Temping Buddies 6

Hi all

MrsMc - It's lovely that your coming back to check on us. I hope its all going well for you Your right about the book I can't put it down, must have read it in a couple of hours and keep going back to it.

Nappy - Its nearly cycle 11 for me anyway so I think I will go to the doctors once I have temped a couple of cycles. There is a really good lady doctor who I think I will ask to see, but I'm trying to stay positive now and hope that it doesn't come to that

Nomore - Sorry about the clomid but at least something is happening for you. The nurse I saw the other day said that she had tried for her baby with no luck for 15 months and was put on clomid and succeeded very soon after so fingers crossed that it happens for you quickly

Thinking - I hope your managing lots of bding - according to the software I ovulated 3 days ago (which I had hoped to have done as DP is not around for the rest of week) but I'm abit worried that the my temps don't seem to go very high, so whether it will still say that tomorrow is another story

Blueberry - Your perfectly entitled to grumble, I cried the first time my AF arrived after beginning to ttc
little did I know 10 cycles later I would still be here

Hi to everybody else, hope you are all well

Nomoremagnolia, Sorry you are not ovulating but the good news is that Clomid has a high success rate, judging from ther pregnant ladies on another parenting board I post on. I hope Clomid works asap for you.

Rainbowdays - ° CD9 (8th cycle)
Ready - ° CD10 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - 35.8° CD10 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD16 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.28° CD17 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD18 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - 36.67° CD24 LP10 DPO6(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.88° CD25 10DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - 36.75° CD25 11DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - 36.5° CD26 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Hello ladies.

I feel its a little cheeky to grumble at my temp fall today given that I have only just started temping really - I'll save it for a few more cycles time!

Thanks for the abbreviations list NappyValley - very helpful. I constantly think my thermometer is broken and needs replacing - why else would it give me such a poor chart!

Hi Nappy glad you are having a good thermometer day thanks for making me feel wanted really good point you make about GPs, it?s always good to know what outcome you are looking for and to play down the emotional side.

Rainbowdays - ° CD9 (8th cycle)
Ready - ° CD10 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - 35.8° CD10 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD16 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.28° CD17 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD18 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - 36.67° CD24 LP10 DPO6(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.88° CD25 10DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - ° CD25 11DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - 36.5° CD26 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Very excited today as thermometer gave me a reading that did not end in 9 or 4 was begining to think it did not work properly!!

nomoremagnolia - Clomid eh. Well you are not alone I am sure someone else is on that, but I can't rememeber who (minxi??). We are here to support you should you have any strange side effects etc. But I know of a couple of friends that it worked a treat for. Really sorry to here your body is not playing ball, but love your biology lesson .

rah - I have 2 brilliant single friends in the coventry/leamington area who are both mid 30s now and cannot find decent intelligent men!! Such a waste. Thanks to your research I now know why!

mrsMcj glad to hear all going well and your words fo wisdom are fab. Don't ever leave us.

gracie I feel your frustration. It is really hard and I have said this before, but will say it again. We live in such a consumer now now world that it is incredibly difficult to understand that babies do not appear when we want them - especially when all around us see to fall at slightest mention of unprotected sex! yes I used the S word!! . I include myself in this, as I have to keep reminding myself that there is a time for everything. You'd think I would learn being second time round. My GP was quite helpful. If I was you I would take MrsMc's advice and say you have been trying for "nearly a year" or "11 cycles" which he will assume is a year! I actually said I would like some blood tests and it was the GP that agreed and said "we might as well start the ball rolling as these things take time". I think I won him over as well by starting the sentance with "I know that a year is perfectly normal" so that he did not launch into that speech! hope that helps.

I have changed my LP to 10 which is my average on FF, but hoping for an 11 again or maybe a return to form of 14!!

ready how are you doing you busy beaver.

ALL I just wanted to thank you all, as I have been soooo much calmer and saner (about TTC) since joining this thread. Being with others who have found it tough has made me feel more normal. PLUS in the last few months we have had BFPs for some girlies who have been TTC for a really long time so hope springs eternal.

Best of luck with it Blueberry and welcome to Mumsnet, it?s seriously addictive

Hello The Rah (or the Raj as we?d say in Scotland ? meaning you are mad but in the nicest possible way ) Wedding in Cuba hey remember my BVI dilemma (also April), it was a lovely one to have but a stress all the same ? wishing you a stylish bumpy wedding accessory! hope you get both the holiday and the baby

Gracie14 ? I love that book enjoy it. Whilst I hear what Toni says about 4 -5 months of temping, it still doesn?t work with GPs here (I am so embarrassed when I remember my appointment at the end of the last year with the ancient male GP who looked at my charts as if they were witchcraft and kept making comments like ?what the hell has grapefruit juice got to do with anything? ) my advice is just to lie and say you have been trying for over a year so that they can tick that box. Bit tricky I know if it?s the same GP who prescribed you the pill until last Sept

Hang in the Duchesse & Minxi

Rainbowdays - ° CD9 (8th cycle)
Ready - ° CD10 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - 35.8° CD10 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD16 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.28° CD17 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD18 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD24 LP11 DPO5(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.88° CD25 10DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - ° CD25 11DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - 36.5° CD26 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Hospital have put me on clomid - they say I'm not ov'ing combined with DH's low morphology it's no suprise we've not succeeded really
sperm+egg=baby very few sperm+no egg= no baby (even I learnt that much in biology)

Good Morning Ladies

I am trying OPK's this first cycle to check if I am ovulating or not and I am getting a list of faint (i.e. negative) test lines...but as I can ovulate as late as CD22, there is plenty of time to pee on OPK test strips

Rainbowdays - ° CD9 (8th cycle)
Ready - ° CD10 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - ° CD10 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD16 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.28° CD17 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD18 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD24 LP11 DPO5(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.88° CD25 10DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - ° CD25 11DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - ° CD26 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Morning

Rainbowdays - ° CD9 (8th cycle)
Ready - ° CD10 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - ° CD10 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD16 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - ° CD17 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD18 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD24 LP11 DPO5(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.88° CD25 10DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - ° CD25 11DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - ° CD26 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Hi don't be for me - temp back up again today....Have worked out next month if af starts this week I am away for a week from cd10 - cd17 so complete wash out month as dh not coming with me!! But August we are away for 3 weeks and 2nd week hols will be time and I am going to bd from cd8 - cd18 every day if it kills me!

Hope all is well....rah hope you have recovered from hangover....
I must go and get ds ready for school....

Rah - Sorry didn't mean to ignore your weekend . Your right about being thankful for your DP and I can assure you it isn't just Coventry that have no decent fellas!!

I hope your right about the temps, I really hoped to have ovulated by now as DP is working for the next few days

Blueberry - I'm trying for my first - came off the pill in September '06 and been trying to concieve with no luck so I have started temping to see if I'm ovualting.

I also had a smear test on Friday and spoke to the nurse about how long we have been ttc and she said that as we were both young the doctors proberbly wouldn't look into any tests until with have been trying for well over a year and to relax - which as we all know doesn't happen! So I'm going to keep temping and see what happens.

Also bought the 'Taking charge of your fertilty' book and in there it said if you haven't had any luck concieving after 4 or 5 cycles charting your temps and timing bding right then you should speak to your doctor - so I may just follow that advice because I don't think I can wait much longer than a year of trying incase there is something that could be done before that.

Sorry for rambling - just finding this ttc stuff much much harder than I ever thought possible

blueberry - hi and welcome, others here got in before me to answer the lp question. I always thought mine was 13 or 14, but fertilty friend software has it at 10 or 11 days average! It took me a few months to start believing the software.

Rah - I was not ignoring your weekend antics, I was just waiting til you got over your mega hangover , Good on you for booking to go to cuba, despite knowing that you will have to cancel!!!! (confidence on your behalf here!).

Sorry to not chat further have job application forms waiting for my attention.

Howdy guys

Hope all is well..

BIG welcome to blueberry78..I'm 'The Rah', been TTC for 8 months since I was last pregnant. We lost the pregnancy at 24 weeks, so in total I have been trying TTC for 32 months...so technically trying for my second. I am having a break from temping, so I am a lurker as we are on the waiting list for IUI in a few months. Phew..a bit of a long intro, sorry!

LP is the phase after you ovulate. Most womens LP is between 10-16 days and is pretty much the same each month. Therefore once you work out your LP and know when you ovulate you can tell when you will be due on exactly or hopefully never come on (for 9 months at least!).

nomoremagnolia - Don't worry about missing the odd day temping, but must be coming up to the 'busy' time!

NappyValley - Good luck on your blood test. I have had that one a few times and its always come back fine. I'm sure yours will too as you seem to ovulate. XX

MrsMcJnr - Thanks , I'm glad someone paid attention to me..., the rest of the girls ignored my weekend antics!

Ready - How comes your so busy... I have given you a poke! Hope you had a fun packed day!

Gracie14 - might be just a temp blip, see what happens tomorrow, if your temp is back up I would ignore todays.

Rainbowdays - sending you hugs...glad you are feeling like getting back into the swing of it this month.

minxi - Your temp is still well above the coverline and still very hot! I never reach that! Hopefully it will stay there or go back up, fingers crossed for you!

duchess - how are you getting on? Your temps seem nice and high, what is the normal lenght of your cycle?

Well guess what, my friend has just announced she is getting married in Cuba next year in April. I really want to go so we are going to book and if we are pregnant (fingers crossed) then we will just cancel. Sods law I will get pregnant in the March!

Hi Blueberry. We are a mix of people trying for first and further babas. Some have sadly had miscarriages and some are having fertility issues and some of us just can't quite hit the mark so temping helps. Myself I am trying to for second child DS is 19mo.

I posted this before, but I remember struggling for ages with the abreviations, so here is a heads up

BFP - big fat positive
BD - baby dancing/ baby days/ sex
AF - period
CD - chart day /cycle day - CD1 is first day of period
OV - ovulation
LP - luteal phase - the bit between OV and AF
DPO - days past ovulation
OPK - ovulation predictor kit
FF - fertility friend
EWCM - egg white cervical mucus

thinking - no I don't mind you asking, are there any secrets left here!! It was a CD21 test, even though it is CD23 today to check my progesterone levels. I have to do another one at CD2-4. It should give them an idea if I am ovulating properly.

Thank you for the lovely welcome - yes I am trying for my first baby. What about all of you?
Thanks for adding me to the temping list Thinking. Btw - what does LP mean?

Hi blueberry,

Always lovely to have a new member in the group

Are you trying for your first baby?

Hi all. Forgot to temp again this morning sorry!
blueberry welcome (I'm not the new girl anymore! )
minxi
to everyone else

NappyValley, May I be nosey and ask why you are going for a blood test ? Hope the results are what you want.

Rainbowdays - 36.5° CD8 (8th cycle)
Ready - 36.13° CD9 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - ° CD9 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD15 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.14° CD16 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD17 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - 36.69° CD23 LP11 DPO5(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.78° CD24 9DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
Blueberry - 36.80° CD24 10DPO LP? (3rd cycle)
Duchesse - ° CD25 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Welcome Blueberry I added you to the group list above.

Hello Girls

I've only just discovered Mums Net today, started reading your discussions, got completely sucked in and lost all track of time. This is my first month of temping (am using FF) and it all seems a bit stressful doing it on your own. It seems a lot more fun to be in a group - do you mind if I join your merry band?

Am on 10dpo, CD24, (3rd cycle). I had convinced myself I had all manner of 'symptoms' but they seemed to have disappeared and now temps are dropping - 36.80 today.

Rainbowdays - 36.5° CD8 (8th Cycle)
Ready - 36.13° CD9 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - ° CD9 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD15 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.14° CD16 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD17 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - 36.69° CD23 LP11 DPO5(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.78° CD24 9DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
duchesse - ° CD25 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

minxi hugs to you

Well FF has decided I ovulated on wednesday.
Feeling very unoptimisitic this month. But as Ds is asleep and DH is working from home, I am off for my blood test. I hate it I feel like I am giving up and admitting there is a problem, but equally I would like to know there is not!

ok ttfn

RahRah hope you are feeling better now ? PMSL at your talent comments!

Nicely put NappyValley

You are sounding good Rainbowdays

Minxi ? sorry to hear about your sad past

Rainbowdays - 36.5° CD8 (8th Cycle)
Ready - 36.13° CD9 LP12 (11th cycle)
Nomoremagnolia - ° CD9 LP10 (19th cycle)
Rattling - ° CD15 LP9 (19th cycle)
Gracie - 36.14° CD16 (10th cycle)
Thinking - ° CD17 LP12 (1st cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD23 LP11(11th cycle)
Minxi - 36.78° CD24 9DPO LP13 (14th cycle)
duchesse - ° CD25 - LP14 (9th cycle since m/c, 46th cycle ftc)

Hullo everyone!! No time to sit and waffle. Hope all is well?? Sorry to see a temp slide Minxi (hugs)