Charters Anonymous : Volume 2

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Volume 2 starts here ladies!

Salad and Digi am getting excited for you!

I'm telling DP tonight. He's been away all week. I have a posh restaurant booked and a nice frock and have wrapped up a Digital peestick for him and a card from the baby (yes I know - bleurgh - but think the hormones have made me ridiculously sentimental). Can't wait to tell him - my second but his first!

Am getting crampy tummy and sore boobs but feeling ok so far. Trying to get stuff done before I start feeling like shit which I will.

Happy Birthday,Hippy. Was mine a few days ago and got my BFP which was the best pres by far. Hope you get one too in a couple weeks xxx

Oh, and bollocks to the not charting thing. What a d*ckish thing to say. I presume they've never had irregular sycles and driven selves mad thinking they must be pregant or they are late when they are nothing og the sort. OPK's never seem to work for me anyway. Dr Chris Steele is prob sponsored by Clearblue to flog more sticks to wee on.

It's not bluergh GeeGee but make sure you time the pee stick unwrapping carefully ie: before meal, after meal? and definitely not if there is a bread basket in the mix. :o

trying not to get too carried away here, got a whole other week to wait before I can realistically pee on my own stick.

Have a lovely evening gaga. I hope he is really pleased - all the best with the pregnancy.

Happy Birthday Hippy xx

I am paranoid that we starting SWI too early, and have wasted lots of precious swimmers and have only a few pathetic ones left for the key days(we're on day 7 of bedroom business - phew!)
I'm on CD16 and am not sure whether I've OV'd yet, temp rised slightly thi morning, but still below coverline. I never have much EWCM to get excited about, but do still feel rather wet - sorry
I used to think that I ov'd on CD14, but charting has told me otherwise, anytime between 14 & 16.

So, wish me luck that tonight's the night, and there is still some lively sperm left!!!!

Happy birthday hippy! I wish a gift-wrapped good egg for you xx

Happy birthday Hippy Hope you have a good evening!

Good luck to you too keep trying, hope you've got some good swimmers on your side.

I'm on CD2 so nothing going on here! Have ditched the agnus castus and EPO this month. AC didn't stop me having a 41 day cycle this month so am going it alone this cycle to see what my body can do by itself. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it does remember what hormones it needs to produce when (or if it doesn't that the blood test on Mon picks this up).

You have to come back and tell us how it went LadyGGG ! x

It went really well. I decided to tell him in the car before dinner (in case he freaked or something!). So he read the card, didn't really get it. Opened the pres but rather than open the whole thing he pulls it from the end...removing the pee stick cap and grabbing the weewee end. But he thought it was funny. And was very pleased but had kind of guessed anyway.

And we had a delicious meal too - but I was a bit sad to miss out on the lovely wine.

Told my Mum and sis and his parents and brothers too. His parents were delighted but asked when we are getting married !

Ooh, am so pleased for you! Wonder how he'd guessed?!

Good luck on the wedding preparations! Ha ha xx

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Salad and Digi sounds promising, I have my fingers crossed for you both.

Hope you had a lovely birthday hippy.

I'm on CD22 and am hoping OV happens today because I've had 4 days of OV pain and it's getting annoying! I had positive OPKs on Fri & Sat, so was expecting to OV Sat or Sun but my temp is still low

I think when I said I would only have a small Guinness last weekend (had had a BFN but wasn't convinced)! And then pulled out all stops to find a babysitter so we could have a rare meal out.

Who knows on wedding thing, DP just went "could do" and carried on chatting. He is worlds most laid back man so would do whatever it was that I wanted IFSWIM. But I want a big romantic proposal rather than me demanding he make an honest woman of me!

Hey lady he sounds like a good catch! Romantic proposals are overrated . My DH proposed in a beer garden, without a ring and the only plus was that we were on our own. The view was nice though I suppose!

Newyears hope you get a temp rise soon, waiting for OV can be as bad as the two week wait afterward...

Just popping back to say thank you to ladygonegaga and theteasonme I posted last week to ask about my rise in temp and triphasic charts.Turns out it was a triphasic pattern and I got a bfp:) hooray for charting !

Wow! Congratulations batteryhen! When's your due date?

I think charting is great. Seems to be an enhanced rate of BFP's amongst charters.

Congrats battery. The rate of BFP's on this thread is amazing.

Don't know your history, sorry. Is this your first pregnancy??? I think I might have seen you on the TTC after MC but I get confused with all the names on there. Any DC's already??

All the very best - hooray for triphasic charts.

Hello :)

ladygonegaga my due date is the 1st of May. I am only just over 4 weeks so really early...trying not to get anxious about it all!

hippy - Yes we came accross each other on another thread, I had a MMC in March, and have not get any children ...yet!

I started charting because my dp lives abroad - so I wanted to time my cycle with my flights to see him ! Also I found it reassuring after the MC that I was ovulating again, as my first AF after was anovulatory.I really do promote charting amongst my TTC friends - after all its OUR fertility and why the hell shouldn't we be in charge of it!!

I am not familiar with everyone on this thread yet - but a wave and FX for everyone xx

battery I'm waving and sending congratulations!

Waving and also saying congrats.

Still not sure I have ov'd and not much to tell from me today I am afraid!

Hope everyone else is ok x

Good grief, everytime I glance away I look back and someone else is pregnant! Congratulations to batteryhen

teason maybe you can be the one who has twins??

Big wave and big congratulatiosn to battery!

Empty good luck for tomorrow. Will be thinking of you.

In a way, I wished I had temped longer so as to more appreciate a triphasic chart (mine did go triphasic but stopped temping as soon as I got BFP (at 11dpo) just in case it dipped and I was left wibbling iyswim.). But I do occasionally log on to FF to admire the triphasiness of it all and that lovely little plus on the bottom right.

Huge congrats battery and belated birthday wishes for hippy

Hope the various EWCM dances are working

silver I am still occasionally temping

LittleSilver, DC4, months TTC2, BFP 08/06/2010 at 14DPO, EDD 16th Feb 2011
BabyValentine, DC2, cycles TTC 3 ovulatory (1 AO), BFP 10/06/2010 at 18DPO (nerves of steel!), EDD 13th Feb 2011
BUnderTheBonnet, DC2, months TTC 2, BFP 20/06/2010 at 12DPO, EDD 1st Mar 2011
Spilt, DC1, cycles TTC 3, BFP 24/06/2010 at 13DPO, EDD 25th Feb 2011
Emptyshell, DC1, 3+ years TTC(!), BFP 04/08/2010 at 14DPO, EDD 11 April 2011
Bessie26, DC?, BFP 12/08/2010 at 13DPO, EDD 22 Apr 2011
LadyGoneGaga, DC2, BFP 17/08/2010 at 14DPO, EDD 26th April 2011
Batteryhen, BFP 23/08/2010 at ?DPO, EDD ??

Wow this thread has produced 8 BFP's since little silver started it (9 if you count mine back at the end of May that started it all off).

I feel like we all know a secret that everyone else who is TTC doesn't - charting bloody well works!!!!

Ooh there was also teason and Ell for the graduate list. Hopefully they will add themselves. That makes 10

congrates battery great news for you!!

Well, my temp has dropped back down to a little over what it was just after I oved so its not looking good oh well, first month of charting, I mustn't be greedy :D I will take heart from the grad list.

ladyGG I'm glad the great reveal went well, if it makes you feel any better my OH and I had discussed the possibility of marriage very vaguely a couple of times. I mentioned off the cuff that we might get married to my sister, who promptly told my mum, who phoned me up saying 'I hear congratulations are in order'. :D When I told OH that my folks had got the idea we were getting married, he said "might as well then" v v romantic. I also bought my own engagement ring when I was in the FE with work as they are so much cheaper over there. still 7 years and no sign of divorce yet so cant be all bad. :o