Just MC and ready to try again? Pack your cake, wine and tightie whities and join us for more ranting, weeping and most of all, laughing. All welcome (Part4)

[PrettyVacant1]

Hello and welcome to all.
Grab your OPK and stash of POAS' and join us on this quest to many a BFP.
This ones going to be lucky!

thanks for the chocolate hairy

with all these cakes and chocolate I'll be having to go on a diet! (actually I probably should even without the cakes and choc, but I figure I'm allowed to be bad for a week or so...)

Hope the SWI works!

Now, where's my OPK - I want to jump on the SWI bandwagon myself! Bit early for me though... Maybe some more chocolate to tide me over

Hi ladies, how's the weekend going so far? We exhausted ourselves at the London zoo today, got rained on a couple of times, and then collapsed in front of the tv with DS watching peppa pig until I could scrape myself off the couch and go make him some dinner. He just about took himself off to bed he was so tired

What I find extraordinary about that news item - the no need to wait one - is that the WHO was recommending a 6 month wait! I know the NHS had a recommendation of 3 months to recover emotionally etc but what on earth was the WHO basing the 6 months on?

Hello getawiggleon and pinkfondantfancy, very sorry for your losses. Pff hope the camping is going well. Mamapower* welcome to you too, really sorry to hear the conservative management was so complicated, am not entirely sure I know what polyps are but they don't sound good. Terrible to have it all drawn out like that. I think I use the same app - actually, I guess I should switch it back to period tracking, I've been avoiding looking at it.

saffron and barrenB sorry it didn't work out this cycle - best of luck for the next one.

HairyT fingers crossed for the next few days lady

Cheepz I reckon you're in a quite a good place - y'know? ttc can't be the only thing a person's life is about forever - not with any amount of sanity at least. It doesn't mean you don't want/deserve the baby at the end of it. It just means that (god forbid) if it's not straightforward you can acknowledge that what you've got right now is pretty good.

For what it's worth, my BF (who will not have a straightforward run when she starts ttc her 2nd) and I REGULARLY reassure each other that it does not make us any less worthy of getting pregnant simply because we can also imagine a life not-entirely disastrous if we didn't. (sorry, not particularly clear)

Harry - that's pretty amazing as a response from MIL. Sounds like she really didn't know how to respond to the situation, rather than malicious? Sorry you stumbled into a downpatch though. I did something similar on Wednesday night...ended up having an enormous cry to DH about how there was nothing to look forward to anymore etc etc. Nothing has changed in terms of stuff happening in my life, but my emotional state is completely different now. I think you just have to allow yourself to be up and down - it's a rough ride though.

saffron why raspberry beer? Good lager is so much better particulary "girly" ones with 6% alcohol

Cheepz I know what you mean about it being inconvenient to get pg. I'm really really hoping I get the job I posted about and if I get pg too it will not be great. Knowing my luck I'll get neither at this rate. But I'll give the job my best shot. I'm getting increasingly sick of ttc. 15 cycles with no hope and the constant pressure of blood sugar control is really getting me down. Bad arguments with dh because I just hate the whole process aren't helping any.

Oh well I'm sure something will change soon [hopeful face anyone?]

Welcome to all the new people. Sorry you have to join us but you'll find plenty of experience and help here.

OOOO, love raspberry beer...

hairy misread your "conserving energy" post, thought you meant you were waiting to SWI. Will just butt out and leave you in peace!

Hi to all - off to PILs today. Have a good day x

Lol hills ... We were waiting to swi but now I've ha a mucus cascade we are going to go for it! :)

I mean lol jolls!

hairy only in the interests of research my 'mucus cascade' is always a week before actual ov - hence why i had 7 cycles of on non conception - we were banging on th cascade days!

tigs and ladyb thanks for sage words - know you are right, think its just a wobble

ds going nuts so need to abandon t'internet and go do some parenting!

hiya guys... I thought I'd pop in and say hello.
newbies hi, welcome, and I'm so very sorry you are here :( but it's a really good place to be when you are in the situation you are all in.

hairy do you mind if I ask you about Germany? I've been noticing you book flights and fly over? I grew up in germany, so I'm a little nosey about all things german, please forgive me.

tigger chin up, maybe the guy upstairs is just waiting for the right time. at least that's what I always told myself. ~passes tigger some cookies~

hugs to everyone

Our wedding is drawing close - a week tomorrow! Had my hen night on friday, just went for a meal with a couple of friends. Of course we convinced everyone we were insane managed to behave in a very civilised manner. :o
Final dress fittin is on tuesday, hopefully I shouldn't be expanding just yet, although I haven't really got a clue how far along I am.. never did manage to PO that cbd.
I've decided that I'm not going to make an appointment with the midwife until after we get back from our honeymoon, a) I have too much else to do, and b) anything can happen until then.

Bother. Bother. Bother.
Not preg. It must have been the hormones floating around from before. Never mind - more nookie... Can't be a bad thing! I'm using the clear blue ovulation sticks, which should help. Wish us luck! I think I'm in my new cycle, I'll post when it started later.

Ivy best wishes for your wedding!! Lovely to have something so special going on the thread as well as all our hopes and dreams for families.
Tigger yes, that's hard. I won't say try and relax, because it's enormously irritating and also it doesn't work, but do get some rebellious sugar!
hairy - you go girl!
Cheepz thanks for the kind wishes - wishing back...

Thanks for the cookies . They're the closest thing I'm getting to sugar atm.

Ivy hope the wedding goes well.

I have just discovered that they changed all the measurements for my blood sugars a couple of months ago without telling me from whole blood to plasma which means that I've been calculating everything on about a 30% error margin in addition to the inbuilt 20% error margin. It means I'll have been going too low too frequently and overcompensating for what I thought was high sugars by too much. I'm really angry at the wretched drugs company which has no problem sending me emails about new products but missed off this vital bit of information, my gp and consultant who have all said nothing about this. I have also now discovered that this drugs company was the last in the UK to switch over so I have to rejig all my mental measurements somehow.

Honey dh I suggested I rebel on the sugar. My response - could you live with it if we had a baby with brain damage or physical damage or another miscarriage as a result of my lack of control?
He agreed that neither of us could. Which is why I need a break....

Anyway at least I now have a nanny for september so not all bad.

Hi all,

Right well, I was enjoying a bikini moment until a big fat cloud came along so thought I'd jump on here for a few moments in the hope it returns!
Thought I would add my stats in (guess it doesn't matter but added myself at end of list, feel free to move me if that's wrong!)and have a go at Sundays list. Now, I can be a complete air head some times so suggest someone double checks me! Here goes...

Sunday's list

Honeywitch TTC#1 Cycle WTF UCL 28, CD26
Tigger15 TTC#2 cycle 15 UCL26-9 CD20
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL41 CD20
PenguinsMummy TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL25 CD17
Curlylox TTC# 3 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD16
batteryhen TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 C15
cheepz TTC#2 cycle 1 (round 4) UCL28 CD15
Freezingmyarseoff TTC#2 cycle 2 UCL28 CD14
VivClicquot TTC#1 cycle 9 UCL28 CD11
PrettyVacant1 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL26(?!) CD11
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD10
youremindmeofthebabe TTC#2, Cycle 1 UCL31, CD10
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL28 CD10
Harriet75C TTC#1 cycle WTF UCL28 CD10
hairytriangle TTC#1 MC April/May/June CD9
saffronbun TTC#1, cycle 2, UCL 28, CD3
barrenbrook TTC#1 cycle 3 (post MC#3) UCL 28 CD2
pippaandpolly
MamaPower TTC#1, cycle 1 (post MC#2) UCL 27 CD19

WTTC
LadyBee TTC#2, MC#2 conf July 21
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2, MC#2 (post ectopic) conf July 22
Moofold MC#2 conf Jul 29
pinkfondantfancy
getawiggleon

RECENT GRADUATES
BUnderthebonnet BFP 20 June
Muser BFP 22 June
Jollster BFP 22 June
SarahMia BFP
northerngoldilocks - BFP 12 July
Magic8ballhastheanswers BFP 14 July
Hopefully BFP 22 July
IvySedai BFP 1 August

LadyBee Thank you and sorry to hear you'll have to switch back to Period tracking mode. Some days I love that app and others...usually on CD1 I loathe it!

Hairy Happy SWI, fingers crossed.

IVY thanks for the welcome and congrat's on your BFP and soon to be Mrs title :)

Hope you're all having a lovely day x

I am proper fooked (and I am NOT complaining btw!) and really sorry not to namecheck......I will be back soon I promise to catch up with all your news.......Sending lots of Magic8 double bubble luck for all of you just about to swi, on the 2ww or about to poas......and hello to all the newbies xxxxxx

Good luck everyone and thanks for all the good wishes.

DH said earlier that he thought i was being really distant but that he really loved me and wanted to be there for me. and then told me not to cry. great look, in restaurant, me sobbing, him looking like I'm a madwoman. To be fair, I am probably a bit of a madwoman at the moment and he really wants to make me feel better. But he keeps saying 'what's wrong sweetie, is there anything i can do?' and I keep wanting to punch him on the nose for asking what's wrong in the first place! Anyone else wanted to visit physical violence on their DH who only wants to help but keeps doing it wrong?

Although on the plus side I'm being a bit mean - he came home yesterday with a whole supply of things I'd asked for over the last week which we didn't have in the house and then today when we got home from lunch popped out for more chocolate and snacks that i might want later.

I feel really bad 'cos he's being fantastic but i still keep pushing him away because it hurts too much in a way he can't understand. Is that normal or am i being a cow?

Apart from wanting to kill him but loving him dearly anyway I'm having a great day, and I hope you all are too! :)

Hello ladies, hope your Sunday is going well!

I've updated my details on the list:
Sunday's list

Honeywitch TTC#1 Cycle WTF UCL 28, CD26
Tigger15 TTC#2 cycle 15 UCL26-9 CD20
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL41 CD20
PenguinsMummy TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL25 CD17
Curlylox TTC# 3 cycle 6 UCL 28 CD16
batteryhen TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 28 C15
cheepz TTC#2 cycle 1 (round 4) UCL28 CD15
Freezingmyarseoff TTC#2 cycle 2 UCL28 CD14
VivClicquot TTC#1 cycle 9 UCL28 CD11
PrettyVacant1 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL26(?!) CD11
Loopymumsy TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL26-28 CD10
youremindmeofthebabe TTC#2, Cycle 1 UCL31, CD10
delilahbelle TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL28 CD10
Harriet75C TTC#1 cycle WTF UCL28 CD10
hairytriangle TTC#1 MC April/May/June CD9
saffronbun TTC#1, cycle 2, UCL 28, CD3
barrenbrook TTC#1 cycle 3 (post MC#3) UCL 28 CD2
pippaandpolly
MamaPower TTC#1, cycle 1 (post MC#2) UCL 27 CD19
pinkfondantfancy TTC#1, cycle 1, UCL 30(??) CD1 (?)

WTTC
LadyBee TTC#2, MC#2 conf July 21
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2, MC#2 (post ectopic) conf July 22
Moofold MC#2 conf Jul 29
getawiggleon

RECENT GRADUATES
BUnderthebonnet BFP 20 June
Muser BFP 22 June
Jollster BFP 22 June
SarahMia BFP
northerngoldilocks - BFP 12 July
Magic8ballhastheanswers BFP 14 July
Hopefully BFP 22 July
IvySedai BFP 1 August

Ivy congratulations on your BFP and your wedding next week!
Tigger it sounds like you're having a hard time with the combined incompetence of the drugs company and the hospital :-( That really sucks.
Harriet same here - my poor DH has been having a hard time of it too. There has been lots of crying in public places!!

Glad to hear everyone else is eating too much chocolate/cake too! Camping was lovely thanks - have been eating a lot of brie, stilton and red wine!! Have got a lot of camping stuff to put away and laundry to do now though, but am procrastinating with MN and watching Poseiden on TV :-)

Morning all! Anyone know what's going on with my cycle - am on day 31 since pregnancy test went negative after MC. Had brown spotting yesterday morning but nothing since and BFN this morning. Am stressed out because wanted a proper period so that I can start SWI again but have no idea what this means. It's my birthday today but can't stop crying :-( WTF??!

PFF no brilliant answers I'm afraid, but a big birthday squeeze for you. All I would say is wait until proper bleed to count as CD1... hope that comes soon and you can get "back to business" as it were. Hope you have a lovely day and get spoiled rotten.

Morning to everyone else, have a feline with blood in his pee so must dash...

morning all!

am in a FOUL mood! DH is being a proper knob i just cant be bothered with him at the moment, can hardly cope with my craziness and looking after mia.
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggggg

Morning lovelies x

Looks like it's been a busy but nice weekend on our thread.

hairy - I'm also expecting to ov around Thurs this week, but we've decided this month, DH gets to decide our SWI strategy seeing as my strategies have been unsuccessful so far.

Now, normally, I'd be getting one or two go's in around now (as it were!) but he's decided to play the 'no SWI until you get the smiley face' game. Which means waiting til at least tomorrow, if not Wednesday. As a result, I'm very antsy - in every sense of the word...

Morning all! Happy birthday PFF. I was approx 5.5 to 6 weeks after my neg test when i got AF proper, and had had some spotting and even a day or 2 bleeding inbetween.

I suppose SWI is starting soon, but given I'm one of us who doesn't chart or temp or anything, I am guessing Friday onwards. A busy weekend perhap! Although we have visitors, my sister and dad! hopefully they're not staying overnight (sound awful, don't I? Sorry)

We have been camping, which was lovely.In Kettlwell in the Dales. Was lovely apart from the hourly chimes from the adjacent church.

My first proper period has lasted 7 days which is much longer than usual, I'm a 3-5 day kind of girl.Thankfully it did end on the day we went camping! Periods and camping, not so much fun!

Waves to all, hope you're ok.

Morning all

This thread has been very busy! :)

Thought its about time I did a catch up - so whilst I am on my lunch break.....

ivy - it's me that goes back and forwards to Germany :) DP is in the forces so we have to do the long distance thing (yawn). I do love Germany though - and the flights from Stanstead are quick and cheap if you book in advance :)
cheepz sorry I missed your birthday - but hope you had a good one - BTW do you think we could be cycle buddies? I find it keeps me sane grounded if I can jog along with someone else- it can only be good for you - hopefully was my last one and she got a BFP!!
PFF - I am having a miserable day too - but you deserve a big squeeze for your birthday xx

Viv I admire your DP for waiting for the smiley face - If my DP had that sort of power we would be at it all hours of the day

jolls hope your feline friend is ok !
harriet I am pretty despondant too - was fine yesterday and now feel like I will never get pregnant again ... etc so know how you feel. The feelings will pass and we will get our little beans though!

Hello to magic hairy YRMOTB honey tigger and Everyone I have missed out - there are so many!

Quick question for the experts - had smiley face on Saturday - but no temp rise yet - is this normal - or can I write myself off as no ovulation this month (yes I am feeling that pessamistic today :( )

Thanks lovlies xx

Battery - I think I usually ovulate two days after I first get the smiley face. (Because I'm a mentalist, I use both ov sticks and the CBFM, so what tends to happen is I get :) on the pee stick on the afternoon / evening of D13, then Peak 1 on the monitor on D14 and Peak 2 on D15. And the timing of my AF suggests I normally ov on Peak 2.)

So by that reckoning, you could easily be ovulating today with your temp shift tomorrow, if that makes sense?

viv - thank you for that reassurance - I have stopped acting like a crazy overconcerned woman, and will see if my temperature spikes tomorrow :)

If of course it doesn't I will of course resume my crazy overconcerned status then :)

Hi I know its busy but can I join in please? Is there room for a wee one?

I m/c'd #3 on 13th July, and am still waiting the long long wait on AF arriving. I was on the March 2011 board, Delilahbelle I remember you :(

Its good to see Im not on my own, but Im sad that there are so many of us here.

Hi and Good Luck to us all :)

hi sunchild sad to see you here, but these guys are great!!!!

PFF :( hope things return to normal soon :(

Hello sunchild sorry to hear of your loss, and that you are on the WTF cycle.

Viv I've thoroughly confused myself but got a SWI in yesterday and Saturday and will be hoping to SWI tonight, tomorrow, Weds and Thurs - just to be sure.

I've also read Zita West's advice about not giving TMI to the other half - noticed maybe I'm over doing it on the information stakes and possibly taking the romance and mystery out of it a bit

I have got 'high' on the CBFM, and sticks are showing what I understand to be a slight LH surge with lots of estrogen present - so I guess my body is gearing up.....