Ttc#1 Thread 7. 'I've sneezed twice, dtd, drank 2 glasses of juice, ate some cheese and I want a cuddle, Ovia am in pregnant yet?' TMI alert throughout.

Not temping yet impy was all part of my nonchalant "I'm so chilled about this ttc thing " attitude, which as you can tell has fallen by the wayside. Just bought some conceive+ (one of preseed's ilk but without the applicator), so we'll see how that goes.
Sorry to hear about the bfn such. It ain't over til the red witch arrives though.

I dump we another thread for this one kat.

miwelaisjacydo I get like that sometimes too but I think it can be a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy.

Oh poor ni the new house will work out. Change is never all bad. Men are thick sometimes and don't get the hint! Try and snuggle in you'll both feel better afterwards DTD is a great stress reliever

Hi ladies, just checking in to see how you are all doing. And to make sure there is still an appropriate level of CM and poas talk as always

Fingers crossed for some more bfp's soon!

Kat - for each person who has left us, we have people here (including your lovely self) who are worth double them.

Did you use fmu jem?

kat maybe they're easily offended and prudish and do not like talking about poo and cervical mucus.

Caved and tested today - got a bfn

AF is due in 4 days so will wait and see now if she shows up.

Ha! Amazing how Ovia has peed us off when last month we thought she was ace! I've downloaded fertility friend to have an alternative to her. Not as user friendly, but seems packed with ways to track data and analyse it.
I feel on the brink of a hysterical outburst...packing up my lovely house for the move to a not-as-nice rental place, and waiting for OH to show some interest 😞 Feeling emotional and very sorry for myself

Ni the thai in cough medicine is guafenicin it's also in beech and tablets and that sort of thing, makes more mucus or thinner nicki's apparently. I've not tried it. I don't tend to have that sort of thing in-stock and think DH wouldn't approve of such things.

Zazzles I bought "fertility gel" by fertile check from boots I presume is the same sort or thing. Unfortunately I used one the other day in anticipation by DH was grumpy and went to sleep without so much as a goodnight kiss. Lol. There was a lot more fluid than I was expecting in the little sachet thing though. Haven't used since as DH thinks is silly (he wants to do it naturally and without all of this stressing/poasing/etc

I need some sympathy I went to the gym and overdid the biceps and have such bad doms I can hardly brush my hair, lift my tea, or wash the dishes. I haven't tried hoovering but I will leave it until tomorrow :-s

evergreen we use preseed. Not with the applicator though. Last time we tried that it was too much and he nearly fell off the bed. Now I just use it like a regular lube and make sure he's got lots on when he's getting down to business.

zazzles I'm doing the soy 2-6 this cycle as I ovulate so soon (day 10/11) so I want to make sure it's had time to do its thing.

Yeah Evergreen I've tried the pre-seed internally last month...seemed fine. Haven't used it yet this cycle...not sure if it's needed so thought I wouldn't go obsessive!

Zazzles give the pre seed a go. Other than that I read that staying hydrated helps increase all amounts of mucus...and wasn't there something about a certain ingredient in some cough syrups (they make clogged up mucus in your nose/chest more fluidy, and apparently make all your other bodily fluid more liquidy too!) Have a Google...I think a lot of women use it for ttc. There's probably some foods that help too if you have a Google for them.. I've read too much-cant even remember what the details are anymore!

Have informed OH that we need to dtd if we want a chance this month...now waiting for him to make a move. Feel Ive instigated it enough the last few days. Minding egos and sex drives and everything else is a bloody pain. Poas is so much more controllable..why can't we just upduff ourselves? Save sex just for fun??!

kat as a newbie I like it here. It's nice and cosy.

Ha the latest posts have made me laugh! 😀Feeling a bit down today. This TWW is horrible it's like an impending doom .....
I also have these feeings when bad and good things are about to happen. Sometimes they are really a good things sometimes they are bad. I have this feeling at the moment which means am not sleeping. ( last time I had one FIL had a heart attack ).
I realise that I sound a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

Yep zazzles still updating the list.
There are people on the list that I don't think like us as they haven't posted anything in a few weeks, and I had a little wander around some other TTC threads and saw them :( I feel a bit like we've been dumped :(

Man's milk and fanny juice stark you are so lucky!!!! I have to do all the work and effort to get any.

Zazzles I have learnt similar lessons to yours. Maybe the most important one is that I ovulate around day 14 to 16, 2 days after a positive OPK. So I will do poas and only start dtd on the day that I get the positive. Anything more than three days on a row my DP can't handle.
I use conceive plus throughout the month and preseed on fw. I use preseed internally.

Anyone else on preseed? With little applicator?

Thanks holly I'll look into it

kat I think my next af / test date is 20th Feb if you're still kindly updating the list :)

Zazzles I think someone on here mentioned taking evening primrose oil for better quality cm for ttc - worth looking into.

@ all the cervix touching. I'm partial to a cervix touch but I've no idea what I'm doing. Cervix check today revealed some af - imminent arrival so expected, still a bit crap though.

Anyway onwards & upwards!

What I've learnt this cycle

• I ovulate on day 13/14
• My leutal phase is 13 days
• my temps show that I do ovulate & temp is consistently above in LP

What I'm doing differently next month

• no alcohol!
• eat more fruit/nuts/fish/dark greens
• dtd from CD11 - CD15 (started from CD8 this month --- way too much for poor DH!)
• taking soy cd 3-7 & higher dose
• don't use conceive plus - too slippery!

Any suggestions to increase ewcm naturally?

That's very lucky Stark. Morning glory is by far the best time to catch my dh, but he's one of those morning people. Not even joking, up by 7am at the weekend and 6am during the week.

I'd turkey baster myself before getting up anywhere near that early.

It's true isn't it, impy! When you are pg you'll prob lose count of the number of times your foof has been examined and prodded! Also if there's a student or two there, they get to have a good look too! Obviously with your consent - but I'd feel too mean not to consent.

Saying all that, I really don't like feeling it. I check for cm but feeling it does freak me out a bit. I always wonder if it's feels right! Definitely cannot get my head round the cervical positioning either!

I haven't poas this morning I gave myself a big pep talk yesterday a la "yes, you might have bfp'd early before, but you're now 2 days pre-AF, cramping and spotting. Just wait and stop torturing yourself." It's worked this morning, not sure if I'll stick to it tomorrow!

95 days!!! Omg!!! Are you temping? I'd think that's about the only way you'd know.

I don't mind touching my cervix. But in fairly practical about bodies. Also by the time you've been through one pregnancy and birth you'll have no shame or dignity either Everyone pokes around and looks up there. I honestly couldn't tell you know how many people have now seen my cervix, let alone touched it. Plus the kids gave it a wave as they passed through

Kegal balls - that's how you fix it afterwards. I have some really good, progressively weighted ones from Coco de Mer.

Kathrino no kathrini