Trying to concieve 11 thread for October!! For us Unlucky ones on 10

Thanks Runtus and Tessiebear for replying to my post. This ttc is so confussing isn't it!!
Hulababy are you about can you shed some light on this for me please oh wise one!!!
Iam so worried that i have missed my chance this month after being away for the wedding and not being able to bd then when we got back i have been so very tired fell asleep on couch every night this week dh has had to wake me to go to bed hopfully today was a good one. his sperm is proberly usless as we hadn't bd since Thursday night.

Wow! Just took about 20 mins for me to catch up on the chat!
Tania - I am no expert but i am sure you Luteal phase(from when you OV to your AF)needs to be about 10 days - i dont know why but HULABABY is the one that would have the best advice on this
There are loads of us on about the same CD here waiting to test. I am CD28 (but dont think i OVed until CD23 so i am not testing until about CD37.
Am imagining every little symptom - but i definately dont feel the usual AF symptoms at the moment

Morning all . Not much happening here, just counting down the days til af due - does anyone know why time seems to slow down at this point in your cycle ? Sweetheart, good to have you back - MrsFlowerpot has graduated while you were away, so we're up to four and not far off Hesters guess of six!

Morning ladies,

Shely,
Welocme to MN, Sorry for the loss of your son, wow your story hit me. were all here for you..
And Fingers Crossed for you this month

spykid / sallie / pooka
Well i can't say much cause i done a PG test yesterday!!!!! BFN why i do this to myself i din't know.. Way to early to do one so i'm going to leave it for a while...

Jeddah,
Hope you are feeling better today..

Bibi20,
Hoping i won't need one, but if i don't get PG this month i will buy one for next... I can't be letting the months slip away.. I tested yesterday and BFN so i might leave it till the weekend as my AF is late usually 36 day cycle..

S/heart what a nice surprise!

AF arrived with a vengence on Sat morning, almost over now thank goodness. I've been a good girl and have been temping away since it started......not sure I've got the hang of it yet though! Hopefully I'll be a bit better with the old ov kits though. Might have a look for one of the fern tests thst I've read about - anyone know where I can get one quickly??

Right you lot!!!!! What happened to the no chatting rule!!!!!!

I'M BACK!!!!! Yeah!!!! (although only for 1 day before I get torn away from MN again!!!!!) I'll have to have a massive dose today to keep me going!!! Mind you - I've got loads of work to catch up on so that's probably not going to happen

I've been dying to know about your result all weekend Runtus, so sorry to hear it was a BFN - has af arrived yet????

Well done on dishing out the choc cake - you've done me proud.

Cobweb, I'm so sorry to hear what you've been going through. I hope it all works out OK for you.

And lastly, welcome to all the new ttcers!!!! I'm sorry I haven't mentioned you all by name but I've had so much to catch up on. I'm sure I'll lern your names in time.

Everyone else - go forth and multiply!!!!

Oh god Tania2 wish I could help but I'm rubbish at what everything means when all the dates shift! Why can't our cycles go to textbook like they are supposed to??! Hope someone else can help you..........

I've taken your advice (sorry can't remember who helped me out) and carried on temping through af and so far have got 3 v different readings. Is this normal? They are generally going up in temp and today got a reading of 97.16 - does that sound right??

So sorry to hear about the loss of your little boy Shelly - give yourself some time and see what the scan shows today, you never know it might be a good day after all!

Sallie, sorry about your big disappointment and don't fret love we all make the daftest mistakes sometimes. I drove into some poor girl at the weekend!

OMG you girls can talk!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to all the new TALKERS!!! and best of luck to you all.
Warm welcome to Shelly sorry for your loss I couldn't even imagine what you are going through.
And girls all this chocolate talk makes me HUNGRY yummmmmm.
Iam currently on cd17 and i really really need some advise. I posted yesterday and i think the day b4 asking some questions about my cycle. If anyone has an idea please let me know.
My last cycle was 26 days I thought i had ov on CD9 cramps etc. bd cd7, cd9, cd11 then missed out on bding on cd 12 to 16. today i got a +ive on the ov test cd17 so we bd today. iam really confussed as i have read some of the post on here saying that if you ov on cd 17 or 18 that would be a 33 day cycle iam never late with af it usually comes between 26 to 28 days.
Can you ov late but still have a "normal cycle"?
or Should i expect my af to arrive late and not be pg?? iam soooo confused. if have ov today it would be around 10 days till my af is due is this still ok? can i still fall pg or does the end of the cylce from ov to af need to be longer is so WHY????

I am going to try and hold out till Monday Pooka. And try and keep busy until then!!!!

I'm going to try and wait until at least the weekend to use the other test from the two pack, LipstickMum. Wasn't a first response pack, and given irregularity of periods, maybe is better to wait and see rather than waste yet another test.

Jeddah - how much does your dh smoke? Is there any chance he could cut right down, or only have the odd cigarette when socialising. I only suggest this as it is certainly more palatable and maybe more practicable than giving up outright. I think sometimes it's difficult for men to believe or accept that what they do before a baby is conceived or born could actually effect the whole process. Daft, I know, but as an ex-smoker who only gave up when I conceived dd, I know how hard it is to quit until you have something tangible like an actual baby to do it for. Not much help for his sperm, though, I know. Maybe emphasise the manliness and potency plus points of giving up, but I'm sure you've done that already!

Hi bibi20
nice to know that others are having the same problems.
My dh is taking zinc, but is pointless as he continues to smoke.

Our office is one of our spare rooms and the amount of fall outs we have had as it stinks.

Came home from work tonight as it reaks!... taking about making friggin babies!...what about making dhs stop bloody smoking! they just refuse to realise what it does to their swimmers.
Hes gone the pub for a drink.........(and a load more friggin fags!!) going to have a glass of wine myself and try and think of a different way (from all the others) to tackle it.....it may take 2 or 3 glasses!

My period is due Thursday too - must.not.test.yet.

Minnie1 - I think somewhere down this thread you asked about the saliva ovulation test - whilst I'm hoping you won't need it, (are you still testing tomorrow?) I would recommend it - mine is a brand called Calista.

Jeddah - sorry to hear that your dh is not being helpful - I can totally sympathise as mine, whilst not a big smoker, just does not get why I have a problem with it (he smokes waccy baccy too).

When we're out and he's had a few beers he has 'sneaky' cigs and sometimes I'm standing right there - he obviously thinks I'm blind and stupid - totally disrespectful. Always contrite and saying he won't do it again (who am I, his mother?) but then he does do it again - sometimes the same evening. I walked out of the bar last time (luckily he followed as he was holding the car keys).

We're getting results from his swimmers test next week so will see whether a show down is necessary.

Are there any supplements that your dh can take to try to counteract the smoking - have heard zinc is very good (especially taking high concentration e.g. at least over 25mg but the higher the better!). I have had my dh taking zinc for the last 3 months - hope it will have an effect (have read it takes 70 days for new sperm to be made).

Pooka, snap! My period due on Thurs/Fri too. Are you planning on testing some time soon???

Evening everyone. This thread just grows and grows! CD26 for me today, no sign of anything at all, AF or otherwise. I am just kind of numbing myself right now, trying not to interpret every single niggle and ache and wave of nausea as something it isn't. I did that last month, convinced myself I could be, but obviously wasn't. So hard, but you all know that.

Hi Shely welcome to one of the warmest, lovliest thread on MN Very sorry to hear about the recent death of your son. I hope things look up for you soon, here's some baby dust for you xxxxxxx

Today is dp's birthday and I did briefly think of doing a test and if it was BFP wrapping it up and giving it to him as a present!! But then I though "stop getting ahead of yourself, at least wait till AF is due/late!" Basically, I would rather live with the vague glimmer of hope for a few days longer!

Ah well, having a gf over and we are watching chick flick tonight

Lots of love and ~~~~~~~~*~ to all.

runtus
Yes it is a good idea to temp on af....this will give you an all round picture which you need when predicting ov and fertile times to have bd.

Shely so sorry to hear of your little boy....time will heal.

Had lots of bd at the weekend as ovulated on fri/sat I am now cd 26 (ovulated on cd22/23!)this is our 10th month for ttc, all our friends are preggers or had babies.

To be honset I am pissed off! myhusbands swimmersresult came back as reduced in amount and morbility because of smoking.I am 41 in Nov and he is so inconsiderate as I can not afford to be wasting months because of his smoking.
We have talked and he keeps saying that he will do something about it. Just feel like going backon the pill and I am not prepared for him to put me through this anymore
sorry girls need to mone, sat in our office at home and it stinks off smoke, when I confrunted him he said he hadn't been smoking....does he think I am thick.

My period is due on Thursday (although have rather irreguar periods). Stupid me also went out today to buy tests, and the only ones they had were the ones to use on the day period due. But anyway, I thought - can't make that much of a difference, can it. And BFN....
Is there much of a chance that the instructions are right, and I am wrong? Here's hoping. Fingers crossed for everyone. Have to make myself sit on my hands for the next couple of days, but am sensing that perhaps no joy this month.....

Don't worry this will make you feel better....
Just wasted half of a double pack of pg tests by dropping it down the loo!!!
Much sillier me thinks

yes, and I really should have checked the box before I started to celebrate - feel very stupid

CD14 or 15 I think.
One minute i'm convinced i am,(hence the test!), then the next so sure i am not!
Really knew I shouldn't have tested today but it's just so tempting isn't it?!?

glad I am not the only one. When did you ovulate?

could still be then.....(crossing fingers!)
Tested too early myself today,cd25
Just gets you sooo disappointed

yep, used a different boots test which requires a cross in the relevant box rather than one line but it could be too early anyway. Am on cd27 and only ovulated on cd 18 and 19....

oh no...post crossed
are you sure?

Sallie big congrats!!!!!
Bet you are soooo excited!
Any symptoms yet?

how stupid do I feel - its actually a bfn....