TTC Thread 14 ... Santa knows what we want for Christmas

((((HUGS)))) Twiga.
Geordie ds 1st birthday really felt like it was for the adults like a celebration that we made it throu the 1st year with out going insane IYKWIM.
This birthday i really wanted to make it all about him and his friends and i feel that i did achieve that. dont know if i will go to as much fuss until he is 5 with his kinder friends but we'll wait and see next year i proberly wont be able to resist. Finally got him to sleep after 9pm really hyped up on sugar now iam totally stuffed and really need to bd but dont have the energy.

((twiga)) so sorry about that....hope this is her last visit in a while.

af arrived this morning
Suppose if nothing else means my cycle is finally back to where it should be after mc. Trying to be positive about it but am fed up.

Morning all. Yes, I'm interested in the meet up Jeddah but don't think I'll be able to come cos it's so far away from Devon! ;(
Anyho, welcome, big congrats and comiserations to those it's relevant to.
As for me, have a bit of John Wayne walk now and dpo 2 so we'll have to see. Dh has entered into the spirit of things quite well except for the day I was actually ovulating and said we really needed to get down to it - he said he had a tummy ache and didn't feel like it!!!- what do you mean you don't feel like it???!!!! ahhhhhhhh

morning Tania.....

glad the party went well....can't wait for our first one. ds is one in feb!

around but getting ready to go out for a walk with ds.

Its very quiet. Where is everyone?

Hi Girls s**t it just took me 1/2 hour to catch up and i should be cleaning up after the party.
It went really well had way too much food but the kids really had a great time and ds was so excited. they all looked so cute sitting at the bob table having their party food and singing happy birthday to ds. just melts your heart seeing how happy he was [warm fuzzy feeling] he is sound asleep now had to drag him away from all his toys to put him to bed, expecting him to sleep all arvo now!!
Congrats Piff it really does prove that if you relax about ttc it happens...i need something to distract me for a couple of months.
Welcome Kizzy212 and Colinsmommy hope we dont shock you too much iam one for being really open i have to just keep reminding myself not to talk about cm and all that personal stuff in RL i think some of my friends would be really if i talked about the stuff that i talk on here.
Jeddah would love to meet up but unfortunatly i cant afford the air fare but please cat me a photo of you all at the meet up
pooka best of luck testing

I've just started using persona. It took a while to work out how to reset but I'm now on day 15 and this morning I had the little o (egg) symbol to say ovulation is in the next 1-2 days and sure enough I've got the egg-white mucus - I don't get this every month which is why I switched to persona after using OPKs for several months. I suspect that for me persona may be slightly more expensive than OPKs (£10 a month for persona as you have to use 8 tests as opposed to anything between £3 and £19 per month for OPKs based on using ClearBlue which is £19 for 7 tests where I buy it) as I have a fiarly regular cycle. However, it is comforting seeing the little o symbol to confirm that everything is working properly and I'm not imagining bluse lines etc. Anyway, what am I doing here - got to go grab dh for a bit of bding

Any help on CM? I had ew about 6 days ago but today have a thin creamy type ... is this the norm? Thanks!

just dropping in again to wish everyone luck this month. Hugs all round and congrats to those who have got a bun in the oven. Spread that baby dust, fingers crossed, now where is that dh of mine.....................

I know what you mean hula - my dh is a bit like that. Typically wants it both ways - wants to bd at the right time but doesn't want to know when that is!!! It is difficult as I am planning on trying to keep an eye on dates and not necessarily telling him when it is but if he has lots of stuff planned then I may have to!

well hula, if my dh had his way we'd just bd till we die!, i do the moniter thing, but do try to ensure that we bd slightly more around OV (then i give him the few days before AF and durning AF) to recover before starting the next month!

I LOVE a good gadget! Sounds fab. Hmmm - might ask for one for Christmas (I don't think!). May have to have a look at Ebay and Boots later this week.

Cheers Rudy Will have to have a think. Dh is not really into all this monitoring and prefers the "just see what happens way of thinking" but last time it took so long - I don't want that to be the case again if I can help it.

nothing more technical in the book..."persona works by monitoring changes in the hormones which control your monthly cycle and identifies the days when you are at significant risk of becoming pregnant"

that is the other thing - as it is designed for contraception it can be a bit confusing as red means 'go' iykwim

forgot to say that after month 1 you do 8 pee on stick tests pm

oh, and as for reliable - last time I used it I got pg within 3 months and the first time we got an 'O' sign and I know at least 3 other people who've used it and all got pg pretty quickly. Not a massive sample I grant you but all positive stories.

A new persona is around £60 and I think the sticks are about £10 pm (though DH bought them last time so I can't remember!) It is SOOOO easy to use. The first month you do 16 pee on stick tests and put them in a machine that tells you whether to BD or not. Romantic or what?

It works by measuring hormones I guess but will have a look in the user guide and get back to you on that one...

go to ebay and get one from there! the sticks are all sealed from boots and you can clean the moniter and reset it. it's cheaper than a new one anywyas, they're about £69 odd or something, or is it £99?

I asked somethigng similar too - how does Persona work? Is it easy and simple? How much does it cost? Is it reliable? Or should this be best on another thread?

pooka - I'm part of the persona fan club (and honestly not on commission ) but I think it is soooo easy to use.

pooka, youre asking the wrong gal ther! It took me 3 days to work out how to reset the damn thing, I think rudy has one as well..... she's told me how to reset it, jeddah has also just bought one. It looks fairly self explaintry thou, will keep you posted but my new cycle isn't due for a some days yet. I think jeddah has used her one.

Ooooh MunnzieB,I've been thinking about getting a persona. THought it would come in handy even if do conceive without it anyway. How easy is it to work?

Thank you for the abbreviations.

OV - ovulation (explanitry really) i'll swop back to the other one!

(don't want to confuse threads but glad to hear you had a good chat with MIL munnzie. Sadly things are so bad with us even sober we don't chat )