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New year, new thread, fresh start and a brand spanking new injection of a hot new batch of posifrickenity! This is the year where our wombs will be comfy and our babies plentiful! TTC after MC.

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Sal1977 · 01/01/2014 02:51

  1. The year of the rainbow baby. We pledge to be positive (most of the time). We pledge to cry less, shag more and swear lots. This is the one wannamummabees!

The Rules...

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

OP posts:
EnglishGirlAbroad · 21/01/2014 09:41

Oh parsley why doesnt the witch understand that she is not welcome round here!! Sorry you're feeling a bit teary today, sending you hugs and lots of luck for next cycle!!
I'm really tempted to blow the budget and get a cbfm! I've just ordered some i/c's but not sure how much i'm going to like the fact that i have to interpret them myself!! We'll see!

OttersPocket · 21/01/2014 09:39

Good morning everyone, I've just caught up with the thread and all of your stories are making me giggle like a mad woman in my office today. I'll join in the anti-AF dance with you all!

Well it seems as if I ovulated yesterday - first ov since mc. I am however absolutely convinced we haven't caught it this month. SMEP was going so well. Positive OPK on Sat evening so we dtd on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Didn't mange to dtd yesterday though as DP wasn't up for it. Cue me harboring evil thoughts about him etc etc Angry especially as I only noticed ewcm yesterday. Anyway, I'm sure that we've messed our chance up this month because of it.

Someone please slap me and tell me it's still possible, I'm turning into a crazy person again and I hate it.

Parsley2506 · 21/01/2014 09:35

I should have done the voodoo dance - the witches broom is hovering above ground now. Really crampy and brown blood now (not spotting). My cycle is now 31 days as opposed to 29 pre MC. Didn't OPK this month but I think we could well have missed the proper dates as I was going off my usual 29 day dates. Dusting off my CBFM tomorrow!

Just to add insult to injury, I've realised my 20 week scan would've been this week. I wish I wasn't at work right now, I could do with a good blubfest on the sofa of tears with my cat! Hmm

EnglishGirlAbroad · 21/01/2014 09:32

Think the trout should also be aimed in my direction deusecat! I poas yesterday too. Because my ov is AWOLl i thought i'd just check in case i'd had very early ov after the mc! Obviously bfn!

deuscat · 21/01/2014 09:06

Confession time. I poas today and BFN. Silly really, I've never tested early before I had the mc so I shouldn't really start now!! But maybe now I can stop imagining symptoms symptom spotting like a mad woman and just wait it out. AF due on Sunday if it has all gone back to normal after mc. I will probably poas on Friday as well anyway. That's within the rules.

Throw a big trout at me Grin

EnglishGirlAbroad · 21/01/2014 08:52

I'm getting really fed up waiting to see ovulation on FF! No opks left... I have a feeling this could be an anovulatory cycle! I feel like my body is laughing at me!! I dont think i'd even mind a bfn if I knew my body had at least ovulated!! Angry

Triplespin · 21/01/2014 08:30

Can I add prodding my bbs to the list. Unfortunately nothing to report, not even the slight soreness or twinge. Can't wait for AF to arrive on Monday.

fedupofrainydays · 20/01/2014 22:34

God I'm finding all this spotting / prodding and finding brown gunk / tinged cm quite stressful and it's not even me! Take that in a good way as I so want it to be bfps for you and hoping its implantation. Come on bodies, make a fabby home for those beans...

Dreading what I'm going to be like in two weeks ish if I feel all nervous for you ladies now!!

deuscat · 20/01/2014 22:23

Sorry to those who feel AF is coming. I've been getting more cramps today so I think AF is coming to visit me soon as well. I do still have a glimmer of hope but less convinced I might be pg now. I know I had cramps last time about a week before AF was due and I got the BFP but I'm feeling more that it's AF.

On Wednesday it will be 4 weeks since my miscarriage bleeding started. I just want to get through this next week and know what's coming my way. AF or BFP Confused

Anti-AF dance sounds like a good idea!!

Triplespin · 20/01/2014 20:02

Parsley, it's hard not to get hopes up. But if you had similar symptoms last time, then don't give up hope just yet. If AF is due in the weekend then this could definitely be implantation related fx.

Parsley2506 · 20/01/2014 19:15

sal I sincerely hope it is not the witch!

Still no proper AF here but been feeling 'movement' down there all day, mainly just normal discharge but some tinged brown/pink trying desperately not to fixate on IB even tho I had these exact symptoms with last BFP
Feeling too grotty for it to be anything other than the crimson wave.

Misspositivity · 20/01/2014 19:04

seaside I am the same 1 day spotting / brown 2 red then brown again. I think it just indicates how quickly it gets from womb to outside world.

I am starting to think a root around might be cheaper than a tampon!!! It does hurt a little coming out but it also suck poas with hopes up only to get slapped in face

tanny. Think it will have to be MRS P. lol.

Totally stressed out and have had runs today and bit of spotting so would say the witch is going to get me. A wedding baby would have been lovely. Sigh. Sigh.

sal fx implantation. Temps were sounding good.

Triplespin · 20/01/2014 17:34

Thank you ladies on baby aspirin. Guess I need it when u get my bfp which means not anytime soon.

Tanny that is some concoction you are having. I can't even swallow pregnacare! Has got the male version for dh and after two months he is only half way.

Oh no parsley. Has the witch arrived for you or could it be implantation.

Sal I hope it's implantation bleed for you. I read it is normally brown. Especially as your temp is still up, it can't be AF.

JBrd · 20/01/2014 16:15

Haha, just trying to imagine what my office (40+ people, open plan) would think/do, if I got up and started some kind of anti-AF voodoo dance Grin

Feeling a bit more light-hearted now, as I'm also thinking that the red tide of doom is on its way... Thank you!

tannyLoo · 20/01/2014 15:53

Sal and Seasides it's just as well I'm in an empty office checking MN and Countdown To Pregnancy and FF working today, you made me do a very unladylike snort of laughter!

Seasides · 20/01/2014 15:46

Right. I've had just about enough of this. I'm thinking collective anti-witch dance? If everyone gets up and does it at the same time, hopefully she'll get the message and fuck off sal. Appropriate dance moves should involve much thrusting of middle fingers in the air.

Sal1977 · 20/01/2014 15:32

Since its TMI and haveagoodoldrootaround day, just had an expedition and have a spot of brown goo. Defo sign of old wankbags imminent arrival of course I'm thinking implantation on my chicken sized mind!!

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Seasides · 20/01/2014 14:46

Can't really hurt I guess tanny - you'll just be pleasantly surprised by how cheap a baby is compared to trying to conceive one!

Boo hiss for the traffic light's arrival parsley Sad

tannyLoo · 20/01/2014 14:28

Overkill? Slightly? Just a tad? no wonder my pee is fluorescent At the moment I'd pop a pill of sheep's testicle extract if I thought it'd do any good!

Parsley2506 · 20/01/2014 13:59

Like a rubbish tragic light I am light brown, red, RED and then v light but dark red/brown. Usually over in 4-5 days

Monday blues not being helped by AFs slow but steady entrance, more spotting now but no cramping (that was yesterday weirdly).

Seasides · 20/01/2014 13:56

Thanks ladies, I feel more normal now Smile

Wow tanny, I think you're the supplement queen! Maybe it all helps with the get pg-quick thing, which I am seriously struggling with. Just about to add vit b to my list. Was considering evening primrose too, but I think the conceive + will do the job faster.

fedupofrainydays · 20/01/2014 13:42

I'm brown then red then brown spotting.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 20/01/2014 13:42

If you're going to try some (vitamin) supplements get one for DP too ?
It might just possibly have made a difference with us (years ago now but you popped up in active convos)
Just wishing you all luck for the New Year - I remember those POAS days very well, and your OP made me laugh!
Love your word posifrickentivity or variants thereof Grin

tannyLoo · 20/01/2014 13:26

Soooo, symptom obsessing spotting this afternoon has included being so so tired, like breathless when you climb the stairs tired rather than fall asleep in your soup tired. I have a sense of smell my dog would envy. Nauseous, bleaugh. And obsessively looking at the symptom checker and HPT gallery on Countdown to Pregnancy.

MissP will you become Ms or Mrs P once you're hitched? We need to know!

Baby aspirin is 75mg from boots or supermarket, when you buy them they might ask you about why you want them. I give a Paddington Bear stare and say that it is under the advice of my doctor. Seems to work!

Triple I am taking all sort of quack stuff, including Royal Jelly, which was to work on getting a nice fertile and rich lining after my last 2 MCs. I also take Maca root, pomegranate extract, omega 3,6,9, vit c, vit b complex, folic acid, pregnacare, aspirin. And progesterone at the moment.
Shake me and I rattle!

AF for me is brown, red, then brown again. my last one was good and heavy, soaking a tampon in 45 mins (Sorry, I know that is deffo TMI)

Also, Boots has 3 for 2 deals on ALL supplements at the mo, so good time to stock up!

EnglishGirlAbroad · 20/01/2014 13:25

The last day of my AF is normally reddy/brown and very light

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