The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

Becky - if you're new to the area and want some pointers / a chat, just let me know I am only 20 mins walk from that clinic I recommended

Good luck 2WW'ers. My mc bleeding has officially stopped, so I'm drinking Waitrose pink grapefruit juice and keeping my fingers crossed that I will OV on this cycle - usually CD16 for me but I've got no idea what my cycle will do this month.

First day back at work today and I've chickened out - am working from home

Big temp rise this morning so def OV'd now. 2WW here I come. I've told myself I'm not going to symptom spot this month or at least try not to put every little niggle down to being pg. The last 2 months I've only had a 12 day LP so have updated my dates for a week on Monday as my AF due date. I'm off for the wkend now so can't post again till Mon have a great wkend ladies, baby dust to anyone due this wkend & fingers crossed for all on the 2WW

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
Yellowflowers AF due 27th Nov
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 30th Nov DP
Cindy AF due 1 December DP
spats due 7th-? nov
Smileycat AF due 1st Dec
Queenie1 - AF due 2nd(ish) Dec
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
Deeja AF due 9th Dec DP
Wasabi AF 11th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec DP

Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP

Hi Heeby - I have just moved down here from Manchester so haven't got a doctor yet. I'll be getting one this week and will ask them if they will refer me for an early scan. If they agree and I can get one on the NHS that'd be great however wanted to cover all bases.......god - I'm obviously a control freak!

Jools thanks for the tip - I just looked up the one in St Albans and that sounds like it'll be nearer and cheaper so thanks.

Cindy in answer to one of your earlier questions - you can only do a pregnancy test the day your period is due. Any earlier may produce an unreliable test or even worse a positive result which doesn't 'take' and then becomes negative. It's best to wait :-)

Oh sorry Villagemum I think I misunderstood your post. You seem to be waiting for AF not anything else. Apologies if I've been a clunkhead.

OK feeling a bit better now after a cuddle with DH and explaining fears. Sometimes just voicing worries makes them a little better.

I've run out of grapefruit and I'm a bit annoyed that corner shops don't seem to sell it. On a positive note I have big round grapefruit in my fruitbowl - it's a very positive fruit.

Wasabi good luck for next time!

And Villagemum I'm excited to see how things turn out.

Eh-up, my computer has got over-excited too!

Massive grapefruits wasabi, are you being personal about me? . Sorry to hear that you've had such a crap cycle and I hope that your boddy makes up it's mind soon.

Welcome queenie, pull up a cushion and get stuck in!

Heeby - good luck with the scan.

Ooooh, there are some very good sounding symptoms out there. I feel a bumper load of Christmas bfp's coming along [overly excited emoticon].

Massive grapefruits wasabi, are you being personal about me? . Sorry to hear that you've had such a crap cycle and I hope that your boddy makes up it's mind soon.

Welcome queenie, pull up a cushion and get stuck in!

Heeby - good luck with the scan.

Ooooh, there are some very good sounding symptoms out there. I feel a bumper load of Christmas bfp's coming along [overly excited emoticon].

Hello Queenie, I'm a very recent joiner too. It's very nice here.

I am cd 8 so planning bding tonight. Not in the mood though...and my DH will probably try and talk me into going for a run when he gets home...sigh

I'm also getting some cold feet...Sometimes I wonder if I really want all the responsibility and possibility of tradgedy. I know this is probably the wrong forum for that sort of thought...but it's honestly my fear.

Then again I think a life without kids seems kind of lacking...I don't know. Just in a funny old mood. One of my brothers has mental problems and it's really made my mums life sad and hard. Having children opens me up to the possibility of that sort of pain.

Sorry if raining on parades.

sounds as if you have covered your bases smileycat. I'm hoping I can persuade DH to go one more time tonight or tomorrow morning before he goes away (but would have to be 5am so not likely!!!). But come what may, looks like we're about the same point in our cycle.

I keep telling myself I won't symptom spot this month but it is IMPOSSIBLE not to. I'm already thinking / wondering and I'm not even sure I've Ov'd yet!!!

This is going to be a long two weeks...

Hi all, everyone sounds very positive today welcome queenie
I had a + OPK yesterday but didn't manage to BD till this morning then did another OPK this afternoon & it was - I hope we didn't miss it. We did bd the 3 nights before & hopefully will get another one in tonight just to incase the egg is still on the way down, so I guess I'm now on my 2WW, roll on the next 12 days

Well Ellie I hope we are all on to something [smiles]

Hi all,

wasabi sorry about AF

welcome Queenie, you'll love it here but not for to long I hope

yellow and Pezz, I seem to have more CM than normal at the moment as well, and had to wee about 8 times at work today (which is very unusual for me, sorry if tmi).. Probobaly all in my head but feeling pretty good again today.

Yellowflowers that is so sweet of your DH - although I understand that you don't want him to get his hopes up - but I fear that is inevitable when you want a BFP so much. Postive thoughts are great though - don't underestimate the power of the mind

Welcome to queenie everyone is super friendly and supportive on this thread and on MN in general.

Yellowflowers ? I too am getting ?twinges? in the same area ? lots yesterday, fewer today. I?m also getting more CM then I have noticed in previous cycles and also have suffered from headaches for the past couple of days ? which I very rarely get.

I?m trying not to symptom spot but when my body starts doing stuff it hasn?t done before I can?t help but get a tiny bit excited! Somebody slap me to knock some sense into me please!

Thanks for the welcome wannabe, wasabi and yellowflowers! Very much appreciated.

Wasabi - sorry about AF starting.

Yellowflowers - wet knickers at this stage looks very promising. One time when I was PG (sadly ended in MC at 6 wks), I had EWCM just before I would have been due on. So lets keep our fingers crossed for you. Also, thanks for BD advice...would love to BD tomorrow or day after but DH is going away with work. Very annoyed about the timing!! Might try and pounce later tonight before he leaves...

Hi Wasabi

I would agree with wanabe if you are following the clearblue fertility monitor or such,

after seeing the consultant for clomid prescription he was adament that the first day of cycle is day that bleed goes to full flow, so would be inclined to work that to yesterday.

Am not sure it matters too much as while doing temping or OPKs you will find your pattern either way it will just be a day different depending on which one you choose, i think, its very confusing am scatching head while typing.

Oh the joys of bding.

Hi Wasabi i'd count today as day 1. my general rule is the first full day of AF. Could just be me though!

Hello Queenie! Welcome to the grapefruit massive.

AF update - she's here good and proper after starting late last night. Feel quite relieved actually. Looking forward to starting again!

Would I count yesterday or today as day 1? Got proper flow from about 11ish last night?

Hey ladies,

Welcome to our newest member Queenie evryone is welcome here, they certainly made me feel at home when i joined, although must admit starting to feel like part of the woodwork!

C1ndy no i wasn't using the DP last cycle but it is in the pipeline for this cycle. I'm not going to be able to take my clearblue digital monitor due to the time difference and the set time you have to test so will be relying on past dates of OV and the DP to get through it. What will be will be!

Heeby glad you enjoyed the chocolate!

Becky im so glad you're feeling more positive, pregnancy is supposed to be enjoyable not stressful (she says half heartedly) but i can understand your angst. Good luck with the scan.

Jools nice to hear from you honey. It's hardly a suprise that you still feel really bleak towards life, you've just had a horrible experience. But you will get there, hold your head up high and if you want to cry then bawl, if you want to smile laugh till your eyes stream. Do whatever it takes to get through this part and maybe you will be in a better frame of mind for the next cycle.

As for me im CD6 today so roll on CD8 so we can get the DP into motion
Keep at it troopers! he he

Hi all - i've been reading your posts for the past couple of days and you all sound like such a lovely lot. Do you mind if I join you?

I haven't been drinking grapefruit juice so not sure if I can officially sign up here but promise to as of next month if this month isn't 'the one'!!!

So a bit of history...I've been in and out of Mumsnet over the past year or so whilst ttc. DH and I have been at it for about a year and a half and have so far had three mcs . But after tests at the recurrent miscarriage unit at my local hospital, it seems there's nothing up, they've put it down to bad luck and we've been told to keep going. I'm feeling very relieved about all this and so (stupidly?) optimistic for this month. We've been going for it quite a bit - CD 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 so far (17 being today!)

I think I'm ovulating around about now-ish (don't know exactly as only go on CM) and so beginning to begin that dreaded two week wait. I so want an early christmas present!!

If you don't mind, I'm adding myself to the list:

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
Yellowflowers AF due 27th Nov
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
Sans04 AF due 28th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 30th Nov DP
Cindy AF due 1 December DP
spats due 7th-? nov
Smileycat AF due 1st-4th Dec
Queenie1 - AF due 2nd(ish) Dec
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
Deeja AF due 9th Dec DP
Wasabi AF 11th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec DP

Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP

Congratulations to those who have there BFPs already and hoping they are sticky ones for you. And good luck to everyone else trying and waiting!!

wasabi, really sorry, many ((hugs)).

Cindy, thanks for your good wishes hun. I'm still waiting for AF - should be here today or tomorrow and I'm getting a bit impatient truth to tell! Temps have dropped though and my horrible premenstrual mood has improved a bit, so should happen soon. Good luck on the 2WW! Let me see... you will be getting your BFP around when I ov! Really hope this is your month!

Heeby, it all sounds as if your pg is going brilliantly and that the hormones are doing what they should be doing! Sending you much strength.

Hi ladies,

Thank you so much for the kind thoughts and of course the chocolate (heeby grabs proffered choc with gusto!) i know exactly what you mean, it is just hormones and annoyingly i feel totally fine come 8pm which is almost bedtime! I remember this from carrying DD so should of been pre warned really. in a way i want to tell people so that they understand when i act all flaky or turn green at the slightest smell of food. (still munching ginger bikkis tho)

becky so pleased for you, how do you feel physically? as everyone has said to me, try not to worry and keep positive, i am too going for an early scan if my dr allows it (or will pay for one) i'll find out on friday which i'll be doing, but like you i want to know before Christmas really.

(wasabi* so sorry for you honey, what a horrible cycle indeed, i hate it when our bodies play tricks on us and mess us around, it's not fair.