The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

not been able to log in for a few days and need to catch up with all the goss. Sorry for those who have got af . I am officially a knicker checker now -have done the grapefruit drinking! Just need AF to stay away today and possibly tom and then i can stop stressing about a short lp.One less thing to worry about. Everytime i feel a drip (tmi i know!) i am straight in the toilet, going to be a nightmare at work. Not sure when AF due now due to late ovulation , i guess i wait 14 days after ovulation which would be next fri/sat. But bet AF got me by then. Anyone else waiting for this week, I have had butterflies in my tummy all weekend (oh and have been rather grumpy!!) x

hey all sorry to see that af has come to some of you.
hopefully we can all help each other through our crappy times and laugh with each other through the good.
my dh asked me if i thought we had 'caught' this month and i am pretty much 100% that we have'nt my own fault though we were supposed to dp and did not stick to it.
on a brighter note i have cut out alcohol and have lost weight so much so that instead of being a 12-14 i bought some stuff today in size 8 all from a placewhere i know i am generally a 14.
my dh said i bet i was pleased but you know what i would rather i had been able to buy some maternity stuff. at myself really

me too just re-read mine

Sans again FF Fertility Friend will do it all for you, when you first join you get the VIP membership free for a month after that you choose to pay or just do the basic one for free, I've just stuck to the basic package. I started temping last month for the first time & recorded it all with FF as well as on a printed sheet by my bed. You need to take you temp at the same time every morning after at least 3 hrs of sleep, start temping about 3 days into your AF, your temp will be up & down during AF, when you see a definate temp rise you have OV'd, so if you need to know before this you will need to do OV'd stick or something else as the temping method will only tell you when you are no longer fertile, but I loved it last month & will do it again this month. Your temp will then rise day by day or stay around the same temp until your AF is due then a couple of days before AF it will start to fall this usually means AF is on her way, some girls get a big fall in temp & that means AF is comming that day or early the next, mine fell slowly, but still its a great way of knowing if AF is comming rather than just sitting & waiting for her & if your temp stays high it could mean that you are pg. I got AF pains 3 days before she finally arrived but my temp was still high during the first 2 days so I knew I didn't need to have a tampon in because I knew from my temp that it wasn't comming that day. I also loved the fact that FF showed me that I had actually OV'd & on what day, I now have last months chart to go by for this month so I have a good idea when I should OV this time around...good luck with it

welcome Sans you are right it is a really friendly thread & you are very welcome to join are merry possie
CM is the mucus your body produces throughout the month. starts our sticky, then goes creamy, then watery & then when you get to your most fertile stage it goes eggwhite (like a runny egg) which is EWCM. The sperm can't like in the thick sticky stuff, the creamy stuff is getting better for them but the watery & EW will help them survive longer to wait for the egg to be released. Google fertility friend & read through their site it helps a lot. The DP plan is the Deanne Plan egg meets sperm. if you look back through a couple of pages on this thread you can find a link to it or maybe one of the girls could add it in again for you (sorry don't know how to do that) it tell you the best time to BD so that you can make sure his swimmers are their waiting at the right time.
hope this helps a little any more questions just fire away, there is always some one here to help

Ah sorry forget to ask you about temmping, when should I start, and how can that work I mean what should the tem when I ovulate and so on, thank you

Hi there
can I join you too, as I already posting to the other thread (try for an August baby), but when I've read this one seems to be very helpful as there is a really suportive lovely group here, now it's almost 19 month for us TTC#2 and have questions about these things if you can help me please:

• What is EWCM, how I test CM and when?
• What is Deanna plan, how can I get it? But I am drinking grapefruit juse and I like it. Big Congr to you Heeby and all the best to everyone elss. Here I put myselfe to the list if you don't mind.

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wanabemum AF due 17th Nov DP
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
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
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
Wasabi AF 11th dec

Heebychick BFP

VillageMum Been reading your posts and I have had a little pain when I am ovulating.. .never had it before may be it was the MC or something... but it was painful. I just put it down to me just being more in tune with my body. Let me know if you find out any further of what it might be.

smiley, pinkie, wasabi, sorry to hear AF has arrived. It won't be long until you will be in the full flow of bding again and getting the bfp.

Heeby how are you?

Hi all,

smiley, pinkie, wasabi sorry to hear that the witch has got you

Yellow think all dh must be the same, mine likes the idea of all the bding and is really keen at the moment but I know it will be a different matter if he has a really stressful day and comes home knackered.

We started deanna plan yesterday so feeling quite excited and positive at the moment.

wasabi you seems to have updated an old copy with my old dates on so have re-done this one, sorry to hear wasabi & pinki that you are joining me this on the AF list, we can all hold each others hands next month on the 2WW
I feel suprizingly positive tonight looking forward to trying next month already. I had a chat with DH & he addmitted that he was sort of hoping it wasn't this month as he/she would be one of the youngest in the class & next month would be better (sorry heeby) but its nice to see that DH is thinking about this as much as I am. Right I'm going to sit down to tea now & a very large glass of wine hmmmm, then a lovely hot bath. AF does have it pros as well as cons

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wanabemum AF due 17th Nov DP
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
JClaire 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
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
Wasabi AF 11th dec

Heebychick BFP

Any news from Spats?

wasabi, I'd love a September sprog, think it's a fantastic month to be born in - all that Virgo sang froid . Maybe don't give up on this cycle just yet though? This is probably the one where you think you aren't pg and then find you ARE!

Thanks pinkie... I'm pretending to be a productive, normal, sane person in the meanwhile but who am I fooling?

Hsve moved myself to the bottom too. Felt therapeutic. Onwards and upwards. My ds was born in September - maybe the cosmos wants his sibling to have a birthday in the same month - who knows?

After a bit of a cry I feel better. Its annoying because I know I am a full week away from AF but I just know its going to happen.

Yellow - I am very impressed with your schedule

Bubble, Becky and wanabemum I hope as the next testers behind me you have more luck! xx

Smileycat AF due 5th-8th Nov cheapy test on 6th/clearblue on 8th
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wanabemum AF due 17th Nov DP
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 30th Nov DP
Cindy AF due 1 December DP
spats due 7th-? nov
Pinkie08 due 5th dec
Wasabi AF 11th dec

Heebychick BFP

Thanks yellow why dont you throw a sunday night in there for good measure so that if you get your +ive on monday/Tues you will have had as much as poss before hand?

villagemum not long to go ((hugs)) someone said patience is a virtue, that person clearly wasnt ttc

smiley, pinkie, wasabi, really sorry to hear you've been nabbed... still have 10 days to go before AF and the start at last of ttc - oof, the wait is really getting to me! Patience, patience... we will all get there! ((hugs))

yellow, way to go, sounds as if you're leaving no room for error!

I'm really sorry to hear that smileycat

If its any comfort I think I am going to join you - started to get cramps today which I typically get one week before AF arrives. (they then go away again - no I don't get it either)

I used to think they were implantation pains but I've wised up now.

I'm so disappointed, I really thought it was going to be my month

Am going to drink a huge glass of wine this evening. Very possibly two.

Big ((hugs)) smileycat

Sorry to hear that the witch got you - but enjoy your wine tonight

forgot to update the list

Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wanabemum AF due 17th Nov DP
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
JClaire 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
Pinkie08 due 5th dec

Heebychick BFP

Looks like the bitch opps!!! did I say that out loud, sorry the witch got me this afternoon, at least I can take a couple of tablets to carm my tum & wash them down with a large glass of wine tonight, big sigh
DH is happy well in the way that he gets to do lots more trying next month. Hes happy to try the DP plan so will be joining you all this month on it, fingers crossed for all who are on their 2WW

smiley i had creamy CM almost every day after OVing and it has tapered off a bit now but still have a bit. I thought this was really weird as i stopped GFJ and don't normally get CM in 2nd 2 weeks.

HI all,
Not my month, but we knew that from the other days spotting have moved myself to the bottom.

Smileycat AF due 5th-8th Nov cheapy test on 6th/clearblue on 8th
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wanabemum AF due 17th Nov DP
VillageMum AF due 19th/20th Nov (DP after this AF!)
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov DP
Elligant AF due 27th Nov DP
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 30th Nov DP
Cindy AF due 1 December DP
spats due 7th-? nov
Pinkie08 due 5th dec

Heebychick BFP

Morning all - thank goodness its Friday! Neither my DH or I have had a very good week at work.

However, I'm going to have to try and take my DH's mind off things - my OV is due any day now which means BDing every day. Got to keep him interested

smileycat I hope it is implantation bleeding and not AF. My fingers are crossed for you. As wasabie says - it is not over until AF properly arrives!