Chart Spotters Unite!!

Girls!!!! I am back online. All moved out, sold, and staying with family. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
CD3 here, and pretty disappointed, but to be honest probably for the best.
Went out for a meal tonight, absolutely stuffed, and a little tipsy

Have a fab weekend ladies.

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Yes I do seem to have generated more debate than intended on MN this month

Ever other day has been working for us as dh says its less pressure and still feels spontaneous.

Work sucks to be honest I fancy 4 months off in 9 months time!

Its a real toughie you have a deadline I hope it works out big hug

City, I just read the other thread you atarted. Boy what a debate they are having !
And no help to your original question. And vets, what have they got to do with it?

Good question though. It happened to me more before childen came along.(mainly with me on top - which we do not do during fertile time - maybe we should!) sorry tmi there.

I'm up for 6 times a day if it gets a bfp .

Dh would not be though.

He is so tired when he gets home from work.
He's more of a weekend man when it comes to bding, maybe once in the week if I'm lucky !

The past few cycles we've tried everyday around Ov day but I think it was too much too soon, so DH ran out of steam when it was the right time.
This is why this week I'm trying for everyother day in the hope that we can try for longer than the usual 4 days in a row.

Silly how I have to plan it this way.

Ov is around Fri according to the software. I have had EWCM since the weekend so it maybe earlier, who knows. I'm using opks everyday to check aswell.

Last month I ran out of opks and I think I misinterpretted the last test I did, so completely mis timed my efforts.

I'm on a mission as DH gave me the end of Oct as a deadline for ttc. That will have been 16 months.

Thanks for the advise City and sorry to rant on.

Are you enjoying your job?

I would say every other day is meant to be enough however I don't have the proof yet that it works despite trying it! I also think you may want to open up the window in case you are getting the week of OV timing wrong.

Every other day is working in terms of pressure being off for dh and he prefers the approach so I am sticking with it.

Perhaps six times a day would increase our chances

Hi MrsMc too. Nice to see you popping over for a quick chat. Hope you are well.

We'll miss you Ready. Don't go for long will you.

Good luck with all the packing and moving.

Hi City, how are you this week?

Quick question....is bding every other day enough during the week of Ov?

Ready I won't be eligible for BFP for a month! Don't leave me :0( Are you heading south?

I'm off to work out how to Cat

City - It's lovely to hear you positive and happy!! Long may it continue! I am popping in to say that I may not be online for a bit... loads of final packing to do, and then don't know when we will have internet access next. Will endeavour to check in at the earliest possibility!! Will be thinking of you!! If you get your BFP please CAT me fingers crossed!!

3cats - Fingers crossed for you too... I do hope that you are still here ttc when I return!

Miss you both already

Hey Ready, yes it is a shame to move HSG but hanging on to the job is more important than the appointment as we only lost a month.

How are you doing? Tell dh we're gutted about the football score today and Mourinho etc and between you and me I'm glad I have AF during the football crisis as it doesn't put dh in the mood

I'm actually a really positive person. With that a huge realist and eternally hopeful bunny at the same time

What is making it particularly hard at the moment is that I am just so ready (to coin your name) I really have had 5 years to think about decide and want this and the rest of my life is like going through the motions just to get to this first hurdle (BFP)

Anyways having been in a 6 hour blackout after the kiddie birthday party now that we know (MTD) we lost I'm off to console dh.

One nice thing about RL is that a neighbour came round with £30 worth of fertility/ pregnancy/ kids books to hand down our of the blue... nice to have MN and RL friends looking out for us

City - I am really sorry that you are into another cycle. Shame you have had to move your HSG. I know I am a total pain the bum when it comes to positivity! But do hang in there - you are right, your time will come. It's hard to realise we are lucky, when the one thing we want the most is not forthcoming. Big hugs flower. Thinking of you. Big hugs.
PS... shocked about Mourinho??

3cats - Blimey, you do suffer with these migraines don't you! Have you done a food diary? To see if there are any triggers?
You really need to get the %s for the results to really make any sense. I am very surprised that you were (well DH) not able to collect a copy of the analysis.

Mrs - I think it is lovely that you are keeping the flavour a surprise. I think that is what I would do too.

Well... still waiting to exchange contracts... the sale of this house has not been smooth, and I am at the end of my tether. Sigh. Being at the top of the chain is quite possibly the worst place to be.

Still I had my long long hair all cut off today! And it feels great!

Oh City ? sorry hon I remember cycles like that where we did as much as we could and nothing happened and then the one we fought and didn?t do anything on the days we should have we got a BFP ? there?s more involved that us isn?t there?! Dh?s back is fine now thanks he is back playing football and it all seems to be a great success. He is getting excited about meeting his baby (talks to it and kisses the bump every day and I think Beanie responds to his voice already ? DH has the most wonderful laugh and I think Beanie likes it as much as I do )

Hey 3cats ? nope, we are expecting a surprise we really want it to stay that way so lets hope no one slips up at any of our scans I think Beanie is boy, don?t know why. Hope you feel much better soon x

Sorry about AF City .

Every other day was good going too.

Big hugs to you.

I'm full of cold and migraine again.
I hate days like this.
I have to go birthday shopping too, I'm so last minute!

MrsMc do you know what you are having or were you not intending to find out?
I'm nosey I know.

Well I must go and put a curry in the slow cooker as it's swimming night tonight.

Thanks for all your wonderful messages.

I have lots to reply but no time until the weekend. So excited for you MrsMC hang in there. How is dh doing? recovered from his OP a while back?

3catstoo get them to break down the results in detail and fingers crossed.

Ready, all ok?

AF today 27 CD month shortest yet. After bd ever other day fed up and had to move HSG out a month because of big work clash. Still we are lucky in life and out time will come

3cats - all the best for this cycle hon and you Cityangel

Hi again Ladies,

Sorry it was so brief earlier, I had to dash to a Clic coffee morning with some cakes.

23 weeks MrsMc, where did that time go?
Glad you are feeling excited now.

City, it is frustrating when there is no obvious reason for not getting pg. ((((hugs))))

I keep being told that it takes an average of 14 months to get pg. No help though !

DHs count did seem high but they didn't say what percentage were not upto it, iyswim.
It's like getting blood out of a stone, getting any info on results.

DH can't make the next appt and the clinic will not discuss his results with me, even though he has spoken to them about it. No point in going really, as there's no more to discuss on me.

I'm on CD9 today and cm has already started to increase (more than usual). I can see I will need the 20 opks I have ordered.

I haven't done the ZW stuff this time. I might try from this week.

Fingers crossed for us this month City.

Will Vegas be at the right time of the month?

Thanks Cityangel I?m 23 weeks now ? getting more excited than scared now but that makes me scared too if you know what I mean, this baby is already a massive part of our lives, I couldn?t bear it if things went wrong now ? must keep positive though and remember that everything is fine so far ? constantly repeating the mantra from the Pg after MC thread ? healthy and well, healthy and well! of course I brought dust with me!

Vegas is amazing ? we went in 2003 November time with 2 other couples to celebrate a 30th, it was SO much fun we stayed in the Luxor and a ride in the inclinator (just a lift but goes sideways) is worth it! I loved walking around all the hotels, they are really magical! We also did a limo trip down town to see the real Vegas and a helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon ? that was incredible and a must I think. The best restaurants we thought were in the Manderley Bay, we went to about 3 in there ? all amazing. Ohhhh you?ll have such fun! Shopping was amazing too, much better than NYC, the Tiffany?s in the Belagio is worth checking out as is the huge Macy?s at the far end of the Strip (I bought a lovely evening dress there for next to nothing) make sure you tell me all about it when you get back.

Re Barts - It must be so hard being told all is fine on the one hand because it?s harder to find something to do differently and to accept that it is just not down to anything that we can actively control ? who knows why it works on one occasion but not others, it is a real mystery to me, on the other hand, it?s fab that all is ok I so hope it happens for you soon hon x

3cats ? wow that?s a lot of sperm per ml! hope that the one of the good percentage gets through very very soon. Can they tell whether DH?s sperm has always been that way or if it has changed over time? xx

Just a quick one.

Nice to hear from you MrsMc.

DHs test results were :
78 million per ml (normal is 20 million) but a percentage (not told) were not moving quickly or not properly formed.

MrsMC how great to hear from you! How far along are you? I hope you brought a bag of baby dust with you! Please stay in touch and pop in as often as you like!

Vegas next month do you recommend anywhere?
I am really looking forward to it

Barts is ongoing but fundamentally no explanations other than patience found yet! So fingers crossed. Gave it a good go this month but am really not expecting anything to happen any more.

Ready your dh will have a right laugh I went all the way over to the bridge tonight only to watch 30+ missed shots on goal

3catstoo how are yoooo?

Ladies, I hope you don?t mind, I am just popping in to say hello and to see how you are and to say that I miss you wishing there was something I could do to help you over to the other side.

3Cats ? hello old friend. Sorry to hear that AF turned up and that DH has set an ultimatum it?s good news that his sample was ok though isn?t it? Are you still doing the ZW routine? And if so, is it helping you? How about your thyroid? Sorry about all the questions

Cityangel ? hey you how is it going at Barts? Great that DH?s sperm is within the normal range I so hope things happen for you soon. When?s Vegas? Love it there!

Rattling ? I hope there is improvement when DH next gets sampled, booze reduction must be hard in his industry. I hope you are doing ok

Hello Ready talking to you elsewhere so won?t repeat here

Well DHs sample was borderline to satisfactory !? No other info !

Our GP is requesting more info.

Hope you are well.

Sorry to hear about the testing here's hoping things get better

I am sure it is just standard practice 3cats - it's not like a yes or no result. There are lots of facets. I am sorry you feel like DH isn't too bothered. Fingers are crossed for you. Not too bad here, just stressing over a million things. But I'll get there.

City - I am CD16 - crucial time! I know what you mean about the pointless monthly emotion. I am with you. I feel particularly BLAH today. Everything in life is testing me at the moment.