As the school bus sets of for a new school term, this bus is heading directly to BFP - September bus welcome aboard

Good luck itsme

Kitty - I've had the twins bombshell too. Lovely friend, our DDs are only a week apart but my goodness it hit like a ton of bricks. I wouldn't turn down a pair...hell I wouldn't turn down any healthy baby. I miscarried twins just over a year ago so have form.

ItsMe Good luck with the IUI.

Hi girls
I've been off this bus as last month I became a bit of a symptom spotter and wanted to be more relaxed this month... What a joke that was! I did try my best at the relaxed attitude but it's just not me.
I'm due to test on Monday 14dpo but I think I will test on Saturday.
I have the sorest boobs and had pink sporting at 5dpo which I'm sure is too early for implantation bleeding but don't know what else it could be. I'm also ridiculously tired. However I had all the pregnancy symptoms last month and AF still reared its ugly head so I can't get too excited.
Sorry to hear about AFs, this is such a difficult process isn't it, and WHY do people feel the need to tell you about how easily they conceived? It seems to be happening all the time at the moment and I just do not want to hear it!!

Good luck itsme with the next part of your journey, a member of my family had IVF for their first child but their second they conceived naturally!

Ooo Quell I will have a Google and try and join that. Sounds right up my street at the moment with not having a clue what's going on with my so called cycle...

Sorry to anyone with AF just think you can spoil yourself rotten for the week and you have a good excuse!

Thanks for the advice ladies, I'll test in a week or two depending on when I remember to go out and buy a test and if no AF shows. Don't really have any pg symptoms though, am getting more spotty but that's about it that I've noticed. DH made a comment that I smelt like I was going to have AF... Could have hit him... Still no blood through today just creamy cm. No aches either. Usually I get major back and knee pain when coming onto AF.

Itsme good luck with IUI/IVF. I'm so glad you have a consultant appointment and things will start kick in this side of Chirstmas. With a bit of luck you may get the best christmas pressie ever!!

Ohh quell that sounds interesting do you know what sort of ovation product it is? Might give it a go myself next month! I think I'm 4-6 DPO but having quite a dull ache in my stomach so not sure if that's ovulation pains or what? I had loads of EWCM on Friday so assumed it was then but not sure what these pains are now.

Sorry for all the AF visits but at least you can look forward to a fresh cycle to get cracking again! Xx

Thanks for the love ladies! At least I am no longer a POAS or symptom spotting addict - i have now come to terms with the fact that both me and DH are fertility challenged..

We see the specialist in 5 weeks time then we think it'll be a treatment plan which should kick in by before Christmas. We don't know for sure but we think IUI for three cycles then into ivf if that's not worked.

I have had so many hopes over the last year or so of trying, planning how I would tell hubby of a BFP or how I would feel knowing we were about to start a family. I suppose I'm still a bit sad that if it's going to happen it'll be at a clinic with drugs, scans and needles but at least with modern medicine we still have a chance!

Lots of baby dust for the rest of you and hope it's a short ttc journey!

Urgh, he sounds awful!

I've just signed up for the clearblue trials (Google should bring up details). They provide you with ov testing kits and test your urine daily. If you fall pg in the three month trial they can measure your daily hcg and you get a ??50 voucher. Dh said the voucher is too much pressure
Anyway- might be worth a go for some of you? If only for the free clearblue ov stuff!

Also I tested today (like a loon) at 9dpo. BFN. . Can't pretend I'm not going to test again tomorrow but don't feel like this is my month as my mood has been very pmt like.

Sorry to all the people with af visiting. Especially rubbish birchy, fx for your second clomoid cycle.

I'm having a bit of a shit day. I've managed to keep things together with the newborns arriving but my nct friend told me today she's pregnant, with twins! I'm happy for her, her first was ivf as are these twins. I'm still not sure about a second, I would be shitting myself if I was having twins so I'm sure it's not jealousy. I know her pregnancy will be really tough but it's hit me really hard today.

I would just like to shut the world out and not have to deal with babies or pregnancies for the time being until I've either decided to not have another or an pregnant!

GRR birchy - rubbish that AF has arrived and no offence but you friend's husband does sound like a right insert your favourite swear word here. If it helps, I'll volunteer to update the stats - I spend most of my working day checking on here anyway so makes me feel like I'd be doing something productive! Happy to take over the reins - do you need my email address to let me update the spreadsheet?

Itsme: hope everything goes well for you in your next TTC adventure. I'm sure you'll get there. Lots of love for the journey ahead.

I'm so sorry your friend's husband was such an arse birchy

Good luck with the next steps itsme. Do you know what the timescales are like for IUI/IVF treatment?

Violet - I chose the monitor because it takes all of the stress out (hopefully)! It tells you exactly when it wants you to do a test, so no guessing. It also states specifically that you should test with FMU which was a big thing for me, personally. I'd been using the IC OPKs which specifically say NOT to test first thing and I found waiting until the afternoon/remembering not to drink anything for 3 hours beforehand was just another thing to worry about.
Also it logs all your data for you, which I like (although I will totally be carrying on using Fertility Friend too ).

I'm not on CD34 - no sign of AF or temperature dip. Just twiddling my thumbs.

Birchy I know how you feel, let's hope this cycle of Clomid is a success!

So things have moved on somewhat for me and DH whilst I have high prolactin causing anovulatory cycles DH has just had his second SA which came back just as disappointing as the first one and has 73% immotility so it's on to IUI or IVF for us!

I'll continue to lurk on here but good luck everyone ! X

I've gone for bland honesty, Birchy. Or a slap. Depends on how good a friend it is to be honest. I appreciate our situation is a little different though. Sorry to hear you and Spots (and everyone else I missed) are out this month.

Emz, it can take quite a while for your cycles to make any sense post pill. Might be worth testing in a few days/next week if no sign.

As for me, if I'm looking at D28, I'll be testing Sat. Bit frightened though...last cycle was only 26d so I didn't get the chance to worry. If I were a betting lady I'd say I'm out though, I've been unreasonable and rage-filled the last couple of days.

birchy I think I would have thumped him

Oh no Spots, sorry to hear of AF's arrival. Bloody hell, CD45/46 sounds like an arduous slog. I hope things start to become more regular for you very very soon. Our bodies are weird, aren't they?

Violet - high five on remembering to temp this morning! And yes, fx I won't be drinking any of the wine I won...

Emzlou - goodness, I can feel your frustration. You must be going out of your mind. I have heard some people don't necessarily get their BFPs until later into their pregnancies so you never know?

weechops - that does sound a bit weird... I'm not knowledgeable enough to suggest what's going on but I guess time will tell.

Now only 1 day before AF is due for me. Trying not to symptom spot (PMS or Preggo symptoms)... trying to distract myself by creating myself an online sewing blog - LOL! I can't even sew.

Very confused - I had bright red blood last night and first thing this morning when I wiped, but nothing now. How random!!

I'm out AF turned up overnight on cd45/46, which takes my irregularity to a whole new level. I've made a GP appointment for the end of the month (earliest I could get) and will see what happens. No idea what my cycle length is and pretty unsure if I'm even ovulating so will leave stats for now as likely to tip into October anyway now, but will continue to hang out on the back seat of the bus for now if that's ok?

Violet I chose the monitor because I'm a sucker for a gadget I don't know if it's really any better than the dual hormone sticks, tbh. Although I quite like that I will be able to use it to test for pregnancy, and I suppose the fact that it will record information about cycles might be handy, although I do all that in Fertility Friend anyway!

I've started my preparations for next cycle, by remembering to temp this morning!! And also ordered some clear blue smiley face ovulation sticks. Out of interest those who have bought monitors why did you chose it over the normal ovulation tests, what can it do that they dont?

Toffeeapple good news about your wine! Fx'd you won't be having to drink any of it though

Weechops I had been having a 29 day cycle, thought it had settled into 29 days and then last two months 26 days! What are our bodies doing!! I hope you manage to get your timings right!

Wow I've been away for a long weekend with Ds oh and another couple and their Ds who is same age as mine. She found out she was pregnant on Saturday probably 7/8 weeks! Whereas me just like a lot of you here am on cd 30 no af ( a pink tink on Saturday and that's it) no af no bfp. We barely dtd after I thought I'd ovd so waiting for body to get on with it. First cycle was 25 days bad after coming of cerezette my body seems to be confused. Didn't have this with microgynon. Came off had withdrawal bleed, had 28 day cycle af then 2 weeks later conceived Ds so I'm not used to all this dates all over the place abd what's with the slight red blood and eff all afterwards gahh frustrating. I did read all the posts but I forget names and on mobile but I know some of you are in a similar boat to me it's soo bloody annoying

Sorry to hear you're out Violet at least you know now and can prepare for next cycle!

Toffee FX for you and your bigger boobs hope you get that BFP!

As for me I don't know what the heck is happening. I had the smallest speck of pink on Sataurday. Then a tiny bit of brown smear when wiping on Sunday and nothing since..? On Sataurday I felt strongly that AF was going to start Sunday morning because my tummy felt rubbish and I had that tiny bit of blood. Now I don't know what's going on and all the time AF doesn't show up it just gives me what I think is false hope. Every morning I feel like AF will be here.. I'm on cycle day 43/48 depending if you count from the start of my Withdrawl bleed from coming off the pill and I got a BFN on Sataurday morning.
I wish I could plug my body into a machine which would give me a full read out of what's happening.

Argh what is my stupid body playing at!!! Usually have a 29 day cycle. Was expecting af on Thursday which would work out perfect for dh coming back home on the 21st.
But no! Af has shown up 3 days early!!! So now I need to pray I ov on cd 15 or 16 and pretty much rip dh clothes off the second he gets in. (Or maybe I could meet him at the airport )
Stupid af grrr