January bus continued...? Anybody still clinging on...!?!

Hi I'm still hanging on

Got positive ovulation stick yesterday came up straight away, neg today(line but much feinter than control)

So far bd cycle day 8,10, 12, 14 x2!,15.

According to app af due 31st Jan.

Welcome everyone!

Ahhh thanks for those! I googled and get a few more too.

I have my fingers crossed for you all testing! AF is due 29th Jan for me - don't know how I will bear the next 2 weeks!

Yeah it's a tough life flowers!! Like being a stud stallion!! 😂 I try to let my frustrations and anxieties out on here so that I'm not showing him any of it but then like you say he needs to be available when I say go!!! Xx

Crazy how many of us have been sick this cycle!!!
Oh Sarah I hear you!!! I swear ive read so much stuff online - but not much about the fact that our OHs need to 'perform' on demand! It's tough for them eh. My partner has been fabulous but I still feel bad for feeling as though I'm being a bit too prescriptive+

I'm still on the bus. A horrid few weeks of illness and risk of redundancy but I've just got a positive OPK on day 14 which is 4 days earlier than usual so I'm glad I've been testing.

Age 27
TTC #1
Cycle 4
CD13 and Positive OPK
Luteal phase is 12 days so AF due 28th Jan

67 days mrsb?! You're a saint!!!

Flowers it'll be more than a miracle for me when oh won't even dtd!!!

TBH Bertie we've not tried any supplements other than me on folic which I too am pretty rubbish at taking cos I've just lost all hope really. I'll have a look into the selenium tho thanks. My folic has vit d in with it too. Xx

Sorry, selenium, not selenite! Sarah have you tried giving the vitamins a go? I had read that increasing the quality of the egg + sperm is the most important factor. For men it's selenium and vitamins E and C. Can't remember for women now but I'm trying to remember to take my folic acid and not doing very well I still have the three month supply we bought right at the start!

Ha hi Sarah ! We are exactly the same - horrible virus for both of us which pushed my ov back a few days so I'm hoping for a bit of a miracle really!

I'm still here. Cd34. However my cycles range from 16-67 days so I haven't tested yet. Hate seeing bfn. We dtd pretty much every day over the Christmas hols so I'm really hoping something happened. Boobs are killing! FX for us all.

Oh same cycle as us Bertie, we've not had a sniff in 10 months!! It's all rather disheartening but I agree, plenty of time for more bfp's!!! Xx

Well it's only halfway through, we've got to get some more BFPs in, right?!

AF still looming threateningly but not actually coming in, so no idea what's happening. Will get a test in the morning if no sign by then. Fingers crossed!

Feeling a bit fed up that we've had nothing happen since July/August time so DH picked up some Selenite in the supermarket yesterday, hoping that will help. We did seem to get pregnant more easily when he was on it.

Stats:

Age 28
TTC #2 (+2 mc)
Cycle 10
Testing tomorrow

I'm still clinging on ladies although if I conceive this month I'll drink a glass of donkey wee!! Had a virus last week which I think has pushed ovulation later, got opk positives thurs, fri, sat but oh is apparently so ill he can't possibly dtd!! I feel like some frustrated manic, feel like screaming argh you're gonna miss the egg!!!! So lord only knows when af is gonna show up, I'm on cd22 now, usually 28 day cycle so who knows??!! Got cramps yesterday and today. Fx for everyone still on the bus!! Xx

Hahaha!!!
Ohhh I so hope a bfp is coming my way!!! I wouldn't be such a stress head about it but I'm a teacher and I'm desperately wanting to plan baby around a good maternity leave deal! So funny, literally everyone I work with who's had a baby has aimed for an October due date!!!

Flowers we I think that sounds about right as I think the test can also pick up the surge on the way out, so maybe you caught right at the start with the darkest and as it was still high but fading on the second. It could still mean you ov today or tomorrow as it depends how long after the surge the egg is released & then it needs some traveling time with allowances for loo stops and maccy Ds ;)

MrsG - yeah i think those are right, ill tell you the ones ive picked up
bfp - big fat positive test bfn is negative
dtd - done the deed or BD is baby dance
OV - ovulation, DPO is days past ovulation
OPK - is ovulation predictor kit and LH is the lutenising hormone they pick up.
FX is fingers crossed

Ohhh I pressed post too soon haah!
Bd - baby dance
Af - aunt flo
TTC- trying to conceive
Bfp/bfn big fat positive/negative

Hey roseandbee. Yesterday my test line was much darker than the control line and then this morning they were about the same. I am sure it's positive as in the past I've tested and it's only shown 1 clear line and then a faint line in the test bit.

MrsG - others are bd - baby dance (sex!)

Hi everyone! I've been lurking but thought I should join in to stop myself going insane 😂 I came off the pill in August after we got married and have been trying since but no luck. My DH is in the forces and goes away a lot, usually around fertile week (very helpful) but this month he has been here the whole month! I'm due next Saturday and patiently trying to wait it out and not test until I am at least 3/4 days late as last month I tested after 2 days and AF showed up. Really hoping this is our month, I'm so over TTC already!!!

Hi Rose 1st DC took 2 months, 2nd DC was the 1st month. Naively I expected it to be quick this time too!

Rose - I've had a quick look, but will have a better dig through the posts to find out what everything means.

I've got:
ttc - trying to conceive?
AF - Aunt Flo?

MrsG - lol its probably a good sign you don't know the abbreviations yet, im guessing theres maybe a post somewhere explaining them all? as there is quite a lot, I figured them out just because Ive been doing far too much TTC related google

I'm here and new - what the heck do all the abbreviations mean?!

We've only just started trying and I don't know what anyone is about about with cycles and stuff we're just hoping lots of sex works for now!

Hi Sayenrose, how long did it take you to conceive your other two? Ive been off birth control for 30 cycles, although not actively trying during that time

Ahh I mean I figure there's no harm in some extra bding! I read on a forum that you will feel less disheartened at a bfn if you feel you did all you could to get a bfp!!! Tired/poorly is not helping either of us wanna dtd!!! But I know il be gutted if no bfp!
Ahhh this is out first time TTC and this is a whole new world to me...it's bizarre and brilliant all at the same time!!

Hi butterscotch, fx for you & everyone still here

Flowers - I had a few days of positive OPKs this cycle (only done it for two cycles) were your lines equal or was your test line darker? I did have a day when it was definitely darker so I presume that was my day, i think I have high levels of LH generally as I can get very near positives on a lot of days. Ive been doing my opks all the times this month as im just starting to look into potential fertility problems with my doc, so I want to try and see whats going on.