The Festive 2WW, anyone want to join me?

sunnydale - I reckon temping is the best way to identify ovulation. But does require a bit of effort

this month for example, I didn't ovulate til day 35. I only know this cos my temps went dramatically upwards. If I hadn't been temping I would have been v confused (lengths of cycles are a bit all over shop at moment due to travel, stress and coming off pill in summer)

Hello - a question for the room - what in your opinions is the most reliable way of knowing when you've OV'd? Temping? Pee stick? Saliva? Or is it worth me splashing out for one of those computer things (is it Fertility Friend?)I don't like that I'm not sure that we BD'd at the right time, and I can't afford to waste time because am ancient hag with rapidly declining quality of eggs!
Chips, LOL at you crying at Lionel Ritchie song. I started crying when I walked into M&S. Though that might just have been at how bad the clothes were. More worrying still, I downloaded Man In the Mirror by Michael Jackson last night. And cry when I listen to it. Now that really is f up

hello again - nice to see so many old friends on here. I now think i may have only just ov-ed more ov symptoms but now a rise in temp, so i guess i wont be testing on the 19th! yuo're right, VM, about the temping - i guess i think that since i pay for the priviledge that FF should give me the answers i want to hear . might trade in my old thermometer (but not a lot i can do about my dd being awake half the night, i guess!)
must go, meant to be writing reports!

olivo, why do you think you might not have ov'd this month? If it's because your temps are a bit erratic and FF hasn't identified ov then if you can, don't stress - it's only as reliable as the damn thermometer and the conditions under which you temp... if you usually ov then this month shouldn't be any different. Let me know how it goes?

LadyMetro, girlwithacurl, I've been imagining a hundred symptoms a day too... then I remember that implantation couldn't even have happened yet, argh! Hope I don't have these 'phantom pgs' every month from now on...

VJaY, are you symptom spotting yet? Or are you managing to keep a cooler head than me?

Ladies, I'm a bit scared even to add a testing date to the list in case it jinxes things - let me see how it goes and maybe I'll post one closer the time!

ha ha 2manychips its certainly a symptom of something!

Is crying at a Lionel Ritchie song a symptom? most out of character for me!

The problem with a lot of the "symptoms" is that you often get them as a result of the progesteron, sore boobs etc. but also I get hightened sence of smell, fizzy tounge, sore nips and metalic taste every month after ov. So sympton spotting is a nightmare, I convince myself I am... but then head says, no!

hi all

still feeling ill - temp was 39 degrees this morning. mood not helped by DH claiming that even if I was pg, i've probably "boiled it" by now. He felt guilty afterwards though.

despite feeling like crap am still relentlessly symptom spotting. Acute sense of smell/taste has developed - particularly with tap water which tastes peculiarly chemically and chlorinated...

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec
Sunnydale testing around 18th Dec
Girlwithacurl testing around 24 Dec
VeryKeen testing 27th Dec (might sneak one in a little earlier!)
smileycat testing 29th Dec
LadyMetroland testing around 16th Dec

hi everyone
anyone tested yet? Well??
(AS you can tell patience is not my strong point )

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec
Sunnydale testing around 18th Dec
Girlwithacurl testing around 24 Dec
VeryKeen testing 27th Dec (might sneak one in a little earlier!)
smileycat testing 29th Dec

Just starting the 2ww arrrrgggg.... that makes me due on christmas eve i think! what a great christmas present... or a great excuse to drink a lot of champagne... Annoying for pre christmas parties though
good luck girls!

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec
Sunnydale testing around 18th Dec
VeryKeen testing 27th Dec (might sneak one in a little earlier!)
smileycat testing 29th Dec

Had a girls Xmas party night out last night & relaxed, forgot about ttcing for the night which was great & drank a little too much, so I'm suffering a bit this morning. I'm soooo looking forward to not drinking for 9 months when the time comes, I hate the morning after feeling

Hope you don't mind me adding myself -

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec
Sunnydale testing around 18th Dec
VeryKeen testing 27th Dec (might sneak one in a little earlier!)

Am feeling v hormonal today - a good sign maybe, or just a symptom of pre-christmas stress?!!

Aha, so this is where much of the TTC August thread has defected to! Wondered why it had been so quiet on there today. Hello all [waves]. I like that this thread is nice and small so far (she said, making it bigger). Can I pull up a comfy armchair and join you? I make good lemon drizzle cake. Hope you don't mind, but have added myself to the list:-

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec
Sunnydale testing around 18th Dec

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec
2manychips testing around 19th Dec

popped myself on list also. Good luck everyone.

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas
twoplease testing 25th dec

added myself - i haven't actually made it to my af date for about 5 months so think i will know before 25th

i had a month off booze last month and am taking it easy this month, have cut down on caffeine but its weird - i'm sure its ust to feel like i'm doing somthing proactive as i didn't give anything up when i got pregnant with dd 4.5 years ago!!

olivo hopefully testing 19th Dec
katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas

Hello everyone - have tenatatively added myself to this list - don't know what is going on with my cycle but am trying not to be despondent. looks like i might not have oved

katster hopefully testing 20th
VJay hopefully testing 21st
CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st
Stealth testing, well should be mid Jan but probably won't be able to resist a quick wee on a stick around christmas

CakeForBreakfast testing jan 1st - hmmm, just missing the festivities

Hello, can I join?! AF due Sat 20th....

Morning, following on from the booze and painkillers thing, have any of you cut out caffeine? I can't do without my mug of builders tea in the morning and of course, my paranoid mind wonders if I oughtn't...