Anyone on the 2 week wait hoping for a late September / early October baby?!

Sorry to hear that your AF arrived Ilovebeingamummy, I really hope it happens for you soon. xx

Aunt Fanny! Made me laugh! If your looking for what all the abbreviations mean, look at the acronym list at the top of this page (under the heading 'useful stuff')

Bendylegs, my husband is exactly the same.....he'll happily sit at the computer while I do all the housework, cooking etc . It makes me mad. And he knows it. I'm hoping he will pull his weight a bit more now I'm pregnant. I'm definately going to be a lot more vocal about needing help, especially as we've got a 2 year old dd this time.

No symptoms yet. I tested again this morning just to make sure, and was very relieved to get the BFP. I should really move over to the September antenatal thread, but am a bit reluctant. Perhaps I'll just lurk here for a while? xx

Hello, can I join too, please? AF due on the 20th, madly symptom spotting and trying not to get too excited! Nice to know there's so many others in the same boat.

Right, cleaning house, marking books, planning lessons and absolutely no more thinking about babies for at least a couple of hours...

I was wrong then with Aunt Fanny! I thought it came from the Famous Five, didn't they have an Aunt Fanny? Also surely Fanny is more relevant than Flo? Aunt Flo is in Bod I think. She was the little old lady with the bun.

I've always wondered what the BF meant in BFP and BFN. I wonder who first thought up these things.

I still like coffee and I really wanted a glass of wine last night but DH put his sensible hat on and made me a glass of grapefruit juice instead. I slept badly too, Twiglettini and had bizarre dreams again. A sign! I don't feel sick though. Hungry, not sick.

I'm cleaning the house today as if I didn't we'd live in a pit. I always feel down put upon when I am cleaning and DH is sat at the computer and has been for ages now. At least if I get pg he'll have to pull his weight more!!

It's so easily done, isn't it... slept really badly, had about 1 minute of feeling very slightly nauseous at 5 this morning, and had indigestion last week (which i never get unless preg)- so mind running away with possibilities.

So glad it is not just me.

Symptom spotting will be the death of me. Only 6 DPO so waaay too early but my coffee tasted so bad this morning I tipped it down the sink....

I have to join as i just lol at AF= auntie fanny I am due AF anyday and not sure if that makes me mid sept as feel i will jinx if i check dates too early. Lost where i am with my cycle as it keeps changing (was dead 28 before ttc now ttc it keeps tricking me, how does it know??)x

hi gir;s

AF is 'Aunt Flo' which is period and BFP is 'big fat positive' as in positive preg test. Also, BFN is big fat negative

loads of jargon

ewcm is egg white cervial mucus... much better - fairy snot lol

Thanks for the info, BBL. LMP = Last menstrual Period. Weirdly for me I forgot to make a note of when my last period was, so am not sure when it is due, but could be any time from 11th - 15th, so yes, it really was too early to test. My sister has just told me she is very, very early days preg with a longed for baby and I got a bit excited about us both being pregnant together - hence the early test!!

Good luck with the waiting.

AF = aunt fanny (I think) = period.
BFP = ? = positive result on pregnancy test.

I don't know what ewcm is but I call it fairy snot. I don't know what LMP is either.

When is your 'AF' due Twiglettini? Negative might just mean too early yet.

Hello Everyone, I'm new here and am a bit confused about all the abbreviations (showing my age??!) Have worked some out, and realise what they mean, but would love to know the actual abbreviations, e.g. AF, BFP thanks.

Ilovebeingamummy - so sorry you're not pregnant, how sad for you.

I had a miscarriage at 11 weeks in the summer and have been casually trying since then, but am feeling hopeful this month as did it at the right time with ewcm (sorry don't know all the correct abbreviations!) but didn't make a note of LMP, so don't quite know when to test.

Actually just done a test and was negative.

Oh Ilovebeingamummy sorry your AF has just arrived Good luck for next month.

I'm feeling sorry for myself today as I've just had a filling done (well, at 12.15am) and can't eat until 2.15pm and I'm STARVING and I can't feel my mouth or tongue and feel like a dribbling wreck! I'm sure I'm not dribbling but feel like I am! I'm sooooo hungry.

I agree with Kat about drinking. I went skiing during my 2ww with DS1 and I was conscious that I could be pg so didn't get blotto but did drink wine with evening meal every night as it was free. He's turned out fine! I'd suggest take it easy but enjoy too!

My AF is due on 19th Jan so a while to wait yet...

bfp's i should say

I'm out. Af arrived in earnest this morning, bang on time, CD34. I had convinced myself it was my month for a sticky one.

Am honestly more devastated than with the mc... at least I had my bfp for a while then.

Congrats bethyrose !! Lets hope for a few more BFP in the next week or two! I am on CD 22 AF due on the 15th - am prob not going to test unless I am late as went a bit testing crazy last two months. I havent had any symptoms since the mild cramping but will just have to wait and see I suppose. Good luck everyone!

thanks kat, trying to symptom spot too but there just ain't any at all this month

but fingers crossed for us all!

Hi can I join?
I'm nor CD21 and on the 1ww. Not sure I'm too optimistic this month, had an early mc in Dec and havent been checking ov, just BD days 8 to 15 (missed a couple tho I'm not as shagtastic as some of you!)
Anyway I already have 3 little (big now) accidents aged 12, 10 and 5 so this will be my 4th and LAST!!

Blondie I wouldn't personally worry about drinking, with my 3 since they weren't planned I drank on the '2ww time period' and they are all big healthy kids. Obviously as I'm trying now I wouldn't get paraletic but a few bevvies won't do any harm. Enjoy your holiday, hopefully it will take your mind off the 2ww!

The 2ww is driving me mad, I'm in my final year at university and have loads to do but instead I'm symptom spotting and wanting to POAS....

Hope we all get our BFPs this month!!

just a quick question to see what you lot think.

i'm off to an all inc holiday on sunday, due af next friday, what's your opinions on drinking alcohol? i never really go over the top with drink, but it's free and everyone else will be drinking. (there are loads of us going) how much does it matter if i am pg, but won't know till near the end of the holiday?

BeckyBendyLegs - fairy snot hahahahahaha

Can I join in! I am ttc #1 since September after coming off the pill. Had been on the pill for ten years... I thought it would all be quite simple but this TTC thing is a minefield!!! And it so difficult to chill out and let nature do its thing!

Last month felt sick... and starving! and napped a lot - also had odd taste in my mouth and was salivating like a dog! Then I was really quite ill with a sore throat and nasty cough. Was feeling really odd so did a clearblue test on day 28 of 30/31 day cycle and it was BFP! We were soooo excited... The day before Christmas Eve too! Anyway, on Boxing day AF arrived bang on time!!! I've read it's called a chemical pregnancy. I was soooo confused and upset although figured if I hadn't done a test I wouldn't have known, so no early testing for me anymore.

Anyway, now on day 14 so about to start the 2ww...

Hi all i'd like to join i'm waiting for af at end of this month and here's hoping. I've been trying for 5 months or so but only had 3 afs. Only gave up bf 14mnth ds completely in December so fingers crossed that it will help me concieve.

BeckyBendyLegs - 'fairy snot' made me laugh aloud

Am only 4dpo here and SO bored of waiting already.

Hold out for as long as you can bare it! With DS1 I tested when my AF was 2 weeks late because I knew the result anyway by then and was too scared to face the truth! DH had to force me to take the test. We had been TTCing but I was sooo nervous about being pg at that time!

Oh yeah feeling faint is definitely a symptom - I mean you hear of people fainting and not realising they're pregnant until after they have fainted.

Not sure really - at this stage everything could be a symptom but I've not really got any AF symptoms so...

(irishmum twiddles her thumbs and looks around for something to distract her)