Who wants to buddy up?!

Hi I've been ttc for over 16mths for no.2. Did fall in Feb but mc at 6wks. Using a cbfm atm to know when I'm ovulating. I'll buddy up with u :)

Brooke haha, I've pre-warned OH already about the new schedule we'll be following this month Lols.

Very productive day maybemrs

Hope everyone's ok and not gone quiet because they're down or finding this ttc malarkey tough Feel free to chat xx

Happy shagathon Brooke!

Dull sunday for me- lights wash washed and dried outside, tidied living room, slight tidy-up of 2nd bedroom, sorted out some stuff for a charity bag.

Yawn!

8 days still to go until I can POAS!

nicky hoping Af stays away for you hun.

Going to start the dtd marathon tomorrow, I've prewarned Dh

Hi everyone!

Things I have done today:

1. spent 2 hours at a soft play centre with DD for a birthday party (shudder)

2. drank 4 coffees in advance of going 100% decaf from tomorrow (sob, gulp!)

3. Done 3 loads of washing- dullsville

Hope you've all had a good Sunday!

Hi everyone...
how are you all....

well still no AF for me....but OMG I am having some serious hot flushes....its driving me mad so maybe think AF is on the way....

I've had a boring weekend not done anything to write home about.

hope to catch all you lovelies later on x

I have such bad bump envy all the time! No-one knows we are ttc so I can't even talk to people about it!

Ahhh Brooke, I get serious bump envy, it seems all of my friends are pregnant at the moment. They're all going to be off on maternity leave at the same time too whilst I'll be at work as usual

Hope you enjoyed Mr Sparkles' celebratory dinner Sparkles. Sorry the dreaded AF has arrived though.

Hey there guys! Well not had too long to wait. Dreaded af arrived this pm, bang on time at least. Cd1 and on to the next.....
Had a lovely day today just chilling out although baby sparkles decided she didn't want to nap which is always tricky. Too exciting having big ones about she likes in on the action.

Dinner out to celebrate Mr S's success.
Revised sparkle stats 34, ttc dc4 month 2, dtd BFP due May 22nd

Fx looking & ethelfleda

Issie I was shocked this month as I ov'd in Cd11 or Cd12, which gave me a 28 day cycle, I normally have anything from 32-34 so I was abit surprised when I ov'd that early.

I think I've seen every pregnant woman in the UK whilst in Asda today! I hate to say I had serious bump envy

Brooke, if you usually Ov about cd11 or 12 it might be worth starting opks a few days earlier than cd10 in case its a bit early this cycle and you miss it hun

Well that sounds sensible, so we just dtd every 2 days until I get positive opk then do it 3 days in a row...doesn't sound too difficult ?? Think I'll try it this month too. I'm cd3 of 31 day cycle so will probably start about 4th May

I'm two days behind CD4 today

Yay Brooke anyone else joining us? x

I think I'm going to try it I'm cd6 today and I'm.going to start using OPKs on CD10 as I ov'd between Cd11 and 12 last cycle :)

Issie - its basically a plan which tells you when to have sex lol! The general idea is that although we read that sperm can live about 3 days, in reality they can only live about 2 hours unless in fertile quality cervical mucous. So the 3 days thing is more if your planning not to get pregnant than if you are, if that makes sense. So starting on CD8 you dtd every other day and start opk'ing on CD10. Carry on dtd every other day until you get a positive opk and then dtd that day, the next day and the following day. Then have a day off and then dtd the next day. So thats it really simples! It also suggests not testing until CD35 because if it's positive on CD35, then the baby has safely implanted and the risk of miscarriage is down to the normal 10% risk.

What do you think? Anyone going to try it?

The only amendment I might make is that my clear blue opk's suggest with a 26/27 day cycle I should start testing on CD7, so not sure which sounds more right CD7 or CD10. I'm hoping the vit B will be increasing this though. x

Thanks for the luck all but Ive decided today is too early to test despite what my app says! So if I haven't had any signs of af by this evening will buy a test ready for tomorrow morning. Although I've got a bad feeling I'll get spotting starting today which will mean I'm out.

I looked up the SMEP out of curiosity! But for me it's a bit much when we've only been trying 1 month! If I still haven't caught by month 5/6 I would consider it, but I just don't see how it WOULDNT take the fun out of dtd! If you find a way violet let me know

I'm going to test in the morning I think... Wish me luck! What is everyone's story?

Nicky don't be disheartened, as others have said it could be too soon to detect anything - don't some women take a while after AF was due to get a BFP? Xx

What's SMEP Violet ?

Morning, welcome Ethelfleda, that does sound very positive, wow 16dpo! Have you decided when your going to test?

Nicky - I'm not giving up hope yet, implantation can take a long time up to 12dpo and then the hormones will only increase slowly, doubling every 2-3 days, so may well be too early yet. Your not out till AF's here and I hope it wont arrive!!!!

Is anyone else going to follow SMEP (Sperm Meets Egg Plan) next try? I'm going to give it a go.

Welcome ethelfleda! Good luck for your POAS-ing this weekend!

Oh nicky that's poop! But as Issie said, it could be too early for a positive result so you're not out yet!

Ahh Nicky sorry hun if you're still 2 days before AF though let's keep fx AF never arrives.

looking are you due to test soon looking at Violet's list?

Hi ethelfleda Oohhh 16 dpo sounds positive, when are you going to POAS?

Oh nicky am sooo sorry Hun. It's totally crap isn't it?.
Don't be too bummed as you have tested very early but let's concentrate on making may our month.

ethelfleda welcome - sounds good! Fx for you and hoping for good news this weekend.

Everyone else have a lovely Saturday whatever your plans, hope no one having to work. Will check in later xx

Hi Nicky! Thank you, I could do with a calming influence right now! How many DPO are you? How are you feeling? xx