Anyone else on CD1 who wants to join me?

Hi ladies,

bye bye jools nelix and funtime sorry to see you but please come back and check in on us won't you! and yes we'll all be over with you in a few weeks so save us all a seat! Have to say tho, you guys have been such a huge support i am kinda sad to see you go (but obviously in a totally selfish way!!)

Yes think we have 999 posts allowed so must start to think of a new title soon ladies,

smiley we are totally copy cats this month! i had lots of CM yesterday which seemed stretchy and tummy cramps, and boobs hurt a lot still but there was no way on earth i'd of got DH into bed!! but will try again tonight just to finish off the week then he can rest easy.

yellow fingers crossed here still honey, i will be hoping to see that big grin on monday or tues!

village and c1ndy how are you both today?

Have joined you Nelix

Re FF - I bought 6 months of VIP access that I don't really need now !!! It is really really cheap though - can't remember details but I think it was around £10 ? Good value I think.

I use FF and am VIP - I love being able to look back at previous cycles and see predictions for ovulation time. Haven't made most use of charts because not been temping but am about to do it properly.

Temp dipped today for second day running (have only temped for last 3 days) - Today was 36.52 down from 36.63 (Tues) and 36.60( Wed) so perhaps heading back down and period about to come.

Also we did lots of BD I am pretty convinced not pregnant this month - just don't feel it.

Yes - can test Mon... but reckon period will turn up mon/tues.

Have been in foul mood past few days - picking fights with dh, bursting into tears etc. Also waking up at 5am every morning - don't know why.

I stopped using Fertility Friend when the free bit ran out!

I'm not sure what do to going forward because temping was interesting but only tells you when you have ov'd as opposed to telling you before the event. I found it useful combined with OPK's because I established I was oving later than I thought. Am too lazy do do it every month though.

I am still feeling optimistic for this month though - I am CD10 with OPK's at the ready! AF STILL doesn't seem to have completely finished - got a bit of brown blood this morning. WILL IT NEVER END???

Smileycat I am using FF fertility friend but am very new to it all, thought it was free forever!! I think I only need the calendar, its nice to see when they think is my fertile period. I will check ou tthe website, thanks for that . Do you use any fancy stuff to check your temperature? or are you just using a temperature thingy (can't think of the name! sorry dimwit here!!)

Goush, I am thinking will get so good at all these techniques I may become a Pg Consultant!! lets hope I get something at the end of it for all my efforts

c1ndy FF fertility friend is free & gives you a free month of VIP membership which includes the BBT graph, when the month is up you go onto basic membership unless you pay for the vip bit, my free month runs out in 3 days & I don't know if I should pay for the vip extra..has anyone on here done it? is it worth it? I found a site that does a nice BBT graph that you can download & print to record yourself, its on www.contracept.info & called natural family planning chart
My temp rose 0.2 this morn so hoping that I have now OV'd & I'm on the 2WW but cervix still high & still some CM & tummy cramps so might get DH to try again tonight seeing as he had a night off last night just incase yellow only 3 more days till Monday fingers crossed for you that this is your month baby dust to all

VillageMum Would love the company unless by some miracle I am pg but I doubt it. I am on a 28 day cycle, so not long for AF to arrive and then to try again. Like you I MC so its best that I have a gap before being pg again.

Have about three weeks to start exercising and am going to start weightwatchers.

I am going to start temperature testing next month, anyone have a good site I could try. Do I need any fancy equipment or will a temperature thingy be okay, I can plot my numbers on a spreadsheet. Any tips?

Funtime - you'll find a lot more threads in the antenatal forum, where there are monthly threads, ie due June 09 and due July 09 - you started your new bit in the pregnancy forum

I was hoping we'd have a thread for graduates of this one !

Just to say that I've started an antenatal thread for those due summer sprogs. I don't mean to be insensitive, just optomistic for lots more bfps over the next couple of months!

Good luck, pleased to see that there is lots of EWCM sloshing around .

by the way, i couldn't believe it today! Had lots of stretchy CM and slight pains in my tummy! i am on CD15 of a 26 day cycle so am sure it's no OV but was a bit shocked to see it! TBH it could of been from last nite (like villagemum says - yuk!) is that normally stretchy tho?

Hmm anyhow we'll see!

wasabi i totally am with you, we're the same. DD concieved first time, i never knew anything about ovulation, CM, Cervix position, cycles etc like i do now.

Never again will i be dismissive of my luck first time around.

So yes i echo what you are saying 100%

Oh yellow I think we all can understand you feeling a bit churned up when people annouce their "happy accidents".

I am getting a bit of karma back here I think because ds whilst not an accident was concieved on honeymoon before we officially were going to start trying (I had just come off the pill a couple of months in advance). Whilst I have always known how lucky I was I don't think I really appreciated the emotional difficulty of months of trying but not getting anywhere.

I do now.

Thanks Wanabemum - I don't feel strong, just like a basket case! Am thinking positive conception thoughts for the end of November, though... Know what you mean about the obsessive behaviour; it's one of the things I want to address this cycle - not to get so fixated on ttc and to get my life back...

Hey ladies,
Haven't posted in a while.

yellow don't give up hope honey, it could still be you as our next BFP (followed closely by Heeby!!) It is aweful as all of my friends are popping out babies wherever i look and last month i was almost convinced that i was too. Keep your chin up!

Villagemum keep your positivity about getting ready to pg as it will help you immensly. How strong you are!

Jools thanks for the heads up on fertility friend, started using it briefly but gave up as was too much information to fnd for me. Plus didn't think it helped me with my obsessive behaviour!

Anyway, i'm popping off home early now. Still only CD9 so not quite at the BD stage and DH announced last night that tomorrow he has booked to go in for a fertility test as he is now convinced it is his swimmers stopping the BFP arriving. Oh dear
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Cindy, yes, roll on November... if you're still trying then, let's keep each other company (and all the other ladies too!)... though I have a feeling Heeby will be on an antenatal thread by then!

VilliageMum I should try and get fit too, exercise will make me feel much better but its finding the time! I will be here in November again too, trying again as I think I have missed the opportunity this month sighs but am looking forward to November may it roll on...

YellowFlowers I know what you mean. Pg people seem to be everywhere never noticed so many before!!

Sorry if I have missed any conversation, am reeally busy at work.. so only have a chance to logon once a day... goush that sucks! speak to you all soon .. Baby dust to all...

my temp was down a bit today - 36.60. Have no idea what this means however.

Yellowflowers, I so know what you mean about the anguish of hearing about other women's pgs; I feel it too, and have become irrationally afraid of anyone I know announcing one - in fact I keep expecting that will be the next piece of news whenever I get a text, etc! As Heeby says, our time will come!

Heeby, I've sometimes had EWCM a few days after ovulating. Maybe old EWCM making the descent? (Or could it be, ahem, the residue of BDing coming down? Looks very similar to EWCM!)

Still thinking about this cycle as a 'getting stronger for pg and getting my head together' cycle and sticking to the decision not to ttc yet... roll on the end of November when we can start! Ladies, please reassure me!

smiley i'm not very good with temps (maybe the other ladies can help out here?) but didn't you have some CM previously? could it be that you have already OV'd over the last few days? i hardly had any CM let alone EWCM after that small amount on monday so just hoped that we got it right too. Mind you i went to the loo last night as i was getting ready for bed (DH happily reading on his nite off) and noticed a ton of EWCM which totally threw me ... so of course i then spent the next half hour convincing DH again! So i'm not sure when i OV'd at all now, nelix didn't you have some more EWCM after you OV'd? Don't lose hope honey, you have been very thorough and really it has to be right time no? how many days till AF is due?

yellow you never know honey, one things for sure it will happen, whether its this month or next month, it will happen. And as much as it's awful, there will always be ladies to take the walk with you, be sad with you and rejoice with you. Fear not honey xx

thanks both. Thing is, I just know that I am not pregnant this month. (Though last month I just knew I was and guess what, not pregnant)

Hi heeby I'm so confused this morning I was expecting my temp to rise as all the signs pointed to OVing over the last couple of days yesterday it was 36.3 this morning its only 36.33. I thought my cervix was high but this morn its now out of reach but with no CM which has be EWCM for last 3 days. It looks like if I do OV its later than I thought & I pushed DH into bed last night so I don't think he'll be up for it tonight. I hate all this guess work why can't we be like most females in this world & come on heat, bloody animals have it easy, fingers crossed that DH has swimmers that can wait it out
yellow big hug to you hunny your time will come, it seems everywhere I look I see prams & bumps but thats only because I'm looking now they have probably been there all along its just I'm taking more notice now

ps hi sarahpea!! i haven't used one but wanted to say Hi, come join us anytime xx

Hi ladies,

yellowflowers i totally feel for you, my SIL announced (on the week my AF came last month!) that they are expecting, she announced it by texting a pic of her scan - nice - and then went on to say that it was a 'happy accident' which hurt me so much, we have been trying so hard to focus on getting that BFP and then other people seem to just get one easily. It's unfair but then it kind of made me feel more determined this month. I feel very sad for you honey and hope that you can feel a bit stronger and like the other ladies said, it still could be your month so don't give up hope, we are all here for you xx

smiley thanks so much for the info, i will def try the cervix and temp charting next month if this one is no good, i felt my cervix when i was checking for cm and it was hard to find! so that might mean it's high? but i'm really not sure so will start next month. Good luck tonight! there's no way i'll get my DH into bed so will have to hope we got it right this month!

Lots of hugs to you all ((((()))))

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thanks pinkie - had major cry on dh just now who is very understanding. We are broke too and I think if we had some cash we could say let's make the most of having no kids and do some cool holidays etc but we can't even do that. But still hope for this month...
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