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Tactical seduction and POAS addicts

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FfayeN · 21/10/2022 21:40

Hi ladies. I have started to feel a little overwhelmed with our usual thread and we are at different stages of our journeys now. Please feel free to leave this one if you don't feel the same but I feel so invested in your journeys and don't want to miss any news. Hoping this is ok, I don't think you can do DM as a group?
Hope you are all doing well and if there's anyone I've missed from the usual bunch feel free to add 😘😘😘

@MrsCristianoX @TheBirdintheCave @Indianna2006 @theblueflowers @bunnykins123 @LuckyMoonstone @mummatara

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MrsCristianoX · 01/12/2022 01:41

All this baby talk names nearly made me horny but not quite. Tactical seduction begins tomorrow lile it or not😅

@TheBirdintheCave i love that name too but DH hates it. Its powerful, irish and i like the meaning xx

@monsteramunch i get a few high days but only one peak day so I always assume ov happens then. Ties in with the crampy pain on one side 😊

monsteramunch · 01/12/2022 00:18

TheBirdintheCave · 30/11/2022 23:52

Oh and to whomever asked about what days we dtd before falling pregnant. This cycle it was:

-5, -4, -3, -2, 0 and +1

I remember being cross that we missed -1 but it didn't matter in the end :)

Blimey you must have been exhausted 😂

Can I ask (as I always have trouble pinpointing ovulation days as I tend to get blazing positive for 2-3 days (3 this time), did you take your ovulation day as the day following your first positive OPK?

TheBirdintheCave · 30/11/2022 23:52

Oh and to whomever asked about what days we dtd before falling pregnant. This cycle it was:

-5, -4, -3, -2, 0 and +1

I remember being cross that we missed -1 but it didn't matter in the end :)

TheBirdintheCave · 30/11/2022 23:45

@MrsCristianoX Forgot to say, I love Saoirse 🥰

I also like Delilah and Lilah which I've seen mentioned a few times in this thread now! :)

TheBirdintheCave · 30/11/2022 23:44

Lots to catch up on!

@FfayeN I'm glad your body is helping you out ❤️

@pangolin84 Great pink line there! Here's hoping it just gets stronger :D

@MrsCristianoX I can't believe he questioned why you wanted to dtd 😂

@bunnykins123 Our names are Hero (classical Greek girl's name and a Shakespeare character from Much Ado about Nothing, my husband's favourite play) and Edmond (nn Ned) who was my Irish (despite the French spelling of his name!) great granddad. He died of a broken heart shortly after my great nanna died, leaving my nanna (aged six) and her brothers as orphans 😢

Names are one of my autistic specialities but, for me, they come with lots of rules (again probably because I'm autistic lol). I can only choose names with strong histories, using original gender assignments, spellings, no diminutives and correct pronunciations. They also can't be in the top 100 but have to be familiar to the British ear. It makes for a very short list! 😂

MrsCristianoX · 30/11/2022 21:18

@Indianna2006 god I feel like even thinking about names is a jinx atm but I like séan and Rónán for a boy, and Saoirse and Isla for a girl xx

bunnykins123 · 30/11/2022 21:17

@MrsCristianoX you still have plenty of time, get som rest tonight!

@Indianna2006 I like Bonnie but I'm not sure if I can imagine a 40 year old Bonnie? Love Lila, Rosie and Mila though 💕 oh wow that's some dedicated sexy time - maybe this is why we are struggling as we just don't do it enough 😂

@pangolin84 that's a great line! Got everything crossed for you!

@FfayeN I know, I guess we have the advantage that we are on holiday so I'm not sure if I'll get my peak whilst here or not. My O date can vary quite considerably!

MrsCristianoX · 30/11/2022 21:02

@pangolin84 lovely shade of pink 💕 and I'm off to bed solo 👍🏼

monsteramunch · 30/11/2022 21:00

pangolin84 · 30/11/2022 20:50

I have a niece called Delilah! She’s the sweetest thing and such a lovely name 🥰
This cycle we DTD O-5, -3 and -1. Going again on O day was completely out of the question 😂 We’re not spring chickens and it always feels like we run out of steam just as it’s getting to the critical time nearer ovulation.
Here’s this evening’s cheapy - very similar to yesterday. Just glad it’s still there at the moment.

This looks great! Flowers

Indianna2006 · 30/11/2022 20:57

@pangolin84 deffo still there 🥰🥰🥰

@FfayeN oh no sorry you seemed to have bad cramping but like you said perhaps your body being wise to it and dealing with it. Best way really. Hopefully that’s it now 🤞🏼

@TheBirdintheCave we have a few but DH tends to not agree. Funnily enough I really like Delilah but think DH prefer Lila/Lilah.
I also like Bonnie but DH doesn’t like it 🙄 he likes Hallie. I’m not so sure 🤣

My DD keep saying it’s baby sister Rosie. And everyone is like it’s cuuuute. But just can’t see it as a Rosie 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣
also have always like Mila. Who knows who knows tbh lol.

still all up for debate 🤞🏼

our BFP was -4, -3,-2 and -1 😮‍💨😅

mummatara · 30/11/2022 20:54

@pangolin84 ooh that looks much more positive to me 💕

@FfayeN totally get that. Haha they prob wouldn't notice anyway mine didn't even remember half the names he said he liked with our very first list and then said he didnt like them 🙄

pangolin84 · 30/11/2022 20:50

I have a niece called Delilah! She’s the sweetest thing and such a lovely name 🥰
This cycle we DTD O-5, -3 and -1. Going again on O day was completely out of the question 😂 We’re not spring chickens and it always feels like we run out of steam just as it’s getting to the critical time nearer ovulation.
Here’s this evening’s cheapy - very similar to yesterday. Just glad it’s still there at the moment.

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MrsCristianoX · 30/11/2022 20:48

@bunnykins123 😂😂 so far past the sexy undies.. I'm so cosy and warm 🥰

FfayeN · 30/11/2022 20:46

@bunnykins123 I don't blame you December is too stressful anyway without trying to DTD!

@mummatara yeah there's some on there that we are attached too. I add and remove though without telling DH so the list is always different 😂. We didn't even discuss it this time xx

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mummatara · 30/11/2022 20:45

@bunnykins123 I was def shocked at -5 😂 I hadn't met anyone with the name and hadn't heard it in a long time but it really just stuck in my mind 🙊

mummatara · 30/11/2022 20:41

@FfayeN DH just assumed we would use Roberta for a girl and I was like we can't that's DS girls name he thought I was bonkers 😂 tbh I might still use Delilah I do really love it and not sure I'm ready to not have it on my list we didn't even discuss names for the third. I really really struggled with a boy name for our DS and in the end he has the same name as daddy with a different nickname so I'm not shouting at the wrong one 😂 oh hun I bet that is hard ❤️ do you think you would use any from your lists for future ones?

@MrsCristianoX haha I don't blame you I would be like can you stand way way over there please 😂 I hate being sick and I hate dealing with sick give me poop anyway that I can cope with but puke no no no I'm out 🙅🏼‍♀️

bunnykins123 · 30/11/2022 20:36

@MrsCristianoX I agree, if it's not dark yet then you can probably afford to wait a day or so. I'm absolutely not dtd tonight even though I had a bit of EWCM. I haven't tested today either so I'll see what's happening tomorrow onwards. Your attire sounds divine - im past whipping out the lacy numbers now!

@FfayeN thanks for sharing that. Like you say, I think I've nailed those dates in the past so must be egg quality 🤦‍♀️ I think it'll be only a few attempts this month, I'm so past it now!

@mummatara crazy that you got a bfp at -5! But also really reassuring. With my 1st 2 early miscarriages, they were both 1 attempt on -2 🤷‍♀️ they are lovely names! We have a few delilias at our nursery.

MrsCristianoX · 30/11/2022 20:32

@mummatara poor wee man (and also poor you) 😢 there is so much going around at the minute. I had a consult on Monday with someone with Noravirus who was actually dry heaving and sweating at the counter. I took a giant step back 🙈 I actually hate being sick more than I hate covid. Really professional like🙄

The month I actually got pregnant I DTD 5 days before I ovulated. I had actually written that month off because the pressure was getting to DH. The positive was a massive shock

FfayeN · 30/11/2022 20:29

@MrsCristianoX you've got time to put him off if you're not feeling it, minimum I'd say is 5 days before expected ovulation. I guess the one before that is the warm up for his purposes in getting fresh swimmers x

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FfayeN · 30/11/2022 20:25

@monsteramunch Oh believe me I have my moments of complete weakness 🤣, but thank you. I do worry that I get more numb the more I go through this, I'm just hoping that's normal!

@bunnykins123 I do feel a bit better thank you 💕

@mummatara oh I LOVE the name Delilah and Cooper, our friends have picked the best names for their boys, Cooper and Spencer. They're so cute too! I have a list of names on my phone, they change with each pregnancy 😂 xx (mammoth effort on the 3rd one BTW lol) xx

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FfayeN · 30/11/2022 20:21

@bunnykins123
1st and 2nd one I think we did it once the day before ovulation but I wasn't OPKing it was just based on Glow, I didn't track symptoms really.
3rd I think was the day of ovulation, I'd had my peak overseas the day before, came home and we did it 11am and 6pm the same day 🤣.
The last one we did it -7(why this early I don't know!), -5, -2 and again morning of ovulation.
We had done that loads before though so it's just luck of the egg taking I guess x

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mummatara · 30/11/2022 20:20

@MrsCristianoX he had a temp of 38.2 and he was coughing so much he was sick all over his cot I brought him into bed with me and I just couldn't drop off I kept panicking he would choke on his sick or fall out the bed 🤦🏼‍♀️ and then he would wake up and cry and cough a bit more 😩 lol why 😂 honestly they make us despair sometimes 🙄

@FfayeN oh no 🤦🏼‍♀️ glad your body is helping it along though that's good def don't want them left in there

@bunnykins123 our son was going to be Roberta if he was a girl and then we were toying with names with the second pregnancy and quite liked Delilah for a girl. I liked cooper for a boy by DH wasn't all that keen he's kept giving me random footballer names 🙄 I can't remember with DS but I was doing opk so it would have been every other day with a couple of days one after the other around O, second was once 5 days before O and third we dtd O-5, -3-2-1

MrsCristianoX · 30/11/2022 20:14

@bunnykins123 OPK is on the rise. Still not that high. A little EWCM today. If I DTD now I'll need a repeat on Friday. I don't really know if I should put him off..well let's face it my current attire should do the trick 😂 just not feeling it at all

monsteramunch · 30/11/2022 20:12

monsteramunch · 30/11/2022 20:11

Really thinking of you @FfayeN Flowers

Pressed post before I finished.

Was meant to say really thinking of you @FfayeN and you sound like such a strong person with a great attitude Flowers

monsteramunch · 30/11/2022 20:11

Really thinking of you @FfayeN Flowers

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