If TTC # 2 has turned you into a nut job this thread is for you! (Part 4)

I agree. Objectively, it looks more than likely fedup. You've been shockingly unlucky, of course, but you have managed to conceive three times; every chance another mini fedup will be around to co-occupy your second floor, store toys in your extension and play havoc with your holiday plans. In fact my money is on you for our next bfp x

It's 7 days before period due (what doc said to me) so 7 after ov is same if you have a 14 day lp!!! I think it just needs to be long enough after ov to have sufficient time for progesterone rise.

Yeah I guess I just don't want us 3 rattling round in a huge house for no reason.... I'm sure I won't notice it when it is done... But still. We are going in to the loft too with the idea that it will become mine and DH room. But it DS is on his own on the second floor am not sure I want too!! Ridiculous maybe. (And it's not going to be that big, just we prob wouldn't necc bother if we didn't want more kids. Or maybe we would.. Who knows!!!)

Wow fedup you sound like you have a great year planned, and amazing time management skills. AF due for me about the same time as yours so we can try not to get our hopes up together!

Always worth extending if the money is right, surely, fedup; and if you're like me your house already has enough toddler stuff in it to look like a with just one, so I imagine the space will be well used.

Lots of rational, sensible advice for me on here re waiting before spending ££s and undergoing various tests (thread not living up to its name, we're meant to be crazy!)

Cake and sebs success has somehow given me a bit of hope.

So, I'm going to go for my day 21 test now I think I have ovulated (even though I am on day 21 now if you see what I mean. Does anyone know if you have to do it a certain number of days after OV?

lucy so pleased you had a brilliant time at the party, sounds like the perfect way to forget about babies for a while! Loving your new name for feb too, wishing you loads of luck.
fedup sounds like you're going to have a fun packed year for sure and brilliant to have lots going on to distract you from the TTC madness. We've been to Corsica and it is one of my favourite places in the world, v jealous and now tempted to plan a trip too! Here's hoping AF stays away xx
I'll continue to lurk on here if it's ok. Planning to get a digi test later as I feel I just need to see the words before I believe it.

Ah so glad you had a good party lucy and LOVE the 'fuck me February' name!

Yeah, I'm cd 19. Think period is due in about a week or just over. Not wholly sure as I got ewcm after I thought I had ovulated this month - so think I poss didn't ov til Wednesday ish and am due next weds. Trying to distract myself as don't want to be too disappointed. We have booked loads of stuff recently - Canada in September, Corsica in June, London trips out late September and weekends away in aug. Plus all my PT stuff (exam in less than two weeks now: eeeek!)
PLUS we are extending (trying to see the point even with just the one child, perhaps to make money on it?!) and will take 6 months from march time - yikes! Move out or stay in the mess?!

sebs good luck for the job. If it's the right one you guys will make it work as funny as the timing is it will all work out ok in the end! I'm hoping DH will get new job soon too so I can leave mine to start new career!

cake hope it's a smooth run for you. And hope we are following suit with bfps pronto!

Keep up the positivity zippy and sounds like you know your body pretty well - I would just focus on the test results and how doc said meant good egg reserve etc.

Right - I'm being told I must play cars...

Yeyyy!!! Hurray Cake!!! Huge congratulations. I'm so sorry I didn't wish you luck yesterday,I forgot all about our POAS party after my unwelcome visitor on friday! So pleased for you, that is just great news.
Punky the party was brilliant thanks. I have been very hungover today but it has almost been enjoyable as it has stopped me thinking about ttc and babies. None of our friends are very baby-minded so it was lovely to just feel 'normal' for an evening. And I certainly wouldn't have been able to drink as much as I did or eat half a wheel of brie if I was pregnant!!! I did have one awkward moment where someone was asking about baby number 2, I'd had quite a bit at that point and sort of half-laughed it off and the conversation trailed away.I don't like making people feel awkward but it's definately getting harder to not scream out I want a baby nowww!!
Do you know what cd you're on fedup?
Punky does sound like you got your BD timing right. Fingers crossed for you!
Some positive news for you too Zippy, here's hoping february is a good month for us all, DH and I are going to give it our all and have nicknamed it Fantastically Fertile February (or Fuck Me February as he prefers!!!).
Sebs not sure whether to wish your DH good luck or not for that job!!

Hello everyone, thanks so much for all your lovely comments. I did another first response test this morning, and yes still a line, faint it's true, but a line! So unless I'm the unluckiest person ever to have 3 evaporation lines then I think, gulp, I might be beginning to believe it's a BFP! It has been such a shock, really didn't think this was my month as had some horrible pmt symptoms (no other symptoms at all) and although we did DTD every other day cd 8-15 and a random one of cd23 I just thought irregular cycles the last few months would mean it was just so unlikely. But there we go, just shows what I know. I really have found everyone on this thread so helpful and supportive, so thank you, and I'll stop being gushy now! sebs glad to hear all well with you, I think my edd is roughly first week of oct, how about you?
zippy that is great news and definitely think your right to hold off a couple of months for the other tests, keeping everything crossed for you.
punky sounds like that was perfectly timed
Right I'll continue to lurk as obviously it's ridiculously early days so anything could happen.
Wishing you all loads of luck, this thread is definitely due some more BFPs x

Ps. punky you def had sex on right days - the two before ov are the best statistically!

I've got slight cramping today, but had this least month and turned out to be nothing so reckon it's just my body sorting itself out after mc.

I can't remember who it was that said about that woman they met who was banging on about how lovely close age gaps are and telling her daughter to get one with it...
Ouch. I think I would have burst out crying if that was me or said something like 'well I tried and it didn't work now F off!'

At my in laws this weekend and they had ivf and discussing what to do with their remaining frozen eggs (first time was successful and have twins). Weird chat. And I've not yet mentioned my second mc.

Congratulations Cake! Just like Buses, no good news for ages then 2 in quick succession :-) Hope it kicks off some more good news for the rest of us!

Sebs, sorry about your scare, am glad you are being scanned soon, and hope it will help put your mind at rest (though I know most of us never truly relax until months into pregnancy!)

Zippy, great news about the peak sign.. My cycles have been mad the last few months and it gets you wondering if you will ever ov. I hope your cycles do settle down soon!

Well after my surprise 'almost positive' on the OPK strip my talk with DH went well and we BD 3 days on the trot.. Temps have gone up, and FertilityFriend says I ov'd on Thursday which was the last day of the 3.. so fingers crossed. At least I feel this month that we gave it a good go. Now in the 2ww..

I hope all you ladies are having a lovely weekend! LucyJ how did the party go?

Brilliant news, well done cake! Very pleased indeed.

Not quite on the same scale of good news but I got a peak sign on the fertility monitor today, cd19 which is still late (AF generally appears on day 27 but has been late last few months) but is five days earlier than previous peaks so hopefully a lengthening luteal phase which can also be something that shortens when bfing apparently so hoping going back to normal

I'm meant to be going for some ultrasounds next cycle to monitor exactly when the OV is happening etc but sounds a bit intrusive and expensive so might leave it a couple of months and just see if it happens. This doesn't sound like me, Mrs Impatient, so I might change my mind, but I do feel a bit more relaxed now the blood tests are showing better results (and also now it has happened to sebs because you stopped feeding at the same time thus giving me some hope when you got your bfp!) xx

OMG deffo preggers! Yay!! Congratulations mr and mrs cake! Xx

Hello again! Thanks fedup! So took your advice sebs and snuck out to get a first response pack. Poas mid afternoon despite having had loads of cups of tea thanks to visit from in laws and still a faint pink line! Feeling more positive but won't be convinced until I get a more positive result or it's cd96! feeling hopeful but almost don't dare to be...will def poas in the morning. Eeeek!

Goodness - exciting cake! I'm away with the worst internet connection so hopefully I can check tomorrow and see its a proper bfp. Yes sainsburys can be a bit dodgy but they also gave me my second bfp, faint but there. Evaps tend to be blue but very thin on the sainsburys ones... In my experience. I would next opt for any pink dye test if you can. Superdrug or first response are good options. Good luck!!!!! Xx

Thank you sebs, getting to a shop today is going to be tricky so I might be forced to wait until tomorrow anyway. Xx

Thank you sebs, yes v similar indeed!!!! right I have to go out now but thank you for being there, I will of course keep you posted when I can finally get to a bloody shop! If I do manage to today, would you still test again today or wait for tomorrow for first wee of day? Xx

Argh sebs I really hardly dare think so until I get a test that just says the words....if this turns out to be evap line I am going to be even more gutted than a bfn, if that doesn't sound toooooo mad!