The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

Heeby I think we would all have done exactly the same. I will also try to log in around two ish. Good luck sweetie!

Hi JClaire I'm also ttc #1. We're on CD3 and it already feels like we've been trying for ages. I'm 37 in Jan and am starting to worry that we've left it too late. All my friends are younger and seem to be able to get pregnant in a blink of an eye!

heeby am sending lots of positive vibes and will try and check in around 2ish.

Hi jclaire welcome, when is your AF due? what are you using to help you? as in temps/FF etc? We have been trying for #2 since May / June (after a MC) so am also keen to have that bfp!

Ok so had a dilemma this morning and want to see if i did the right thing .... i have been asked by my dr to drop in a urine sample so they can do a dip test (i have been weeing so frequently it is becoming a pain!)so when i got there with the sample the receptionist said 'would you like them to test for pg also whilst they are doing everything else???'

ARGH!

So of course i said 'oh yes ok then' (!!??)

So i know it'll be too early for a result as i am only CD21 of a 26 day cycle and i'm sure the ones they use are not very sensitive so will surely be a bfn but i'm still in a bit of a turmoil about it! So i've promised myself no to think anything of it when it's a bfn and stick to my plan of testing after monday. (be ready to reassure me ok ladies!)

I can call after 2pm!

Eeeek!

good morning all of you [sends a wave around] aww thanks for making me feel welcome
heeby and pinkie i don't envy you the tww it's horrendous I know you are supposed to 'forget' about it and just get on but I always think how can you when you know that you have been trying so proactively.
I always feel like ther's a little woodpecker at my head on the tww , just constantly tapping away conscienciously[?] lest i forget that we are ttc.

Hi All,

Would also like to join. Been ttc #1s ince Jan this year. Currently nearing end of 2ww so hoping desperately for bfp but know it is a bit unrealsitic this month as had a friend staying whilst between houses and then in-laws so a bit inhibited in the bd dept! Love grapefruit juice anyway.....

Hi pinkie yes i am going a bit mad, trying not to think about it! we have a wedding to go to on friday so am focusing on that (and have tons of work on so hopefully some of my mind will be used on that) What made you decide to use clomid (if you don't mind me asking) i can't remember if you said before?

We too feel we have done a lot more to get things right this month so would quite like a reward for the effort please! (heebylooks at tummy with a big pleading smile)

xx

Hi whitebeaches

I have followed the plan this month and am now in my 2ww. Am finding that bit torture as feel with the plan done more this month thats proactive than all the other months.

I am on clomid (2nd cycle) so also been doing grapefruit juice and acupuncture.

Heebychick I am only at CD17 and already impatient it must be driving you mad!!

Welcome back whitebeaches nice to see you here again!

elliegant hi also, welcome. We seem to be similar, we've been ttc number 2 since May. had an early MC in may then no luck since.

The GFJ works! trust me! thanks nelix!! (i think it was you who told us about it first off)

I am on the 2WW and on CD20 today of a 26 day cycle so getting a little excited.

Kind of.

Hi can I join please, feeling pretty low today because got AF, been ttc no 2 for 6 months, thought we had cracked it this month as I normally get cramps couple of days before period and I had none this month so was really gutted when i started this morning.. Hope this a lucky thread.

Will buy grapefruit juice tomorrow.

hi can i join please - i am on cd8 and am hoping that from thursday will be following deanna plan.
i cannot promise i will post everyday but i will think of you all and i hope that some of us graduate this month.
i can't give you an af date as i don,t have my calendar and lately have been having roughly a 28-30 day cycle.

yellow yes lets hope we all graduate this month!

Any symptoms yet this month ladies?

yellowflowers, great new thread!

Hi Cindy, thanks for your supportive words on the old thread when I was going through my meltdown... I feel a tiny bit better today. Have just had a visit from a friend who had her fourth child at 41 (after mc in her 30s) and assures me that 39 is not old! I'll be trying the grapefruit juice next month too...

Good luck to all on the 2WW!

Ok, have added myself to the list. It's just a guess really as I had my implanon taken out on 8th October, then we started trying straight away. But I figure four weeks from when it was taken out is about the time AF should come and I'm pretty sure i ovulated last week.

DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd
Pezzina AF due Nov 24th

Going shopping to try and keep my itchy fingers getting another test out the drawer!

Updated list with me added

DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd
Pezzina AF due Nov 24th

Hi ladies!

Thanks for the new thread - love the name!

Welcome to all the newbies (((waves))) you will love this group of ladies, i have been with them for months and they are so lovely, long may it continue!

Well i have been having tummy cramps this weekend and still have an awful cold, oh and my teeth hurt (weird) just the bottom ones like i have had a really cold drink etc - anyhow thought i'd share it.

Have decided to be good and wait for DH to do the test reading, i did promise, but i wish i could be the one to tell him as i like his reaction ... anyway it's only fair i guess. So with Af due monday i shall be a little wiser if it doesn't come and will hopefully hold out till tues or wed (maybe!)

xx

BoosieBoo Goush, I get that feeling... I have one pg test left in my bag.. but am waiting. don't think I am pg this month as missed the crucial days but who knows. I may wait for the tell-tale signs before I ever test again... humm but don't think I have that much patience! Fill in your AF details

BoosieBoo AF due ???
DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd

Hi everyone,
I been posting a little on some of the other ttc threads. Am half way through the dreaded tww - forgotten how bloomin hard it is! Was walking past boots yesterday and some strange supernatural force took over and made me go in and buy some tests - it was 2 for 1, so got 4 for a tenner, so don't feel too bad. Anyway got home and they were just calling me from the bottom of the drawer, so i did one and of course BFN. So no more tests for a whole week. Ugh!

Top of the class, have a special sticker with glittery bits on ! It's amazing how our dps don't seem to understand that we NEED to know these things. Just because we bother to read our own body manual!

The grapefruit juice is supposed to increase the EWCM and so make it easier for sperm to swim through. I've no idea really if it works as getting pregnant has never really been the problem. I just drink it because I like it (shhh, don't tell ).

You may find that charting your temp. eventually means that you don't need the OPK tests, especially if you have a regular cycle. I'm going back to charting, although it's less reliable now that I'm occasionally up in the night to a toddler.

Funtimewincies well that is the spirit!! things happen for a reason and your time will come. I have started weightwatchers to try and shift some weight am three stones overweight, so think may be my MC could have been due to that. Must check how many points the grapefruit juice is... does the grapefruit juice work?

Once my AF is over, I will be doing all three checks... Basal Temperature, OPK sticks and CM. Have swotted on all the techniques, so can I have a gold star!! hehehe

Hello to all, may I join please? I'm on CD 5 of the third month of trying and am going to start drinking grapefruit juice and take EPO for the first half of my cycle. Exciting stuff!

Unfortunately not, C1NDY. It's my 3rd sice ds was born and I had an ectopic before him.

However, I will not be beaten. Just waiting for AF and then back to baby-dancing, dh is already looking a bit scared!

Getting all excited about people testing next week (nearly spills grapefruit juice in anticipation ).

Hi all

Thanks for starting the new list but yellowflowers seems to be missing.

have added her to the top - hope thats ok

Yellowflowers AF Due??
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
DustTv AF due 31st Oct

Great that everyone seems to be finding the new thread

Hi ladies found the new thread, been a bit quiet this week as I have guests visiting. Looks like we may have a few of us testing/AF next week. Good luck to all