TTC any which way DP CM BT OPK Grapefruit drinking ....

aww am missing the BFP Christmas Eve party...

But mine will be a New Years eve party

anyone else going to join me? C1ndy, pinkie08 or ilove ?

Oooh, I'm getting excited about all the xmas eve tests -hopefully lots of you will be joining me in my festive nausea!

Becky congrats on the scan, great news. Mine still seems like an age away, but inching closer.

Jools it's lovely to hear you so positive and upbeat!!

I too will be attending the BFP Christmas Eve party (even if i have already tested/AF has arrived) and will be bringing both alcoholic beverages and soft drinks so either way we all enjoy ourselves!!

Ladies I notice there are quite a few of us who haven't amended our dates? The first group below seems to be out of date so need to be updated when you get chance!
Ilove i have added your dates

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Bubblebell AF due 25th November ttc#3 on cycle 1
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-9th Dec
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec

Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec
VillageMum AF due 21 December DP
Mummy2olivia AF due December 23rd DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Sans04 AF due 26th December DP
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Dec
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 1 Jan
Pinkie08 due 1st Jan clomid and DP
Ilovebeingamummy AF due 1st Jan
iggypiggy - AF due 2nd Jan

Heebychick BFP
BeckyMcG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP

aaaah - I can see a Christmas Eve PARTY in the Grapefruit Massive Champagne and Appletise on ice and I hope we have to move on to the soft stuff !!

I'm still not convinced I've ovulated - no sore boobs or bloating and the ov pains were quite short. Who knows I will say though, that (TMI alert ) I have never ever ever seen so much EWCM !! I think it must be because I had a taste for GFJ when PG and have just kept going for weeks and weeks

DP stayed up late to watch a film last night and I couldn't keep awake and didn't want to tell him we HAD to BD, so no action last night but I am hopeful for tonight

So, yes, unless I suddenly find out I ov properly later on, I'll be attending the mass BFP online party in here on Christmas Eve

Hey funtime thanks for the welcome back! had a fabulous time, sunshine, warm, and not a drop of rain, what more could i ask for? Oh and a fair bit of BD-ing too!
Had very sore boobs yesterday, noticable even walking upstairs and brushing my arm past them, very odd but has now subsided.

Hey Jools nice to see you back in full swing and hopefully it will be successful this time with a very, very sticky bean! Fingers crossed for you.

Wow we are going to be very excited on Christmas Eve on this thread huh? With the odds we should really have at least one BFP right?

I'm all of a doo-dah about my dates as i have no idea when i ovulated so not really sure my AF date is accurate. Oh well only time will tell. I have some Christmas shopping to do and the odd pre-Christmas bash to attend to keep my brain occupied for a week or so
Time will tell.

My period due christmas day or shortly after but maybe I will join in mass christmas eve test anyhow. temp dip today which I think predeeds ovulation in my case and we're staying in tonight so I know what we'll be up to...

In my neck of the woods it's not traditional to breastfeed at all Becky! How long you end up doing it for is entirely up to you and your child.

I managed 9 weeks , other close friends fed for 2 days, 6 months, 12 months and 2 years. Whatever works for the individual family. You get pressure and comments either way from all sides.

Lol at the manual, ahh if only! In the end, the only advice I stick by is 'babies are more robust than they look', 'little boys are washable' and 'mummy's decision is final' .

Go for it Jools - are you up for joining in a Christmas Eve test?

How long is traditional to breast feed then?? I thought it was 5 or 6 months so clearly I am not up to speed? This - and about a million other worries will be fighting for attention if I do manage to keep this pregnancy! Anyone got a manual entitled "how to look after a baby"? I have had to do hours of training to manage programs as part of my job so I can't see how a couple of antenatal classes are going to cut the entire topic of bringing up my baby!!!!

thinking of you i love being a mummy!! im so so so sorry - hope you ok considering and im sending you huge hugs!!! xxx

HI yellowflowers - my ds is 22 months now - I stopped bfeeding the day of the 2nd mc. He doesn't need it anymore and if it is one thing I can try at least to retain some sense of control

I have struggled with the idea of giving ttc a break for a few cycles but can;t bring myself to do it even if it means another mc to go through...

so please add me to the list - af due 9/1/09 - if i have normal cycle this month.

x

Welcome Suigeneris and welcome back Wanabe

Well, 4 weeks and 2 days post MC, I've had ov pains this morning and again this evening, lashings and lashings of EWCM, we BD'ed last night and I'm jumping him again tonight

If this really is OV, then my 2WW will be up on Christmas Eve - eeeeeekkkkk

Hi everyone. Sorry for being quiet the last couple of days...I think I'm still in shock. Thank you for all your warm wishes.

Heeby I'm feeling fine....and no more nausea. I'm actully feeling quite well...better than usual - I'm sure that can't last!

Just thought I'd say that I didn't ever get an LH surge caught on my sticks this month but obviosly did ovulate. bd'd day 5, 8 12, 14, 18. I think day 12 was the charm because that was the day I couldn't stop thinking about sex! And never saw any EWCM at all But did use preseed all the way through. But just a little.

Anyway perhaps that's useful....perhaps it's not. But I wish you all the very best success this month!

Lovely to hear from you Wanabe - did you have a good time?

Well CD14 here and still no on the digital OPK.

Welcome suigeneris- I am a new girl too although only to the thread not TTC!!!

Hope everyone is ok

duh... meant wrong but typing rubblish...

Ooh meant to say welcome suigeneris

re: DP - I could be worng on this - but I think it means they are following Deanna's Plan

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and for the advice. Had forgotten about fertilityfriend, have just gone back and re-bought 90 days, which I hope will be more than enough this time. We had, I think, a very early M/C last April (about the only time in the last 5 years that I have got drunk, so guilt trip was almost compulsory), and nothing before or after. We went to see the GP last month, so now DH done his tests and we are awaiting the results; if they come back OK, then I will be off for mine.

Question, please, what does DP mean after someone's name in the date list? As for me, AF due 1 Jan...

becky fab news

I have just googled EWCM to see what it stood for

am now finding it quite funny... i thought it was a more 'medical' term rather than something containing the words egg white

Anyway - that is irrelevant... apparently my ov stick were shipped today - so should arrive by tomorrow

And next week is going to be BDtastic - I hope

Oooh welcome SuiGeneris - you sound like you've had quite a tough time of it. You'll be very happy here though.

Becky so glad you got to see your little bean jumping away! It's a truly magical moment. Fingers crossed for the next few weeks. I can remember panicking at the slightest thing in my first trimester with DS. Don't know if I'd more relaxed now or even worse as it is taking so chuffing long to get there.

Mass testing on Xmas eve sounds like so much fun but given I am due next week I won't be able to partake .

I'm now 8 days PO and haven't even managed to spot any symptoms at all yet. I think because DH and I were ill around peak time that we have missed the boat yet again. Feeling a bit down about it really. I know its not over until AF arrives but I'm not hopeful. I'm sure by now I'd have started to notice something out of the ordinary.

Thought I'd copy the list over so we can all see it (sometimes i need a visual aid !)
Not sure whether to adjust my AF due date now. May be testing Xmas eve after all!

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Bubblebell AF due 25th November ttc#3 on cycle 1
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-9th Dec
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec
VillageMum AF due 21 December DP
Mummy2olivia AF due December 23rd DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Sans04 AF due 26th December DP
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Dec
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 1 Jan
Pinkie08 due 1st Jan clomid and DP
iggypiggy - AF due 2nd Jan

Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP

Hey ladies,

Lovely to see so many newcommers (well new for me as I've been away ).

Becky so pleased to hear your bean is doing well and you've relaxed a little. Sendign positive thoughts for you to get safely and happily to your 12weeks!

Well ladies, I'm not quite sure what to think at the mo. I usually OV on CD20/21 so assumed that's what happened this time (didn't take fertility monitor away with me due to time difference). But yesterday and today I had some white...ahem...discharge in my knickers and I'm CD27 today. Going to BD tonight just in case but I'm almost positive my AF is due sometime next week.

The mass testing sounds like a fun idea but if no AF next week not sure I will be able to wait until then!

Hmmm any advice?

Also meant to say what fab news it is to hear that your little bean is well Becky. Oooh, I'm feeling all hopeful and festive now .

Welcome SuiGeneris, sorry to hear that you've been trying so long. If you've not conceived at all in 12 months (i.e. no mcs), know when you ovulate and are doing the deed at the right time I'd also book to see your GP. He/she can then decide whether it's too early to do some tests or not. I'm discovering that it takes ages to get consultant appointments once referred (although mine is for recurrent mcs, so different) so best to get in there sooner rather than later. Sorry for the very serious welcome . Oh and keep drinking the grapefruit juice!

Looking at the list there are a few of us due to test 23rd, 24th and 25th. What about a mass test on Christmas Eve?!

Hi SuiGeneris

Everyone very welcoming and friendly here so join in the fun.

Use the OPKs in the afternoon after 4hours no peeing. sometimes i think thats the hardest bit

keep taking the grapefruit juice and some of us use fertility friend to help us keep a check at what cycle is up to. Its def. worth a look and think you can even do free month trial