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Thread 11 TTC#1. Let the fertile games begin! May the eggs be ever in your favour!

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 16/02/2016 22:22

Symptom spotters, tww - ers, slightly hysterical hormone laden ladies! Regs, lurkers, intermittent posters! Our raison d'etre is 'am I pregnant?'

Thread 11. Welcome one and all!
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.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kats stats I have been dubbed the resident piss stick queen and if you don't test, you get a Starky's Star 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

Thread 11 TTC#1. Let the fertile games begin! May the eggs be ever in your favour!
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Jamjar12 · 27/02/2016 08:43

We've discussed it and said we're going to miss next month. It'll be our 5th cycle and we said at the end of the day, what difference does it really make to skip a month if it means our child would be spared a Christmas birthday for the rest of the lives? The way my dates work out mean it would be due pretty much Christmas week. Hmm

Also, might do us good to take a month off to relieve some pressure.

I have no idea where I am cycle day wise, I'm not OPKing, temping, sticking my fingers up my bits every 5 secs to see what's happening with CM and haven't touched Ovia or FF. It's kind of liberating! DH and I got very drunk last night and had some pretty awesome sex. We're still taking vitamins and using preseed, but more as just a lube rather than using it with the pipette thing!

Evergreen15 · 27/02/2016 08:39

Thanks zazzles I felt very much not pregnant this cycle so I kind if knew anyhow.
Come on AF come already Envy

It is bloody freezing. Is anyone else super grumpy since TTc? The first month was all excitement and anticipation. Slowly replaced but grumpiness and frustration anyone? Grin
On the clearblue adverts the girls are always
so calm and collected:
"Guess what, I just got a positive -sips some hot beverage-) "
"How wonderful"- sips from mug.

Hmm
ZazzlesTheCat2 · 27/02/2016 08:20

*over it!

ZazzlesTheCat2 · 27/02/2016 08:20

Sorry ever about your bfn Flowers

That campaign has starky written all of it 😂

vixarooni · 27/02/2016 08:00

It is a silly reason to stop trying I know! It's all personal preference. I also want to try and relax more with the whole trying process, I think breaking for a bit might help in that quest but probably won't! My mum took 13 years to have me and I carry a bit of emotional baggage in that I might follow suit. Our family arent good breeders.

RaeSkywalker · 27/02/2016 07:58

Sorry Ever Flowers

I don't think we'll stop to avoid December/ January either. Just want a baby now! 1 week until AF is due for me. For some reason I seem to have a lot of watery cm today, which I don't remember having before Confused

Evergreen15 · 27/02/2016 07:55

Bah I caved
Period due today, so I tested. Big fat Negative
Now looking through the window to see her arrive in her red limo of doom. Sad
But still not complaining, I promised I wouldnt today Smile

I wonder if starky is behind this #waittowee campaign Grin
www.madeformums.com/listings/waittowee/

Evergreen15 · 27/02/2016 07:43

Bah I caved
Period due today, so I tested. Big fat Negative
Now looking through the window to see her arrive in her red limo of doom. Sad
But still not complaining, I promised I wouldnt today Smile

stardusty5 · 27/02/2016 07:27

We're not stopping either. Dh's birthday is two days before new years eve and he hates it though. Everyone wants to save themselves for the big night, and are sick of eating from christmas too so a nice meal out (in restaurants still serving christmas menus) don't tickle his fancy!

I just try to make it as undecemberish as possible for him. Paid for him and a group of mates to go and see star wars last time, then went for tapas.

5dpo now. Feel fine and dandy-o. 8 days til test day says Ovia.

Hope we have some BFPs over the weekend!

Evergreen15 · 27/02/2016 07:20

Been busy ladies GrinGrinGrin
www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test-gallery/

Pugmummy87 · 27/02/2016 07:02

My birthday is the 2nd Jan and it is a bit crap as everyone forgets due to the aftermath of Christmas and new year. No one ever wants to go out and do anything as everyone is bankrupt after Christmas. For my 30th next year, I'm hoping to have a new years eve birthday party, although that partly depends on if and how pregnant I am/when I gave birth if I conceived in the next couple of months, so I'm not planning it until about august/September!

Despite hating my birthday though, it's not stopping me ttc. I would make sure my child had a good bday every year.

Evergreen15 · 27/02/2016 06:23

Jem a pilot! BlushSmileSmileSmileSmile lucky you. I think of top gun ... 😍

Rationally, a baby in december is not my ideal plan, but I dont care gimme baby!!!! Grin
Irregular I think it is mostly budgeting and splitting celebrations , so not too close to Christmas. Also the harsh winter with a wee baby?
Ni I agree, coming to 35 Grin

Kat brings a brilliant point!!! If baby in december when all they do when born is eat and sleep is fine. Then come summer they are a wee older and you can enjoy. Well at least in my home country heavily pregnant in summer is torture
Again dont care gimme baby Grin

Starky I am a spring baby Grin OH thinks we will conceive in Spring like most wildlife (he is lovely Smile)
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Lyssie* "crank out a baby" GrinGrinGrinGrin

So AF due today. My boobs are sore as I dont think they have been sore before (hope) but my temp dropped this morning.
My mum told me last night that a friend from school lost his daughter Sad a two year-old to pneumonia. So I am NOT going to be negative today. Imagine that Sad...

Hugs to you all ThanksThanksThanksThanks

Lyssie · 27/02/2016 04:32

I feel as if the baby and myself will both just be happy it was born, regardless of silly times of the year.
That being said, I wouldn't mind a winter baby, as it is just an easier time to lie about and rest up before/after birth, because it gets so cold and snowy here. Light a fire, start a pot of tea...crank out a baby... Haha

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StarkyTheDirewolf · 27/02/2016 01:01

I'm summer born, literally 6 months between Christmas and my birthday. Dsis is beginning of January. She likes it because sheshe always had a Christmas list and then a January sales list for her birthday presents!

I'm not planning on knowing when/if I ovulate so will have no control but given that dh is hardcore into stripping weight and training (steam rooms and cardio) as well as weights, his sperm are probably perishing at a rate of knots! So it's unlikely to happen anyway! I'm thinking May might be a good month to be conceived, or June.

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iPatches · 27/02/2016 00:40

Argh. Stupid predictive text! "In terms of importance"..!

iPatches · 27/02/2016 00:38

We won't postpone TTC because the baby might have a Dec/Jan birthday. They may or may not like it - that's up to them - but if all the parenting decisions I think we will have to make, this one is down at the bottom of the list in trends it importance. For others, it may be crucial - but it's not for us.

Fingers crossed for a November baby anyway, but I think I may be hoping for too much. [Sad]

KatOnATinRo0f · 26/02/2016 23:19

no, I'm not putting TTC on hold. I don't really care when its born... also, wondering if NOT being heavily pregnant, or having a newborn during summer might mean i can enjoy it a bit (as it will hopefully be the last one!!)

Ni4444 · 26/02/2016 23:12

I have lots of family Bdays in January so it's already a tragic time financially! Plus ppl say their bday gets overlooked. So in an ideal world I wouldn't want a Dec /Jan baby. But no way am I willing to put ttc on hold...not even for a month! Coming up to 34! Tick tock!!

IrregularCommentary · 26/02/2016 23:03

I'm curious about the Dec/Jan avoidance as well. I'm a January baby, and it's never occurred to me that my birthday's at a 'bad' time. Why do people want to avoid it?

vixarooni · 26/02/2016 22:58

Having a birthday in Dec/Jan I would personally dislike! That's about it, and having a newborn in the dephs of winter, I'm a proper sun worshiper!

Kwick709 · 26/02/2016 22:52

I just want a baby! Anytime if year is fine!

Thanks kat I will try 111 in the morning. i hope I have nit just guven mysekf food poisoning... Takeaway not feeling so great now....

KatOnATinRo0f · 26/02/2016 22:50

jem ... thats so cool... i think if i didnt have to do anything id go along and wander round miami for a bit, go for a nice dinner... have a glass of wine.. put my Blush on...

my egg has long gone... ovulated some time last weekend, in the 2ww now.

what's wrong with december/january babies?

vixarooni · 26/02/2016 22:41

Just saying hi. I love reading all the chat, I found in my first cycle I got way too into the whole thing in a unhealthy way! but I'm temping, took epo and managed to DTD on my peak day (after us both getting food poisoning) so fingers crossed something might happen.

Are people trying to avoid Dec/Jan babies? I don't wanna stop trying but I also don't want a baby then! Tough as.

SuchaJem · 26/02/2016 22:35

patch fingers crossed for you getting back on the grad list xx

SuchaJem · 26/02/2016 22:33

Thanks ni I am ready to load up!

moggy I bought the 50 sensitive OPK strip tests - think there's only one option of these? They have 500+ reviews

kat my DH is the pilot so I can fly standby with him but I know this is awful I don't bloody want to go I want him here shagging. I hope you and your oh are in the right place to DTD and catch a wee egg this cycle.