Old birds wanna join the coop???

Morning. Well my OPKs didn't turn up yesterday so hoping they arrive tomorrow so I can give them a whirl.

Good luck girls. X

We had a new boss come in who literally said she was going to restructure as soon as she joined and made an entire team redundant. Could understand if we weren't needed or were doing a crap job but not the case for any of us. I'm symptom spotting coz also had little cramps over the last day or two and normally have sore boobs on and off from ovulation but they've only just arrived....ooooh I must stop :) I hope this is our month! :)

Oh everything crossed for you Ginger. Job hunting is the last thing I need at the mo but necessary thanks to my company making me redundant Grrrrr! Anyway, I'm 7/8 dpo too and trying not to symptom spot but can't help myself :) How about you?

and Fankle are you on tww again?

Hi ladies, popping in again after being away for a few weeks thanks to a lack of internet and pesky job hunting.

I'm on the tww again, Ginger you were with me last month, are we syncing again? Anyone else on the torturous fortnight that is the tww?

Hey chin up, keep positive. Xxx

Actually the first time was on honeymoon, nuff said and the second wasn't too bad actually. ;) lol

We were that should say - old now lol! ;)

We did it every day for a month both times zzzzzz

It was bloody hard work lol! We're in our twenties then though!

I must admit DH and I dtd at least every other day if not everyday from 16th Feb until I got my bfp just incase and it must have done the trick as we don't normally bonk that much! Tbh it was a relief to not be dtd so much.

In other news I'm losing my marbles! Manager called me this morning and asked me to pick up a couple of things from the shop on my way into work. By the time I'd put the phone down I'd totally forgotten what they were and had to call her back Then when I got to work I took my scarf off and tried to unzip my coat only to realise I had'nt put it on this morning, I know I meant to

Ginger we'll keep you sane during the 2ww with our great humour and wit you can provide the cake!

Good luck, Good luck, Good luck!! ??

Morning all,

So, the reason for the name change is that someone started a thread about cakes and whether people wanted to put pics of their cakes up that they'd done. So I put some up and then realised that they were easily recognisable by people in RL who know me... so I thought I'd better do a quick NC.

Anyone who is a fan of 'The Hunger Games' books/films will understand the name change .

Yes Tranquility, I get the obvious signs too, but I like to pinpoint the exact day (for me I always OV within 12 hours of a +OPK) because I don't get a lot of time once I get a positive. So I monitor regularly to see the line getting darker and darker because once the positive comes, I'm pretty much out!! This month, DH was going out on the Saturday night and so when I got the Positive on the Friday, we only had the Friday night to DTD. It's a pain in the arse to be frank - LOL!!

CD6 here so may make our first attempt on Sunday. Need to text DH and tell him to refrain for 'personal enjoyment' between now and then .

Ginger, you must be looking forward to the rest now - and your DP!!!

Hello sorry been AWOL - life got in the way.

mampam sorry it didn't go well bit hey maybe it wasn't meant to be if you were worried.

kegirl why the change? Hope you're ok. I liked katniss lol x

In the midst of of AF here, so will hopefully OV next week. I'm not doing OPKs at the moment, will just go with the flow as I get be obvious OV signs. Does anyone else?

Oh I see now, sounds bloody confusing though best to do Ginger's plan I guess and just bonk as much as possible!

Oh sorry Mampam, but like you say, no stress about keeping quiet about the PG now!

With OPKs they're very different to HPTs. With an OPK it is only a positive result if it is as dark or darker than the control line. Whereas with a pregnancy test any line (test line obviously) is a positive.

With some OPKs the result can look dark, but not quite as dark as the control line so it's still a negative. I've had a very dark line (very close to the control line) one day, one darker than the control line the next day and then a very dark one but not quite as dark, the day after. So only the one on the 2nd day was a REAL positive, IYSWIM...

It's probably easier to use the CB ones that actually give you a Smiley Face when they're positive, but they're soooo expensive!!

Hope that helps hun!!

OMG! The interview was hideous and I didn't get the job!! You know when you wake up in the morning and you can just feel in your gut the outcome of your day? To start with I'd dreamed that the activity I had to do with the children went hideously wrong, then the car wouldn't start when I was leaving...managed to fix it then it conked out on the way and had to fix it again. I took my coat off when they offered me a seat and a comment was made like "that's it get comfortable before you go downstairs" and I kind of thought they were being a bit sarcastic like I shouldn't have taken off my coat and it put me off. So you live and learn and tbh I was dreading having to keep the pregnancy a secret and pretending not to have known when I got offered the job so every cloud and all that.............

Only thing is now where I work on my student placement there is a woman who will be on mat leave as of September and I think they are going to ask me to cover I'll just have to go along with it for a couple of months and there will be plenty of time for them to find cover before September.

What does lots of +OPK's mean Katniss KEGirl and dark lines too???? Sorry bit naive about these things

Morning all,

Katniss here with a NC!!

I doubt it Ginger. I only OVd late because I was ill but I was thinking that if I OVd from one ovary last month, the other one may not have realized that I'd OVd late so may try and release an egg when it thinks it should, in line with when I should have OVd last month - IYSWIM...

Unless I'm ill again, I imagine that I will OV around CD14-15 like I normally do - FX!!

Is your +OPK line LOADS darker than the other line??? It's very unusual to have so many +OPKs...

The only way to really tell is if you start temping because the day after OV your temp will shoot up by around .4 degrees.

Mampam, if you get the job (and you may well!!), it was meant to be and you should take it. At least (all being well) you'll be able to stay in the role for the 6 months that you need to be in it to be able to claim maternity leave pay!!

Yes early December sounds perfect Katniss and in the future for birthdays you can get them sorted and then put the Chrimbo decorations up after

I'm feeling fairly good at the moment despite a cold and sore throat. Boobs have started feeling like they are on fire now and I'd say that's pretty much the only symptom. I estimate 3 weeks before the sickness kicks in.