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A new recruit for the TTC club

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stillfrazzled · 18/09/2009 08:34

Lovely lovely gynie specialist managed to whip out my Mirena (went astray, have posted before) without needing a GA (or three month wait for one) so am now officially TTC!

This (hopefully) will be my second DC, and am planning to use Persona to get to know my cycle a bit.

Is there a board I can join? Feel a bit weird about just jumping on to those great long boards where everyone knows each other...

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stillfrazzled · 18/09/2009 11:23

Never used it before - had a Mirena in for so long that haven't a clue what my natural cycle is. If I get too obsessive I'll ditch it, but secretly would quite like to try to time for a girl (and only a bit; would be delighted with either, honest).

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IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern · 18/09/2009 11:15

I'm not sure if I would get too stressed out using it.
Want to try and be realaxed about this ...but we'll see how long that lasts.

Ticklepeanut · 18/09/2009 11:12

I've never tracked my cycles so I'm starting from scratch with just observing CM etc. I'll be interested to read about how you get on with Persona stillfrazzled. It hadn't even occurred to me to use technology (beginner, so therefore clueless).

IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern · 18/09/2009 11:03

Have you used persona before?
I used to know my cycle so well but have no clue anymore for various reasons.
Right now m periods are all over the place when I used to be able to time them to the hour.

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stillfrazzled · 18/09/2009 10:59

I do remember! Hi again

Here we go, then...

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Ticklepeanut · 18/09/2009 10:56

you get completely and utterly obsessed

No kidding ? Having finally decided at nearly 28 that I'm never going to have the 'perfect' set up I'm going for it. I am also being egged on by a friend of similar age who is essentially viewing me a test pilot for the whole idea of having kids, so I'm updating her on my internet research findings every day. And this is only month 1!

Haven't come across anything to do with grapefruit juice or cough syrup though (hurries off to google them - work? what work? Hee hee!)

IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern · 18/09/2009 10:56

Oh stillfrazzled don't know if you remember we talked on another thread when I was first TTC last month.
That is fantastic news about the coil.

Yeah this could be your own new board
we have just started really as well been waiting for my cycle to catch up with my intentions
So we can be a gang of just starting out'ers.

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stillfrazzled · 18/09/2009 10:50

Hi there - IIRC, you get completely and utterly obsessed. I was a nightmare first time round (grapefruit juice, cough mixture, weeping over neg tests) for the first two months, decided to stop because it was doing my head in... and conceived that week.

So really I shouldn't be at all, on past experience

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Ticklepeanut · 18/09/2009 10:47

This could be your own board! I'll join - I'm a first-time TTCer who doesn't know anyone with kids in the real world, so I'm hoping to compare notes with people online who've been there, done that and know roughly what to expect.

Currently waiting for outcome of my first attempt - it's about a week until AF is due and I can test for the first time