still TTC your first baby? want some glastonbury luck?

Hello all - I'm CD25 approx DPO 9! Not sure when to test.. I know I should probably wait until next weekend but I have a party on Saturday night so keen to give it a quick go on Saturday - just in case..

What is everyone doing about drinking during the 2ww? It's not about wanting to drink necessarily - it's more about not giving away that I'm TTC IYSWIM - once I'm definitely pregnant then I'm probably going to avoid social events that would give it away until I'm past the 12 week stage -but don't really want to put my life on hold while TTC.. I guess what I'm trying to say is - do you think it I should drink on Saturday night? And if so how much? Is 2 glasses of wine too much? phew - that was a rant

BB You're very restrained to wait until Monday

MT - I think Fi said in an earlier thread that she had the boys for 2weeks hols or something so she wouldn't have time to post.. she was in her 2ww though so maybe she's had some news and is too excited to come on line - fingers crossed.

[waves at nomore] - how are you doing?

Kensgirl - good luck with the bding

PM - have you refrained from testing again?

Treenie - how you going? any new symptoms? Sorry if TMI but I'm feeling fairly constipated.. which may be just because of my recent hols - but I have also read can be a sign of pregnancy.. here's hoping

It's so gloomy again in London - hope the sun comes out for the weekend

Evergrounded Don't worry, this is my 8 or 9 month ttc, People tell you not to worry but I started worrying at cycle 6. This website helps loads and we discuss absolutely everything. Stuff you would never discuss in RL.

I have been looking around other threads for Fi and I have not seen her.

If AF does not arrive on Saturday I am going to test on Monday, how many of us are testing on Monday?

Im on CD28 12 DPO.

Treenie my mum has varicose veins - do things like that run in families? You know I will be checking my legs in a minute.

Has anyone seen Fi recently?

Drowning sorrows in wine this evening (not too much, but no chance this month by the look of things, so why not?)

On the positive front, definitely think that I've lost some weight which is a good step. Looking forward to getting back into some of my clothes that I've not been in since pre ds!

(anyone new to this thread, I'm an interloper as have 1ds but would rather like #2 and have now been considering this for c. 12 months - mc in Autumn...).

Hi girls,
can't stay long, just saying hi really.
BB and treenie - good luck with the not testing, here's hoping that by waiting you'll get a definite BFP Look forward to some news early next week (we must be due some more BFPs on this thread)
evergrounded I was on the pill for 6 years, all for no reason now it seems. oh well

hello all..!

just saying hello, as i am supposedto be preparing a presentatio, but really I'm looking for a holiday and cooking dinner, and then avoiding that to visit MN! Oh, what a tangled web I weave.....

CD 9 for me today, 7 months but 9th cycle since mc. I can't remember who asked, but somebody did.I'm feeling a bit twingy in the nipple area (sorry ), with a few cramps on my right side, so I think I'm gearing up for ov, but cervix is stil low. Oh, how do I know? I'll just have to cover all bases iykwim!

Hello to everyone that is new! hope everyone elsi is OK!

PM - lol at your crossed post.. as everyone looks at who you are waving at .

Don't get too disheartened - it may just be a BFN becuase you were too early - fingers crossed!

EverG - Hi!! Don't like the sound of your doctor's formula as I was on the pill for 15 years or so I'm pinning my hopes on the fact that some people say you are uber fertile when you come off the pill

oops wrong thread!

Hello! How are you!? Like the name change - is there a panto theme I missed??!

V encouraging about the BFN post holiday. Am holding on and keeping legs, toes and fingers crossed but trying not to get hopes up too if that makes sense.

Hi Evergrounded and welcome
I wasn't on the pill for very long (a few month for my wedding) so can't help with the months/years TTC formula - but I'm a good 4 cycle in (i'm trying not to count too much!)

I know that feeling but you're in the right place, everyone here will keep you company and knows what you're going through.

Hello everyone- it's great to have found you on this TTC your first thread. Am feeling really this morning, as AF arrived late last night, after a few days of bizarre spotting that I had thought might be implantation bleeding. Silly me! I knew I shouldnt have got my hopes up again...but this implantation bleeding thing really is a nightmare, as it has you thinking that you might be preggers, and then dashes all your hopes when evil Auntie Flo arrives!

This is month 7 of TTC and I know its way too early to start worrying, but I cant help it! I was on the pill for 9 years, and my doctor said that her rule of thumb is that for every year you have been on the pill, it can take that many months to get pregnant, i.e. 9 years = 9 months. Not sure how much I believe this, as I've also heard that you can be extra fertile when you first come off the pill...

trying to stay cheerful and positive anyway! Anyone else on TTC month 7?

I've got a spot too! BUt definitely due to bfp - dh's excuse this month is that he has 'pulled a muscle' - how convenient!

Quite sunny up here at the moment, although started overcast, so hope that its not so gloomy with you now.

Don't be jealous of my zitty chin!
Stupidly have just done a cheapo test even though it's only um, 12dpo or something. BFN
Don't know what possessed me.
Not giving up hope entirely but....

PM - it is gloomy isn't it! and they think it's going to mixed like this all July . I don't have any spots yet - can't believe I'm wishing I had spots..

Treenie - Sorry to hear about the veins. Have they just arrived or have you just noticed them?

Pirategirl - ta! Hopefully Fi's trip to Glasto will have worked for us all

this was my earlier post.

'....just wanted to send you all good luck as the thread caught my eye.

I conceived dd1 after 3 yrs, when we camped at a campsite very near the actual Glasotonbury Tor.

It realy has magical properties, and I woud reccomend it. We went to the goddess spring, i meanthe Chalice Well and I wished and wished for my baby. I was fertile that weekend, and hadnt ever known we were going for a trip to Glastonbury.

The we walked up the Tor, my ex dh did it bare foot, to connect with the land! ...
'
its a positive story.
one month later my period was late.

PM - spots are a good sign I think but also a sign of af so I really don't know my dear - at this stage anything is a sign of anything IYSWIM?! Driving me nuts! Hang on in there.

OK I have another cracker for you. You know the crampy pain I was getting in my leg last week? Well now have some rather blue noticed varicose veins! Great! Run in family and now have them all over my left calf along with red spidery veins. Now what the hell is that?! Anyone else have them?
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Hello
I am q busy with work this gloomy Wednesday - what happened to summer?! But never too busy to have a quick look here!

Are spots a good sign? I too am quite spotty - all round my chin which is meant to be hormones isn't it?

So either a reaction to the tan-prolonger I've been using, AF or maybe a BFP in the making?

I'm going to test on Monday if AF hasn't comeby then too.

Pirategirl - DPO - i think - is days past ovulation.. Are you TTC? Sorry couldn't find your earlier thread..

BB - I hope all of your signs are good news - got my fingers crossed for you!

Treenie - how are you going?

Hello to everyone else!!! How are we all feeling this gloomy wednesday morning?

Is it time for a new question do you think?

BB - spots are a very good sign! And don't feel silly for testing - I've done way more than I've actually admitted to on here - whoops!
I know what you mean about trying to stay grounded but looks like you have some good symptoms so feel positive at least.

Pirate - DPO is days past ovulation. The time in which the egg would be fertilising and implanting. Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed for us. Nice to all support on offer.

Toomuch - fingers crossed it's baby brain! Have walked into the door way in our bathroom four times this week so either I'm up the duff of just a complete twit - stubbed toes really hurt!

Am now on CD37. Really thought af was coming last night. Cramps, twinges etc and a very sore lower back but nothing. Still not testing till Monday though! That will be CD42 for me if af doesn't arrive and that would be unheard of for me.

Hello to everyone else!
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sorry for my ignorance, what does dpo stand for?

I keep loking at this thread with fingers crossed.

I conceived after 3 yrs of trying at Glastinbury Tor, see my post way down the list.

take care.

Hi Ladies

Toomuch and Treenie you can be more fertile when you come off the pill.

I have everything crossed for everyone.

I don't normally have backache but I've been doing this for a while now and I am really trying to keep my feet on the floor.

I did something really silly I tested this is the first month I've ever tested before AF is due and it was BFN. So I was pleased to read your threads Treenie.

Also thankyou for thinking Im lovely!! Although I do not look like it today. My skin is fighting the urge to admit that I am 30, Im full of spots!!

I obviously meant new rather than knew .. maybe it's pregnancy mush brain

Treenie - you are funny! I haven't noticed anything with my boobs yet although DH thinks they are bigger.. don't think they are though..

I have no idea what my body normally does in a cycle - having been on the pill for 15 years this is all knew to me - it's very exciting but on the other hand I just want to know whether I'm pregnant or not!

Toomuch I know what you mean. But you are right to notice twinges as if you are still trying next month (which we hope you won't be) you'll know what is normal for you and what is different.
For example, for me when cramps and twinges start they are soon followed by af - they never go away and come back again several times before af arrives - hence the reason I think something is different this month.
It's good to get to know your own bod.
Also my nipples are def getting bigger. By that I mean the aeorla (spelling?!) is spreading downwards I think. Lighter than the original shape, but def there. That makes them sound minging but you know what I mean!
So get checking those boobs too! Any veinyness or pain for you?

To give you a laugh - and to prove the extent of my madness - I managed to find some photos of cervixs on Google! I mean what the f**k?! Showed what it looked like before af, during ov etc - but what use is that to me when I can't see my ruddy cervix! Can just imagine dh's reaction if I asked him to check it out with a speculum!

See Toomuch, just when you thought you were going crazy you can feel glad that you are not as mad as me!
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God this is so hard - I'm feeling twinges and stuff now! I know it is probably in my head but I can't stop thinking about it!

I don't know how you girls have survived for months!! Treenie and I are going bonkers and its only month 1!!

Thanks for that Nomore - really appreciate it. I'm just going to wait and see. So hard though! Will keep you posted!
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