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Symptom Spotters Anonymous (egg spotting or implantation spotting let's have your symptoms)

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digitalgirl · 04/12/2007 19:38

New 2ww thread, have brought over mince pies and mulled wine and put up some fairylights

Come in, take your heels off and get cosy!

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cbcb · 20/12/2007 16:45

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JollyBear · 20/12/2007 16:21

Sorry she got you Abby

Join our virtual pub lunch, we're on the brandy now [hick] and singing Slade!

abbyscoffedallthemincepiesmeg · 20/12/2007 15:55

cbcb - cycle buddies! This has cheered me up . Let's go for it. Bring on the September babies!

abbyscoffedallthemincepiesmeg · 20/12/2007 15:54

AF.

Bugger.

Just in time to bloat me for my party dress too.

Evil Witch

JollyBear · 20/12/2007 15:40

Sadly not cbcb! Only on cd 9 at the moment.

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JollyBear · 20/12/2007 15:02

Grand! I'll have some pigs in blankets and a slice of ham too. I'm not a meat craving vegetarian usually It must be the cold weather!

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JollyBear · 20/12/2007 14:52

Hello all,

DG What fun to have little people to entertain over Christmas! You'll have a great time planning fun festive stuff to do.

to all those feeling a bit despondent.

I've just spent TWO hours at the Post Office depot queuing to cellect a parcel. Online shopping is not all it is cracked up to be!!

I'll come to the virtual country pub. I'll have a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings please. I'm a vegetarian in RL!!!

digitalgirl · 20/12/2007 11:12

i'm in

I fully intend to enjoy myself this xmas and worry about babies later.

Have got my little brothers (7 and 3) coming over for a few days next week, so i get to play mum for a bit and over the best time of the year too!

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twinklingfairy · 20/12/2007 10:49

ooooh Mulled Wine!! I had forgotten about that! Yes please, a big mug of the stuff for me! No dainty glass for me!
Mince pies!? Pass the plate!

I used ov sticks and took my temps this month. Reckon I will just do the temping next month. We BD'd late this month cos I was waiting for the ov stick to tell me when, then we got stage fright!!
Should just have trusted what my body was telling me.

Part of me is secretly pleased to not be pregnant this month. My brother is coming up for new year and, while it would have been nice to announce a baby on the way, it will be fun to relax and take a good drink with him and his new lady
He lives at the other end of the country so that it means I rarely get to see him.

digitalgirl · 20/12/2007 10:48

sorry AF got you both cbcb and fairy. another round over here please barman.

hopefully after abstaining from alcohol completely didn't bring a BFP, nor did staying off it in the 2ww, I am going back on the booze till I get a BFP. Currently sticking to wine and champagne though (am sure I'll be swigging lunchtime G&Ts next cycle). Although after 5 months of either not drinking or only having the one glass I seem to get pissed rather easily now...cheap date.

sm hope you and your family are ok this xmas.

picknmix a non painful surprise AF is very good news (maybe not as good as a BFP though). Means all your hormones are balanced.

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hopefully · 20/12/2007 10:35

I am contemplating ov sticks if I don't have any joy this month. Mainly because it will give me something new to obsess over...

I am somewhere between 1 and 6 DPO (ah, the exact science of ttc!) and am 11 days will AF due. Am so glad I have christmas day and post christmas party to distract me in the mean time!

Incidentally, is everyone still thinking that drinking (a civilised amount, a couple of glasses of champagne for me) before a bfp is acceptable behaviour? I just don't feel I can convincingly lie throughout the christmas period when I probably won't get a bfp on NYE anyway!

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twinklingfairy · 20/12/2007 10:21

Well,[fed up emoticon] I was right and I am joining you at the top CBCB
I agree with you too, in that I am happy that it was a 28 day cycle, but it was only 11dpo thats not good, is it?

But hey, at least we have a cycle buddy in on another
I have ov'd CD17 for a couple of months now, how bout you?

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twinklingfairy · 19/12/2007 22:48

Hiya mummy2olivia Don't worry you are not alone. I am on my 5th cycle and am starting to feel like it will never happen for me either. Well, that is to say, I have a lovely DD but really want number 2.

Mustn't complain I guess, so many others try for twice as long!

Well, reckon I am gonna get hit by TEW tonight, my brown spotting has turned pinkish Though, TMI alert, the brown was very stetchy earlier, does this mean anything hopeful at all??

mummy2olivia · 19/12/2007 21:09

Hi Guys!! Can i join you? Came on here about a year ago for a few months cos we ttc before our wedding. Gave up for a bit and started again in august (confused yet??!!). well wedding has gone now and I'm in cycle 5 and still not pg. boo.

I need some serious support and someone to talk to- sick of hearing 'it will happen' when right now i feel like it never will

O'd yesterday and now on 2ww. fingers crossed. feel tearful today at the thought of more disappointment.

santasmissus · 19/12/2007 20:23

hello

been offline the last couple of days, fil funeral yesterday, it was as ok as it could be under the circs.

congratulations pennybenjamin on your bfp

well, not sure if we might have missed the egg boat again not too bothered as have had lots of stuff going on. was opk but stayed at my mothers on monday and forgot to take one. did one last night declining levels i think. ewcm last night. did bd last night too so maybe ok. apparently it's 24-36 hours after surge and have had some ovvy type pains today; opk -ve today. we shall see, we shall see, not getting too worked up about it at the minute - maybe will by the end of 2ww.

Excitable · 19/12/2007 20:16

TEW is spending way to much time with us. Do you think it would help if we were really mean to her when she's here? Perhaps we could pull her hair and send her to Coventry? She definitely deserves it...

Excitable · 19/12/2007 17:57

Oooh Twinklingfairy I hope you're right.

I've got loads of symptoms this month. I'm clumsy, I'm really hot, I've lost my brain big style, I've had backache, I've been constipated and everything is a bit smelly today especially tmi my wee. Is smelly wee a symptom.

I'm still well aware that none of this is conculusive proof that I'm pregnant, but I really hope it is. Really REALLY hoping. Absolutely setting myself up for a fall in the new year.

No idea when AF is due because of wacko cycle lengths, so she could make an appearance any time in the two weeks beginning on Saturday...

abbyscoffedallthemincepiesmeg · 19/12/2007 17:47

It's quiet on here. I'm just popping in, amidst the chaos, to say hello to everyone. I'm thinking of you all.

Sorry about AF Picknmix and Bucky. Think TEW is soon to jump me, am feeling pmt and I'm due tomorrow. I am so getting sloshed this Christmas. I realise this is not sensible, but it's been earned!

I'll be back soon, when the mess dies down.

twinklingfairy · 19/12/2007 17:17

ooh!! Maybe my temp dip was for implantation!
Have just input my info on fertility friend and it says I am in the implantaion period. I hadn't thought on that.
Only 11dpo today.
Could be implantation?

twinklingfairy · 19/12/2007 16:53

Hi all, haven't been on for ages cos I have had zero symptoms I am pretty certain I am out for the count this month too, BFN this morn and small amount of brown spotting this avo, sorry if TMI.
I said I was gonna leave it to Saturday to test too, but just couldn't resist this morning.

I couldn't take my temp properly either this morn, DD woke up at 7.30 and I norm take the temp at 9. So I knew it would be lower.
In the end I got about 1hr sleep(they say you should have 3hrs sleep before taking it) and took it 9ish as norm, but it was waaay higher than 7.30 so I dunno what is going on, but I am fairly sure it is dipping

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