All ttc or expecting their BFPs welcome. Fingers crossed for a fantastically fertile February!

Sunday poas party????? Hahaha!

Thanks ladies! Makes me feel better about my wine indulgence! Haha!

Mum wow! 10dpo! And you haven't poas! Well done!!! I will be 10dpo by Friday and I'd so love to have the willpower to hold off testing until Sunday! Maybe we could make a pact?!!! Not sure I'd be able to stick to it though! But I could try my best!!!!!

10dpo...when to poas...trying to hold out until sunday!

I like my sweet treats and i have no intention of cutting them out until.i get my bfp!

Well said Barmy.. hope Yoga goes great for you... Mama I think 8 is definitely going to be a lucky number for you! I know 6 isn't over yet but I'm convinced we missed our window

mama funnily enough I had just emailed someone about starting a yoga class over the weekend so it's timed well .

Joining you in thinking you can't live life waiting for bfp, we need to enjoy life during the process otherwise we would go mad! Wine, chocolate and whatever else it may be is all necessary .

Oh yes....I also love coffee....but have cut down a bit but not completely!

Broody! Cycle 6 ain't over yet, never mind 7!!!! Haha! Yes I think living life to the full is very important no one knows what's round the corner, life is short...and is to be enjoyed!!! I'm hoping cycle 8 is my lucky number!!!!

mama I totally agree if it's our time it's our time. As badly as I want my BFP I'm not going to have a miserable life while I try! Anyway I'm pretty sure unless a miracle happens I'll be on cycle 7.. and 7 is my lucky number! (clutching at straws moi??)

Yello, I'm on cycle number 2, am 33 and ttc number 1, last month just did it at random, this month starting to chart my bbt and also use some opk's, am very fond of coffee, red wine and Stilton, so making the most of the latter 2 before my AF finishes...

Broody I'm on cycle 8 :( I am healthy with what I eat (apart from a minor creme egg fest last cycle pre af but that's over now) I exercise regularly....but I do love my wine at the wkend....i have cut down a bit but I am not cutting it out completely as when I do get my bfp then I will cut it out and I feel it's important to enjoy life to the full when you can! I'm a firm believer in fate and it will happen when it's meant to happen....wine or no wine!!

I am on cycle 6 and i've adopted the 'taking it easy' approach to drinking caffeine chocolate and all naughty things. Don't get me wrong if I get my bfp I'll stop and be very good but I know myself and sometimes I need a large glass of wine or 2 with a bar of dairy milk and I don't feel bad!

Barmy interesting! I'm definately up for trying reflexology next cycle if needed! And have plans to start yoga anyway so can't do any harm I'm sure!

Tigsy and broody! It's just awful at this stage....too early to test...and feels ages until we can test....but I also have the fear of the spotting arriving...which could be any day really but most likely from Thursday! The dread!!!

Also have plans involving alcohol this wkend...so if by some miracle I have no spotting by Friday I might test....but then again if negative could still be too early....argghhh....will just have to take it easy at the wkend...as life must go on!!!!

Thanks mama and wine, sorted now .

Sorry to see people are feeling down this morning. Although this process is for a happy result we all hope, it does rather suck at times. If it feels like that more often then not then it might be worth a trip to the doc to start asking for advice/tests if you have been trying for a while?

I've just got back from the reflexologist. It was an interesting experience... She opened the door and had blue hair... I'm all for a bit of blue hair if you fancy but it did make me worry it might be more hippyish than I was up for! She was lovely though. I'm not sure what to make of it though. She essentially talked me through the treatment, explained what bits linked to when it was sore (and some of it was pretty sore) but basically said she honestly thought a lot of on erratic cycles are due to stress. She did pick up a stomach issue I've had on and off for years but didn't mention to her, but this stress thing is a question to me. Funnily enough though, I went to the optician in Dec to get my eyes checked as they were very sore when I woke up every day, and he eventually said my prescription hadn't changed and the only reason he could find that my eyes would be sore on waking up was stress. How much do you go with these things? Anyway, I'm going back next week to the reflexologist (today was free) and she then said we could chat about if I wanted to carry on but told me to go and find a yoga course and ways to relax basically! I don't really know what to make of it.

As an aside, I know they go on that the pill can affect your cycle for a while when you come off. But when did it normalise for you if you weren't aware of any other medical reason which might make it erratic? I've been off the pill about 9 months now and my cycles still vary between 30 and 50 days which seems odd to me. Confused!

Mama I'm the same. I'm also about 7dpo and the thought of testing crossed my mind when I woke up this morning. I then thought 'this is crazy' and quickly went to the loo before the temptation got any stronger! I felt really proud of myself for being so strong! I'm aiming to at least get to friday without testing- I'm away for the weekend and likely to involve a steady stream of alcohol, so thought it would be reasonable to test then with an frer even though probably still too early

Mama If it makes you feel any better I am 8dpo and I don't think we even hit our window due to flying home from another country and yet I am STILL finding 'symptoms' I felt a twinge on my right hand side in the shower this morning and have been feeling crampy and tuggy there..plus crazy heartburn. I got excited and promised myself I wouldn't test until Sunday (AF isn't due until the 6th) then double checked my dates, and actually said out loud to myself. You didn't have sex at the right time, you are not pregnant you are just obsessing! I am crazy..

Funkymonk sorry you've had a rough time. It is difficult on here sometimes, I did stay away from about October til now. I do love the support on here though. The things we talk about on here we could never discuss with dh/p lol.
Fx for us both that this journey will come to a end soon and we get our bfp - and to all of the old timers and everybody else

I have loads of IC tests and usually would have stupidly tested by 7dpo....but I just got up and got rid of fmu immediately to avoid poas....and it actually felt very liberating haha!!! I must keep this good work up!!!

Worst thing is I keep buying and peeing on ic's even though they always give me a faint line (more of a grey evap yes but always within the ten mins!!!) so I think if I did get a real line I'd prob think it was an evap! Haha!!! Suppose I should just wait it out so that any line I might get if preggers would be clear and pink!!!!!

Prob will start spotting by Friday or before anyway so should just hold off as I'll know by then anyway!!! Argghhhh 2ww is rubbish!!!

Hello Everyone,
I'd like to join the bus please.

I'm TTC#1, Cycle#2, BFP due on 16 Feb.
Good Luck everyone!

ah Owlie, feel free to moan. We all feel the same. I think when I get BFP I'll make sure I'm sensitive to other women around me as you just never know.

Itschristmas - my boy is just over 3 too, and I understand the need for a sibling, it is hard when most around him seem too have one already.

Funky - i feel for you. Good luck this cycle. I came off the bus a bit too as although happy for people it was hard seeing lots of people just join a bus and fall preggo 1st cycle when you have been through so much. For a while i lurked on the BESH thread as they seemed to have a right laugh, although I never joined because I didn't feel I could as I had a dc already - it's more for people ttc over a year for their first child with troubles like mc, ivf things. They seem like an amazing supportive bunch though and clearly know a lot about infertility. Might be worth popping your head in there to get a different kind of support from people that really know how you feel? They swear a lot - but I quite like that
Let me know if you need me to post a link...

English no i doubt i'll get an early scan, although it's taken ages to conceive I had no trouble the first pg and I've never had a mc, so I'm sure I'll be classed as normal....as long as I don't experience any pain or bleeding.

Why don't you go and have a chat with the doctor on your own first and then bring DH along further down the line.
It's so hard. But stay positive. And if you need to vent or moan, we're here when ever you need it. We all have out down days.

Since May last year English, but we've been 'not trying but if it happens it happens' for years! I'm trying to introduce the idea of going to the doctors in a few months if still nothing. He needs to long time to mull things over!

It sucks doesn't it Owlie. I've had numerous friends all announce they're pg at in the last few weeks. My DH thinks I'm being a bitch when I moan.
I think it's perfectly understandable to feel a bit down about it.
How long have you been TTC?

::sob:: Another good friend has just announced they're pg. :( DH is pretty upset too, which i'm a bit surpised about, but in a good way. I'm really happy for them, but i think that's 100% track record for friends getting married and pg within a year, except DH and I! Sorry for the morning moan, just a bit blue.

Morning, by the way!!!

Sorry hazel! Coming off the pill can make your body do crazy things! Hope cycle 2 is lucky for you!!!!