TTC in August Looking for a BFP

ToytownMum - sorry to hear af has paid you a visit.

Evening everyone

AF arrived today, so thats me out for this month

Lots of luck and babydust to you all

TTm x x

Thanks Tigerschick. Here's to lovely babbies for all of us whenever it's right for them to come.

evening all,

Libralady sorry to hear about your af arriving. Look on the brightside though - at least you are 4 days closer to trying again. Hope you have a great night 2moro - think we are going to have a bbq cos (and I know this sounds bizzare) but dh's ex in-laws are coming over for the evening. Fingers crossed that the weather stays nice. Feels and looks like we are going to get a big thunder storm here 2nite.

Hiya Bellie - was wandering where you had got to.Hopefully when you go for your appointment on Monday you will be able to ask them about your lighter bleeding.Just refuse to leave until they listen to you. I did that with mine and he was really nice, explained everything for me.Good luck with the opk's - they do work cos my SIL and a friend at work both got pregnant first time with them - I just don't have too much spare cash at the moment to fork out £20 a month on the good ones. Strangely I am prepared to fork out £20 every 2 months for the clearblue monitor sticks! Anyway if you go on ebay you can usually get hold of the decent opk's loads cheaper than the shops.

Mowmi - hope the tests help. My dh sounds like yours - very laid back. Think I have managed to explain to him this week though how unhelpful "it will happen when it happens" is to a woman who is desperate to have a baby. Hasn't said it since and is willing to try most things I have asked of him to improve our chances.

Upsidedowncake - think most of us on here will have suffered from phantom pregnancy symptoms I have been feeling sick for weeks now though I know it is actually a side effect of my folic acid , I have had bad heartburn last few days but it would be too early for that as only cd16 - probably more to do with the large amounts of fruitjuice am drinking, boobs hurt but then discovered it was just a midgy bite, tiredness (which I had really bad last time) but have just returned to work after 5 months so of course am going to be tired (and daily bd'ing can take it out of you) - but that little voice of hope is sat deep down inside saying maybe just maybe.... Keep your chin up

Hi Upsidedowncake - Sorry, I'm not able to help with your situation. I just know that, until you get a bfp or your period shows up then anything is still possible Either way, glad you stopped lurking and good luck.

Hello newbie here, been lurking for a few days.

Anyone else ever given themselves a phantom pregnancy? Boobs hurt, booze tastes disgusting and I cry at happy and sad things like nobody's business - all symptoms from early pg with ds1.

This has been going on for a week now - My cycle is really messed up: I'm only CD28 on a cycle of 32 but have just come off the pill and think I ovulated at CD7.

I've had three bfns and I reckon now is the time to accept it. Booze still disgusting so can't even drown my sorrows.

Sorry about your period showing up - how rude to be early like that!!

We're having an all day party type thing here tomorrow. Quite glad I don't have to think of an excuse for not drinking - tho it's very small compensation

Ooh sorry for the long rant!

And welcome to mowmi! Hope the tests help this month!

Hi thought I'd check in this morning as not been on for a couple of days!
Sorry for the BFN libralady - but hope you had fun at the park though! Back sounds painful!

OPK for the first timme this month after 6 months of trying and on day 14 and no smiley face yet ( I like the fact that I don't have to analyse lines but that may change if I have to keep using them month after month as they are v expensive!)

I am going to see my gynae on Monday - had a referral as have had issues since my ectopic which still arn't resolved - from about cd10 i get light bleeding and dull lower back pain which I am sure isn't help ttc, but they keep telling me there is nothing wrong . I know that this ins't right but no-one seems to take it seriously and they are all focusing on my heavy periods - that I can cope with what I can't cope with is not knowing whether the early light bleeding is stopping me concieving!

hi all, sorry I'm a big fat newie! been ttc for about a year, started using an opk about 3 months ago but it hasn't predicted any sign of ovulation (i'm 34) inital blood test results came back to show I'm not ovulating but they were taken on the wrong day.... my cycle is c. 38-42 days long and they took the blood on day 21 so I've just had to have it done again! DH is lovely but isn't much use "it'll happen when it happens!" Doc isn't much use either but at least they're doing the tests! any advice, reassurance etc... greatly received and to be honest very much needed! lots of luck to all those wishing tonight x

Libralady
Sorry about the BFN but as always it isn't over till it's over and it may be a little early to test yet anyway.
Your back problems sound painful! Am sure you wont have done any harm to your back though if you just went on the 'little' rides.It is amazing what damage pregnancy can do to your body!! As soon as I got pg I started getting pains in my left leg which got so bad on a night that I could only sleep on my right side, thought it would go after but it hasn't any doc says it is a nerve thing that takes ages to go. Wouldn't mind so much if I had something to show for it .
Don't wish your time off work away - I went back yesterday after 5 months off sick and it feels like I was never away. Make a list of all the things you want to do before you go back and you will soon find your time flys by. Think of all the time you can spend with you LO.And if the sun ever comes back you could just spend time perfecting your tan

aquababe - glad you are feeling more positive.

I understand redemption interest to be a charge for paying a loan back early, usually calculated as a certain percentage of the amount paid back.

Happy hols!

redemption interest what is that?
I hate thinking about money so don't most of the time
probably why we messed up
Anyway I'm supposed to be packing

Poor you aquababe - £1000 - that's just ridiculous!! Try not to worry about it too much now - neither of you can change whats happened and the longer you ponder the more pissed off you are going to get. You don't want to ruin your holiday thinking about it.
Am glad you have managed to turn your af arriving into a positive - hope I will be able to do the same at the end of my 2ww.

Have fun x

Thanks for asking moody
Managed to convice myself that its a good thing I'm not pregnant on holiday I hate flying at the best of times. and at least the fact that my periods come early mean cramps have so I won't be annoying and annoyed on the plane.
found out today we missed some fees on our mortgage changing so have had to pay a thousand pounds of our holiday spending money on that so that's taken my mind of not being pregnant.
Think we've just about worked it out but am bit pissed off with myself & dh for not spotting it sooner

TheBlonde 1 - that explains it all - am too tight to fork out £20 for a clearblue opk so am using cheap ones. Think I will just have to resort to drawing my own smiley faces on them.
Know what you mean about the docs but there would be no harm in asking - worst they could do is tell you to come back in a few months, best they could do is put your mind at rest.
Hi tigerschick - hoe you doing today?

Thanks Tigerschick
Think I'll change jobs and be a postie if they can afford 2 cruises a year!

Postal strike? What postal strike? I think our postie is happy with his lot - been on 2 Carribean cruises this year already!!!

Hi theblonde1 - Good luck for this month

Clearblue digital have the faces-exactly like this actually but they are expensive,although they do save you from deiphering if there is a line present or not.
I thought about talking to my GP but everywhere seems to say that they don't entertain it unless you've been trying for a year
Fingers crossed for you too and a BFP...you never know,we could be on an expecting thread at the same time

It's not fair - I want the opk's that give you smiley faces - I just got a line.

Have you thought of speaking to your GP about ttc? It might just set your mind at rest especially if you tell them how upset it is making you.

Looks like we are at the same CD point so you are not alone in your 2ww - fingers and toes crossed for a BFP. I am going to spend some time getting myself prepared for next month as plan to do track my bbt and should be using my clearblue monitor if it ever
arrives - bloody postal strike!!

To reply to your 2nd Moodymoo, am still BDing lots too(and was secretly going to use the opk if it came today!)Kind of a smiley face high was needed!

bummer!!!did'nt know about postal strike....well I suppose I'm in the 2ww part now anyway.This is the first month of using an opk and you'd think I'd won the lottery when the smiley face showed up!!!I was crying to my DP last night and bless him, he said his aunt waited 10 years and had tried everything but when she gave up hope,it happened!....at this point I cried hysterically and pointed out that I'm frustrated after 8 months so 10 years filled me with dread!It's weird that you just assume it will happen straight away don't you(when I look back at the 2 times I missed my pill I was frantic too!!)
About your birthday present, I think I'd prefer my DH naked with a bow on to any other present too!!

Whoops
forgot to post what I had come onto say - think I gotta to take back what I said about the OPK's - just used my last one and guess what - yep said I am now OV'ing. Typical - so what do I do - do I go out and buy a new box and continue testing over next few days or do I just leave it and bd even more??
Still hate them though!!!