Anyone else on CD1 who wants to join me?

hi puss i haven't had experience of a show during ov but have heard of it before, i had a strange af this month, a few very light days then stopped then a few days later one or two brown spots, strange. Am due to ov around now so am watching for signs (no cm yet depsite the grapefruit juice!)

Ooh - just seen this thread. Am on my second cycle (didn't ttc last month) and now on CD 14...fingers x'd for a bfp on 10th Sept!! Not having much ewcm post DS though - am having a very very light show - tmi but very very pale brown. I had the same last month around ov days too. Anyone else had this?

Tee hee, yes i thought the same last night! the Grapefruit juice is actually quite nice now!

Thanks nelix i'd be very gratful for her advice, when i go for a scan will they scan my uterus or just my painful area i.e. right side only)? also is the scan external or internal? What would they class as a big cyst i.e one needing treatment? and (lastly) if the cyst is big does it affect other parts of you, for example pushing your tummy or bladder ?

wish you hadn't offered ??? xx

Nelix - YES to the grapefruit juice question - I'm guessing my taste buds are learning to block it out !!

Good morning ladies,

Nelix i shall be thinking of you next week (not in specific detail tho!!) when you come home from your donor, i have a good feeling for you all this month.

sparky thanks for your message, i feel ok, still very queasy tho and really off my food, no word from hospital yet re scan date so will call them tomorrow if nothing in post tonight when i get home. Last night we were Bd-ing and my tummy was quite sore, i felt pain in my side as well - this is a common occurence now with me, hence the scan. I feel quite upbeat about things and much more relaxed but i am a little concerned about the scan. I am def not right and hope that it can be sorted easily.

i agree with you that we probably won't tell people until we are past the scarey dates, it will be lovely to share them with my new friends on here tho!

Have any of you ladies had a cyst before? what are your experiences about them?

Hi funtime how are you doing this morning?

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept?
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, AF due 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept
Yellowflowers, AF due 19/20 Sept
Nelix AF due 16 sep (ish)

Hi Guys, I am loving this thread I also feel a sense of belonging x My AF is a guess as last month was my first Af since having DD. So not sure when to test? Thinking the 10th is about right. I am feeling lots of AF pains at the moment so hoping its a good signs that something are happening in there.

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept?
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, AF 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept
Yellowflowers, AF due 19/20 Sept
Nelix AF due 16 sep (ish)

Hey all - loving the team hug

Had a fun packed weekend potty training DS . Am beginning to wish I'd never started!! But on the plus side, it did mean lots of hanging out at home with DH and DS which always makes for a nice time! How was everyone else's bank holiday?!

Heeby how you feeling hon? Have you got a date for your scan?

Jools - had a similar panic about timing - actually we just did lots of BD-ing before and upto OV - hoping that they will hang about and do the trick this month! I've not cut caffeine out completely this time - just trying to stick to one cup of tea at day, and more often than not a can of diet coke (it's like an addiction!!) Other than that I drink decaf (and off to have some 'relaxing' herbal tea!)

All the other stuff, I keep eating until that BFP (almost the first thing I did when my MMC was diagnosed was drink an enormous GnT and eat a lot of soft cheese )

Telling people is tricky - I told more people with my second PG - whilst it was then awkward (for me and them) having to tell them about the MC, it was great to have the support of friends...but - fingers crossed and assuming there's a next time, we're not telling anyone in RL until we get to the 2nd trimester (so I hope I'll be spouting all my worries and excitement to you all - if you'll listen!!)

How's everyone doing this evening?

Me on a proper thread, I feel a proper sense of belonging now (sobs hormonally into wine glass)!

Hi Becky, sorry to hear about the mc. The explaining not drinking when TTC/newly pregnant is tricky. I've always got away with it because I do all the driving and we're in a fairly rural area, so no other option. Unfortunately, friends and family now know our sorry saga and tactfully don't say anything anymore.

By the way, I meant that AF is due 13th, I've no idea how to change it in the list. Who knows when/whether I'll test. After giving in so pathetically last month I'm determined not to .

Hi yellowflowers welcome, this is a great thread, it was just what i needed after a truly terrible month and i totally feel part of the team hug!

It's very exciting!

Hi sparky how was your weekend?

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, DTT 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept
Yellowflowers, AF due 19/20 Sept

Sorry I've been lurking but not posting. Heres list with me added.

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, DTT 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept
Yellowflowers, AF due 19/20 Sept

Hey we have a list

Nelix, what is your AF due day? exciting about having a 'date' with your donor! do you make it a special occasion or anything?

Ah .... a copy and paste!

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, DTT 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept

Great list jools how do we add it to our replies etc? I have the same re OV pain, i used to feel it but the pains have been lasting ages now so am now being sent for a scan to look for possible cyst.

Becky re telling anyone, i told everyone close, i was excited and felt that even if something awful were to happen i would want to involve them anyway so i told them ... BUT when i MC i then wished i'd not told anyone as it was hard to answer the questions. This time only my closest friend knows and my mum, just in case. I guess it's up to you, you could say you have decided to give up alcohol for a fund raiser (give up for a month to raise money?) or to lose weight? i find wine hard too as i work in the industry!!!

Hi Heebychick

Good thought, but no, this isn't OV time - I am lucky enough to feel when it is happening (often more uncomfortable than AF !!) and it was CD16 last month. I'm only on CD6 at the mo

An attempt at a list - apologies in advance for any omissions or exceptions :

AbstractMouse, CD5 AF due ??
MakingaFamily, CD14, AF due ??

Sparky, AF due 5 Sep
MyLittleBubble, AF due 10th Sept
Heebychick, AF due 10th Sept
Funtime, DTT 13 Sep
Jools1, AF due 17/18 Sept

P.s. do you tell your friends you're trying or keep it to yourself? If so how to explain not drinking?

I've been pretty much carrying on as normal until now......drinking coffee, alcohol etc but after recent events definitely plan to cut back. I can help but think that things might have been different if I'd been following a healthier lifestyle (but maybe not so am trying not to beat myself up). In fact have just been out to buy some decaf coffee and grapefruit juice now! lol. It's tough though as I don't want to put my whole life on hold and much of my social life revolves around wine I'm ashamed to say!!
Jools - When I realised I would be away at a hen weekend the weekend I was OV'ing last time I set the alarm clock early on the Friday and insisted on nookie before work and then pounced on him when I got back Sunday. Think it worked though as I did fall pregnant. Not sure how long DH will be patient with this though!! Although on a positive note - I think he was heartened that I was even able to fall pregnant in the first place - i.e. everything was in working order!

PS jools could you be suffering from a high temp to do with OV time? i get very hot at some times of the month and wake up needing to stick my head out of the window for air!

Also as for BDing, if you have an 'early night' tonight those little swimmers can hang about for a few days till Friday!

Hi ladies,

This is a great thread! Yes i agree we should do the list as AF due dates, great idea, mine is 10th Sept if you can add me to the list (i must learn how to do a list!)

nelix i thought of you as i supped my large glass of grapefruit juice this morning! i hope it works for me, my OV day should be today or tomorrow (according to my new cycle) so i shall be a busy girl today (DH was too tired last nite despite my nagging - but Sunday morning would hopefully have seen me through to today!)

Welcome becky i'm sorry too about your M/C i had the same in May and wanted to get back planning straight away, which i did but am still waiting, we concieved DD1 in month 1 so assumed it would be easy this time around, no such luck. My friend concieved straight away after an early MC so i think it's all down to whether your body is quick to start OV-ing again. I have been having other problems (possibly a cyst) so that's probably why i haven't got back on track, and my cycles have shortened by a week so that has made a difference.

As for food stuffs, with DC1 i was careful with caffiene (i cut it totally out during the first 12 weeks - being paranoid first time mum to be)and i avoided pate, some fish, raw eggs in anything and alcohol.

x

I've been having a paranoid morning, googling signs of early menopause as I am still waking up in a hot sweat in the middle of the night and having dizziness / blood sugar issues I will be 39 in November and my mother went through "the change" at age 41, so I'm really starting to feel like time is running out.

CD6 today and I've just been told I've got to be away overnight on Thurs, which is the day I though the BD fest needed to start in earnest Oh well, I expect he will be pleased to see me on Friday night

I completely understand why everyone cuts everything out and i think that maybe its because i'm a newbie and only on cycle1 that i'm pretty much still just carrying on as normal, glass of wine (or 4) over the bank holiday, coffee in the morning etc. I'm sure after a few 2WW my rather currently relaxed attitude may change lol