trying for a September baby, anyone want to join?

Thanks joy I'm with you on the not testing front, at least with no AF and no BFN, you can keep the hope that you might be pg. Sometimes ignorance is bliss! Have done some complicated period maths and decided that perhaps I'm not due till sun anyway.

Am I mad or does this make sense? Cycle usually between 26 and 30 days. I know I tried to ov on CD9 so if this was a short cycle I have 17 days between ov and AF. I also know I had a second surge on CD16 so if I add 17 days to that I get a 33day cycle.

Its amazing what you can come up with to keep yourself in with a chance isn't it?

Smallone sorry no BFP. It sounds like you are feeling quite down. Now there will be three of us testing on Monday. Let's hope it's three jackpots!

Sunnydale and CatD- hang in there, it's so easy to get hung up on symptoms. The week will pass soon enough.

Minx congrats on your BFP and I hope it gets stronger as your HCG levels increase.

As for me, I'm now on Day 31 (longest cycle since coming off pill/having MC has been 28 days). Can't help but get my hopes up, but am going to definitely wait until Monday when bf and I will have house to ourselves (housemate away) and test then. In the mean time, am symptom spotting but not for pg signs- instead am obsessed with thinking i can feel af symptoms. I now have cystitis-like pains which I do often get during af but not normally before. Boobs are out of control (big and tender) but that could be one or the other couldn't it? And I am very emotional (cried listening to my ipod this morning) but tbh that's just my personality. Strangely I'm not dying to test- would rather stay in bubble for a while longer before (literally) pissing on hopes.

Fingers crossed for everybody.

Morning all, woke up at 4am with an enormous bladder so tested then. BFN. Still no af, don't even feel like its coming anymore.

Feel a bit numb really, doesn't help that my fluey thing is still lingering on and my sinuses are killing me. I swear I must have punched myself in the face in the night. Gutted I've wasted my last test tho, not even a smidgen of a line, not a hint, nothing.

If no AF by monday I'll test again.

Good luck to everyone else, I hope AF has the weekend off!

Firstly MINX a line is a line Congrats and hope it's a sticky and the line gets darker.

Sunnydale I am worse than you, I'm on CD20, due to test in 8 days and I'm imagining symptoms and thinking when can I test?! I ordered a stupid amount of ebay cheapie HPTs as they were so cheap so that doesn't help.

I WILL probably not test until next Friday maybe even Saturday

Okay, you are all putting me to shame. I'm only on measly CD22 - a week off AF even being due - and already I'm wavering on the test front, on the basis that I have a few pathetic symptoms. Your responses on testing early are giving me the strength to hold on. I'm full of admiration for those who hold off until after AF is due, and reading over the comments I can see it makes so much sense. I suppose I've been guilty of thinking a BFP is a sealed deal, when actually only a baby is a sealed deal - an early BFP is fantastic and all, but not necessarily the happy ending I was thinking of, IYKWIM - certainly not if it appeared on CD22 or whatever. So you've convinced me - I'm gonna wait! Thank you! Feeling v down today and like it'll never happen, but that might be because yet another of my NCT group announced their second pregnancy today. So happy for them, don't get me wrong, but it still hurts. I feel bad even typing it but coz we all had our first babies together I feel a bond with them and that I'm leaving them behind now. Anyway, I'll shut up now, you hang in there Minx and good luck to all those testing xxx

I'm so excited for you all! Good luck, break a leg, fingers crossed... or should it be legs...or what ever the appropriate phrases are!

minx hope your line gets darker, I'm sure it will, HCG doubles every 24hrs so wait 2-3 days and it should make a big difference.

No AF for me yet, don't know now whether to test tomorrow or not. I feel like I might be jinxing it. Stupid I know. Had AF feeling on off all day, lots of loo visits and frantic wiping (tmi sorry). Boobs are nearing jordan proportions and I'm weeing past myself.

hello everyone mosschops so sorry to hear about your af, hopefully she'll stay away next month, I know how horrible that feeling is.

To everyone testing on Monday big hugs and lots of luck, I'll be keeping a close eye out for all of you!

joy sound s v hopeful can't wait to hear!

Well, I'm a neurotic loony mess, did another lloyds text this am and line was still there but just as faint, really worried in case it's a sign of chemical pregnancy or similar, did clearblue digital just now which says pregnant 1-2 weeks.

still have sore boobs and feel sick but that's purely through anxiety, oh god!!! Will try to hold off a few days before another test and hope the line gets darker.

god what a worry wart!

Well, keep us posted tomorrow then. Good luck.

I am managing to resist testing- haven't got any anyway and am at work, for a start! But I am going slightly mad. The weirdest thing I'm doing is for some reason sitting very still at my desk, as though a sudden movement will somehow make af start (which, you know, is ridiculous- if it's coming it's coming!)

Thankyou! Have found web sudoku to keep my mind off it. DD not very impressed tho! No way I can wait til mon. I'm going out sat night so want to know before then.

Think I'm gonna test tomorrow first thing, thats if I don't rip the packet open between now and then! and af doesn't show up of course.

smallone, step away from the HPK! Even if you are pg now you might get a spoilsport neg result because it's too early. And a wasted test is not very credit crunch now is it?

Why don't you join me and Irishmum on Monday?

want to test agghhh!

Irishmum we cross posted. Yes, here's hoping we both have a much better Monday than usual! And not too much agonising (and no pesky periods) before then.

Gah. Will be very annoyed if we are sitting here feeling excited, only to be fooled by horrid winter viruses messing with us and getting our hopes up!

You have to admit though, it's seeming sort of promising. Like you I don't feel like I should at end of cycle- no pg symptoms as such BUT it's the total lack of "period coming" signs which is making me think I just might be. No spotting, no cramps, nowt.

My bosoms are also massive (more massive than usual, ha ha) but it's hard to trust that sypmtom as it could be either af or pg.

So, is anyone else late too?

Joy I am also testing on Monday which is teh day AF is due for me - how cool woudl it be if we both got BFPS then! (That is as long as I can hold out and not test until Monday)

Hi joy, glad its not just me whos other half thinks they are the authority on conception.

I'm cd30 of 26-30, so also my longest, haven't gone to 30 days for ages tho, trying not to give in to thoughts at the mo but my boobs seem to be growing by the hour, although that could just be af. I've developed all sorts of af symptoms since ttc that I swear I never had before. AF cramps have gone again. My Noro virus def moved my ov by 5 days as I had two peaks on the persona sticks. Today is also 14DPO (the second peak)

Haha smallone- love your hubby's belief that quantity = baby. My bf, on the other hand, is convinced that his sperm is "super sperm" (this is based on zero evidence) which undoubtedly survives longer than the max 5 days or whatever it is. Gotta love the confidence. Sorry if I've missed this in an ealier post, but how late are you?

I'm now on Day 30 with no sign of period (longest cycle since mc 6 months ago has been 28 days). However I did have flu at the start of my cycle which maybe could have pushed ovulation back a bit.. I think...?

I've decided to test on Monday, which will be Day 34 (providing period has not arrived). When is anyone else testing?

I'm in the wine drinking camp too! When I got pg with dd, I drank more in the week4-5 than I had in a year! I had no idea I was pregnant at the time and she was absolutely fine. Now I'm ttc I drink the odd wine or baileys or sherry on the off chance that its the last I'll have in a while. Nine months is long enough to abstain, without adding ttc time.

As for testing early, I only want to know if its going to stick around and I don't want to look at a BFN and think "but if I waited a few more days...." Torture!

Talked to DH last night, and said AF hadn't come yet, he said "oh right...is there anything on tv tonight?" It seems he thinks I can't poss be pg as we haven't had enough sex.

Didn't test today as got AF cramps, will test tomorrow I think if no show today.

headfairy sorry to hear about spotting.

mosschops I think we all know that crushing disappointment you're feeling. Good luck with your next cycle.

Head love teh pelicans in James' Park - lol.

Mosschops I'm so sorry AF got you hopefully next month will be better for you.

Bubble I might be joining you on October on Monday - it looks like a busy thread already.

I'm kind of ambiguous with the early testgin - tested early last month and obv got BFN so this month I'm actually being quite restrained. Am due on Monday (or Sunday depending on which day my cycle wants to end this time) so am going to hold off until at least Sunday. I'm sure if I go for very much longer with the ttcing I'll be a demon tester

Feel a bit nauseous (sp?) today but not taking too much frmo that. Am going to jsut take teh symptons as they come and then see what the weekend brings

Hope those testing get some great results.

I think it varies from person to person, I've heard of people on here not getting a bfp until they're 10 weeks gone, and some getting a bfp 4 or 5 days before af is due. I've never tested before I was due on so I've never found out if I could get a pos result before af was due...

So when's the earliest you can test to get an accurate result? I know obv you might get a BFN if not enough HCG in system but what's the earliest you can really get a BFP??

I have some ebay cheapies so it'll probably show a BFP when I'm about 20 weeks gone but are the first response ones any good??

Thanks!

Sunny, on the testing early front, I'm the opposite. I'd rather not know if it was a chem pregnancy. I'm only interested in pregnancies that are going to stick iykwim. Obv last time I tested I got a bfp but miscarried a week later and there was nothing I could do about that, but I'm not sure how knowing I'd had a pregnancy that failed to implant would help me. I think it might just depress me and make me paranoid that my cs damaged my uterus or something silly. Maybe I'm just to much a bury my head in the sand type.

sunnydale x-posted with you- I think I know what you mean about wanting to test before AF is due, especially if you feel you have symptoms. I didn't test early with my previous pregnancies but that was partly because we weren't properly trying and didn't think it would happen so fast- so the only reason I tested was because it finally dawned on me AF was 2+ days late. Saying that the test gave a very rapid & unambigious BFP for which I was very grateful... But since we've been TTC this time (on cycle 7 now) I have really struggled not to test early (and have tested early I think 5 times! ). I really can't bear the wait, and my early pregnancy symptoms are just so similar to my usual AF ones... Plus I guess I've wanted to know asap in case I needed to change any habits too (my DS has to have a nasty cream applied which I shouldn't touch when pregnant, and sometimes I deal with nasty chemicals at work).
Anyway am determined not to test early this time as have no tests at home and don't want to shell out on any more and feel that awful disappointment yet again...

Also like you I drank a bit more than I'd planned on NYE (CD15 for me, so v likely just past ov)- but decided to stop worrying about it for now! Hope this is your lucky month x

jumpingjelly thats great and true, my ds starts primary in sept too, so maybe his mummy having a new baby at the same time would not be a good thing, October will do me just fine
As long as I get in before Xmas so I dont have to work another xmas off-duty lol

just popping on quickly-
so sorry moss that AF arraived Really hope this next cycle is your lucky month. I have started getting AF pains too so imagine in next few days I'll be joining you on the Oct thread (already making myself feel better thinking well a baby due in Sept would be the same time DS starts primary school, which could be stressful for us all- so Oct would be better really...!)

headfairy really hope AF stays away, but like you I also get spotting a couple of days before, then nothing for a day or so, then full-blown AF (in fact I'm expecting spotting to start tomorrow...)- in a way it can be nice to have warning of AF but for a few cycles I used to try to delude myself into believing they might have been implantation bleeds...I guess you never know!

Welcome Joy and vtiredmummy- good luck this month!

MINX- huge Congrats! so so pleased for you. Have everything crossed the lil' bean is sticky xx

I drink lots of herbal teas too- love Rooibos (which you can add milk to like normal tea if you like it that way), also a fan of ginger tea (v good for seasickness or morning sickness), peppermint tea, camomile, and green tea (though the last has some caffeine in- not as much I think as regular tea, and far more antioxidants, but shouldn't drink too much of it when pg...). Some of the herbal/fruit teas smell much better than they actually taste, but a touch of honey can often make them more palatable!

Not symptom spotting at all as so far all signs are AF's on her way (probably a short cycle this time methinks- I seem to range 24-28 days). But hoping you ladies keep adding to that BFP list!