July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

Hi all,

thanks girls but this morn my test was negative. no matter how long i squint at the test i cant see a line. there is still a faint line on the other 1 tho. it annoys me that this could happen esp when ttc is so painfull you dont need false hope. DH said to try a better quality test tomorrow morn but i said that there is no point wasting money.

my blood test results are back. i asked the receptionist to read the figures but syupidly didnt right them down. vaguely i think LH was 10.5 FSH 7 and i cant remember what what progesterone was but the gp has asked me to go in and discuss it monday pm. they said that it suggests im in the lutel phase.. which would mean ive ovd is progesterone not detected before ov then?? i will check with gp but wondered if anyone knew so i dont google the results and find that i have actually turned into a man

DH hasnt got me a pressie but he did give me breakfast in bed.

hope your all well and feeling better than me

Oh Bubble, I realy hope you are, let us know as soon as you test. Fingers crossed x

ooooh bubblebell it would be magic if you are, really hoping the first test was right and the line a "real" one- fingers crossed for the next test! How is your chest today?

No romantic gestures planned here for tomorrow either- DH doesn't have a romantic bone in his body- but I did know that pretty much from when I met him! But he is sweet in all sorts of other ways, very considerate- I'd rather have a man like that than one who doesn't bother most of the time but is flamboyantly (sp?!) romantic occasionally. Saying that a few flowers would never go amiss- but we have promised we're not "doing" valentine's tomorrow so of course not expecting anything! In fact he might be taking DCs to MILs so I can work tomorrow eve (although, awful as it sounds, an uninterrupted night of sleep all on my own would be wonderful!!)
Hope you all have a lovely Valentine's/weekend anyhow! (and enjoy BDing in the non-BDing sense!)

bluesatinsash I took low-dose aspirin throughout my second pregnancy (but due to a history of severe pre-eclampsia- and on advice of a consultant of course!) and it definitely made all the difference in terms of keeping us healthy and getting nearly to term. Brilliant stuff!
We are also suffering with the terrible 2s here, though at the early stage (DD is 19mo, but I swear started tantrumming the moment she hit 1yo!)- funnily we had an easy(ish) time with DS so are fairly unprepared- I resorted to reading a few books and tying a few "methods" of soothing her meltdown moments and we are finding ways around it a bit better now, and definitely her mood is always worse (like us all) when tired/hungry/sore (teething at the mo doesn't help!) so I've had to become very strict on our daily routine (which I used to hate!). Whenever my two seem to be having an "emotionally fragile/volatile" day I have found being outdoors helps enormously (but maybe that's more from my sanity's perspective than theirs!!)

Headfairy I haven't even read the instructions on my OPKs yet - when are you meant to use them each day? I was planning to start mine around CD10 as I have a 26-28day cycle, but DH is going to be away for work on CD11 & 12 so not sure whether to bother as it'll just make me frustrated if those are the days I get a positive result! Not that I'm cycle watching, honestly!!

Oh bubble, keeping fingers crossed for you, I hope you get a stronger line tomorrow. Perhaps you haven't ov'd because you're up the duff?

Bluesatin.... sorry to hear the terrible 2s have arrived, I think I got my first taster this afternoon, ds spent the last ten mins of our walk bawling his eyes out, absolutely nothing would console him, he was just in a foul mood. I had to giggle, the sight of him stamping his feet really made me laugh. Poor thing, he doesn't realise his mummy's totally immune to tantrums (so far!)

Thanks blue and girl, i just dont think its true coz i dont think ive ovud yet this cycle. my cycle is all over the place and if it was +ive it would be too good to be true iykwim.

i will let you know in morn what result is but like i said i think it was a fluke. dh says he can only just see the line

Bubble - I read somewhere that its v hard to get a false positive.

1st test i did around 2 with my opk. and then when i went loo again i did another test and its neg. the line is very faint. im thinking that its an evap line. altho after readin poas website it doesnt conform to the evap lines description. i will test again tomorrow morn. but i dont hold out much hope.

bubble when did you do your tests? if you had drunk a lot of water you might have been too diluted. When I had my MC at the EPU I got a neg on the test because I had just drunk a lot of water because I was told to have a full bladder, but the blood test showed clearly i was PG. Do another one tomorrow morning.
I have everythign crossed for you!

no.. i cant be. got the faintest of lines on an ebay cheapie and just did another and that was neg. rang drs and have an appointment for monday to speak about blood test results so will c what happens. feel sad stupid now

erm.. i think im pregnant.

Hi All,

Our PC monitor flickered and died on Wed so have been offline since then as I don't work Thurs. DH has managed to borrow a monitor so we're back up and running(although I'm at work today sneaky posting).

Whispered congrats to gateau - really hope this one's a sticker .

Hi Ripmac and Jumping. I started taking low dose asprin following my 2nd mc after meeting my consultant, whatever might help eh...

Hope your chest is better bubble

re: Valentine's - DH and me are not doing cards as our love flows every day . We have nothing on this weekend and will be doing our usual red wine/ER, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Brothers and Sisters Sky+ catch up.

I'm now on 'hey, who's counting?' 2ww but have some long arranged nights out in March and am having mixed emotions if I do get a BFP... One of the nights is with my Playgroup Mums and will be the first time we have met (a) without kids and (b) with alcohol!

The terrible two's have hit our house with avengence. DS is 3 in June and has always been a very laid back boy - ha! (laughs bitterly). His testosterone must be flowing but the screaming, hissy fits and general spoilt brat behaviour has really floored DH and me. Its distressing and exhausting and part of me is glad I'm not pg just now as I'm up every night with him at the mo and find myself not looking forward to my two days off with him [shame emotion]. Tell me this will pass!

Have a great weekend everyone, only 7 hours 'til wine o'clock

Hi everyone,
My DP won't even get me a card, and we are going out with friends on Sat. So no romantic weekend for me
oh well, as we are miles away from ov date we can BD just for fun... anyone remember that madness I know! for us that is about as romantic as it gets!

Hi bubble, I hope the chest clears up soon, it's a good excuse to have a long soak in a hot bath, the steam is very good for chest infections

I'm working on Valentine's day, 2pm to 11pm, so no chance of anything particularly romantic for me. Dh will hopefully remember to get me a card, I told him he had to at the very least. As you can see I married the most romantic man in England (not)!

Morning girls!

Hi and welcome to Jumping and Ripmac

Thanks for the chocolate Issy its most appreciated

Thank you Head, ive got a chest infection and started on antibs so hopefully it will clear up soon. yesterday i felt terrible. i was having hot sweats and ached everywhere. Today it seems its just my chest that hurts.

still nothing to report. and i still dont know what cd im on i just know AF is late

Do you ladies have any plans for valentines day?? We dont have a baby sitter so will have to have a romantic meal with the boys (not)

How are you all?

xxx

hahahahaha yes Issy I did mean ds, but sometimes dh could probably do with a giant pushchair, it's usually after he's been out with his mates, can't imagine why...

Hi jumping, I remember you from one or other of the threads. Welcome. I'm using OPKs although I cocked it up slightly last month as I was so relaxed about it all I didn't really start testing at the right time and kept on forgetting oops! So I just go for it from about cd13 onwards... that's my master plan. Not very scientific I know. It's very liberating not examining every twinge and tingle though.

oh gateau I'm so sorry, I must have missed your post. How rude?

Very quiet congratulations..

ooooh just read your post gateau- Brilliant news, really, really hoping this is a sticky bean. Did you have any investigations regarding your past mcs? I know some ladies have recently been diagnosed with Hughes syndrome or other "sticky blood" conditions (that don't normally affect one except when pregnant) and been put on low-dose aspirin, or in some cases heparin, which seems to help pregnancy outcome enormously. Blood tests very quickly diagnose these conditions- it might be worth asking for those tests just in case it might be relevant.
Wishing you loads of luck x

Hello all- can I join too?! I was madmarriedNika on the May & June threads, then namechanged to JumpingJellyfish and was on the intervening threads since then too. Now on cycle 9 of TTC#3 and trying not to feel down about it, having watched many 'familiar' names graduate recently, but I am admittedly a little disheartened it has happened yet, in spite of BDing quite frequently the last couple of cycles. I was trying the laid-back not cycle watching approach, as I was lucky enough to fall pregnant with our 2 DCs almost without trying, but this time it seems to be different. So much for the planned age gaps etc etc!!

So I'm with you ladies on the actively not cycle watching!

I did attempt to start charting this month, but have already given up as didn't have the right thermometer and like I thought I would forget to take my temp first thing (esp. as DD tends to wake us at very ungodly hours of the morning so it's not really a good time to do such things...). But I have to admit I have got some OPKs to try- I've never used them before and as my cycle's changed since having DD figured they might help... (cycle got shorter, though seems to finally be lengthening back towards 28 days again now...)

Anyway I'm early on in my cycle so trying to keep off the conception boards and not become too obsessed...But it's really nice to see some familiar names though I'm so sorry for those who've had miscarriages

Good luck to you all xx

Hi guys - just re-reading my post. I sound really glass-half-empty don't I? I'm not really but I'm right there with you headfairy I'm trying to zone out on the whole CD thing etc etc

On the plus side (trying to be positive?!) I had a lovely wee glass of vino tonight. Couldn't have done that if I was pg

Hi y'all... sorry for absence, I went to my mum and dad's last night as they hadn't seen ds for ages so I was being sociable and chatting

Hope af arrives on time for you Issy so you can get your follicular county thingy - can you tell I failed my biology A level? I'm v impressed you've invested in a treadmill, I only started running because I'm too mean to pay for a gym and I needed to exercise. Now I just walk everywhere with dh, we did an hour walking today (well I did, he sat in his pushchair and admired the scenery!)

Hi Rip and welcome sorry ttc is getting you down. I can't speak for the others, but I'm doing some serious ttc avoidance, not actually avoiding ttc of course, but avoiding all the crap that goes with... I'm not counting cycle days, have no idea what day I'm on, I just bd for Britain roughly around the time I ov. So far it's been very successful, I haven't been symptom spotting cos I don't know what day I'm on, I've picked a date in about three weeks time and if af hasn't started then, then I'll do a test. Easy! Feel free to join in, and we can avoid talking about ttc, thinking about ttc, eating sleeping and dreaming about ttc etc etc together

Bubble, I hope you're feeling better... is it a cold you've got? This year has been horrendous for colds hasn't it? Take care of yourself.

Hi to everyone else, I won't ask Gateau about you know what, but hope you're well and not stressing too much.

xxx

Hello RVW, sorry you are feeling so mis about it all - it's so hard not to mind each month, isn't it. I joined a ttc thread too, but have not participated as want to (pretend to) maintain a calm attitude to it all. Have you read Headfairy's rules up thread - good stuff (if very difficult in practice!). Good luck with it all x

Hi Issy - lol at your A grad quality swimmers, none with zimmerframes or walking sticks for you!

Hello, can I join you? I think I recognise just about every name on here.

I joined the latest ttc thread but to be honest, my heart just isn't in it. I'm totally scunnered with this whole thing. I'm so grateful for DS but DH and I desperately want DC2.

Generally my monthly cycle at the moment is - being upset at the arrival of AF, getting really angry about AF arriving, then try not to think about the whole thing, get onto the 2ww and start obsessing again and then we're back to the start.

Does anyone else know what I mean?

Sorry to be a downer but ttc is becoming a bad word in this house

Here's to not getting stressed about ttc but hopefully, somehow still getting pg.... and it lasting.