March Bus - the journeys may be different but destination for all - BFP land!

blooomin 'eck missed a whole page in the time it took me to post! Congrats on the interview purdey

you ladies are so lovely, thanks for all the kind messages

sparkly yes it was an AI conception it took 8 cycles but we got there. can't believe it has happened, thank you for all your support over the last few months you have been a star!

Trixie happy to give tips if it will help. We tried to predict ovulation day and do every other day a few days prior. we used preseed and I made sure I was totally chilled and stayed lying down with bum on a pillow for about an hour afterwards. This website was really helpful and the ladies here on MN have been amazing www.prideangel.com/p120/fertility-pregnancy/Home-Insemination.aspx

purdey yep AI all the way we inseminated on CD 11, 14, 16 and 17. My app said I ovulated on day 16 but I didn't have a positive OPK so wasn't convinced I had even ovulated. I'm 35 and this was cycle 8 of proper trying but we haven't used contraception for a good few years so it is long awaited.

DH is tentatively excited but really wary about it being such early days. I'm just going with the positive and trying not to worry. I think I'll feel better once I've actually missed a period.

I'll stick around to watch you all get your BFP's!

Evening all. I wish DH wasn't watching football as it means I'll end up bored and googling bfps at 4dpo or some nonsense.

Congrats to ninja and fifi on the pregnancies!

Another here who's too chicken to join the FB group, even though I am friends with lovely purdey. I don't want people to know about us ttc, haven't even told my mum.

Exciting news about the job interview, Purds. I am sure they will love you.

Heir, I am the same. I have had a poorly tummy all day & keep feeling really hot. I think there might be a bug going round.

Howling at jammy shredder!

I've blimmin' well crossed posts everywhere

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Purdey, great news with the second job appointment and I don't think you're daft putting off the bum cam. I checked with the sonographer today that the internal vag cam was ok for me.

Sammy it's almost time though!!first Springtime ish cycle... New hope!

Thanks wottsits, but I think I'm just going to stick here for now. Thank you for including me

Yay Purdey, congrats on the interview!

Cd6 here, still boring.

Purds I think she was joking about the horse.. MOre serious about the dug!

Purds good news re the council app and that's quick getting the other app through, agree better to put it off!! Love that "hope" quotation.

Thepug aw she's lovely really, just irritating at times with that kinda chat. She knows about the early mc in jan therefore knows we are TTC etc. So she talks to me about it every so often. She used to be literally dying for grandchildren.. Now the other sibling has a dog (which I dislike. Sorry I know u all love doggies!) and it's like she's not bothered anymore so much as she spends ALL her time with the dog.

Coffee my husband is the same with the it will happen when it happens tripe! Ha. If he says it one more time...!!! Nooo I want it now!!

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I'm here, Sparko and Spinning! Thank you for wondering if I was dead.

Wood, I agree you ov'd on CD18 but that preposterously absurd high temp on CD14 has discombobulated our dear FF who like to rely on their '3 over six' strategy for pinpointing ovulation (the first three temps post ovulation have to be higher than the previous six). Give the poor dears a few days to realise you're not an alien and they'll pop them there cross'airs right in (or, alternatively, you could erase that stupid temp and see what happens)

Sparkly, how on Earth does your daft MIL expect you to look after an 'orse when you're so ill?

Oh lord, sorry for multiple posts but huge well done Purdey on your interview! I work for my local council (unitary authority rather than county), it can be frustratingly bureaucratic but I do enjoy it.

Hi ladies. Quickly checking I. Have somehow accumulated about 50 fb notifications since lunch. Haha.
CD2 - nothing to report, except a smashing headache. DH asked when we can DTD this month, I'm glad he's keen. All I want right now is co codamol and my comfy bed.

Congrats to the BFPs!!!

purdey have you had an ass-scope before? Enjoy the picolax prep nasty stuff [vomit face]

oooh exciting job interview news Purdey! congrats!

Oh no wait - it was a Tuesday! I imagine we just woke up frisky

Spinning it is lush. You add bacon bits near the end as well. Gorge.

Haha Purdey, yeah, twice in one day. I do fancy the pants off DH most of the time. I think the morning was just for weekend lie-in fun and the evening was more prosaic...

Forgot to tell you all: I have my 2nd interview with Lancs County Council on Wednesday arvo at 2.15!

Also..I got my appointment through for the camera-up-my-ass gig: 16th March. I will be approximately 3dpo on that day so I rang 'em up and pushed it back to the 30th when my period will have come and gone. I was worried that the action of pumping gas up my arse and into my colon might cause distress to a teeny tiny embryo so I'm not risking it. This might sound bonkers to some of you but if you look at an anatomical drawing of your reproductive system your womb is right slap bang next to your poo pipe and other faecal organs

Heir, your dinner sounds lovely!
Nothing for me as I'm still full from lunch

Can I just ask Heirtothebog: how come you had sex twice in one day at 2dpo? Do you, like, really really fancy your husband or summat? P.s...I like that dip below the coverline..I like it a lot

2 BFPs in the last couple of days - yippeeee for you both Ninja & Fifi

Sparkly I can't believe your MIL said that. Do you bring up TTC with her or does she ask about how you're getting on?

Eskimo I'm so sorry AF is still MIA for you

wotsits I agree entirely with your calm before the storm analogy. That's exactly what it's like (and I'm only on CD10, cycle 2...)

SMEP'd on Fri and due to do so again today, as DH told me as he walked in the door after work. Haven't bothered with opks yet (which I hope I won't regret) as I'm also using the saliva scope so will wait til that gives an indication first.

I want to join you in the FB group but I too am nervous someone will know me, worst case through work which would just be (this is very unlikely as I'm in a very niche field).

Who was it who wanted suggestions for their 'hope' tattoo? I remembered this today by St. Augustine:

'Hope has two beautiful daughters: their names are anger and courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be.'

Not sure if that's too long but I like it anyway

Oooh just found 3 bottles of Christmas Prosecco when delving into the back of my pantry to put the food shop away! Result!

I am all about the symptom spotting. Today's is feeling a bit queasy still and am weirdly hot...

Dinner in the Heir household is sausages shoved in a roasting tin with butternut squash, new potatoes and garlic, chilli, Rosemary and fennel seeds. Very old recipe that I make at least once a fortnight.

Another FB pregnancy update. This time with the scan photo printed on a T-shirt. Am happy for them, but it made my heart do a little jump when I saw it. Seems bloody unfair that I can't even get off the starting blocks and have no idea what's going on in my (un)bloody womb! I just want to get going with it all!

Sorry, grumble over. I'm tired and that's making it worse.

Have just skim-read through the posts from today, but huge congrats to fifi and ninja for your BFPs