because he "thought that the stick meant..." well, meant what exactly? What did he think? Basically he just doesn't listen, or hear, or remember, or whatever. God he really pissed me off, I know he doesn't want another as much as I do, but he does want one, and wants one sooner rather than later if possible. But he is just so unengaged with everything. We need to go out to get DS1 his birthday present, and he wants to come with, but doesn't get it that that means doing it after he gets home from work, which is 8pm. So requires a babysitter. And the only babysitter we have is his sister, which is fine, but he needs to bloody call her as she has her own life and might need some notice. and if we don't do it together I'm going to have to go by myself anyway, and take DS2 with me, who will whinge, and then I'll end up rushing. I actually had an opportunity to do it yesterday by myself with no children with me, which would have been ideal if his sister had told us she was not available. but he would neither phone her, not agree to me going there and then when I had an opportunity. I know I'm going to end up having to go by myself one evening after he gets in from work, or with DS2 whinging. We had a massive row over his complete inability to engage, or listen or whatever. Jeez. liten to me ranting. this should be in relationships, or AIBU, or something! Actually, I posted on another thread where someone had noticed that they get PMS type symptoms around when they ovulate... well, that's probably what's going on here. I can tolerate him being a prat the rest of the month, but just at the point where we need to get on this happens. Oh.. I might just get a puppy instead.

hi TTC # 3'ers.... any one with anything interesting to tell me?!

if the LP is too short you get your period too soon after ovulation, if this happens before a fertilised egg can implant, you don't get pregnant (or you might get a chemical pregnancy if it starts to implant). It's often caused by low progesterone, and one of the treatments is progesterone cream. I'm sure the B6 helped after my mc, and some websites suggest vit C and omega 3 too, which are harmless enough. DH is a pharmacist and has offered to "acquire" me some progesterone cream , but I'd rather see the Dr. A friend had this and got pg very quickly after starting the cream. Ironically, she saw a private specialist who was also an obs/gynae consultant where I had my babies. I'd actually made an appointment to see her privately and go my BFP with DS2 soon after making the phone call!

Well, 2 things to add. 1. AF arrived. 2. Actually, I think my LP is short. On FF it seems to range from 9 to 12 days, with the average at 11. There you go. I'm a dick as this is what was happening after my miscarriage. I know less than 10 is really not long enough, and some sources say less than 12. Off to start on the vitamin b6 and the vit c. And omega 3. If these make no difference and I get 2 more charts showing less than 12 days I'm really going to think about going to the dr much sooner than I said before.

Doh. I realise you're CD31 now.

Snap!!! CD29 here too. Sorry that AF has got you.

No sign of AF. FF says I can test from tomorrow, but the bitch AF could easily not show till Thursday. So...no point really testing or getting hopeful. I ovulated on CD18, I'm pretty sure that my LP won't go over 14 days, so if AF doesn't come by the end of Tuesday (CD32), I guess I would actually be late then. I'm not sure I get that much in the way of PMS, and I've got a cold which blurs things a bit, so not playing guessing games this month.

CD1 is the first day of red flow. So if you come on during the night you count from the following morning. Ditto re spotting, don't start CD1 till it's red.