The July '19ers - knocked down, but never beaten

Our photographer was insanely expensive, we love the pictures though and think he was definitely worth it. Weddings are nuts, it's so much money to spend just for one day. I swear everything "wedding" has a zero added to the price. I never added up exactly how much we spent and I don't want to!

Still no temp rise for me. I'm way too impatient, definitely need to chill out a bit. DH is getting tired of doing it everyday, especially with the jet lag.

@Frazzle we also used art student friends who did the job for £500 (I think? 7yrs ago 🙈) and gave us over 1000 images on cd. They did a grand job and I hardly noticed them all day/evening. The whole wedding cost me over £16k though - but I refused to let anyone pay for anything (except accommodation) so I spent a lot on booze and a fair whack on taxis.

Hi frazzle
Our photographer was amazing it was £999 for a full day with the rights to all our photos to print as we like - around 800 images!
Our wedding was around £5k all in 💕

We used a friend who did photography for about £400. Maybe someone who is building up their portfolio still?

@Frazzlerock re photographer, I had the exact same problem. Found an incredible (local) guy who shot the most beautiful, artsy photos.
Met up with him, he wanted £2500 for 4 hours and was a complete knob
As it turns out, a very good friend of mine is an equestrian photographer. She'd never shot a wedding before but agreed to give it ago. She drove over 4 hrs to us and shot our entire wedding including the small party we had the night before. We paid her £500 for 2 days and a USB with over 1000 hi-res images on. We had a few printed from her too at a negligible extra.
FWIW, the pics she took are absolutely stunning and much better than anything I've seen by the original guy. Happy to send you over her details, I'm sure she'd be only too happy to help as I know she's done a few weddings since

Frazzle ovusense looks amazing and it's so clever it can predict ovulation. I would get one but it's so expensive and I can't justify the cost because my cycles are normally very regular. Maybe if I'm not pregnant by the time my FF premium subscription runs out in August.

ratherbe that's shitty timing. Sounds like you handled it OK though.

edidxb no frers or cheap strips in the shops in Malaysia either. I can order super cheap ones online though which seem really sensitive. I dread to think how much I've spent on tests and vitamins!

TwittleBee I'm keeping everything crossed for you for the weekend. Surely you couldn't have had two faulty tests, the line was clearly pink.

smerlin I guess at least you're prepared for it. It just leaves you on edge though. I'm getting to the age where friends are going to start to get pregnant (I'm 28), there are two who I'm pretty sure will be trying already. I live very far from home though and am not back for long each year so baby bombing opportunities are limited.

I had some really good ewcm earlier but a negative opk. Waiting to see what my temp does tomorrow but looking back at previous cycles I can get ewcm for days and days before ovulation so it may not be until Sunday (if it even happens).

@rathebe - alpha lipoic is, apparently, an anti-oxidant. When people take it, the total anti-oxidant level in the blood stream increases significantly. They did a study of some mice that found it can improve egg quality in older women. Also it can improve fertility for women with PCOS. Apparently there is not loads of research out there, but what is is very positive.

The book has so much information in it, it is a little over whelming and no-one can do everything it suggests. But different supplements are different people. For example, melatonin is fantastic for those doing IVF but if you are not, it can actually do more harm than good.

I am more of a history/English/Geog/Arts kind of person so I find hard core science a bit hard going, but interesting.

Oh rather what a nightmare. I am seeing a friend this evening who has 'lots of news' to share. I suspect it will be pg news and am bracing myself accordingly. Seem to be having difficulty with seeing baby things in shops and supermarkets at the moment. So wish I was allowed to buy some!!!

@frazzlerock of course everyone else's pregnancy is happy, healthy & boring... 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

I felt my reaction to him wasn't probably what he was expecting so ended up going a bit OTT. It was a bit awkward 🙈 he definitely thinks I'm a complete weirdo 😂

I'm always intrigued by these supplements. What's alpha-lipoic acid? Haven't heard of that one before.

Sorry it's looking negative @edidxb but glad you've got some EWCM, that's definitely a positive 👏🏼

ouch Rather that really does suck!

edidxb havent read either of them. If I dont have any luck in next 2 cycles I think I will purchase one though. It is sickening isnt it, how much we spend on all of this TTC and then trying to stay pregnant! I try to limit myself to 1 packet of FRERs a cycle as they are approx £12! Think I will have to myself another packet though to arrive for the weekend so I can take another test. I want to wait till Saturday.

Ohhhhhhh - @ratherbeshowjumping, I would really struggle with that too. that's a real kick.

@Frazzlerock, I had never heard of Ovusense before I knew you and I think I am going to google it this afternoon!

Although, I did have a moment this afternoon when I started thinking of how much I have spent on TTC and pregnancy. I went and purchased some vitamins this afternoon. I wanted to get Alpha-Lipoic acid and couldn't find it, but I did get Ubiquinol and Vitamin E. And then I couldn't help it and got 2 more pregnancy tests......I can't order those cheap ones here in Dubai and I haven't been back to the UK recently. The cheapest I could find was about 1 GBP per test, but today I found some for about 50p so got 2. And then of course I used one as I am on CD27 and still nothing. But still negative so after 4 tests over the last week I am confident all the action on holiday didn't lead to anything......

When I was TTC before I got to the stage where I would only test if AF was late as I couldn't cope with the crushing disappointment of no line. So I need to get back to that.

Have any of you read "It starts with an egg"? I read it on holiday and whilst it was a little in depth and sciencey for me, it had lots of advice on improving egg equality hence my purchase of some different supplements today.

I also have "Taking charge of your fertility" which I bought about a year ago and it taught me so much!

And in other news.........I MAYBE, just MAYBE had some ewcm this afternoon so maybe I am going to ovulate. Test was truly negative but it could be the start of a few days leading up to it. FX.

Ouch 😬

Oh ffs....
Work in the same industry as DHs ex's new DP - (he's actually really lovely and we get on well) - anyway, bumped into each other this morning and guess what.... she's expecting a baby early July.
Obviously happy for them but ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Frazzlerock definitely apply for a job at Ovusense... you'd be absolutely fantastic! We'd all vouch for you

@Twittlebee I doubt it’s residual hcg, I think it’s just very very early. Test again tomorrow x

ah that is such a good point actually Frazzle !

btw looking at all your inputted symptoms it really does look likely you Oved on CD32 Frazzle and with the BDing marked that day and day before too I have so many FX for you!

dont worry Frazzle I have always been crap with celebs, no clue who he is!

Excited to see what FF does tomorrow for you!

Frazzle I would really discard those temps pre CD12 s they are gonna be high due to hcg and FF might then recognise the cover line as being lower. Reckon if you have another high temp tomorrow and remove those temps pre CD12 then FF will predict Ov on CD32 for you. (You can always input tomorrow's temp now to see if it would predict Ov and then remove it later). Keep DTD just in case though!

Rachy those words couldnt be truer!

edidxb its nice he was able to talk to you about it. Has been interesting hearing DH telling me how him and a colleague have really started opening up together as his wife also had a MC last year.

Rather ah hope you do get in plenty of DTD then! Great news that your cycle is back to usual for you.

I'll stay on my hands until the weekend I think. FRERs are bloomin pricey so want to wait till I see a proper line not another one of these squinters. Does feel good DH can see it though.

But do you think it could be residual hcg? Although I got a negative test on CD17 it wast with a FRER...

Forgot to add, @TwittleBee, a line is a line.... two tests are not going to be faulty... keep testing but I'd be smiling too... very excited for you