Feb 2017 bus is ready to go! TTC this month? Hop on.....

Hang in there everyone, this shit is hard.
I'm 100% determined that I'm not testing early this time round, the day after af is due and not before. Please can you all slap me if I try and go back on that?
When I was ttc last time I drove myself nuts squinting at nothing and being none the wiser. It's a mugs game!

AF due probably a week Friday if my luteal phase is 13 days. My periods are irregular but think LP usually same at 13 days. ZEB I also have wedding at end of March when I came of the pill in September it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be pregnant by then now I'm thinking it's unlikely. I know what you mean misty it would be great to have a genuine reason not to drink as I feel like I don't wanna over do it with ttc but unless pg don't feel like I can justify it. Definitely not testing early is the way forward but I know for a fact I'm going to be guilty! X

I know what you mean! My plans is are a little closer than that, I have a friend's massive birthday party on Saturday night and a stay-away hen party in a couple of weeks, both of which I really can't afford this month lol 😂 and I would LOVE to have a damn good reason not to go hahaha (although I wouldn't tell them all if I was pg, but would be nice to have a solid reason to drop out, I refuse to let lack of funds keep me from a good party see!) so I'd love to have to make some excuses!
I'm currently getting some pretty obvious af cramps this evening though 😔

misty I'm going to try and stop myself I know it's such a bad idea 🙈 I got 10 pregnancy test strips with my ovulation tests which probably isn't a good thing!

I'm being too hopeful in that I have a wedding at the end of march and go on holiday in April so would love to be 12 weeks by then! (Saves all the no drinking excuses)

misty I'm going to try and stop myself I know it's such a bad idea 🙈 I got 10 pregnancy test strips with my ovulation tests which probably isn't a good thing!

I'm being too hopeful in that I have a wedding at the end of march and go on holiday in April so would love to be 12 weeks by then! (Saves all the no drinking excuses)

Sorry AF got you hhaz especially after what your friend said

Lovechild when is af due?

Babycarmen you're well early to test (says me who tested last Sunday when I'm meant to wait til this weekend lol) and especially with your symptoms sound hopeful!

5/6DPO and I think my sore nipples are retreating and I feel all emotional as per usual pre AF. Had felt quite positive about this cycle but now feeling like I know it's not happened. So fed up. So sorry for others feeling the same. It's great to have an outlet on here.

Someone slap me please I'm starting to annoy myself!
Stupidly took a text this morning even though I shouldn't be testing til Sunday and bfn
However, I do have some unusual symptoms. I have the usual sore boobs like I do every month but this month I've had shooting pains in one of them. Also I'm ravenous, SO thirsty and extremely dizzy which was my first symptom in both my other pregnancies.
Surely it would be too early though?

I've just finished AF and due to ovulate in about 5-7 days, I usually get a positive OPK on the Monday of my FW.

DH has his sperm analysis test this upcoming Tuesday and can't have sex for 48 hours before! So we're planning to try on Saturday, Sunday AM, and then Tuesday PM (about 8 hours after his 'sample') and then everyday after. Figures that this would fall bang smack on my FW

Feeling a little more positive this month, ttc is such a rollercoaster. Especially as this is cycle 9 for us now.

gruffalohoh We are trying for my third (DH's 1st) and my boy is 11 and my girl is 6 and a half. Pretty big gap but I am hoping they will enjoy helping

Thanks misty, just need a few days to wallow

Oh hhaz, gutted for you chick 😖 some things you just wish didn't arrive on time, or at all 🙈 but get this few days out the way and start again on the fun bus 🙌🏼x

Oh don't get me wrong, me and my eldest sis are so alike we regularly clash considering our massive age gap, I feel like I'm her temper reproduced 😂😂 sisters can be brutal. The middle one with me is literally an angel and we both adore her and never fight with her but tear shreds out of eachother on occasion (not physically!) but I do love a good age gap! Only thing about being a later baby is watching my parents age. I'm 32 and my parents are 71 and 72 and are ok (I keep them young I reckon!) but I can see their age creeping up on them and I'm sick to my stomach that I will have them a less time than my sisters. I'm nowhere near ready to be without them, they're my world and I desperately want to give them another grandchild, nothing would make them happier than to see all their 3 girls as mums... may I add, they still see me as their baby lol so I may be embellishing that statement, I'm pretty sure even at my age they still think I'm too young haha but maybe they mean my mentality, still 19 in my mind lol 😜

Ha misty. I was the same. My brother was born when I was 15, sister 13. I used to take him out all the time. Even on the bus into town. All the grannies thought he was mine! We are still really close now. Unlike my sister and I.

Af has arrived, totally gutted! Was sure it was going to happen this month :(

Oh that's a lovely gap! My sisters were 14 and 18... they were very helpful lol but they both moved out when I was very young so grew up like an only child really although we are incredibly close and always have been. My eldest used to get dirty looks back in the 80s with her dyed pink fringe walking round pushing me in my pram lol she used to shout out "it's my sister!" Even now we joke about a Kat slater storyline 😂 I was spoiled rotten though. I'm sure yours would be the perfect age :)
No more symptoms for me today ladies, just rolling on Saturday for the final test if af doesn't arrive tomorrow! Gosh all this waiting around with babymaking is hard going!!

ZEB91 that is really useful to know, I am TTC#3 having used ovulation test sticks for all of them and didn't know that, thank you for the tip. Will test again in a minute and see what it says. Seems I have been getting it wrong all this time!

For others TTC#3, how old is your oldest? I am worrying about the gap which while not massive is probably more than I would have liked?

Four days to go until af due...so tempted to test! The suspense is killing me, trying not to think about but it's proving tricky!!! 😬

Zeb don't test!! I got bfn on cheapies Sunday 5 days before af is even due and I was gutted but gonna test again sat if af doesn't arrive before then!
Unicorn my mum had me (dd 3!) naturally at 40, my sis had ds1 naturally at 39 (after 3 Mc) my other sis had ds1 naturally at 38 so don't lose hope. I keep telling myself late babies are in my genes but it doesn't stop me worrying 😳 my bestie who's having ivf went to docs and added a year to her trying time and is glad she did rather than waiting coz her hub has low swimmers so can't get pg naturally, so if I go to docs, I will fib a bit if I have to 🙈 awful to say I know.
Af due any time from tomoz to Sunday according to different apps so still holding out hope!x

I'll get at it tonight and possibly tomorrow then as he's not home on Friday night!

gruggalohoh.. how early are you using your OPKs? Best time to test is afternoon as LH is always in your urine and will be more concentrated of a morning.

Ohb0llocks I would DD again tonight as it looks like could be ovulating today. My ovulation tests are proving interesting, I was getting strong lines although never a positive as I missed testing one morning and figured that I had just missed my positive on that day as they then started fading only to have got a strong line again this morning! More DTD for me tonight! Forgot how all consuming TTC is!

symptom spotter over here too! Currently 9DPO and due AF Monday! Slight cramps for the past week which I don't know is usual for me I haven't noticed before. Bloating is unreal, more toilet trips (although I am drinking 2.5 litres of water a day) boobs seem different but I did have tubular breasts so not sure if there's any breast tissue in there.

Unsure whether to test tomorrow @ 10DPO with internet cheapies or just wait for dreaded AF!

I'm not feeling too hopeful tho