TTC No.17 - Heres hoping for a very fertile New Year!

Hi all,
Hope all you are well, Sorry to hear that your unwell hula.. Its a pain to have a cold, hope its not the real bad one that you have to stay in bed with..

No real news on this front, CD29 and waiting for herself to show cause persona arrived yesterday yippeeeee!!!! And of course as you do i tested 2 days ago!!!! wee'd once nothing, wee'd the second time on the same test and guess what -tive.. I am soooo silly to even think i was but i think its a TTC thing...

has anyone any tips on persona or reseting it??

Thanks girls, I've just called and made my appointment with the specialist for the 21st Feb.......the week after I get back. Here's hoping I can walk in and be pg!!!!

Wow - my mate is a dietician and I know how much work she had to put in,not sure I could do it, but then I always was a bit of a crap student.... good luck in the exams! I am so glad to not have to do any more of those!

Hope the cold clears up soon Hula, try not do to much today and make yourself feel worse.

Ooh Hula - lots of ginger tea needed, I think. There's NOTHING like a cold to make you feel rough, is there? Unless it's flu, of course... or having af due....

runtus, that is really brilliant news. What's the bets you come back from Oz up the duff?

rudy - I'm really impressed you're a dietician (or going to be) but you're going to regret telling us that! How USEFUL - I'll be plaguing you with questions from now on

Fingers crossed then oops!

CD22 and 6DPO. Temp still above coverline - just! Went up a tiny bit today actually.

Still have massive head cold, and feel very achey. Also feel tired - but can't sleep. Not gone into work today. The thought of 3 classes of 11 year olds in my noisy ICT room was too much to bear. Willtry and get some work done later on though - make the most of DH being at work and DD at nursery.

Wow rudy, what a thing to be doing wish I had thought of something so "now" to do like that. When you qualify will you work on your own or for a business ? Just being nosy

Hula I had the WORST cold in the world the week after I ov'd the month that I conceived dd. So don't worry about that side of things! Good luck. I think dd 19 or something here.

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sorry to hear that hula . Having been distracted by the house thread really am going to bed now. Hope you get a good night's sleep and feel better in the morning

Not really. Still very chey and tred. Head hurts and behind my eyes is throbbing. Keeping taking Sinutab and hoping it'll go away. Might have a hot steamy bath later to see if it will clear my head a bit.

Are you feeling better Hula?

I'm shattered, so am planning a long soak, a cup of tea, large bar of Dairy Milk and bed!

Excellent news Runtus

Runtus so pleased for you. Sounds like he was right on the ball. Now you can go away and enjoy your holiday but not feel like you are putting things back further.

marinda - was only teasing about abandoning us! Have lurked a little on your thread and think it's a great idea - there's loads of support come out of the woodwork that probably wouldn't have found its way onto here. Hope it is giving you all lots of encouragement. My first exam is tomorrow morning, then Friday and next Thursday - which feels like an age away. I'm doing a dietetics degree to train as a dietitian. It is a fab course and I love it but I hate hate hate exam time of year! Almost makes me wish I had a proper job

Hi girls, bit of an update for you.just got back from Dr's and he was really lovely! He has sent me for a full 'health check' set of blood tests this thursday, then has refered me to the Fertility clinic when I get back (so they have all my test results by then) and has said I can take another course of clomid this month and do home Ov tests while away to see if I have ov'd!!!

How great is that?! I really thought he was just going to say go on holiday and I'll see you for your next course of Clomid when you get back.

Now I really feel like I'm doing something and I have the specialist lined up for when I get back too......I am soo pleased.

Rudy - we haven't left- just post on the old duffers thread aswell. I pi""es off- CD 22 - and AF impending - have the symtoms already and know am not pg. Oh well>>.........
How did the exam go ? What are you studying ?

star flower has the same effect hester (and prob tastes nicer! lol) sorry i've only just stumbled out of bed again, DH is teachin me the art of lazing in bed all day! lol. best go, he's moaning a bit !

Sound like the OPKs that bonkerz kindly sent me then.

Good luck with exam

They are loads cheaper than any from the chemist but are slightly faffy as you have to collect your urine and then pipette it onto the testing stick rather than peeing directly onto the stick - but I am a prolific tester so cost was more important to me than faffiness!

Hope you're feeling better Hula.

I'm off to do some revision - first exam in the morning . Can't wait for them to be over and go on holiday

Rudy - I am just too tight to buy lots of tests! Last ones I got were those digital clear blue things and they are so expensive!

Are the medised ones a lot cheaper then? Are they like the OPKs I have?

(well, I was wondering if you, jedds and marinda had abandoned us for being too young )

Hula you are good! I don't have that sort of patience at all - about 10dpo I will start to play negotiating games with myself in my head about when I could/should test and will try and bribe myself to wait a bit longer. I really am useless - especially seen as I bulk bought early tests from medisave which are buring a hole in my drawer.

Hmm, not sure about the cals in cough syrup Hester but presumably a sugar free one would have the same effect? I did read that fluid levels are very important for EWCM so a healthy option would be making sure you drink loads of water (will also keep you up all night which will be good practice for having a lo )

I only test if I am a few days late. Mine you, after a couple of months ago (when cycle was 32 days) when I did test at about CD30ish I am not sure now when I will test if I need to that is. I guess it will be after the 32 days now.

HI Rudy . The cough syrup and the grapefruit juice are both supposed to help thin your cm so that it is more receptive to sperm. Lord knows if it helps, but with my pathetic showing on the ewcm front I reckon it can't hurt to give it a try.

How many calories do you suppose you get from two spoonsful (spoonfuls?) of cough syrup three times a day for six days? Probably the equivalent of a daily Mars Bar!

It's a plot - they've all run off and started another thread somewhere, leaving us behind because they hate us and don't want to be our friends anymore

Huh, see if we care.

Hula, how do you decide when to test?

hey hester - nice to hear from you! What's all the cough syrup and grapefruit juice about??? Sounds disgusting to me Well done on the no-choc front - I'm v. impressed, especially during AF. I've taken to nicking DS' biscuits as they are low-cal (made with apple juice instead of sugar - how sensible is that) and delicious. Poor little mite doesn't get a look in!

Was thinking same - so quiet. Where is everyone?

I'm on CD21 and OVd on CD 16 according to FF - so 5DPO. So will be a few more days for me. Cycle has been anything from 25 days to 32 days so far!