Temping Buddies 11 - The Vita West Appreciation Society - Springing into BFP's!!

no not yet Fruity.

I'm pretty sure I'm waiting to rejoin you next month

Nappy: ° CD3 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.67° CD5 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD7 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD10 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD11 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.10° CD14 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: ° CD14 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready 36.29° CD19 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 3dpo CD20 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.8° CD22 4dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: 36.48° CD25 5dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: ° CD30 14dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD34 LP13 (21st cycle)

Still not ovulated. Tut.

WOW sorky I've just had a check. Were you really on your 1st cycle TTC?? That really is impressive! how did you manage that?!! hahaha. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS lady!

Afternoon everyone, I havnt added my temps for a few days cos they really are very boring. Only CD11 for me so if this is another epic cycle I wont be expecting to ov at all or if I do it wont be for another 2.5 months or so Boring boring boring

Nappy: ° CD3 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.67° CD5 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD7 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD10 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: 36.29° CD11 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.10° CD14 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: ° CD14 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD20 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 3dpo CD20 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.8° CD22 4dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: 36.48° CD25 5dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: ° CD30 14dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD34 LP13 (21st cycle)

So are a proper congratulations in order Sorky?

lottie - I have a ? for you . I think you are the "hoo-ha" - (as Sarah puts it - I was laughing on your other post Sarah on another thread when you used that word ) temp taker??...I thought I'd see what my temp is from a slightly different place and I got a 36.7 degree as oppose to a 36.3 degree....however I suspect that you have to take it in the same way all the time to get a true picture of what is going on.....I suspect my other temps would have been higher too had I taken my temp this way all through this cycle. I think I might have to lock myself in the bathroom if this is the new method since DH will think that it's gross (although that will also mean I'll have to hop out of bed before temp taking).

NO AF yet - but can't bring myself to POAS since I have that mild dragging feeling which can only signal one thing....I'm glad I'm at work today at least it's taking my mind off it. I don't have any HPT's left anyway so I can't be tempted ....

Hope everyone else is ok.......

Temp dropped everso slightly today. Got a High on CBFM.

Hope I didn't miss it

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Nappy: ° CD3 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.67° CD5 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD7 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD10 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD11 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.10° CD14 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: ° CD14 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD20 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 3dpo CD20 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.8° CD22 4dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: 36.48° CD25 5dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: ° CD30 14dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD34 LP13 (21st cycle)

Morning All

Nappy I'm a native NYer and never been to the STatue of Liberty!

Some thoughts for food:

Jackson's Hole - Great burgers (alright, they're huge!!!) and sandwiches for casual/lunch time. Several locations around the city

Rosa Mexicana - Do you like Mexican? I think it's always worth having Mexican when you're in New York, as I find it really difficult to find good Mexican here (in London anyway). This is slightly upscale, they make the guacamole at your table and the pomegranite margaritas are divine

Tortilla Flats - lower West Village. Cheap, but fun mexican

Flea Market - Lower east side, cozy little French restaurant. Food is lovely and reasonable

Citrus - Upper West Side - Asian/Southwestern fusion. Can be loud and noisy, but I've always enjoyed the food

Plataforma Churrascuria - Brazilian BBQ - it's about $40 a head for all you can eat MEAT The waiters come around with all different cuts of mostly beef, but also chicken, rabbit, etc. And you basically eat until you die! Lovely huge salad bar to accompany and the mojitos are amazing.

Katz deli - a lot more ghetto than say the Carnegie Deli, but amazing Jewish deli sandwiches. Somehow always taste better at 2am

B Bar and Grill - slightly glamourous, nice food. used to be a celeb hang out, but more real-people friendly these days

Verlaine - Lower East Side. This place is so underrated. Amazing Vietnamese cocktails and small-ish food dishes.

And some for drinks:

Bar 89 - Cool place in Soho. It's got a unisex loo where the doors frost over if the toilet is in use. For some reason, it never gets old

Soho Grand - I love the bar at this hotel for a glass of champagne.

Hope that's helpful. Let me know if you have any questions!

Nappy: ° CD3 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.67° CD5 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD7 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD10 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD11 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.10° CD14 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: ° CD14 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD20 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 3dpo CD20 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: ° CD22 4dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: ° CD25 LP11 (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: ° CD30 14dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD34 LP13 (21st cycle)

Nappy: ° CD3 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: ° CD4 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD7 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD10 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD11 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.10° CD14 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: ° CD14 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD20 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 3dpo CD20 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: ° CD22 4dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: ° CD25 LP11 (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: ° CD30 14dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD34 LP13 (21st cycle)

Oh feck, think we missed it. We were both so tired last night--I only made a half-hearted attempt at seduction. Time will tell I suppose.

Nappy: ° CD2 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.52° CD4 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: 36.59° CD6 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: 36.49° CD9 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD10 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 35.78° CD13 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.1° CD13 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD19 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 36.6° 2dpo CD19 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.6° CD21 3dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: 36.32° CD24 LP11 (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: 36.1° CD29 13dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD33 LP13 (21st cycle)

Congratulations Sorky. It is lovely to see people graduating from the thread. It gives us all hope.

Also thanks for all the kind thoughts. As I said on Saturday, I thought of giving up. I am nearly 40, been trying for 11 years and have only managed one (unsuccessful) pregnancy. DH and I have agreed to continue for a while longer, but we know we need to make the call soon whether to go down the adoption path.

Thanks for all the fab NYC advice. Me a veggie perish the thought I love food too much!! ACtually just had a delicious salmon ordered by room service (as stuck in hotel for next 3 days in halifax - actually this is the 2nd hotel, as after I checked into the first hotel it was so hideous that I checked straight out! - I am not usually that fussy honest)

herby yes please to name of steak house - love things that are known locally but not in the guide books.

Sarah sorry about the X but lol at the shopping. Sometimes it is the best thing. I do it when I get the baby blues too.

DH is my hero of the day, as he has driven back from Halifax to So'ton with the toddler on his own. Don't know if they got back safely yet, last call was at 6.15 from Northampton with sound of very excited toddler screaming and running in background - I think from 1 ride on Bob the Builder toy to another. Top tip for you TTC#1ers NEVER put money in a ride on toy and then they never know it is supposed to move for years!!!!

Nappy a friend went to NY recently and went to a fab steak restaurant (not a well known one but renowned amongst the locals apparently) - (oops you might be veggie ?! )whose name currently escapes me ....useless sorry. I'll ask her and let you know.....

Still got mild twinges which are like pre AF cramps - splitting headache and sore boobs.....I wonder if my stressing about it not arriving or arriving is just making it stay away ! I also seem to have come down with a cold so feel rotten - all I need. I am not POAS as it seems to just wind me up !....

Re-reading my last post, I've just noted I am completely assuming without question that I'm going to have two children

DP has promised 'sexy time' if I order pizza for dinner and give him time to digest it. We shall see....

Nappy, I'm the wrong person to ask, I had an awful time in NYC as it's where my XH and I had our marriage-ending standoff on 34th Street last year! I agree about the shopping though, I stormed straight into Macy's and spent $300 on makeup.

If you do take a boat tour, don't go around the entire island of Manhattan. It was three ultra-boring hours, nothing like as good as going down the Thames. Rockefeller Center was good though. Didn't go to twin towers site or Statue of Liberty either.

Ready don't give up on O just yet, it's not too late!

PreGP, I was VERY lucky with my citizenship application. Since I hit the three year mark exactly one day before the testing requirement came in, I didn't have to take the test! But because everyone who'd put off applying was trying to get their application in on the same day, it took about 8 months to get citizenship and the passport.

ClairLesley, I want my kids to be dual citizens as well---research suggests kids will mostly vote like their parents, so it will be like having three votes in U.S. Elections! Could have used that in 2004...grrrr....(smacks self for bringing up politics).

Beanie the reason your fertility monitor needs time is because we all have different levels of hormones, no one is going to be exactly the same. What's high or peak for you might be different from others, so the monitor needs a few cycles to work out what is 'normal' for you. Same with using FF, it gets better at interpreting the longer you use it because your temps and O patterns aren't going to be exactly the same as anyone else.

Well, Lottie, since you've asked, on saturday I had some odd spotting - it happened last year, oddly enough, and my gp was not worried and said it is just one of those things, and actually inferred that it could be a fertile sign . I looked it up online (as you do) and came across a suggestion that sometimes the oestrogen level dips lower than it would before ovulation and causes the lining to become unstable and sheds. Another possibility is that the lining becomes too thick and has to shed some excess. Sigh. Either way, it's not going to be a regular cycle - so I have kind of given up this month

Thanks Sarah for updating my stats. had cramps for days and some spotting last wednesday.

Still who knows another month, another chance. I will be OVing while we are away in New York with friends (w/o DS)so might be able to put in a bit more effort than usual. That is is we can move after stuffing our faces with lots of yummy food.

I can't wait to get out there and do some shopping - sooo cheap at the moment.

I see we have lots of "over the ponders" on the thread. Any top tips for NYC? We are there 3/4 days and good food tips always appreciated!

We are not doing status of liberty and we are in 2 minds about visiting where the Twin Towers were.

I'm booked in next week ClairLesley, so you'll be able to tell me about yours first

Rattling, lovely to see you Congrats on the new job

How's everyone doing? I did not temp this morning, and I haven't bothered doing an opk either because it is looking like this is going to be a mentally long cycle this month. Tut.

Nappy: ° CD2 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.52° CD4 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD6 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: 36.49° CD9 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD10 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 35.78° CD13 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.1° CD13 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD19 LP13? (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 36.6° 2dpo CD19 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.6° CD21 3dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
PrePG: 36.32° CD24 LP11 (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Herbgarden: 36.1° CD29 13dpo (1st cycle ttc#2)
Minxi: ° CD33 LP13 (21st cycle)

Prepg and Sarah ... my DH is US (Tennessee) so when we have kids (positive thinking) we want them to be little duals too!

In my frustration at not being able to get an acupuncture appt with the person I want this cycle, I've decided to jump ship, join Ready and have reflexology instead. My first appointment is at 7pm tonight ... Ready, have you had yours yet???