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

It IS quiet, isn't it? Glad you and I are here to keep the flag flying, rudy . I'm sane at the moment, too - cd4 so entering the 'hopeful phase'. Am going to go back on the cough syrup and grapefruit juice this month and see if it helps (if nothing else, the cough syrup will at least be a sugar hit, and I'll need it now I've gone cold turkey on the chocolate front!).

Hulababy - sorry to hear you and dd are both feeling rough today. Hopefully DD will feel a little better with the promise of a snuggle on the sofa and watching Aladdin. One of my favourite memories of being ill when I was little . Hope you're both feeling better soon.

Runtus - how are you doing? Is it this Friday you are off on your trip? I am soooo . Hope the doc has been more helpful today. Let us know how you get on?

It's awfully quiet around here at the moment. How is everyone? Hope you're all busy somewhere making babies? Is anyone due to test soon? I'm CD24 and possibly 3/4 dpo so I reckon another 10/11 days before I can start going loopy!

Thanks runtus. May well do that later. Still not seen DD's Aladdin so might see if she facnies that. Mind you so far this morning she's been very grumpy and whingy! Gather being poorly doesn't suit us.

Sorry to hear you feel awful Hula, snuggle up on the sofa woth your duvet, plenty of food and hot drinks, a nice DVD and maybe even your DD if she's up to it......heaven!

munnzeib - gls your reunion with Dh has been so lovely

CD21 for me, so just on the long wait! Have horrid, heavy cold though and feel pretty rotton. I ache all over, my head is throbiing and my sinuses are to pot. And DD appears to have the same. So we are both at home today - called in sick from work. No way I could ontemplate teaching my classes feeling like this. Besides I would probably be asleep by lunch time! Not sure this cold is great prep for holiday down a pg though

lol, thanks Marinda! off for a bit of sleep yeah right! lol.. (my foof is after over time now! lol) poor little thing! he he he

Munzie- I just rely on alcohol to relax and lose my inhibitions and the fact I am TTC - get's expensive and hurts however !
No more sensible advice to offer !
Good Luck - missing you !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi munnzie - glad the reunion has lived up to expectations . As for the relaxing, that's a difficult one but try and 'get into the moment' so to speak, focus on DH and think about all the things you love about him and enjoy what you're doing! Baby thoughts will no doubt pop into your head but just let them and then think about something else rather than them - it's not like there won't be something to distract you

Panto was fantastic thanks! Will be going next weekend all 3 days as my amateur dramatic group are doing theirs so think by then I will be all-panto'd out for this year!!!

LW - we've already done that! lol,, (well it lasted for about a week after he first left! lol, god arn't I sad! lol, (I don't care thou, cos DH is home, and we're doing lots of BD! lol, ooh I forgot to ask, at the mo i'm havin probs relaxing you know and not thinking everytime we do BD, right this is it then (even now when theres no chance,) so in short, how do I learn to relax again?

munnzie you'll be running hand in hand through meadows, adn blowing each other kisses, adn saying ' no you put teh phone down first' ' no you do it.'.........
glad he's home ok adn you're making teh most of it!!!

All sounds hunky dory in the house of Munzie.....good for you!

lol, of course I am rantus! lol, we've been doing everything together, (it's actually sickening, u know constant touching and huggin etc.. nout like sendin him away for u to get the affection back again! lol ooh and he brought me 4 loads of washing which I've had to do.... bloody cheek... but it's a small price to pay

any how - Hester, I'm glad i'm sitting down, thou I nearly fell of my seat! lol, infact honney - come close - bit closer now, that's it so ur heads on the screen (I thought so, u have a high fever! lol, no wonder u've gone off choc! lol ) good on u hon, I hope it works thou, what about the vino? (and i'mnot really needin too much encouragement with DH thanks! lol

Rudy - How was the Panto? - and yes we've been v busy! lol.

Tania/Wifeof - Good luck hon, fingers crossed.

Marinda - don't worry about ur drunken antics! ur only young once! he he

LW (((((hugs)))))) sorr y about everything ur end hon. (((hugs))) it's sods law he'll be away but just enjoy each other at the minute thou.

OK so DH has been back now 3 days, he arrived 6.30 on fri night, and things are pretty much back to normal, infact they were as soon as I saw him! lol, thou he is helping out more in the house with the cleaning etc without me asking him - I know it's amazing isn't it! lol. And this monring he woke up v early and brough me brekie in bed! hmm. so we're in the first love stages again - u know when u can't wait for the other person to wake up again so u can talk to them (v sickly really!) lol, so he's put my internet back on again and sorted them out, and also sorted my heating out ( apparently I unbalanced it, instead of bleeding it, hence why I had no hot water at all for 2 weeks and could only have a shower) but things are looking v good this end (sorry to sound smug but i'm rather happy at the mo!) - expect it will all change soon enough thou, oh and CD 25 here, and still not AF so I gues my old girl just shows up when she damn well feels like it, (thou DH likes to think he's got super spearms and i'm PG already! lol, yeah right! as if that couldnv'e happened (ponders silently the idea of imaculate conception! lol)

Glad to hear you are 'making the most' of his being at home!

I already have thanks you young jedds! and it was worth the wait, (thou we're bearin in mind that less often is better for his spearms! lol)

munz.......have a lovely time

morning all, gonna catch up quickly - looks like u girls have been busy! still no AF for me, but a wonderful DH instead!

Hi girls not been on mn this weekend as had my sister to stay...she has just left.

Spakly sorry about af! at least it is a start of a new month.

Moschops thanks for babydust.

Runtus.......try and keep positive...difficult I know!...we are all with you.

Hula you ov!!!!!!!!!! great news just looked at your chart...bloody fantastic!

cd9 for me and we have our gynae appoinment next tue!

Hester you are good...nuts and seeds! and no chocolate! what about the ale?

Morning all, just wanted to report that my body is a now a temple. I have eaten NO chocolate since Friday morning, which is something of a miracle for me. Snacking on nuts and seeds, and going for a walk every day. If I don't get pg, at least I will look like Kate Moss by the summer! (Actually, and not meaning to sound bitchy, it was the sight of Brigitte Nielson that made my mind up. Do you believe she really is 41? Her skin looks so old and it's terrifying if she really is only months older than me.)

Sparkly, I'm so so sad af came to you too. Let's get our BFPs together this month (and have a couple of lovely sweet scorpio babies just like Rudy!).

Wifeof - great news about your dh. Hope you get a reassuring result.

Hi Rudy, only on cd30 at the moment but have completed an uncusccesful course of clomid and had a nightmare cycle last month (only came on becuase I finally got a course of progesterone which resulted in the worst pains ever). Going on holiday for 3 weeks on Friday and have been told at moment I have to wait until I come back before they will even look at doing anything else.

I have booked a drs appointment for tuesday to try and convince him to either give me a prescriotion ahead of me going away (to take on holiday) or to refer me to someone else when I come back. Just wondered what to ask for really?

Hi Rudy

It is eay to do - hey, I can do it! You need a BBT (basal body termperature) thermometer ideally, as these record temps to 2 decimal places. I got mine from Boots. They are about £12 and come with a booklet with chart paprt in, and in a neat little black folder to store it all in.

You then take your temp every morning on waking up, before you get out of bed or do anything (and I mean anything ) It should be approx. around the same time each day but mine vary a fair bit TBH.

ou then record your temp on chart paper, or on something like www.fertilityfriend.com I use FF as it does all the working out of OV for you! Basically OV occurs when there's been a substantial temp rise.

FF always allows you to record state of CM and position of cervix (which I can never figure out so ignoore) And there is even room to record any other symptoms through the month you may have. After FF detencts OV is marks it on the chart. You can alo record when you BD and results of any PG tests and OPK results. It keeps a record of cycle length, average OV dates, etc.

But you can do all the charting manually too - which is pretty simple TBH.

Hi Runtus - sorry to hear about AF . What CD are you? I'm being referred to a gynae because I have a history of endo so I'm afraid can't really help with a general appt. Perhaps you could start by just talking to your Dr and seeing what they advise. They could presumably also tell you more about what to expect from a referral. Good luck.

Still waiting for af to show again, have a horrid feeling this could be a replay of last months mammoth 66 day cycle .

Been talking to some friends at the w/end who reckon I shoud be asked to be refered to a gynae (I have private health cover if that would help) - what do you reckon? Good idea, what would they look at?

Any help greatly appreciated!

Hula - can I ask you a couple of questions about temping? It's just that I am thinking of alternative methods of monitoring if I'm not going to be able to use persona because of too long cycles. Is it easy to do? How often do you do it? Do you need a special thermometer? (And if so where do you get them from?) Thank you! Best of luck to you too this month - fingers crossed the temps stay high.

Hmmm Rudy! Well, whatever the reasons, good luck for this half of the month!

CD20 here. Temps are not very high but still above pre-OV level and cover line.