Destination conception ... route PMA.

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Fx for your bfp rose!

Salem - it is nice actually. I like strong black tea and usually find flavoured teas weak and bland iykwim - they usually smell nicer than they taste! But the raspberry leaf one is actually full of flavour and I'm enjoying it! Online tesco stocks the clipper brand but my tesco didn't have any so I ended up getting heath and heather brand in Holland and Barratt. Make sure it's the raspberry leave one if you're drinking for ttc reasons and make sure you don't drink it in the 2ww or when you get your bfp! Xo

Hi glittery:)
Thanks for doing the list Salem, I'm counting myself as 3 cycles of TTC + 30 of NRTTCBIGICHH (incase your wondering, 30 cycles of not really trying to conceive but I guess it could have happened) Salem I've definitely not been t total for the past 3 years. I'm avoiding it now as close to BFP but for the first few weeks it's fine.

I'm afraid I didn't end up visiting the oracle today as my DH has an app that tells him when & where it is snowing so we had to drive to Buxton and get soaked and freeze instead.
Will prob see my mum on weds now by which time I should have my bfp and I can be like "look mum, quit the staring I'm not fat! I'm pregnant!!!!

Mrbarnet everything crossed for you and well done for holding out.

I've had thoughts about testing tomorrow as I've been grumpy today, so my willpower goes out the window. The past two nights I've woke up about 5am and decided I'm pregnant so not gonna test. Hopefully that will happen again as I may only be 11dpo tomorrow possibly 12

Oooo raspberry leaf tea sounds so delicious. Is it?! I may send DH out for some tomorrow. Does it taste like raspberries?!

Back to work in the morning, so I am sending my apologies in advance for being quiet for a week. Let's hope DH and I can get started on the SMEP on Tuesday which will be CD8. Piss off now, AF!

Sleep well everyone and have a great week 😘 xxxx

We did all of the obvious touristy bits Anna which absolutely need to be done. If we'd had more time I'd have liked to go a bit further out as there seemed to be lots of churches we missed. We just love sitting and watching the world go by. Xx

Moo good luck with SMEPing this month. I'm deff gonna give it another try this cycle I think as we can get some DTD in Florence!!

Wow lots of positives about Florence then. Any recommendations on what to do or wear to eat etc?? We're staying next to the river I believe if that makes any sense to anyone! Excited now 😍😍

This is such a lovely thread btw 😘

I'll have a look moo, every little helps!! Xx

*not normally

Baking you are so right "have unprotected sex and you'll get pregnant" - not the case at all!! I went for blood tests in October as I was on cd41, convinced I was pg but was getting bfns. Went to the loo before my apt and who had showed up?! Yep bloody af! I went for the test anyway and ended up crying to the nurse and she said "you try your whole life to avoid getting pg and then when you want to get pg it's so difficult!"

Sarah - it's quite nice actually, I'm normally a fan of flavoured tea but I read it preps the womb and helps the egg stick so fingers crossed! You are only supposed to take it from cd1 to ov and never during the 2ww. Do a wee Google search and see if you think it's something you might want to do :) xo

Hey baking, have a good nights sleep!! 😴

Anybody see call the midwife? Gosh that was a sad one. 😔 Xx

Sorry for not replying to each item from everyone, going to make an effort next week to do so, just coming on quickly before I'm off to bed.

Had missed AF had showed up for you Hippychic, next month is the month!

Don't think we'll be able to do SMEP with DH's shift work, but good luck to those of you giving it a go!

I actually did a reproductive physiology module at uni - that seems such a long time ago now! - and remember after that wondering how anyone ever conceived, as so much needs to be just so to be successful. It was such a contrast to what you're told as a teen, that there's such a high chance of getting pregnant, it only takes one time etc. In hindsight maybe we shouldn't have bothered with contraception after DS was born, but he was so demanding with feeding and such a poor sleeper, that I couldn't have managed less than an 18m gap even if my periods had returned sooner.

Anna, I'm another fan of Florence, we went there as part of our honeymoon. You'll have a wonderful time...and it's a lovely name if you have a girl :)

Evening moo!! Good to hear there's others like us too!! Used to think there was something wrong with us when we didn't really have high drives but it sounds like we're quite normal!! What's the raspberry leaf tea like?? I love a cuppa but not sure I'd like flavoured ones?? Xx

Oh and Salem thanks for doing the list

I also knew I'd miss a few people (sorry!) ...
Archies - sorry to hear about your horrible day yest, hope you are feeling better today!

Rose - did your mum's say anything today? Maybe she has a special sort of intuition

Everyone who is on half term enjoy the lack of Sunday blues this evening and your week off and Anna enjoy Florence :) I'm off to visit my cousin and her 2 dc this weekend really looking forward to it!

Hi all sorry I've been a bit quiet I've had a busy weekend. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm caught up on everyone's posts and will try to respond ...

Anna - welcome. So sorry to hear about mc. You're in the right place for support and positivity :)

Salem - drink the bubbly! Soon you'll not be able to so enjoy it will you still can

Mrsb - fx for you

Sarah - glad to hear there's someone else like us - once a month if even before ttc lol life is just so busy and the weeks just fly by and before you know it another month has passed! But now he's the one calculating and researching and saying right we are dtd'ing on this night, this night, this night etc we have to do the hard work in 9 mths so they can do the hard work now!

Hippy - sorry to hear you had a bad start to the day but glad things are better now. Hope af clears off for you soon.

Blondie - looks good, your poor oh won't even have a chance to get his coat off tomorrow morning! Haha!

Charley I can't remember what your update was and can't scroll back to the prev page for fear of loosing this message but I hope all is good with you :)

Glittery - welcome back :)

Re SMEP I've heard it mentioned on here before but hadn't looked into it, when someone above set out what it was I ordered oh up the stairs! We're on CD10 so have missed day 8 but we'll try an keep it up from here (although I'm away Thurs to Sun but we'll have a quickie Thurs am which is day 14 and then hopefully I'll get a positive opk on Sunday and we can dtd when I get home on Sunday night) - I'm exhausted just thinking about it! But we're on cycle 6 so willing to try it. I'm also drinking 2 x raspberry leaf tea a day and we are now using conceive plus. if when we are lucky this month I won't know which of those it us down to!

Hippy I will certainly be jumping on him in morning- he has already been warned. Sorry now if tmi but re the EWCM- I have a substantial increase in CM yesterday and today but it's not EW nor milky but kind of inbetween (whoever thought I'd be describing my bodily fluids to strangers- sorry ladies). It's one think I often am concerned about - dh is bringing home some preseed from USA which is supposed to carry the little swimmers though !!!

Ooo mrsb you've just reminded me call the midwife!!!

Hippy we really don't!! We could quite happily dtd once a month but I think hubby has taken it as a challenge to his manhood and is really good at timing dtd in my cycle. It's a chore by the end of it all but we do manage to have a giggle about it so it's not too serious and pressured (we'll only in my head it is!!) xx

Have a drink. I had a beer yesterday watching the rugby. I'm having a glass of red tonight watching call the midwife. I think 1 or 2 are fine when you haven't got a bfp. If you are pg it is so early it will be fine.
Hopefully we'll get some bfps by next weekend! FX

Yeh god knows why it doesn't work. Some of it is just pot luck I think. We just need some of the luck!

Determined to try be relaxed this month. I've been far to emotional and upset since the mc and thinknit is effecting things. So positive and calm thoughts this cycle only.

Swim little swimmers!! Got a while to wait until fw tho haven't we hippy ☹️

Yeh we've tried various each month. The first month we fell pregnant we did it every other day, so DTD four times over fertile week.

The past month we DTD 10 times
Over FW. Still fuck all happened. How does that work haha

Have the bubbles Salem......we can't put our lives on hold- it makes it too stressy I think if we are always saying 'I better not just in case'

Ladies I think I finally have a opk that's positive this evening! Hubby arrives home from USA first thing in the morning so here's hoping .....

salem go for it! Even if you are pregnant the wee bean doesn't have a placenta so I think you are grand..... I'm sticking to that after line of thought having had 2 glasses of prosecco earlier .....

Whereabouts are you on your cycle Salem? I think it will be fine as long as you don't go on a bender!! I know plenty of people who've not known they were pregnant!! Xx