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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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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!?

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 07/02/2016 17:39

Symptom spotters, tww - ers, slightly hysterical hormone laden ladies! Regs, lurkers, intermittent posters! Our raison d'etre is 'am I pregnant?' Depending on how much Ovia (Whybird/Ovibitch) has pissed us off/messed with our fw she is either the oracle or a sanctimonious charlatan.

Just a warning, we move FAST! Our threads last on average, about a week before they're full.

Thread 10, Welcome one and all! Group of weirdos, wee hoarders, covert opk or okp, depending on what your autocorrect decides addicts with a side business in CM management!

We do not judge, we enjoy TMI, we i encourage waiting to poas nobody listens and all the grossness you can find from a group of intelligent, articulate ladies. Fart stories make us laugh, stories about cervical mucus, pooing, cysts and nausea equally welcome.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kat, I have been dubbed the resident piss stick queen loaaaaaads of bfp'ers who keep us positive! We don't have rules, we love a good symptom spot, we try to stay grounded and not be hysterical sometimes we manage it aswell

We like acronyms, we make some up: PET = Proper expensive test. We love the d(h)...which can of course mean 'dearest' or 'dickhead' why, what were you thinking?

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!?
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Lyssie · 09/02/2016 19:19

Planeteer!!!
Oh my goodness!!!!! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! :D

Hearing your news made my quite poor day much better.

AliceScarlett · 09/02/2016 19:16

Zazzles if that is not enough I don't know what is! I'm jealous.

I have absolutely no idea when/if I'll ov but FF says I've got two more days to go, hopefully DH can be a bit more in the mood over the next few days. I'm disproportionately pissed off! Not showing it though, I'd feel horrible if it was the other way around, like coercion Confused

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/02/2016 19:16

alice ikwym, it messes with your head, and when you've decided on a pattern of when to dtd, not doing it once makes you all irrational and think "we'll obviously I'm not going to get pregnant this month!" All it takes is one sperm!

zazz excellent boning mate!

I'm irrational today! I was feeling so positive last week and now I'm not at all. Lack of cm, lack of any notable symptoms. Long bastard cycle! Still only 10 dpo! I've got another 12 days before af is due!

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KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 19:05

Crikey zazzles sounds like you'd need a sit down after all that!

ZazzlesTheCat2 · 09/02/2016 18:56

CD16 / 1 dpo here. Apparently I ovulated on CD15 this cycle instead of CD14 (could have been the soy).
Hoping I dtd enough :( does dtd on CD11,12,13,14 sound enough to everyone?

ZazzlesTheCat2 · 09/02/2016 18:51

planet big congrats! That's a beauty of a line! GrinFlowers

alice don't worry I'm sure you dtd enough in your fw, only one spermy is needed!
DH last night couldn't 'finish' last night either - but it was a day after ovulation so chances should have been slim anyway and we dtd plenty in days before. Fx

snow interesting about the prog cream, I've read about it myself this week too and was debating whether to try it in a few cycles. Fx for you that it works but I'll secretly be gutted if you hop off the bus and leave us

AliceScarlett · 09/02/2016 18:38

I had salmon stir fry, it was rank.

Moggysinger · 09/02/2016 18:37

Errrk that AIBU story is horrific! Sad

Harriet I'm cd10 so just 1 day ahead. Glad there's a few of us on similar cycles! Ovia says fw starts on Sunday but ff says Thursday Hmm
We're just going it for every other day this month to be on the safe side! Blush What's your strategy this month!? Grin

planteer YES!!!!! Massive congrats on your bfp!!!!!

AliceScarlett · 09/02/2016 18:33

DH wasn't really up for dtd and didn't... Finish. He said preseed makes it too "medicalised" and he can see how it could turn into a chore. I'm having irrational thoughts that I'm out this month, its going to be a hassle from now on and we are never going to time it right Angry But I know logically that 2 days not dtd in the FW isn't the end of the world.

This TTC lark is a struggle, I tip my hat to those who have been doing it for a while, how you feel is very valid.

iPatches · 09/02/2016 18:31

Meadow - I rarely tested before 7pm (usually nearer 8pm) last month and had no problems with OPK - ovulation showed up just fine. Don't worry about it. Not sure I would bother again testing this month if I hadn't just had a loss because I just wanted to know that I was ovulating, not necessarily when (because as long as you are DTD during weeks 2-3 after your period, you'll almost certainly hit your O-Day). I will be using the OPK again this month though as not sure what's going on.

KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 18:30

Right, DH not back from work yet... Hungry so planning dinner. I have two choices - salmon, broccoli and salad, or pancakes. Lol

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/02/2016 18:26

I'd be worried that 9 pm would be too late meadow ad lh synthesises in your body during the day. So a surge in the morning which would be present in your urine mid afternoon may not show up on an opk in the evening. However, if you have short cycles I'd be inclined to take two/three a day from the day after you finish af and throughout unil you have a better understanding of your fertile window/luteal phase. Otherwise it can get really confusing!

I'm having fried chicken salad again for tea Grin 🍗

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SuchaJem · 09/02/2016 18:16

Guinea pigs munching corn!

MeadowHay · 09/02/2016 18:13

Thanks Starky, would around 9pm be too late though? I'm really busy on weekdays in the daytimes with uni and I really don't want to test out of the house Blush. My timetable is pretty full most days and I know I have to test at the same time each day.

Just waiting for DH to come home from work so I can make dinner. My guinea pigs are munching on a big cob of corn right now for their dinner, they can't have it that often because it's very fattening for them but they looove it.

KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 18:02

Ahh first I wanted to ask u something the other day when u weren't here I couldn't remember who our o&g was and now I forgot the question ha!

KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 18:01

Sad I only have these rubbish ones Sad

firstgo1984 · 09/02/2016 17:56

It's a perk for sure. I sm on o&g doctor. Doesn't stop me getting crazy post-pill cycles where i have no idea what is going on and going mad with the rest of you!

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/02/2016 17:54

kat I can use the emojis on my tablet. Some of them change slightly, hang on, ill have a play...

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KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 17:49

Thanks stark, I try. Blush
(Btw.... Is anyone else a bit disappointed at the quality of emojis we have??)

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/02/2016 17:41

Welcome meadow lh is produced in your body during the day, so I always aim to do mine between 12-2 pm. It's also best to do them with a few hours hold on your urine. So fmu, them smu then wait a few hours until doing opk so you get the most accurate result. If you're doing them early evening at around the same time then you should be ok. Ops will definitely give you more of an idea of when you're ovulating.

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MeadowHay · 09/02/2016 17:36

Hello, could I pop in and ask a quick question? My OPKs have just arrived today, I saw on Fertility Friend that it's best not to do them first thing in the morning, but other than that does it matter what time of day I do them? Are evenings ok as long as I do it at roughly the same time each evening?

Me and DH been ttc our first. However I think I have fertility problems to be honest because I have crazy heavy periods and 14/15 day cycles :/ Not sure if I am ovulating but thought the OPKs could at least answer that question for me.

SuchaJem · 09/02/2016 17:33

Poor Coco hope she’s okay starky. Our Max has been under the weather with a virus this week, it’s awful seeing them unwell.

Sorry you are feeling low kat. I’m only on cycle 2 and already feel impatient. I already feel like it’s taken over my brain too. I don’t seem to be capable of thinking in any great depth about anything else at the moment.

firstgo excellent work with your sneaky work ovary scan!

A few things I’m noticing which are unusual for me. Wide awake during the night last night despite being really tired, and felt like my heart rate was too high. Reduced appetite and slight headache all day today. Very windy and more CM. Feeling quite low, more anxious and also slightly paraniod about people today! Nothing on the boob front at all though.

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 09/02/2016 17:33

I'm the same kat Ive been wondering for years if there's something going on that I don't know about inside my nethers. When I last enquired about it at the doctors they told me there was very little they'd do until we'd been actively ttc for 12 months minimum. And they won't consider testing Dh until he stops competing as the assumption is that bodybuilders take steroids and that his extreme diet/training would have a negative effect on sperm quality.

I'm driving myself insane today.
kat you look lovely with blusher on 😉

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Ni4444 · 09/02/2016 17:27

Kat I hear you. After the move I'm so pissy and cranky that the last thing I want to do is dtd! I'm CD5 so figure I have another week to be mopey/non sexy! Some moments I think "let's just chill and when it happens, it happens" jamjaresque and then I think "it just bloody has to happen this month I'm so sick of waiting!!!"

Even my holiday next month isnt having the usual exciting effect cos I'll be seeing my Mom and I want to have BFP news for her!

First your job has some bloody cool perks! I want to scan my ovaries!!

KatOnATinRo0f · 09/02/2016 17:20

First ..... Wtf??? Are you a sonographer? That's cool. I can sneakily floss. Not so cool.