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

morning people... i dont know hat is wrong today, but ive had tummy cramps all night and i really dont feel well.....

I just read this on the baby centre site. Just imagine...

While identical twins happen by chance and occur at the same rate throughout the world, there are several factors that influence your chances of having fraternal twins:

• Heredity: If twins run in your family, you're more likely to have a set yourself. Your partner's family history doesn't appear to affect your odds of having twins.

• Age: The older you are, the higher your chances of having fraternal twins or higher multiples. Some studies indicate that this may be due to the fact that older women tend to produce higher levels of ovulation-stimulating hormones, but other studies do not support the connection.

• Race: Twins are more common than average in African Americans and less common in Hispanics and Asians.

• Nutrition: Being well nourished increases your chances of having twins and being mal-nourished decreases your chances.

• Number of pregnancies: The more pregnancies you've had, the greater your chances of having twins. In fact, by your fourth or fifth pregnancy, your likelihood of having twins is four times higher than it was for your first pregnancy.

• History of twins: Once you have a set of fraternal twins, you're twice as likely to have another set in future pregnancies.

velcrorobot, if you bd 2 days b4 ov,t hen you can still have good chance of getting pg - spermies can live up to 5 days, or even longer. I think they say more likely to be boy, cos male spermies are slower but live longer, but girl spermies are faster but die quicker. Or is it the other way round???

jessicasmummy, I'm confused what's going on with you - I thought you said you thought you were pg from last cycle & only had v light bleed & waiting till end of this cycle to test, is that right?

I hope I ind out 1 way or t'other soon. I still don't know for sure, so having to bd like usual anyway, just in case I'm not. Feel so bloody tired I can't be bothered. The things we do, eh.

Oh and by the way, pinch punch 1st of the month.

And no returns.

there is another one as well, what do they call it...er I think it was baby centre, i'll see if I can manage a link....

baby cnetre

thats great thanks MG - just how typical that dh is working all night!!!! Ill just have to pounce on him tomorrow night when he gets home.

Jessicamum one of the other mums on this thread told me about the bounty web page to work out my OV day - so I just wanted to say if you started AF on 17th Jan and you have a cycle of approx 30 days then your OV day is today and and it says that home pregnancy tests will usually work on the 14th Feb for this cycle but you should have a wee look at this web page too - www.bounty.com -

so if im cd15 - is there a possibilty im already pg????

Great news about the scan Twiga

Twiga that is fab - congratulations. CD12 today so trying to get as much BD in as possible over the next few days and that is going to be hard as dh on nightshift. I am really sad but I am so excited about this time of the month and ttc because as I said before I just went for the pot luck method with dd, but I feel that because we are doing at the right time that it will happen very soon, ohhh see I am being daft, talk sense into me, calm me down

well twiga, u can bore us lot any day! good to see all is ok with u and the beanie!

Sorry - not posting often though I read the thread on and off - it's hard to keep up with you guys!!! As my situation has been a bit weird I don't post too often otherwise I'll become obsessed with all that TTC stuff !

CD24 here.... of 1st cycle in donkey's years... I think we BD too early, 2 days before I had OV pains and I was too tired to BD that evening ... curious to see if I will have AF or not.... would be amazed if pregnant.

Thanks for the heads up Hunkermunker!

One thing you mustn't do is laminate them - they're on heat-sensitive paper and laminating them will turn them black.

Thanks Hunkermunker, was thinking about doing that as they're just on paper and look likely to fade over time.

Thanks for letting me crash this thread with my news, it's just that there are lots of fab people on here who have supported me along the way, so thought I should up-date, lol x

Congrats on the pg Twiga - scan pics are amazing things aren't they? I scanned mine into the PC and had them printed as digital photographs - they look fantastic and won't degrade like the scan photos do.

i still feel really down - anyone got something to make me smile?

This will be my first, although is my second pg - mc the first at just over 6 weeks back in July, so today was extra special for us!

doesn't matter. It's one of the most wonderful things in the world - but holding that little one is that x million!

(btw is this your 1st,2nd,3rd.....?)

for me, the feelings of excitement, love, pride etc do not deminish no matter how many you've got. Saying that if I was into double figures it might just fade a bit lol

Yup, got four pictures and will probably have bored my friends ridged with my "that's the head, that's the legs" chat by the end of evening - am just so chuffed, was amazing to see!

that's really fab Twiga. Nothing quite like seeing baba on a scan. Did you get a pic? I remember spending endless hours staring lovingly & disbelievingly at a black & white blob lol.

Just wanted to say Hi! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*++++++++++++++

I had my scan today (am 9+5) and all is well, strong wee heart beat and baby was madly waving arms and legs at us - such a relief to see my wee prawn on the screen and doing well.

I'm a Cancerian. I bfeed at night if DS wakes up and won't go back to sleep with a drink of water and a dab of teething gel. DH can do those, you see

yep.but for ours mayb we will get married by the end of the year.sometime to save up and that wil be our birthday pressie.

Wow! That's a lot of birthdays close together.

its the aquarian household here!!! hahahahehehe