Who wants to buddy up?!

MaybeMrs, haha to 'accidentally' keeping baby clothes. Now I know other people are buying things I'll find it doubly hard to resist- I'm so easily led!!

Violet I reckon you'll still be in with a chance, sperm can stay alive in your body for up to 5 days so you could have some just waiting around in there from last time you dtd. Plus I reckon you can still get pregnant from dtd day after ovulation (disclaimer- this isn't based on any kind of scientific knowledge on my part!) I just think you're not out until you're out!

Got to go to a baby shop soon as my friend has just given birth to a little baby boy, who i havent met yet and will need a present. I know I wouldn't be tempted to buy anything not for him though, far too superstitious for that! Which is strange as Im not superstitious at all in other areas of life!

I've had a day off today and been driving myself mad with thinking ive missed out on this month. Ive got a horrible feeling when i do this opk tomorrow its going to be peak fertility and then I will know ive done no bd'ing in the two days before and won't be doing any that day. If this does happen do i still have a chance on Friday (if that ends up being the day after ov?).

Issie - I can't do the virtual decorating as were trying to sell at the moment, so hopefully will be in a new place before any edd.

I also have a guilty confession! DH and I have recently had 2 nieces born within 4 weeks of each other so I've been buying baby clothes and other items. I thought some were too nice to give away so 'accidentally' kept them!

Nicky, lols at the scratch mitts!! Can't believe I missed that guilty confession until now haha.

My guilty confession (apart from the double buggy browsing and due date calculator) is that I have a whole bedroom in our house that has been full of junk standing empty for 3 years now (since we moved in) as 'it is for baby number 2'- can't wait to get decorating!! I've already planned the whole thing with a bit of help from Pinterest

Hi

gosh how strange that the 2 apps are giving different dates, though I suppose it's just a calculation in the end so agree that the sticks are probably more reliable. Either way, if you're dtd every 2 days around those few weeks you're bound to hit the ovulation fertility window as it's about 3 days so hopefully you'll have it covered.

How strange violet, you'd think with exactly the same data they'd give the same information.

Ive got two apps, one says i will ovulate on Friday and the other says Monday. Theyve both got exactly the same data in them? Hoping its Monday as then ive got a better chance of getting in enough bd'ing in in the days leading up to it. Think you should probably get some more opk's just to be sure!!

Thanks for replying Violet, not very regular, between 30-34 days, which is why I'm guessing it's predicted I ovulate on the 12th, two weeks believe AF is due, I'm sure even if you have longer cycles you can ovulate early? I may be wrong though, may just have to buy a few more OPKs just to double check though lol

I think i'd personally trust the opks over an app. The opk is detecting surges in hormones, while the app is just making a mathematical calculation. Have your cycles been regular over the last 6 months? Suppose you could ovulate twice this cycle?

Afternoon ladies :) so I decided to enter the last 6 months cycles into the app I'm using and it has decided that I'm due to ov on the 12th which is days away! Which has confused me even more, especially with the almost positive opk on Sunday and then complete negative yesterday...added to that the fact I've had Ewcm for the last 5 days, I thought I'd already ovovulated, and apparently according to the app I've got a few days to go, I don't have anymore OPKs so I don't know whether it's worth buying more and checking again everyday...are these apps always right do you think?

I caved today and went and bought some opk's, I couldn't wait until next cycle! As not knowing when or if im ov'ing was starting to play on my mind, so thought i'd minimise that stress by trying to get a better idea of what my body is doing and when the right time is! It means I will be starting testing on CD14 (tomorrow) which will be later than I should start for my last cycle length, but hopefully it will still help give me a better idea and feel like im maximising my chances.

On another note does everyone get noticeable EWCM as I dont think I ever have, but ive been on the pill for a good while so maybe ive just forgot, but definately not noticed any since stopping it. And what does that mean in relation to when ov's coming, does it mean its happened or is imminent in next few days??

Brooke - sounds like youve been timing it right! Good luck! (and everyone else too of course!) :)

The surge can be as short as 6 hours, you probably just missed it with the opks. Ewcm with a nearly positive opk sounds like ov to me, so don't stress. There's no clear cut right or wrong signs of ov. go with your gut and you'll rarely be wrong

Ttc is so confusing, I think I'm getting myself stressed, not to mention Dh. I thought I'd have a try around with OPKs, on.Sunday it was almost positive, the test line wasn't quite as dark as the control line. So I did one this morning and there was barely a line in the window :( have been having Ewcm for 5 days now too. :( think I'm driving poor dh mad with the amount of baby dancing were doing!

Issie it was a fantastic day, it all went to plan and I wasn't late! Hoping the baby part goes according to plan too!

My mother-in-law has a birthday just before christmas and she hates it. Only one set of presents all her life!

Morning Nicky, how's your little one today? Hope s/he is feeling better, it's horrible when they're ill.

Hi MaybeMrs. So many weddings on this thread! Hope you had a lovely day. I know what you mean about the Christmas/New Year birthday thing, my OH actually suggested not trying this month to miss it but a whole extra month seemed too long to wait for me.

Nicky how do you find it having a New Years Eve birthday?

Newbie here! Can I join in too?

Just married at the end of Feb and going to start TTC after my next AF. As it'd be our first I'm still keen on avoiding a christmas baby! Online due date calculators have put me at a EDD of Christmas eve! Gone crazy already! Oops!

my birthday is new years eve

my dtd marathon not off to great start....
little one not well and not settling great so may have to give night one a miss

Would be a bit magic wouldn't it an Easter baby and born on New Years!

it would.be lovely lots of new year babies.....

also that were all here to support one another either way things happen. x

Oh no Violet, you've come over to the dark side already! Haha. Yeh you're right, it's impossible not to get your hopes up isn't it, lots of new year babies from this thread would be lovely

It's also my first cycle and im tok not trying to get my hopes up....but it's hard not to isn't it???

everyone I go shopping km looking at baby things and I will admit I've even bought couple of pairs of scratch mits!!!! ð??? not sure if that's a bad or good thing but couldn't resist x

Well I didn't do that, but then reading those posts I then had to check lol! I got on or around 1st of January too Nicky. I'm also trying not to get my hopes up as it's my first cycle Issie, but that doesn't really work does it, we wouldn't be ttc if we weren't hopefull!!

Oh phew so I'm not the only ttc-nutter then! Haha. I'm trying not to get my hopes up Nicky cos this will be my 6th cycle ttc...but it would be great if we all got our bfps together this month.

Haha yes I do that (glad I'm not only one)

my edd with this cycle would be 1st Jan ....we'd go through it all together x