WHAT DO WE WANT??...BFPs WHEN DO WE WANT THEM??...NOW!!!! symptom spotters and 2wwaiters brand spanking new thread [grin]

Hi all

Thank you all for your warm welcome back!!

Ei how completely annoying for you. I have to say that I don't think we'll ever be in a position to buy (not in the area we live in currently anyway!! The south coast is not a 1st time buyers market!!) but I don't think I could cope with the stress of it anyway - massive hugs for you. Same goes for you TF.

Nice to 'see' you Scary!! I'm trying the same tack this month re non obsession - although I cracked and used one of my cheapy tests the other day as, although af arrived nearly 2 weeks ago I've been feeling sick every night for about a week and I didn't know why (needless to say it was BFN!). Hope your accupuncture helps to sort you out.

Good luck (if thats the right turn of phrase) to Gryffinboy for tomorrow.

JB have my fingers crossed for you and your high temps!!

Hatty I'm interested to know how your low GI diet goes as I too have possible PCOS and I would rather sort it through diet etc than have to go on Chlomid or something.

How strange about Finn Bucky - its nice that he obviously was ok when he got back but sad about the environment. You'll have to do some searching for a nicer place for him to holiday in future (I have a lovely big garden in the middle of lots of fields if he ever wants a trip to the coast )

MOB are you ok? Is Madoldbloke ok after the accident???

Hello to everyone else!!

I've well and truely missed the egg boat this month and am feeling quite liberated (although, as I said above, I'm still managing to obsess - old habits die hard!). SIL emailed to suggest that she put me in contact with her friends who are going through IVF (I let slip that we had been ttc for quite a while) but I politely declined - not sure we quite at that stage yet!

can I join you?
we have been ttc for a few months (a bit heart-heartedly tbh), but strange things are happening. I feel nauseous some evenings, had some weird cramps, and my boobs feel like they did before let-down happened when I was bf.
i am not officially 'late' yet, and tbh I think my cycle is a bit buggered-up - I used to be irregular before I had ds.
So while I wait to come on, or do a test, can I compare symptoms ?

sorry ei
that must be stressful angry
hopefully things will sort themselves out!!

Rotten horrible people. So glad you can't do that kind of thing in Scotland. So much more clear cut. Though far riskier(sp?)
DH and I would like to move, but we would have to sell our place first, to be in a good position to buy. But that may mean that we are homeless before we even find a house we like! Once you have accepted an offer, you put a closing date. If you don't find another house and get the closing date at the same time, tough!
You made the agreement, please vacate the premises.
We I really want to buy a house that we have seen, but we really need to put our house on the market first. If we don't get that house (for whatever reason) then we would have our house on the market and still be looking for another. It has taken about 6 months to find this one that I like.
But then we also would need to sell this house for a good price or we couldn't afford all the charges.
God it is just awful.

soooo sorry for that great big ramble.

The stress musn't be helping you at all ei. At least my plans are just pie in the sky.
DH doesn't think the house is worth the asking price and the guy wants offers over (Scottish law again)! So we are sitting back until he realises this and drops his asking price. We have been the only serious contenders so far. Fingers crossed he gets desperate

Maybe your guys are just playing hard ball, grr!

Hi everyone

As part of my new resolution to stop getting so obsessed about ttc (and because I am under strict instructions from my acupuncturist to learn to relax) I have not been coming on MN, so am frantically trying to catch up now.

No idea if I am on the 2ww or not, becase I have also binned the wee sticks. Unfortunately I think I may have ovulated today or yesterday and there has been no sex since Sunday night, so I think this is one cycle where I won't be getting my hopes up (makes a change).

But anyway, I'll be popping in every now and then.

Have only read this page, but sorry to hear about your house Ei. It's really unfair when that sort of thing happens, but with house moves I always think it is sort of down to fate. Don't worry - that was not the right house for you, and a much better one will be along soon . BTW, have you had any dreams lately (preferably about me???)

Oh EI that is awful, I can not imagine what you and Mr Ei must be feeling. Remember don't take it out on one another. Hope it works out. X

Hi people,
Some of you may remember me from a few months ago when we were ttc. Anyway I am now 23+1 and all is going well.
I have now decided it is time for me to get rid of all my fetility monitoring gadgets, OPKs and Pregnancy Tests.
It's free listing on e-bay this weekend so if no one is interested I will list them on there.
Anyway
1.Clearblue Fertility Monitor with 1 test stick best before April 09. Must be lucky as I got pregnant on the second month! £65.00 including postage

1. 20 Clearblue Fertility Monitor Test Sticks Brand New Sealed Box RRP £19.99 - £19.99 including postage.
2. 16 E-bay cheapy pregnancy tests £3.00 including postage (Access Diagnostics ones I think)
3. 22 AD from E-bay OPK tests £4.00 including postage.

If these are any use to anyone please contact me lmcc2007atbtinternetdotcom

All the best everyone.

Take care
LLxx

GG I thought that the comment from someone on your thread about sperm being made in a 3 monthly cycle was really interesting, perhaps changes in diet might make a slight difference and it only takes one after all. I can't imagine your DH being too keen on the idea of giving his privates a cold bath though .

bucky sorry.. Dolly Parton , maybe you have more hormones knocking about! I'm sure your DP isn't complaining.

It is so quiet on here at the moment! Are you all spending the working day actually working?!

Hatty are you sure the egg is hatching that late? If you get a surge over a number of days I believe the egg can hatch at any point that the LH reaches its peak. You may be catching the LH on its way out too. Does that make sense??? To clarify,

1st Day LH surge detected you may catch it on its way up, second day at its peak and third day on its way down. The egg could have hatched late on the first day or early on the second. It depends when you catch it.

Having said that even if it is CD20 or early CD21 that is pretty short . I have heard that taking B6 can lengthen LPs over time. Mine seems to be 11 days which isn't too fantastic either.

JB fingers crossed about the temp rise .

GG I shouted at my DP last night. He still hasn't made his appointment...arghh. He is super busy but how long does a phone call take. Anyway you have been there before so I don't need to tell you! My results are back in 7-10 days but I will probably be on holidays.

Well this month is a Dolly Parton month for me (if you have been here a while you will know what that means, actually its probably pretty obvious if you haven't too ). Will be interesting to know what effect that has on my results...maybe Dolly Parton months are unovulatory or something...CD23 today though and I think I ov super early so not much longer to wait for AF.

Have a good day all.
x

hi all

hy- came off pill jan23rd guessing it has messed up cycle on cd 39 no period, have tingly breasts,forgetfullness,cramps,tiredness. good luck for you
jb- i am testing monday cd39 no af
gg here are some smiles to cheer up up

good morning all!

I am really not in the mood to do any work after DH's results, so will have to hang around here .

Thanks for bumping my thread bucky (feel very grown up to have started a thread ). Glad you had a lovely break and how weird that Finn liked being back at the breeders when you were so disappointed with the set up. Also, i know all abotu men being rubbish about making appointments at the doctors so can sympathise about your DP. When do you get your results?

I got it wrong about DH's second test, it is tomorrow, not today, so another day of twiddling my thumbs waiting for progress. Time seems to drag when you are completely powerless yet desperate for "answers"

hatty - you are sooooo right. I was so at the GP. DH has always liked him in the past, so I was hopeful DH would talk to him freely, but there wasn't much point! GP's obviously don't know everything, but took me about 2 secs to check the World Health Organisation standards for the tests on google. I'd have thought it's a common issue for 30-something men to see their GP's about (plus it was a follow up appointment to discuss the results )

hello to coolkat - how are you doing m'dear?

jolly Ei pinkgirl tanik and everyone else big hello.

Where is madoldbird?? YoooHoooo MOB! Are you out there?

oh well, it feels a bit pointless writing this, given that my chances of getting preggers naturally look as likely as Lord Lucan being found alive and well and living in Coronation Street, but I am CD6 today . Funnily enough....no symptoms

Morning all,

bucky I must have been having some sort of brain storm/memory loss and thought we hadn't seen you since before your weekend . Glad you are here anyway and Finn isn't too traumatised.

GG Hope things are improving with your DH. It is so hard when they cut themselves off and won't talk things through.

HY I'm not sure about luteal phase stuff. It is a shame mibbes is on holiday (well very nice for her of course!) as she was looking into this because hers is about 10 days. Do you usually ov so late in your cycle? It might just be a one off late ov which would lead to a longer cycle 30++ or a BFP!

My temp went up this morning . Fingers crossed it it keeps rising...

Will there be any testing today I wonder ? ei pink?!

Bucky poor Fin! But at least if he seems okay and happy, he's not too traumatised..

GG how rubbish is your DH's doctor? I would be fuming! Hope he gets a sensible answer soon.

Coolkat that's great news about your doctor apologising and being a bit more reassuring. I don't see why she can't do another blood test, but at least the early scan should help the worry a bit...do keep us posted

pinkgirl everything xd for you, I've forgotten if long cycles are typical for you?

JB hurrah for the positive OPK! Fingers crossed!

Waving to all..Tantik lol at your sickness for 5 seconds on the bus, sounds just like my kinda symptom spotting!

No news from here - have been trying a low GI diet this month as doctor seemed to think there was a good chance I have PCOS but too early to do conclusive tests. So I wanted to try something that might help and would be beneficial generally to my health. Have noticed a few positive differences including loads more EWCM than normal...

I'm quite late in my cycle, now worrying that my luteal phase is too short if I am only getting it now/ovulating on day 21/22 of 30-ish day cycle...any experts have any advice on this?

morning Ladies

Hey JB

I posted earlier today!! Congratulating you on your good scan results etc.

Thanks for thinking of me though, nice to know people care

GG I am going to look for your thread....Sorry the doctor was rubbish .

France was really good and Finn who went back to the breeder we got him from for the weekend has come back all refreshed too . I fretted about him all weekend too...We did have a bit of a shock though. In the cold light of day the kennels were all stinky and the other dogs were covered in poo . Finn was in his own cage and is quite clean so he wasn't dirty, but the 'field' they kept talking about, that the dogs could 'gamble and run in' was about a third of the size of my garden and had a big bonfire and loads of rubbish in it . We don't want to take him back there now...but he seems so happy and content there...weird.

thanks jb cd 38 now and no af
good luck 2

Thanks ei! I've never had a positive opk before and was therefore v excited yesterday. I've just done another and it is fainter than yesterdays so hopefully I'm hatching now. Good luck holding out to test! It is soooo hard isn't it. You sound really positive though

coolkat Glad you're OK and still lurking. I can't believe your GP won't do another blood test to put your mind at rest though.

treats CD 12 might be a bit early for EWCM, or you might be going to ov later than normal. I find amount of EWCM varies from month to month though, maybe that's just me!

tanki Good luck holding out to test too! Bicarb, urgh! My Grandma boils her veg in bicarb to get them soft, yucky.

pink Hope you are not having a long cycle, they are just poo. Good luck with testing.

Bucky are you there? BUCKY! I've not seen MOB for a while either. Hope you are both ok if just lurking and that your DH is OK after the crash MOB

oops didnt finish last one!
gg - tested monday bfn , now on cd 38 no af testing monday glad that your partner had tests hopefully he will get on ok!! and work out what everything means
ck glad that drs went well

Hi eigg and ck ei - i am gr8 thanksin a really good mood @ the moment i am testing again monday
crossing fingers for both of us

Hi Ladies

Quite on here.
Good luck at the weekend Ei with testing. Keeping everything crossed.

Bucky hope you had a nice time, it sounds like you have a good support network regarding tests etc. I hope it happens for you soon. X

GG it sounds like DH is finding it easier to deal with and I am glad you are finding support on here. Thank goodnes for the WWW!

Hatty and Jolly nice to see you are cycle buddies and can get one another through the waiting. Good luck ladies, remember BD until you can BD no more!

Hello to everyone else, I have been lurking, DH was away at the weekend and I just chilled. I went to the doctors this morning and she apologised for last week She says that she had not been provided with all of the information and my levels were within the range they were 225 so well above what I thought she was telling me although still within the early pregnancy range. She still refuses to do another blood test and refer me to the EPU but I felt better than I did last week. She says that she is contacting our local Maternity unit and I should hear from them next week and should have an 8 week scan which was music to my ears! Just got to make it to there now!

Thanks for your messages of support. I really wish all of you ladies luck I would have cracked up with out having you to sound off to.
Coolkat X
p.s still lurking!

Hi everyone

I thought I'd only been away a few days, but it looks like it's actually been two weeks. Am completely lost now and not sure which thread I'm posting on, but recognise some names on here