Summer heat, sperm and egg meet on, oh, the July Bus (wo-wo-wo)

Thankfully it's nearly cleared up carrot - it was mostly on the tops of his thighs and that's visibly gone. The wedding was in April, we had to put off the honeymoon to spend time with travelling family!

Well I'm definitely out this month. DH has a fungal infection on his...bits (apparently from the boxers he wears running) which a. hurts him when we DTD and b. is definitely not a turn on. He's been given a cream, and we're waiting until next cycle to get back on the bus! Luckily my next ov date is when we'll be on our honeymoon

Well my opk (clear blue digital thingies) gave me another flashing smile this morning. That's 3 in a row. What's up with that?

I did test early (I have a minute bladder so pee numerous times a night) I tested at around 2.30am as I knew I wouldn't have another 3 hour stint without peeing. Did I test too early?

In practical terms in doesn't make a huge deal, were still dtd every 2 days but I want to know when I ovulate.

carrot achy hips? Like where ovaries are achy or bones? Do you think it might be implantation? When are you planning on testing? My new test date because of a longer cycle is on the 12th ... I think I am still going to test on the 9th anyway.

Hi crunchy - hope you manage to get some more info - sounds like they have gave you enough info to make you worry but havent confirmed what it actually means so you could be worrying over nothing at all!

I'm cd8 and I'll stay testing for ov tomorrow. I have a feeling this month it will happen when dh is working the longest. :(

Hi kitty, welcome. I'm a newbie here too, everyone is fab! Sending positive vibes your way.

Hi everyone
Congrats marmite lovely and sunshine such a positive start to the month (excuse the pun!)
I'm on CD11 and dtd today with more this week planned. No positive opk so far but probably best to just get going?!

Can you tell I'm annoying myself?! Lol

kitty welcome, I am glad you have joined us!

marmite I am afriad I have never got that far to know about colours of sticks? I guess if there is still a line though that is a good thing! I do hear people say wait a few days and it should get darker but maybe if it is still early on you need to just wait a few more days. ugh this TTC malarkey is all waiting waiting waiting and patience is not one of my strong points!

The really high reading the day before was more of things I had done differently - I slept later, got out of bed without taking temp to go to the loo. I also woke up in middle of night (TMI) soaked in sweat so had to strip down. Last night though was pretty normal, infact I was cold and had to wear extra clothes to bed. I slept well but woke up early and naturally which is unusual for me, normally am dragging myself out of bed on alarm. Had to go back to bed this afternoon for a snooze hehe and I am now getting weird jabbing pain in low abdomen not af pain though something different. Am not reading to much into it as I did that last month and got a BFN and was devastated. I was just worried that this means AF will be coming tomorrow with a very short LP

Looks good Sunshine, let us know how you feel over the next few days.

I'm a bfn. Bfn, bfn, bfn.

Please can I join?

Age:33
Ttc dc3 (dd1 2.8yo, dd2 stillborn at 22 weeks T18)
Cd 9
I'll be testing (or not if af turns up 22nd July, 6 months after loosing dd2)
Cycle number 2

I have a pretty short cycle and opk have given me 2 flashing smilies today and yesterday so looking for a solid smiley tmrw.

I'm stupidly anxious about it all.

wow lots of messages to catch up on. been out and about today so not much chance to log on until now.

congrats sunshine, I deffo see a line! FX your AF feelings are just paranoia.

I took another IC test this morning (14dpo) and line still very faint. maybe a bit darker than Friday but not that much more noticable. Not sure what this means (if anything). Should it have gotten a lot darker by now? Should I just keep testing each day to make sure? Feeling slightly paranoid as have no symptoms (other than late period). Went to a friend's BBQ yesterday and totally failed at not obviously drinking. One friend out and out asked me if I was pregnant (love her to bits but she has no tact and therefore no sense of whether it's appropriate to ask). and a male friend offered me a glass of sparkly which I turned down because I couldn't think of a way out - DP reckons he had noticed I wasn't drinking and did it on purpose to see most of my friends don't have kids so don't really know the social etiquette I guess...

Carrot don't be a crazy lady. Hold out till 11dpo if you can (says I who POAS at 9dpo).

birchy was there anything different about the way you temped today? Window open at night? sleeping better/worse? fx your temp goes back up tomorrow and stays up until you get your BFP

Indomitable I understand! ;-)

Carrot I've got through far too many of those cheapies already!

I may have spoken too soon, starting to get AF feeling this evening

I can see it sunshine, I think it's very clear! Congratulations!!! ????

Sorry about AF's arrival snowflake. Chin up, as you say July could still be your month.
sunshine I see it, congrats! Hope your trip is ok, time is bound to fly surely though, and before you know it you'll be another week pregnant...!
carrot are you going to test tomorrow or hold out??
CD9 here and thought I had some EWCM this morning but nothing since (sorry tmi). It's quite early but last cycle was 27 days and has been as short as 24 so not impossible. Going to keep DTD alternate days. Not charting or OPKing so all guess work really.
Hope everyone's had a good weekend. We had a late night last night and for some reason thought it'd be a good idea to go to ikea slightly hungover with both DCs today. Though the meatballs helped a bit the overall experience was....not so helpful. DH just wrestling them into bath and bed now, will be glad when it goes quiet!
Anyone testing tomorrow? A nice BFP would get us all in the mood for a good week!! No pressure, like.