Thread 10 ttc#1 The one where we're all really bored of hormones, the tww and cervical mucus or Why is my eggo not preggo!?

harriet FF thinks it starts today and OVIA thinks Sunday so I've decided to have a 10day/2 week fertile week and try and cover my bases. Today was terribly successful though! Onwards! DH finishes night shift tomorrow so he'll be in better humour for the rest of it!

jam interesting that you liked Preseed. We tried conceive plus and neither of us liked it. It actually seemed to make me drier once the initial moisture wore off. Didn't use an applicator though.

meadow I'm 33

Congrats pineapple, sorry missed your BFP earlier.

Meadow
I'm 19! Well, 20 soon (:

meadow I'm just 32

harriet I think there's a lot to be said for DTD every other day throughout. I'm not sure I could keep it up, but it's pretty foolproof in terms of catching ov.

Completely with whoever said they miss one shag and think "that's it then"!

Sounds positive Pugmummy!

I'm 29 turn 30 in June I'm just hoping it will be a sober 30th celebration

Harriet - the book is 'the baby making bible' x

Hi pineapple! And congrats

How old is everyone if it's ok for me to ask? Or should I go back through and read, sorry I'm not sure about the etiquette on long threads!

Thanks guys, think tonight we are going to leave it as I'm absolutely knackered and have a headache. I am CD12, my periods appear to be all over the place though. Fertility Friend says my FW doesn't start until Thursday but I don't think it is accurate as I haven't been using it long and it seems my cycle is about 15 days...I haven't long come off depo though so I'm hoping it will get longer, but my cycle was like that before I went on birth control soo I might be out of luck on that score. I would book to see a gynae but I think it could be months on a waiting list and I think if it doesn't happen within the next couple of months we will leave it awhile and then come back to it because of ~life stuff~.

Nipples have gone back to being sore again, especially the left one. DH came up behind me today and had a squeeze and I almost jumped in the air because it's so sore.
Also some creamy cm.

meadow, the best time to dtd can be before you even get the positive OPK. Some people can ovulate really quickly after the OPK detects a surge (12 -36 hours is the average but it can be sooner or later) and you're most fertile the few days before ovulation (not after) so don't wait until that positive OPK to dtd as you might miss valuable fertile days! Interestingly I read that the older you get, the shorter the time between positive OPK and ovulation.

Congrats pineapple and planteer!!! Double whammy! Feeling a bit of pressure my test on Thursday now haha. Bought cheapie boots ones so I don't waste the FRER I have in the drawer.

Sorry you're feeling down kat - I'm trying to find hope in the thread BFPs - every one is a miracle we all know how hard it is. My first BFP took 12 months (granted I was not as well versed in the TTC as I am now!) but sadly ended in mc. Still I have high hopes for this time around. We are all here for each other and I'm so happy to have a lovely, extremely funny bunch to share every down, niggle, CM, fart and weepy tit tendencies with. Oh look at gushy me! I've gone from raging to gushy - def pre AF!

Hey Harriet, we've started using preseed with the applicators. It made us laugh- seems a bit strange at first but didn't put either of us off! I load it up before I get into bed quickly, we fool around and then after a bit of foreplay, quickly grab it and it takes literally a second to do. Otherwise, you can use it before you go to bed, up to 30 mins I think? But then it kinda limits foreplay. It feels more wet, DH liked it lol. And it made the whole thing less messy as everything seemed to stay inside for hours afterwards! I'm interested to see if it does for you too as it surprised me the first time!

Meadow, if in doubt, dtd! Whereabouts are you in your cycle?

Woohoo for the BFPs!!!!

Just catching up with the thread. Was quite engrossed in the secrets thread on Chat but think its gone poof. Grrr! Evening all.

meadow not obsessive - I do about 3 opk's per day in fw (if I can).it can change quickly.

starky must be horrible having long cycles, I feel for you ladies that have to wait ages to know whether it's a bfp or not!

So OPK is negative...so does that mean there is no point in dtd tonight for baby-making purposes? (I am a n00b haha).

Whooooops!! I genuinely thought that wasn't enough!

And now I feel really guilty about being secretly annoyed at DH for not being able to perform 5 days in a row!

Ummm.. Off to make DH a cup of tea and a cock massage

Also, I bought some pre-seed equivalent in boots yesterday (think called fertility balance or something like that) - didn't expect it to have an applicator! I don't want to freak OH out with it so will prob apply it in private, but what if he then isn't actually up for dtd and its wasted???! Lol!

For those who have tried it, for it make sex feel very different?

Hi feef! Are you in fw already? I'm so confused because Glow thinks my fw starts on Friday, and Ovia thinks it starts on Tuesday - that's a whole 5 days difference! So to answer your question moggy my strategy this month is to just dtd every other day from when AF ended til AF starts (if I can sustain that!). I tried opks last month but they confused me and OH accused me of being militant! So now I want to be a bit more relaxed but also dtd more...if that makes sense.

Ok, in that case I might try and do one about 9pmish every day and then do one earlier in the day as well on the days that I can...or is that obsessive?!

We haven't had pancakes. We are living in France at the moment and their pancake day was last week, which we also didn't have pancakes for. Feel like a heathen!!

I'm fine harriet! Thanks for asking enjoying my fertile 2weeks (because I'm not sure when it happens and don't want to opk yet) knackered already only 2 days in!

I shall make breakfast for dinner, just to make things better, Planet!
Thank you. I've just had a good workday that ended with an hour of too much contact with a micromanaging manager... It wasn't even that bad I guess but I've just been sobbing the last hour.

Stark lack of notable symptoms doesn't mean you're out. I've been a cm free zone and have only had v slightly sore nipples the last few days. Everything crossed for you ( including face - attractive!)

Lyssie sorry you've had a crappy day. Are there pancakes on the horizon at least?

Congratulations planeteer!