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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TTC#1 Thread 5. The one where we actually got to January 2016! NOW you can start! TMI alert throughout.

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 05/01/2016 13:01

Welcome, welcome! And may the pink lines be ever in your favour!

Post your stats, don't be shy, no symptom too gross to share! We are a Lucky thread with lots of bfp's and baby dust and PMA!

All okp'er and ic enthusiasts welcome!

TTC#1 Thread 5. The one where we actually got to January 2016! NOW you can start! TMI alert throughout.

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firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 20:33

snow did you use soy isoflavins? I'm trmpted to try something. Not sure if I should go for agnus castus or soy isoflavins. All I want us to ovulate a bit earlier to have a few more chances!

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 20:30

elle that one drove me mad! I was almost at the gp getting some provera to end it and have AF but then I finally ovulated. I just hope it sorts itself soon!

ElleSarcasmo · 09/01/2016 20:30

Woohoo co5mo!

Snowdog37 · 09/01/2016 20:30

and I just figured out how to highlight a name! Yay me!!! 😂😜

Snowdog37 · 09/01/2016 20:29

Evergreen it's soy isoflavones that I used. They act like Clomid in that that improve ovulation, and lots of older ttcers have sworn by them improving their egg quality. I think soy isoflavones are different from regular soy which I don't touch at all. If you have a few hours to waste, it's worth googling and reading about the success lots of people have had.

ElleSarcasmo · 09/01/2016 20:28

I wonder if they'd send us some freebies for brand loyalty! We will have to work on Starky and her Tupperware!

ElleSarcasmo · 09/01/2016 20:26

First your cycles have been crazy long! 77 days!

ElleSarcasmo · 09/01/2016 20:24

Thanks for the info about OPKs, god this stuff is complex!

Saying nothing about the weeping Starky!

Apparently you can get nappy services, so they take the nappies away and bring you back clean ones, might be worth a look Evergreen! Now I feel bad about the waste aspect, will try to reuse as much as possible!

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 20:22

elle if only Gu knew that's what they were bing used for now!
i think i need to reduce the number of times I POAS. Even though it was negative this am I have still done another this evening. It was bit darker tonight. Will see where we are tomorrow. Only CD16, anything in the next week I'd count as a short cycle still!

ElleSarcasmo · 09/01/2016 20:13

Drink Lara and First I have also been using a gu ramekin! Have now bought some plastic cups though for cases of morning testing where I don't have time to wash the ramekin and don't want to leave it to fester all day thought about swilling it with bleach but was worried it might stop the test reading properly, crazy huh?!

Co5mo · 09/01/2016 19:37

Oh, and AF has done one in record time so I'm back in the game

Co5mo · 09/01/2016 19:36

I'm yet to decide what I'm going to pee into...cheapies it is for this cycle.

Starky if you can get over the flappy wing thing, you can buy chicken nappies so they can live inside with you all the time if you want!

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 19:35

Opks positive cd 62 and 63 of my 77 day cycle

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 19:34

Cycles 38, 32, 48, 77 days so far. Only started to TTC at the beginning of the 48 day one. Think we missed ovulation on that one too as I wasn't doing opks etc... Don't feel like I have had much chance at the moment!

Bugmuncher · 09/01/2016 19:34

first it's so frustrating isn't it! Do you track ovulation?

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 19:29

bug may

Bugmuncher · 09/01/2016 19:27

first when did you stop the pill?

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 19:22

starky yet I still get my hopes up when they get slightly darker over 10 mins!!!! I am so irritated my cycles are taking so long to sort out after the pill! Peeing on way too many sticks!

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/01/2016 19:19

It's ok miley my first name on here before it got hacked was one of our dogs names too! Sadly it wasn't Rampage though!

Aah see in my mind, I want slings, reuseable nappies and all that, in reality ill be sending Dh out to asda at 3 am going "just get whatever cheapest that will stem the flow of shit!" I'm a but of recycle addict, Dh is not allowed to mess with my bin system, he gets it wrong!

My dsis better be on her way home bearing fresh, salty chippy tea. I am ravenous!

first same with my positives both times they had come up before the test had saturated properly across.

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Evergreen15 · 09/01/2016 19:10

Zazz and Elle my opks are to be left for ten minutes (they are the cheapo from Amazon and they came with a panflet explaining.
The pregnancy ones are 1 minute

I pee in a plastic cup and wash it I am one of those no waste freaks, already feel bad throwing the sticks as they are made of plastic. This of course will all end if one day I am lucky enough to need to buy baby nappies, no reusable ones for me, I ain't washing that shit (quite literally).

Evergreen15 · 09/01/2016 18:57

Snow I thought soy was a no no

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 18:56

jam when i finally got my positives last month they came up really quickly. Could see them developing over first couple of mins.

Evergreen15 · 09/01/2016 18:52

Starky pahaaaaa Mary berry
I would probably have cried with the pick and mix and the chicken in the oven though

Jamjar12 · 09/01/2016 18:49

I normally pee a bit, dip the test in, finish peeing and then wash my hands before checking. These super positive ones I've had yesterday and today have literally shown up within that time (maybe 1-2 mins max?)

I think one of the reasons I was driving myself nuts staring was because I was leaving it later and the faintest of lines were appearing.

firstgo1984 · 09/01/2016 18:46

drink and Lara me too! I think it had a Gu dessert in it originally :)

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