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yellowflowers · 2009-02-03T18:41:52+00:00

Thought I'd take the plunge and begin new thread to follow on from this one thread All welcome. x

WanabeMum · 13/02/2009 12:56

Hey everyone,

Wow this thread is so busy!
Nice to hear from you Becky, hope all is well. I too am an obsessive pg person. Although not far enough along to buy the heartbeat monitor but have been eyeing it up in the Argos catelogue!

Glad you had a positive experience at the MC clinic funtime, always nice to speak to someone who has acutally been there and done it, rather than just reading up on it! Fingers crossed for a good month for you.

Everyone else, i see the BD fest is in full swing for a lot of you and the rest are awaiting AF. We have a very mixed bag on this thread!

I'm starting to feel very sicky when i get hungry now which is lovely, but can't complain as it's what i signed up for!

Hope everyone is well and happy. Jools i pitty you being in Bridgend, I'm quite near (well sort of) and it's not the most exciting place on earth! Hopefully you'll feel better and be spoiled by your DP when you get home though. Remember it's Friday and that's always a good thing!!

Take care ladies xxxx

BeckyMcG · 13/02/2009 11:15

hello new peeps pinky , flintski, whatsfortea.

Jools - It's so difficult with the internet and all the information available? My friends tell me to step away from the computer!! Although it?s difficult. I think all the confusing symptoms you?ve had have been your body getting back into it?s cycle and rhythm ? a 12 week MC is certainly more of a shock to the body and mind than a 6 week one (I?ve had both).

whatsfortea - I was a very obsessed TTC?er (although tried not to be) and did OPK?s every day in the loo at work ? used to take a little plastic water cup in t odip the cheapie internet stick into (good grief!). Also always tested early and every 2 days till AF came ? extremely unecxessary! I am now a obsessive pg person. In fact this week I have bought myself an ?angel sounds doppler? and have listened to baby heart beat every morning and night this week! Only 25 quid and the heart beat very easy to find ? much faster than mine. Reckon I should take it to work and see how fast mine is after a budget review meeting!

Jools ? agree about the nookie after dinner. Both DH and I usually struggle when full and tired. I always tried to tempt him before dinner but of course that doesn?t work if you?re going out as you don?t want to mess up hair and make-up! I much prefer morning sex actually which I guess might change when baby arrives.

Yellow - I was an emotional wreck on the pill. Ended up on the Depo contraceptive injection for 4 years which suited me so well ? no periods, mood swings, PMT for 10 years!! Took about 8 months for my period to come back though through which we used condoms as I wasn?t ready to TTC yet ? still loved going out too much.

queenie1 · 13/02/2009 10:18

Hi all - and welcome to pinkyblue and welcome back to whatsfortea

I've been manic with work and all sorts of other things over the past week so haven't really been posting and have only been able to skim read through everything.

Me and DH are off on a well needed holiday as of tomorrow. We've been rubbish so far on the BD front but hoping we'll make up for it and that we haven't missed our 'slot' this month .

Hope you all have good valentines evenings and thinking, from a far, of you all.

lots of love

xx

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yellowflowers · 13/02/2009 10:05

wasabi - I read a book by Anne Enright written when she became a mum and on musing on what advice to give to her newborn baby daughter she concluded the only thing of any worth was to tell her, in due course, to make sure you have sex before dinner, not after. Which I think is fab because I always expect sex after we go out for nice meal and dh is always too full up!

So, some info for us all from my acupuncturist. He is a different one to the first one I saw as the first one has gone travelling,but they are in the same practise, and this one is even better I think. He said a 'good' period starts red and starts full flow, so if any of you start with pink/brown spotting then it is not as good as it could be.Naturally he thinks acupuncture can sort this out -maybe it can as my last period while still starting with spotting, was red, unlike usual, and the pain much improved. He said the redder it is the better as that means the whole lining is coming out and doing so quickly making the new lining more compatible for implantation next time.

Now obv I am not pregnant yet so this could all be a load of bollocks. But I went yesterday on day 14 of a30-38 day cycle, so ovulation would either be tomorrow or in a week. He said he would try to get it moving and I should go home and make sure I had sex that the evening (we did - hoorah!). Well maybe it is psychological but while having dinner I am convinced I had ovulation pain. Again, maybe this is in my mind, as no ewcm yet. But as it's valentine's day tomorrow I am def getting a sat shag too so things potentially good.

Annoyingly though I completely forgot to take my temp this morning for the first time in months. But woke up dying for a loo (had held it in all night so I didn't lose any sperm) and then dh had made me a cup of tea in bed (which is why I love him so much) and before thinking I took a sip.

Hope you are all having a good day - are you doing romantic things this weekend? We are actually going to a party tomorrow night, so will be surrounded by people, but I think I prefer this to a valentine's restaurant.

Sorry for long post

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Joolsiam · 13/02/2009 09:37

Morning all

Still in sunny Bridgend - thankfully no snow here I slept like a log - very much needed. No more grumbling tum but I am sure that AF will be here soon. My morning meeting was cancelled - grrrrr. 2 more today, then a taxi to the station at 4.30. I won't be home till around 9pm but DP will be waiting with wine and food hopefully

iggypiggy · 13/02/2009 09:20

a belated Happy Birthday Wasabi

Am CD9 today - missed BD last night cos of work... but will catch up today and over weekend

funtime glad to hear you had a nice experience at the MC clinic xx

kittycatcat · 13/02/2009 09:13

Hi everyone,

wasabi have a lovely meal tonight

funtime glad your lady was fab.

Jools i am waiting like you, AF due tomorrow according to FF but i think it might come today. My bf also didn't 'finish' Hope work is kind to you and your day flys by today!

wasabipeanut · 13/02/2009 09:01

Yellow - Thanks for the hug I'm loving your optimism but I don't think that opk was showing I was oving - I suspect if I did one now it would still be positive (will do one next time I need a wee). Seeing as dh was out last night till late that's probably just as well! Having said that I have had some pangs today which I would normally get around day 20 or so but who knows? DH and I are going out for dinner tonight for a belated birthday treat and I might get lucky afterwards!

Funtime - glad your appt was a positive experience. The pin cushion routine isn't much fun I know but at least in 6 weeks you'll have more information.

Jools - hope you are somewhere you can make lots of cups of tea and eat lots of chocolate! Not sure of AF has arrived yet but you sound like you need the tlc!

C1ndy - you have to keep popping back regularly. We will be sad if you forget us

I've noticed out thread is droppping down the league table - are you all too busy with the love fest to post?

Joolsiam · 12/02/2009 18:28

Sounds like a positive experience Funtime - finally

Well, I was getting impatient and had a rummage for signs of impending AF and found them. My tum has bloated so I'm spilling out of my skirt and I'm in need of some ibuprofen, so I'm sure the witch will be here in earnest tomorrow.

Soooo - luteal phase still spot on 13 days I think, and probably improved because I don't get spotting from day 11 any more.

am even feeling nauseous - AF was never this nasty to me before the MC I'm staying in a hotel tonight aswell, so no hiding out with a hot water bottle - am still at work !

whatsfortea · 12/02/2009 18:26

Hi everyone, hope you're all looking forward to the weekend.

wasabi, sorry to hear about your recent mc. A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday, sounds like you had a lovely day.

jools hope you are feeling better, although I cant imagine the early start and long day today will help.

broodzilla, I've got 2 unopened packs of Clearblue digi OPK sticks, so obviously hoping that they will turn out to be a big waste of money!!

C1ndy, belated congrats from me on your BFP!! am I right thinking you used preseed? (Seem to remember reading that). Am thinking that if this cycle proves unsuccessful then I might get some of that - each month I seem to be adding one more thing into the mix, as it were!

Hello to everyone else too!

funtimewincies · 12/02/2009 18:22

Well, we had our appointment at the mc clinic today and I feel like a pin-cushion. Fab lady, lots of time to talk to her and she'd been through it herself. Only 6 weeks to wait for the blood-test results .

Bless her, she said that when I next saw her she hoped that I'd be pg again . That's what I like, optimism!

Pinkyblue123 · 12/02/2009 13:49

Thanks for the welcome ladies. Looks like everyone is going for it this month..fingers crossed.

My great plans of DP this months have not gone too well as DH has been away but day 12 yesterday and we managed it so will try and make up for it over the next few days!

Also forgotton to do my OPK last two days as had really bad sleeps as DD has a cold and snotty nose all night. So nil points for that one!! So not a great start but still in with a chance! I guess I could try one this PM as it should still work then.

Good luck everyone, try not to get too tired from the loving fest!!

Joolsiam · 12/02/2009 11:42

Wasabi - sounds like you had a good day A belated happy birthday from me

Under the duvet - no such luck I had to cancel a trip to Wales last week because of the weather, so was up at stupid o'clock and am now sitting in the Bridgend office, struggling to keep my eyes open !! A busy couple of days coming up.

Strangely enough, bearing in mind that AF should be due tomorrow or Sat, I have no symptoms I would normally have seen brown spotting by now ...

Someone tell me to get a grip !! We only managed one BD and he didn't "finish" so the chances are slim to non-existent !

C1NDY · 12/02/2009 11:08

Hi All, I am just reading all of your posts and glad the bd feast is in fully flow

Wasabi Happy birthday to you. Its my sisters birthday today too. Have a lovely day (hugs)

Even though I have a bfp I still am using my ovualtion sticks (cheapy one's I have brought on the internet) to check that I am still postive... I am 6 weeks and 1 day, today!! so only have another 6 weeks to wait - to see everything is okay (long sigh)

Take care all I will pop in every now again

Cindy
x

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yellowflowers · 12/02/2009 10:37

BIG FAT HUGS FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY WASABI

Could positive opk mean you are ovulating, rather than picking up leftover hcg? Def worth a shag later just in case...

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wasabipeanut · 12/02/2009 10:34

Thank you Kitty I have just been a bad girl and got my tests out.

Having a stash of cheapies is such a bad idea for me. Results as follows:

Normal pg test - BFN
Extra sensetive pg test 10 miu - BFP
OPK - positive

So....this would indicate that my HCG level 16 days after end of mc is somewhere between 10 and 25 miu and that this trace amount is showing in my OPK test.

Don't know if anyone will find this info useful but there you go!

kittycatcat · 12/02/2009 09:48

Happy Birthday for yesterdat wasabi sounds like you had a lovely day and evening ;)

wasabipeanut · 12/02/2009 09:45

Hello everyone,

Was offline yesterday as it was my birthday so spent it doing nice things like having my hair cut and coloured. Then dh and I had a nice night in with pizza and a bottle of champagne. Then an early night!

I think I would normally be ovulating about now if I was on a normal cycle but I haven't had any of the usual signs like a zit breakout or EWCM or anything. Kind of assuming it won't happen this month. I nearly got an OPK out yesterday but thought - I'm not going there. They are supposed to not be reliable straight after mc anyway.

Welcome back to "whatsfortea" - so sorry to hear about your mc. I had one recently and all the ladies here have been lovely in helping me to deal with it.

Smiley - good to know all is well with you. I agree with you re late bding - the month I got my bfp we did it later once than we normally did because it was our wedding anniversary (think it was day 20) and bingo. OPK's are not an exact science by any means.

Jools - hope you are wrapped up in a duvet ffighting off this bug. I'm not even going to entertain thoughts of another reason! Positive thinking missy x

Brrodzilla - that is some OPK stash! I'm not sure about your theory about LH surges. In some women the surge lasts a day or two - in others just half a day or so - this would give some indication as to variation ov times maybe? I am no scientist!

Hope everyone is having a good day.

kittycatcat · 12/02/2009 09:23

Thanks yellow and broodzilla

smileycat looking forward to seeing your next scan pics

jools YUM!

flintski did you give in to choc?

broodzilla MN is soooooooo adddictive isn't it!

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yellowflowers · 11/02/2009 23:42

when i came off pill couple of years ago I beame much happier and less teary - had not realised how much it had affected my mood.

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Broodzilla · 11/02/2009 21:55

oh, and flintski cheerleading the POAS crowd! Fingers xed for you!

Broodzilla · 11/02/2009 21:51

On the obsession scale, how bad would you say it is to be checking MN on the M5? (DH is driving.) Jools, good on you for allowing yourself a treat! You know those two puds aren't going to show up on the scales either! As they say-life is short, eat dessert first.
smiley that's really interesting, thanks for sharing! yellow well done-we went to the gym and crashed into bed too knackered for BD. Feel v.guilty today... kitty I'm in a much better place mentally and physically since coming off the pill. That may of course be coincidental! iggy I like your inner scientist - let's hope you and jools are right about the OPKs going to waste...

flintski · 11/02/2009 18:02

Good for you jools. i just went to get a post-work snack and really craved chocolate but had none inthe house!!might have to get some as i'm so jealous of your gu puds.

Joolsiam · 11/02/2009 16:26

I've just eaten TWO GU Chocolate Banoffee Puddings - this is after realising the scales hadn't moved after 3 weeks of full-on low calorie healthy eating, so I thought SOD IT !!!!!

Feel sick now though

smileycat · 11/02/2009 16:23

Sounds like you have all been having a great week of BDing, lets hope it ends in lots & lots of BFP's

Welcome to all the new ladies, sending some baby dust your way

I had my check in with the MW this morning & all went ok. I have my 12wk Nuchal scan booked in a King's College on 23rd Feb & hoping that I get a low risk & don't have to go for further test. Telling the parents next wk when we are in the UK for half term & then hopefully everyone else once the scan is over on 23rd if all is well

Re: the question about OVing timing. I knew my dates 100% but when I had my 8 wk scan they put me back 5 days & I complained & said I was certain about the dates, their answer was that although I knew when I OV'd conception didn't take place for 5 days after that.......I looked back on my chart & we BD'd the day before OV the day after & then not till the 5 days past my OV date, which could have made sense for their dates.........so I would say to you all keep BDing even though when you get a +ive on your stick just incase it could be the reason why I was successful that month