Come one, come all: hop onboard the penis dragon bus and hold on tight for your BFP in April! PART 2!!

Thanks zebra - I know exactly how you feel with AF - I was two weeks late once I checking got slightly ridiculous!!

Yes Zebra I feel like that! been convinced that AF has arrived and nothing. You think I'd be pleased but over 20 days later and still nothing

Hope you get your BFP

Poly men can be so lame. I swear sometimes they can sense we need them and get in there first with a pre-emptive strike. Or sometimes we need each other and there's just not enough to go around! DH and I have had several arguments in front of DS and I felt awful :(

cth1982 big hugs. It's so hard to keep positive. I was in a very stressful high pressure job when TTCing the first time and I took macca root to keep my hormones on level - stress can really mess with them! Eyes on the prize...you'll get there and all this stress will be worth it.

My cycle is between 27 and 29 days so day 28 is late by some cycles, not by others. Very frustrating. Until it's like...CD 31 or something, I shouldn't torture myself and get my hopes up.

Anyone else feel like they're checking all day long when AF is due? I'm not holding much hope, I keep feeling something and getting depressed, going to check, expecting to see AF. It's so lame.

Morning Ladies,

Still trying to keep a positive mind on - I'm sure stress etc. does not help the cause but work is so awful at the moment I just want to cry everyday but I don't really want to look for a new job yet as I get 18 weeks full paid maternity leave so it would be silly to give that up.

Just have to keep focusing on the positives in life I guess although sometimes it is difficult - esp when all I seem to think about is ttc!

Oooh Zebra how frustrating! When will you test again? Is it unusual for you to be late?

Ahh Poly, sorry your dh upset you. Night shifts are awful I think, dp works nights quite often and always comes home tired and grumpy! Hope you have a nice day with your friends little one

Morning all!

No Spinning I flushed my fmu!! Couldn't face the disappointment this morning

Genni good luck with the scan. I hope everything is as it should be.

DH was on a night shift last night and has come home in a horrible mood this morning. He's shouted at me in front of DS and made us both cry. I'm feeling very emotional anyway and now I just want to crawl into bed and stay there. Why, when we need a bit off support the most, do men feel the need to act like idiots?

Ooh fingers crossed for you Zebra

Kitty, just plenty before and after sailing I guess! How in convenient to be sailing at ov time

English, interesting what you said about temps showing you actually ov a couple of days after positive opk. I think we need to carry on with the dtd for longer

14DPO/CD28 - no AF but no BFP either. Well. I POAS and it looked like there was nothing but there might might might have been a teeny, tiny faintest of faint holding-up-to-the-light line. But then, my eyes might have been willing it into existence so you know, it's not conclusive. And I'll feel very stupid saying as such if/when AF arrives.

Good luck to all those due today - no AF's please! Good luck with your scan Genni. Englishgirl I took Macca Root last time. I think if nothing else, it's just good for hormone levels, helps with oestrogen dominance etc.

I've been doing the deed bang on positive opk's and ov each cycle and no BFP, so whose to say doing everything right will result in the positive result, maybe mixing it up a bit might be even more successful Kitty?

Morning!
Successfully did what I call "Cleaning out the pipes" DTD this morning on CD8

Just worked out dates and DH is away sailing the weekend the exact two days I normally get a solid smiley and then ovulate, AAAGH! Will hope I ovulate earlier and/or hope not DTD those two days doesn't make too much difference and will do it every day for a few days before and after. What do you all think?

Genni good luck with your scan today, hope all goes well

Genni, good luck with scan today.

Poly, you're not going to poas?!!!!!

Come on ladies we need some more bfp's on this bus

I did start taking a concoction of supplements, vitex, maca and epo as well as pregnacare conception. I've ditched it all except the pregnacare conception. Will have to just use my conceive plus if my cm isn't so great this month and hope for the best.

I second the anovulatory cycle being more common than we all realise, I was so ignorant before ttc, I honestly thought if you got periods then it meant you ov'd each month, but its not always the case, you can have one without the other, that is why temping again is quite a handy tool.

I am sure if you generally ov'd normally before then it is just a blip English and things settle down again. Have you been under stress/changed your diet/introduced a weird and wonderful ttc vitamin or spell to the mix this month that it could be attributed to?

I wholeheartedly agree that ttc is one of the dark arts.

I'm currently on cd 5 of cycle 9!
AF came on Friday after getting positive OPKs and ewcm the week before. I know I didn't ov though so not too worries. Just hope that anovulatory cycle was just a blip & it all settles again.
Genni I think it is quite normal to have the odd anovulatory cycle, we prob had loads before TTC but didn't even know. Hopefully the scan will be able to tell if you are near ov.

I'd a dream I had implantation bleed, I'm 9dpo today obsessed

Morning all

Very confused here CD9and usually I'd be well into flashing smilies on my CBs but nothing. Still a blank circle. Made DH DtD just in case and I think we ll aim for EOD until I get a flashy. Is it possible to not ovulate one month and it not to be a massive cause for concern. I've also got a pain in my left side so wondering if i am about to ov and the CB isn't picking it up?

Ive got my scan of my ovaries etc this morning too -very nervous, really praying it shows everything is normal......

Good luck to anyone poas today and hope AF stays away for those due their BFPs

It's definitely worth doing Treacle, if only just for a few cycles just to see if you've got a pattern. It's nice to see how long after your positive OPK you actually Ov, and when you get Ov pains and EWCM in relation to all of that.

Didn't persuade DH. I didnt feel great myself to be honest.

Still, we did it on the first day of smiley and will today.
I've started temping Zermatt, needed to know what was going on more. Started it mid cycle though to get in the routine.

Sounds like a very vivid dream victoria hopefully its bodes well :)

Off topic slightly, do any of you use instagram? I follow this lady who blogs about her family, she has 3 gorgeous kids, all adopted, 2 have downs and they are just the most beautiful family. Look up Macymakesmyday her little girls have personality in spades!

English its super frustrating, thing is even if I had temped it wouldn't have changed anything if I didnt Ov, but at least I'd know for sure what had happened. I'm in 2 minds whether to temp next cycle, its been nice not thinking about ttc before I've even brushed my teeth each morning, but kind of want to know whats going on more. What stage are you at now? I've got a bit behind on all the posts.

Morning ladies!
It's so frustrating isn't it Zermatt. I hope you did ov. Temping is both a curse and a godsend. I get so annoyed when my temps don't do what they should. I'm trying taking it vaginally now to see if my temps are more stable that way.
Hope you managed to DTD Treacle!! I always make a sex plan with DH in the days leading up to when I think I'm going to ov. So he knows exactly what his duties are! Going to try SMEP to the letter this cycle.

Just woken from the most bizarre dream. I had a gorgeous 8 month old baby with Down's and ginger curls. We were on holiday and this pair of ancient old ladies that ran the rickety hotel had lost my cot/pram conversion set if there is such a thing and my suitcase! So this baby had to be lugged around in my arms whilst I was trying to buy new stuff and was constantly smiling.

Lets hope this meeting today about new proposed working hours doesn't crush me as bad as the new bus times/routes of yesterday....

I keep thinking that the 5 days of positive OPK's is actually a sign I didnt O this month. I didnt really notice any O pain, and I normally get strong PMS syptoms by now, but I just feel nothing, very normal. Kicking myself for not temping this month.

Haha MrsE I'm actually a but scared for MrE right now